Battle of the Budgets on ESPN, Day 1

Imagine Sports recently worked with ESPN.com to create Battle of the Budgets.  In this simulated draft and head-to-head competition, four top baseball writers -  Steve Phillips of "Baseball Tonight," Buster Olney of ESPN The Magazine, and ESPN.com's Jayson Stark and Rob Neyer -- drafted their own 25-man rosters with a $40 million budget. Yes, $40 mil seams a bit miserly if you're rooting for teams in New York or LA, but hey, we're in a recession you know.

Using our Diamond Mind Baseball software, the writers went head-to-head in seven-game series with the semi-final winners facing off to determine a champion. But before popping the champaign, the ultimate general manager had to pit his budget-conscious team against the deep-pocketed New York Yankees in a seven-game series.

Check out the Draft Rules and Rounds 1-5 of the draft  and catch this recap of Round 1 action between Neyer and Phillips

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