I am about to take part in what I hope to be the first of many live drafts in the next couple months. My plan is to draft primarily position players in the opening round. Forget pitching and power hitter outfielders, the real backbone of a fantasy team should be its infield. It's much easier to pick up suitable outfielders and surprise starting pitching off the wire during the season. Marquee players like Vladimir Guerrero are too tempting come draft day, so I haven't always put this into practice, but tonight I plan to.

I'm excited specifically about taking a chance with Scott Rolen, whose surgically repaired shoulders make him such a question mark that he's not even ranked in the top 100 players on Yahoo this year. I'll draft another third baseman for insurance, but I think Rolen is a risk worth taking.