LABR NL-Only Experts League Auction Analysis

The League of Alternative Baseball Reality held their 2015 auctions this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. Last night, they held the AL-only auction, and tonight is the NL-only auction beginning around 7pm EST.

You can find a link to the live auction results below

2015 LABR NL-only auction

The Participants

Steve Moyer, Inside Edge

Derek Carty, Fantasy insiders

Steve Gardner, USA Today Fantasy

GlennColton/Rick Wolfe, Colton and the Wolfman SiriusXM Fantasy

Lenny Melnick, Rotoexperts

Greg Ambrosius/Shawn Childs, NFBC/STATS Inc.

Bob Radomski, Sandlot Shrink

Doug Dennis, Baseball HQ

Lawr Michaels, Mastersball

Eric Karabell, ESPN Fantasy

Derek Van Riper, Rotowire

Dalton Del Don, Yahoo Sports

List of $30 Hitters

Player	Bid
Andrew McCutchen	$39
Paul Goldschmidt	$38
Giancarlo Stanton	$36
Carlos Gomez	$32
Starling Marte	$32
Anthony Rendon	$31
Ryan Braun	$30
Anthony Rizzo	$30
Freddie Freeman	$30
Yasiel Puig	$30

Marte, Puig and Freeman are the thee guys who I don't think belong in this list with the other stud hitters. Freeman might lead the NL in walks this year with that lineup around him. While I like Marte, and he is getting better at the plate, I wouldn't pay $32 for him. I imagine he will be cheaper at the Tout Wars NL only draft that I will be participating in.

List of $20 Pitchers

Player	Bid
Clayton Kershaw	$40
Max Scherzer	$32
Stephen Strasburg	$27
Madison Bumgarner	$24
Matt Harvey	$24
Jordan Zimmermann	$23
Aroldis Chapman	$21
Zack Greinke	$21
Cole Hamels	$21
Craig Kimbrel	$20
Johnny Cueto	$20

No real surprises with the pitchers that went for $20 or more, but a few that I thought would go for $20+ are Adam Wainwright ($19) and Gerrit Cole ($18)

Other Notables

Player	Bid
Bryce Harper	$28
Troy Tulowitzki	$28
Billy Hamilton	$27
Dee Gordon	$26
Corey Dickerson	$25
Kolten Wong	$25
Marcell Ozuna	$25
Gregory Polanco	$24
Carlos Gonzalez	$23
Joey Votto	$23
David Wright	$22
Josh Harrison	$22
Hunter Pence	$17
Joc Pederson	$17
Kris Bryant	$16
Yasmany Tomas	$16
Javier Baez	$11

The hype has worn off Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper as he went for less than $30 for the first time since he was called up to the big leagues. I am shocked at the prices for Wong and Ozuna here, but I own them in one of my NL keeper leagues, so hopefully they can earn that salary this season.

I think Votto at $23 could be one of the steals of the draft if he is healthy all season. The same goes for Tulowitzki and Gonzalez.

Best Buys

Matt Kemp at $23 and Nolan Arenado for $24, both the Doug Dennis at Baseball HQ

Jorge Soler for $19 to Dalton Del Don from Yahoo Sports

Kenley Jansen for $12 to Steve Moyer from Insiders Edge

James Shields for $15 to Steve Gardner from USA Today Sports.

Worst Buys

Jean Segura for $25 to Lenny Melnick from RotoExperts

Freddie Freeman for $30 to Bob Radomski at Sandlot Shrink

Kolten Wong for $25 to Lawr Michaels from Mastersball

Starling Marte for $32 to Colton and the WolfmaN

Yasiel Puig for $30 to Derek Van Riper from Rotowire

I love Puig, but that is too much to spend on Puig. I prefer Justin Upton at $27, Ryan Braun at $30 and Matt Kemp at $23.