Background on my league: 12 team AL only with standard $260 cap with 23 man rosters (14 hitter / 9 pitchers). Probably the biggest difference is that we use Quality Starts as a roto category instead of Wins. This causes some inflation on high end starters in our auction.
This year we will have a few good pitchers that will be available (Kluber, Tanaka, Carrosco, Keuchel, Cole, Duffy and Hamels). But it goes down quick after these guys.
For comparison, here are the pitchers that went for $10 and higher in last years auction. If you do not see a pitcher listed (like Kluber for example), they were protected for last years auction.
Chris Sale SP | BOS $37
Chris Archer SP | TB $35
Felix Hernandez SP | SEA $29
David Price SP | BOS $24
Marcus Stroman SP | TOR $21
Lance McCullers SP | HOU $21
Marco Estrada SP | TOR $21
Michael Pineda SP | MIN $16
Jose Berrios SP | MIN $15
Jharel Cotton SP | OAK $15
Garrett Richards SP | LAA $15
Sonny Gray SP | NYY $14
Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET $14
Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA $13
Kendall Graveman SP | OAK $12
Blake Snell SP | TB $10
Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA $10
I got Stroman last year for $21 which I thought he would go higher and was happy to get him. For this year I was not sure if I was going to protect him at that price but was leaning towards throwing him back after reading about his shoulder issues.
So what are the thoughts about him Stoman year? Would you consider him at $21? He does not get the strikeout totals like some of the others around his price level. Should I be worried about his shoulder for this year?
Thanks for any info or comments!
This year we will have a few good pitchers that will be available (Kluber, Tanaka, Carrosco, Keuchel, Cole, Duffy and Hamels). But it goes down quick after these guys.
For comparison, here are the pitchers that went for $10 and higher in last years auction. If you do not see a pitcher listed (like Kluber for example), they were protected for last years auction.
Chris Sale SP | BOS $37
Chris Archer SP | TB $35
Felix Hernandez SP | SEA $29
David Price SP | BOS $24
Marcus Stroman SP | TOR $21
Lance McCullers SP | HOU $21
Marco Estrada SP | TOR $21
Michael Pineda SP | MIN $16
Jose Berrios SP | MIN $15
Jharel Cotton SP | OAK $15
Garrett Richards SP | LAA $15
Sonny Gray SP | NYY $14
Jordan Zimmermann SP | DET $14
Tyler Skaggs SP | LAA $13
Kendall Graveman SP | OAK $12
Blake Snell SP | TB $10
Hisashi Iwakuma SP | SEA $10
I got Stroman last year for $21 which I thought he would go higher and was happy to get him. For this year I was not sure if I was going to protect him at that price but was leaning towards throwing him back after reading about his shoulder issues.
So what are the thoughts about him Stoman year? Would you consider him at $21? He does not get the strikeout totals like some of the others around his price level. Should I be worried about his shoulder for this year?
Thanks for any info or comments!
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