It's possible some of you visit the Hurler to get actual fantasy advice. We appreciate your trust and figure it's only fair to let you know whether said advice is coming from roto geniuses or certified morons. Or, to say it another way, you deserve to know how we did this year. Well, turns out I'm a genius and a moron, dependant upon which league you look at. I played in four leagues in 2009. Let's go to the results ...

NL-only roto league against friends (Finished 1st of 10) -- This was this league, and things went that well pretty much all season. (I probably spent 85 percent of the summer in first place.) My roster looked like a who's who of '09 super achievers: Kemp, Ethier, Tulowitzki, Marquis, Wandy Rodriguez. Why can't they all be this easy?

Head-to-head dynasty league with a salary component against fantasy bloggers and readers (Finished 2nd of 16) -- This was the MLB Front Office Dynasty League, and I ended up just a single strikeout and a few earned runs from winning the damn thing. (Mark Lowe will forever be blamed for my runner-up status thanks to his two blown saves during World Series week.) I actually drafted this team more for the future than the present -- my first three picks were Kinsler, Kemp and Chris Davis. But when Peavy and Dice-K hit the DL long-term, I was able to use the freed-up cash to sign a couple of costly, supposedly washed-up free agents who no one else wanted: Derrek Lee and Hideki Matsui.

Standard roto league against friends (Finished 10th of 14) -- My big-money-league team was pretty much torpedoed by Jose Reyes this season. Justin Morneau's broken back, Ryan Doumit's fractured wrist and Joey Votto's bout with depression didn't help, either. I traded Adam Lind for Edwin Jackson fairly early on. Still not sure whether that worked out for the best in the long run. (And I figure there's no longer much point in doing the math to find out.)

Expanded-lineup roto league against Hurler readers (Finished 12th of 12) -- We may not be entirely sure who officially won the Fantasy Hurler Invitational, but we definitely know who lost it: Me. Probably the worst fantasy team I've ever fielded, which is pretty embarrassing considering I assembled it for the league that bears this site's name. Gaze upon this draft in horror: Jose Reyes in the 1st, Cole Hamels in the 3rd; Geovany Soto in the 4th; Chris Davis in the 5th; Jermaine Dye in the 6th; Magglio Ordonez in the 7th. From the second that draft ended, I was doomed. And now that this post is finished, I never want to think about this team again. Ever.

So, how'd y'all do this year? Feel free to share tales of your triumphant victories and soul-crushing failures.

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