2015 Projections & Fantasy Baseball Auction Values

Version 1 of our 2015 Steamer MLB hitter and pitcher projections is now available. We project our own playing time (Games and Plate Appearances for hitters, Games, Games Started, and Innings Pitched for pitchers) as well as Saves, Holds, and Quality Starts. These projections will be updated regularly throughout the preseason in concert with playing time shifts driven by MLB depth chart changes or trades/signings. The links are below – you can also access this via ‘Stats’ in the top menu.

Grey’s projections will be available soon.

Fantasy baseball auction values are also available. Links are below. They can be accessed via Player Rater/2015 Pre-Season Player Rater in the top menu. We have two notable enhancements:

We have added a $ per Game metric that estimates the dollar value of a hitter/pitcher based on their projected average game. Thus, if you have a different assessment than me on a player’s expected playing time, you can more easily adjust the player’s value. Projected PA and IP have been added to the Auction Value tables for handy reference.
The Team field is now hyperlinked to a Team page specially designed for fantasy baseball usage. Each team page includes useful links (e.g, depth charts), an MLB news feed, projections, and previous year stats. Click here to see the Chicago Cubs page.

All auction values are based on a $ split of 67% hitting, 33% pitching. We project for the ESPN/CBSSports standard roster (C/1B/2B/SS/3B/5 OF/CI/MI/UTIL/9 P, 20 game position eligibility) and the Yahoo! standard roster (C/1B/2B/SS/3B/3 OF/2 UTIL/2 SP/2 RP/4 P, 5 game position eligibility).

Fantasy Baseball Auction Values (Standard 5×5)

ESPN & CBSSports Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 10 Team MLB
ESPN & CBSSports Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 12 Team MLB
ESPN & CBSSports Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 14 Team MLB
ESPN & CBSSports Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 15 Team MLB
- Note: For NFBC Standard roster with the exception of 1 Catcher vs. 2 Catchers. I think calculating for 2 catchers tends to overestimate the value of catchers given their potential for injury and 2H fall-off. I try to stick with 1 catcher values and will nudge upwards if I really like a catcher.
ESPN & CBSSports Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 16 Team MLB
Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 10 Team MLB
Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 12 Team MLB
Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 14 Team MLB
Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 15 Team MLB
Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Rankings & Auction Values – 16 Team MLB

Fantasy Baseball Auction Values (Non-Standard 5×5)

There are so many possible league permutations – we did our best to cull the most popular formats from past surveys (we eventually will have a custom player rater). The below auction values are all based on 12-team mixed leagues. You can mix/match any of these hitting and pitching auction values as well as use the 12-team standard values. For 10/14/15/16-team leagues, you may want to look at the $ differences observed vs. 12 team in the standard format to determine how to best adjust the $ figures. (I suggest using the standard 10/14/15/16 and then adjusting up/down based on the difference between a player’s 12 team standard value vs. below – e.g., a high OBP, eh AVG guy should get nudged up some if you go to 5×5 OBP).

Fantasy Baseball Auction Values (AL/NL-only – 2 catcher roster format)

These all are based on the following ‘classic’ single-league roster format of: 2 C/1B/2B/SS/3B/CI/MI/UTIL/5 OF/9 P

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