AL Only 5 x 5 - 12 Team--Rate Auction

[bcroto]

C Perez 3*
C Avila 9
1b LoMo 13
3b Lawrie 22
CI Chisenhall 2
2b Callaspo 4
ss Reyes 29
MI Alcides Escobar 15
OF Ellsbury 20*
OF Hamilton 31
OF Markakis 10
OF Brantley 14
OF Kubel 4
DH Butler 22

SP Cobb 9*
SP Straily 14
SP Nova 11
SP Masterson 2*
SP Hughes 5
SP Gausman 1
RP Bell 1
RP Gregorson 1
RP Holland 18

[pitbull]

C Perez 3* good keeper
C Avila 9 paid higher price than I like but not sure of your league inflation.
1b LoMo 13 low BA some power
3b Lawrie 22 high again. Inj risk and likely not to earn more than $15
CI Chisenhall 2 not starting if he does then good buy
2b Callaspo 4 not a starter
ss Reyes 29 if he stays healthy nice stats.
MI Alcides Escobar 15 at value
OF Ellsbury 20* nice keeper
OF Hamilton 31 were you out of OFers to buy? very risky purchase
OF Markakis 10 value has gone down
OF Brantley 14 at value
OF Kubel 4 hard to say what you are going to get here.
DH Butler 22 nice buy if he gives you 20 HRs and .300 BA

SP Cobb 9* decent keeper
SP Straily 14 Good buy. I like the upside.
SP Nova 11 frustrating player but if he can stay consistent then he could earn the $11.
SP Masterson 2* good keeper
SP Hughes 5 at value. nice if he puts it together.
SP Gausman 1 good buy for the future
RP Bell 1 don't see him closing
RP Gregorson 1 nice buy if Johnson goes down
RP Holland 18 Greg? If it is then a very good buy.

Overall, your best power hitter is Hamilton which says alot about your power. Needs attention there. Your speed is good and I think your BA will be okay. Pitching is good with Cobb, Straily and Masterson. You need however Nova and Hughes both to come through. You have 1 closer but he is a good one. The areas of improving the team will be in getting more offense power-wise, another decent starter and if you can another closer. Since I cant see the other teams I can only guess here but I think this more of a middle of the pack team although I could be wrong.

[axman]

Not bad. I think you're going struggle in hr and rbi's a bit. Should be set in steals, average and runs though. I think your pitchers are going to have to improve to do well in pitching but there's upside there.

[bcroto]

Power guys were $$ Longoria 39 Edwin 37 Hosmer 33 Prince 38 .. Only Bautista slipped under 30 @ 29. Figured speed was being undervalued and bought there..I think Hamilton will have a bounce back year in power #'s and counting on Butler, Markakis and Lawrie to improve power from last yr.

[joncarlos]

Love your pitching even with only 1 closer. Plenty of speed, I think AVG could be middle of the road, but you've got to deal for some power before you get hopelessly behind. I am really not a Hamilton fan.