Post your AUCTION team here, with prices

[The Mighty Men]

We need a dedicated auction results thread. We don't talk nearly enough about auction teams and prices paid.



I love doing auctions (5-6 hours of strategy bliss), so I am very curious to see how other players constructed their teams and what prices they paid.



John Pausma and I teamed up as usual in the Chicago Auction. I like auctions more than he does, so he let me do the bidding. Having a partner, however, is invaluable in an auction because of the information and strategies ideas going about 1000 miles an hour.



Here is our team:



C Jaso $1

C Barajas $1

1B A. Gonzalez $35

2B D. Pedroia $29

SS J. Reyes $27

3B P. Alvarez $15

MI N. Walker $8

CI C. McGehee $8 (Near the end of CI's - huge bargain)

OF R. Braun $36

OF M. Stanton $21

OF J. Tabata $10

OF C. Coghlan $2

OF L. Morrison $1

UT M. Trumbo $1 (end of draft)



SP Jimenez $19

SP Marcum $13

SP C. Lewis $8

SP B. Arroyo $2

SP T. Wood $2

SP D. Lowe $1

SP B. Duensing $2

RP J. Broxton $13

RP B. Fuentes $2



K. McClellan, C. Sale, E. Young, J. Walden, B. Hawpe, T. Clippard, Joel Peralta were the last 7.



Our plan going in was to spend $200 on offense and $60 on pitching because we believed SP's were plentiful this year and knew we could get several SP for about $6-8 total at the end. We have never had such a drastic split, but having doing 4 auctions already this year, we knew prices and what would likely be available.



We started with Pedroia, then A. Gonzalez, Reyes, and Braun. We went into the auction intending to buy Hanley for up to $45, but Jose Reyes was going for several $ cheaper than in the other auctions I did, so I bought him. I thought $35 for Adrian Gonzalez was way too cheap, so I bought him early. AG wasn't in the plan at all, but underpriced studs = buying opportunities.



I had 2 players which were my "must-haves" (to a certain extent at least) - Stanton and Gio Gonzalez. We rostered Stanton for $21. Headhunters knew I have a mancrush on Gio, so he put up Gio early in the second round of bidding. In the 4 auctions I did previously, Gio went for $9-$11. When bidding got to $12 I bailed out, because with $60 dedicated to pitching I couldn't get stupid with Gio (lots of other SP's) and I definitely did not want to give Mike the pleasure of seeing me overpay for Gio. Just know, my friend, paybacks are a biotch.



Our auction had a strange ebb and flow. A couple players went WAY over their normal price, Posey for $32 and $24 for Marmol. We gave the buyer for Marmol a round of applause after that bidding war. lol We could see prices in total were high for the first 50% of the auction, so we knew some huge bargains were coming. We got some in McGehee for $8 and C. Lewis for $8 . I also remember T. Hunter for $6, Pagan for $6, and Abreu for $8.



The strangest thing of all - a couple of outstanding fantasy players were sitting with alot of money left in the last 20% of the draft. At least 5 teams had $ left at the end of between $4 and $16. Some guys just didn't go that extra $1 or $2 early for players and got caught at the end.



Please post your teams when you have a chance. Thanks!

[Head 2 Head]

Same auction as Mighty (Chicago)



headhunters and I teamed up for a second year after an awful showing in 2010 where we didn't have any top 50 players.



Plan was to get Mauer and a $1 for $30 and when Mauer went to $29 we changed gears.



End up with a Hanley / Teixeria start which was going back to an earlier plan. We started out in January with a two stud 1B plan and had worked our way to the Mauer plan (who headhunters teamed with Longaria in the Main)



Hundley $2

Lecroy $1



Texieria $30

Morales $16

Sanchez $4

Rolen $4 - We wanted Chipper but he went in the double digits.

Kouzmanoff



Hanley $45 - Who I got as the #3 choice in the Main.

Roberts $17 - Third player rostered.

Espinosa $2

Emaus



Pence $19

Huff $12

Hunter $6

Pagen $6 - Pagen & Hunter came right after a break and felt like deals.

Ibanez $5 - I have him in all three events this passed weekend.

D Brown

C Ross



Hamels $19

D Hudson $13 - I have him in all three events.

Lilly $12

Zimmermann $6

Harang $3

Beachey $3

Pineda $2

Happ

Minor



Bell $17

McGee $2

Soriano



We left $14 on the table and regret not buying Scherzer. who came up very late and was the top pitcher on the board at the time. headhunters and I both took him in the Main. Maybe after a night of thinking about how much better this team would look with him was the reason for those picks.



[ March 28, 2011, 12:15 PM: Message edited by: Head 2 Head ]

[76erfan]

Originally posted by Head 2 Head:

Same auction as Mighty (Chicago)



My posts keep getting rejected so I will edit and add to later.



Plan was to get Mauer and a $1 for $30 and when Mauer went to $29 we changed gears.



End up with a Hanley / Teixeria start.



Hundley $2

Lecroy $1



Texieria $30

Morales $16

Sanchez $4

Rolen $4

Kouzmanoff



Hanley $45

Roberts $17

Espinosa $2

Emaus



Pence $19

Huff $12

Hunter $6

Pagen $6

Ibanez $5

D Brown

C Ross



Hamels $19

D Hudson $13

Lilly $12

Zimmermann $6

Harang $3

Beachey $3

Pineda $2

Happ

Minor



Bell $17

McGee $2

Soriano



We left $14 on the table and regret not buying Scherzer. Love your CI depth......agree one more SP would have been great for you.



Hanley and Teix obviously an outstanding start!

[76erfan]

Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

We need a dedicated auction results thread. We don't talk nearly enough about auction teams and prices paid.



I love doing auctions (5-6 hours of strategy bliss), so I am very curious to see how other players constructed their teams and what prices they paid.



John Pausma and I teamed up as usual in the Chicago Auction. I like auctions more than he does, so he let me do the bidding. Having a partner, however, is invaluable in an auction because of the information and strategies ideas going about 1000 miles an hour.



Here is our team:



C Jaso $1

C Barajas $1

1B A. Gonzalez $35

2B D. Pedroia $29

SS J. Reyes $27

3B P. Alvarez $15

MI N. Walker $8

CI C. McGehee $8 (Near the end of CI's - huge bargain)

OF R. Braun $36

OF M. Stanton $21

OF J. Tabata $10

OF C. Coghlan $2

OF L. Morrison $1

UT M. Trumbo $1 (end of draft)



SP Jimenez $19

SP Marcum $13

SP C. Lewis $8

SP B. Arroyo $2

SP T. Wood $2

SP D. Lowe $1

SP B. Duensing $2

RP J. Broxton $13

RP B. Fuentes $2



K. McClellan, C. Sale, E. Young, J. Walden, B. Hawpe, T. Clippard, Joel Peralta were the last 7.



Our plan going in was to spend $200 on offense and $60 on pitching because we believed SP's were plentiful this year and knew we could get several SP for about $6-8 total at the end. We have never had such a drastic split, but having doing 4 auctions already this year, we knew prices and what would likely be available.



We started with Pedroia, then A. Gonzalez, Reyes, and Braun. We went into the auction intending to buy Hanley for up to $45, but Jose Reyes was going for several $ cheaper than in the other auctions I did, so I bought him. I thought $35 for Adrian Gonzalez was way too cheap, so I bought him early. AG wasn't in the plan at all, but underpriced studs = buying opportunities.



I had 2 players which were my "must-haves" (to a certain extent at least) - Stanton and Gio Gonzalez. We rostered Stanton for $21. Headhunters knew I have a mancrush on Gio, so he put up Gio early in the second round of bidding. In the 4 auctions I did previously, Gio went for $9-$11. When bidding got to $12 I bailed out, because with $60 dedicated to pitching I couldn't get stupid with Gio (lots of other SP's) and I definitely did not want to give Mike the pleasure of seeing me overpay for Gio. Just know, my friend, paybacks are a biotch.



Our auction had a strange ebb and flow. A couple players went WAY over their normal price, Posey for $32 and $24 for Marmol. We gave the buyer for Marmol a round of applause after that bidding war. lol We could see prices in total were high for the first 50% of the auction, so we knew some huge bargains were coming. We got some in McGehee for $8 and C. Lewis for $8 . I also remember T. Hunter for $6, Pagan for $6, and Abreu for $8.



The strangest thing of all - a couple of outstanding fantasy players were sitting with alot of money left in the last 20% of the draft. At least 5 teams had $ left at the end of between $4 and $16. Some guys just didn't go that extra $1 or $2 early for players and got caught at the end.



Please post your teams when you have a chance. Thanks! outstanding offense...love mcgehee at 8...and i think alvarez and stanton will be steals at their values by end of year. With only throwing $60 into pitching..obviously..the concern would be if Jimenez has an off year or injured...who steps up to lead your staff.......can the offense out hit everyone and your pitching score enough to win? I am drooling over the offense tho. Nice job!

[Ronald Esq]

Vegas Auction last Friday...



J.Saltalamacchia 3

R.Martin 2



A.Gonzalez 38

K.Morales 13

E.Encarnacion 6

R.Branyan R



T.Tulowitzki 42

M.Prado 11

T.Nishioka 8

O.Hudson R



J.Upton 28

C.Rasmus 17

M.Ramirez 8

J.Kubel 5

Dav.Murphy 2

B.Francisco 1

D.Jennings R

D.Brown R



M.Scherzer 19

R.Oswalt 13

S.Marcum 6

M.Pineda 3

K.Drabek 2

J.Jurrjens 1

B. Duensing R

A.Cashner R



H.Street 14

J.Valverde 12

J.Venters 3

S.Casilla R



With Morales out, can play Prado at either CI with O.Hudson or at MI with Branyan for now.

[76erfan]

ok..here is my team..drafted in AC two Fridays ago.



goal was to go heavy on offense..but not pay much attention to catcher......I specifically wanted jay bruce,gaby sanchez,Cargo,Longoria on my team...I got 3 out of 4.



wanted two ace potential SP.....and I got that with kershaw and hanson. I overpaid "market" value on occasion to get my guy. I need Morales to come back soon...he went alot cheaper in weekend 2 auctions....Huff will start for me early on...and somehow I need a Nady or Betimit to do decent at CI for a few weeks. Nyjer got traded to MIL a week later..so I will see if he can be helpful for me there.



SS is ehh..so I went with inventory there hoping someone steps up between Pennington, Lowrie and Bartlett.



closer i just wanted to be competitive..so i got some low end guys in nunez and gregg..maybe madson steals a few as well



Jaime Garcia for 3 was a steal..and i like what i see from randy wells.......i think my offense has alot of upside but may need to find some steals along the way.



5 Arencibia, J.P.

1 Thole, Josh



18 Morales, Kendry

10 Huff, Aubrey

37 Longoria, Evan



14 Kendrick, Howie

1 Bartlett, Jason

2 Pennington, Cliff



25 McCutchen, Andrew

40 Gonzalez, Carlos

23 Bruce, Jay

1 Coghlan, Chris

1 Morgan, Nyjer



2 Matsui, Hideki



30 Kershaw, Clayton

24 Hanson, Tommy

5 Kennedy, Ian

3 Garcia, Jaime

1 Madson, Ryan

1 Wolf, Randy

1 Arroyo, Bronson

6 Gregg, Kevin

9 Nunez, Leo



snake Lowrie, Jed

snake McDonald, James

snake Wells, Randy

snake Nady, Xavier

snake Hudson, Orlando

snake Saunders, Joe

snake Betemit, Wilson



[ March 28, 2011, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: 76erfan ]

[Chest Rockwell]

VMart 22, Hernandez 1

I Davis 9, Zimmerman 29, Laporta 1, Freese R

J Upton 25, BJ Upton 23, Holliday 34, Coglan 2, Sizemore 5, Damon 1, Ludwick R

Pedroia 28, Bartlett 3, Pennington 1, Hudson R

Hanson 25, Gio 11, Dempster 9, Garza 6, Zimmerman 6, Holland 2, Burnett 2, Wells R, Cecil R

Rivera 14, Soriano 1, Walden R, Benoit R



Obviously need another closer and may be short on rbi's.



I like to evaluate an auction comparing it to a snake.



If I put up a snake draft of

Holliday

Pedroia

Zimmerman

J Upton

V Mart

BJ Upton

Hanson

Rivera

GIo

Dempster

I Davis (after Holliday first spot I would get bad value)



and I would not be thrilled with Garza, Zimmerman, Bartlett, Sizemore in rounds 12-15 either.



Thoughts?

[76erfan]

Chest,



love your OF and i think gio and dempster will be fine behind hanson. you did a nice job. saves can be acquired thru FAAB.

[Glenneration X]

C- VMart 26

C- Santana 24



1B- Pujols 43

3B- Wright 35

CI- D.Lee 9



2B- Casilla 1

SS- A.Ramirez 17

MI- Furcal 9



OF- A.Jones 14

OF- Beltran 6

OF- Sizemore 6

OF- Bourjos 1

OF- S.Smith 1

OF/U- B.Francisco 2



P- J.Johnson 23

P- Morrow 11

P- D.Hudson 9

P- Hellickson 7

P- Harang 3

P- C.Carrasco 3

P- Pineda 2

RP- Bailey 6

RP- Ogando 2



Reserves

Maybin

Norris

Gregerson

Cecil

J.Peralta

Branyan

Duda

[Jim Christie]

C Avilla $4

C Hernandez $1

1B Konerko $16

2B Phillips $19

3B M. Young $14

SS JJ Hardy $9

CI Morneau $21

MI Andrus $15

UT JD Drew RR

OF Choo $25

OF Rios $25

OF Pence $23

OF P. Bourgos $5

OF L. Morrison $2



King Felix $27

Buchholz $15

Cahill $7

Niese $5

Carrasco $1

Masterson RR

Wolf RR

Capps $1

Marmol $18



Bench: Minor $2, A. Casilla, Aardsma $3, Barajas, Coke, Francis, LaPorta $2

[76erfan]

glenn...your SP is high upside...and the bats at the top between corner and catcher are outstanding as always.



Jim...nice meeting you this weekend....you got great value with cahill at 7.....and love your OF...even bourjos and LoMo as #4 and #5.



Was funny how Steve(auctioneer) called you guys Penn and Teller

[Sack]

Good idea on the thread Jack, so we'll give it a shot as your "script" was enjoyable in getting the post insight to your draft.



My son and I took part in the NYC Auction for the National Championship in the morning and then later in the day we came back for the $1300 Auction which is considered an individual league in regard to prize money. Citi Field provided the backdrop and taking part in an actual baseball venue really added to the appeal.



We were familiar with a few participants from NFBC battles in the past. No slight to anybody we don't mention but we were aware that Jeff Dobies was in this league. ALL-IN is a name we respect, a true champion as was proven last year. Larry Schechter is known to us as Air Lar from the CDM games. He has his share of National Championships and high stakes victories. Eddy Betancourt, a friend, loves the auction and we knew he would be ready. Anson Chan has battled us many times in high stakes action. Last and not least is my partner in crime - Jim Christie. We share Super teams together and we both knew what players would be on the list of "must haves". I was hoping his auction partner, Tim McCarthy ( Another former CDM champ ) would have his own opinions.



Strategy was to go 180/80 with an emphasis on hitting. We did want a true ace ( $20 variety ) and we never like overspending on saves. In addition, Catching is an area we had hoped to limit to $10 or less. We wanted the core corners 1b/3b to end up around $65 with core middle guys 2b/ss at $45. The target in the OF was between $55 - $60



We landed our big bat in Miggy Cabrera early

for $39 and then filled the corner with Bautista at $21 which we felt was good value. The aces went quick, but I was waiting on Kershaw & Verlander. Clayton came up first and bidding stalled in the low $20's and he went for $23. I was questioning myself if I had missed the boat, however I really wanted Verlander. Sure enough, the Tiger ace ws brought up and I was happy to land him at $25.



We got Rollins and Weeks for $38 and that gave us some extra cash to add the Catcher we really like in Montero. We got into a bidding match with Anson Chan but went the extra dollar and got him for $13. I felt better near the end of the auction when Anson was beating himself up for not staying in the bidding.



Larry Schechter bought three of the first five names he brought up. So we knew that we could squeeze a few extra dollars out of him the rest of the way. Because we respect his game, it became part of our strategy. Dobies beat us to several players that we thought we had gotten when the bidding got to GOING TWICE. We sat next to Jason Duponte, solid player, who has a unique style of getting his bids out there in record fashion. We enjoyed competing with him.



Pitching bargains from the $6-$9 range took over towards the middle/end portion of the draft. We thought we did OK. News on Rotowire talked of Lidge starting on the D/L so after he went for $7 we attempted to steal Madson. Table bid us to $6, but I took the risk in hope he lands the job. My son asked if I wanted Contreras as insurance, but I passed. Listened to Ruben Amaro Jr., my boy may have been on to something.



Rest of the squad - hope some of you enjoyed the "inside" of how we attacked. Best of luck to all.



C: M Montero $13 B Pena $1

1B: Miggy $39

2B: Weeks $17

3B: Jose Bautista $21

SS: Rollins $20

CI: Chipper Jones $3

MI: Barlett $4

UT: Gaby Sanchez $9

OF: Werth $24, Victorino $19, Rayburn $9,

Alex Gordon $3, Ben Francisco $2



Pitchers: Velander $25 , Jhoulys Chacin $11

Lackey $9, Ricky Romero $6, Jurrjens $5,

Gavin Floyd $5, Brett Cecil $2, Madson $6, Storen $6



Reserves: Rauch, David Murphy, Brad Penny, Chris Getz, Chris Davis, Kyle Lohse, Ryan Hanigan





Summary: Quick mention that we like Chipper Jones for what he can bring to the table if he stays on the field. We waited till the bididng slowed and brought him up for what we were willing to pay. Landed him for $3. Auctioneer joked that you should have brought him up for $1. Point is, the $3 worked to our advantage in that most just let him pass. It is an in auction strategy we like to use and it is not limited to the lower priced players. Using a poler analogy it is similar to going All-in in hoping to push the competition off of the hand.



We like the balance on the offense. Wished we had just 1 more arm. Chacin at $11 is a bit risky, but my son pushed me to go the xtra buck. I trusted him, glad we did. Saves will be an issue, but the reserve round yielded Jon Rauch so maybe we can keep out head above water. Time will tell. Final split was 185/75.



[ March 28, 2011, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: Sack ]

[The Mighty Men]

Alot of good posts, fellas. Keep them rolling.

[ALL-IN JD]

Thanks for the mention Jack. Thoroughly enjoyed the draft and looking forward to defending the title. Happy to go to war with the team I drafted:



Posey (20)

Soto (14)

Ike Davis (6)

Uggla (18)

Castro (9)

Headley (7)

Brignac (1)

Adam Laroche (9)

Heyward (20)

Rasmus (19)

Manny (10)

Pagan (10)

Span (6)

Kila (6)



Price (19)

Weaver (20)

Dempster (13)

Hudson (8)

CJ Wilson (6)

Franklin (11)

Thornton (13)

McGee (6)

Venters (6)



Picked up McLellan and Wells in the reserve was key because I came away with only 5 starters. Really like the team alot but probably need Manny to have a big year and McGee to close

[Sack]

The $1300 Auction is part of the National Championship, so the strategy here was similar. My son and I decided to follow the same $180/$80 plan and try and stay balanced.



The league started at 5pm. We were told at the start that the NFBC only had the room till 10pm and one of the participants didn't arrive at the alloted start time. I'll discuss this on another thread as these two things were the only negative aspects of my Citi Field experience.



Emilio Cutaneo is a player that won an Auction League I took part in last season. Great guy who we truly respect and knew going in would be tough. Jody Ryan, known to us though the CDM game who has demonstrated a strong knowledge. Larry Schechter was back as was Anson Chan, Jason Duponte, RT Davis, Ante Meich from our earlier draft. Never like going back to back against the same players. Roy Ericson III attended the Shandler Forums with us, so I knew he was prepared. Again, no slight to any of the other participants.



I didn't want to have all of our eggs in one basket. So while we still hoped to land a few cross over players on both teams, we would make it a point to vary the look of the team player wise while still employing the same strategy. $65 for the 1B/3B, $45 for the 2B/SS, $55-$60 in the OF, less than $10 at C, and we were fully prepared to take $1 flyers on CI-MI-UT spots. Because this is a MIXED LEAGUE, their would be plenty of options available provided that you had an understanding of the player pool and fulltime roles.



We almost went Miggy Cabrera again, but when the bidding hit forty dollars we decided to pass. Several of the Offensive players were going high and we figured we would let some of the money burn itself out. Miggy went for $42.



We started with Zimmerman at $29. We thought this was fair. The firstbaseman were going fast and I only consider eight of them to be strong enough to be core players on an NFBC roster. I didn't wish to be weak in this area. My budget was flexible, but $36 was ideal. Mark Teixeira was somebody I thought I could get for closer to $30, but drafting in NYC meant I had to remember the local "bias". Pujols, Miggy, Votto, and Adrian all went for higher than expected and I don't love Howard. When YOUKILIS was brought up, I didn't want to wait. I know that I overspent in landing him at $35 but I had my first sacker and he will eventually offer some extra flexibility. TEIX, as expected also went for $35. It turned out that Fielder was the bargain at $31.



The middle spots were covered with Jimmy Rollins at the same price of $20 as earlier. We tried to add Jeter and were willing to go cheaper at secondbase, but only at a bargain. The bidding (which we were part of ) went to $20 and we felt that was to high. We set our sights on Gordon Beckham and we felt Howie Kendrick would make a nice fallback considering what he would give us. Beckham went late in the first auction and his price of $16 was high. We decided that could happen again, so we landed Kendrick at $12 and were now willing to add Beckham IF the price was right. Beckham came up and once again the bidding went to $15. We decided to stay disciplined and allowed him to pass.

I really wanted BJ Upton on this team. I bid him up to $26. Add in Andre Ethier for $20 and my two core OF's were in place. I stayed true to form on the Catchers and landed Ruiz & Hundley for a total of $8. We brought "Chootch" up for $5 and heard crickets. Same tact we used in regard to Chipper in the first draft. If you haven't seen the new commercial with Roy Halladay talking about how he misses his catcher in the off season, keep an eye out ....... it is kinda cool.

Pitching was handled slightly different, but we were very happy with the end results. No high end ace this time. Cole Hamels cost us $20 - kind of rough to NOT have your high end pitcher making a start in the first week, but on that staff slotting him as the #4 should lead to some favorable matchups, People lose sight of the fact that the season is six months long. Cole was the ONLY pitcher we had after 150 players were called. Budget still had $60 left for pitching and many of our names of interest remained. My only concern was I hadn't yet bought a closer. Then, bang, we had Broxton at $12 and Kimbrel at $9. Two quality ( in my eyes ) K type closers for the alloted $20 price for closers. I now knew that filling my staff out for the remaining $39 should be attainable. We landed Jordan Zimmerman at $7. Sometimes these young studs are the "hot" names at the NFBC drafts and end up costing to much. Because of WHEN he was brought up my son and I loved this price. Same theme for Gio Gonzalez. We were in in the first draft and didn't land him. We went to $11. This time, we landed him at $10. The pitching prices were being kind to us and we completed the staff with Lackey at $6 ( we paid $9 earlier ) Ricky Romero at $8, and Edwin Jackson for $5. Added bonus was Ryan Madson only cost us $3 this time around. This teams staff feels more complete that the first team, probably because of the quality in the closers. Hopefully, somebody steps up as the ACE.

We backed up Broxton with Kenley Jansen in the reserve round. KUO is talented, but he cant stay healthy and pitching back to back days are an issue. We'll let somebody else deal with that problem. Jonny Venters would have been nice, but we rolled the dice in landing Madson to close out our pitchers fully aware that if somebody brought up his name before the reserve round we wouldn't have the chance to bid. It is our opinion that we would rather roll the dice on owning possibly three closers ( Madson.....if he lands the job ) than playing things safe. Sure enough, Venters was purchased in draft for only $2.



Great fun handling an auction, here is the rest of the squad with prices.



C: Ruiz $5 Hundley $3

1B: Youkilis $35

2B: Kendrick $12

3B: Zimmerman $29

SS: Rollins $20

CI: Gaby Sanchez $8

MI: Alexi Casilla $2



OF: BJ Upton $26, Ethier $20, Vernon Wells $9, Soriano $7, Tyler Colvin $3



UT: Gomes $1





Pitchers: Cole Hamels $20, Gio Gonzalez $10, Ricky Romero $8, Jordan Zimmermann $7, John Lackey $6, Edwin Jackson $5, Broxton $12, Kimbrel $9, Ryan Madson $3



Reserves: Scutaro, Moustakas, Narveson, Burrell, K Jansen, Penny, Ryan Hanigan





Summary: Felt we did a much better job with the first team on the reserves, but overall we

met our expected goals. The split was exactly $180/$80. We are flexible in draft, but it was nice to see the range we set was on the money. We did spend our final $5 on Edwin Jackson and may have been able to sneak him though for less. But leaving money on the table is a no-no in auctions for me. Without the "TRUE ACE" we built a more complete staff in out eyes. Offense may need to tweak the power/speed early on with some FAAB - but in a mixed league that should be very possible. Again, thanks for the chance to share some thoughts. Hope it was enjoyable.



[ April 17, 2011, 07:39 AM: Message edited by: Sack ]

[Roy's Outlaws]

Hey Ken, The $1300 auction is still part of the overall champinship. It just has a high entry fee and big league prize pool. Also i got Teixeria for $34, Bidding was a little high early in that draft. Good luck with all your teams.

[Sack]

Roy:





"The $1300 auction is still part of the overall champinship."





If this is true, glad I didn't go PUNT crazy! Didn't think this was the case but certainly wouldnt mind if it was. Thanks

[Roy's Outlaws]

ken , It is part of the championship as I took 4th place in the overall last season out of this league. Wish you had punted saves. you would have been kicking yourself all season...LOL

[BEF]

Originally posted by ALL-IN JD:

Thanks for the mention Jack. Thoroughly enjoyed the draft and looking forward to defending the title. Happy to go to war with the team I drafted:



Posey (20)

Soto (14)

Ike Davis (6)

Uggla (18)

Castro (9)

Headley (7)

Brignac (1)

Adam Laroche (9)

Heyward (20)

Rasmus (19)

Manny (10)

Pagan (10)

Span (6)

Kila (6)



Price (19)

Weaver (20)

Dempster (13)

Hudson (8)

CJ Wilson (6)

Franklin (11)

Thornton (13)

McGee (6)

Venters (6)



Picked up McLellan and Wells in the reserve was key because I came away with only 5 starters. Really like the team alot but probably need Manny to have a big year and McGee to close Jeff, I was one of the facilitators of this auction and looked for you afterwards to chat, but you booked out pretty fast. Just wanted to say that I was amazed at your skills in this auction. I had the advantage of facing the owners and could watch everybody's face and body language during the event, and let me just say that I would not want to be in a poker game with you. Your self-control during the bidding process is fantastic, and I could count on one hand the number of times you were outbid throughout the entire auction. It took me about an hour to catch on to your style, but after I did it was incredibly enjoyable to watch you go about your business and construct this roster.



The fact that you were able to put together this squad in which you didn't spend more than $20 or less than $6 on any player (with the exception of Brignac, who oddly enough is the only player on your team I don't like) is a true testament to your abilities. Talk about Spread-the-Risk! You very quietly commanded this auction, and as long as your guys stay relatively healthy I believe you're going to crush this league (with my apologies to the rest of the owners...).



Great job!



Brian

[ALL-IN JD]

Thanks Brian. I do like the team a lot. I would like to take a lot of the credit but obviously when a player gets called out and how much money is sitting out there has a lot to do with bargains/value. That being said I did get alot of guys I wanted at what I thought to be good value.

[76erfan]

You didnt get David Herndon tho Jeff. LOL

[MadCow Sez]

C: Hundley $1/Thole $1

1B: Dunn $27/Laporta $3

2B Pedroia $28

3B: Longoria $37/Polanco $2

SS: Andrus $16/MI: Castro $13

OF: McCutchen $28/Adam Jones $13/Bay $7/Morse $6/Gomes $1



SP: Jiminez $19/Greinke $16/Bailey $10/Beckett $9/Nunez $7/Danks $6/Nolasco $6/Sale $2/Hammel $1



Bench: Cecil - Pelfrey - Matsui - Macier - Nady - Burrell - Volstad



Wanted to build on Longo, Pedroia and McCutchen. Goal was to not spend more than $20 on any pitcher and $10 on any closer. Waited on my closers and in retrospect, I should have gone the extra buck or two. Went in on Bailey knowing he's missing time...same on Greinke, but the other guys I wanted all climbed over the $20 mark and several went for $25+



I'm short on power and saves (not desperately so) but feel comfortable with my other marks.

[Edwards Kings]

Originally posted by MadCow Sez:

C: Hundley $1/Thole $1

1B: Dunn $27/Laporta $3

2B Pedroia $28

3B: Longoria $37/Polanco $2

SS: Andrus $16/MI: Castro $13

OF: McCutchen $28/Adam Jones $13/Bay $7/Morse $6/Gomes $1



SP: Jiminez $19/Greinke $16/Bailey $10/Beckett $9/Nunez $7/Danks $6/Nolasco $6/Sale $2/Hammel $1



Bench: Cecil - Pelfrey - Matsui - Macier - Nady - Burrell - Volstad



Wanted to build on Longo, Pedroia and McCutchen. Goal was to not spend more than $20 on any pitcher and $10 on any closer. Waited on my closers and in retrospect, I should have gone the extra buck or two. Went in on Bailey knowing he's missing time...same on Greinke, but the other guys I wanted all climbed over the $20 mark and several went for $25+



I'm short on power and saves (not desperately so) but feel comfortable with my other marks. I was crying in my milk because I had locked up two of my pitching slots with Capps and Burnett (which I had not planned to do) so I was running out of open pitcher positions when you started racking up Beckett/Danks/Nolasco/Hammel all for a whopping $22! What bargains!



Dunn and Morse were also bargain buys, in my opinion. The team looks great and balanced in my opinion, Dan. Good luck!

[Rotties]

Did both NY auctions on Friday. Like team 1 better although I will have to find some saves somewhere along the line. Missed out on the elite closers and couldn't pull the trigger on some of the lesser guys at $10+. Team 2 is a hitter short, actually got caught bidding up a starter that I wasn't planning on. Needed to put that money on another solid bat.

Team #1



Molina (6)

Olivo (1)

Votto(36)

Pedroia (26)

Drew (16)

Aramis (15)

Aybar (3)

Freese (2)

N. Cruz (27)

Bruce(22)

Granderson (14)

Pierre (14)

Maybin (3)

Willingham (1)



Haren (19)

Scherzer (16)

Volquez (8)

Kuroda (8)

Vazquez(8)

Arroyo (5)

Drabek (1)

Beachy(1)

Putz (8)

Bench: Nady, DeJesus, Polanco, Bard, Masset, Harang, Beurhle



Team 2

Posada (10)

Molina (5)

Konerko(18)

Zobrist (14)

Longoria (38)

Tejada (3)

C. Johnson (4)

Aybar (3)

Werth (20)

Victorino (19)

Hunter (11)

Span (7)

McLouth (4)

Kubel (6)



Weaver (20)

Oswalt (17)

Carpenter (16)

Myers (7)

Shields (6)

Vazquez (6)

Jurrjens (3)

Valverde (12)

Axford (11)



Bench: Willingham, Hawpe, Ackley, Masterson, Contreras, Garland.

[crazytown]

NYC $1300



Santana 20

Mauer 27

Posey 25

Tulo 39

Cano 38

Figgins 11

Berkman 4

Wigginton 1

G. Jones 1

Ludwick 1

Bill Hall 1

Gomez 1

Kouz 1

Francisco 1



Sabathia 25

Tim Hudson 10

Greinke 18

Peavy 3

Aardsma 3

Happ 1

Papelbon 14

KRod 15

Matsuzaka 1



Romo

Blanton

Coke

Marquis

Trumbo

Nady

Callaspo