The 2011 LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) auctions were held this past weekend in Arizona with 12 different “experts” from the fantasy baseball industry partaking in the American League only event. Here is a look at the American League LABR prices by position along with some comments for each position.
Catchers:
Surprised to see that Mike Napoli went for $20, making him the third highest priced catcher and just $2 less than Joe Mauer and Victor Martinez. With Michael Young still in Texas, Napoli is going to miss out on some at bats. Who knew the Kansas City Royals had such a potent catching position, as they had three catchers selected.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Joe Mauer | $22 |
| 2 | Victor Martinez | $22 |
| 3 | Mike Napoli | $20 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana | $17 |
| 5 | Kurt Suzuki | $16 |
| 6 | Matt Wieters | $15 |
| 7 | Jorge Posada | $12 |
| 8 | J.P. Arencibia | $10 |
| 9 | John Jaso | $9 |
| 10 | A.J. Pierzynski | $9 |
| 11 | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | $7 |
| 12 | Russell Martin | $6 |
| 13 | Hank Conger | $6 |
| 14 | Yorvit Torrealba | $5 |
| 15 | Alex Avila | $5 |
| 16 | Jesus Montero | $5 |
| 17 | Miguel Olivo | $4 |
| 18 | Brayan Pena | $3 |
| 19 | Kelly Shoppach | $3 |
| 20 | Ramon Castro | $2 |
| 21 | Jeff Mathis | $1 |
| 22 | Tyler Flowers | $1 |
| 23 | Jason Kendall | $1 |
| 24 | Lucas May | $1 |
First Base:
Kendry Morales and Justin Morneau went at a discount at $18 and $16 respectively base don their current injury statuses. Mark Trumbo is a decent $1 0play as he could see at bats the first month of the season if Morales has to start at designated hitter.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Mark Teixeira | $36 |
| 2 | Miguel Cabrera | $35 |
| 3 | Adrian Gonzalez | $34 |
| 4 | Kevin Youkilis | $33 |
| 5 | Adam Dunn | $26 |
| 6 | Paul Konerko | $23 |
| 7 | Billy Butler | $22 |
| 8 | Kendry Morales | $18 |
| 9 | Derrek Lee | $17 |
| 10 | Justin Morneau | $16 |
| 11 | Daric Barton | $13 |
| 12 | Mitch Moreland | $12 |
| 13 | Kila Ka’aihue | $12 |
| 14 | Justin Smoak | $11 |
| 15 | Matt LaPorta | $10 |
| 16 | Eric Hosmer | $4 |
| 17 | Chris Davis | $1 |
| 18 | Mark Trumbo | $1 |
Second Base:
Dustin Pedroia was great value, going $9 less than Robinson Cano and $2 less than Ian Kinsler. The “experts” liked several rookies at this position with Dustin Ackley of Seattle going for $7 and Jason Kipnis of Cleveland going for $4.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Robinson Cano | $35 |
| 2 | Ian Kinsler | $28 |
| 3 | Dustin Pedroia | $26 |
| 4 | Ben Zobrist | $20 |
| 5 | Aaron Hill | $17 |
| 6 | Gordon Beckham | $17 |
| 7 | Chone Figgins | $17 |
| 8 | Brian Roberts | $15 |
| 9 | Howie Kendrick | $15 |
| 10 | Mike Aviles | $15 |
| 11 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | $15 |
| 12 | Sean Rodriguez | $12 |
| 13 | Maicer Izturis | $8 |
| 14 | Dustin Ackley | $7 |
| 15 | Scott Sizemore | $7 |
| 16 | Mark Ellis | $6 |
| 17 | Chris Getz | $5 |
| 18 | Jason Kipnis | $4 |
| 19 | Don Kelly | $3 |
| 20 | Carlos Guillen | $1 |
| 21 | Adam Kennedy | $1 |
| 22 | Felipe Lopez | $1 |
Shortstops:
J.J. Hardy seemed the one guy of of whack with his price point at $18, making him the fourth highest priced shortstop. Jed Lowrie seems to be getting a lot of love in spring training as he went for one dollar less than starter Marco Scutaro.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Derek Jeter | $23 |
| 2 | Alexei Ramirez | $22 |
| 3 | Elvis Andrus | $20 |
| 4 | J.J. Hardy | $18 |
| 5 | Jhonny Peralta | $15 |
| 6 | Erick Aybar | $14 |
| 7 | Alexi Casilla | $14 |
| 8 | Yunel Escobar | $13 |
| 9 | Alcides Escobar | $13 |
| 10 | Asdrubal Cabrera | $12 |
| 11 | Cliff Pennington | $12 |
| 12 | Marco Scutaro | $9 |
| 13 | Reid Brignac | $9 |
| 14 | Jed Lowrie | $8 |
| 15 | Orlando Cabrera | $6 |
Third Base:
Big surprise was Kansas City Royals top prospect Mike Moustakas going for $13, ahead of players such as Kevin Kouzmanoff and Danny Valencia.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Evan Longoria | $37 |
| 2 | Alex Rodriguez | $37 |
| 3 | Jose Bautista | $29 |
| 4 | Adrian Beltre | $23 |
| 5 | Michael Young | $19 |
| 6 | Mark Reynolds | $18 |
| 7 | Edwin Encarnacion | $14 |
| 8 | Mike Moustakas | $13 |
| 9 | Kevin Kouzmanoff | $11 |
| 10 | Danny Valencia | $8 |
| 11 | Brent Morel | $8 |
| 12 | Alberto Callaspo | $8 |
| 13 | Brandon Inge | $7 |
| 14 | Mark Teahen | $5 |
| 15 | Dayan Viciedo | $5 |
| 16 | Jayson Nix | $4 |
| 17 | Wilson Betemit | $4 |
| 18 | Brandon Wood | $2 |
| 19 | Lonnie Chisenhall | $2 |
Outfielders:
Carl Crawford was the highest priced player in the AL LABR at $40, $10 higher than then next two players, Josh Hamilton and Jacoby Ellsbury. Juan Pierre and Ichiro Suzuki went for the same price at $24. Grady Sizemore, looking to come back from injuries was relatively low at $13.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Carl Crawford | $40 |
| 2 | Josh Hamilton | $30 |
| 3 | Jacoby Ellsbury | $30 |
| 4 | Nelson Cruz | $29 |
| 5 | B.J. Upton | $29 |
| 6 | Shin-Soo Choo | $28 |
| 7 | Alex Rios | $27 |
| 8 | Ichiro Suzuki | $24 |
| 9 | Juan Pierre | $24 |
| 10 | Nick Markakis | $22 |
| 11 | Curtis Granderson | $20 |
| 12 | Torii Hunter | $20 |
| 13 | Delmon Young | $20 |
| 14 | Bobby Abreu | $19 |
| 15 | Nick Swisher | $19 |
| 16 | Rajai Davis | $19 |
| 17 | Vernon Wells | $18 |
| 18 | Adam Jones | $18 |
| 19 | Brett Gardner | $18 |
| 20 | Austin Jackson | $18 |
| 21 | Carlos Quentin | $17 |
| 22 | Michael Cuddyer | $17 |
| 23 | Denard Span | $17 |
| 24 | Manny Ramirez | $16 |
| 25 | Jason Kubel | $16 |
| 26 | Ryan Raburn | $16 |
| 27 | Coco Crisp | $15 |
| 28 | Grady Sizemore | $13 |
| 29 | Magglio Ordonez | $13 |
| 30 | Franklin Gutierrez | $12 |
| 31 | J.D. Drew | $12 |
| 32 | Travis Snider | $12 |
| 33 | Peter Bourjos | $12 |
| 34 | David Murphy | $12 |
| 35 | Julio Borbon | $11 |
| 36 | Josh Willingham | $10 |
| 37 | Michael Brantley | $10 |
| 38 | Juan Rivera | $10 |
| 39 | Matt Joyce | $10 |
| 40 | Alex Gordon | $9 |
| 41 | Johnny Damon | $8 |
| 42 | David DeJesus | $8 |
| 43 | Lorenzo Cain | $8 |
| 44 | Desmond Jennings | $6 |
| 45 | Scott Podsednik | $6 |
| 46 | Corey Patterson | $6 |
| 47 | Melky Cabrera | $6 |
| 48 | Michael Saunders | $5 |
| 49 | Felix Pie | $5 |
| 50 | Jeff Francoeur | $4 |
| 51 | Andruw Jones | $4 |
| 52 | Mike Cameron | $4 |
| 53 | Brennan Boesch | $2 |
| 54 | Nolan Reimold | $2 |
| 55 | Ryan Sweeney | $2 |
| 56 | Casper Wells | $2 |
| 57 | Conor Jackson | $2 |
| 58 | Milton Bradley | $1 |
| 59 | Ryan Kalish | $1 |
| 60 | Lastings Milledge | $1 |
Starting Pitchers:
Top prospect Michael Pineda of the Seattle Mariners went for $11, which was a dollar more than John Lackey and Gavin Floyd. Lots of people on the Brandon Morrow bandwagon as he went for $16, tying him for 11th place for the highest paid starting pitcher.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Felix Hernandez | $30 |
| 2 | Jon Lester | $27 |
| 3 | CC Sabathia | $26 |
| 4 | Dan Haren | $23 |
| 5 | Justin Verlander | $21 |
| 6 | Jered Weaver | $21 |
| 7 | David Price | $20 |
| 8 | Max Scherzer | $19 |
| 9 | Francisco Liriano | $18 |
| 10 | Colby Lewis | $17 |
| 11 | Clay Buchholz | $16 |
| 12 | Brett Anderson | $16 |
| 13 | Brandon Morrow | $16 |
| 14 | John Danks | $15 |
| 15 | Josh Beckett | $15 |
| 16 | Gio Gonzalez | $15 |
| 17 | James Shields | $14 |
| 18 | Jake Peavy | $14 |
| 19 | Phil Hughes | $13 |
| 20 | Jeremy Hellickson | $13 |
| 21 | Ricky Romero | $13 |
| 22 | Edwin Jackson | $13 |
| 23 | Brian Matusz | $13 |
| 24 | Trevor Cahill | $12 |
| 25 | C.J. Wilson | $12 |
| 26 | Ervin Santana | $12 |
| 27 | Michael Pineda | $11 |
| 28 | John Lackey | $10 |
| 29 | Gavin Floyd | $10 |
| 30 | Joel Pineiro | $9 |
| 31 | Scott Baker | $8 |
| 32 | Kevin Slowey | $8 |
| 33 | Dallas Braden | $8 |
| 34 | Brian Duensing | $8 |
| 35 | Wade Davis | $8 |
| 36 | Brett Cecil | $8 |
| 37 | Rick Porcello | $8 |
| 38 | A.J. Burnett | $8 |
| 39 | Carl Pavano | $7 |
| 40 | Erik Bedard | $7 |
| 41 | Jeff Niemann | $6 |
| 42 | Jeremy Guthrie | $5 |
| 43 | Derek Holland | $5 |
| 44 | Carlos Carrasco | $5 |
| 45 | Jason Vargas | $5 |
| 46 | Justin Masterson | $5 |
| 47 | Fausto Carmona | $4 |
| 48 | Kyle Drabek | $4 |
| 49 | Mark Buehrle | $4 |
| 50 | Brandon Webb | $3 |
| 51 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | $3 |
| 52 | Brad Penny | $3 |
| 53 | Ivan Nova | $3 |
| 54 | Jeff Francis | $3 |
| 55 | Luke Hochevar | $3 |
| 56 | Phil Coke | $3 |
| 57 | Tommy Hunter | $2 |
| 58 | Justin Duchscherer | $2 |
| 59 | Mike Montgomery | $2 |
| 60 | Brandon McCarthy | $2 |
| 61 | Chris Tillman | $1 |
| 62 | Doug Fister | $1 |
| 63 | Jake Arrieta | $1 |
| 64 | Nick Blackburn | $1 |
| 65 | Rich Harden | $1 |
| 66 | Marc Rzepczynski | $1 |
| 67 | Kyle Gibson | $1 |
| 68 | Josh Outman | $1 |
| 69 | Kyle Davies | $1 |
| 70 | Brad Bergesen | $1 |
| 71 | Bartolo Colon | $1 |
Relief Pitchers:
Several things stand out looking through this group, such as Brandon League ($10), going for more than David Aardsma ($7). Jake McGee ($12) went for more than Kevin Gregg ($10) and Fernando Rodney ($7).
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Joakim Soria | $22 |
| 2 | Mariano Rivera | $22 |
| 3 | Neftali Feliz | $21 |
| 4 | Jonathan Papelbon | $20 |
| 5 | Andrew Bailey | $19 |
| 6 | Chris Pérez | $18 |
| 7 | Matt Thornton | $17 |
| 8 | Joe Nathan | $16 |
| 9 | José Valverde | $15 |
| 10 | Frank Francisco | $14 |
| 11 | Jake McGee | $12 |
| 12 | Kevin Gregg | $10 |
| 13 | Brandon League | $10 |
| 14 | Rafael Soriano | $8 |
| 15 | David Aardsma | $7 |
| 16 | Fernando Rodney | $7 |
| 17 | Chris Sale | $7 |
| 18 | Koji Uehara | $6 |
| 19 | Scott Downs | $6 |
| 20 | Daniel Bard | $5 |
| 21 | Alexi Ogando | $5 |
| 22 | Kyle Farnsworth | $4 |
| 23 | Joba Chamberlain | $4 |
| 24 | Jordan Walden | $3 |
| 25 | Matt Capps | $3 |
| 26 | Brian Fuentes | $3 |
| 27 | Joel Peralta | $3 |
| 28 | Joaquín Benoit | $2 |
| 29 | Darren O’Day | $2 |
| 30 | Grant Balfour | $2 |
| 31 | Kevin Jepsen | $2 |
| 32 | J.P. Howell | $1 |
| 33 | Bobby Jenks | $1 |
| 34 | Craig Breslow | $1 |
| 35 | Hisanori Takahashi | $1 |
| 36 | Jesse Crain | $1 |
| 37 | Joey Devine | $1 |
