February 20, 2014

Mock Auction Analysis

AL- and NL-Only

by Mike Gianella

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Mock drafts are a staple of pre-season fantasy baseball coverage, and no magazine or website would be complete without them. It is more rare to see a mock fantasy auction, but there is still a healthy portion of fantasy players who play using the auction format. In response to this, Baseball Prospectus decided to hold mock auctions for our readers who play in auction leagues.

Since auction leagues often dig deeper, Baseball Prospectus held two auctions: an AL-only and an NL-only. Both leagues used the “standard” $260, 23 player roster (14 hitters and nine pitchers) and familiar 5x5 format. The auctions were hosted online using CBS Sports’ auction room feature.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

The Starting Lineup

• Baseball Prospectus – Mike Gianella
• Baseball Prospectus – Mauricio Rubio
• Rotowire – Derek Van Riper
• Fantasy Trade 411 – Michael Clifford
• USA Today – Brent Hershey
• KFFL – Nicolas Minnix
• Fantasy Judgment – Michael Stein
• Ask Rotoman – Peter Kreutzer
• Fox Sports – John Halpin
• Baseball HQ – Ron Shandler
• Mastersball – Pasco Varnica
• Roto Buzz Guy – Howard Bender

General Observations
For the most part, this auction played out the way you would expect an auction to play out among 12 experts. One rule wrinkle that was added to the auction was that players who played less than 20 games in the majors in 2013 were DH only. This was not intentional, but led to more teams being locked out of positions earlier in the auction. In turn, this led to some lower prices and the oddity of Nick Castellanos not being purchased at all.

On the whole, the room was “tight.” Only eight players cracked the $30 barrier, with Mike Trout predictably leading the way at $45. One surprise was that starting pitching was at a premium. Expert leagues typically don’t spend on pitching, but that was not the case here. Yu Darvish ($34), Chris Sale ($29), David Price ($27), Max Scherzer ($27), and Felix Hernandez ($26) all went for $25 or more. These prices weren’t out of line, but were not what I was expecting.

There were not quite as many reaches on the hitting side. Prince Fielder ($34) and Joe Mauer ($29) stand out, but once again the room was fairly judicious in looking for value. Carlos Pena went for $10 late, but this was more a product of a good amount of money floating around in the end game.

My Team
I don’t enter non-keeper auctions with any strategy short of trying to add value to my team. While the prices were not out of line, I didn’t buy a player until the 39^th player in the auction was called out (Ben Zobrist at $18). More than one expert implored me in the auction’s chat room to spend my money, but I knew there would be players for me to get if I waited.

One of the biggest mistakes I made all day had nothing to with strategy. An owner accidentally bid $145 on a player so I backed out the bid using the site’s commissioner feature. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn off the commissioner feature (and navigate my own bidding) and couldn’t bid on Matt Moore. I had him higher than $11 in my raw bid prices but didn’t get him. This would impact my team quite a bit (more on this later).

I made one of my biggest mistakes of the day when I bought Brian Roberts for $2 two players after Zobrist (at no. 41). The price on Roberts is fine (it is a very low risk if he crashes and burns), but it locked me out of some better bargains later.

As I expected, I was able to spend my money in short order after some of the early overpays by other owners. Elvis Andrus ($25), Josh Donaldson ($20), and Ian Kinsler ($21) made for a nice infield, with Andrus providing a good deal of speed. I’m ambivalent about buying closers, but Fernando Rodney at $14 is fine. Michael Bourn ($19) provided all the other significant speed I needed, and I added my first catcher with John Jaso ($6).

If you’re playing along at home, you can see the problem that was developing. The offense looked great, but I would need to plug some arms in late and hope to get bargains. Meanwhile, the league wasn’t budging on the pitching prices. So I kept filling in everywhere else. At one point, this was what my team looked like:

• Zobrist $18
• Roberts $2
• Andrus $25
• Donaldson $20
• Kinsler $21
• Rodney $14
• Bourn $19
• Jaso $6
• Jason Castro $15
• Corey Hart $8
• Michael Brantley $13

With 11 roster slots filled, I had 10 hitters, one closer, and $99 to spend on 12 slots. While this makes it sound like I still could have bought a decent pitching staff, there wasn’t enough pitching left. Without going through every single pick, here is what my team looked like at the end of the day:

C	Jason Castro	16
C	John Jaso	6
1B	Mitch Moreland	9
2B	Ian Kinsler	21
SS	Elvis Andrus	25
3B	Josh Donaldson	20
CO	Justin Smoak	7
MI	Brian Roberts	2
OF	Michael Bourn	19
OF	Michael Brantley	13
OF	Josh Reddick	14
OF	Josh Willingham	13
OF	Ben Zobrist	18
DH	Corey Hart	8
P	Fernando Rodney	14
P	John Lackey	7
P	Neftali Feliz	10
P	Jake Peavy	8
P	Brandon Morrow	5
P	Zach McAllister	4
P	Erik Johnson	3
P	Miguel Gonzalez	1
P	Matt Harrison	5

There isn’t a superstar in the bunch, but 13 everyday players and Roberts makes for a solid offense. The batting average could have been better, but the variability that typically comes with category I could just as easily finish with four points as I could with 10.

The best news about the pitching was that I got a second closer. The market doesn’t believe in Feliz (his handcuff Joakim Soria went for $9) but assuming Feliz is healthy, he and Rodney make for a formidable duo.

But the rest of the staff is pull and pray. These aren’t bad pitchers, there just isn’t enough quality at the top and there is too much uncertainty in general. Morrow could be a steal, but he could pitch 20 crummy innings and disappear. Peavy has posted an ERA north of four three out of the last four seasons. Harrison is also an open question post-injury. Johnson is a rookie; his path is hard to ascertain.

This brings me back to Matt Moore. You’ll notice that I only spent $247 out of my $260. Had I not messed up the auction room settings prior to re-starting the auction, I probably would have purchased Moore. I would have gone $14 on him if his owner said $13, and Moore instead of Gonzalez makes up the $13 difference in spending. The staff still wouldn’t have been great, but the strong offense plus Moore’s strikeouts would have made a big difference.

	Baseball Prospectus Mike Gianella		Fantasy Judgment Michael Stein
C	Jason Castro	16	Jose Molina	1
C	John Jaso	6	Kurt Suzuki	1
1B	Mitch Moreland	9	Adam Dunn	9
2B	Ian Kinsler	21	Logan Forsythe	2
SS	Elvis Andrus	25	Jose Reyes	29
3B	Josh Donaldson	20	Miguel Cabrera	41
CO	Justin Smoak	7	Manny Machado	16
MI	Brian Roberts	2	Grant Green	2
OF	Michael Bourn	19	Dexter Fowler	17
OF	Michael Brantley	13	Aaron Hicks	7
OF	Josh Reddick	14	Adam Jones	28
OF	Josh Willingham	13	Daniel Nava	10
OF	Ben Zobrist	18	Alfonso Soriano	19
DH	Corey Hart	8	Derek Jeter	1
P	Fernando Rodney	14	Jon Lester	15
P	John Lackey	7	R.A. Dickey	11
P	Neftali Feliz	10	David Robertson	19
P	Jake Peavy	8	CC Sabathia	13
P	Brandon Morrow	5	CJ Wilson	12
P	Zach McAllister	4	Luke Gregerson	3
P	Erik Johnson	3	Matt Thornton	1
P	Miguel Gonzalez	1	Colby Lewis	2
P	Matt Harrison	5	Kyle Drabek	1

	Baseball Prospectus Mauricio Rubio		Ask Rotoman Peter Kreutzer
C	Carlos Santana	22	Salvador Perez	19
C	Derek Norris	5	Mike Zunino	7
1B	Eric Hosmer	26	James Loney	14
2B	Robinson Cano	29	Jose Altuve	20
SS	Alcides Escobar	12	Yunel Escobar	8
3B	Matt Dominguez	10	Mike Moustakas	11
CO	Jesus Guzman	2	Chris Carter	12
MI	Nick Franklin	5	Brian Dozier	11
OF	Yoenis Cespedes	24	Josh Hamilton	21
OF	Nick Markakis	13	Alex Gordon	22
OF	Matt Joyce	6	Lorenzo Cain	11
OF	Raul Ibanez	5	Brett Gardner	18
OF	David Lough	3	Anthony Gose	4
DH	Xander Bogaerts	11	Oswaldo Arcia	9
P	Max Scherzer	27	David Price	27
P	Jose Quintana	9	Jered Weaver	18
P	Clay Buchholz	13	Josh Fields	2
P	Tommy Hunter	11	Michael Pineda	4
P	Bud Norris	3	Edward Mujica	4
P	Felix Doubront	3	Alexi Ogando	7
P	Joel Peralta	3	Jake Odorizzi	4
P	Brett Oberholtzer	5	Jeremy Hellickson	3
P	Dane De La Rosa	1	Martin Perez	4

	Rotowire Derek Van Riper		Fox Sports John Halpin
C	Matt Wieters	16	Alex Avila	12
C	Brian McCann	24	J.P. Arencibia	4
1B	Mike Carp	5	Adam Lind	11
2B	Gordon Beckham	4	Jurickson Profar	15
SS	Mike Aviles	6	J.J. Hardy	16
3B	Adrian Beltre	30	Evan Longoria	27
CO	Conor Gillaspie	1	Will Middlebrooks	12
MI	Steve Lombardozzi	1	Jose Iglesias	6
OF	Jose Bautista	26	Jacoby Ellsbury	32
OF	Alejandro de Aza	15	Jason Kubel	8
OF	Melky Cabrera	9	Jackie Bradley Jr.	10
OF	Rajai Davis	11	Craig Gentry	6
OF	Ichiro Suzuki	3	Andy Dirks	8
DH	David Ortiz	26	Nolan Reimold	1
P	Masahiro Tanaka	16	Chris Sale	29
P	Ernesto Frieri	16	Alex Cobb	18
P	Jim Johnson	16	Glen Perkins	17
P	Phil Hughes	6	Cody Allen	4
P	Hiroki Kuroda	12	Chris Tillman	9
P	Tyler Skaggs	4	Jesse Crain	7
P	Kevin Gausman	7	Scott Feldman	4
P	Ricky Nolasco	5	John Danks	1
P	Drew Pomeranz	1	Shawn Kelly	1

	Fantasy Trade 411 Michael Clifford		Baseball HQ Ron Shandler
C	Joe Mauer	29	Yan Gomes	13
C	Dioner Navarro	7	David Ross	1
1B	Mike Napoli	19	Edwin Encarnacion	32
2B	Howie Kendrick	17	Omar Infante	13
SS	Jonathan Villar	15	Alexei Ramirez	18
3B	Brett Lawrie	16	Lonnie Chisenhall	3
CO	Jeff Keppinger	2	Sean Rodriguez	1
MI	Nick Punto	2	Eduardo Nunez	5
OF	Johnny Gomes	3	Shin-Soo Choo	29
OF	David Murphy	10	Mike Trout	45
OF	Dustin Ackley	8	Dayan Viciedo	6
OF	Robbie Grossman	7	Ryan Raburn	4
OF	Justin Maxwell	1	L.J. Hoes	8
DH	Billy Butler	22	Jose Abreu	18
P	Matt Moore	11	Danny Salazar	17
P	Felix Hernandez	26	Grant Balfour	15
P	James Shields	19	Drew Smyly	12
P	Rick Porcello	9	Darren O’Day	1
P	John Axford	12	Erasmo Ramirez	5
P	Joakim Soria	9	Sean Doolitle	2
P	Derek Holland	3	Garrett Richards	1
P	Bruce Chen	1	Carlos Carrasco	4
P	Kelvim Herrera	4	Dallas Keuchel	1

	USA Today Brent Hershey		Mastersball Pasco Varnica
C	Hank Conger	5	Stephen Vogt	1
C	Chris Iannetta	3	Ryan Hanigan	1
1B	Carlos Pena	10	Chris Davis	32
2B	Jed Lowrie	14	Dustin Pedroia	27
SS	Brad Miller	15	Asdrubal Cabrera	16
3B	David Freese	14	Matt Davidson	7
CO	Trevor Ploufe	5	Nick Swisher	16
MI	Elliot Johnson	1	Macier Izturis	1
OF	Alex Rios	28	Leonys Martin	18
OF	Shane Victorino	20	Coco Crisp	19
OF	Norichika Aoki	19	Austin Jackson	19
OF	David DeJesus	2	Avisail Garcia	16
OF	Abraham Almonte	1	Colby Ramsus	14
DH	Victor Martinez	14	Jemile Weeks	1
P	Koji Uehara	23	Yordano Ventura	4
P	Yu Darvish	34	Justin Masterson	11
P	Anibal Sanchez	20	Joe Nathan	19
P	Corey Kluber	12	Jason Vargas	4
P	Scott Kazmir	9	Jarrod Parker	13
P	Brad Peacock	4	A.J. Griffin	13
P	Ryan Cook	2	Wei-Yin Chen	3
P	Luke Hochevar	1	Ryan Dempster	4
P	Danny Farquhar	4	Mark Buehrle	1

	KFFL Nicolas Minnix		Roto Buzz Guy Howard Bender
C	Josmil Pinto	5	Geovany Soto	6
C	A.J. Pierzynski	12	Josh Phegley	2
1B	Logan Morrison	8	Prince Fielder	34
2B	Kelly Johnson	11	Jason Kipnis	26
SS	Erick Aybar	17	Pedro Florimon	1
3B	Alberto Callaspo	7	Kyle Seager	20
CO	Albert Pujols	25	Paul Konerko	3
MI	Ryan Flaherty	1	Ryan Goins	2
OF	Desmond Jennings	20	Will Myers	24
OF	Adam Eaton	14	Carlos Beltran	24
OF	Brandon Moss	20	Michael Saunders	10
OF	Kole Calhoun	15	Jarrod Dyson	12
OF	Torii Hunter	14	Delmon Young	1
DH	George Springer	10	Mark Teixeira	14
P	Justin Verlander	24	Greg Holland	22
P	Hisashi Iwakuma	15	Sonny Gray	14
P	Casey Janssen	15	Nate Jones	13
P	Sergio Santos	4	Taijuan Walker	8
P	Ivan Nova	8	Chris Archer	11
P	Dan Straily	12	Hector Santiago	4
P	James Paxton	1	Danny Duffy	1
P	Marcus Stroman	1	Jeremy Guthrie	1
P	Scott Baker	1	Tanner Scheppers	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

The Starting Lineup

• Baseball Prospectus – Mike Gianella
• Fake Teams – Ray Guilfoyle
• Fantasy Trade 411 - Terrance Bridgett
• KFFL – Tim Heaney
• Roto Wire – Nick Shlain
• Patton and Company – Keith Cromer
• Real Time Sports – Jeff Paur
• Roto Wire – Kenn Ruby
• The Dynasty Guru – Ryan Potter
• The Fantasy Fix – Brett Talley
• Wise Guy Baseball – Gene McCaffrey
• Regular Guy – Brian Green-Young

General Observations
Compared to the American League the night before, the National League auction was a free-for-all. 18 players cost $30 or more in the NL-only mock; only eight players crossed this barrier in the AL. Some of the $30-plus prices in the NL were not out of line, but other prices really pushed past a player’s reasonable upside. Ryan Braun ($31), Hanley Ramirez ($31), and David Wright ($33) were the first three players purchased, and their prices were all more or less in line, but then the money started flowing. Paul Goldschmidt ($43), Clayton Kershaw ($40), and Andrew McCutchen ($44) went back-to-back-to-back early, setting the tone.

Not every owner joined in the spending spree. I followed my pattern in the AL and didn’t spend more than $26 on a single player. McCaffrey and Heaney also seemed to recognize that it was better to hang back, and also stayed under the $30 barrier, both spending $28 on their big buys of the day.

A trend that did carry over from the American League mock was a shift in dollars toward the top pitchers. Kershaw, Stephen Strasburg ($34), Cliff Lee ($30), Adam Wainwright ($30), Jose Fernandez ($29), Madison Bumgarner ($28), Craig Kimbrel ($26), and Zack Greinke ($25) all cracked the $25 barrier.

With all of the spending on the front end, it logically followed that the end game would start earlier in the NL than it did in the AL, and there would be a significantly higher number of bargains. 89 players were purchased for three dollars or less. While some of these buys were merely end game filler, there were more than a few super cheap bargains due to the crazy spending early, as you will see in the chart below (even in an “expert” auction, owners can’t stop saying things like “good buy!” or “what a bargain, even though this was a product of the earlier overspending and everybody at the end was under market value).

My Team
History repeated itself in the NL mock, as I once again loaded up on offense early. This time I didn’t wait that long to jump into the fray, grabbing Starling Marte ($24), the ninth player called out in the auction. But then I bided my time and waited for the crazy spending to subside, not getting another player until 35 players later with Ian Desmond at $26.

The offensive core I bought in the NL was no less impressive than the one I purchased in the AL.

C	Carlos Ruiz	5
C	Anthony Recker	1
1B	Adam LaRoche	12
2B	Aaron Hill	20
SS	Ian Desmond	26
3B	Ryan Zimmerman	22
CO	Matt Carpenter	21
MI	Chase Utley	17
OF	Domonic Brown	18
OF	Starling Marte	24
OF	Carlos Quentin	8
OF	Will Venable	20
OF	Ryan Sweeney	1
UT	Anthony Rendon	14

Even with a backup like Recker as my second catcher, this offense projects well. When you spend $209 on your offense, this will happen. The only category where I didn’t clean up was in stolen bases. Marte is a strong start, but Desmond and Venable don’t dominate in the category and a number of the players I purchased offer little if anything in speed. Ray Guilfoyle snagged Jordan Schafer in the end game right before I was due to call out a player; I would have preferred Schafer at that point in the auction to Sweeney due to my needs.

The problem I have in the NL is the same one I had in the AL; if this league were playing out, the pitching would need fine-tuning coming out of the gate.

P	A.J. Burnett	8
P	Jim Henderson	12
P	Andrew Cashner	15
P	Yovani Gallardo	8
P	Josh Johnson	4
P	Pedro Strop	1
P	Josh Beckett	1
P	Jason Hammel	1
P	Brian Anderson	1

Cashner, Burnett, and Gallardo make for a solid enough front of the rotation, but I would need at least two of the arms behind them to step forward. I mostly took pitchers with injury recovery upside with Johnson, Beckett, and Anderson, but decided to take someone in Hammel for the innings.

The staff projects badly, particularly in ERA/WHIP. But this would be the beauty of this league if we were playing it out. There is a good chance I would swap out at least two of these back-end guys by midseason; the pitchers you start out with aren’t the ones you finish with at the end.

Despite the lack of pitching, I was satisfied with both of my mock auctions. I still believe that you can cobble together a pitching staff during the season, even in an only league. The CBS projections had me in third place, behind Nick Shlain’s Roto Wire entrant and Ryan Potter’s Dynasty Guru team. As I often do in auctions, I look at the team I built as a framework and not as a finished product. From this standpoint, I like my squad a great deal.

	Baseball Prospectus Mike Gianella		Brian Green-Young
C	Carlos Ruiz	5	Travis d’Arnaud	8
C	Anthony Recker	1	Hector Sanchez	2
1B	Adam LaRoche	12	Brandon Belt	20
2B	Aaron Hill	20	Jordy Mercer	3
SS	Ian Desmond	26	Zack Cozart	7
3B	Ryan Zimmerman	22	Todd Frazier	14
CO	Matt Carpenter	21	Yonder Alonso	12
MI	Chase Utley	17	Tommy La Stella	1
OF	Starling Marte	24	Andrew McCutchen	44
OF	Will Venable	20	Jason Heyward	24
OF	Domonic Brown	18	Junior Lake	12
OF	Carlos Quentin	8	Nate Schierholtz	6
OF	Ryan Sweeney	1	Andrew Lambo	3
UT	Anthony Rendon	14	Gregory Polanco	3
P	A.J. Burnett	8	Jose Fernandez	29
P	Jim Henderson	12	Kenley Jansen	21
P	Andrew Cashner	15	Shelby Miller	17
P	Yovani Gallardo	8	Homer Bailey	17
P	Josh Johnson	4	Lance Lynn	7
P	Josh Beckett	1	Joaquin Benoit	4
P	Jason Hammel	1	Robbie Erlin	1
P	Brett Anderson	1	Carlos Martinez	2
P	Pedro Strop	1	LaTroy Hawkins	3

	Fake Teams Ray Guilfoyle		Fantasy Trade 411 Terrance Bridgett
C	A.J. Ellis	4	Devon Mesoraco	10
C	Jose Lobaton	1	Gerald Laird	1
1B	Adrian Gonzalez	26	Joey Votto	41
2B	Neil Walker	13	Martin Prado	21
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	36	Ed Lucas	1
3B	Pedro Alvarez	20	Greg Dobbs	1
CO	Gaby Sanchez	1	Mark Trumbo	25
MI	Chris Owings	3	Didi Gregorius	1
OF	Ryan Braun	31	Yasiel Puig	33
OF	Giancarlo Stanton	32	Jay Bruce	29
OF	B.J. Upton	11	Lucas Duda	11
OF	Charlie Blackmon	6	Denard Span	14
OF	Jordan Schafer	1	Scott Hairston	1
UT	Javier Baez	2	Joaquin Arias	1
P	Trevor Rosenthal	23	Hyun-Jin Ryu	17
P	Zack Greinke	25	Matt Garza	10
P	Addison Reed	13	Travis Wood	7
P	Jorge de la Rosa	4	Jason Grilli	17
P	Mike Leake	2	Tyson Ross	10
P	Drew Storen	1	Tim Linececum	6
P	Tyler Clippard	3	Ryan Vogelsong	1
P	Noah Syndergaard	1	Chris Capuano	1
P	Brian Wilson	1	Tyler Chatwood	1
	KFFL Tim Heaney		RotoWire Nick Shlain
C	Wilin Rosario	23	Yadier Molina	20
C	Russell Martin	6	Nick Hundley	3
1B	Matt Adams	21	Allen Craig	26
2B	Josh Rutledge	6	Daniel Murphy	19
SS	Everth Cabrera	21	Andrelton Simmons	16
3B	Aramis Ramirez	16	Cody Asche	9
CO	Maikel Franco	2	Eric Chavez	1
MI	Dee Gordon	4	Alex Guerrero	6
OF	Justin Upton	28	Jayson Werth	24
OF	Matt Holliday	28	Angel Pagan	17
OF	A.J. Pollock	9	Andre Ethier	10
OF	Ryan Ludwick	7	Peter Bourjos	7
OF	Caleb Gindl	1	Juan Lagares	1
UT	Casey McGehee	1	Jake Marisnick	2
P	Cole Hamels	23	Clayton Kershaw	40
P	Kris Medlen	16	Gio Gonzalez	18
P	Marco Estrada	11	Steve Cishek	20
P	Huston Street	14	Jonathan Niese	7
P	Trevor Cahill	3	Tim Hudson	6
P	Jose Veras	7	Bartolo Colon	5
P	Ian Kennedy	8	Brandon McCarthy	1
P	Tanner Roark	1	Paul Maholm	1
P	Jenrry Mejia	3	Kevin Siegrist	1

	Patton & Company Keith Cromer		Real Time Sports Jeff Paur
C	Welington Castillo	7	Jonathan Lucroy	19
C	Brayan Pena	1	Ryan Doumit	3
1B	Ryan Howard	15	Freddie Freeman	36
2B	Brandon Phillips	17	Darwin Barney	3
SS	Jimmy Rollins	16	Jean Segura	24
3B	David Wright	33	Chris Johnson	16
CO	Juan Francisco	1	Mark Reynolds	2
MI	Adeiny Hechavarria	2	Brandon Crawford	1
OF	Billy Hamilton	26	Carlos Gomez	32
OF	Curtis Granderson	20	Michael Cuddyer	22
OF	Eric Young Jr.	8	Darin Ruf	8
OF	Marlon Byrd	11	John Mayberry	1
OF	Gerardo Parra	9	Chris Heisey	1
UT	Rickie Weeks	2	Danny Espinosa	2
P	Rafael Soriano	15	Adam Wainwright	30
P	Jordan Zimmerman	18	Sergio Romo	16
P	Patrick Corbin	12	Matt Cain	21
P	Francisco Liriano	14	Rex Brothers	7
P	Zack Wheeler	12	Brandon Beachy	9
P	Johnny Cueto	13	Archie Bradley	3
P	Wandy Rodriguez	1	Jacob Turner	1
P	Vic Black	1	Josh Collmenter	1
P	Gavin Floyd	1	Santiago Casilla	2

	RotoWire Kenn Ruby		The Dynasty Guru Ryan Potter
C	Evan Gattis	15	Miguel Montero	13
C	Tony Sanchez	1	Yasmani Grandal	7
1B	Garrett Jones	5	Paul Goldschmidt	43
2B	D.J. LeMahieu	6	Kolten Wong	10
SS	Cliff Pennington	1	Hanley Ramirez	31
3B	Luis Valbuena	1	Nolan Arenado	16
CO	Kris Bryant	1	Ike Davis	5
MI	Mark Ellis	1	Rafael Furcal	2
OF	Carlos Gonzalez	41	Bryce Harper	39
OF	Hunter Pence	31	Corey Dickerson	7
OF	Christian Yelich	19	Jon Jay	3
OF	Khris Davis	16	Chris Denorfia	4
OF	Cameron Maybin	9	Nate McLouth	2
UT	Donnie Murphy	1	Oscar Taveras	5
P	Stephen Strasburg	34	Gerrit Cole	22
P	Craig Kimbrel	26	Jeff Samardzija	12
P	Julio Teheran	19	Tony Cingrani	11
P	Michael Wacha	15	Alex Wood	7
P	Bronson Arroyo	5	Henderson Alvarez	2
P	Dillon Gee	4	Jhoulys Chacin	2
P	Kyle Lohse	7	Wily Peralta	5
P	J.J. Hoover	1	Mark Melancon	5
P	David Hernandez	1	Jason Motte	3

	The Fantasy Fix Brett Talley		Wise Guy Baseball Gene McCaffrey
C	Buster Posey	29	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	11
C	George Kottaras	1	Wilson Ramos	15
1B	Anthony Rizzo	25	Justin Morneau	18
2B	Jedd Gyorko	18	Scooter Gennett	10
SS	Starlin Castro	17	Jhonny Peralta	13
3B	Pablo Sandoval	19	Chase Headley	17
CO	Mike Olt	1	Juan Uribe	5
MI	Marco Scutaro	6	Dan Uggla	5
OF	Matt Kemp	25	Chris Young	9
OF	Carl Crawford	21	Marcell Ozuna	7
OF	Michael Morse	10	Ben Revere	18
OF	Gregor Blanco	1	Seth Smith	5
OF	Drew Stubbs	4	Cody Ross	5
UT	Jose Tabata	1	Justin Ruggiano	11
P	Cliff Lee	30	Nate Eovaldi	7
P	Doug Fister	15	Aroldis Chapman	23
P	Bobby Parnell	13	Madison Bumgarner	28
P	Jaime Garcia	4	Mike Minor	18
P	Dan Haren	9	Mat Latos	18
P	Wade Miley	3	Jonathan Papelbon	13
P	Edwin Jackson	1	Charlie Morton	1
P	Brandon Kintzler	1	Jameson Taillon	2
P	Antonio Bastardo	1	Andrew Heaney	1

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