There's one more draft weekend remaining, and I still have four drafts left, but I thought now would be a good time to take inventory and share who I have *not* selected in any of my various leagues. Sometimes it's more educational to identify who you are avoiding and why than to illustrate who you are taking.

I play in a lot of leagues - too many leagues, really. But doing so helps me learn various formats, which helps me learn the player pool and help more customers do well in their leagues. It also provides a lot of content for my SiriusXM show and the RotoWire podcast. I get to represent RotoWire in many of these leagues within the industry, and stay in contact with my friends in others. Most importantly, it's a load of fun. Here are my leagues this year:

• XFL: A 15-team semi-dynasty league - only "semi" because there are salary escalators in there that force tough decisions eventually, though we make those decisions whether to keep or not keep one year at a time, rather than by forcing you to commit to a long-term contract. Think of it as the old-time reserve clause. We do the auction in November at First Pitch Arizona, and then the reserve/minor league draft was completed last Tuesday.
• Mixed LABR: A 15-team expert/industry league that selected its players in February in a snake draft. This is a redraft league with trading and no overall contest. This was my second draft of the year, as instead of participating in the FSTA draft in January, I did the broadcast on SXM.
• NFBC Draft Champions: Another 15-team mixed league snake draft, but it's part of an overall Draft Champions contest as well. There are 50 rounds, no free agents, no trades. This particular Draft Champions League began in February. It was a slow draft with eight-hour draft slots.
• Yahoo Friends & Family: A 14-team Experts League held on Yahoo's platform, this league features daily lineup moves (though to stream a player, you must pick him up the day before), an innings-cap and a moves cap. Plus there are two UT's and just one active catcher - the strategy implications at the draft and with the in-season play are wider as a result. This draft took place on March 7.
• RotoWire Staff Keeper League: An 18-team keeper league, we can keep up to 15 major league players and up to 10 minor leaguers. Overall there's a 23-man active roster, seven reserves and 10 minor leaguers. This auction took place on Monday, March 13.
• Ottoneu Experts League: A 12-team auction league on Ottoneu's (Fangraphs) platform, meaning that we have a $400 budget, 40-man rosters where all players are purchased in the auction. The position requirements are different - it's essentially a one-catcher league, no CR spot, five SP slots and five RP slots on the active roster. Closers are valued insanely high in this particular league. It's also a keeper league with unique salary escalation rules - I encourage you to check out Ottoneu's leagues on your own, but they are a different animal. We're still scoring by traditional 5x5 rules, but you can use sabermetric-friendly categories or customize to your own satisfaction. This auction took place on Monday, March 20.
• NFBC RotoWire Online Challenge: This was the annual "Beat Jeff Erickson" draft. 12 teams, NFBC format, part of a greater overall challenge. We drafted last Wednesday, March 22, and I had the #5 pick in this snake draft format. Once again no trades, no DL slots, seven-man reserve rosters, with free agents each week.
• AL Tout Wars: Another industry league, with many long-standing members in the league. Interestingly enough, Ron Shandler volunteered to move from the AL into the mixed auction this year. It's an auction, 12 teams, OBP instead of batting average, 15 games to qualify at a position. I discussed this draft in detail on Sunday.
• "Big Money" League: My first home league, usually we do it in person, but because of scheduling difficulties we had to do it on Monday this week. It's a 12-team league using Yahoo's eligibility rules, two catchers, no CR or MI, just three OF and two UT, five SP, five RP and one general P. Oh, and it's 6x6 (hits and holds are the added categories - don't get me started). Catchers get priced up here, as do closers. I actually punted closers as a result in this one.

I also did four Scoresheet Leagues and a Strat-o-Matic league, but because those formats are not even in the same tree, I'm excluding them for this breakdown. My four remaining drafts are another NFBC RotoWire Online Championship League, the NFBC Main Event, and two home leagues - Amici, the league that started this whole company (and old-school AL-only 4x4 league), and Midnight Madness, an NL-only keeper auction league.

My methodology here is simple - I'm going to identify players not on any of those nine teams in the top 150 of the RotoWire Composite Rankings, a compilation of rankings that include myself, Clay Link, Derek VanRiper, Todd Zola and Tim Heaney. 150 is an admittedly arbitrary number, but this exercise requires some sort of cut-off point, and I figure you don't need me to steer you away from the #287 ranked player - you can do that without blinking on your own.

The first two rounds might be the toughest to land a particular player - he's often kept, you have to pay a premium, or in many cases one can't get him because of which spot they are drafting from. Here are the top 30 players (two rounds in a 15-team league) that I don't own yet:

First Round

Mookie Betts - I passed on Betts at #2 in LABR to take Clayton Kershaw. If you listen to the show, or play in the NFBC, you're not surprised by that.
Kris Bryant
Paul Goldschmidt
Manny Machado
Miguel Cabrera
Anthony Rizzo
Joey Votto
Trea Turner

That's seven first rounders alone that I don't own yet. There's a good chance that will change after my next four drafts, but still it speaks against the argument "... you must own everyone!"

Second Round

Max Scherzer - Probably is a first-rounder in my remaining leagues, but slipped in some places because of the finger scare.
Starling Marte
Noah Syndergaard
Corey Seager
Robinson Cano

Interesting to me that I own more consensus second-round players than first-round players - but then again, the acquisition cost is lower.

For the sake of expediency, I'll list the remaining no-fly players by position, along with their composite rank.

Catcher

Buster Posey (40)
Gary Sanchez (53)
J.T. Realmuto (125)
Evan Gattis (132)
Salvador Perez (134)

I tend not to invest in the high-end catcher pool as it's typically not worth the investment. I made an exception in the "Big Money" league where there are fewer hitter positions, yet still two catchers, and got Lucroy and Contreras. My other exception is for Yasmani Grandal, who I own in a few leagues. Russell Martin just falls out of the top 150, and I have three shares of him as well.

First Base

Wil Myers (47)
Jose Abreu (52)
Hanley Ramirez (65)
Albert Pujols (118)
Adrian Gonzalez (147)
Brandon Belt (148)

Combined with not owning four of the six first basemen that go in the first two rounds, I find my lack of ownership in the top first basemen disturbing. It's not as deep a position as it once was, so it's not necessarily a good thing that I'm dipping into the third and fourth tier frequently.

Second Base

Daniel Murphy (34)
Dee Gordon (50)
Ian Kinsler (54)

Shortstop

Xander Bogaerts (36)
Jean Segura (59)
Jose Peraza (112)
Eduardo Nunez (130)
Aledmys Diaz (131)
Troy Tulowitzki (140)

One of these is not like the others - I hope to own him after this weekend. Which one could it be?

Third Base

Todd Frazier (68)
Evan Longoria (72)
Jose Ramirez (100)
Maikel Franco (107)
Nick Castellanos (146)

Third base is interesting, as there's a pretty big tier of them that goes together starting around 65 or so. It's easy to miss out on a couple of them, then, if you have a preference among them.

Outfield

Christian Yelich (57)
Gregory Polanco (61)
Mark Trumbo (84)
Khris Davis (85)
Ian Desmond (88)
Adam Eaton (98)
Jackie Bradley (109)
Adam Duvall (138)
Carlos Gomez (139)
Marcell Ozuna (141)
Dexter Fowler (143)

I'm shocked that I don't own Yelich anywhere, I love Yelich! But apparently not enough.

Starting Pitcher

Chris Sale (37)
Jake Arrieta (38)
Jon Lester (39)
Justin Verlander (45)
Jacob deGrom (56)
Carlos Martinez (79)
Danny Duffy (96)
Kenta Maeda (113)
Rich Hill (116)
Rick Porcello (121)
Aaron Sanchez (122)
Cole Hamels (123)
David Price (126)
Zack Greinke (144)
John Lackey (145)

Relief Pitcher

Mark Melancon (90)
Roberto Osuna (91)
Craig Kimbrel (92)
Edwin Diaz (99)
Wade Davis (106)
Ken Giles (128)
Cody Allen (136)