CHASING THE 2013 NFBC: Revisiting Trout; Our midseason report card

When this article publishes, exactly three months will have passed since this team's NFBC Main Event draft day.  I thought we'd take a look back at the draft and the team management since.  It should tell the tale of how this team got to its current position just outside the edge of contention for its league. And a team that so far has been unable to get over the hump in its quest for a league title and contention for the Overall.

Mike Trout

When this team was awarded the 3-spot for its draft, it represented the only top-3 pick of the 11 teams I drafted in March, the only team of all those I drafted this season where I'd potentially have the opportunity to roster Mike Trout.  As fate would have it, this for the team I share and am...

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