Originally posted by Judge Jude
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Broxton $25 - 3rd overall player thrown out for bid; injury concerns
Marmol $29 - 18th overall
Contreras $8 - 34th overall - my purchase
Heath Bell $33 - 41st overall
JJ Putz $28 - 58th overall - this is the closer I had targeted pre-auction, with a price goal of $16 - $18
Sean Burnett $9 - 59th overall - my purchase, the guy who has a $12 Storen wanted him too.
Many of the key setup men/MRs were kept this year (Romo, Motte, Saito, Jansen, Kuo, Clippard, Madson, Adams, Gregerson) which made end-game prospecting tougher. Kerry Wood went for $5, David Hernandez for $2, Webb, Parnell and Belisle for $1, and I bought Hensley for $4.
If things work out reasonably, for my $21 combined purchase, I'll get 15 saves from Contreras, 10 - 15 from Burnett and 5 from Hensley...along with 160 Ks and 180 innings of good ratios. It was risky...but no more so than spending $25+ on a single closer with injury/performance risk.
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