You can access the results of the Al-Only League of Alternative Baseball Reality on a Google Docs Spreadsheet. I won't reproduce the teams here but I will give you my quick impressions of each team.
Chris Liss - Rotowire
Pricey Stud - Ian Kinsler $30
Best Bargain - Travis Snider $5
Nick Minnix - KFFL
Fully Priced Power - Albert Pujols $41
Super Sleeper - Alexi Casilla $6
Perry Van Hook - Mastersball.com
Biggest Expenditure - Brett Lawrie $28
Frugal Find - Matt Harrison $6
Nate Ravitz - ESPN
Big Buy - Jose Bautista $35
Best Buy - James Shields $19
Dave Adler - Baseball HQ
Most Money - Mark Teixeira $30
Priced to Move - Henderson Alvarez $5
Jason Collette - Baseball Prospectus
Fancy First Baseman - Prince Fielder $32
Stud Sleeper - Wilson Betemit $9
Larry Schecter - Sandlot Shrink
Admired Anchor - Jacoby Ellsbury $36
Crackerjack Pick - Grant Balfour $7
Brad Evans - Yahoo! Sports
Costly Corner - Adrian Beltre $29
Prized Prospect - Ryan Kalish $2
Wolf/Colton - Rotoworld.com
Meritorious Man - Miguel Cabrera $40
Small Speculation - Manny Ramirez $3
Ambrosius/Childs - NFBC
Rare Red Sox - Adrian Gonzalez $36
Least Likely - Matt LaPorta $1
Erickson/Melnick - Sirius XM
Laser Show - Dustin Pedroia $33
Sharp Savings - Max Scherzer $13
Steve Gardner - USA Today
Ace Acquisition - Felix Hernandez $27
Former Ranger - Chris Davis $7
I like Alexi Casilla as a sleeper, maybe in part because he nearly put two of my teams to sleep last year.
ReplyDeleteI think we can learn a lot from the LABR auction. I did think they were fairly conservative, though, not spending a lot on the best players, meaning that not that many guys went for cheap later.
I agree there were no real bargains.
ReplyDeleteI actually like Casilla this year. I've fallen for him before unfortunately. But I see his biggest problem as staying healthy. I really liked seeing him excel in the Dominican Winter League. It looks like he's come into camp excited and full of confidence. People for get that a lot more was expected of Casilla.