Trevor Hoffman - $11 (Roto Rebel)
Alexei Ramirez - $16 (Roto Rebel)
Victor Martinez - $24 (Roto Rebel)
Brandon Phillips - $22 (Roto Rebel)
Mariano Rivera - $18 (Roto Rebel)
Michael Bourn - $14 (Roto Rebel)
Adrian Gonzalez - $27 (Roto Rebel)
Robinson Cano - $19
Joey Votto - $23
Felix Hernandez - $28
Billy Butler - $15
Michael Cuddyer - $10
Adam Lind - $20
Jayson Werth - $22
Ian Stewart - $10
Grady Sizemore - $21
Jose Reyes - $35
Pablo Sandoval - $28
Carlos Beltran - $16
Nelson Cruz - $21
Brian Roberts - $13
Ben Zobrist - $18
Gordon Beckham - $16
Carlos Gonzalez - $12
David Ortiz - $17
Brandon Webb - $16
Matt Holliday - $31
Scott Baker - $15
Aaron Hill - $17
Justin Morneau - $22
Jason Bay - $20
Observations
- I continue to be surprised by the low prices on closers. I snagged the best closer in the game for the price I had allotted for Trevor Hoffman and then proceeded to secure Hoffman for less than Geovany Soto. I'm not sure why the reluctance to pay for saves; no matter how you slice it there are only so many to go around. Happy as I am to have wrapped up Rivera, Bailey, and Hoffman for a total of $43, I may have been better served to stick with my initial plan to target only third-tier closers. That may have saved me up to $10 while yielding almost as many saves. After all, with nine pitching slots, relievers ratios and strikeouts will be diluted. Of course, hindsight is 20-20. I had no idea closers would be devalued like this. Besides, it remains to be seen how the prices will trend once the other owners start vying for the remaining saves. Who knows, we could potentially see guys like Kerry Wood ultimately go for the same price as Bailey ($16).
- I got my other top catcher in V-Mart...at the expected price.
- I was pumped to get Phillips at $22...especially given that the other top second basemen were off the board...and I was worried that I shouldn't have let another owner win Pedroia for $24.
- I wasn't targeting Bourn but just could not let him and his 60-steal potential pass for $14.
- I paid full price for Gonzalez but I'm glad I did. Dude's a beast and will blow up if traded to a contender at the deadline. Got to be happy about getting Gonzalez and V-Mart for just $2 more than Pujols.
- $35 is just too much for a risk like Reyes coming off surgery...especially given his injury history. That's the kind of purchase that loses seasons.
- Brian Roberts would appear to be a good deal at $13, but it won't be if he continues his decline and winds up with less than 10 HR and 20 SB.
C - Victor Martinez
C - Russell Martin
1B - Adrian Gonzalez
2B - Brandon Phillips
3B -
SS - Derek Jeter
MI - Alexei Ramirez
CI -
LF -
CF - Andrew McCutchen
RF - Nick Markakis
OF - Michael Bourn
OF -
UT -
P - Mariano Rivera
P - Andrew Bailey
P - Trevor Hoffman
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Pretty solid so far. Of course, I'm down to $105, but that is by design. I've been very busy early. That might prevent me from taking advantage of good bargains that will arise as owners exhaust their funds, but had I held out for monster deals I would have missed out on several of the great players I picked up.
More tomorrow....
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