AL ONLY DRAFT RESULTS (NOT TOUT)
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MY TWO AL ONLY LEAGUES. ONE OF COURSE IS TOUT , THE OTHER A LEAGUE IVE BEEN IN FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS THAT COST $$$$ .
TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND CRAZINESS OF COURSE ENSUED WHEN YOU PUT 12 DIFFERENT BRAINS IN A ROOM AND HAVE THEM EVAULATE BASEBALL PLAYERS.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS, CAN YOU FIND THE SHOCKER?????
TM 1: SOS
Mike LaManna
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Dioner Navarro TB C 9.00
Kurt Suzuki OAK C 12.00
Daric Barton OAK 1B 1.00 2008
Robinson Cano NYY 2B 20.00 2008
Edgar Renteria DET SS 20.00
Casey Blake CLE 3B 9.00
Eric Chavez OAK 1B/3B 3.00
Danny Richar CWS 2B/SS 2.00
Joey Gathright KC OF 11.00
Coco Crisp BOS OF 5.00
Jack Cust OAK OF 13.00
Manny Ramirez BOS OF 34.00
Ichiro Suzuki SEA OF 30.00
Travis Hafner CLE UTIL 31.00
Hideki Okajima BOS RP 7.00
Joel Zumaya DET RP 11.00 2008
Joba Chamberlain NYY SP 1.00 2010
Edwin Jackson TB SP 6.00
Scott Baker MIN SP 1.00 2008
Cliff Lee CLE SP 5.00
Mike Mussina NYY SP 7.00
B.J. Ryan TOR RP 15.00
John Bale KC SP 1.00
TM 2: L.I.T’S
Mike Siano
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Jorge Posada NYY C 18.00 2008
Rob Bowen OAK C 1.00
Kevin Youkilis BOS 1B 20.00
Brendan Harris MIN 2B 13.00
Donnie Murphy OAK SS 1.00
Alex Rodriguez NYY 3B 42.00 2008
Chone Figgins ANA 1B/3B 15.00 2009
Nick Punto MIN 2B/SS 1.00
Hideki Matsui NYY OF 21.00
Jason Botts TEX OF 1.00
Brad Wilkerson SEA OF 7.00
Jay Payton BAL OF 2.00
Nick Markakis BAL OF 20.00 2008
Shelley Duncan NYY UTIL 1.00
Chad Gaudin OAK SP 1.00
Scott Kazmir TB SP 18.00
Jamie Walker BAL RP 1.00
Joe Nathan MIN RP 32.00
Joaquin Benoit TEX RP 4.00
Josh Beckett BOS SP 28.00
Bartolo Colon BOS SP 1.00
Ervin Santana ANA SP 11.00 2008
Scott Linebrink CWS RP 1.00
TM 3: FRESH
Doug Findlay
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Mike Redmond MIN C 3.00
Jose Molina NYY C 1.00
Ryan Garko CLE 1B 28.00
Ian Kinsler TEX 2B 11.00 2008
Orlando Cabrera CWS SS 24.00
Jack Hannahan OAK 3B 1.00
Ryan Shealy KC 1B/3B 2.00
Jose Lopez SEA 2B/SS 11.00 2008
Carlos Gomez MIN OF 13.00
Gary Matthews Jr. ANA OF 15.00
Tike Redman BAL OF 1.00
Garret Anderson ANA OF 6.00 2008
Jose Guillen KC OF 14.00
Gary Sheffield DET UTIL 20.00
George Sherrill BAL RP 1.00 2009
Joe Blanton OAK SP 16.00
Joe Saunders ANA SP 7.00
Mark Buehrle CWS SP 19.00
Erik Bedard SEA SP 24.00 2009
Adam Loewen BAL SP 4.00
Kenny Rogers DET SP 7.00
Troy Percival TB RP 19.00
Jon Garland ANA SP 11.00
TM 4: ASYOUWERE
Mike Valenti
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Ramon Hernandez BAL C 12.00
Rod Barajas TOR C 2.00
Mike Lamb MIN 1B 6.00
Maicer Izturis ANA 2B 8.00
David Eckstein TOR SS 8.00
Brandon Inge DET 3B 5.00
Matt Stairs TOR 1B/3B 9.00
Michael Young TEX 2B/SS 23.00
Jacoby Ellsbury BOS OF 5.00 2009
Curtis Granderson DET OF 29.00
Delmon Young MIN OF 18.00 2009
Marlon Byrd TEX OF 4.00
Vernon Wells TOR OF 24.00
Jason Giambi NYY UTIL 2.00
Pat Neshek MIN RP 3.00
Jeremy Guthrie BAL SP 1.00 2008
Shaun Marcum TOR SP 12.00
Brian Bannister KC SP 9.00
James Shields TB SP 10.00 2009
J.J. Putz SEA RP 34.00
Paul Byrd CLE SP 4.00
Andy Pettitte NYY SP 16.00
Al Reyes TB RP 6.00 2008
TM 5: SHEN
Frank & Tom
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Kenji Johjima SEA C 13.00
Miguel Olivo KC C 3.00
Dan Johnson OAK 1B 13.00 2008
Mark Ellis OAK 2B 20.00
Derek Jeter NYY SS 26.00
Morgan Ensberg NYY 3B 1.00
Mike Lowell BOS 1B/3B 7.00 2008
Juan Uribe CWS 2B/SS 6.00
Carlos Quentin CWS OF 7.00
Mark Teahen KC OF 13.00
Carlos Gonzalez OAK OF 6.00
David DeJesus KC OF 15.00
J.D. Drew BOS OF 11.00
Jeff Clement SEA UTIL 4.00 2009
C.J. Wilson TEX RP 15.00
Nick Adenhart ANA SP 7.00
Clay Buchholz BOS SP 3.00 2010
John Lackey ANA SP 15.00
Jeremy Bonderman DET SP 17.00
Kevin Millwood TEX SP 7.00
Javier Vazquez CWS SP 19.00 2008
Kelvim Escobar ANA SP 15.00
Justin Duchscherer OAK SP 3.00
TM 6: SQUIDDLY
Robert Calamari
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Jeff Mathis ANA C 4.00
Toby Hall CWS C 1.00
Paul Konerko CWS 1B 25.00
Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 2B 11.00
Tony Pena Jr. KC SS 2.00
Alex Gordon KC 3B 15.00 2008
Willy Aybar TB 1B/3B 1.00
Aaron Hill TOR 2B/SS 27.00
Ryan Sweeney OAK OF 3.00
Jermaine Dye CWS OF 26.00
Raul Ibanez SEA OF 22.00
Bobby Abreu NYY OF 35.00
Magglio Ordonez DET OF 19.00 2008
Mike Sweeney OAK UTIL 1.00
Jonathan Papelbon BOS RP 13.00 2008
Rafael Perez CLE RP 1.00
Joakim Soria KC RP 2.00 2009
Jensen Lewis CLE RP 1.00
Francisco Liriano MIN SP 11.00 2008
Justin Verlander DET SP 29.00
Dana Eveland OAK SP 1.00
Curt Schilling BOS SP 1.00
Boof Bonser MIN SP 8.00
TM 7: DTWA
Mike Brown
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Kelly Shoppach CLE C 4.00
Joe Mauer MIN C 21.00
Richie Sexson SEA 1B 15.00
Esteban German KC 2B 3.00
Yuniesky Betancourt SEA SS 7.00
Evan Longoria TB 3B 7.00 2010
Ross Gload KC 1B/3B 4.00
Luis Hernandez BAL 2B/SS 1.00
Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF 17.00
Jonny Gomes TB OF 9.00
Jerry Owens CWS OF 11.00
Carl Crawford TB OF 40.00
Vladimir Guerrero ANA OF 36.00
Jim Thome CWS UTIL 5.00
Manny Delcarmen BOS RP 3.00
Bobby Jenks CWS RP 26.00
Fausto Carmona CLE SP 2.00 2009
Jose Contreras CWS SP 4.00
Jon Lester BOS SP 1.00 2008
Luke Hochevar KC SP 2.00 2008
Rafael Betancourt CLE RP 7.00
C.C. Sabathia CLE SP 25.00 2009
Eddie Guardado TEX RP 3.00
TM 8: Alex
Alex Cushing
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Mike Napoli ANA C 14.00
A.J. Pierzynski CWS C 7.00 2008
Kevin Millar BAL 1B 1.00 2008
Brian Roberts BAL 2B 27.00
Carlos Guillen DET SS 31.00
Hank Blalock TEX 3B 21.00
Eric Hinske TB 1B/3B 1.00
Jason Kubel MIN OF 14.00
Adam Jones BAL OF 21.00
Travis Buck OAK OF 16.00
Luke Scott BAL OF 12.00
Milton Bradley TEX OF 11.00
Emil Brown OAK OF 8.00
Freddie Bynum BAL UTIL 2.00
Huston Street OAK RP 16.00
Kason Gabbard TEX SP 1.00
Matt Garza TB SP 13.00
Phil Hughes NYY SP 17.00
Kevin Slowey MIN SP 7.00 2008
Andy Sonnanstine TB SP 4.00 2008
Gil Meche KC SP 12.00
Dan Wheeler TB RP 1.00
Alan Embree OAK RP 3.00
TM 9: FRANCHISE
Fran O’Connell
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Kevin Cash BOS C 2.00
John Buck KC C 4.00 2008
Justin Morneau MIN 1B 35.00
Mark Grudzielanek KC 2B 1.00
Julio Lugo BOS SS 17.00
Akinori Iwamura TB 3B 14.00
Ben Broussard TEX 1B/3B 7.00
Jhonny Peralta CLE 2B/SS 19.00 2008
Wladimir Balentien SEA OF 2.00 2008
Chris Denorfia OAK OF 5.00
Grady Sizemore CLE OF 35.00 2008
Jacque Jones DET OF 6.00
Torii Hunter ANA OF 26.00
David Ortiz BOS UTIL 36.00
Masahide Kobayashi CLE RP 2.00
Kazuo Fukumori TEX RP 1.00
Chris Ray BAL RP 1.00
John Danks CWS SP 5.00
Zack Greinke KC SP 4.00 2009
A.J. Burnett TOR SP 19.00
Tim Wakefield BOS SP 2.00
Nate Robertson DET SP 6.00
Jake Westbrook CLE SP 11.00
TM 10: QUIXOTES
Don Chiossi
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Victor Martinez CLE C 23.00 2008
Gerald Laird TEX C 6.00
Lyle Overbay TOR 1B 19.00
Howie Kendrick ANA 2B 25.00 2008
Adam Everett MIN SS 2.00
Joe Crede CWS 3B 4.00
Aubrey Huff BAL 1B/3B 6.00
Placido Polanco DET 2B/SS 4.00 2008
Alexei Ramirez CWS OF 6.00
Craig Monroe MIN OF 1.00
Alex Rios TOR OF 32.00
David Dellucci CLE OF 5.00
Johnny Damon NYY OF 17.00
Jose Vidro SEA UTIL 1.00
Brandon Morrow SEA RP 3.00
Nick Blackburn MIN SP 3.00
Felix Hernandez SEA SP 28.00
Dontrelle Willis DET SP 15.00
Matt Guerrier MIN RP 1.00
Chien-Ming Wang NYY SP 15.00 2008
Livan Hernandez MIN SP 2.00
Justin Speier ANA RP 1.00 2008
Mariano Rivera NYY RP 29.00
TM 11: Kohn’s
Marc Kohn
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Guillermo Quiroz BAL C 1.00
Gregg Zaun TOR C 3.00
Casey Kotchman ANA 1B 19.00
B.J. Upton TB 2B 8.00 2010
Bobby Crosby OAK SS 12.00
Adrian Beltre SEA 3B 16.00 2008
Miguel Cabrera DET 1B/3B 44.00
Marco Scutaro TOR 2B/SS 1.00
Nick Swisher CWS OF 30.00 O
Melky Cabrera NYY OF 13.00 O
Juan Rivera ANA OF 1.00
Marcus Thames DET OF 3.00
Frank Catalanotto TEX OF 1.00
Billy Butler KC UTIL 21.00
Jeremy Accardo TOR RP 2.00 2008
Yasuhiko Yabuta KC RP 1.00
Jered Weaver ANA SP 19.00
Ian Kennedy NYY SP 1.00 2008
Dustin McGowan TOR SP 5.00 2008
Fernando Rodney DET RP 1.00
Francisco Rodriguez ANA RP 31.00
Roy Halladay TOR SP 26.00
Chad Bradford BAL RP 1.00
TM 12: Cape
Chet Wolak
Player TM Pos Sal Con
Ivan Rodriguez DET C 14.00
Jason Varitek BOS C 11.00 2008
Carlos Peña TB 1B 1.00 2010
Dustin Pedroia BOS 2B 14.00
Jason Bartlett TB SS 6.00 2009
Scott Rolen TOR 3B 14.00
Melvin Mora BAL 1B/3B 10.00
Erick Aybar ANA 2B/SS 10.00
Reggie Willits ANA OF 1.00 2008
Michael Cuddyer MIN OF 24.00
Josh Hamilton TEX OF 27.00
Shannon Stewart TOR OF 3.00
Cliff Floyd TB OF 6.00
Frank Thomas TOR UTIL 12.00
Daniel Cabrera BAL SP 11.00
Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS SP 28.00
Joe Borowski CLE RP 19.00 2008
Jarrod Washburn SEA SP 5.00
Carlos Silva SEA SP 4.00
Rich Harden OAK SP 17.00
Gavin Floyd CWS SP 3.00
Todd Jones DET RP 18.00
Miguel Batista SEA SP 2.00

Uh, I’m gonna venture a guess that the shocker is B.J. Upton going for $8 AND signed thru 2010!
Joba at a buck through 2010 is pretty crazy too.
This is a nice little bargain:
Carlos Pena $1 – 2010
Especially considering Tony Pena Jr. is $2!
If you take out the keepers that people have mentioned, I think Thome at $5 and Aaron Hill at $27 really jump out at me as interesting picks on both ends of the spectrum.
Todd in St. Louis
Other than the keepers like Upton (8) and Pabelbon (13) I would say Crawford (40) and Lackey (15) but with the injury I guess that would be fair value for Lackey.The one thing that did stick out for me was Cushings Keepers………..Not Good
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Either Adam Jones for $21 or the fact that Siano tries to accumulate as many Yankees as possible.
guess i should have mentioned it was a keeper league even though the year next to the names kind of say that. i was talking about the jim thome, its a lesson in roster management more then anything else since plenty of teams had money but no dh slot becuase they bought dh opnly guys already (ortiz, hafner etc..)
me it was about no money whcih stunk b’c thome was a target of mine but i missed out on some middle infiedl and had to overpay for brendan harris. live and learn.
leave my yankees a,lone
-siano