Mark Teixeira - $37
Ryan Howard - $38
Ian Kinsler - $29
Jon Lester - $24
Ryan Braun - $42
Hanley Ramirez - $50
Geovany Soto - $12
Tim Lincecum - $36
Joe Mauer - $33
Derek Jeter - $26 (Roto Rebel)
Evan Longoria - $37
Roy Halladay - $36
Jimmy Rollins - $27
Miguel Cabrera - $38
Everth Cabrera - $7
Yovani Gallardo - $28
Elvis Andrus - $13
Yunel Escobar - $8
Zack Greinke - $30
Observations
- I was pleased to get Jeter at $26. Not that it’s a huge bargain, but I certainly didn’t overpay for him. With Hanley off the board and Reyes making me nervous, I wanted to lock up Jeter or Rollins. The dropoff is pretty steep after the top four shortstops. Is Rollins a better deal at $27? Tough to say. What I love about Jeter is that he plays in one of the most powerful lineups and one of the friendliest hitter parks in history.
- The same guy who took Pujols at $50 took Hanley at $50. Yikes! This dude throws money around like Antoine Walker! If you’re going to spend $50 on a single player, then Hanley is the right choice, but this dude has blown almost a third of his budget on two guys. I’m guessing it’s all part of a strategy, and the overpay-for-mega-studs approach has been known to work before (especially when many teams blow their budgets early, leaving a wealth of decent players available for cheap at the end), but he’ll need to pick up some quality sleepers to avoid major holes in his lineup. And if one of his big guns gets hurt, he’s screwed.
- Kinsler at $29 and Mauer at $33 were hard to let go. Those are decent prices given the lack of depth at catcher and second, but I’m holding out hope I can get solid guys like Pedroia, Phillips, and/or V-Mart for a bit less.
- Teixeira, Howard, and Miguel Cabrera were sold at slightly above market value. I bowed out of the bidding on these guys as soon as it got past the “ridiculous deal” stage. To me first base is a place where you can get good production for next to nothing.
- Halladay, Lincecum, and Greinke went at appropriate prices, but I personally don’t like to spend big money on starters. I’ve been burned by that before. You think you have a killer staff, and somehow it never pans out. Then your hitting totally sucks. Plus, I have a strategy for this league that allows me to save on starters (which I’ll reveal later).
- $28 for Gallardo may be the biggest reach of the auction to this point.
- By contrast, Andrus for $13 is probably the best value thus far.
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