Fake Teams BBA BLOGZKRIEG Draft Results

by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 13, 2026 7:00 AM EDT in Baseball

I was asked to participate in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance BLOGZKRIEG mixed league auction draft last week. The auction is a slow auction, where league owners have 24 hours to bid on a player nominated. Each time an owner bids on a player, owners have another 24 hours to place their next bid on the player. It is a 5 x 5 league with each owner filling the normal 23 man roster with a 7 man bench with a $330 budget. I asked Jeremy to co-manage the team with me.

I have to say the idea of a slow auction is growing on me. I am not sure I would ever suggest not doing an in-person auction, but the slow auction has its advantages, for people who work alot of hours or have a busy family life.

The league includes fantasy writers from various other fantasy baseball blogs including Rotoprofessor, Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove, Bleacher GM, and The Sporting Hippeaux among others.

Here is our roster as it stands now:

C-Brian McCann-$21

1B-Miguel Cabrera-$38

SS-Stephen Drew-$17

3B-David Wright-$36

OF-Jose Bautista-$27

OF-Matt Kemp-$33

OF-Carl Crawford-$36

SP-Jon Lester-$26

SP-Dan Haren-$19

So we have spent $257 of our $330 budget on 9 players so far. leaving us with $73 to spend on 21 players. I think we have solid contributors at each position, but will have to bid smartly the rest of the draft to fill out our roster.

We curently have bids on Shane Victorino, Aubrey Huff, Kelly Johnson, Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Sanchez, Phil Hughes and Daniel Hudson. I will post another article when our roster changes in the next day or so.

Did we overbid on any player?

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shocked

that Kemp is the leader here. does everyone think that his 2010 season was the new norm for him?

Ray Guilfoyle
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 13, 2026 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

shocked?

What’s so shocking about people thinking you over paid for a guy with a .249/.310/.450 line last year and was caught stealing in nearly half his attempts. Most of this was actually a carry over from the year before…the OBP is a red flag to lots of people and it’s been in free fall since the beginning of September 2009. How much did Braun go for?

by acr on Mar 13, 2026 8:40 PM EDT reply actions

true but

kemp had what everyone considers a disaster of a season and yet he still managed to hit 28 HR, drive in 89, and steal 19 bases. he’s still only 26. i see a bounceback.

bautista on the other hand…seems to me like you guys are buying last year’s stats. and i am not crazy about $21 on a catcher

by DB11 on Mar 13, 2026 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Kemp

so you are buying the bad season as the new norm? I am not, but I am biased. Then again, like DB11 said, he still hit 28 HRs and stole 19 bases in a DOWN season. What can he do in a bounceback? I see 30-30 as possible. He now has a first base coach who will control the running game.

Ray Guilfoyle
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 13, 2026 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions

30/30

It doesn’t matter if the bad season is the new norm. What matters is whether Kemp will live up to his $33. Kemp has to have a 30/30 year for you to break even on the cost. Maybe whoever was bidding against you knew that you feel Kemp will break out in 2011? So the price just kept getting higher. How much did Braun go for?

by acr on Mar 13, 2026 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Kemp and Bautista are two polar opposites. Bautista’s run started in September 2009 and so did Kemp’s downfall. Bautista is eligible at a position where getting a $27 return is more likely, especially considering position scarcity. Also, if you consider park factor, Bautista is a clear winner. Offensively, the Blue Jays will likely be much more potent than the Dodgers. There’s a lot of reasons to pick Bautista over Kemp in a snake draft, and the same holds true for reasons to spend more on him in an auction. That’s not saying Bautista is worth more than you paid, he may not be. But at this point I don’t see Kemp as being worth more than $20. Return on investment is the key, so you have to be banking on Kemp returning more than the $33 you paid for him.

by acr on Mar 13, 2026 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

REALLY?

Bautista before Kemp in a snake draft? not me…..any chance Kemp responds to Mattingley better than he did Torre and the old bag Schaeffer?

Ray Guilfoyle
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 13, 2026 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions

How many teams?

It’s difficult to determine who you overbid on when we don’t know how many people are bidding.

I’m in a 12-team 30-man roster auction league w/ $300 budget and I paid $14 for McCann, $26 for Kemp and $14 for Haren.

The more teams the higher the rates(supply and demand,) so I hope you’re playing in a 15-team league :)

"We moved you around the diamond in the hopes you would improve, but we ran out of positions." (via @Marc_Normandin in reference to Michael Young)

by dinordi on Mar 14, 2026 1:53 AM EDT reply actions

13 Team $330 Budget

The market took off quickly and we had to jump on the guys we wanted. Kemp is a bit of a stretch at $33 but I like his chances to earn it. He’s only a year removed from first round production. Even if he repeats last year it will sting but won’t sink us.

Bautista went for a lot but we weren’t paying for last year. He was key to our strategy and we figure he is good for 30+ hr again so we paid what it took to get him.

With 3 first round guys, a former first rounder and a couple of Cy contenders we’re looking pretty good to start.

Jeremy Miedzinski
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by Jeremy Miedzinski on Mar 14, 2026 10:13 AM EDT reply actions