AL Central questions

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | Feedback | Print Entry

The White Sox won it all in 2005, but chances are if you loaded up with members of the team, you didn't have the same success. Only three White Sox finished the season in the fantasy top 50, with Paul Konerko being joined by two starting pitchers: Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland.

But when breaking down the AL Central from a fantasy perspective, this is a running theme. The Twins have Johan Santana and … exactly. The Tigers, Royals, even the Indians with all their talent, placed only five players in the top 100, with one of those guys gone now (Coco Crisp).

So while it might or might not be true that the AL Central is fantasy's worst division, chances are you won't be looking at this division for a ton of help in the early rounds, after Santana gets picked in the top five or 10, depending on how much someone likes him.  
 

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  • Eric Karabell Eric Karabell

    Eric Karabell is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He has covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast, is seen several times a week on ESPNEWS and contributes to ESPN The Magazine. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, and his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007.

    Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors all Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.

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