Sentence examples for draft a roster from inspiring English sources

Sanders, the last athlete to play pro football and baseball at the same time, also may be speaking on behalf of the millions of people who play fantasy sports, virtual leagues in which players draft a roster of real athletes to play out their wildest (sports) fantasies.

As the franchise's first draft pick on a roster of N.F.L. castoffs, he is far and away the highest-paid player, with a fat bonus that makes his job safe for years.

You draft a team, make roster moves throughout the season and go for the championship.

The Penguins grew out of an era of failure, using high draft picks to stock a roster with forwards Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal and goalie Marc-André Fleury. Marc-André Fleury

A couple of my leagues have a rule that unless a minor league prospect is drafted and held on a roster, he cannot be picked up on the waiver wire until he's promoted to the big leagues.

With their fast start, strong additions through the draft and free agency, and a roster studded with emerging talent, the Jets have made modest strides in their decades-long quest to shake the perception that they are the New York metropolitan area's other N.F.L. team.

In all these fantasy games, the fans pose as both general manager and field manager of their team, building a roster through a draft and trades and making lineups in pursuit of the greatest statistical production.

Pages of a roster on display list draft substitutes who signed up in Brooklyn in October 1863.

A roster loaded with homegrown draft picks and cheap, productive pickups has the Rockies, whose $75 million payroll ranks 17th of baseball's 30 teams, battling in a playoff arena that includes four $100 million-plus clubs.

Hodgson was expected to compete for a roster spot on the Canucks immediately after being drafted.

The Jets believe this draft will eventually represent the finishing touches on their Super Bowl masterpiece of a roster.