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So, yesterday was the auction for Boxscore, a 15-team mixed 5x5 with Jason, Byron, Hoyos, B-Fly and numerous other sharks, including the two CBS fantasy gurus, Al Melchior and Nando Di Fino. It's a tough league, and not getting any easier.
It was a weird auction. Owners were paying $6 to $10 over the already inflated values. As a result, all of the top tier players (and second tier players) went for a lot. Jered Weaver went for $39, Timmy for $35. Even Bumgarner went for $27. Cano went for $42.
My auction plan had been stay away from the top guys, figuring they would be too much, and concentrate on some good $12 to $18 players. It's hard to sit there for five rounds without getting a single player, though, so eventually I had to jump in. I didn't get any of the great hitting bargains at the end (partly since my outfield was already pretty full), but I got some good value in the pitching department.
The reserve draft was intended to get me a home run guy (Hafner) and another starter with some upside (Porcello). I wanted to back up my two closers, and get a guy (Melancon) who could pick up a few saves. Swapping out Alcides Escobar and Travis Hafner give the team a couple of different looks, the first holding more SBs and the latter more HRs. I think Allen Craig could contribute as well, if he comes back by the end of April as they are predicting.
Comments, suggestions, observations...all would be appreciated. My goal is to finish as high as possible this year, even if it means trading away some of my good keepers like Stanton, Jennings, Kennedy and Hosmer.
What would you do with this team?
BOXSCORE ROSTER
* denotes keeper
C N Hundley 2
C Y Molina 14
1B E Hosmer 10*
2B B Zobrist 27
3B C Headley 12
SS A Ramirez 17
MI B Phillips 29
CI L Duda 11
OF J Kubel 10
OF C Hart 4*
OF G Stanton 10*
OF D Jennings 10*
OF C Gonzalez 20*
UT A Escobar 7
SP C Hamels 25*
SP J Shields 12*
SP I Kennedy 7*
SP J Danks 8
SP G Floyd 10
SP C Sale 4
RP M Adams 1
CL J Hanrahan 1*
CL J Motte 7*
Travis Hafner
Mark Melancon
Evan Meek
Noel Fernando Salas
Rick Porcello
Allen Craig
Felipe Paulino
Jacob Turner (R)
Garrett Richards (R)
Wil Myers (R)
It was a weird auction. Owners were paying $6 to $10 over the already inflated values. As a result, all of the top tier players (and second tier players) went for a lot. Jered Weaver went for $39, Timmy for $35. Even Bumgarner went for $27. Cano went for $42.
My auction plan had been stay away from the top guys, figuring they would be too much, and concentrate on some good $12 to $18 players. It's hard to sit there for five rounds without getting a single player, though, so eventually I had to jump in. I didn't get any of the great hitting bargains at the end (partly since my outfield was already pretty full), but I got some good value in the pitching department.
The reserve draft was intended to get me a home run guy (Hafner) and another starter with some upside (Porcello). I wanted to back up my two closers, and get a guy (Melancon) who could pick up a few saves. Swapping out Alcides Escobar and Travis Hafner give the team a couple of different looks, the first holding more SBs and the latter more HRs. I think Allen Craig could contribute as well, if he comes back by the end of April as they are predicting.
Comments, suggestions, observations...all would be appreciated. My goal is to finish as high as possible this year, even if it means trading away some of my good keepers like Stanton, Jennings, Kennedy and Hosmer.
What would you do with this team?
BOXSCORE ROSTER
* denotes keeper
C N Hundley 2
C Y Molina 14
1B E Hosmer 10*
2B B Zobrist 27
3B C Headley 12
SS A Ramirez 17
MI B Phillips 29
CI L Duda 11
OF J Kubel 10
OF C Hart 4*
OF G Stanton 10*
OF D Jennings 10*
OF C Gonzalez 20*
UT A Escobar 7
SP C Hamels 25*
SP J Shields 12*
SP I Kennedy 7*
SP J Danks 8
SP G Floyd 10
SP C Sale 4
RP M Adams 1
CL J Hanrahan 1*
CL J Motte 7*
Travis Hafner
Mark Melancon
Evan Meek
Noel Fernando Salas
Rick Porcello
Allen Craig
Felipe Paulino
Jacob Turner (R)
Garrett Richards (R)
Wil Myers (R)
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