AL Only Auction Results

[wombat104]

Below are the results of my AL only auction this weekend, 12 teams standard 5x5 scoring. 6 bench spots are filled via free agency ($100 budget for that). Keepers in bold.

Pos Active Batters Salary
C Iannetta, Chris 13
C Ross, David 4
1B Morales, Kendrys 23
2B Kipnis, Jason 8
3B Chisenhall, Lonnie 13
SS Ramirez, Alexei 17
MI Izturis, Maicer 12
CI Trumbo, Mark 16
OF Cespedes, Yoenis 21
OF Dirks, Andy 6
OF Joyce, Matt 13
OF Reimold, Nolan 17
OF Victorino, Shane 22
DH Pena, Carlos 1
P Benoit, Joaquin 5
P Dotel, Octavio 1
P Floyd, Gavin 9
P Griffin, A.J. 6
P Holland, Derek 13
P Iwakuma, Hisashi 6
P Lewis, Colby 2
P Parker, Jarrod 11
P Sanchez, Anibal 18


I stayed out of the fray for the stars, opting to stick to my calculated prices and go for a balanced team. We were probably 40 players in before I purchased my first one.

Quite a few closers were kept which drove up the prices of the rest, hoping to catch some between Benoit and Dotel, I will be targeting the remianing setup men that were not auctioned via free agency. Overall like the depth of my starters and I should be near the top in the categories except saves, hoping to scrap enough for mid-pack.

Catchers also went for high prices which is why Iannetta went for so much. Very happy with my hitting, spent a little too much on Morales but considering the inflation on some other it wasn't bad. Thought I got good buys with Pena, Trumbo, Victorino, and Ramirez. I lost my head on Reimold, but he was a potential big bat that was remaining and I had the money, I wish I would have passed.

[joncarlos]

Obviously you didn't go in with much value, so you were going to have a tough time. I like Parker and Anibal, and Holland is OK, but that's a lot for Gavin Floyd. You should be fine in W/K but I don't think your ratios are above mid-pack. Offense looks like it will be mid-pack at best too, $17 for Reimold is really a lot as you know. Nothing really stands out, category-wise. Power is probably your best category, AVG probably the worst. I would have tried to get a couple of youngsters since this doesn't look like your year. Maybe trade Dirks and punt AVG, but if you believe in him long-term then maybe you want to hang onto him.

[jackb]

Thanks for this information. Is there any way you can post all the teams in this league to let us know the prices of some of the other players?

[wombat104]

Auction prices sorted from high to low:

3B Cabrera, Miguel 3B DET 47
CI Pujols, Albert 1B LAA 44
CI Fielder, Prince 1B DET 42
OF Hamilton, Josh CF LAA 39
2B Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 39
P Verlander, Justin SP DET 37
CI Longoria, Evan 3B TB 36
3B Beltre, Adrian 3B TEX 34
2B Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 33
SS Reyes, Jose SS TOR 33
2B Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 32
OF Jones, Adam CF BAL 31
P Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 31
P Weaver, Jered SP LAA 30
P Darvish, Yu SP TEX 29
OF Bourn, Michael CF CLE 26
P Shields, James SP KC 26
OF Morse, Michael LF SEA 25
P Sabathia, CC SP NYY 25
OF Cabrera, Melky LF TOR 24
C Napoli, Mike C BOS 24
OF Rios, Alex CF CHW 24
MI Cabrera, Asdrubal SS CLE 23
C Mauer, Joe C MIN 23
2B Altuve, Jose 2B HOU 23
1B Morales, Kendrys 1B SEA 23
OF Victorino, Shane CF BOS 22
P Rodney, Fernando RP TB 22
1B Konerko, Paul 1B CHW 22
MI Seager, Kyle 3B SEA 22
OF Willingham, Josh LF MIN 22
OF Markakis, Nick RF BAL 21
OF Cruz, Nelson RF TEX 21
OF Gardner, Brett CF NYY 21
2B Kendrick, Howard 2B LAA 20
OF De Aza, Alejandro CF CHW 19
OF Bonifacio, Emilio CF TOR 19
OF Suzuki, Ichiro RF NYY 18
P Dickey, R.A. SP TOR 18
P Sanchez, Anibal SP DET 18
DH Martinez, Victor DH DET 18
OF Hunter, Torii CF DET 17
MI Keppinger, Jeff 3B CHW 17
CI Berkman, Lance 1B TEX 17
OF Granderson, Curtis CF NYY 17
SS Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 17
OF Reimold, Nolan LF BAL 17
P Wilson, C.J. SP LAA 17
P Johnson, Josh SP TOR 17
OF Swisher, Nick RF CLE 17
CI Parmelee, Chris 1B MIN 16
3B Youkilis, Kevin 3B NYY 16
P Perez, Chris RP CLE 16
P Hanrahan, Joel RP BOS 16
CI Trumbo, Mark LF LAA 16
P Hellickson, Jeremy SP TB 16
OF Cain, Lorenzo CF KC 16
OF Viciedo, Dayan RF CHW 15
SS Hardy, J.J. SS BAL 15
OF Saunders, Michael LF SEA 15
P Lester, Jon SP BOS 15
P Peavy, Jake SP CHW 14
C Flowers, Tyler C CHW 14
OF Crisp, Coco CF OAK 14
P Madson, Ryan RP LAA 13
OF Brantley, Michael CF CLE 13
1B Moreland, Mitch 1B TEX 13
C Iannetta, Chris C LAA 13
3B Chisenhall, Lonnie 3B CLE 13
OF Joyce, Matt RF TB 13
P Holland, Derek SP TEX 13
SS Jeter, Derek SS NYY 13
C Saltalamacchia, Jarrod C BOS 13
1B Dunn, Adam 1B CHW 13
2B Infante, Omar 2B DET 12
C Castro, Jason C HOU 12
SS Lowrie, Jed SS OAK 12
MI Izturis, Maicer 3B TOR 12
C Avila, Alex C DET 12
1B Carter, Chris 1B HOU 12
P Hammel, Jason SP BAL 11
P Dempster, Ryan SP BOS 11
P Rondon, Bruce P DET 11
CI Lind, Adam 1B TOR 11
3B Reynolds, Mark 1B CLE 11
OF Maxwell, Justin CF HOU 11
OF Bourjos, Peter CF LAA 11
P Parker, Jarrod SP OAK 11
DH Scott, Luke DH TB 11
OF Stubbs, Drew CF CLE 11
CI Smoak, Justin 1B SEA 10
DH Hicks, Aaron OF MIN 10
2B Beckham, Gordon 2B CHW 10
OF Bradley, Jackie CF BOS 10
DH Ortiz, David DH BOS 10
MI Greene, Tyler 2B HOU 10
SS Peralta, Jhonny SS DET 10
OF Gomes, Jonny LF BOS 9
P Cobb, Alex SP TB 9
P Myers, Brett RP CLE 9
P Floyd, Gavin SP CHW 9
OF Young, Chris CF OAK 9
P Robertson, David RP NYY 9
P Davis, Wade RP KC 8
OF Rasmus, Colby CF TOR 8
P Cook, Ryan RP OAK 8
OF Mastroianni, Darin CF MIN 8
MI Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 8
OF McLouth, Nate CF BAL 8
OF Davis, Rajai CF TOR 8
P Pestano, Vinnie RP CLE 8
1B Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 8
MI Escobar, Yunel SS TB 8
2B Johnson, Kelly 2B TB 7
P Chen, Wei-Yin SP BAL 7
OF Francoeur, Jeff RF KC 7
P Smyly, Drew SP DET 6
P Straily, Dan SP OAK 6
DH Donaldson, Josh 3B OAK 6
P Blanton, Joe SP LAA 6
P Herrera, Kelvin RP KC 6
P Veras, Jose RP HOU 6
P Norris, Bud SP HOU 6
P Hughes, Phil SP NYY 6
P Vargas, Jason SP LAA 6
2B Getz, Chris 2B KC 6
P Burton, Jared RP MIN 5
OF Martinez, J.D. LF HOU 5
OF Smith, Seth LF OAK 5
P Benoit, Joaquin RP DET 5
MI Dozier, Brian SS MIN 5
CI Callaspo, Alberto 3B LAA 5
P Santos, Sergio RP TOR 5
P Harrell, Lucas SP HOU 5
3B Dominguez, Matt 3B HOU 5
P Tillman, Chris SP BAL 5
P Hendriks, Liam SP MIN 4
P Capps, Carter RP SEA 4
OF Gutierrez, Franklin CF SEA 4
P Buehrle, Mark SP TOR 4
OF Dyson, Jarrod CF KC 4
SS Drew, Stephen SS BOS 4
P Hanson, Tommy SP LAA 4
OF Wells, Casper RF SEA 4
C Ross, David C BOS 4
P Porcello, Rick SP DET 4
P Masterson, Justin SP CLE 4
P McGee, Jake RP TB 4
P McAllister, Zach SP CLE 4
P Ramirez, Erasmo SP SEA 4
C Conger, Hank C LAA 3
DH Loney, James 1B TB 3
3B Sizemore, Scott 3B OAK 3
OF Boesch, Brennan RF NYY 3
P Arrieta, Jake SP BAL 3
C Norris, Derek C OAK 3
P Nova, Ivan SP NYY 3
P Jimenez, Ubaldo SP CLE 3
SS Nakajima, Hiroyuki SS OAK 3
OF Wells, Vernon CF LAA 3
P Niemann, Jeff SP TB 3
P Santana, Ervin SP KC 3
C Soto, Geovany C TEX 3
DH Wallace, Brett 1B HOU 3
P Doubront, Felix SP BOS 3
P Danks, John SP CHW 3
OF Martinez, Fernando CF HOU 2
OF Rivera, Juan 1B NYY 2
P Guthrie, Jeremy SP KC 2
C Kottaras, George C KC 2
P Bailey, Andrew RP BOS 2
MI Carroll, Jamey 2B MIN 2
P Matusz, Brian RP BAL 2
DH Ibanez, Raul LF SEA 2
P Happ, J.A. SP TOR 2
P Worley, Vance SP MIN 2
P Lewis, Colby SP TEX 2
P Phelps, David RP NYY 2
CI Roberts, Ryan 3B TB 2
P Quintana, Jose SP CHW 2
2B Weeks, Jemile 2B OAK 1
P Lackey, John SP BOS 1
C Lavarnway, Ryan C BOS 1
P Peralta, Joel RP TB 1
DH Hafner, Travis DH NYY 1
P Saunders, Joe SP SEA 1
DH Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 1
P Gausman, Kevin SP BAL 1
MI Ciriaco, Pedro 3B BOS 1
P Uehara, Koji RP BOS 1
DH Pena, Carlos 1B HOU 1
P Dotel, Octavio RP DET 1
C Cervelli, Francisco C NYY 1
CI Carp, Mike LF BOS 1
P Mendoza, Luis SP KC 1
P Coke, Phil RP DET 1
P Axelrod, Dylan SP CHW 1
P Humber, Philip SP HOU 1
OF Mesa, Melky LF NYY 1
OF Bay, Jason LF SEA 1
OF Raburn, Ryan LF CLE 1
OF Gentry, Craig LF TEX 1
DH Aviles, Mike SS CLE 1
P Pineda, Michael SP NYY 1
P Kazmir, Scott SP CLE 1
C Corporan, Carlos C HOU 1
OF Gose, Anthony CF TOR 1
P Perez, Martin SP TEX 1
C Shoppach, Kelly C SEA 1
SS Ryan, Brendan SS SEA 1
P Gonzalez, Miguel SP BAL 1
P Carrasco, Carlos SP CLE 1
P Soria, Joakim RP TEX 1
C Pena, Brayan C DET 1

[wombat104]

Obviously you didn't go in with much value, so you were going to have a tough time.

Thanks for the thoughts, I actually didn't consider my keeper list to be undervalued, I had profit for all of the players by at least $5 and some much more so that is an interesting spin. Because of that I never thought about rebuilding as these keepers were the result of a rebuild. I do have Myers ($1) and Castellanos ($2) on my farm as well, but given our league rules I won't be activating them. All players can be kept with a $5 raise each year so if I activate either I then have to add $5 to their salary. If I don't activate them, then next year they can be kept for $2 and $1.

[SlideRule]

Keppinger for $17? Holy cow, how'd that happen?

[TranaGreg]

Keppinger for $17? Holy cow, how'd that happen?

yeah, i've noticed he's going a lot higher than I have him pegged at ... just because he has a starting position doesn't mean he'll produce ...

[joncarlos]

Thanks for the thoughts, I actually didn't consider my keeper list to be undervalued, I had profit for all of the players by at least $5 and some much more so that is an interesting spin. Because of that I never thought about rebuilding as these keepers were the result of a rebuild. I do have Myers ($1) and Castellanos ($2) on my farm as well, but given our league rules I won't be activating them. All players can be kept with a $5 raise each year so if I activate either I then have to add $5 to their salary. If I don't activate them, then next year they can be kept for $2 and $1.

I guess I don't see massive profits on guys like Griffin or Dirks. Iwakuma, maybe, if he is really as good as he looked in the rotation last year. And Kipnis should give you a nice $10 profit even if I'm not a believer. Cespedes is the wild card, if he's really a $30 player then you are off to a great start. Still, I would guess a few owners had better lists.

[price]

CI Parmelee, Chris 1B MIN 16 that's as shocking to me as Reimold $17. I have an owner in my league that has him for $1 for 2yrs. Guess I should consider him.

As far as your keepers, Kipnis could be a huge value for you if he takes a step forward and Cespedes is a $5+ value, but I don't think the other keepers were much of a value. I think you'll need some help at starting pitching (ratios) and obvioulsy you'll need to luck into some saves like most of us do every year. You have a couple of very good prospects so see how things start out and you've got some chips to trade if you think you can go for it.