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I had to take last year off from my longtime league for personal reasons. I am back this year as an "expansion team." Before the auction, I have an "expansion draft" in which I can pluck up to 7 guys who were not kept. Who are the best values from the list below?
This is an odd league in which there are 10 owners drafting from 16 MLB teams plus certain players not on those teams. It's basically the equivalent of a 17-team mixed league. We do not have contracts; to keep someone, you pay them 150% of the previous year's salary or $4, whichever is more expensive. We are 5x5 with OBP instead of AVG and SB minus CS instead of SB. We have a 21-man active roster and a 9-man bench; on the bench, there is no distinction between major and minor leaguers.
Below are the best players available for reasonable prices. The seven currently at the top of my list are in bold. Do you agree?
C Gattis $4
C Y. Molina $4
1B Bird $5
1B Duda $4
1B/3B Flores $4
1B/2B/SS/OF Marwin Gonzalez $4
1B Y. Gurriel $4
1B C. Santana $23
2B S. Castro $4
2B Drury $5
2B Kinsler $11
2B Kipnis $7
2B LeMahieu $11
2B Odor $12
2B/OF C. Taylor $4
2B N. Walker $11
2B Wong $4
3B Andujar $4
3B/OF Castellanos $16
3B J.P. Crawford $4
3B Rendon $11
SS Andrus $23
SS Bogaerts $18
SS DeJong $4
SS Rosario $4
SS A. Russell $8
SS G. Torres $4
OF Altherr $4
OF Brantley $7
OF Conforto $5
OF Dahl $4
OF Desmond $12
OF D. Fisher $4
OF C. Frazier $4
OF B. Hamilton $22
OF Haniger $5
OF O. Herrera $11
OF Hicks $4
OF Kepler $5
OF Mazara $11
OF Peralta $5
OF G. Polanco $18
OF Pollock $22
OF Reddick $4
OF Robles $4
OF K. Tucker $4
OF J. Upton $18
OF N. Williams $4
OF Yelich $22
P A. Bradley $4
P Buehler $4
P Bundy $4
P Claudio $4
P Clevinger $4
P Corbin $4
P Darvish $8
P W. Davis $11
P Godley $4
P S. Greene $4
P Greinke $16
P R. Hill $13
P Keuchel $13
P Lynn $4
P C. Martinez $23
P McCullers $11
P Melancon $12
P J. Montgomery $4
P Paxton $16
P Peacock $4
P Porcello $5
P Roark $5
P Salazar $8
P Stroman $12
P Taillon $5
P Wacha $4
P T. Walker $6
This is an odd league in which there are 10 owners drafting from 16 MLB teams plus certain players not on those teams. It's basically the equivalent of a 17-team mixed league. We do not have contracts; to keep someone, you pay them 150% of the previous year's salary or $4, whichever is more expensive. We are 5x5 with OBP instead of AVG and SB minus CS instead of SB. We have a 21-man active roster and a 9-man bench; on the bench, there is no distinction between major and minor leaguers.
Below are the best players available for reasonable prices. The seven currently at the top of my list are in bold. Do you agree?
C Gattis $4
C Y. Molina $4
1B Bird $5
1B Duda $4
1B/3B Flores $4
1B/2B/SS/OF Marwin Gonzalez $4
1B Y. Gurriel $4
1B C. Santana $23
2B S. Castro $4
2B Drury $5
2B Kinsler $11
2B Kipnis $7
2B LeMahieu $11
2B Odor $12
2B/OF C. Taylor $4
2B N. Walker $11
2B Wong $4
3B Andujar $4
3B/OF Castellanos $16
3B J.P. Crawford $4
3B Rendon $11
SS Andrus $23
SS Bogaerts $18
SS DeJong $4
SS Rosario $4
SS A. Russell $8
SS G. Torres $4
OF Altherr $4
OF Brantley $7
OF Conforto $5
OF Dahl $4
OF Desmond $12
OF D. Fisher $4
OF C. Frazier $4
OF B. Hamilton $22
OF Haniger $5
OF O. Herrera $11
OF Hicks $4
OF Kepler $5
OF Mazara $11
OF Peralta $5
OF G. Polanco $18
OF Pollock $22
OF Reddick $4
OF Robles $4
OF K. Tucker $4
OF J. Upton $18
OF N. Williams $4
OF Yelich $22
P A. Bradley $4
P Buehler $4
P Bundy $4
P Claudio $4
P Clevinger $4
P Corbin $4
P Darvish $8
P W. Davis $11
P Godley $4
P S. Greene $4
P Greinke $16
P R. Hill $13
P Keuchel $13
P Lynn $4
P C. Martinez $23
P McCullers $11
P Melancon $12
P J. Montgomery $4
P Paxton $16
P Peacock $4
P Porcello $5
P Roark $5
P Salazar $8
P Stroman $12
P Taillon $5
P Wacha $4
P T. Walker $6
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