MLB - 2010 Fantasy Baseball 3/22/10 Triple Crown Mixed League Auction Draft Analysis (Gawron)

Posted by: DaveGawron

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DaveGawron

On Monday, March 22, 2010, RotoCommunity.com hosted a fantasy baseball auction draft with the other industry experts listed below. Player position eligibility was provided by CBS. We'll play a standard 5x5 category roto scoring system with weekly line-ups and NFBC-style FAAB. We're using the CBS league manager, so you can see all the rosters, standings, transactions and follow the league through the year by CLICKING HERE. The league has 12 teams and is set-up like this: C (2), 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF (5), UTIL, P (9), 6 Bench spots.

This league is the Mixed part of our TRIPLE CROWN Auction leagues (the others being AL-only and NL-only). Several sites are participating in all three leagues. Each league will have a champion, but the site whose participants do best in the three leagues combined will be declared the overall 2010 Fantasy Baseball TRIPLE CROWN champion. We'll do the same in football and basketball later this year.

Participants

  1. RotoCommunity.com - Dave Gawron
  2. RotoCommunity.com - Steve Parsons
  3. CBSsports.com - Eric Mack
  4. SportingNews.com - Matt Lutovsky
  5. OpenSports.com - Ian Riley
  6. RotoExperts.com - Nate Pigott
  7. WorldFantasyGames.com - Brad Berreman [Brad's analysis article]
  8. FantasyPros911.com - Greg Marta
  9. SportsGrumblings.com - Damian Schaab
  10. ESPN.com - Shawn Cwalinski
  11. Regular Guy - Scott Needle, Maryland
  12. Regular Guys - Hector Castro and Jaime Perez, NJ/NY

Strategy

  • spend $190 on hitting and $70 on pitching
  • spend $30 on two catchers (Wieters, Montero, Suzuki, Soto)
  • get a top player at each infield position, including a $30 power corner, power 2B, speed SS
  • fill the outfield with some $15-20 20/20ish players
  • get a $20 stud SP and a few good $5-10 SPs
  • get a solid $10-15 closer plus two $5-10 closers

My Team

RotoCommunity Gawron      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Wieters, Matt C BAL 15 C,U
C Montero, Miguel C ARI 14 C,U
1B Cabrera, Miguel 1B DET 35 1B,CI,U
2B Lopez, Jose 2B SEA 10 2B,MI,U
3B Sandoval, Pablo 3B SF 24 1B,3B,CI,U
SS Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 13 MI,SS,U
MI Escobar, Alcides SS MIL 3 MI,SS,U
CI Cantu, Jorge 1B FLA 7 1B,3B,CI,U
OF Rios, Alex CF CHW 7 OF,U
OF Upton, Justin RF ARI 32 OF,U
OF Victorino, Shane CF PHI 5 OF,U
OF Gonzalez, Carlos LF COL 18 OF,U
OF Borbon, Julio CF TEX 5 OF,U
U Beltran, Carlos CF NYM 13 OF,U
P Franklin, Ryan RP STL 4 P
P Gonzalez, Mike RP BAL 5 P
P Wilson, Brian RP SF 10 P
P Perez, Chris RP CLE 3 P
P Price, David SP TB 2 P
P Matusz, Brian SP BAL 4 P
P Baker, Scott SP MIN 8 P
P Santana, Ervin SP ANA 3 P
P Wainwright, Adam SP STL 20 P
RES Byrd, Marlon CF CHC $ OF,U
RES Izturis, Maicer 2B ANA $ 2B,MI,SS,U
RES Romero, Ricky SP TOR $ P
RES Bergesen, Brad SP BAL $ P
RES Tillman, Chris SP BAL $ P
RES Blake, Casey 3B LA $ 3B,CI,U

Summary

  • I spent just about what I wanted to. It's fine to shift around your budget a bit during the draft.
  • Catching went just like I wanted it to.
  • My infield went even better than expected, with Cantu for $7 and Alcides for $3 at CI and MI even!
  • I felt that $32 was a fair price for Justin Upton. Gonzalez, Victorino, and Rios all bring speed to the table along with a little power. Borbon gives me cheap, extreme speed if I need it. Beltran was one of the last 20/20 players left towards the end, so I spent most of my remaining money on him.
  • I was happy to land Wainwright as my $20 ace.
  • Baker and Price are two good supporting SPs, and Matusz and Santana could be, too.
  • I was very happy to end up with four closers in Wilson,Franklin, Gonzalez, and Perez.
  • I did what I needed to with my bench, getting Byrd to fill in for Beltran, Maicer and Blake at MI and CI, and a few promising SPs in Romero, Bergesen, and Tillman, though they'd likely be my first three cuts as I attempt to stream 2-start SPs.
  • Overall, the offense is strong in 5 cats, though potentially not the absolute strongest in HR & RBI. I'll probably get out to a lead in saves. I'll need to keep my ERA and WHIP down, but I will likely fall behind early in W and K, though that could be made up via trades or free agency in this shallow mixed league. I love having SB and SV to deal if necessary. This draft went about as well as I would have wanted it to go.

The Other Teams

RotoCommunity Parsons      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Posada, Jorge C NYY 5 C,U
C Martinez, Victor C BOS 34 1B,C,CI,U
1B LaRoche, Adam 1B ARI 3 1B,CI,U
2B Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 10 2B,MI,U
3B Beltre, Adrian 3B BOS 5 3B,CI,U
SS Theriot, Ryan SS CHC 1 MI,SS,U
MI Hardy, J.J. SS MIN 1 MI,SS,U
CI Johnson, Nick 1B NYY 1 1B,CI,U
OF Kemp, Matt CF LA 38 OF,U
OF Ramirez, Manny LF LA 22 OF,U
OF Bourn, Michael CF HOU 8 OF,U
OF Ordonez, Magglio RF DET 7 OF,U
OF Sizemore, Grady CF CLE 32 OF,U
U Ortiz, David DH BOS 2 U
P Lester, Jon SP BOS 21 P
P Aardsma, David RP SEA 4 P
P Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 6 P
P Vazquez, Javier SP NYY 15 P
P Fuentes, Brian RP ANA 10 P
P Happ, J.A. SP PHI 1 P
P Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 20 P
P Oswalt, Roy SP HOU 5 P
P Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 9 P
RES Lopez, Felipe 2B STL $ 2B,MI,U
RES Sanchez, Anibal SP FLA $ P
RES Adams, Mike M. RP SD $ P
RES Furcal, Rafael SS LA $ MI,SS,U
RES Correia, Kevin SP SD $ P
RES Kawakami, Kenshin SP ATL $ P
       
FantasyPros911 Marta      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Mauer, Joe C MIN 36 C,U
C Suzuki, Kurt C OAK 5 C,U
1B Pujols, Albert 1B STL 51 1B,CI,U
2B Pedroia, Dustin 2B BOS 27 2B,MI,U
3B Wright, David 3B NYM 31 3B,CI,U
SS Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 47 MI,SS,U
MI Reyes, Jose B. SS NYM 24 MI,SS,U
CI Loney, James 1B LA 4 1B,CI,U
OF Young, Chris B. CF ARI 2 OF,U
OF Crisp, Coco CF OAK 1 OF,U
OF Blanks, Kyle RF SD 2 OF,U
OF Pierre, Juan LF CHW 6 OF,U
OF Gutierrez, Franklin CF SEA 2 OF,U
U Davis, Chris 1B TEX 5 1B,CI,U
P Niemann, Jeff SP TB 1 P
P Davis, Wade SP TB 1 P
P Maine, John SP NYM 1 P
P Lidge, Brad RP PHI 4 P
P Rauch, Jon RP MIN 1 P
P Lilly, Ted SP CHC 1 P
P Harang, Aaron SP CIN 1 P
P Wagner, Billy RP ATL 6 P
P Buehrle, Mark SP CHW 1 P
RES Braden, Dallas SP OAK $ P
RES Young, Chris R. SP SD $ P
RES Dye, Jermaine RF CHW $ OF,U
RES Wells, Randy SP CHC $ P
RES Gomez, Carlos CF MIL $ OF,U
RES Feldman, Scott SP TEX $ P
       
OpenSports Riley      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Doumit, Ryan C PIT 8 C,U
C Pierzynski, A.J. C CHW 6 C,U
1B Dunn, Adam LF WAS 19 1B,CI,OF,U
2B Kendrick, Howard 2B ANA 7 2B,MI,U
3B Figgins, Chone 3B SEA 14 3B,CI,U
SS Andrus, Elvis SS TEX 11 MI,SS,U
MI Zobrist, Ben 2B TB 22 2B,MI,OF,U
CI Cuddyer, Michael RF MIN 7 1B,CI,OF,U
OF Bay, Jason LF NYM 25 OF,U
OF Cruz, Nelson R. RF TEX 10 OF,U
OF Crawford, Carl LF TB 33 OF,U
OF Wells, Vernon CF TOR 3 OF,U
OF Pence, Hunter RF HOU 11 OF,U
U Guerrero, Vladimir DH TEX 3 U
P Street, Huston RP COL 7 P
P Lowe, Derek SP ATL 1 P
P Nunez, Leo RP FLA 5 P
P Bell, Heath RP SD 13 P
P Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 13 P
P Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 17 P
P Wolf, Randy SP MIL 4 P
P Cueto, Johnny SP CIN 3 P
P Billingsley, Chad SP LA 15 P
RES LaPorta, Matt LF CLE $ OF,U
RES Meche, Gil SP KC $ P
RES Atkins, Garrett 3B BAL $ 1B,3B,CI,U
RES Gregg, Kevin RP TOR $ P
RES Huff, Aubrey 1B SF $ 1B,CI,U
RES Diaz, Matt RF ATL $ OF,U
       
WorldFantasyGames Berreman      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Shoppach, Kelly C TB 1 C,U
C Napoli, Mike C ANA 9 C,U
1B Youkilis, Kevin 1B BOS 32 1B,3B,CI,U
2B Johnson, Kelly 2B ARI 7 2B,MI,U
3B Headley, Chase LF SD 1 3B,CI,OF,U
SS Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 33 MI,SS,U
MI Tejada, Miguel SS BAL 2 MI,SS,U
CI Glaus, Troy 3B ATL 1 3B,CI,U
OF Maybin, Cameron CF FLA 1 OF,U
OF Braun, Ryan J. LF MIL 45 OF,U
OF Bruce, Jay RF CIN 20 OF,U
OF Lind, Adam LF TOR 28 OF,U
OF Milledge, Lastings LF PIT 1 OF,U
U Wood, Brandon 3B ANA 1 3B,CI,U
P Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 23 P
P Marcum, Shaun SP TOR 2 P
P Cahill, Trevor SP OAK 1 P
P Webb, Brandon SP ARI 5 P
P Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC 4 P
P Feliz, Neftali RP TEX 1 P
P Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 27 P
P Anderson, Brett SP OAK 14 P
P Lindstrom, Matt RP HOU 1 P
RES Pineiro, Joel SP ANA $ P
RES Posey, Buster C SF $ C,U
RES Pettitte, Andy SP NYY $ P
RES Hudson, Orlando 2B MIN $ 2B,MI,U
RES DeJesus, David LF KC $ OF,U
RES Ross, Cody CF FLA $ OF,U
       
Regular Guy Castro      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Buck, John C TOR 1 C,U
C Martin, Russell C LA 6 C,U
1B Votto, Joey 1B CIN 26 1B,CI,U
2B Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 24 2B,MI,U
3B Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY 43 3B,CI,U
SS Scutaro, Marco SS BOS 1 MI,SS,U
MI Aybar, Erick SS ANA 1 MI,SS,U
CI Stewart, Ian 3B COL 8 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
OF Ethier, Andre RF LA 22 OF,U
OF Stubbs, Drew CF CIN 1 OF,U
OF Jones, Garrett RF PIT 2 1B,CI,OF,U
OF Reimold, Nolan LF BAL 1 OF,U
OF Young, Delmon LF MIN 1 OF,U
U Fowler, Dexter CF COL 1 OF,U
P Verlander, Justin SP DET 24 P
P Kazmir, Scott SP ANA 8 P
P Matsuzaka, Daisuke SP BOS 1 P
P Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 9 P
P Santana, Johan SP NYM 23 P
P Cain, Matt SP SF 18 P
P Haren, Dan SP ARI 28 P
P Burnett, A.J. SP NYY 8 P
P Guerrier, Matt RP MIN 3 P
RES Masterson, Justin SP CLE $ P
RES Morales, Franklin RP COL $ P
RES Willingham, Josh LF WAS $ OF,U
RES Snider, Travis LF TOR $ OF,U
RES Morrow, Brandon SP TOR $ P
RES Bumgarner, Madison SP SF $ P
       
Regular Guy Needle      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Soto, Geovany C CHC 6 C,U
C Molina, Bengie C SF 5 C,U
1B Butler, Billy 1B KC 16 1B,CI,U
2B Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL 10 2B,MI,U
3B Young, Michael 3B TEX 6 3B,CI,U
SS Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 28 MI,SS,U
MI Cabrera, Asdrubal SS CLE 12 2B,MI,SS,U
CI Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 14 1B,CI,U
OF Markakis, Nick RF BAL 18 OF,U
OF Choo, Shin-Soo RF CLE 19 OF,U
OF Suzuki, Ichiro RF SEA 17 OF,U
OF Ludwick, Ryan RF STL 1 OF,U
OF Werth, Jayson RF PHI 21 OF,U
U Rivera, Juan L. LF ANA 1 OF,U
P Carpenter, Chris SP STL 21 P
P Danks, John SP CHW 6 P
P Scherzer, Max SP DET 8 P
P Hoffman, Trevor RP MIL 8 P
P Dempster, Ryan SP CHC 6 P
P Shields, James SP TB 6 P
P Kuroda, Hiroki SP LA 3 P
P Lee, Cliff SP SEA 16 P
P Francisco, Frank RP TEX 9 P
RES Kotchman, Casey 1B SEA $ 1B,CI,U
RES Matsui, Kazuo 2B HOU $ 2B,MI,U
RES Millwood, Kevin SP BAL $ P
RES Teahen, Mark 3B CHW $ 3B,CI,OF,U
RES Scott, Luke LF BAL $ OF,U
RES Teagarden, Taylor C TEX $ C,U
       
CBS Mack      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Saltalamacchia, Jarrod C TEX 1 C,U
C Clement, Jeff C PIT 2 C,U
1B Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY 36 1B,CI,U
2B Rodriguez, Sean 2B TB 1 2B,MI,U
3B DeRosa, Mark 3B SF 1 3B,CI,OF,U
SS Jeter, Derek SS NYY 25 MI,SS,U
MI Sizemore, Scott 2B DET 1 2B,MI,U
CI Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 15 1B,CI,U
OF Upton, B.J. CF TB 20 OF,U
OF Quentin, Carlos LF CHW 15 OF,U
OF Ellsbury, Jacoby CF BOS 28 OF,U
OF Gardner, Brett CF NYY 2 OF,U
OF Granderson, Curtis CF NYY 23 OF,U
U Swisher, Nick RF NYY 1 1B,CI,OF,U
P Chapman, Aroldis SP CIN 1 P
P Rodriguez, Francisco J. RP NYM 19 P
P Sheets, Ben SP OAK 1 P
P Johnson, Josh SP FLA 18 P
P Beckett, Josh SP BOS 19 P
P Papelbon, Jonathan RP BOS 24 P
P Hughes, Phil SP NYY 1 P
P Floyd, Gavin SP CHW 4 P
P Bailey, Homer SP CIN 2 P
RES Perez, Oliver SP NYM $ P
RES Gordon, Alex 3B KC $ 3B,CI,U
RES Getz, Chris 2B KC $ 2B,MI,U
RES Francoeur, Jeff RF NYM $ OF,U
RES Saunders, Joe SP ANA $ P
RES Myers, Brett SP HOU $ P
       
SportsGrumblings Schaab      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C McCann, Brian C ATL 25 C,U
C Baker, John C FLA 2 C,U
1B Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 40 1B,CI,U
2B Utley, Chase 2B PHI 39 2B,MI,U
3B Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 31 3B,CI,U
SS Ramirez, Alexei SS CHW 14 MI,SS,U
MI Roberts, Brian 2B BAL 14 2B,MI,U
CI Helton, Todd 1B COL 4 1B,CI,U
OF Hawpe, Brad RF COL 4 OF,U
OF McLouth, Nate CF ATL 4 OF,U
OF Damon, Johnny LF DET 4 OF,U
OF Kubel, Jason LF MIN 4 OF,U
OF Ibanez, Raul LF PHI 6 OF,U
U Davis, Rajai CF OAK 2 OF,U
P Garza, Matt SP TB 9 P
P Hudson, Tim SP ATL 3 P
P Harden, Rich SP TEX 6 P
P Blanton, Joe SP PHI 1 P
P Liriano, Francisco SP MIN 8 P
P Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS 7 P
P Soriano, Rafael RP TB 9 P
P Hamels, Cole SP PHI 9 P
P Buchholz, Clay SP BOS 3 P
RES Matsui, Hideki DH ANA $ U
RES Downs, Scott RP TOR $ P
RES Storen, Drew RP WAS $ P
RES Brantley, Michael CF CLE $ OF,U
RES Motte, Jason RP STL $ P
RES Thornton, Matt RP CHW $ P
       
RotoExperts Pigott      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Iannetta, Chris C COL 3 C,U
C Ruiz, Carlos C PHI 1 C,U
1B Morneau, Justin 1B MIN 26 1B,CI,U
2B Polanco, Placido 2B PHI 1 2B,MI,U
3B Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI 31 1B,3B,CI,U
SS Cabrera, Everth SS SD 5 MI,SS,U
MI Peralta, Jhonny 3B CLE 1 3B,CI,MI,SS,U
CI Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 5 3B,CI,U
OF Hart, Corey C. RF MIL 3 OF,U
OF Abreu, Bobby RF ANA 18 OF,U
OF Span, Denard CF MIN 10 OF,U
OF Coghlan, Chris LF FLA 1 OF,U
OF Lee, Carlos N. LF HOU 15 OF,U
U Morales, Kendry 1B ANA 21 1B,CI,U
P Jenks, Bobby RP CHW 2 P
P Rivera, Mariano RP NYY 20 P
P Jackson, Edwin SP ARI 3 P
P Weaver, Jered SP ANA 12 P
P Sabathia, CC SP NYY 26 P
P Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 15 P
P Lackey, John SP BOS 14 P
P Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL 9 P
P Valverde, Jose RP DET 7 P
RES Cameron, Mike CF BOS $ OF,U
RES Callaspo, Alberto 2B KC $ 2B,MI,U
RES Cabrera, Orlando SS CIN $ MI,SS,U
RES Chamberlain, Joba SP NYY $ P
RES Smith, Seth LF COL $ OF,U
RES Inge, Brandon 3B DET $ 3B,CI,U
       
ESPN Cwalinski      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Olivo, Miguel C COL 1 C,U
C Molina, Yadier C STL 3 C,U
1B Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 36 1B,CI,U
2B Hill, Aaron 2B TOR 21 2B,MI,U
3B Longoria, Evan 3B TB 39 3B,CI,U
SS Drew, Stephen SS ARI 8 MI,SS,U
MI Prado, Martin 2B ATL 5 1B,2B,3B,CI,MI,U
CI Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 32 1B,CI,U
OF Heyward, Jason RF ATL 12 OF,U
OF Hunter, Torii CF ANA 9 OF,U
OF McCutchen, Andrew CF PIT 11 OF,U
OF Morgan, Nyjer CF WAS 8 OF,U
OF Soriano, Alfonso LF CHC 11 OF,U
U Beckham, Gordon 3B CHW 16 3B,CI,U
P Dotel, Octavio RP PIT 3 P
P De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL 4 P
P Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 17 P
P Soria, Joakim RP KC 9 P
P Frasor, Jason RP TOR 1 P
P Capps, Matt RP WAS 2 P
P Porcello, Rick SP DET 4 P
P Qualls, Chad RP ARI 4 P
P Slowey, Kevin SP MIN 4 P
RES McGehee, Casey 3B MIL $ 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
RES Drew, J.D. RF BOS $ OF,U
RES Ankiel, Rick CF KC $ OF,U
RES Bedard, Erik SP SEA $ P
RES Wood, Kerry RP CLE $ P
RES Latos, Mat SP SD $ P
       
SportingNews Lutovsky      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Rodriguez, Ivan C WAS 1 C,U
C Barajas, Rod C NYM 1 C,U
1B Pena, Carlos 1B TB 8 1B,CI,U
2B Cano, Robinson 2B NYY 26 2B,MI,U
3B Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 13 3B,CI,U
SS Bartlett, Jason SS TB 14 MI,SS,U
MI Kinsler, Ian 2B TEX 30 2B,MI,U
CI Konerko, Paul 1B CHW 1 1B,CI,U
OF Jackson, Conor LF ARI 1 OF,U
OF Holliday, Matt LF STL 30 OF,U
OF Jones, Adam CF BAL 10 OF,U
OF Rasmus, Colby CF STL 1 OF,U
OF Hamilton, Josh CF TEX 16 OF,U
U Podsednik, Scott LF KC 1 OF,U
P Peavy, Jake SP CHW 10 P
P Greinke, Zack SP KC 26 P
P Lyon, Brandon RP HOU 1 P
P Penny, Brad SP STL 1 P
P Sanchez, Jonathan O. SP SF 1 P
P Bailey, Andrew RP OAK 8 P
P Halladay, Roy SP PHI 27 P
P Madson, Ryan RP PHI 1 P
P Lincecum, Tim SP SF 32 P
RES Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN $ P
RES Gregerson, Luke RP SD $ P
RES Rzepczynski, Marc SP TOR $ P
RES Wuertz, Michael RP OAK $ P
RES Barmes, Clint 2B COL $ 2B,MI,U
RES Cabrera, Melky LF ATL $ OF,U

ALSO

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