Today was the 15 team mixed auction for the TOUT WARS! Fantasy Baseball’s Battle of the Experts. Here is a look at the participants in the auction format.
Andy Behrens, yahoo.com
Charlie Wiegert, thegodfatheroffantasysports.com
Scott Swanay, fantasybaseballsherpa.com
Fred Zinkie, fantasybaseball.com
Eric Mack, si.com
David Feldman, mlb.com
Nicholas Minnix, kffl.com
David Gonos, twitter.com/davidgonos
Derek Carty, www.hardballtimes.com/main/fantasy/
Tim Heaney, kffl.com
Paul Petera, baseballhq.com
Nano Di Fino, wsj.com
Seth Trachtman
Gene McCaffrey, wiseguybaseball.com
JP Kastner, ballparkhomerun.com
This format has 15 teams using the standard 5 x 5 fantasy baseball categories with a $260 salary cap and a 23 man roster, with 14 hitters (two catchers) and 9 pitchers. Here is a look at the 2011 Tout Wars results with dollars paid per position.
Catchers:
Of note was Carlos Santana going for more than Victor Martinez and Buster Posey. Mike Napoli seems to be climbing draft and auction boards in the last few weeks.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Joe Mauer | $27 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana | $24 |
| 3 | Victor Martinez | $23 |
| 4 | Buster Posey | $23 |
| 5 | Brian McCann | $21 |
| 6 | Mike Napoli | $20 |
| 7 | Geovany Soto | $17 |
| 8 | Kurt Suzuki | $14 |
| 9 | Jorge Posada | $13 |
| 10 | Miguel Montero | $12 |
| 11 | Yadier Molina | $11 |
| 12 | Matt Wieters | $10 |
| 13 | Chris Iannetta | $9 |
| 14 | John Jaso | $7 |
| 15 | A.J. Pierzynski | $5 |
| 16 | Russell Martin | $4 |
| 17 | J.P. Arencibia | $3 |
| 18 | Carlos Ruiz | $3 |
| 19 | John Buck | $3 |
| 20 | Nick Hundley | $3 |
| 21 | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | $3 |
| 22 | Miguel Olivo | $2 |
| 23 | Rod Barajas | $2 |
| 24 | Yorvit Torrealba | $2 |
| 25 | Jesus Montero | $2 |
| 26 | Chris Snyder | $1 |
| 27 | Jonathan Lucroy | $1 |
| 28 | Ryan Doumit | $1 |
| 29 | Josh Thole | $1 |
| 30 | Ramon Hernandez | $1 |
| 31 | Jeff Mathis | $1 |
First Base:
Surprised to see Adam Dunn go for the same price as Kevin Youkilis ($29). For the middle tier guys, Adam LaRoche went highest at $14.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Albert Pujols | $46 |
| 2 | Miguel Cabrera | $38 |
| 3 | Adrian Gonzalez | $37 |
| 4 | Mark Teixeira | $37 |
| 5 | Joey Votto | $36 |
| 6 | Ryan Howard | $32 |
| 7 | Prince Fielder | $32 |
| 8 | Kevin Youkilis | $29 |
| 9 | Adam Dunn | $29 |
| 10 | Paul Konerko | $21 |
| 11 | Justin Morneau | $18 |
| 12 | Kendry Morales | $18 |
| 13 | Billy Butler | $16 |
| 14 | Adam LaRoche | $14 |
| 15 | Aubrey Huff | $10 |
| 16 | Carlos Pena | $9 |
| 17 | Derrek Lee | $9 |
| 18 | Gaby Sanchez | $8 |
| 19 | James Loney | $8 |
| 20 | Lance Berkman | $7 |
| 21 | Ike Davis | $6 |
| 22 | Freddie Freeman | $4 |
| 23 | Kila Ka’aihue | $4 |
| 24 | Mitch Moreland | $3 |
| 25 | Matt LaPorta | $1 |
| 26 | Justin Smoak | $1 |
Second Base:
Ian Kinsler always seems to end up a dollar or too higher than Pedroia as people seem to give him an extra boost. Utley has dropped down considerably in the rankings with his injury status, as did Brian Roberts.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Robinson Cano | $31 |
| 2 | Ian Kinsler | $29 |
| 3 | Dustin Pedroia | $27 |
| 4 | Dan Uggla | $27 |
| 5 | Brandon Phillips | $20 |
| 6 | Martín Prado | $18 |
| 7 | Rickie Weeks | $16 |
| 8 | Ben Zobrist | $15 |
| 9 | Aaron Hill | $13 |
| 10 | Chase Utley | $11 |
| 11 | Chone Figgins | $11 |
| 12 | Kelly Johnson | $10 |
| 13 | Gordon Beckham | $10 |
| 14 | Brian Roberts | $9 |
| 15 | Howie Kendrick | $9 |
| 16 | Neil Walker | $9 |
| 17 | Juan Uribe | $9 |
| 18 | Omar Infante | $9 |
| 19 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | $9 |
| 20 | Danny Espinosa | $8 |
| 21 | Mike Aviles | $5 |
| 22 | Sean Rodriguez | $5 |
| 23 | Bill Hall | $1 |
| 24 | Eric Young Jr. | $1 |
Shortstop:
Elvis Andrus was a bargain at $11 compared to what players were going for ranked below him.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Hanley Ramirez | $47 |
| 2 | Troy Tulowitzki | $39 |
| 3 | Jose Reyes | $30 |
| 4 | Jimmy Rollins | $21 |
| 5 | Derek Jeter | $20 |
| 6 | Alexei Ramirez | $20 |
| 7 | Stephen Drew | $14 |
| 8 | Elvis Andrus | $11 |
| 9 | Ian Desmond | $10 |
| 10 | Rafael Furcal | $9 |
| 11 | Starlin Castro | $9 |
| 12 | Ryan Theriot | $9 |
| 13 | Jhonny Peralta | $6 |
| 14 | J.J. Hardy | $6 |
| 15 | Reid Brignac | $5 |
| 16 | Erick Aybar | $4 |
| 17 | Asdrubal Cabrera | $3 |
| 18 | Jason Bartlett | $3 |
| 19 | Miguel Tejada | $2 |
| 20 | Yunel Escobar | $2 |
| 21 | Marco Scutaro | $1 |
| 22 | Cliff Pennington | $1 |
Third base:
Not too often that you are going to see Ryan Zimmerman go for more than A Rod. Casey McGehee was a solid get at $11 as was Michael young at $9.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Evan Longoria | $36 |
| 2 | David Wright | $35 |
| 3 | Ryan Zimmerman | $33 |
| 4 | Alex Rodriguez | $31 |
| 5 | Jose Bautista | $27 |
| 6 | Aramis Ramirez | $20 |
| 7 | Mark Reynolds | $17 |
| 8 | Adrian Beltre | $16 |
| 9 | Pablo Sandoval | $14 |
| 10 | Pedro Alvarez | $12 |
| 11 | Casey McGehee | $11 |
| 12 | Michael Young | $9 |
| 13 | David Freese | $7 |
| 14 | Ian Stewart | $6 |
| 15 | Edwin Encarnacion | $6 |
| 16 | Chase Headley | $2 |
| 17 | Scott Rolen | $1 |
| 18 | Chris Johnson | $1 |
| 19 | Placido Polanco | $1 |
| 20 | Chipper Jones | $1 |
Outfielders:
You can see the value of having money left at the end as there always seems to be bargains for outfielders late in the draft or the last third of the draft as other fantasy baseball owners are running low on funds. Nelson Cruz got a lot of love, going for more than Matt Holliday and Josh Hamilton.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Ryan Braun | $39 |
| 2 | Carl Crawford | $38 |
| 3 | Carlos Gonzalez | $36 |
| 4 | Nelson Cruz | $32 |
| 5 | Matt Holliday | $31 |
| 6 | Matt Kemp | $30 |
| 7 | Josh Hamilton | $29 |
| 8 | Andrew McCutchen | $26 |
| 9 | Jacoby Ellsbury | $25 |
| 10 | Shin-Soo Choo | $24 |
| 11 | Justin Upton | $23 |
| 12 | Jayson Werth | $22 |
| 13 | Andre Ethier | $22 |
| 14 | Jason Heyward | $21 |
| 15 | Nick Markakis | $21 |
| 16 | Alex Rios | $20 |
| 17 | Mike Stanton | $20 |
| 18 | Chris Young | $20 |
| 19 | Rajai Davis | $20 |
| 20 | Hunter Pence | $19 |
| 21 | B.J. Upton | $19 |
| 22 | Jay Bruce | $19 |
| 23 | Delmon Young | $19 |
| 24 | Curtis Granderson | $18 |
| 25 | Shane Victorino | $17 |
| 26 | Jason Bay | $17 |
| 27 | Colby Rasmus | $16 |
| 28 | Juan Pierre | $16 |
| 29 | Drew Stubbs | $16 |
| 30 | Adam Jones | $15 |
| 31 | Ichiro Suzuki | $14 |
| 32 | Corey Hart | $14 |
| 33 | Carlos Quentin | $14 |
| 34 | Brett Gardner | $14 |
| 35 | Torii Hunter | $12 |
| 36 | Carlos Lee | $12 |
| 37 | Angel Pagan | $12 |
| 38 | Michael Bourn | $12 |
| 39 | Travis Snider | $12 |
| 40 | Vernon Wells | $11 |
| 41 | Nick Swisher | $11 |
| 42 | Denard Span | $11 |
| 43 | Jason Kubel | $11 |
| 44 | Jose Tabata | $11 |
| 45 | Ryan Raburn | $11 |
| 46 | Bobby Abreu | $10 |
| 47 | Grady Sizemore | $10 |
| 48 | Manny Ramirez | $9 |
| 49 | Austin Jackson | $9 |
| 50 | Michael Cuddyer | $8 |
| 51 | Coco Crisp | $8 |
| 52 | Andres Torres | $8 |
| 53 | Raul Ibanez | $6 |
| 54 | Nate McLouth | $6 |
| 55 | Dexter Fowler | $5 |
| 56 | Josh Willingham | $5 |
| 57 | Alfonso Soriano | $4 |
| 58 | Franklin Gutierrez | $4 |
| 59 | Logan Morrison | $4 |
| 60 | Ben Francisco | $4 |
| 61 | Chris Coghlan | $4 |
| 62 | Mike Morse | $3 |
| 63 | Magglio Ordonez | $3 |
| 64 | Carlos Beltran | $2 |
| 65 | Tyler Colvin | $2 |
| 66 | Johnny Damon | $2 |
| 67 | Will Venable | $2 |
| 68 | Alex Gordon | $2 |
| 69 | Ryan Ludwick | $1 |
| 70 | Garrett Jones | $1 |
| 71 | Seth Smith | $1 |
| 72 | Jonny Gomes | $1 |
| 73 | Peter Bourjos | $1 |
| 74 | Marlon Byrd | $1 |
| 75 | Julio Borbon | $1 |
| 76 | Brad Hawpe | $1 |
| 77 | Michael Brantley | $1 |
| 78 | Domonic Brown | $1 |
| 79 | Carlos Gomez | $1 |
Utility:
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Vladimir Guerrero | $16 |
| 2 | Adam Lind | $13 |
| 3 | David Ortiz | $6 |
| 4 | Hideki Matsui | $5 |
| 5 | Luke Scott | $3 |
| 6 | Jim Thome | $1 |
Starting Pitchers:
It always seems that there are several pitchers that each season seem to go below their value when it comes to starting pitching and this Tout Wars auction was no exception. This year it was Ubaldo Jimenez, Matt Cain and Jeff Niemann.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Roy Halladay | $31 |
| 2 | Felix Hernandez | $28 |
| 3 | Tim Lincecum | $27 |
| 4 | CC Sabathia | $23 |
| 5 | Cliff Lee | $23 |
| 6 | Jon Lester | $22 |
| 7 | Justin Verlander | $22 |
| 8 | Josh Johnson | $20 |
| 9 | Clayton Kershaw | $19 |
| 10 | Cole Hamels | $19 |
| 11 | Tommy Hanson | $19 |
| 12 | Jered Weaver | $18 |
| 13 | Dan Haren | $18 |
| 14 | Zack Greinke | $18 |
| 15 | Ubaldo Jimenez | $17 |
| 16 | David Price | $17 |
| 17 | Mat Latos | $17 |
| 18 | Yovani Gallardo | $16 |
| 19 | Matt Cain | $15 |
| 20 | Roy Oswalt | $15 |
| 21 | Max Scherzer | $15 |
| 22 | Brett Anderson | $15 |
| 23 | Chris Carpenter | $14 |
| 24 | Francisco Liriano | $13 |
| 25 | Chad Billingsley | $12 |
| 26 | Dan Hudson | $12 |
| 27 | Jake Peavy | $12 |
| 28 | Wandy Rodriguez | $11 |
| 29 | Hiroki Kuroda | $11 |
| 30 | Jonathan Sanchez | $11 |
| 31 | Randy Wells | $11 |
| 32 | Ryan Dempster | $10 |
| 33 | Matt Garza | $10 |
| 34 | Phil Hughes | $10 |
| 35 | Brandon Morrow | $10 |
| 36 | Colby Lewis | $9 |
| 37 | Clay Buchholz | $9 |
| 38 | Josh Beckett | $9 |
| 39 | Jeremy Hellickson | $9 |
| 40 | Ted Lilly | $9 |
| 41 | Madison Bumgarner | $9 |
| 42 | Gio Gonzalez | $9 |
| 43 | Homer Bailey | $9 |
| 44 | Tim Hudson | $8 |
| 45 | Ian Kennedy | $8 |
| 46 | Jhoulys Chacin | $8 |
| 47 | Shaun Marcum | $7 |
| 48 | Trevor Cahill | $7 |
| 49 | Javier Vazquez | $7 |
| 50 | James Shields | $7 |
| 51 | Jordan Zimmermann | $7 |
| 52 | Brian Matusz | $7 |
| 53 | Michael Pineda | $7 |
| 54 | John Danks | $6 |
| 55 | Ricky Romero | $6 |
| 56 | John Lackey | $6 |
| 57 | Johnny Cueto | $6 |
| 58 | Edwin Jackson | $6 |
| 59 | Ricky Nolasco | $5 |
| 60 | Brett Myers | $5 |
| 61 | Edison Volquez | $5 |
| 62 | Bud Norris | $5 |
| 63 | C.J. Wilson | $4 |
| 64 | Jorge De La Rosa | $4 |
| 65 | Ervin Santana | $4 |
| 66 | Mike Minor | $4 |
| 67 | Carlos Zambrano | $4 |
| 68 | Ivan Nova | $4 |
| 69 | Gavin Floyd | $3 |
| 70 | Jaime Garcia | $3 |
| 71 | Travis Wood | $3 |
| 72 | Jair Jurrjens | $3 |
| 73 | Jonathon Niese | $3 |
| 74 | Bronson Arroyo | $2 |
| 75 | Wade Davis | $2 |
| 76 | Carl Pavano | $2 |
| 77 | Tim Stauffer | $2 |
| 78 | Jake Westbrook | $2 |
| 79 | Clayton Richard | $2 |
| 80 | A.J. Burnett | $2 |
| 81 | Scott Baker | $1 |
| 82 | Jeff Niemann | $1 |
| 83 | J.A. Happ | $1 |
| 84 | Brandon Webb | $1 |
| 85 | Anibal Sanchez | $1 |
| 86 | Johan Santana | $1 |
| 87 | Derek Lowe | $1 |
| 88 | Kevin Slowey | $1 |
| 89 | Derek Holland | $1 |
| 90 | Brandon Beachy | $1 |
| 91 | Erik Bedard | $1 |
Closers:
Lots of uncertainty at the closer spot with some guys dealing with injuries, others dealing with a committee and some just not performing so values seem to widely vary from auction to auction.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Brian Wilson | $20 |
| 2 | Mariano Rivera | $20 |
| 3 | Neftali Feliz | $19 |
| 4 | Carlos Marmol | $19 |
| 5 | Heath Bell | $17 |
| 6 | Joakim Soria | $16 |
| 7 | Chris Perez | $16 |
| 8 | Jonathan Papelbon | $14 |
| 9 | John Axford | $14 |
| 10 | Jonathan Broxton | $14 |
| 11 | Matt Thornton | $13 |
| 12 | Brandon Lyon | $13 |
| 13 | Joel Hanrahan | $13 |
| 14 | Francisco Rodriguez | $12 |
| 15 | Huston Street | $11 |
| 16 | Joe Nathan | $11 |
| 17 | Jose Valverde | $10 |
| 18 | Craig Kimbrel | $10 |
| 19 | Andrew Bailey | $9 |
| 20 | J.J. Putz | $9 |
| 21 | Francisco Cordero | $9 |
| 22 | Ryan Franklin | $9 |
| 23 | Leo Nunez | $8 |
| 24 | Brad Lidge | $7 |
| 25 | Drew Storen | $7 |
| 26 | Kevin Gregg | $7 |
| 27 | Fernando Rodney | $5 |
| 28 | David Aardsma | $4 |
| 29 | Frank Francisco | $4 |
| 30 | Jake McGee | $4 |
Relief Pitchers:
Here is a look at the prices for relief pitchers that are not currently seen as a closer.
| Rank | Name | Price |
| 1 | Jonny Venters | $5 |
| 2 | Rafael Soriano | $4 |
| 3 | Brian Fuentes | $4 |
| 4 | Chris Sale | $3 |
| 5 | Aroldis Chapman | $3 |
| 6 | Brandon League | $3 |
| 7 | Hong-Chih Kuo | $2 |
| 8 | Daniel Bard | $2 |
| 9 | Ryan Madson | $2 |
| 10 | Koji Uehara | $2 |
| 11 | Jon Rauch | $2 |
| 12 | Alexi Ogando | $2 |
| 13 | Matt Capps | $1 |
| 14 | Tyler Clippard | $1 |
| 15 | Bobby Jenks | $1 |
| 16 | Octavio Dotel | $1 |
