AL Only Auction Results

I have enjoyed reading the auction results of others, I find it helps set expectations. Below is the results of our AL only auction from Sunday 3/20. 12 teams, 5x5, $260 budget, teams could keep up to 6 players. Inflation ran high in the beginning before settling down. Sorted by money spent on the player.

Player Salary
Miguel Cabrera 1B | DET 39
Jose Abreu 1B | CHW 36
Edwin Encarnacion 1B | TOR 34
Chris Sale SP | CHW 33
Carlos Gomez CF | HOU 32
Jose Bautista RF | TOR 32
Kyle Seager 3B | SEA 30
Justin Upton LF | DET 29
Todd Frazier 3B | CHW 28
Adam Jones CF | BAL 28
David Price SP | BOS 28
Nelson Cruz RF | SEA 27
Albert Pujols 1B | LAA 26
Elvis Andrus SS | TEX 26
Robinson Cano 2B | SEA 25
Felix Hernandez SP | SEA 25
Michael Brantley LF | CLE 25
Prince Fielder DH | TEX 24
Adrian Beltre 3B | TEX 23
Khris Davis LF | OAK 23
Kole Calhoun RF | LAA 23
Cole Hamels SP | TEX 23
Ian Desmond SS | TEX 23
Byung Ho Park 1B | MIN 23
Ian Kinsler 2B | DET 22
Jason Kipnis 2B | CLE 22
Craig Kimbrel RP | BOS 22
Jacoby Ellsbury CF | NYY 21
Aroldis Chapman RP | NYY 21
Kendrys Morales DH | KC 21
Troy Tulowitzki SS | TOR 21
Alex Gordon LF | KC 20
Justin Verlander SP | DET 20
Shin-Soo Choo RF | TEX 20
Brian McCann C | NYY 20
Mike Moustakas 3B | KC 20
Ken Giles RP | HOU 19
Brad Miller SS | TB 19
Mark Trumbo RF | BAL 19
Brett Gardner CF | NYY 19
Yordano Ventura SP | KC 19
Masahiro Tanaka SP | NYY 19
Corey Dickerson LF | TB 19
Evan Gattis DH | HOU 18
Jose Quintana SP | CHW 18
Collin McHugh SP | HOU 18
Evan Longoria 3B | TB 18
Starlin Castro SS | NYY 18
Salvador Perez C | KC 18
Pedro Alvarez 1B | BAL 18
Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET 17
Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA 17
Michael Pineda SP | NYY 17
Josh Reddick RF | OAK 17
David Ortiz DH | BOS 17
Dustin Pedroia 2B | BOS 17
Hanley Ramirez LF | BOS 17
Carlos Santana 1B | CLE 17
Nick Castellanos 3B | DET 16
Taijuan Walker SP | SEA 16
Jake Odorizzi SP | TB 16
Brett Lawrie 3B | CHW 16
Aaron Hicks CF | NYY 16
Drew Smyly SP | TB 16
C.J. Cron 1B | LAA 16
Melky Cabrera LF | CHW 16
Stephen Vogt C | OAK 16
Yan Gomes C | CLE 16
Marcus Semien SS | OAK 16
Drew Storen RP | TOR 16
Victor Martinez DH | DET 15
Russell Martin C | TOR 15
Mitch Moreland 1B | TEX 15
Alcides Escobar SS | KC 15
Steven Souza RF | TB 15
Austin Jackson CF | CHW 14
Adam Lind 1B | SEA 14
Nori Aoki RF | SEA 14
Hyun Soo Kim LF | BAL 14
Trevor Plouffe 3B | MIN 14
Francisco Rodriguez RP | DET 14
Andrelton Simmons SS | LAA 13
Yunel Escobar 3B | LAA 13
Colby Rasmus CF | HOU 13
Chris Coghlan LF | OAK 12
Avisail Garcia RF | CHW 12
Alex Rodriguez DH | NYY 12
Mike Fiers SP | HOU 12
Nathan Eovaldi SP | NYY 11
Andrew Miller RP | NYY 11
Mike Napoli 1B | CLE 11
Eduardo Escobar SS | MIN 11
Steve Cishek RP | SEA 11
Rusney Castillo RF | BOS 10
Chase Headley 3B | NYY 10
Carlos Beltran RF | NYY 10
Dellin Betances RP | NYY 10
Danny Valencia 3B | OAK 10
Pablo Sandoval 3B | BOS 10
Kevin Gausman SP | BAL 9
Joe Mauer 1B | MIN 9
Rajai Davis LF | CLE 9
Robinson Chirinos C | TEX 9
Jed Lowrie 3B | OAK 9
Luis Valbuena 3B | HOU 9
Jose Ramirez SS | CLE 9
Leonys Martin CF | SEA 9
Trevor Bauer SP | CLE 9
Lance McCullers SP | HOU 9
Ervin Santana SP | MIN 8
Juan Uribe 3B | CLE 8
Didi Gregorius SS | NYY 8
Ian Kennedy SP | KC 8
Derek Holland SP | TEX 8
Roberto Osuna RP | TOR 8
Jason Castro C | HOU 8
Jose Iglesias SS | DET 8
Cameron Maybin CF | DET 8
Billy Butler DH | OAK 7
Andrew Heaney SP | LAA 7
James McCann C | DET 7
Mark Canha 1B | OAK 7
J.J. Hardy SS | BAL 7
Anibal Sanchez SP | DET 7
Kris Medlen SP | KC 7
Rick Porcello SP | BOS 6
Nathan Karns SP | SEA 6
Caleb Joseph C | BAL 6
Anthony Gose CF | DET 6
Wade Miley SP | SEA 6
Logan Morrison 1B | TB 6
Joaquin Benoit RP | SEA 6
Rich Hill SP | OAK 6
Alex Colome RP | TB 5
Darren O'Day RP | BAL 5
Michael Saunders LF | TOR 5
Edinson Volquez SP | KC 5
Dioner Navarro C | CHW 5
Desmond Jennings CF | TB 5
Lonnie Chisenhall RF | CLE 5
Seth Smith LF | SEA 5
Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS 5
Alex Cobb SP | TB 5
Dalton Pompey CF | TOR 5
Kyle Gibson SP | MIN 5
Carlos Perez C | LAA 4
Keone Kela RP | TEX 4
Chris Iannetta C | SEA 4
Franklin Gutierrez LF | SEA 4
Phil Hughes SP | MIN 4
Daniel Norris SP | DET 4
Jarrod Dyson CF | KC 4
Luke Gregerson RP | HOU 4
Curt Casali C | TB 4
Gary Sanchez C | NYY 3
Trevor May RP | MIN 3
Josh Phegley C | OAK 3
Ryan Goins 2B | TOR 3
Steve Pearce LF | TB 3
Chris Young CF | BOS 3
Kelvin Herrera RP | KC 3
Tyler Saladino 3B | CHW 3
Geovany Soto C | LAA 3
John Ryan Murphy C | MIN 2
Paulo Orlando CF | KC 2
Josh Tomlin SP | CLE 2
Omar Infante 2B | KC 2
Yonder Alonso 1B | OAK 2
Mike Aviles LF | DET 2
Doug Fister SP | HOU 2
Ryan Madson RP | OAK 2
J.A. Happ SP | TOR 2
Jimmy Rollins SS | CHW 2
Danny Farquhar RP | TB 2
Jesse Hahn SP | OAK 2
Johnny Giavotella 2B | LAA 1
Will Harris RP | HOU 1
Brett Cecil RP | TOR 1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C | DET 1
Martin Perez SP | TEX 1
Aaron Sanchez RP | TOR 1
Mat Latos SP | CHW 1
Roberto Perez C | CLE 1
Hank Conger C | TB 1
Daniel Nava RF | LAA 1
Ubaldo Jimenez SP | BAL 1
Roenis Elias SP | BOS 1
Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA 1
Sam Dyson RP | TEX 1
Mychal Givens RP | BAL 1
Alex Avila C | CHW 1
Brandon Guyer RF | TB 1
Kevin Jepsen RP | MIN 1
R.A. Dickey SP | TOR 1
Danny Santana SS | MIN 1
Jesus Montero 1B | SEA 1
Mike Pelfrey SP | DET 1
Preston Tucker LF | HOU 1
Dylan Bundy RP | BAL 1
Nate Jones RP | CHW 1
Kurt Suzuki C | MIN 1
Josh Hamilton RF | TEX 1
Marlon Byrd RF | CLE 1
Chris Tillman SP | BAL 1
Jurickson Profar 2B | TEX 1
James Paxton SP | SEA 1
Colby Lewis SP | TEX 1
Will Venable RF | CLE 1
Drew Hutchison SP | TOR 1
Hector Santiago SP | LAA 1

[wombat104]

My team for reference:

C James McCann C | DET 7

C Dioner Navarro C | CHW 5

1B Albert Pujols 1B | LAA 26

2B Ian Kinsler 2B | DET 22

3B Evan Longoria 3B | TB 18

SS Ketel Marte SS | SEA (Keeper) 9

MI Starlin Castro 2B,SS | NYY 18

CI C.J. Cron 1B | LAA 16

OF Nori Aoki OF | SEA 14

OF Melky Cabrera OF | CHW 16

OF Rusney Castillo OF | BOS 10

OF Shin-Soo Choo OF | TEX 20

OF Preston Tucker OF | HOU 1

DH Victor Martinez 1B | DET 15

P Dylan Bundy P | BAL 1

P Nate Jones P | CHW 1

P Corey Kluber P | CLE (Keeper) 22

P Ryan Madson P | OAK 2

P Michael Pineda P | NYY 17

P Carlos Rodon P | CHW (Keeper) 3

P Luis Severino P | NYY (Keeper) 1

P Marcus Stroman P | TOR (Keeper) 6

P Shawn Tolleson P | TEX (Keeper) 10

[cool hand]

Excellent - thank you!

[virgonomic]

Thanks for posting - this is very helpful!

[YourPalChrisMal]

If anyone has an AL-only auction this weekend, can someone tell me what Travis Shaw went for?

[SlideRule]

Didn't go at all in my AL 10 team last weekend. Still available after 8 or so reserve picks, and I doubt he'll be off the board for a while. Should I grab him or something?

[YourPalChrisMal]

Didn't go at all in my AL 10 team last weekend. Still available after 8 or so reserve picks, and I doubt he'll be off the board for a while. Should I grab him or something?

Seems hard to believe that they'd bench Sandoval for Shaw, but so far it looks like they are at least considering it. If you can get him on reserve, I'd do it at this point. I'm guessing there will be a huge spike in interest in him for drafts this weekend. Really curious what he goes for today, considering last week-end he wasn't even being drafted. (When I say "huge spike" I mean I suspect he's now going for $5 or more.)

[Snappermgmt]

We held our draft last weekend. AL Only 4x4, 9 teams. I picked shaw with my last bid for $1. We don't do reserve picks and I passed on a $2 Napoli to get Shaw. That may prove to be a mistake, but I felt it was more important to handcuff my $5 Sandoval pick.

[YourPalChrisMal]

We held our draft last weekend. AL Only 4x4, 9 teams. I picked shaw with my last bid for $1. We don't do reserve picks and I passed on a $2 Napoli to get Shaw. That may prove to be a mistake, but I felt it was more important to handcuff my $5 Sandoval pick.

So far it's looking good. More and more noise about Shaw possibly taking the job. Still seems hard to believe, but with Sandoval's sore back, and now going for an MRI, that may give them enough of an excuse to at least give Shaw the start of the season to see what he can do. So I'm curious to see what Shaw goes for in leagues THIS weekend. Obviously it won't be a whole lot more, but curious if people are now bidding him up to $5-9 range in keeper leagues thinking they may be getting the Sox starting 3B-man at a discount. (These are the kinds of important life issues I spend time thinking about...haha.)

[Sharky]

Thanks for posting. Good info.

[wombat104]

Shaw was a keeper for $10.....

[Teenwolf]

Did Brock Holt go undrafted, or was he kept?

[Sharky]

Where did Tolleson go?

[wombat104]

Holt keeper for $8, I traded for Tolleson and kept him alfor $10

[wombat104]

Just traded Buxton and T. White for Betts, going for it. In 4th place and my offense is solid. Pitching is weak due to a couple of underperformers (Pineda, Severino and Kluber) but I am going to stay the course with them.

Here is the updated team:
C James McCann C | DET 7
C Dioner Navarro C | CHW 5
1B Albert Pujols 1B | LAA 26
2B Ian Kinsler 2B | DET 22
3B Evan Longoria 3B | TB 18
SS Ketel Marte SS | SEA (Keeper) 9
MI Starlin Castro 2B,SS | NYY 18
CI C.J. Cron 1B | LAA 16
OF Nori Aoki OF | SEA 14
OF Melky Cabrera OF | CHW 16
OF Mookie Betts OF $31 (acquired via trade)
OF Rafael Ortega OF$3
OF Nolan Reimold OF $3
DH Victor Martinez 1B | DET 15

P Luke Hochevar P $1
P Nate Jones P | CHW 1
P Corey Kluber P | CLE (Keeper) 22
P Ryan Madson P | OAK 2
P Michael Pineda P | NYY 17
P Carlos Rodon P | CHW (Keeper) 3
P Luis Severino P | NYY (Keeper) 1
P Marcus Stroman P | TOR (Keeper) 6
P Shawn Tolleson P | TEX (Keeper) 10


Bench:
OF Rusney Castillo OF | BOS 10
OF Shin-Soo Choo OF | TEX 20
OF Preston Tucker OF | HOU 1
P Dylan Bundy P | BAL 1
P Bryan Shaw P $2
P Tony Sipp P $3