LABR draft tonight at 9p ET

[Todd Zola]

Well, of course he's useful in pretty much any format (and as far as I can tell this is just a standard format). The real question is: is he more useful than those drafted after him? Because if the answer is no, then value was presumably lost. Would they have been better off going after a higher quality 2B or C or a different closer (like Rodney, for example)? I think the answer is probably yes but if Paps gets traded that equation changes dramatically.

My point's just that Giles is very useful even if he doesn't close. The rest I'll leave to the boys.

[Sharky]

My point's just that Giles is very useful even if he doesn't close. The rest I'll leave to the boys.

Love the LaRoche, Boxberger, and Peraza picks in particular. Curious what you see in Lind (especially with possibility that Lucroy sees some time at 1B). Thoughts?

[Todd Zola]

I'll be writing up the draft for a column on Thursday. This is a draft in February - Lind is a fungible pick, I like the park and the lineup up top. In a 15-team league there will be a couple of spots getting platoon AB so I'm not concerned. If he struggles or loses too much time in a platoon I'll jettison him.

[james33]

Anyone know when NL LABR is?

[Weapon1]

According to its Twitter hashtag, both auctions are this weekend: https://twitter.com/hashtag/labr?src=hash

[Moonlight J]

According to its Twitter hashtag, both auctions are this weekend: https://twitter.com/hashtag/labr?src=hash

Correct -- one Saturday PM & one Sunday PM

[Big Tymer]

Anyone else planning to spend their Saturday night following this auction? Link below but personally this is one of my favorite weekends of the pre-season.

AL-LABR

[axman]

anyone else planning to spend their saturday night following this auction? Link below but personally this is one of my favorite weekends of the pre-season.

al-labr

yes...

[overkill94]

How does Trout go for $44 but Donaldson $31?! I'm sure inflation will have an effect on my AL-only but these prices seem crazy.

[SlideRule]

I did notice that and thought Trout was a bit low, but that seems to happen in expert leagues with no inflation. I haven't reviewed the results in detail - any other interesting prices or buys?

[chancellor]

I did notice that and thought Trout was a bit low, but that seems to happen in expert leagues with no inflation. I haven't reviewed the results in detail - any other interesting prices or buys?

Reyes at $24 caught my eye; that's lower than just about everywhere I've seen him pegged. Ianetta at 9 in the first round was pure madness, IMO.

[virgonomic]

I'm surprised Singleton and J.Smith went for $1. Gose 3 could be a steal.

Fielder 30
Beltre 29
Hanley 30
Springer 29
Stroman 20
Carrasco 20

all went for top dollar.

[Moonlight J]

A healthy Fielder went $33 last season....I can't believe he still went for $30

[littlebilly3]

Reyes at 24 caught my eye as well. Especially with Andrus going for 20. Seemed low on Reyes

[Big Tymer]

Ianetta at 9 in the first round was pure madness, IMO.

So Eno made it known he was looking for better catchers this year so not surprised per se. If you look at the later starting catchers taken $9 isn't that bad as he'll get 400+ ABs in a pretty good lineup. Not sure his BA stays at .250 though.

In a 2-catcher only league guys any starting catcher with decent pop is going to go for about that much.