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I participated in my 4th and final draft this morning. This is a "league" that a few of my friends and I threw together at the last minute. 4 teams, auction, 4x4 (standard 5x5 minus runs and wins), and AL Central only. Believe it or not, after 7 years of fantasy baseball experience, this was my first auction draft. The results showed my inexperience, I think. Here's my roster with thoughts:
C - Mauer - 33
C - Castro - 1
1B - Cuddyer - 22
3B - Gordon - 7
CI - Nix - 1
2B - Beckham - 21
SS - Peralta - 11
MI - Casillas - 3
OF - DeJesus - 12
OF - Pierre - 22
OF - Span - 30 (!?)
OF - Kearns - 1
OF - J. Guillen - 1
Util - Fields - 1
P - Buehrle - 13
P - Peavy - 18
P - Jenks - 14
P - Bonderman - 5
P - Valverde - 17
P - Zumaya - 2
P - Garcia - 4
P - Neshek - 1
P - Laffey - 1
What I Like:
I thought I got good value in Alex Gordon at 7, Casillas at 3, Peavy at 18, Neshek at 1, and Bonderman at 5. Mauer was far and away the best catching option, with only Pierzynski even plausible beyond that. I should lock up saves, being the only team with 2 closers. Also, Valverde and Jenks don't have very much injury or job security risk.
What I Don't Like:
DENARD BLEEPING SPAN FOR 30. In my defense, the reason I ended up with this is that one other owner and myself ended up with too much money and not enough OF'ers. I only did this because there was literally nothing else to throw money at. This showed my inexperience with auction style drafting. I simply waited too long and ended up with a horrible outfield.
All in all, I think I did decently. I'm probably the 2nd best team of the 4. How do you think I'll finish?