MLB - 2010 Fantasy Baseball 3/24/10 Triple Crown NL-only League Auction Draft Analysis

Posted by: DaveGawron

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DaveGawron

On Wednesday, March 24, 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 - Ethan Wagner
  3. CBSsports.com - Ross Devonport
  4. SportingNews.com - Bill Bender
  5. OpenSports.com - Dan Dobish
  6. RotoExperts.com - Mark Strausberg
  7. WorldFantasyGames.com - Eric Huber
  8. FantasyPros911.com - Brian Joura
  9. SportsGrumblings.com - Jesse Severe
  10. FantasyBaseballSherpa.com - Scott Swanay
  11. MillionDollarSleeper.com - Andrew Holm
  12. Regular Guy - Hector Castro, New Jersey/New York

Strategy

  • spend $190 on hitting and $70 on pitching
  • spend $30 on two catchers (Montero & 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 other MRs with save possibilities

My Team

RotoCommunity Gawron      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Soto, Geovany C CHC 13 C,U
C Montero, Miguel C ARI 17 C,U
1B Lee, Derrek 1B CHC 25 1B,CI,U
2B Johnson, Kelly 2B ARI 10 2B,MI,U
3B Cantu, Jorge 1B FLA 19 1B,3B,CI,U
SS Escobar, Yunel SS ATL 17 MI,SS,U
MI Castillo, Luis 2B NYM 5 2B,MI,U
CI Bonifacio, Emilio 3B FLA 1 3B,CI,MI,SS,U
OF Heyward, Jason RF ATL 12 OF,U
OF Hawpe, Brad RF COL 15 OF,U
OF Victorino, Shane CF PHI 23 OF,U
OF Stubbs, Drew CF CIN 14 OF,U
OF Pence, Hunter RF HOU 22 OF,U
U Byrd, Marlon CF CHC 6 OF,U
P Adams, Mike M. RP SD 1 P
P Garcia, Jaime SP STL 5 P
P Johnson, Josh SP FLA 20 P
P Lilly, Ted SP CHC 8 P
P Morales, Franklin RP COL 5 P
P Cordero, Francisco RP CIN 17 P
P Madson, Ryan RP PHI 1 P
P Marshall, Sean SP CHC 1 P
P Correia, Kevin SP SD 3 P
RES Masset, Nick RP CIN $ P
RES Morton, Charlie SP PIT $ P
RES West, Sean SP FLA $ P
RES Howry, Bob RP ARI $ P
RES Meyer, Dan L. RP FLA $ P
RES Affeldt, Jeremy RP SF $ P

Summary

  • I spent just about what I wanted to. It's fine to shift around your budget a bit during the draft.
  • I got what I wanted at the catcher position.
  • I was happy to land Lee, Yunel, and Cantu as three solid infielders.
  • Castillo and Bonifacio give me speed at MI and CI.
  • I was able to put together a strong outfield in Pence, Victorino, Heyward, Hawpe, and Stubbs, with a cheap Byrd at UP.
  • I was happy to land Johnson as my $20 ace.
  • Lilly is a good supporting SP, and Garcia could be, too.
  • Correia and Morton can rotate in when the matchups are right, and West and Marshall should eventually be useful SPs.
  • I was very happy to end up with Cordero as my stud closer and even happier to land supplementary saves from Morales and Madson on the cheap. Adams could even get saves later in the season if Bell gets traded.
  • I added Masset, Howry, Meyer, and Affeldt on reserve to try and keep my ERA & WHIP down.
  • Overall, this was an okay draft. My offense looks a little power deficient. Single universe league pitching is tough, but I think I did fairly well assembling my staff, despite being light on SP. I love the extra saves, which I may be able to trade for power or SP down the line. I should have gone with a lesser outfielder instead of Victorino, using the extra money for starting pitching. I still think this team can contend, though.

The Other Teams

FantasyPros911 Joura      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Doumit, Ryan C PIT 13 C,U
C Castro, Jason C HOU 1 C,U
1B Dunn, Adam LF WAS 25 1B,CI,OF,U
2B Barmes, Clint 2B COL 10 2B,MI,U
3B Glaus, Troy 3B ATL 14 3B,CI,U
SS Drew, Stephen SS ARI 17 MI,SS,U
MI Furcal, Rafael SS LA 9 MI,SS,U
CI DeRosa, Mark 3B SF 11 3B,CI,OF,U
OF Bay, Jason LF NYM 26 OF,U
OF Young, Chris B. CF ARI 8 OF,U
OF McLouth, Nate CF ATL 16 OF,U
OF Bourn, Michael CF HOU 19 OF,U
OF Hairston, Scott LF SD 1 OF,U
U Maxwell, Justin CF WAS 4 OF,U
P Marquis, Jason SP WAS 2 P
P Gregerson, Luke RP SD 1 P
P Hudson, Tim SP ATL 6 P
P De La Rosa, Jorge SP COL 9 P
P Jimenez, Ubaldo SP COL 21 P
P Webb, Brandon SP ARI 10 P
P Bell, Heath RP SD 16 P
P Paulino, Felipe SP HOU 2 P
P Qualls, Chad RP ARI 18 P
RES Hawksworth, Blake RP STL $ P
RES Freeman, Freddie 1B ATL $ 1B,CI,U
RES Roberts, Ryan 2B ARI $ 2B,MI,U
RES Davis, Doug SP MIL $ P
RES Mejia, Jenrry SP NYM $ P
RES Mora, Melvin 3B COL $ 3B,CI,U
       
Regular Guy Castro      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Posey, Buster C SF 4 C,U
C Paulino, Ronny C FLA 1 C,U
1B Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI 30 1B,3B,CI,U
2B Uggla, Dan 2B FLA 18 2B,MI,U
3B Stewart, Ian 3B COL 15 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
SS Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI 29 MI,SS,U
MI Theriot, Ryan SS CHC 15 MI,SS,U
CI LaRoche, Andy 3B PIT 3 3B,CI,U
OF Beltran, Carlos CF NYM 14 OF,U
OF Dickerson, Chris LF CIN 3 OF,U
OF Rasmus, Colby CF STL 13 OF,U
OF Bruce, Jay RF CIN 30 OF,U
OF Ibanez, Raul LF PHI 18 OF,U
U Rowand, Aaron CF SF 6 OF,U
P Sanchez, Anibal SP FLA 1 P
P Lidge, Brad RP PHI 13 P
P Francis, Jeff SP COL 3 P
P Volstad, Chris SP FLA 2 P
P Oswalt, Roy SP HOU 13 P
P Niese, Jonathon SP NYM 2 P
P Wang, Chien-Ming SP WAS 1 P
P Lindstrom, Matt RP HOU 6 P
P Billingsley, Chad SP LA 20 P
RES Heilman, Aaron RP ARI $ P
RES Parra, Manny SP MIL $ P
RES Samardzija, Jeff RP CHC $ P
RES Dukes, Elijah RF WAS $ OF,U
RES Volquez, Edinson SP CIN $ P
RES Burriss, Emmanuel 2B SF $ 2B,MI,U
       
OpenSports Dobish      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Flores, Jesus C WAS 2 C,U
C McCann, Brian C ATL 30 C,U
1B Sandoval, Pablo 3B SF 37 1B,3B,CI,U
2B Lopez, Felipe 2B STL 5 2B,MI,U
3B Freese, David 3B STL 9 3B,CI,U
SS Manzella, Tommy SS HOU 2 MI,SS,U
MI Escobar, Alcides SS MIL 17 MI,SS,U
CI Blum, Geoff 3B HOU 1 3B,CI,U
OF Velez, Eugenio LF SF 3 2B,MI,OF,U
OF Lewis, Fred LF SF 1 OF,U
OF Francisco, Ben LF PHI 2 OF,U
OF Church, Ryan RF PIT 1 OF,U
OF Gomes, Jonny LF CIN 1 OF,U
U Crosby, Bobby 3B PIT 1 1B,3B,CI,U
P Street, Huston RP COL 13 P
P Carpenter, Chris SP STL 24 P
P Broxton, Jonathan RP LA 21 P
P Kimbrel, Craig RP ATL 1 P
P Sherrill, George RP LA 7 P
P Maholm, Paul SP PIT 1 P
P Nolasco, Ricky SP FLA 24 P
P Halladay, Roy SP PHI 35 P
P Cain, Matt SP SF 22 P
RES Bowker, John LF SF $ OF,U
RES Ross, David C ATL $ C,U
RES Wellemeyer, Todd SP SF $ P
RES Cedeno, Ronny SS PIT $ MI,SS,U
RES Johnson, Chris 3B HOU $ 3B,CI,U
RES Colvin, Tyler LF CHC $ OF,U
       
SportingNews      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Barajas, Rod C NYM 2 C,U
C Martin, Russell C LA 12 C,U
1B Helton, Todd 1B COL 9 1B,CI,U
2B Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 28 2B,MI,U
3B Rolen, Scott 3B CIN 9 3B,CI,U
SS Lugo, Julio SS BAL 1 2B,MI,SS,U
MI Fontenot, Mike 2B CHC 3 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
CI Loney, James 1B LA 16 1B,CI,U
OF Upton, Justin RF ARI 38 OF,U
OF Smith, Seth LF COL 5 OF,U
OF Gomez, Carlos CF MIL 8 OF,U
OF Tatis, Fernando LF NYM 3 1B,3B,CI,OF,U
OF Hairston, Jerry SS SD 5 3B,CI,MI,OF,SS,U
U Stanton, Michael RF FLA 1 OF,U
P Perez, Oliver SP NYM 1 P
P Young, Chris R. SP SD 5 P
P Maine, John SP NYM 7 P
P Hoffman, Trevor RP MIL 12 P
P Garland, Jon SP SD 3 P
P Nunez, Leo RP FLA 12 P
P Kershaw, Clayton SP LA 23 P
P Lincecum, Tim SP SF 38 P
P Cueto, Johnny SP CIN 8 P
RES Millar, Kevin 1B CHC $ 1B,CI,U
RES Giambi, Jason 1B COL $ 1B,CI,U
RES Belliard, Ronnie 2B LA $ 2B,CI,MI,U
RES Snyder, Chris C ARI $ C,U
RES Stults, Eric SP LA $ P
RES Suppan, Jeff SP MIL $ P
       
WorldFantasyGames      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Zaun, Gregg C MIL 1 C,U
C Ruiz, Carlos C PHI 6 C,U
1B Fielder, Prince 1B MIL 43 1B,CI,U
2B Prado, Martin 2B ATL 16 1B,2B,3B,CI,MI,U
3B Feliz, Pedro 3B HOU 7 3B,CI,U
SS Cora, Alex SS NYM 1 MI,SS,U
MI Uribe, Juan 2B SF 1 2B,3B,CI,MI,SS,U
CI Keppinger, Jeff 3B HOU 1 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
OF Young, Delwyn 2B PIT 3 2B,MI,OF,U
OF Braun, Ryan J. LF MIL 47 OF,U
OF Edmonds, Jim CF MIL 1 OF,U
OF Gonzalez, Carlos LF COL 24 OF,U
OF Taveras, Willy CF WAS 1 OF,U
U Hoffpauir, Micah 1B CHC 1 1B,CI,OF,U
P Hawkins, LaTroy RP MIL 1 P
P Franklin, Ryan RP STL 17 P
P Ohlendorf, Ross SP PIT 4 P
P Bush, Dave SP MIL 1 P
P Wells, Randy SP CHC 5 P
P Wainwright, Adam SP STL 35 P
P Hanson, Tommy SP ATL 25 P
P Wagner, Billy RP ATL 15 P
P Zito, Barry SP SF 4 P
RES Janish, Paul SS CIN $ MI,SS,U
RES Ishikawa, Travis 1B SF $ 1B,CI,U
RES Baez, Danys RP PHI $ P
RES Hinske, Eric RF ATL $ OF,U
RES Kendrick, Kyle SP PHI $ P
RES Betancourt, Rafael RP COL $ P
       
Million Dollar Sleeper      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Clement, Jeff C PIT 8 C,U
C Rodriguez, Ivan C WAS 3 C,U
1B Howard, Ryan 1B PHI 42 1B,CI,U
2B Utley, Chase 2B PHI 41 2B,MI,U
3B Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 14 3B,CI,U
SS Cabrera, Everth SS SD 12 MI,SS,U
MI Guzman, Cristian SS WAS 1 MI,SS,U
CI LaRoche, Adam 1B ARI 15 1B,CI,U
OF Maybin, Cameron CF FLA 12 OF,U
OF Blanks, Kyle RF SD 15 OF,U
OF McCutchen, Andrew CF PIT 21 OF,U
OF Francoeur, Jeff RF NYM 6 OF,U
OF Morgan, Nyjer CF WAS 22 OF,U
U Jackson, Conor LF ARI 16 OF,U
P Marmol, Carlos RP CHC 15 P
P Storen, Drew RP WAS 1 P
P Saito, Takashi RP ATL 1 P
P Lannan, John SP WAS 1 P
P Gorzelanny, Tom SP CHC 1 P
P Happ, J.A. SP PHI 4 P
P Maloney, Matt SP CIN 1 P
P Kawakami, Kenshin SP ATL 2 P
P Bumgarner, Madison SP SF 1 P
RES Burnett, Sean RP WAS $ P
RES Eckstein, David 2B SD $ 2B,MI,U
RES VandenHurk, Rick SP FLA $ P
RES Ortiz, Ramon SP LA $ P
RES Moyer, Jamie SP PHI $ P
RES Takahashi, Hisanori SP NYM $ P
       
CBS Devonport      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Molina, Bengie C SF 9 C,U
C Olivo, Miguel C COL 1 C,U
1B Huff, Aubrey 1B SF 15 1B,CI,U
2B Weeks, Rickie 2B MIL 20 2B,MI,U
3B McGehee, Casey 3B MIL 14 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
SS Reyes, Jose B. SS NYM 27 MI,SS,U
MI Renteria, Edgar SS SF 6 MI,SS,U
CI Baker, Jeff 2B CHC 3 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
OF Ethier, Andre RF LA 28 OF,U
OF Gwynn, Tony K. CF SD 5 OF,U
OF Murphy, Daniel 1B NYM 8 1B,CI,OF,U
OF Werth, Jayson RF PHI 28 OF,U
OF Diaz, Matt RF ATL 5 OF,U
U Nady, Xavier RF CHC 1 OF,U
P Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN 9 P
P Lowe, Derek SP ATL 5 P
P Wilson, Brian RP SF 19 P
P Lohse, Kyle SP STL 2 P
P Penny, Brad SP STL 3 P
P Zambrano, Carlos SP CHC 12 P
P Cook, Aaron SP COL 2 P
P Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU 20 P
P Jurrjens, Jair SP ATL 12 P
RES Cunningham, Aaron RF SD $ OF,U
RES Bruney, Brian RP WAS $ P
RES Gerut, Jody RF MIL $ OF,U
RES Anderson, Garret LF LA $ OF,U
RES McClellan, Kyle RP STL $ P
RES Troncoso, Ramon RP LA $ P
       
RotoCommunity Wagner      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Iannetta, Chris C COL 13 C,U
C Baker, John C FLA 5 C,U
1B Berkman, Lance 1B HOU 22 1B,CI,U
2B Matsui, Kazuo 2B HOU 7 2B,MI,U
3B Ramirez, Aramis 3B CHC 29 3B,CI,U
SS Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL 33 MI,SS,U
MI Iwamura, Akinori 2B PIT 3 2B,MI,U
CI Morrison, Logan 1B FLA 1 1B,CI,U
OF Ross, Cody CF FLA 9 OF,U
OF Ramirez, Manny LF LA 20 OF,U
OF Harris, Willie CF WAS 1 OF,U
OF Milledge, Lastings LF PIT 11 OF,U
OF Lee, Carlos N. LF HOU 33 OF,U
U DeWitt, Blake 3B LA 1 3B,CI,U
P Dotel, Octavio RP PIT 10 P
P Leake, Mike SP CIN 1 P
P Blanton, Joe SP PHI 7 P
P Wolf, Randy SP MIL 8 P
P Sanchez, Jonathan O. SP SF 7 P
P Strasburg, Stephen SP WAS 6 P
P Gallardo, Yovani SP MIL 22 P
P Capps, Matt RP WAS 8 P
P Richard, Clayton SP SD 1 P
RES Ellis, A.J. C LA $ C,U
RES Parnell, Bobby SP NYM $ P
RES Sanchez, Freddy 2B SF $ 2B,MI,U
RES Grabow, John RP CHC $ P
RES Heisey, Chris CF CIN $ OF,U
RES Castro, Starlin SS CHC $ MI,SS,U
       
RotoExperts Strausberg      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Thole, Josh C NYM 1 C,U
C Hanigan, Ryan C CIN 1 C,U
1B Pujols, Albert 1B STL 49 1B,CI,U
2B Abreu, Tony 2B ARI 1 2B,MI,U
3B Wright, David 3B NYM 33 3B,CI,U
SS Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA 49 MI,SS,U
MI Ryan, Brendan SS STL 2 MI,SS,U
CI Votto, Joey 1B CIN 40 1B,CI,U
OF Spilborghs, Ryan LF COL 2 OF,U
OF Kemp, Matt CF LA 36 OF,U
OF Martinez, Fernando OF NYM 1 OF,U
OF Parra, Gerardo LF ARI 2 OF,U
OF Fukudome, Kosuke RF CHC 2 OF,U
U Brown, Domonic RF PHI 1 OF,U
P Pelfrey, Mike SP NYM 1 P
P Hammel, Jason SP COL 1 P
P Gutierrez, Juan RP ARI 1 P
P McDonald, James RP LA 1 P
P Miller, Andrew SP FLA 1 P
P Runzler, Dan RP SF 1 P
P Romo, Sergio RP SF 1 P
P Bastardo, Antonio SP PHI 1 P
P Haren, Dan SP ARI 32 P
RES Owings, Micah SP CIN $ P
RES Gamel, Mat 3B MIL $ 3B,CI,U
RES Salome, Angel C MIL $ C,U
RES McCutchen, Daniel SP PIT $ P
RES Pearce, Steve 1B PIT $ 1B,CI,U
RES Anderson, Josh CF CIN $ OF,U
       
FB Sherpa Swanay      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Hundley, Nick C SD 4 C,U
C Towles, J.R. C HOU 4 C,U
1B Jones, Garrett RF PIT 18 1B,CI,OF,U
2B Kennedy, Adam 2B WAS 9 2B,3B,CI,MI,U
3B Blake, Casey 3B LA 11 3B,CI,U
SS Cabrera, Orlando SS CIN 10 MI,SS,U
MI Schumaker, Skip 2B STL 9 2B,MI,OF,U
CI Sanchez, Gaby 1B FLA 8 1B,CI,U
OF Holliday, Matt LF STL 32 OF,U
OF Headley, Chase LF SD 15 3B,CI,OF,U
OF Ludwick, Ryan RF STL 15 OF,U
OF Venable, Will RF SD 6 OF,U
OF Coghlan, Chris LF FLA 15 OF,U
U Fowler, Dexter CF COL 13 OF,U
P Norris, Bud SP HOU 3 P
P Lyon, Brandon RP HOU 7 P
P Dempster, Ryan SP CHC 14 P
P Kuroda, Hiroki SP LA 11 P
P Moylan, Peter RP ATL 3 P
P Santana, Johan SP NYM 23 P
P Hamels, Cole SP PHI 22 P
P Motte, Jason RP STL 6 P
P Duke, Zach SP PIT 2 P
RES Francisco, Juan 3B CIN $ 3B,CI,U
RES Nieve, Fernando SP NYM $ P
RES Medlen, Kris RP ATL $ P
RES Greene, Tyler SS STL $ MI,SS,U
RES Craig, Allen RF STL $ OF,U
RES Jaramillo, Jason C PIT $ C,U
       
FBTradeMarket Severe      
Pos Player Salary Elig
C Molina, Yadier C STL 7 C,U
C Hernandez, Ramon C CIN 4 1B,C,CI,U
1B Gonzalez, Adrian 1B SD 28 1B,CI,U
2B Polanco, Placido 2B PHI 15 2B,MI,U
3B Zimmerman, Ryan 3B WAS 33 3B,CI,U
SS Desmond, Ian SS WAS 9 MI,SS,U
MI Young, Eric O. 2B COL 3 2B,MI,U
CI Alvarez, Pedro 3B PIT 13 3B,CI,U
OF Hart, Corey C. RF MIL 16 OF,U
OF Willingham, Josh LF WAS 7 OF,U
OF Cabrera, Melky LF ATL 8 OF,U
OF Soriano, Alfonso LF CHC 18 OF,U
OF Schierholtz, Nate RF SF 10 OF,U
U Pagan, Angel CF NYM 1 OF,U
P Chapman, Aroldis SP CIN 7 P
P Jackson, Edwin SP ARI 21 P
P Rodriguez, Francisco J. RP NYM 18 P
P Kennedy, Ian SP ARI 5 P
P Padilla, Vicente SP LA 2 P
P Harang, Aaron SP CIN 9 P
P Bailey, Homer SP CIN 8 P
P Latos, Mat SP SD 7 P
P Myers, Brett SP HOU 6 P
RES Feliciano, Pedro RP NYM $ P
RES Mujica, Edward RP SD $ P
RES Torrealba, Yorvit C SD $ C,U
RES Counsell, Craig 2B MIL $ 2B,3B,CI,MI,SS,U
RES Matthews, Gary CF NYM $ OF,U
RES Allen, Brandon 1B ARI $ 1B,CI,U

ALSO

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