$50 Greg/Tom/Darik Auction 2/22 7 PM EST-post analysis!

[76erfan]

longshot but if any drop would like back in this.

Yeah you would be third on wait list.....not likely anyone drops......

check out the other thread for upcoming auctions we are doing.......

[rickerbockerNFBC]

Everyone, one change for the auction/draft. Instead of doing the reserve rounds on RTSports in the chat like we have in the past we'll finish up on our site as a 2-hour DC beginning tomorrow. Darik will enter the results from the first 23 rounds tomorrow and then we'll start the DC to pick the reserve players. That way everyone will know who's available rather than all the guesswork that goes on using the RT site.

So plan on the DC for the final seven rounds beginning on Friday. Thanks.

I love this change.

[76erfan]

reminder you can follow along here

https://www.rtsports.com/baseball/aucti ... sybaseball

[Yah Mule]

Everyone, one change for the auction/draft. Instead of doing the reserve rounds on RTSports in the chat like we have in the past we'll finish up on our site as a 2-hour DC beginning tomorrow. Darik will enter the results from the first 23 rounds tomorrow and then we'll start the DC to pick the reserve players. That way everyone will know who's available rather than all the guesswork that goes on using the RT site.

So plan on the DC for the final seven rounds beginning on Friday. Thanks.

I love this change.

Me too!

[76erfan]

off and running!

pitcher heavy start!

https://www.rtsports.com/baseball/aucti ... sybaseball

[76erfan]

Tom buys bats harper and buxton early while Darik grabs Strasburg. Greg is just pounding Coronas at this point

[Bjs2025]

Gerrit Cole for $21....I'm licking my chops

[Bjs2025]

It's close but I like Steve Weimers team the best so far

[Bjs2025]

I like Yah Mule too but might be spending too much on pitching

[ToddZ]

Looks like Tom is failing to execute his Twitter strategy.

[rkulaski]

Team 12 looks awfully tough to beat. Just an objective observation.

[76erfan]

Team 12 looks awfully tough to beat. Just an objective observation.

LOL

nice job by all tonight. 4 hours 42 minutes.

7 round reserve tomorrow...2 hour clock........

comments on teams.....self analysis by drafters tonight...lets hear it

[Wolfpac]

Interesting strategy by Texas Connection....I see you.

[rkulaski]

If it was Friday night, I'd type a little longer but I'll leave you with a few thoughts:

I had to fight for everyone except Tucker Barnhart.

Best deal and worst deal for my team only: Story for 9 (best). Treinan for 11 (worst). Seeing some other closer prices, I think I could've saved a little there.

I didn't expect to spend 94 on pitching.

Felt like I had a great team at the 7 rd break. Then, I lost bidding wars on several players and I think my batting average fell apart.

What an ironic day to see Honeycutt go for 21 (in his defense, i think he was filling his last roster spot).

[Yah Mule]

Speed, even the promise of speed, was expensive. I felt fortunate to get Margot for $16. I thought Melancon for $8 was pretty nice. Biggest regret was not pulling the trigger on another 6-8 dollar starter. I had the money to do it, hence Mikie the Mahtook's big price tag. Second biggest regret was letting Tom get Javier Baez for eight bucks. I know it looks like we were going easy on him, but I suspect it was some form of mass hypnosis.

C Barnes, Austin (C,2B) $8
C Chirinos, Robinson (C) $1
1B Goldschmidt, Paul (1B) $37
2B Drury, Brandon (2B) $2
SS Rosario, Amed (SS) $6
3B Suarez, Eugenio (3B) $12
MI Semien, Marcus (SS) $6
CI Olson, Matt (1B) $15
U Cruz, Nelson (U) $24
OF Hoskins, Rhys (1B,OF) $22
OF Margot, Manuel (OF) $16
OF Calhoun, Willie (OF) $9
OF Mahtook, Mikie (OF) $7
OF Parra, Gerardo (OF) $1

P Scherzer, Max (P) $41
P Martinez, Carlos (P) $23
P Osuna, Roberto (P) $17
P Melancon, Mark (P) $8
P Peacock, Brad (P) $1
P Karns, Nate (P) $1
P Kuhl, Chad (P) $1
P Leone, Dominic (P) $1
P Lopez, Reynaldo (P) $1

[DOUGHBOYS]

C- Wilson Ramos
C- Austin Hedges
1B- Joey Gallo
2B- Jose Altuve
3B- Alex Bregman
SS Andrelton Simmons
CI Yangveris Solarte
MI- Whit Merrifield
OF- Charlie Blackmon
OF- George Springer
OF- Domingo Santana
OF- Trey Mancini
OF- Jackie Bradley Jr.
U- Cesar Hernandez

P- Kyle Hendricks
P- Jameson Taillon
P- Lance Lynn
P- Alex Cobb
P- Julio Teheran
P- Tyler Chatwood
p- Andrew Miller
P- Blake Parker
P- Fernando Rodney

MEH

[Bjs2025]

Interesting strategy by Texas Connection....I see you.

Ahhh yes..the Candelario Plan

[Tom Kessenich]

Here's my team. Not sure if I love it or not. I loved the start of the auction. I got Harper, Buxton and Greinke and even saved a bit of money on them. I REALLY wanted Correa but Greg pushed him way above what I wanted to pay and that's when everything changed. I'm fine with Lindor as the backup plan to Correa but I really was hoping to get shares of the Astros, Yankees and Rockies and I ended up with none. I was also targeting Travis Shaw but his price also went way above what I thought was reasonable so struck out there too.

My goal for pitching was two aces and a strong No. 3. But when all the No. 2 SPs went for more than I wanted I ended up overpaying for Nola, who I like but not for $28. That killed my hopes to get a strong No. 3 SP. I was targeting Stroman and could've gotten him if it wasn't for the Nola overpay. Maybe I'll get lucky with Santana for $5 if he's not hurt too long but I'm not crazy about my SP rotation.

I did think I hit on some decent low-price guys late like Duvall, Hanley, Pedroia, Maybin and even Thames. But even getting a couple guys I really wanted like Taylor and Santana cost more than I hoped which I feel offset any potential gains.

So overall, fun auction but no clue if this team will be any good or not.

C-Travis d'Arnaud 3
C-Stephen Vogt 1
1B-Carlos Santana 12
2B-Javier Baez 8
SS-Francisco Lindor 34
3B-Rafael Devers 14
CI-Eric Thames 4
MI-Dustin Pedroia 1
OF-Bryce Harper 36
OF-Byron Buxton 26
OF-Chris Taylor 13
OF-Adam Duvall 5
OF-Cameron Maybin 4
UT-Hanley Ramirez 4

P-Aaron Nola 28
P-Zach Greinke 27
P-Gio Gonzalez 8
P-Ervin Santana 5
P-Felix Hernandez 4
P-Jimmy Nelson 1
P-Sean Doolittle 11
P-Brandon Morrow 9
P-Dellin Betances 2

[steveymer]

C: Mike Zunino $7
C: Wellington Castillo $9
1b: CJ Cron $1
2b: Brian Dozier $25
3b: Josh Donaldson $28
SS: Zack Cozart $3
CI: Kyle Seager $13
MI: Jonathan Schoop $16
OF: Lorenzo Cain $17
OF: Nick Castellanos (3b) $15
OF: Kevin Kiermaier $11
OF: Delino Deshields $8
OF: Odubel Herrera $6
UT: Eduardo Nunez (2b, 3b, OF) $8

SP:
Jacob deGrom $28
Luke Weaver $14
Zack Godley $12
Taijuan Walker $8
Sean Manaea $3
Tanner Roark $2

RP:
Raisel Iglesias $15
Arodys Vizcaino $9
David Robertson $2

Thoughts:

Feel good about where I'm at for HR and SB. Average a bit shakier. Considered punting it midway through (rostering Zunino can do that to you), but couldn't commit. Hopefully have enough there to stay middle of the pack. I suppose there are worse shortstops than Zack Cozart?

I gave in and overpaid for an ace since you seemingly have to in order to get one. Kind of wish I hadn't, but overall pleased with the pitching.

Should be a fun league - good luck all!

[Bjs2025]

C: Mike Zunino $7
C: Wellington Castillo $9
1b: CJ Cron $1
2b: Brian Dozier $25
3b: Josh Donaldson $28
SS: Zack Cozart $3
CI: Kyle Seager $13
MI: Jonathan Schoop $16
OF: Lorenzo Cain $17
OF: Nick Castellanos (3b) $15
OF: Kevin Kiermaier $11
OF: Delino Deshields $8
OF: Odubel Herrera $6
UT: Eduardo Nunez (2b, 3b, OF) $8

SP:
Jacob deGrom $28
Luke Weaver $14
Zack Godley $12
Taijuan Walker $8
Sean Manaea $3
Tanner Roark $2

RP:
Raisel Iglesias $15
Arodys Vizcaino $9
David Robertson $2

Thoughts:

Feel good about where I'm at for HR and SB. Average a bit shakier. Considered punting it midway through (rostering Zunino can do that to you), but couldn't commit. Hopefully have enough there to stay middle of the pack. I suppose there are worse shortstops than Zack Cozart?

I gave in and overpaid for an ace since you seemingly have to in order to get one. Kind of wish I hadn't, but overall pleased with the pitching.

Should be a fun league - good luck all!

I really like your team. I think that's a good price for Degrom with people going cray cray over some of the top SP's and shittier ones that go for too much because they're "in" right now. other favorites:

3b: Josh Donaldson $28
2b: Brian Dozier $25
MI: Jonathan Schoop $16
OF: Lorenzo Cain $17

[76erfan]

Here's my team. Not sure if I love it or not. I loved the start of the auction. I got Harper, Buxton and Greinke and even saved a bit of money on them. I REALLY wanted Correa but Greg pushed him way above what I wanted to pay and that's when everything changed. I'm fine with Lindor as the backup plan to Correa but I really was hoping to get shares of the Astros, Yankees and Rockies and I ended up with none. I was also targeting Travis Shaw but his price also went way above what I thought was reasonable so struck out there too.

My goal for pitching was two aces and a strong No. 3. But when all the No. 2 SPs went for more than I wanted I ended up overpaying for Nola, who I like but not for $28. That killed my hopes to get a strong No. 3 SP. I was targeting Stroman and could've gotten him if it wasn't for the Nola overpay. Maybe I'll get lucky with Santana for $5 if he's not hurt too long but I'm not crazy about my SP rotation.

I did think I hit on some decent low-price guys late like Duvall, Hanley, Pedroia, Maybin and even Thames. But even getting a couple guys I really wanted like Taylor and Santana cost more than I hoped which I feel offset any potential gains.

So overall, fun auction but no clue if this team will be any good or not.

C-Travis d'Arnaud 3
C-Stephen Vogt 1
1B-Carlos Santana 12
2B-Javier Baez 8
SS-Francisco Lindor 34
3B-Rafael Devers 14
CI-Eric Thames 4
MI-Dustin Pedroia 1
OF-Bryce Harper 36
OF-Byron Buxton 26
OF-Chris Taylor 13
OF-Adam Duvall 5
OF-Cameron Maybin 4
UT-Hanley Ramirez 4

P-Aaron Nola 28
P-Zach Greinke 27
P-Gio Gonzalez 8
P-Ervin Santana 5
P-Felix Hernandez 4
P-Jimmy Nelson 1
P-Sean Doolittle 11
P-Brandon Morrow 9
P-Dellin Betances 2

its a good team but you may have undersold SP again......your top 2 will be fine.....and maybe Gio does what he did last year...but its your SP4-SP6 that is hurting. I'd go heavy SP in the reserve rounds

[Tom Kessenich]

its a good team but you may have undersold SP again......your top 2 will be fine.....and maybe Gio does what he did last year...but its your SP4-SP6 that is hurting. I'd go heavy SP in the reserve rounds

Was definitely not the plan but like I said, the Nola overpay killed me. Once that happened I knew my SP situation was gonna be a mess. I should've laid off him and tried to get a couple of $15 pitchers instead but that's what I've done in the past in this league and it's never worked out so getting two top SPs was my priority. Unfortunately, one of the problems with an auction is players go over their value and if you get caught up in that you can get screwed.

[Greg Ambrosius]

This was like going to the dentist's office for a root canal. Thanks for the pain boys. With any luck I'll be able to defend my 13th place finish from last year, but even that might be tough. Yikes this was tough.

C- Sal Perez $12
C - Matt Wieters $2
1B - Edwin Encarnacion $24
2B - Robinson Cano $15
SS - Carlos Correa $39
3B - Evan Longoria $5
MI - Corey Seager $23
CI - Justin Bour $5
UT - Jason Kipnis $2
OF - Starling Marte $22
OF - Gregory Polanco $13
OF - Josh Riddick $2
OF - Victor Robles $1
OF - Carlos Gomez $2

P - Dallas Keuchel $21
P - Jose Berrios $18
P - David Price $16
P - Michael Fulmer $5
P - Aaron Sanchez $11
P- Jake Odorizzi $3
P - Zach Davies $1
P - Ken Giles $12
P - Shane Greene $5

Too much health risk with Price and Sanchez and I wouldn't let go of Berrios for some reason, but shit happens when you wait on pitching in a 15-team league. Good luck all.

[Bjs2025]

This was like going to the dentist's office for a root canal. Thanks for the pain boys. With any luck I'll be able to defend my 13th place finish from last year, but even that might be tough. Yikes this was tough.

C- Sal Perez $12
C - Matt Wieters $2
1B - Edwin Encarnacion $24
2B - Robinson Cano $15
SS - Carlos Correa $39
3B - Evan Longoria $5
MI - Corey Seager $23
CI - Justin Bour $5
UT - Jason Kipnis $2
OF - Starling Marte $22
OF - Gregory Polanco $13
OF - Josh Riddick $2
OF - Victor Robles $1
OF - Carlos Gomez $2

P - Dallas Keuchel $21
P - Jose Berrios $18
P - David Price $16
P - Michael Fulmer $5
P - Aaron Sanchez $11
P- Jake Odorizzi $3
P - Zach Davies $1
P - Ken Giles $12
P - Shane Greene $5

Too much health risk with Price and Sanchez and I wouldn't let go of Berrios for some reason, but shit happens when you wait on pitching in a 15-team league. Good luck all.

With the exception of Berrios I actually like your team, Greg. Lots of good potential discounts on old, "boring," guys.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were the top bids last night:

Mike Trout $45
Jose Altuve $43
Clayton Kershaw $42
Trea Turner $41
Max Scherzer $41
Mookie Betts $41
Giancarlo Stanton $41
Corey Kluber $40
Nolan Arenado $39
Carlos Correa $39
Freddie Freeman $39
Charlie Blackmon $38
J.D. Martinez $38
Chris Sale $37
Paul Goldschmidt $37
Manny Machado $37
Bryce Harper $36
Kris Bryant $35
Joey Votto $35
Francisco Lindor $34
Aaron Judge $33
Madison Bumgarner $32
Anthony Rizzo $32
Jose Ramirez $32
Stephen Strasburg $32
Carlos Carrasco $31
Dee Gordon $30
Yu Darvish $30

Thoughts?