1st Fantasy Power Week Results

Two weeks ago we launched our first ever Fantasy Power Week with some simple rules and some pretty cool prizes. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Special congratulations to a few winners:


1st Place: Bennett, 12 points (Albert Pujols, Rick Ankiel, Tim Lincecum)

2nd Place: Travis, 11 points (Rafael Furcal, Nick Markakis, Tim Lincecum)

Bennett wins 2 packs from our Fantasy Power Week episode, and Travis wins the other pack we opened up. We will also include a special mystery card from their favorite teams.

We kept track of the results each day, and you can check the full standings by visiting our Google Spreadhseet. For those of you wondering what the best team would have looked like, it was a combination of Bennett and Travis' teams: Rafael Furcal (5 points), Rick Ankiel (5 points) and Tim Lincecum (4 points).

Since this was our first time offering the Fantasy Power Week, we would love your ideas on how to make it even better next time. We have already received the suggestion to include strikeouts for the pitchers to make up for the fact that they may only pitch once a week. What other great ideas do you have to make this contest even better?

Thanks for your feedback and congrats again to Bennett and Travis!

Fantasy Baseball Power Week: Episode 18 Opening Day Cards

We are mixing it up this week. Still FREE cards, but if you want to win these cards, you need to pick the best 3 player team in our first ever Power Fantasy Week. Here's how it works:

1. Pick one infielder, one outfielder, and one pitcher from the cards we opened (see below for lists)
   
2. You get 1 point for each win, save, home run, and RBI that your players record from Wednesday, April 14 through end of day Wednesday, April 21
   
3. Post your picks in our comments
4. The viewer who's 3 player team has the most points wins 2 of the 3 packs we opened (Joe's pack and the extra pack)
   
5. The 2nd place viewer gets Chris' pack of cards
6. We will find an awesome way of settling any ties, don't worry
   

Here are the players (note they may have changed teams in the offseason, you are selecting the player on whichever team they are on now):

Infielders

• Russell Martin, C, LA Dodgers
• Brian Buscher, 3B, Minnesota Twins
• Micah Hoffpauir, 1B, Chicago Scrubs
• Greg Dobbs, 3B, Philadelphia Phillies
• JJ Hardy, SS, Minnesota Twins
  
• German Duran, 3B, Texas Rangers
• Adrian Beltre, 3B, Seattle Mariners
• Jerry Hairston Jr., SS, Cincinnati Reds
• Todd Helton, 1B, Colorado rockies
• Albert Pujols, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
• Rafael Furcal, SS, LA Dodgers

Outfielders

• Rick Ankiel, OF, St. Louis Cardinals
• Nick Markakis, OF, Baltimore Orioles
• Cody Ross, OF, Florida Marlins

Pitchers

• Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
• Jared Burton, Cincinnati Reds
• Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants
• Kevin Gregg, Chicago Cubs
• Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays
• Jonathan Sanchez, San Francisco Giants
• Bobby Jenks, Chicago White Sox
• Justin Hampton, San Diego Padres
• Ramon Ramirez, Boston Red Sox

Good luck!