NL-only hdid

[mjl]

10-team NL-only 5x5. Decent but not great keeper list, which looked better before Dickerson went down indefinitely and Ottavino may have lost the closer role.

Other notes: I messed up transcribing keepers into my spreadsheet and saved money for Wil Myers and Lucas Duda, who were actually kept, and ended up having a bunch of money to fritter away in the late game. Also I hate trying to deal with cheap catchers.

Keepers in bold.

C: Posey $25, Wieters $17
1B: Goldschmidt $20
2B: LeMahieu $7
3B: Peralta $8
SS: Crawford $6
CI: Jaso $1
MI: Harrison $18
OF: Pederson $5, Toles $10, Marte $38, Span $10, Parker $4
UT: Saunders $7

bench: Kang, Spangenberg, Trayce Thompson, Aybar, Jesus Aguilar, Mac Williamson, Isan Diaz, Meadows, Happ, Willie Calhoun

P:
Arrieta $15
Jansen $26
Ottavino $5
Addison Reed $5
Roark $2
Brett Anderson $1
Capps $5
Foltynewicz $4
Wacha $11

bench: Knebel, Jimmy Nelson, Perdomo, Brault, Fried, Alvarez, Szapucki

I clearly need another SP, maybe two, but I wasn't seeing prices I liked early on and the late-game ones are bad enough that I figured I could pick them up later if I really cared. Nelson and Perdomo might end up being useful.

[Hornsby]

Yeah, you're most definitely going to need more starting pitching, relying on Brett Anderson is bordering on suicidal. I like Your RP, I think that between Otto and Reed, you'll get 20+ saves, maybe more. I don't know that Holland is locked into the role as closer, and even if he is, he's not going to do back-to-back games for the 1st couple of months. I like both Folty and Wacha, but they can go south on you as well...but I think they'll be OK.

Hitting is as solid as you can get, not a Jaso fan, but he won't kill you. Pretty short on speed unless Toles runs a lot.

Should be a solid team, with a little luck, one that can contend.

[virgonomic]

I agree with Horns. Jansen/Reed/Otto is a formidable relief core.

Lots of power. You can afford to deal a catcher to address your pitching and grab a replacement. I agree your rotation needs reinforcing.

[harmon]

Just being honest....the only buy I see at a good price is Posey. Not a fan of your auction, sorry.

[Sharky]

Just being honest....the only buy I see at a good price is Posey. Not a fan of your auction, sorry.

Folty at $4 is nice too.

Will be a tough climb. Keepers were nice. Didn't love the guys you bought overall. But that's why we play the season out. Plenty of teams win before the season starts (on paper).

[mjl]

In my defense, I'm not a total maniac - here are some of the other top-end prices so you can see how mine fit in. (Not that my deals were particularly great.)

Rizzo 49
Freeman 33 (would have liked that one)
Belt 28
AdGon 21

Gordon 31
Carpenter 26

Nunez 26

Harper 49
Blackmon 47
Stanton 44
McCutchen 37
Cespedes 35
Pollock 35
Braun 34
Hamilton 30
Eaton 28
Kemp 25

Kershaw 56
deGrom 41
Teheran 24
Wade Davis 20
Moore 19

[harmon]

Marte at 38 fits in well with that group then.

There must have been pretty significant inflation in your league. How has Goldy's salary evolved to $20? What is your contract extension formula?

[mjl]

It's the normal $5/year of extended contract, but we allow midseason pickups of minor leaguers and the salary from a FAAB pickup is the greater of the bid and $5, and their contract doesn't start until they get called up, so it's rare for good players who come up to be priced at more than $10 or so. Goldschmidt was one of those - he was picked up in AA at $5 and eventually I extended him three additional years at $20. This is year 6, so he's expiring.