@Chris: sounds like you are in a keeper league. 12 teams, NL only, that’s going to be very competitive. Don’t waste your time trying to find values out of the box in an expansion draft. This is your one chance to try and grab some elite players that will be the foundation of your franchise building for years to come. That said, you need to aim for serious upside and elites. Your “value” list to chose from is kinda sad, but I would put them in this order: Brown, LoMo, Aroldis, Maybin. Seth Smith ahead of Maybin if he’s gonna start.

But IMHO you REEAALLY need to add some of the elite protected stars first. If they are part of the same pool as your “values” list, then I would go in this order: Wright, Holliday, Brown, Utley (since injured-moves up if healthy), LoMo, Victorino (due to high price), Aroldis, Maybin, Smith.

Once the season starts, you’ll be mighty grateful if you have some elite players to work with. You can always trade one David Wright for the entire list of players on your current Value List. Trust me. I’m in a 10-team NL only keeper auction, and Ryan Braun is usually traded for 4 quality players in return each year to a team looking to make a championship run. Once people are out of it, they are usually looking to solidify their next year keepers with elites and will move lots of upper middle-tier guys and a low-top tier guy or two to get a player in the top-10.

Good luck! I took my first stab at NL-only keeper 4 years ago (in an extremely competitive and long-standing dynasty league w/8 keepers each), and Grey helped guide me to the title in year 3 (the first year I started using his site), and always to the top half.

LoMo $5
Aroldis $5
Seth Smith $1
Maybin $5
Domonic Brown $5
Ian Kennedy $1
Ryan Hannigan $1
Skip Schumaker $1
Krispie $19
Furcal $15
Mike Adams $2

I also could go for a few of the at-this-point unprotected stars, like Victorino @ $30, Wright @ $39, Holliday @ $40, Utley @ $33. Since there are so many teams and I’m one of two expansion owners, I’m guessing auction prices could exceed all but maybe Utley’s # there.

Any thoughts on prioritizing these in a different order?

Lmgtfy imo

Thats a lotta bench spots, is that typical for an NL-only league so teams can cover their bases?

First pick, actually 8th round, about the 84th pick, ok to grab Aaron Hill there and then Jay Bruce with my extra 1st round pick, actually the 88th pick?

*Mom turns to son and says, “Oh Billy, look at (insert random portly player’s name here), he is husky just like you. You are both just so pandorable.”*

@timSTi: Looks fine, but have no idea how you’re upgrading.

Do I like good to go or should I try to upgrade Jeter?

“Pandorable” = a pitcher worthy of streaming for free, but not if it costs you anything.

For example, Fausto Carmona is “pandorable” for his upcoming road starts against the light-hitting Mariners and Athletics.

Just like its online radio station namesake, 1 out of every 5 songs/starts might suck, but hey – the price is right!

@Rob: It’s an NL-Only league. Freeman’s a deep league option that I’m not entirely proud of, but at least he’s starting.

@tom thumb: Gotcha

@majortommy: The similarities are endless.

A part of this is wondering whether Freeman is in fact a nice sleeper pick I should hold.

Oh, and I forgot to mention how much awesome-sauce you and your site have. Don’t ever quit. I also promise to write you into my screenplay. You will have a buddy scene with Jim Rome and Bill Simmons. Don’t worry, you’ll get to have your way with Simmons.

@Happy: Reynolds for $7 is so cheap though, I don’t know. I know he hurts with Ks, but that’s a bargain. Otherwise, I’d keep the ones you have.

@Tom Thumb: I think your hitting is great, but you’d need to trade one or more of them because your pitching is a mess.

@Rob: I like the front of your team, the back side isn’t great. You’ll need to get some nice grabs off of waivers.

@Jo: Yeah, could be.

@majortommy: Venters should get 5-10 saves through the course of the year, in an NL-Only where 50 saves keeps you competitive that’s a lot. I like Alvarez and Aramis. Alvarez went for $29, too steep for me.

@majortommy: People are still signing up. You’ll know when they form.

@little bunny foofoo: Thanks for the kind words! I’d take Cruz.

@Dominic: On the top 20 3rd baseman is the love.

@Wilsonian: CarGo

@GTS: Nope

10 team H2H 6×5 (+OBP) auction league $260 cap w/ 7 keepers

My other keepers are Fielder $28, Longoria $13, Holliday $19, J-Up $17, Latos $8.

yahoo draft
Draft Type: Live Auction Draft
Draft Time: Sat Mar 12 8:00pm EST
Max Teams: 14

email me at moehair929@aol.com

after all you hard work at the draft I will take over and manage the team

any takers

Would you deal Wright or Cargo for Hanley, straight up?

Yeah I tried to target bounce-back guys and some average liability guys with higher OBP and XBH (like Reynolds). Agreed on the save vs. hold thing which is why I drafted a closer (Soria) with a solid K/BB and drafted Feliz knowing he would be valuable either as a SP or RP. Thanks for the input