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The expert league auction drafts are upon us, and tonight the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR) AL only league auction is taking place in Phoenix, Arizona. The league is a 12 team, 5x5 scoring format.
Update: You can find my thoughts on this draft in this link:
Steve Gardner from USA Today Fantasy is the defending champ, and he is looking to repeat as league champion against the following fantasy experts:
The Participants
| AL owners | Affiliation |
| Steve Gardner | USA TODAY Sports |
| Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton | Fantasy Alarm |
| Ray Flowers | SiriusXM |
| Lawr Michaels* | Mastersball |
| Greg Ambrosius/Shawn Childs | NFBC |
| Chris Liss | Rotowire |
| Tristan Cockcroft | ESPN |
| Brandon Funston | Yahoo |
| Tim Heaney | USA TODAY Fantasy Sports |
| Larry Schechter | Winning Fantasy Baseball |
| Dave Adler | Baseball HQ |
| Eno Sarris | Fangraphs |
*-new to the league in 2016
Start Time
AL LABR auction: Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m. ET
Draft Results
Follow along using the live draft sheet: http://rtsports.com/labr-al-auction
The draft will be broadcast live on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (XM Ch. 87, Sirius 210)