Mariana's Trench of Deep Auction Leagues: how did I do?

Points leagues can be weird as hell. If you even slightly tweak your point-scoring settings, it can turn the entire fantasy ecosystem inside-out, and part of the fun is discovering what alternate bizarro-dimension you've created. So let me describe the particular bizzaro-dimension I've wandered into before sharing my team and my lessons learned.

The Bizarro League

This league is super deep: $300, 20 teams, 30 players per team, 14 slots for hitters and 14 slots for pitchers (the rest are benched). I find this to be freeing, because you can bid on whoever you want and odds are you'll have an available roster slot for them.

Scoring

On the scoring, briefly as I can: a top 35 hitter will produce 300+ points, a top 10 hitter will produce 400+ points, and Pujols will get you 600 points. Strikeouts are worth -1, so they kill your hitters. Because of scoring, a few of the very best leadoff hitters have stupidly high value: Brett Gardner and Juan Pierre are worth 300+ points. Pitching is balanced: a top 30 pitcher will produce 300+ points. This balance is weird in and of itself as it means you should spend on pitching.

On to my team!

C: Carlos Santana $22

1B: Lance Berkman $5

2B: Tsuyoshi Nishioka $8

3B: Edwin Encarnacion $2

SS: J.J. Hardy $4

CI: Mark Trumbo $3

MI: Chris Getz $1

IF: (empty)

LF: Matt Holliday $41

CF: Jacoby Ellsbury $25 (worth it, shut up. I explained this in my "Scoring" paragraph.)

RF: Shin-Soo Choo $34

OF: Jay Bruce $24

OF: Nick Markakis $14

Util: Marlon Byrd $4

BN: Tyler Colvin $7

BN: Chris Coghlan $2

Okay, let me stop there for a moment. Yes, this is a deep league. I said so, didn't I? Since there are 20 teams, $300 each, that's $6000 to spend on a pool of players. Most of that money gets front loaded on top-tier guys like Pujols and Cabrera, who went for high $50s. Lots of guys went for $40+. So I don't feel too bad about getting Matt Holliday for $41.

I could have waited for the overpay bonanza to die down and stocked up on $20 players but you have to be very very careful you don't let all the talent pass you by. Now my pitching.

SP: Dan Haren $17

SP: Francisco Liriano $20

SP: Ted Lilly $11

SP: Hiroki Kuroda $8

SP: Edinson Volquez $8

RP: Jordan Walden $4

RP: (empty)

RP: (empty)

RP: (empty)

RP: (empty)

P: Jhoulys Chacin $12

P: Edwin Jackson $7

P: Homer Bailey $1

P:  Anibal Sanchez $6

BN: Scott Baker $2

BN: Bud Norris $2

BN: Daisuke Matsuzaka $2

BN: Travis Wood $2

BN: Carlos Carrasco $1

I have nothing against relief pitching, I just didn't feel like paying the $9-15 everyone else was paying for saves. This is a points league anyway and I have no obligation to get saves. It's all about accumulation, hence my 14 starters. Consider it pitcher-streaming from my own bench.

Reflection: My biggest regret is how I systematically overspent on low level SP talent. Anibal Sanchez for $6, Edwin Jackson for $7, Edinson Volquez for $8? That's $21 I could have used to secure a better infield. And there were multiple reasonably good $1 starters remaining in the draft.

Thoughts? Reactions? I spent so much time thinking about it and making my picks, so even the smallest input from you will be tremendously interesting to me. Thanks!