First time doing Auction + Keeper (Grade?)

[J.Kim]

I just tried an auction league for the first time. It's a keeper league (22 keepers on 25 roster spots).

12 Team League, Mixed, $270 budget
C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 1B/3B, 2B/SS, UTIL, P (9), BE (4)

I feel like I got great value throughout the draft. What do you think?

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AZULEJOS DE TORONTO
1   Albert Pujols, StL 1B     $44
47   Adrian Beltre, Tex 3B     $25
57   Chris Carpenter, StL SP     $19
66   Ian Kinsler, Tex 2B     $21
67   Neftali Feliz, Tex RP     $17
69   Jimmy Rollins, Phi SS     $17
71   Michael Young, Tex 3B     $16
85   Corey Hart, Mil OF     $14
87   Heath Bell, SD RP     $14
93   Jay Bruce, Cin OF     $15
97   Geovany Soto, ChC C     $7
99   Wandy Rodriguez, Hou SP     $12
116   Chris Young, Ari OF     $13
129   Brett Gardner, NYY OF     $8
149   Coco Crisp, Oak OF     $1
181   John Axford, Mil RP     $2
182   John Danks, CWS SP     $3
192   Erick Aybar, LAA SS     $2
195   Travis Snider, Tor OF     $3
196   Ian Stewart, Col 3B     $3
207   Ricky Nolasco, Fla SP     $3
208   Brandon Morrow, Tor SP     $3
228   Ryan Franklin, StL RP     $2
229   Chris Coghlan, Fla OF     $3
240   Aroldis Chapman, Cin RP     $1

[bigboy1234]

I personally love me some Jay Bruce, so I obviously like that. Morrow, Stewart, Danks, Chapman also good value too.

Surprised you were willing to pay more for Beltre than Kinsler.

Got to explain why Michael Young that high though.

[J.Kim]

I personally love me some Jay Bruce, so I obviously like that. Morrow, Stewart, Danks, Chapman also good value too.

Surprised you were willing to pay more for Beltre than Kinsler.

Got to explain why Michael Young that high though.

Michael Young and Adrian Beltre were bluffs I got called on pretty much. I was trying to up their bid price so that other drafters would have less to work with in the mid-to-late rounds and i could underbid for some pretty good players. Worked out pretty effectively for most of the picks except for those two so I just went with it. The early round players bid price got overbid so high that I could afford to throw around money from Corey Hart and onwards. Except for Beltre and Young, pretty much everyone was picked up for under value.

Also explains how from John Danks and on I got everyone for approximately 1/3 the price or even less of their average drafted value.

[Bac2Basics]

Never played auction before, but there are some guys that you got that I'm going to target and ones I plan to avoid

I like.........
Brett Gardner, Jay Bruce, G. Soto, Chris Young, Pujols (of course),

Guy's I plan on avoiding.......
Jimmy Rollins, Ian Kinsler (injury concerns),
N. Feliz (Tex can't decide if they want him to start or close)



Like was already mentioned, you spent quite a bit at 3B, which is probably why your pitching staff is a little weak overall,

Who are the best players that are still available?

[Huuminh]

With all of the Minor Leaguers you want to draft, you are going to be spending a lot of time studying guys that will never play in the Majors. It just seems like a waste to me.