12TO Auction Deep Dive

[frae]

I don't know if reading these is helpful for anyone or just cathartic for me but either way, I will write some.

So unlike PONY, my investment wasn't as one-sided going into the auction so when I went to make a budget plan I had to have make probably 5 sketches. The main two variations hinged on do I get a top 15 hitter or do i get one of the two top closers. So basically it was do I get a $40 hitter or a $30 closer or do I get both?

12TO has a long history, I think this is our 19th year and hitting inflation is always high and Max was the lone elite ace out there so we all knew that would be high too. I knew I couldn't get one of the top 5 hitters or Max but I was hoping to get Votto, Rizzo, E Diaz, or Jansen. Scherzer, Yelich, Goldy, Machado, Blackmon, Baez and Marte were locks to go too high. Cain, Cano, Segura, and Turner were probably the next group. Then Cutch, Pollock, Myers, Donaldson and maybe Inciarte for speed.

So those were some of the top names out there. Let's get to what I had going in and really nail down what I saw as my budget.

5x5 NL Only 12 teams keep 10 majors and we have deep farms. 1 C 2 UT

C Yadi Molina $10
2b Albies $5
SS Story $15
OF Harper $25
OF Ozuna $29

P J Flaherty $4
P Greinkie $25
P S Lugo $1
P Mikolas $7
P A Vizcaino $3

So I had spent 124 going in and had 136 to build a team. I have a good balance of speed and power on offense going in and I have a nice pitching base. I didn't have any specific targets except if I didn't get a closer I would move money around and get AJ Minter and accept that I have 1 closer most likely (Don't screw me Kimbrel).

Hitting budget

40
20
10
10
5
4
3
2
1

Pitching budget

25
10
5
1

So I am looking for one good bat, and maybe an elite closer and an ok SP or a solid SP and minter. Basically, I had $40 to buy 3 pitchers of some kind and I wanted some saves and a starting pitcher I don't hate. One thing I haven't mentioned is I have Touki T on my farm so I will be adding him on day one so I really am going in with 4 SP's Lugo and Viz.

I watched the big money go initially. With long term keeper leagues you have all sorts of roster construction going into these. Teams with all cheap guys, teams with some at value studs, teams that have almost no money and teams that have over $200. So the money pours out early. I don't have the toss order now but in the first 2 -3 rounds these are the big names

Scherzer $64
Yelich $56
Goldy $59
Machado $56
Baez $50
Marte $47
Rizzo $46

I didn't get close to buying any of those players. So there wasn't a lot of strategy there for me. I finally got in on Votto just like I did in PONY. The bidding started to slow down in the mid $30's and I do like him to bounce back. I went to my high bid of $39 for him and got him. Is it an awesome use of money? I don't know to be honest but it helps my BA and his lineup really should be good this year so hopefully he sees more pitches to hit.

The next interesting part of the auction for me was the closers. I had Daez and Jansen valued at $35 and 31 respectively, but I knew I wasn't going to pay $35. I also knew $25 was a pipe dream so in my head I said I'll pay $30 and make the money work. I was never close to get Diaz but came real close on Jansen. I had the $30 bid, but someone came in late and went $31. I just didn't want to move money around all over the place and figured in a keeper league 1/3 of the league will dump at some point and I can trade assets for saves or if Kimbrel signs we will have a chance at FAAB.

A bit of a lull for me here, but I'll give you some more prices on the top available guys...

Lo Cain $33 (I think i tried to get this for $30)
J Turner $38
Kershaw $32 ( I bid into the low 20's but didn't like the risk for my teams setup this year)
Pollock $34 (hoped he'd stay in the low 20's)
J Segura $49 (that isn't a typo just wound up with two guys with money at that point and he was the last big name there)
Cano $32
J Donaldson $36
Moustakas $31
W Myers $33
Stras $34
Cutch $30

I think that covers all the $30 plus players. I know I held money for a while, pretty sure the next guy I got in on was Iglesias and Robertson. I bid Iglesias up to 23, but someone bid 24 and I just wasn't sure I wanted to blow my money on a closer who might not get all the saves. Robertson I only bid into the high teens. He has great stuff, but Kimbrel and he hasn't done it for long periods of time let me back off. So now my $20ish pitcher will be a starter. Rich Hill came out and the bidding slowed in the high teens. I got in as I like him a lot and while I know I won't be getting 180 innings I will get very good innings when I do and I'll replace him when they rest him. So Hill fits in for $20. I sat again for a while until it was getting to the point where you had to push your money in and get someone. Some more buys that happened again more the 20's glob not in a specific order

Dozier $28 ( i was in to 26 i think)
Inciarte $28 (same in on it till 25 or 26)
Desmond $26
Braun $26
E Escobar $25
Maeda $25
Darvish $25
Robbie Ray $25
Hendricks $24
Mad Bum $24
Archer $24
A Eaton $23
Quintana $21

So I was in on the first 3 because I needed some speed at this point with this last big hitter buy. When I missed on all 3 Ceasar Hernandez was the next guy up on my list. While his batting order position is unclear I had to get my money in and it cost me $26. If I look at it now and you told me the bidding for Inciarte would stop at 28 I would go back and bid 28 there and move money around. I don't love Desmond this year and he would have knocked my BA down a lot so I think I prefer ceasar for my team at this point.

So I think the next guy out is AJ Minter. Since I saved $5 on my top pitching line, but I was $6 over on my 2nd hitter I was at about a push at this point. In my head I was like I'll get him for $10 no problem I'm the guy with the other closer in ATL who wants the dinged up guy on the bad side of committee. Well I would be wrong lol. Andrew Miller had gone for $14 earlier so I should have known something was in the water. I got bid up over $10 and probably had the toughest plus one call of the night when they had $12 and I was the only one bidding. I decided I'd go $13 and justify it as $16 for the Braves closer isn't bad (don't screw me there Kimbrel). So overall I was under $1 on Votto, over $6 on ceasar, under $5 on hill and over $3 on Minter which makes me over $3 total.

At this point I don't dislike anything I did, I am buying stats. I think the biggest gamble I took was after all the 3b's I wanted were gone.

Lamb $17
Longo $11 ( i probably should have bid 12 here)
Franco $14

So Kang came up and I let some local reporting bias kick in. He has been awesome with the glove so far and everyone can see the power regardless of being local. So I got run up and bid $11 and got him. If there was really one thing I'd do I'd switch him and Longo because I am playing for this year and Longo is so much safer. Kang could be awesome, but the Pirates are annoying and who knows who they play.

So with that out of the way here are a few things I did that I liked.

Markakis for $12 - with some of the prices on other regulars I needed to finally get a 3rd OF'er and this guy is solid.
A Barnes for $2 - yes we are one catcher but we have 2 UT and you do often wind up with a C there and I like Barnes to at least help some
S Castro $6 - I really like this he isn't old, he will hit in a good spot in the lineup and will just be solid. Perfect NL Only type
D Freese $1 - Will be in the bad side of the platoon but will help my BA and the Dodgers like to use everyone
N Kingham $2 - He is out of options and the pirates will keep him around. He might be long relief but when one of the guys gets hurt he could get his shot. I like taking upside here.
J Ross $2 - Won't start up but I'll replace him with Touki and if he gets the call he could help.

Yuck
B Gamel $1 - OF got ugly on me and I couldn't top anyone
P Ervin $1 - Did I mention of got ugly?

RSVS

C Ferguson $1 - Should start in the Dodgers pen and could be Lugo like this year
J Vargas $1 - He has a job it is an NL Only, whatever
R Erlin - $1 he is on an improving team and should still pitch, what the heck
R Martin $1 - wow I forgot how bad it gets in NL Only rsvs when farm guys are owned. I panicked and just took him.
M Pina $1 - yeah ran out of queue guys and couldn't find anyone. Seriously when all the farm guys are owned it is hard to find guys with jobs at this point

Using projections and targets I hit what I wanted in 4/5 on offense. I came up 20 SB's short.

Pitching wise I came up 5 W's short and 59 K's short which means I am close in my mind and managing Touki/Ross/Kingham when they are really starting could help get those two. I am short in saves and if I want top 1/2 I'll probably need to trade for one. Here's

C Yadi $10
1B Votto $39
2b Albies $5
ss Story $15
3b Kang $11
CI Freese $1
MI C Hernandez $26
OF Harper $25
OF Ozuna $29
OF Markakis $12
OF Gamel $1
OF P ervin $1
UT S Castro $6
UT A Barnes $2

P Greinke $25
P Hill $20
P Flaherty $4
P Mikolas $7
P Lugo $1
P Kingham $2
P Ross $2 / Touki farm
P Viz $3
P Minter $13

RSV
Erlin $1
C Ferguson $1
J Vargas $1
R Martin $1
M Pina $1

I hope that helps anyone who still has an NL Only auction and as always I enjoy getting feedback even if you hate it. Thanks.

[frae]

WEST END BRIDGERS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
1B Joey Votto 1B | CIN 39 1B,CI,DH,U
3B Jung Ho Kang 3B | PIT 11 3B,CI,DH,U
MI Cesar Hernandez 2B | PHI 26 2B,DH,MI,U
CI David Freese 3B | LAD 1 1B,3B,CI,DH,U
OF Nick Markakis RF | ATL 12 DH,OF,U
OF Phillip Ervin LF | CIN 1 DH,OF,U
OF Ben Gamel LF | MIL 1 DH,OF,U
DH Austin Barnes C | LAD 2 C,DH,U
DH Starlin Castro 2B | MIA 6 2B,DH,MI,U
P Rich Hill SP | LAD 20 P
P A.J. Minter RP | ATL 13 P
P Nick Kingham SP | PIT 2 P
P Joe Ross SP | WAS 2 P
RES Caleb Ferguson RP | LAD 1 P
RES Jason Vargas SP | NYM 1 P
RES Russell Martin C | LAD 1 3B,C,CI,DH,U
RES Manny Pina C | MIL 1 C,DH,U
RES Robbie Erlin RP | SD 1 P
WHISKEY JACKS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
C Elias Diaz C | PIT 3 C,DH,U
1B Peter O'Brien 1B | MIA 4 1B,CI,DH,U
3B Todd Frazier 3B | NYM 2 3B,CI,DH,U
CI Yairo Munoz SS | STL 3 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,OF,SS,U
OF Lorenzo Cain CF | MIL 33 DH,OF,U
OF Franmil Reyes RF | SD 18 DH,OF,U
DH Carson Kelly C | ARI 1 C,DH,U
DH Adam Frazier 2B | PIT 8 2B,DH,MI,OF,U
P Max Scherzer SP | WAS 64 P
P Drew Pomeranz RP | SF 3 P
P Caleb Smith SP | MIA 3 P
P Tyler Mahle SP | CIN 2 P
P Jordan Lyles RP | PIT 2 P
RES Scott Schebler RF | CIN 4 DH,OF,U
RES Scott Kingery SS | PHI 5 DH,MI,SS,U
RES Roman Quinn CF | PHI 3 DH,OF,U
RES J.D. Davis 3B | NYM 3 3B,CI,DH,U
RES Jerad Eickhoff RP | PHI 1 P
PREACHERS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
C Brian McCann C | ATL 2 C,DH,U
1B Paul Goldschmidt 1B | STL 59 1B,CI,DH,U
2B Brian Dozier 2B | WAS 28 2B,DH,MI,U
OF Dexter Fowler RF | STL 6 DH,OF,U
OF Gerardo Parra LF | SF 8 DH,OF,U
OF Ben Zobrist RF | CHC 4 2B,DH,MI,OF,U
DH Ian Kinsler 2B | SD 3 2B,DH,MI,U
DH Rajai Davis CF | NYM 2 DH,OF,U
P Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS 34 P
P Jake Arrieta SP | PHI 19 P
P Jeff Samardzija SP | SF 9 P
P Greg Holland RP | ARI 4 P
P Reyes Moronta RP | SF 1 P
RES Pat Neshek RP | PHI 1 P
RES Dinelson Lamet SP | SD 1 P
RES Carlos Gomez RF | NYM 1 DH,OF,U
RES Pablo Sandoval 3B | SF 1 1B,3B,CI,DH,U
RES Jimmie Sherfy RP | ARI 1 P
BEAGLE PIT
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
C Chris Iannetta C | COL 1 C,DH,U
2B Yangervis Solarte 3B | SF 5 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,U
3B Martin Prado 3B | MIA 1 3B,CI,DH,U
MI Orlando Arcia SS | MIL 16 DH,MI,SS,U
CI Anthony Rizzo 1B | CHC 46 1B,CI,DH,U
OF Starling Marte CF | PIT 47 DH,OF,U
OF Charlie Blackmon CF | COL 53 DH,OF,U
OF Garrett Cooper LF | MIA 1 DH,OF,U
DH Christian Walker 1B | ARI 3 1B,CI,DH,U
DH Kevin Kramer 3B | PIT 1 3B,CI,DH,U
P Madison Bumgarner SP | SF 24 P
P Carlos Martinez SP | STL 12 P
P Tony Watson RP | SF 1 P
RES David Hernandez RP | CIN 1 P
RES Dan Winkler RP | ATL 1 P
RES Kyle Dowdy SP | NYM 1 P
RES Brad Brach RP | CHC 1 P
RES Cody Reed RP | CIN 1 P
ANGRY YOUNG MAN
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
2B Wilmer Difo 2B | WAS 1 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,U
OF Steven Souza RF | ARI 16 DH,OF,U
OF Eric Thames RF | MIL 7 1B,CI,DH,OF,U
OF Albert Almora CF | CHC 5 DH,OF,U
OF Keon Broxton CF | NYM 4 DH,OF,U
OF Curtis Granderson RF | MIA 1 DH,OF,U
DH Jorge Alfaro C | MIA 5 C,DH,U
DH Pablo Reyes RF | PIT 5 DH,OF,U
P Chris Archer SP | PIT 24 P
P Anthony DeSclafani SP | CIN 5 P
P Eric Lauer SP | SD 1 P
P Trevor Rosenthal RP | WAS 1 P
P Tayron Guerrero RP | MIA 2 P
RES Jarrod Dyson CF | ARI 1 DH,OF,U
RES Amir Garrett RP | CIN 1 P
RES Jose Castillo RP | SD 1 P
RES Ray Black RP | SF 1 P
RES Tyler Beede SP | SF 1 P
SALAMANDERS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
C Yan Gomes C | WAS 3 C,DH,U
2B Robinson Cano 2B | NYM 32 2B,DH,MI,U
3B Mike Moustakas 3B | MIL 31 3B,CI,DH,U
SS Jose Iglesias SS | CIN 1 DH,MI,SS,U
MI Adeiny Hechavarria SS | NYM 1 DH,MI,SS,U
CI Eric Hosmer 1B | SD 19 1B,CI,DH,U
OF A.J. Pollock CF | LAD 34 DH,OF,U
OF Steven Duggar CF | SF 9 DH,OF,U
OF Aaron Altherr RF | PHI 1 DH,OF,U
DH Evan Longoria 3B | SF 11 3B,CI,DH,U
DH Dominic Smith 1B | NYM 1 1B,CI,DH,U
P Raisel Iglesias RP | CIN 24 P
P David Robertson RP | PHI 21 P
P Sonny Gray SP | CIN 14 P
P Julio Urias RP | LAD 15 P
P Steve Cishek RP | CHC 5 P
RES Mike Montgomery RP | CHC 3 P
RES Anibal Sanchez SP | WAS 8 P
RES Max Fried SP | ATL 2 P
RES Kyle Barraclough RP | WAS 1 P
RES Adam Wainwright SP | STL 1 P
BIG TYMERS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
1B Ian Desmond 1B | COL 26 1B,CI,DH,OF,U
2B Neil Walker 1B | MIA 2 1B,2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,U
MI Eduardo Escobar 3B | ARI 25 3B,CI,DH,MI,SS,U
CI Justin Turner 3B | LAD 38 3B,CI,DH,U
OF Charlie Culberson LF | ATL 1 3B,CI,DH,MI,OF,SS,U
OF Cameron Maybin LF | SF 1 DH,OF,U
DH Kurt Suzuki C | WAS 4 C,DH,U
DH Austin Hedges C | SD 2 C,DH,U
P Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD 32 P
P Jon Lester SP | CHC 16 P
P Tanner Roark SP | CIN 4 P
P Sam Dyson RP | SF 2 P
P Hector Neris RP | PHI 2 P
RES Taijuan Walker SP | ARI 3 P
RES Mark Melancon RP | SF 3 P
RES Jeurys Familia RP | NYM 2 P
RES Addison Russell SS | CHC 2 DH,MI,SS,U
RES Garrett Richards SP | SD 1 P
STOMP!
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
C Buster Posey C | SF 14 C,DH,U
SS Dansby Swanson SS | ATL 3 DH,MI,SS,U
MI Jed Lowrie 2B | NYM 13 2B,DH,MI,U
OF Andrew McCutchen RF | PHI 30 DH,OF,U
OF Ender Inciarte CF | ATL 28 DH,OF,U
OF Nick Williams RF | PHI 3 DH,OF,U
OF Raimel Tapia CF | COL 2 DH,OF,U
DH Matt Adams 1B | WAS 9 1B,CI,DH,U
DH Tyler Flowers C | ATL 1 C,DH,U
P Kenley Jansen RP | LAD 31 P
P Robbie Ray SP | ARI 25 P
P Jose Quintana SP | CHC 21 P
P Jeremy Hellickson SP | WAS 5 P
RES Brandon Crawford SS | SF 4 DH,MI,SS,U
RES Dan Straily SP | MIA 1 P
RES Miguel Rojas SS | MIA 1 1B,3B,CI,DH,MI,SS,U
RES David Bote 3B | CHC 1 3B,CI,DH,U
RES Richard Rodriguez RP | PIT 1 P
MOTOR CITY MAD MEN
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
1B Ryan Zimmerman 1B | WAS 15 1B,CI,DH,U
2B Jeff McNeil 2B | NYM 17 2B,DH,MI,U
3B Josh Donaldson 3B | ATL 36 3B,CI,DH,U
SS Manny Machado SS | SD 56 DH,MI,SS,U
MI Alen Hanson 2B | SF 2 2B,DH,MI,OF,U
CI Maikel Franco 3B | PHI 14 3B,CI,DH,U
OF Yoenis Cespedes LF | NYM 12 DH,OF,U
OF Adam Duvall LF | ATL 2 DH,OF,U
DH Matt Kemp LF | CIN 11 DH,OF,U
DH Derek Dietrich LF | CIN 2 1B,CI,DH,OF,U
P Chris Paddack SP | SD 16 P
P Freddy Peralta SP | MIL 8 P
P Kevin Gausman SP | ATL 10 P
RES Adam Conley RP | MIA 1 P
RES Jedd Gyorko 3B | STL 1 3B,CI,DH,MI,U
RES Yoshihisa Hirano RP | ARI 1 P
RES Seung-Hwan Oh RP | COL 1 P
RES JT Riddle SS | MIA 1 DH,MI,SS,U
FRANCO PRUSSIAN WARRIORS
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
1B Jose Osuna 1B | PIT 1 1B,CI,DH,U
2B Javier Baez 2B | CHC 50 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,SS,U
MI Erik Gonzalez 2B | PIT 1 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,U
CI Jake Lamb 3B | ARI 17 3B,CI,DH,U
OF Adam Eaton RF | WAS 23 DH,OF,U
OF Jason Heyward RF | CHC 5 DH,OF,U
OF Lonnie Chisenhall RF | PIT 2 DH,OF,U
OF Travis Jankowski RF | SD 1 DH,OF,U
DH Tucker Barnhart C | CIN 3 C,DH,U
DH Melky Cabrera RF | PIT 1 DH,OF,U
P Yu Darvish SP | CHC 25 P
P Jimmy Nelson SP | MIL 10 P
P Derek Holland SP | SF 9 P
P Merrill Kelly SP | ARI 6 P
P Kyle Crick RP | PIT 1 P
RES Craig Stammen RP | SD 3 P
RES Jared Hughes RP | CIN 1 P
RES Tom Murphy C | COL 1 C,DH,U
RES Robert Gsellman RP | NYM 1 P
RES Curt Casali C | CIN 1 C,DH,U
VELVET STEAMROLLER
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
3B Colin Moran 3B | PIT 6 3B,CI,DH,U
MI Kolten Wong 2B | STL 4 2B,DH,MI,U
CI Brandon Belt 1B | SF 19 1B,CI,DH,U
OF Wil Myers LF | SD 33 3B,CI,DH,OF,U
OF Ryan Braun LF | MIL 26 DH,OF,U
OF Joc Pederson LF | LAD 19 DH,OF,U
DH Adam Jones CF | ARI 11 DH,OF,U
DH Hernan Perez 2B | MIL 7 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,OF,SS,U
P Edwin Diaz RP | NYM 35 P
P Kenta Maeda SP | LAD 25 P
P Vince Velasquez SP | PHI 6 P
P Julio Teheran SP | ATL 8 P
P Michael Wacha SP | STL 9 P
RES Sergio Romo RP | MIA 5 P
RES Tyler Anderson SP | COL 3 P
RES Austin Dean LF | MIA 1 DH,OF,U
RES Johnny Cueto SP | SF 2 P
RES Cory Spangenberg 2B | MIL 1 2B,3B,CI,DH,MI,U
ROUNDING THIRD
POS PLAYER SALARY ELIG
1B Wilmer Flores 1B | ARI 9 1B,CI,DH,U
MI Jean Segura SS | PHI 49 DH,MI,SS,U
CI Mark Reynolds 1B | COL 2 1B,CI,DH,U
OF Christian Yelich LF | MIL 56 DH,OF,U
OF Mac Williamson LF | SF 3 DH,OF,U
OF Jose Pirela 2B | SD 2 2B,DH,MI,OF,U
DH Joe Panik 2B | SF 4 2B,DH,MI,U
DH Howie Kendrick 2B | WAS 2 2B,DH,MI,U
P Andrew Miller RP | STL 14 P
P Kyle Hendricks SP | CHC 24 P
P Zack Godley SP | ARI 14 P
P Keone Kela RP | PIT 6 P
P Carl Edwards RP | CHC 2 P
RES Zach Davies SP | MIL 1 P
RES Juan Lagares CF | NYM 1 DH,OF,U
RES John Gant SP | STL 1 P
RES Joe Kelly RP | LAD 1 P
RES Aramis Garcia 1B | SF 1 1B,CI,DH,U

[Hornsby]

I think that your team can be best described as solid, but unspectacular...really well formed, even between pitching and hitting, and no real dead spots, including speed, which is tough to do in an NL only.

I do admire that you form a plan, and stick to it...something I can never do. I tend to freelance once I'm in the room. I think that you and Rob had the best plans to go into the season...Rob read the tea leaves exceptionally well and kept all his studs, which in retrospect, turned out to be genius. DeGrom would have gone for mid 50's rather than the 39 he was kept at. So I think that you two will be slugging it out all season long, and the rest of us are going to scramble...

[pitbull]

Damn Keith you wrote a novel. Not sure what I did last night but 3 observations. 1. Start earlier to prepare for the draft. My plan was there was no plan. 2. Watching Mich b-ball more than the draft might not be a good idea. 3. Doing this with �� might have led to some unwise choices.

[frae]

I think that your team can be best described as solid, but unspectacular...really well formed, even between pitching and hitting, and no real dead spots, including speed, which is tough to do in an NL only.

I do admire that you form a plan, and stick to it...something I can never do. I tend to freelance once I'm in the room. I think that you and Rob had the best plans to go into the season...Rob read the tea leaves exceptionally well and kept all his studs, which in retrospect, turned out to be genius. DeGrom would have gone for mid 50's rather than the 39 he was kept at. So I think that you two will be slugging it out all season long, and the rest of us are going to scramble...

Thanks I pretty much agree I didn't come out of there with anyone you would say that is an awesome buy, but with 11 sharp owners and lots of money to be spent you don't usually get those. So I bought as many guys with solid roles as i could. It isn't flashy that is for sure. We had no one bought between 46-39. Rizzo was 46 and Votto 39, so I basically paid the most for what we deemed the 2nd tier guys. Is that good or bad? Who knows but I found it interesting.

[frae]

Damn Keith you wrote a novel. Not sure what I did last night but 3 observations. 1. Start earlier to prepare for the draft. My plan was there was no plan. 2. Watching Mich b-ball more than the draft might not be a good idea. 3. Doing this with �� might have led to some unwise choices.

Yeah sorry, don't quote that and reply lol

I want to be flexible and willing to adjust how I allocate money, but I feel like if I don't come up with any plan and just wing it I wind up with money in places I didn't need it. At least Michigan won!

[hacko]

Thanks I pretty much agree I didn't come out of there with anyone you would say that is an awesome buy, but with 11 sharp owners and lots of money to be spent you don't usually get those. So I bought as many guys with solid roles as i could. It isn't flashy that is for sure. We had no one bought between 46-39. Rizzo was 46 and Votto 39, so I basically paid the most for what we deemed the 2nd tier guys. Is that good or bad? Who knows but I found it interesting.

And they said he was just another pretty face.

[frae]

And they said he was just another pretty face.

Thanks Del, I am trying to get some wisdom in my old age.

[hacko]

Thanks Del, I am trying to get some wisdom in my old age.

All old age brings you are brain cramps!

And fond memories of owning Don Mattingly on a rookie contract

[gcstomp]

I appreciated reading it Frae, though it is from a selfish pov of being a long term member of league. My strategy this go around was to spread risk, dont spend over 30 on anyone, and try to sign players on right side of age 30. My hardest moment was K Jansen, a target I needed, was at 30. I waited until going once, twice, before going 31, and breaking my $30 limit.

Stomp! very pleased with how auction went, picked up some high upside targets, spread risk, snagged some targets. If thinking about my team as a war tribe, as I often like to do, this team is prepped to burn your cities, plunder your treasure, and enslave your people.

[Judge Jude]

good stuff.

at a glance, it seems like you had an excellent keeper list - and that the prices for stars were astounding.
was there some sweet spot where you could buy a player at an uninflated price?

WAIT: maybe this is 300 units and not 260?

[frae]

good stuff.

at a glance, it seems like you had an excellent keeper list - and that the prices for stars were astounding.
was there some sweet spot where you could buy a player at an uninflated price?

WAIT: maybe this is 300 units and not 260?

265 we buy our 5 rsvs. There really wasn't I listed all the prices there. We don't really ever seem to run out of money for the good guys.

[Teenwolf]

I considered my team a likely rebuilder this year, so my strategy was a bit different.

I hate buying top-tier in this league, as inflation is 100%. I decided to target Scherzer for $65 or less. $64 was fine by me. Next up, I wanted a closer to pair with my weak $5 Morrow keeper... wanted Diaz or Jansen under $35. Diaz went $35 and Jansen $31, so I just missed the boat. I grabbed L. Cain $33 instead, which I felt was minimal inflation. My 3rd big buy was Franmil Reyes $18, and that shut me out of my other 2 mid-price targets (Paddack & J. McNeil)

Paddack, I wanted at $15 or less... went for $16. J. McNeil, I wanted under $15... went for $17. Both players to the same owner. Those buys would have shut me out of the endgame bidding. Here's what I spent that bit of money on instead: E. Diaz $3, P. O'Brien $4, JD Davis $3, Munoz $3, A. Frazier $8, Kingery $5, Schebler $4, R. Quinn $3, T. Frazier $2, D. Pomeranz $3, C. Smith $3, T. Mahle $2, J. Lyles $2.

[Teenwolf]

By the way, I was very annoyed at Keith landing S. Castro $6. Solidly under value. Could also move to a better lineup mid-season.

[Hornsby]

By the way, I was very annoyed at Keith landing S. Castro $6. Solidly under value. Could also move to a better lineup mid-season.

Don't lose any sleep over it...Castro is a WYSIWYG player, nothing to get excited about owning. He's always had the potential, and seems unlikely to ever fulfill it, IMO. Useful for the right team, but that's about it...