Came into the auction with a very cheap and very good set of keepers (imo) coupled with a deep Farm system. Thus, I wanted to do a little Stars and Scrubs feeling I could trade to fill in gaps if need be. "Lost" 2 closers before the year started in Will Smith & Drew Storen and not wanting to pay for saves I figured I would just punt for now which is what happened. As you'll see in the keepers, I had a very cheap top-3 pitchers so with that in mind shifted all my $ to offense planning to pay up to get 3 studs. As yet another price enforcer, I ended up with some guys I wasn't planning on per se but am ok with what I paid.
C = Russell Martin $4 (keeper)
1B = Miguel Cabrera $48
2B = Addison Russell $6 (keeper)
SS = Troy Tulowitzki $35
3B = Juan Uribe $1
MI = Jean Segura $20
CI = Adonis Garcia $3
OF = Mookie Betts $5 (keeper)
OF = David Peralta $3 (keeper)
OF = Marcel Ozuna $8 (keeper)
OF = Carlos Gomez $45
OF = Adam Duval $1
UT = David Ortiz $28
UT = Didi Gregorius $2
Reserve = Johnny Giavotella $1
SP = Thor $2 (keeper)
SP = Stroman $4 (keeper)
SP = Corbin $2 (keeper)
SP = Matt Moore $15
RP = Tony Watson $5
RP = Hunter Strickland $2 (keeper)
RP = Drew Storen $2 (keeper)
RP = Sam Dyson $4
RP = Jumbo Diaz $1
Reserve = Jesse Hahn $1
Reserve = Marco Estrada $2
Reserve = Rick Porcello $7
Reserve = Eduardo Rodriguez $8
Key Minor Leaguers:
Glasnow, Alex Reyes, Sean Newcomb, Jameson Taillon, Bradley Zimmer, Austin Meadows, Clint Frazier, Rafael Devers, Jorge Mateo, Ozzie Albies, Anthony Alford, Kyle Tucker, Dom Smith & Raimel Tapia
I bought Cabrera for $48 on the second toss which is several dollars lower than I thought he go for and this ended up being a "value" as all the other studs seem to cross $50. I was in the bidding for several but ended up winning Tulo at $35 and Ortiz for $28 (price enforcing) and while I liked the buys I had to reallocate $ at this point. This league allows for twice-a-week roster setting (Mon-Thur & Fri-Sun) so I like having a lot of relievers and SP to stream for matchups. Hoping I can scrounge 50 saves together from all the setup men but will be active on the wire. At some point in the auction I felt I was going to be light on steals so paid a high price for Gomez and later felt I had the OBA base to support Segura. On the whole, was really happy with my offense but I'll need to get lucky with relievers and playing the SP matchups to make this work. Still, I should have a long window of opportunity with this club so should be fun.
As I write this I am comfortably in 1st place in the standings so clearly this is the team to beat
C = Russell Martin $4 (keeper)
1B = Miguel Cabrera $48
2B = Addison Russell $6 (keeper)
SS = Troy Tulowitzki $35
3B = Juan Uribe $1
MI = Jean Segura $20
CI = Adonis Garcia $3
OF = Mookie Betts $5 (keeper)
OF = David Peralta $3 (keeper)
OF = Marcel Ozuna $8 (keeper)
OF = Carlos Gomez $45
OF = Adam Duval $1
UT = David Ortiz $28
UT = Didi Gregorius $2
Reserve = Johnny Giavotella $1
SP = Thor $2 (keeper)
SP = Stroman $4 (keeper)
SP = Corbin $2 (keeper)
SP = Matt Moore $15
RP = Tony Watson $5
RP = Hunter Strickland $2 (keeper)
RP = Drew Storen $2 (keeper)
RP = Sam Dyson $4
RP = Jumbo Diaz $1
Reserve = Jesse Hahn $1
Reserve = Marco Estrada $2
Reserve = Rick Porcello $7
Reserve = Eduardo Rodriguez $8
Key Minor Leaguers:
Glasnow, Alex Reyes, Sean Newcomb, Jameson Taillon, Bradley Zimmer, Austin Meadows, Clint Frazier, Rafael Devers, Jorge Mateo, Ozzie Albies, Anthony Alford, Kyle Tucker, Dom Smith & Raimel Tapia
I bought Cabrera for $48 on the second toss which is several dollars lower than I thought he go for and this ended up being a "value" as all the other studs seem to cross $50. I was in the bidding for several but ended up winning Tulo at $35 and Ortiz for $28 (price enforcing) and while I liked the buys I had to reallocate $ at this point. This league allows for twice-a-week roster setting (Mon-Thur & Fri-Sun) so I like having a lot of relievers and SP to stream for matchups. Hoping I can scrounge 50 saves together from all the setup men but will be active on the wire. At some point in the auction I felt I was going to be light on steals so paid a high price for Gomez and later felt I had the OBA base to support Segura. On the whole, was really happy with my offense but I'll need to get lucky with relievers and playing the SP matchups to make this work. Still, I should have a long window of opportunity with this club so should be fun.
As I write this I am comfortably in 1st place in the standings so clearly this is the team to beat
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