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2010 AL and NL LABR Results

Just a quick note that I will continue to add updates to the previous articles for the 2010 AL LABR and 2010 NL LABR results.

I currently have results for four teams each in both leagues as well a bunch of individual player prices. You can click the links below to get quick access to those articles.

2010 AL LABR

2010 NL LABR

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Auction Keeper League – How to Rebuild

If you are new to fantasy baseball auction leagues or have been playing in an auction league for a few years but have not had much success winning, this article will take you on a step-by-step guide of how to rebuild in an auction league format.

The majority of keeper auction leagues have contract limits which means you are likely going to be able to be competitive for a certain amount of years before you have to rebuild. Some owners think they can draft every year and have a shot at winning, but that is not the case. In an auction league with keepers, there is too much inflation to prices to be able to draft a team and make a run at the title unless you get extremely lucky, it is a shallow league and the rest of the owners are not very good.

Your best chance at rebuilding is by doing it from day one of the season. That way you can focus on which rookies you want to target in the draft as well get first dibs on the best keepers in trade from other owners. If you wait until June before deciding to throw in the towel and rebuild for next year, you are already behind the other rebuilding teams. At that point, you are rebuilding for two years away instead of being competitive the following season.

Heading into the auction there are two types of players you are trying to draft. Players that will help your team next year and form your core and the second group are players that you can trade to bring back in return younger players and draft picks.

Here is a look at my team from a NL only auction league from last season. This is a 14 team league with a $275 salary cap plus a six round reserve draft where the draft picks can be traded.  I went into the draft knowing I wanted to rebuild from day one.

My keepers:

  • Ryan Doumit – 11
  • John Baker – 10
  • Rickie Weeks – 25
  • Cameron Maybin – 16
  • Tim Lincecum – 22
  • Chad Qualls – 6

Out of this group, the only players I wanted to keep for this year were Lincecum, Qualls and Doumit; the other players were traded.

Drafted:

  • Edgar Renteria – 13
  • Matt Kemp – 36
  • Jake Peavy – 31
  • Aaron Cook – 13
  • Ricky Nolasco – 26

This entire group were players I wanted to trade. While Kemp was at a good price, there are always outfielders in the $30 range I knew I could grab in 2010.

Core: these were the main players I targeted to form the cornerstone of my team for the next few years:

  • Alcides Escobar – 2
  • Carlos Gonzalez – 3
  • Jonny Gomes – 3 (did not plan on him being a core guy but at $3 for 15-20 home runs makes him a core guy)
  • Jason Heyward – 1
  • Pedro Alvarez – 7
  • J.A. Happ – 2 — I was able to get him as a relief pitcher due to our rules based on a certain number of appearances as a starter / reliever.
  • Tim Hudson – 3 — injured players are a great place to look for keepers when you are rebuilding. If you are in an NL only league this season and are rebuilding, you should be targeting guys like Edison Volquez and Jordan Zimmermann.
  • Stephen Strasburg – 5

Farm System:

Before the auction I had several other players I did not want to keep going into the draft so I flipped those for draft picks, so instead of the usual six picks per team, I went into the draft with close to 20 picks to search for players that would be able to have an impact for me in 2010. As from my previous articles, I am always looking for players that have the best chance of helping me the following year so I am targeting guys that are in Triple-A or in Double-A with a shot to get to the major leagues based on the guys ahead of them at their position. Here is who I got:

  • Drew Stubbs – 5
  • Chris Coghlan – 5
  • Everth Cabrera – 10 – his salary was higher because he started the year in the major leagues
  • Gerardo Parra – 5
  • Bud Norris – 5
  • Aroldis Chapman – 10 – picked up September 1 when rosters expanded. Again, it pays to know and understand the rules of your league. In my league in September we can add three slots so I look for guys that may be coming over from Japan or were drafted in the June draft and could make a direct leap to the major leagues.

Picked up in trade:

  • Bronson Arroyo – 8
  • Omar Infante – 3
  • Eric Young Jr. – 5

In addition I have 23 out of the 84 draft picks in the reserve round. Six of my own picks plus 17 I picked up in trade, including three additional first round and second round picks.

So overall my team looks something like this heading into 2010:

  • C – Doumit – 11
  • C – open
  • 1b – open
  • 2b – Infante 3 / E. Young 5
  • ss – A. Escobar 2, E. Cabrera 10
  • 3b – open
  • of – C. Gonzalez 3, Gomes 3, Stubbs 5, Coghlan 5, Parra 5,
  • utility – Heyward 1, P. Alvarez 7
  • sp – Lincecum 22, Arroyo 8, Norris 5, Strasburg 5, Happ 2, Hudson 3, Chapman 10
  • rp – Qualls 6

You can see from the roster layout that there are several trade opportunities I will have to improve the team by moving a shortstop, outfielder and starting pitcher.

With the additional draft picks I will also be able to use those to trade for guys from other teams that will be rebuilding this season.

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2010 NL LABR Results

Every year in early March fantasy baseball “experts” from around the world gather in Arizona for the NL LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) auction. Categories are 5 x 5 with 23 man rosters, including two catchers and 13 teams.

Here is a look at some of the results that have been posted in regards to National League teams.

Greg Ambrosius / Shawn Childs – NFBC

It looks like they have a similar problem to their AL team where there are going to be short four hitters to open the season, after drafting two catchers from the Houston Astros, Pedro Alvarez, Jermaine Dye (hard to see him signing in the NL) and Mike Jacobs (unless he wins the New York Mets first base job). In a NL only league, it is so crucial to get the most at bats in order to accumulate counting stats. If you check the at bat totals for the top three winners each year in an only format, the majority of the time those three teams will have led the league in at bats.

Pitching staff looks okay but just like their AL team, it looks like they will be chasing saves all season long.

POS Name $$
C Jason Castro 3
C J.R. Towles 2
1B Ryan Howard 35
2B Rickie Weeks 16
3B Pedro Alvarez 3
SS Tory Tulowitzki 31
COR Juan Uribe 6
MID Jose Reyes 26
OF Matt Holliday 32
OF Chris Young 14
OF Melky Cabrera 10
OF Ryan Spilborghs 1
OF Jermaine Dye 1
UT Mike Jacobs 2
P Tim Lincecum 36
P Edwin Jackson 11
P J.A. Happ 10
P Homer Bailey 5
P Chris Volstad 2
P Jason McDonald 2
P Kyle McClellan 1
P Juan Gutierrez 3
P Ryan Madson 6
R Rich Hill
R Ryan Hanigan
R Gary Matthews
R Chad Tracy
R Freddie Freeman
R Aaron Poreda

Bob Radomski – Sandlot Shrink

He did a good job of getting players that should be getting at bats throughout the season outside of David Ross at catcher, but his team is short on steals. Has three solid starters and was able to roster two closers relatively cheaply although both might only hold onto the job for half the season.

POS Name $$
C John Baker 8
C David Ross 1
1B Derek Lee 23
2B Blake DeWitt 2
3B Chase Headley 17
SS Yunel Escobar 19
COR Aubry Huff 13
MID Daivd Eckstein 2
OF Hunter Pence 27
OF Carlos Lee 26
OF Skip Schumaker 10
OF Nate Schierholtz 9
OF Gerardo Parra 3
UT David Freese 7
P Yovani Gallardo 20
P Matt Cain 19
P Jair Jurrjens 16
P Derek Lowe 8
P John Maine 5
P Jared Burton 1
P Bobby Howry 1
P Matt Lindstrom 8
P Matt Capps 14

Derek Carty – The Hardball Times

Mr. Carty is going to have a hard time defending his NL title based on his auction results. It looks like he is short on steals and has a tremendous amount of downside in batting average with Ian Stewart, the LaRoche’s, Nick Hundley and Elijah Dukes. Also was able to grab only two solid starting pitchers and went with a spaghetti approach to his reserve squad. Spaghetti as in throw a bunch of starting pitchers against the wall and hope a few are able to stick.

POS Name $$
C Gregg Zaun 4
C Nick Hundley 3
1B Prince Fielder 37
2B Ian Stewart 22
3B Andy LaRoche 10
SS Ronny Cedeno 3
COR Adam LaRoche 24
MID Adam Kennedy 9
OF Jay Bruce 23
OF Elijah Dukes 20
OF Ryan Ludwick 18
OF Kosuke Fukudome 6
OF Angel Pagan 2
UT Jeff Clement 8
P Ricky Nolasco 26
P Joe Blanton 10
P Clayton Richard 8
P Edison Volquez 1
P John Smoltz 1
P Takashi Saito 4
P Pedro Feliciano 3
P Kiko Calero 1
P Joe Thatcher 1
P Francisco Rodriguez 16
R Chien-Ming Wang
R Kevin Hart
R Livan Hernandez
R Fernando Nieve
R Carlos Silva
R Brian Moehler

Perry Van Hook – Fantasy Baseball.com

I really like the squad that Perry was able to assemble getting a great deal on Pujols at $41 and getting steals from Castillo, Milledge, Jones and Heyward. He also got two great catchers which is always a plus in an only type format.

POS Name $$
C Brian McCann 21
C Miguel Montero 16
1B Albert Pujols 41
2B Luis Castillo 10
3B Mark Reynolds 30
SS Tommy Manzella 2
COR Hank Blalock 2
MID Emilio Bonifacio 2
OF Lastings Milledge 16
OF Jason Heyward 14
OF Garrett Jones 18
OF Aaron Rowand 9
OF Fred Lewis 2
UT Starlin Castro 2
P Wandy Rodriguez 19
P Tommy Hanson 22
P Mike Pelfrey 1
P Aroldis Chapman 6
P Doug Davis 1
P Scott Elbert 1
P Leo Nunez 14
P Brandon Lyon 9
P Sammy Gervacio 2
P John Grabow 2
R Garrett Anderson
R Ryoto Igarashi
R Scott Mathieson
R Brandon Allen
R Brad Lincoln
R Blake Parker

Here are a few other prices that were posted for certain players.

Hanley Ramirez $42
Ryan Braun $39
Matt Kemp $38
Prince Fielder $37
David Wright $36
Chase Utley $35
Justin Upton $34
Troy Tulowitzki $31
Jimmy Rollins $30
Ryan Zimmerman $30
Pablo Sandoval $30
Joey Votto $30
Roy Halladay $29
Hunter Pence $27
Adrian Gonzalez $27
Jonathan Broxton $26
Aramis Ramirez $25
Andrew McCutchen $24
Stephen Drew $23
Yunel Escobar $19
Alcides Escobar $19
Kelly Johnson $18
Martin Prado $16
Ryan Theriot $16
Placido Polanco $16
Carlos Beltran $16
Cameron Maybin $15
Akinori Iwamura $13
Russell Martin $10
Stephen Strasburg $9
Madison Bumgarner $5

See also the 2010 AL LABR results.

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2010 AL LABR Results

Every year in early March fantasy baseball “experts” from around the world gather in Arizona for the AL LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) auction. Categories are 5 x 5 with 23 man rosters, including two catchers and 12 teams.

Here is a look at some of the results that have been posted in regards to American League teams.

Chris Liss – Rotowire

Notice if you add the salaries up that he left $7 on the draft table. It is very hard to target players in a one league year league and save money for them because inevitably you are going to miss the mark. It is something you can do in a keeper league if you are rebuilding to ensure you get rookies for the future of your team, but not in a one year league. Lucky for him these leagues allowing trading so he will have some chances to fix his team.

POS Name $$
C Joe Mauer 30
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia 7
1B Kendry Morales 27
2B Dustin Pedroia 29
3B Brandon Inge 8
SS Derek Jeter 25
COR Casey Kotchman 6
MID Alex Gonzalez 3
OF Grady Sizemore 29
OF Austin Jackson 6
OF Ryan Sweeney 10
OF Desmond Jennings 5
OF Michael Brantley 5
UT Hideki Matsui 11
P Scott Baker 16
P David Price 12
P Ervin Santana 6
P Erik Bedard 6
P Gio Gonzalez 4
P Ricky Romero 3
P Jake Westbrook 2
P Jeremy Guthrie 2
P Jeremy Hellickson 1
R Brandon Snyder
R Dustin Ackley
R Danny Valencia
R Scot Shields
R J.J. Putz
R Ryan Strieby

Greg Ambrosius / Shawn Childs – NFBC

The key to winning an AL or NL only league is by accumulating the most at bats to get the highest number of counting stats. It becomes a lot harder to do when you take rookies and injured players with 25% of your offensive picks. Playing in an only type format really limits the free agent pool unless someone is traded over from the other league. It looks like they have some work to on their offense after picking Justin Smoak, Michael Taylor, Adam Moore and Mike Aviles.

It also looks like they got into a bidding war for B.J. Upton who went for $31. That is part of the problem when trying to find speed in an only format, the cost tends to be slightly higher than you would expect. Especially if a player is thrown out in the mid to late part of the draft and two or three teams are short on steals, you end up over paying to get the steals you need, as it looks like was the case with Upton.

POS Name $$
C Matt Wieters 18
C Adam Moore 2
1B Billy Butler 26
2B Jose Lopez 19
3B Evan Longoria 34
SS Mike Aviles 2
COR Justin Smoak 1
MID Jack Wilson 2
OF B.J. Upton 31
OF Matt LaPorta 9
OF Delmon Young 14
OF Eric Byrnes 3
OF Michael Taylor 3
UT Vladimir Guerrero 16
P Justin Verlander 28
P Jake Peavy 16
P Rich Harden 11
P Phil Hughes 10
P Kevin Millwood 2
P Daniel Hudson 2
P Jason Frasor 7
P Chris Perez 3
P Joey Devine 1
R Ian Snell
R Clete Thomas
R Matt Tolbert
R Mike Aubrey
R Zach Stewart
R J.P. Arencibia

Larry Schechter – Sandlot Shrink

Looks like he was able to pick up a lot of speed on his team with four outfielders than can steal bases plus the addition of Willie Bloomquist in the infield. The recent injury to Joe Nathan means he will luck into some saves after grabbing Jon Rauch.

POS Name $$
C John Buck 5
C Jason Kendall 2
1B Mark Kotsay 2
2B Aaron Hill 21
3B Willie Bloomquist 2
SS Miguel Tejada 16
COR Jose Bautista 6
MID Mark Teahen 10
OF Jacoby Ellsbury 34
OF Shin-Soo Choo 24
OF Torii Hunter 23
OF Franklin Gutierrez 18
OF Rick Ankiel 4
UT Travis Hafner 3
P Zack Greinke 30
P John Danks 13
P Joe Saunders 7
P Nick Blackburn 3
P Brad Bergesen 1
P Alfredo Aceves 2
P Jon Rauch 3
P Mariano Rivera 27
R Matt Guerrier
R Brian Bannister
R Grant Balfour
R Pedro Martinez
R Dan Wheeler
R Tommy Hunter

Lawr Michaels – Mastersball

Lawr got a steal with Ian Kinsler at $27 and was able to roster some speed between Kinsler, Figgins, Pennington and Aybar. had a tough break losing Nathan for the season with injury but still has a closer in Fuentes plus his handcuff in Rodney.

POS Name $$
C A.J. Pierzynski 13
C Landon Powell 1
1B Lyle Overbay 13
2B Ian Kinsler 27
3B Chone Figgins 24
SS Erick Aybar 16
COR Kila Ka’aihue 1
MID Cliff Pennington 7
OF Jason Kubel 21
OF Juan Rivera 13
OF Jack Cust 8
OF Jeremy Hermida 11
OF Carlos Guillen 8
UT Randy Winn 3
P CC Sabathia 28
P A.J. Burnett 14
P Dice-K 10
P Trevor Cahill 6
P Justin Masterson 3
P Carl Pavano 3
P Fernando Rodney 3
P JoeNathan 17
P Brian Fuentes 14
R Matt Harrison
R Chad Gaudin
R Gabe Gross
R Jeff Mathis
R Robb Quinlan
R Armando Galarraga

Here are a few other prices that were posted for certain players.

Alex Rodriguez $42
Miguel Cabrera $37
Mark Teixeira $36
Evan Longoria $34
Jacoby Ellsbury $34
Carl Crawford $33
Felix Hernandez $31
B.J. Upton $31
Kevin Youkilis $30
Joe Mauer $30
Zack Greinke $30
Grady Sizemore $29
Justin Morneau $29
Dustin Pedroia $29
Robinson Cano $28
Nelson Cruz $28
CC Sabathia $28
Justin Verlander $28
Ian Kinsler $27
Josh Beckett $27
Mariano Rivera $27
Adam Lind $27
Gordon Beckham $24
Julio Borbon $22
Jonathan Papelbon $21
Elvis Andrus $20
Howie Kendrick $19
Josh Hamilton $17
Alex Gordon $16
Brandon Wood $15
Francisco Liriano $14
Ben Sheets $11
Wade Davis $9

See also the 2010 NL LABR results.

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National League Auction Dollar Values – Pitchers

Here is a look at the 2010 National League auction dollar values for pitchers for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. These values are based on a 12 team league with 9 pitchers using the standard 5 x 5 categories and a $260 budget per team. I used a 70%-30% split for hitting and pitching so the total pitcher pool is 108 players for a total of $936.

The dollar values are a blended mix of what I think the player will earn mixed with what I think the player will go for at an actual auction. So you will notice that some of the player rankings are different then my 2010 fantasy baseball rankings, but the dollar values will give you a good idea of pricing so you are not surprised when the real auction rolls around. Especially if this is the first season you are participating in a fantasy baseball auction league.

Starting Pitchers
Rank Name $$
1 Tim Lincecum 31
2 Roy Halladay 29
3 Dan Haren 27
4 Johan Santana 25
5 Adam Wainwright 23
6 Josh Johnson 22
7 Tommy Hanson 21
8 Chris Carpenter 20
9 Yovani Gallardo 19
10 Matt Cain 18
11 Ubaldo Jimenez 18
12 Clayton Kershaw 18
13 Cole Hamels 17
14 Ricky Nolasco 17
15 Chad Billingsley 16
16 Wandy Rodriguez 16
17 Jair Jurrjens 15
18 Ryan Dempster 15
19 Ted Lilly 14
20 Roy Oswalt 14
21 Carlos Zambrano 14
22 Brandon Webb 13
23 Tim Hudson 13
24 Jonathan Sanchez 13
25 J.A. Happ 12
26 Randy Wolf 12
27 Hiroki Kuroda 11
28 Jorge de la Rosa 11
29 Stephen Strasburg 11
30 Johnny Cueto 10
31 Edwin Jackson 10
32 Randy Wells 10
33 Joe Blanton 8
34 Aaron Harang 7
35 Bronson Arroyo 7
36 Kevin Correia 6
37 Brett Myers 6
38 Mat Latos 5
39 Madison Bumgarner 5
40 Ian Kennedy 5
41 Derek Lowe 4
42 Clayton Richard 4
43 Bud Norris 4
44 Barry Zito 4
45 Chris Young 4
46 Ross Ohlendorf 4
47 Homer Bailey 4
48 John Maine 3
49 Paul Maholm 3
50 Oliver Perez 3
51 Vicente Padilla 3
52 Jason Hammel 3
53 Brad Penny 3
54 Kyle Lohse 3
55 Chris Volstad 3
56 Aroldis Chapman 3
57 Zach Duke 2
58 Anibal Sanchez 2
59 Aaron Cook 2
60 Mike Pelfrey 2
61 John Lannan 2
62 Jon Garland 2
63 Kenshin Kawakami 2
64 Jon Niese 2
65 Jason Marquis 1
66 Dave Bush 1
67 Sean West 1
68 Doug Davis 1
69 Manny Parra 1
70 Charlie Morton 1
71 Jaime Garcia 1
72 Wade LeBlanc 1
73 Jeff Francis 1
74 Daniel McCutchen 1
75 Chien-Ming Wang 1
76 Felipe Paulino 1
Relief Pitchers
Rank Name $$
1 Jonathan Broxton 23
2 Francisco Rodriguez 19
3 Heath Bell 18
4 Huston Street 17
5 Brian Wilson 17
6 Francisco Cordero 16
7 Billy Wagner 15
8 Trevor Hoffman 15
9 Chad Qualls 14
10 Carlos Marmol 14
11 Ryan Franklin 13
12 Brad Lidge 13
13 Matt Capps 12
14 Leo Nunez 12
15 Octavio Dotel 10
16 Brandon Lyon 9
17 Matt Lindstrom 8
18 Ryan Madson 5
19 Drew Storen 3
20 Ryota Igarashi 2
21 Kris Medlen 2
22 Bobby Howry 2
23 Luke Gregerson 1
24 Takashi Saito 1
25 George Sherrill 1
26 Mike Adams 1
27 Jason Motte 1
28 LaTroy Hawkins 1
29 Ramon Tronosco 1
30 Rafael Betancourt 1
31 Ronald Belisario 1
32 Brian Bruney 1
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National League Auction Dollar Values – Hitters

Here is a look at the National League auction dollar values for hitters for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. These values are based on a 12 team league with 14 hitters (includes two catchers) using the standard 5 x 5 categories and a $260 budget per team. I used a 70%-30% split for hitting and pitching so the total hitter pool is 168 players for a total of $2,184.

The dollar values are a blended mix of what I think the player will earn mixed with what I think the player will go for at an actual auction. So you will notice that some of the player rankings are different then my 2010 fantasy baseball rankings, but the dollar values will give you a good idea of pricing so you are not surprised when the real auction rolls around. Especially if this is the first season you are participating in a fantasy baseball auction league.

Catchers

Rank Name $$
1 Brian McCann 24
2 Russell Martin 17
3 Miguel Montero 16
4 Geovany Soto 15
5 Ryan Doumit 13
6 Bengie Molina 12
7 Yadier Molina 11
8 Chris Iannetta 10
9 John Baker 8
10 Miguel Olivo 5
11 Rod Barajas 4
12 Carlos Ruiz 4
13 Ramon Hernandez 4
14 Buster Posey 2
15 Ivan Rodriguez 2
16 Nick Hundley 2
17 Gregg Zaun 2
18 Ronny Paulino 2
19 Jesus Flores 2
20 Omir Santos 1
21 Chris Snyder 1
22 Brian Schneider 1
23 Jason Castro 1
24 Yorvit Torrealba 1

First Base

Rank Name $$
1 Albert Pujols 46
2 Ryan Howard 41
3 Prince Fielder 41
4 Joey Votto 34
5 Adrian Gonzalez 33
6 Lance Berkman 27
7 Derrek Lee 26
8 James Loney 21
9 Todd Helton 16
10 Adam LaRoche 15
11 Aubrey Huff 13
12 Daniel Murphy 7
13 Logan Morrison 5
14 Chad Tracy 2
15 Micah Hoffpauir 1
16 Gaby Sanchez 1

Second Base

Rank Name $$
1 Chase Utley 42
2 Brandon Phillips 31
3 Dan Uggla 21
4 Rickie Weeks 17
5 Martin Prado 15
6 Placido Polanco 14
7 Clint Barmes 13
8 Kelly Johnson 11
9 Luis Castillo 10
10 Kazuo Matsui 9
11 Felipe Lopez 8
12 Akinori Iwamura 8
13 Skip Schumaker 7
14 Adam Kennedy 7
15 Ronnie Belliard 6
16 Freddy Sanchez 4
17 Juan Uribe 4
18 Jeff Baker 4
19 Omar Infante 3
20 Jerry Hairston 3
21 Mike Fontenot 3
22 Eugenio Velez 2
23 David Eckstein 1
24 Eric Young 1
25 Delwyn Young 1

Shortstops

Rank Name $$
1 Hanley Ramirez 47
2 Jimmy Rollins 36
3 Troy Tulowitzki 37
4 Jose Reyes 30
5 Stephen Drew 18
6 Yunel Escobar 17
7 Everth Cabrera 16
8 Alcides Escobar 15
9 Orlando Cabrera 13
10 Ryan Theriot 12
11 Rafael Furcal 12
12 Cristian Guzman 11
13 Edgar Renteria 5
14 Brendan Ryan 5
15 Ian Desmond 4
16 Julio Lugo 4
17 Ronny Cedeno 2

Third Base

Rank Name $$
1 David Wright 35
2 Mark Reynolds 34
3 Ryan Zimmerman 33
4 Pablo Sandoval 29
5 Aramis Ramirez 26
6 Ian Stewart 19
7 Jorge Cantu 18
8 Chipper Jones 18
9 Casey Blake 15
10 Mark DeRosa 14
11 Casey McGehee 13
12 Scott Rolen 12
13 Troy Glaus 11
14 Chase Headley 10
15 David Freese 7
16 Andy LaRoche 5
17 Pedro Feliz 3
18 Emilio Bonifacio 2
19 Mat Gamel 2
20 Melvin Mora 2

Outfielders

Rank Name $$
1 Ryan Braun 43
2 Matt Kemp 42
3 Matt Holliday 35
4 Justin Upton 33
5 Jason Bay 31
6 Jayson Werth 31
7 Carlos Lee 28
8 Andre Ethier 27
9 Adam Dunn 26
10 Shane Victorino 26
11 Andrew McCutchen 26
12 Manny Ramirez 25
13 Raul Ibanez 24
14 Carlos Beltran 22
15 Hunter Pence 22
16 Michael Bourn 21
17 Alfonso Soriano 20
18 Carlos Gonzalez 19
19 Nate McLouth 19
20 Jay Bruce 19
21 Brad Hawpe 18
22 Corey Hart 18
23 Nyjer Morgan 18
24 Chris Coghlan 15
25 Garrett Jones 15
26 Ryan Ludwick 14
27 Jeff Francoeur 14
28 Marlon Byrd 14
29 Colby Rasmus 14
30 Cody Ross 13
31 Dexter Fowler 13
32 Conor Jackson 13
33 Drew Stubbs 13
34 Josh Willingham 12
35 Jason Heyward 12
36 Kyle Blanks 12
37 Scott Hairston 9
38 Seth Smith 9
39 Chris Young 9
40 Elijah Dukes 9
41 Carlos Gomez 8
42 Lastings Milledge 8
43 Melky Cabrera 7
44 Cameron Maybin 7
45 Kosuke Fukudome 6
46 Matt Diaz 6
47 Will Venable 5
48 Aaron Rowand 4
49 Xavier Nady 3
50 Gerardo Parra 3
51 Jonny Gomes 3
52 Reed Johnson 2
53 Nate Schierholtz 2
54 Ben Francisco 2
55 Angel Pagan 2
56 Ryan Spilborghs 1
57 Willie Harris 1
58 Fred Lewis 1
59 Wladimir Balentien 1
60 Tony Gwynn Jr. 1
61 Aaron Cunningham 1
62 Chris Dickerson 1
63 Jim Edmonds 1
64 Ryan Church 1

Utility

Rank Name $$
1 Jeff Clement 3
2 Mike Jacobs 1

Coming next will be the National League auction dollar values for pitchers.

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American League Auction Dollar Values – Pitchers

Here is a look at the 2010 American League auction dollar values for pitchers for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. These values are based on a 12 team league with 9 pitchers using the standard 5 x 5 categories and a $260 budget per team. I used a 70%-30% split for hitting and pitching so the total pitcher pool is 108 players for a total of $936.

The dollar values are a blended mix of what I think the player will earn mixed with what I think the player will go for at an actual auction. So you will notice that some of the player rankings are different then my 2010 fantasy baseball rankings, but the dollar values will give you a good idea of pricing so you are not surprised when the real auction rolls around. Especially if this is the first season you are participating in a fantasy baseball auction league.

Starting Pitchers

Rank Name $$
1 Zack Greinke 33
2 CC Sabathia 31
3 Felix Hernandez 28
4 Justin Verlander 26
5 Jon Lester 25
6 Cliff Lee 23
7 Josh Beckett 23
8 Javier Vazquez 22
9 Jake Peavy 19
10 James Shields 18
11 Matt Garza 18
12 Jered Weaver 17
13 Brett Anderson 17
14 Scott Baker 17
15 Max Scherzer 16
16 John Lackey 16
17 A.J. Burnett 16
18 John Danks 15
19 Gavin Floyd 15
20 Kevin Slowey 13
21 Francisco Liriano 13
22 Daisuke Matsuzaka 12
23 David Price 11
24 Rich Harden 11
25 Clay Buchholz 10
26 Scott Kazmir 10
27 Rick Porcello 10
28 Ervin Santana 9
29 Mark Buehrle 9
30 Andy Pettitte 9
31 Wade Davis 8
32 Jeff Niemann 7
33 Neftali Feliz 7
34 Shaun Marcum 5
35 Phil Hughes 5
36 Joba Chamberlain 5
37 Erik Bedard 5
38 Joe Saunders 4
39 Gil Meche 4
40 Kevin Millwood 4
41 Ricky Romero 3
42 Nick Blackburn 3
43 Justin Duchscherer 3
44 Marc Rzepczynski 3
45 Scott Feldman 3
46 Brian Matusz 3
47 Ryan Rowland-Smith 2
48 Dallas Braden 2
49 Jeremy Bonderman 2
50 Brandon Morrow 2
51 Joel Piniero 2
52 Brad Bergesen 2
53 Justin Masterson 2
54 Colby Lewis 2
55 Freddy Garcia 2
56 Chris Tillman 1
57 Derek Holland 1
58 Jake Westbrook 1
59 Trevor Cahill 1
60 Luke Hochevar 1
61 Brett Cecil 1
62 Carl Pavano 1
63 Tommy Hunter 1
64 Jeremy Guthrie 1
65 Doug Fister 1
66 Brian Bannister 1
67 Fausto Carmona 1
68 Aaron Laffey 1
69 Ian Snell 1
70 Jeremy Hellickson 1

Relief Pitchers

Rank Name $$
1 Joe Nathan 28
2 Jonathan Papelbon 27
3 Mariano Rivera 26
4 Joakim Soria 24
5 Andrew Bailey 21
6 Brian Fuentes 19
7 Jose Valverde 18
8 David Aardsma 17
9 Rafael Soriano 16
10 Bobby Jenks 16
11 Frank Francisco 15
12 Mike Gonzalez 14
13 Kerry Wood 13
14 Jason Frasor 8
15 J.P Howell 6
16 Scott Downs 5
17 Kevin Gregg 4
18 Chris Perez 4
19 Fernando Rodney 4
20 Matt Thornton 3
21 Daniel Bard 3
22 Michael Wuertz 3
23 Joel Zumaya 3
24 Jim Johnson 3
25 Alfredo Aceves 3
26 Brandon League 2
27 Kyle Farnsworth 2
28 Brad Ziegler 2
29 Ryan Perry 1
30 J.J Putz 1
31 C.J. Wilson 1
32 Hideki Okajima 1
33 Phil Coke 1
34 Kyle Davies 1
35 Juan Cruz 1
36 Matt Guerrier 1
37 Darren Oliver 1
38 Jose Mijares 1

Up next will be the 2010 National League auction dollar values for hitters.

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American League Auction Dollar Values – Hitters

Here is a look at the American League auction dollar values for hitters for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. These values are based on a 12 team league with 14 hitters (includes two catchers) using the standard 5 x 5 categories and a $260 budget per team. I used a 70%-30% split for hitting and pitching so the total hitter pool is 168 players for a total of $2,184.

The dollar values are a blended mix of what I think the player will earn mixed with what I think the player will go for at an actual auction. So you will notice that some of the player rankings are different then my 2010 fantasy baseball rankings, but the dollar values will give you a good idea of pricing so you are not surprised when the real auction rolls around. Especially if this is the first season you are participating in a fantasy baseball auction league.

Catchers

Rank Name $$
1 Joe Mauer 36
2 Victor Martinez 29
3 Matt Wieters 19
4 Jorge Posada 15
5 Kurt Suzuki 14
6 Mike Napoli 13
7 A.J. Pierzynski 11
8 Kelly Shoppach 6
9 Jason Kendall 4
10 John Buck 3
11 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 3
12 Gerald Laird 3
13 Lou Marson 3
14 Jason Varitek 2
15 Dioner Navarro 2
16 Ramon Castro 2
17 Carlos Santana 2
18 Alex Avila 2
19 Jeff Mathis 2
20 Rob Johnson 1
21 Taylor Teagarden 1
22 Jose Molina 1
23 Jose Morales 1
24 Josh Bard 1

First Base

Rank Name $$
1 Mark Teixeira 39
2 Miguel Cabrera 37
3 Kevin Youkilis 31
4 Justin Morneau 28
5 Kendry Morales 27
6 Billy Butler 24
7 Carlos Pena 19
8 Paul Konerko 16
9 Chris Davis 15
10 Nick Johnson 12
11 Lyle Overbay 10
12 Casey Kotchman 7
13 Russell Branyan 6
14 Daric Barton 5
15 Willy Aybar 5
16 Ryan Garko 3

Second Base

Rank Name $$
1 Ian Kinsler 33
2 Dustin Pedroia 31
3 Brian Roberts 29
4 Robinson Cano 25
5 Ben Zobrist 24
6 Aaron Hill 24
7 Jose Lopez 19
8 Howie Kendrick 17
9 Scott Sizemore 11
10 Maicer Izturis 9
11 Mark Ellis 8
12 Orlando Hudson 8
13 Luis Valbuena 7
14 Alberto Callaspo 7
15 Chris Getz 5
16 Jayson Nix 4
17 Nick Punto 4
18 Ramon Santiago 1

Shortstops

Rank Name $$
1 Derek Jeter 28
2 Alexei Ramirez 21
3 Jason Bartlett 21
4 Elvis Andrus 20
5 Asdrubal Cabrera 19
6 Miguel Tejada 15
7 Erick Aybar 14
8 Marco Scutaro 13
9 J.J. Hardy 12
10 Cliff Pennington 7
11 Yuniesky Betancourt 6
12 Cesar Izturis 6
13 Alex Gonzalez 4
14 Jack Wilson 3
15 Willie Bloomquist 3
16 Adam Everett 2
17 Reid Brignac 2
18 Mike Aviles 2
19 Omar Vizquel 1

Third Base

Rank Name $$
1 Alex Rodriguez 42
2 Evan Longoria 35
3 Chone Figgins 25
4 Michael Young 22
5 Gordon Beckham 22
6 Adrian Beltre 16
7 Alex Gordon 14
8 Jhonny Peralta 13
9 Edwin Encarnacion 11
10 Kevin Kouzmanoff 11
11 Mark Teahen 10
12 Garrett Atkins 9
13 Brandon Inge 8
14 Brandon Wood 7
15 Jake Fox 5
16 Jose Bautista 5
17 Mike Lowell 5
18 Brendan Harris 4
19 Ty Wigginton 4
20 Josh Fields 2
21 Bill Hall 2
22 Brett Wallace 1

Outfielders

Rank Name $$
1 Carl Crawford 37
2 Jacoby Ellsbury 36
3 Grady Sizemore 31
4 Ichiro Suzuki 31
5 Nick Markakis 29
6 Adam Lind 28
7 Curtis Granderson 28
8 B.J. Upton 27
9 Nelson Cruz 25
10 Shin-Soo Choo 25
11 Bobby Abreu 25
12 Torii Hunter 23
13 Denard Span 22
14 Josh Hamilton 21
15 Alex Rios 20
16 Johnny Damon 20
17 Adam Jones 20
18 Carlos Quentin 19
19 Julio Borbon 19
20 Jason Kubel 18
21 Michael Cuddyer 18
22 Juan Pierre 18
23 Vernon Wells 17
24 Nolan Reimold 17
25 Rajai Davis 16
26 Franklin Gutierrez 16
27 Nick Swisher 15
28 Mike Cameron 15
29 Magglio Ordonez 15
30 Juan Rivera 14
31 Travis Snider 14
32 Delmon Young 13
33 J.D. Drew 13
34 Jack Cust 12
35 Scott Podsednik 12
36 Milton Bradley 12
37 Coco Crisp 12
38 Luke Scott 11
39 Jose Guillen 11
40 David Murphy 11
41 David DeJesus 10
42 Matt LaPorta 10
43 Carlos Guillen 10
44 Austin Jackson 9
45 Michael Brantley 9
46 Ryan Sweeney 8
47 Brett Gardner 8
48 Randy Winn 7
49 Matt Joyce 6
50 Rick Ankiel 6
51 Marcus Thames 6
52 Ryan Raburn 5
53 Gabe Gross 4
54 Eric Byrnes 4
55 Jeremy Hermida 4
56 Desmond Jennings 3
57 Joey Gathright 2
58 Mark Kotsay 1
59 Wilkin Ramirez 1
60 Felix Pie 1

Designated Hitters

Rank Name $$
1 Vladimir Guerrero 19
2 David Ortiz 17
3 Hideki Matsui 15
4 Jim Thome 9
5 Travis Hafner 8
6 Pat Burrell 8
7 Randy Ruiz 4
8 Andruw Jones 3
9 Ken Griffey 3

Coming next will be the American League auction dollar values for pitchers.

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2010 Fantasy Baseball Draft Leagues – Draft Position

Now that we have been looking at fantasy baseball mock drafts, it is time to look at draft position and how that impacts your fantasy baseball team. For the purpose of this discussion, we will be using a 15 team mixed league format.

Usually there are several positions I want to grab in the early rounds of the draft based on the depth or lack of depth at a position. Some places in the draft order mean you will not have a shot at any of these positions. If you are not comfortable with having either a weak shortstop of second basemen or whatever position you value, than you might need to adjust your strategy or grab a player a round earlier than you wanted to because he will not make it back to your pick in the next round.

Some fantasy baseball leagues offer you the chance to list a preference for your draft order. If that is case, it pays to have made sure you have done several mock drafts from multiple positions before the real event. Every year I feel there is a stronger part of the draft order where an owner might have a slight advantage for drafting. Knowing where this spot is in your draft can make a huge difference in you winning or losing you fantasy baseball league.

Let’s take a look at some of the sections of the draft and assess the strengths and weaknesses of each group.

Picks 1-5: If you value a shortstop, unless you get Hanley Ramirez, you are most likely in trouble. From the previous fantasy baseball mock draft article we know it is likely that Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins are not going to make it back in the second round. Derek Jeter is there in the third round but it is probably a little early to take him based on other value on the board.

Also at risk picking in these slots are your team stolen base totals. I usually try to set a goal of getting 40% of my teams stolen bases from my first three picks of the draft. Unless you grab Matt Kemp in the top five, chances are you are getting 15-20 steals from your first round pick. On the way back in the second round unless Justin Upton or Grady Sizemore slide to you, the only real stolen base numbers come from second basemen like Brandon Phillips, Dustin Pedroia or Brian Roberts. Chances are though that if you took Chase Utley in the first round, you are not going to grab another second basemen in round two so you have to look elsewhere for steals.

In the third round, stolen base options would be a second basemen if you did not grab one in round two, Jayson Werth or reaching for Ichiro Suzuki or Derek Jeter. So if your goal for stolen bases is 170, and we are aiming for 40%, then we want to try and get 68 steals from the first three picks. Picking in the top 5 spots assuming no Kemp and unless Upton or Sizemore slide, you are most likely only going to be at around 40 to 50 steals so you need to keep that in mind as you prepare for the draft.

Picks 6-10: This is not a bad spot to be in as after the top five, the opinions widely vary on the next group of players so sitting at 10, there is a good chance that you could get one of the top players on your draft board.

Same potential problems with missing out on a shortstop lie in this draft range. Also at issue is possibly second base assuming Utley does not slide. There is a very good chance that Phillips, Pedroia and Roberts are all gone by the time the third round pick comes. That leaves possible options of Robinson Cano, Aaron Hill, or Ben Zobrist coming back in the fourth round.

Third base could be an issue as well as you miss out on A-Rod in the first round and on David Wright in the second round. Mark Reynolds might slide to this group, but if you take Ryan Howard in the first round, it would be hard to take Reynolds here because you would start in a huge hole from a batting average perspective. Ryan Zimmerman and Kevin Youkilis are gone by the end of round two / start of round three so you miss them in the third round which leaves possibly Pablo Sandoval or Aramis Ramirez in the third round or else take the risk of hoping Ramirez slides back to your spot in the fourth round.

If you like to take catchers early, this spot could work to your advantage as you would like have a shot at Joe Mauer in the first, Victor Martinez in the second and Brian McCann in the third.

Picks 11-15: If you are a fan of position scarcity, this spot of the draft will give you some great draft selections with David Wright, Jimmy Rollins, Jose Reyes, Troy Tulowitzki and Ian Kinsler all in this range. It is also a good spot to grab stolen bases with the above listed players as well as Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury in the mix as well.

Downside to this spot is you miss out on a top tier first basemen most likely. Five first basemen are off the board if the current average draft position (ADP) numbers hold up, as well as missing out on Joey Votto, Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis and Justin Morneau in the second round on the way back. Possible options in the third or fourth round would be Kendry Morales, Lance Berkman or Pablo Sandoval if he slid. If you pass on all of the above players, the last shot at an upper tier first basemen is Derek Lee or Billy Butler in the fifth round but there is no guarantee they make it back to your turn.

That would leave one power hitting first basemen left on the draft board in Carlos Pena. The power would help but depending on what you do in the first few rounds would impact whether you can afford to pick him or not. If you happened to grab Ian Kinsler and Jimmy Rollins in rounds 1 and 2, two guys that hit around .280 or lower, adding Pena to the mix would put at risk your points in the batting average category.


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2010 Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft – First Two Rounds

Here are the results from 10 fantasy baseball mock drafts I have participated in over the last week in 15 team mixed league formats. The list below shows the order of players selected, the percent of time they were drafted in the top 30 players and their high and low number in the top 30 picks.

One player on the rise is Matt Holliday who has gone from a mid second round pick to someone that has been appearing late in the first round in my most recent drafts.

15 Team Mixed Draft

Rank Name % Drafted High Low
1 Albert Pujols 100% 1 2
2 Hanley Ramirez 100% 1 2
3 Alex Rodriguez 100% 3 4
4 Chase Utley 100% 3 7
5 Ryan Braun 100% 4 6
6 Mark Teixeira 100% 5 10
7 Prince Fielder 100% 3 18
8 Matt Kemp 100% 3 13
9 Ryan Howard 100% 4 12
10 Evan Longoria 100% 8 13
11 Miguel Cabrera 100% 8 14
12 Joe Mauer 100% 5 19
13 Tim Lincecum 100% 10 17
14 David Wright 100% 8 21
15 Carl Crawford 100% 12 19
16 Ian Kinsler 100% 9 19
17 Troy Tulowitzki 100% 13 21
18 Matt Holliday 100% 10 27
19 Jacoby Ellsbury 100% 15 25
20 Jimmy Rollins 100% 16 26
21 Mark Reynolds 100% 17 28
22 Jose Reyes 100% 19 27
23 Justin Upton 90% 12 30
24 Roy Halladay 90% 16 30
25 Victor Martinez 80% 22 30
26 Brandon Phillips 60% 25 30
27 Grady Sizemore 50% 20 26
28 Joey Votto 50% 18 28
29 Felix Hernandez 50% 20 29
30 Ryan Zimmerman 50% 21 29

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