In the spring of 2005, I was a rookie fantasy writer for CBSSports.com and David Gonos, an industry veteran, approached me to play in a new league called B.I.G.S. (Baseball in Grand Scale). The format was simple, 24 teams with 12 in an “AL-only league” and 12 in an “NL-only league.” The 24 teams would then blend together and have head-to-head matchups, with interleague play the same weeks that MLB used interleague play.
Bonus: Underrated pitching sleepers, American League (GIFs)
My team, Vandelay Industries, won the inaugural season. My squad featured Alfonso Soriano, Carl Crawford, Mariano Rivera, Joe Crede, Travis Hafner and Francisco Rodriguez... back when they were all fantasy studs.
B.I.G.S. has gone on to become one of the fantasy industry’s top leagues, featuring writers, podcast hosts and baseball analysts. My team hasn’t won since the inaugural season, but the name of my team will forever be “Winning! ’05 Champ.”
Since we live throughout the country, we use an online draft without a clock. The draft takes a few weeks and owners get an e-mail when their pick is up.
This year I’m on the AL side and the league is 16 teams these days. Check out the draft results below.
Round 1
Pick Player
1 Cabrera, Miguel 3B DET
2 Kershaw, Clayton SP LAD
3 Trout, Mike CF LAA
4 McCutchen, Andrew CF PIT
5 Cano, Robinson 2B SEA
6 Wainwright, Adam SP STL
7 Fielder, Prince 1B TEX
8 Goldschmidt, Paul 1B ARI
9 Jones, Adam CF BAL
10 Votto, Joey 1B CIN
11 Ellsbury, Jacoby CF NYY
12 Carpenter, Matt 2B STL
13 Encarnacion, Edwin 1B TOR
14 Lee, Cliff SP PHI
15 Hernandez, Felix SP SEA
16 Gonzalez, Carlos LF COL
Round 2
Pick Player
1 Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL
2 Longoria, Evan 3B TB
3 Freeman, Freddie 1B ATL
4 Scherzer, Max SP DET
5 Ramirez, Hanley SS LAD
6 Davis, Chris 1B BAL
7 Braun, Ryan LF MIL
8 Verlander, Justin SP DET
9 Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS
10 Beltre, Adrian 3B TEX
11 Bumgarner, Madison SP SF
12 Darvish, Yu SP TEX
13 Puig, Yasiel RF LAD
14 Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS
15 Cain, Matt SP SF
16 Kipnis, Jason 2B CLE
Round 3
Pick Player
1 Santana, Carlos C CLE
2 Posey, Buster C SF
3 Andrus, Elvis SS TEX
4 Wright, David 3B NYM
5 Reyes, Jose SS TOR
6 Harper, Bryce LF WAS
7 Price, David SP TB
8 Fernandez, Jose SP MIA
9 Myers, Wil RF TB
10 Stanton, Giancarlo RF MIA
11 Sale, Chris SP CHW
12 Minor, Mike SP ATL
13 Mauer, Joe C MIN
14 Zimmermann, Jordan SP WAS
15 Pujols, Albert 1B LAA
16 Greinke, Zack SP LAD
Round 4
Pick Player
1 Holliday, Matt LF STL
2 Sanchez, Anibal SP DET
3 Bruce, Jay RF CIN
4 Bautista, Jose RF TOR
5 Kimbrel, Craig RP ATL
6 Tanaka, Masahiro SP NYY
7 Latos, Mat SP CIN
8 Abreu, Jose 1B CHW
9 Segura, Jean SS MIL
10 Kinsler, Ian 2B DET
11 Bailey, Homer SP CIN
12 Choo, Shin-Soo CF TEX
13 Desmond, Ian SS WAS
14 Hosmer, Eric 1B KC
15 Jansen, Kenley RP LAD
16 Victorino, Shane RF BOS
Round 5
Pick Player
1 Ortiz, David DH BOS
2 Chapman, Aroldis RP CIN
3 Donaldson, Josh 3B OAK
4 Hill, Aaron 2B ARI
5 Hamilton, Josh RF LAA
6 Cole, Gerrit SP PIT
7 Zobrist, Ben 2B TB
8 Gomez, Carlos CF MIL
9 Shields, James SP KC
10 Prado, Martin 3B ARI
11 Holland, Greg RP KC
12 Gonzalez, Gio SP WAS
13 Rios, Alex RF TEX
14 Rosenthal, Trevor RP STL
15 McCann, Brian C NYY
16 Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS
Round 6
Pick Player
1 Teheran, Julio SP ATL
2 Nathan, Joe RP DET
3 Pence, Hunter RF SF
4 Perkins, Glen RP MIN
5 Wacha, Michael SP STL
6 Beltran, Carlos RF NYY
7 Upton, Justin RF ATL
8 Bogaerts, Xander 3B BOS
9 Werth, Jayson RF WAS
10 Cobb, Alex SP TB
11 Heyward, Jason RF ATL
12 Moore, Matt SP TB
13 Gonzalez, Adrian 1B LAD
14 Altuve, Jose 2B HOU
15 Rizzo, Anthony 1B CHC
16 Napoli, Mike 1B BOS
Round 7
Pick Player
1 Johnson, Jim RP OAK
2 Trumbo, Mark 1B ARI
3 Gordon, Alex LF KC
4 Adams, Matt 1B STL
5 Weaver, Jered SP LAA
6 Craig, Allen 1B STL
7 Jennings, Desmond CF TB
8 Brown, Domonic LF PHI
9 Profar, Jurickson 2B TEX
10 Cueto, Johnny SP CIN
11 Cespedes, Yoenis LF OAK
12 Granderson, Curtis CF NYM
13 Butler, Billy DH KC
14 Marte, Starling CF PIT
15 Soriano, Alfonso LF NYY
16 Miller, Shelby SP STL
Round 8
Pick Player
1 Cingrani, Tony SP CIN
2 Dickey, R.A. SP TOR
3 Hamels, Cole SP PHI
4 Iwakuma, Hisashi SP SEA
5 Gattis, Evan OF ATL
6 Lester, Jon SP BOS
7 Gyorko, Jedd 2B SD
8 Machado, Manny 3B BAL
9 Kemp, Matt CF LAD
10 Salazar, Danny SP CLE
11 Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN
12 Lawrie, Brett 3B TOR
13 Davis, Khris LF MIL
14 Wieters, Matt C BAL
15 Sandoval, Pablo 3B SF
16 Jackson, Austin CF DET
Round 9
Pick Player
1 Uehara, Koji RP BOS
2 Ryu, Hyun-Jin SP LAD
3 Gray, Sonny SP OAK
4 Molina, Yadier C STL
5 Martin, Leonys OF TEX
6 Belt, Brandon 1B SF
7 Aoki, Norichika OF KC
8 Lucroy, Jonathan C MIL
9 Robertson, David RP NYY
10 Simmons, Andrelton SS ATL
11 Frieri, Ernesto RP LAA
12 Corbin, Patrick SP ARI
13 Buchholz, Clay SP BOS
14 Alvarez, Pedro 3B PIT
15 Wilson, C.J. SP LAA
16 Romo, Sergio RP SF
Round 10
Pick Player
1 Hamilton, Billy CF CIN
2 Martinez, Victor DH DET
3 Rosario, Wilin C COL
4 Seager, Kyle 3B SEA
5 Cashner, Andrew SP SD
6 Sabathia, CC SP NYY
7 Samardzija, Jeff SP CHC
8 Kazmir, Scott SP OAK
9 Headley, Chase 3B SD
10 Balfour, Grant RP TB
11 Wood, Alex RP ATL
12 Smyly, Drew RP DET
13 Liriano, Francisco SP PIT
14 Markakis, Nick RF BAL
15 Castro, Starlin SS CHC
16 Hardy, J.J. SS BAL
Round 11
Pick Player
1 Tillman, Chris SP BAL
2 *Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL
3 Kuroda, Hiroki SP NYY
4 Soriano, Rafael RP WAS
5 Eaton, Adam LF CHW
6 Wheeler, Zack SP NYM
7 Perez, Salvador C KC
8 Ross, Tyson RP SD
9 Perez, Martin SP TEX
10 Estrada, Marco SP MIL
11 Masterson, Justin SP CLE
12 Cabrera, Everth SS SD
13 Lowrie, Jed SS OAK
14 Lincecum, Tim SP SF
15 Rasmus, Colby CF TOR
16 Utley, Chase 2B PHI
Round 12
Pick Player
1 Ramos, Wilson C WAS
2 Jeter, Derek SS NYY
3 Grilli, Jason RP PIT
4 Miller, Brad SS SEA
5 Lynn, Lance SP STL
6 Castro, Jason C HOU
7 Murphy, Daniel 2B NYM
8 Cruz, Nelson RF BAL
9 Santana, Ervin SP ATL
10 Lackey, John SP BOS
11 Fister, Doug SP WAS
12 Archer, Chris SP TB
13 Burnett, A.J. SP PHI
14 Jones, Nate RP CHW
15 Walker, Neil 2B PIT
16 Swisher, Nick 1B CLE
Round 13
Pick Player
1 Kluber, Corey SP CLE
2 Cuddyer, Michael RF COL
3 Rodney, Fernando RP SEA
4 Garza, Matt SP MIL
5 Axford, John RP CLE
6 Young, Chris CF NYM
7 Janssen, Casey RP TOR
8 Beachy, Brandon SP ATL
9 Castellanos, Nick LF DET
10 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod C MIA
11 Dozier, Brian 2B MIN
12 Cishek, Steve RP MIA
13 Griffin, A.J. SP OAK
14 Reed, Addison RP ARI
15 Jimenez, Ubaldo SP BAL
16 Papelbon, Jonathan RP PHI
Round 14
Pick Player
1 Arenado, Nolan 3B COL
2 Crisp, Coco CF OAK
3 Rendon, Anthony 2B WAS
4 Walker, Taijuan SP SEA
5 Yelich, Christian LF MIA
6 *Middlebrooks, Will 3B BOS
7 Parnell, Bobby RP NYM
8 Ventura, Yordano SP KC
9 Wong, Kolten 2B STL
10 Calhoun, Kole RF LAA
11 Henderson, Jim RP MIL
12 Franklin, Nick 2B SEA
13 Johnson, Josh SP SD
14 Straily, Dan SP OAK
15 Ethier, Andre RF LAD
16 Pineda, Michael SP NYY
Round 15
Pick Player
1 Garcia, Avisail CF CHW
2 Hudson, Tim SP SF
3 Porcello, Rick SP DET
4 Haren, Dan SP LAD
5 Springer, George OF HOU
6 Ramirez, Aramis 3B MIL
7 Bourn, Michael CF CLE
8 Gee, Dillon SP NYM
9 Nova, Ivan SP NYY
10 Cahill, Trevor SP ARI
11 Cabrera, Asdrubal SS CLE
12 Upton, B.J. CF ATL
13 Hunter, Tommy RP BAL
14 Miley, Wade SP ARI
15 Johnson, Kelly OF NYY
16 Wood, Travis SP CHC
Round 16
Pick Player
1 Martinez, Carlos RP STL
2 Nolasco, Ricky SP MIN
3 Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI
4 Moustakas, Mike 3B KC
5 Frazier, Todd 3B CIN
6 Soria, Joakim RP TEX
7 Street, Huston RP SD
8 Peavy, Jake SP BOS
9 Kennedy, Ian SP SD
10 Phelps, David SP NYY
11 Niese, Jonathon SP NYM
12 Morales, Kendrys 1B SEA
13 Brothers, Rex RP COL
14 Buehrle, Mark SP TOR
15 Pagan, Angel CF SF
16 Sizemore, Grady CF BOS
Round 17
Pick Player
1 Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL
2 Alonso, Yonder 1B SD
3 Hunter, Torii RF DET
4 Hawkins, LaTroy RP COL
5 Ogando, Alexi SP TEX
6 LaRoche, Adam 1B WAS
7 Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL
8 Arroyo, Bronson SP ARI
9 Feliz, Neftali RP TEX
10 Lohse, Kyle SP MIL
11 Santiago, Hector SP LAA
12 Alvarez, Henderson SP MIA
13 Gardner, Brett CF NYY
14 Morneau, Justin 1B COL
15 Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY
16 Peralta, Wily SP MIL
Round 18
Pick Player
1 Howard, Ryan 1B PHI
2 Fields, Josh RP HOU
3 Rodriguez, Wandy SP PIT
4 Johnson, Erik SP CHW
5 Jones, Garrett 1B MIA
6 Dominguez, Matt 3B HOU
7 Chacin, Jhoulys SP COL
8 Odorizzi, Jake SP TB
9 Bradley, Archie SP ARI
10 Nava, Daniel RF BOS
11 Leake, Mike SP CIN
12 Villar, Jonathan SS HOU
13 Eovaldi, Nate SP MIA
14 Quintana, Jose SP CHW
15 Colon, Bartolo SP NYM
16 Reddick, Josh RF OAK
Round 19
Pick Player
1 Ramirez, Erasmo SP SEA
2 De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL
3 Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW
4 Morton, Charlie SP PIT
5 Arcia, Oswaldo OF MIN
6 Kelly, Joe RP STL
7 Moss, Brandon 1B OAK
8 Roark, Tanner SP WAS
9 Gomes, Yan C CLE
10 Davis, Ike 1B NYM
11 Gausman, Kevin RP BAL
12 Quentin, Carlos LF SD
13 Skaggs, Tyler SP LAA
14 Peralta, Jhonny SS STL
15 Hughes, Phil SP MIN
16 Byrd, Marlon RF PHI
Round 20
Pick Player
1 Billingsley, Chad SP LAD
2 Vargas, Jason SP KC
3 Revere, Ben CF PHI
4 Doubront, Felix SP BOS
5 Chatwood, Tyler SP COL
6 Carter, Chris 1B HOU
7 d'Arnaud, Travis C NYM
8 Escobar, Yunel SS TB
9 Crawford, Carl LF LAD
10 Richards, Garrett RP LAA
11 Baez, Javier SS CHC
12 Ackley, Dustin OF SEA
13 Veras, Jose RP CHC
14 Baker, Scott SP SEA
15 Gordon, Dee SS LAD
16 Hutchison, Drew SP TOR
Round 21
Pick Player
1 Plouffe, Trevor 3B MIN
2 Venable, Will RF SD
3 Chen, Bruce RP KC
4 Ludwick, Ryan LF CIN
5 A.J. C BOS
6 Mesoraco, Devin C CIN
7 Hart, Corey 1B SEA
8 Torres, Alex RP SD
9 Crain, Jesse RP HOU
10 Storen, Drew RP WAS
11 Holland, Derek SP TEX
12 Dickerson, Corey OF COL
13 Paxton, James SP SEA
14 Beckett, Josh SP LAD
15 Harrison, Matt SP TEX
16 Syndergaard, Noah SP NYM
Questions? Hit me on Twitter @briansflood
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