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The great thing about auctions is that no two are alike. Like a fingerprint, every auction has its own unique patterns, and owners have to be flexible and adapt on the fly. To help you prepare for your own 2006 auctions, here are the dollars values – from high-priced superstars to several fantastic $1 or $2 bargains – bid in an early mock in which fourteen fantasy buffs with varying auction experience tried to assemble the best rosters on a $260 budget.
Three elite hitters – Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, and Vladimir Guerrero – cracked the $50 barrier in this one, while Minnesota’s Johan Santana topped all pitchers at an even $40. With such high prices being paid for the game’s superstars, that left plenty of bargains available for cost-conscious bidders…
| Player | Position | Team | Dollar Value |
| Alex Rodriguez | 3B | NYA | $52 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | StL | $50 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | OF | Ana | $50 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B/OF | Fla | $45 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | Tex | $44 |
| Manny Ramirez | OF | Bos | $40 |
| Johan Santana | SP | Min | $40 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 2B | Tex | $37 |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | Bal | $37 |
| Adam Dunn | 1B/OF | Cin | $35 |
| David Ortiz | DH | BOS | $35 |
| Jason Bay | OF | Pit | $35 |
| Derrek Lee | 1B | ChN | $34 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | ChN | $34 |
| David Wright | 3B | NYN | $34 |
| Bobby Abreu | OF | Phi | $34 |
| Carl Crawford | OF | TB | $34 |
| Gary Sheffield | OF | NYA | $32 |
| Chase Utley | 2B | Phi | $31 |
| Michael Young | SS | Tex | $31 |
| Todd Helton | 1B | Col | $30 |
| Roy Oswalt | SP | Hou | $30 |
| Chone Figgins | 2B/3B/OF | Ana | $29 |
| Andruw Jones | OF | Atl | $29 |
| Carlos Beltran | OF | NYN | $29 |
| Jake Peavy | SP | SD | $29 |
| Roy Halladay | SP | Tor | $29 |
| Lance Berkman | 1B/OF | Hou | $28 |
| Chris Carpenter | SP | StL | $28 |
| Pedro Martinez | SP | NYN | $28 |
| Victor Martinez | C | Cle | $27 |
| Ryan Howard | 1B | Phi | $27 |
| Hank Blalock | 3B | Tex | $27 |
| Carlos Delgado | 1B | Fla | $26 |
| Grady Sizemore | OF | Cle | $26 |
| Mark Prior | SP | ChN | $26 |
| Richie Sexson | 1B | Sea | $25 |
| Scott Rolen | 3B | StL | $25 |
| Hideki Matsui | OF | NYA | $25 |
| Rich Harden | SP | Oak | $25 |
| Mariano Rivera | RP | NYA | $25 |
| Derek Jeter | SS | NYA | $24 |
| Carlos Lee | OF | Mil | $24 |
| Dontrelle Willis | SP | Fla | $24 |
| Felix Hernandez | SP | Sea | $24 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | Cle | $23 |
| Carlos Zambrano | SP | ChN | $23 |
| Randy Johnson | SP | NYA | $23 |
| Paul Konerko | 1B | ChA | $22 |
| Jeff Kent | 2B | LA | $22 |
| Melvin Mora | 3B | Bal | $22 |
| Ichiro | OF | Sea | $22 |
| Ben Sheets | SP | Mil | $22 |
| Josh Beckett | SP | Fla | $22 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | Det | $21 |
| Jose Reyes | SS | NYN | $21 |
| Johnny Damon | OF | Bos | $21 |
| Francisco Rodriguez | RP | Ana | $21 |
| Brad Lidge | RP | Hou | $21 |
| Jason Varitek | C | Bos | $20 |
| Joe Mauer | C | Min | $20 |
| Jorge Cantu | 2B/3B | TB | $20 |
| Brian Roberts | 2B | Bal | $20 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | Cle | $20 |
| Joe Nathan | RP | Min | $20 |
| Eric Gagne | RP | LA | $20 |
| Troy Glaus | 3B | Ari | $19 |
| Barry Bonds | OF | SF | $19 |
| Juan Pierre | OF | Fla | $19 |
| Brian Giles | OF | SD | $19 |
| Tim Hudson | SP | Atl | $19 |
| Jim Thome | 1B | Phi | $18 |
| Eric Chavez | 3B | Oak | $18 |
| Chipper Jones | 3B | Atl | $18 |
| Bobby Crosby | SS | Oak | $18 |
| Aubrey Huff | 1B/OF | TB | $18 |
| Mark Mulder | SP | StL | $18 |
| Jim Edmonds | OF | StL | $17 |
| Huston Street | RP | Oak | $17 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 3B | Hou | $16 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | Col | $16 |
| Magglio Ordonez | OF | Det | $16 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | SP | Det | $16 |
| Joe Blanton | SP | Oak | $16 |
| Jason Isringhausen | RP | StL | $16 |
| Rickie Weeks | 2B | Mil | $15 |
| Marcus Giles | 2B | Atl | $15 |
| Rafael Furcal | SS | LA | $15 |
| Jimmy Rollins | SS | Phi | $15 |
| Julio Lugo | SS | TB | $15 |
| Vernon Wells | OF | Tor | $15 |
| Pat Burrell | OF | Phi | $15 |
| Andy Pettitte | SP | Hou | $15 |
| Trevor Hoffman | RP | SD | $15 |
| Billy Wagner | RP | NYN | $15 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | Sea | $14 |
| Felipe Lopez | SS | Cin | $14 |
| Matt Holliday | OF | Col | $14 |
| Coco Crisp | OF | Cle | $14 |
| Zach Duke | SP | Pit | $14 |
| Freddy Garcia | SP | ChA | $14 |
| Chad Cordero | RP | Was | $14 |
| Bobby Jenks | RP | ChA | $14 |
| Robinson Cano | 2B | NYA | $13 |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | Atl | $13 |
| Jose Guillen | OF | Was | $13 |
| Cliff Floyd | OF | NYN | $13 |
| CC Sabathia | SP | Cle | $13 |
| Ben Molina | C | Ana | $12 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | Min | $12 |
| Khalil Greene | SS | SD | $12 |
| Kevin Mench | OF | Tex | $12 |
| Willy Taveras | OF | Hou | $12 |
| John Patterson | SP | Was | $12 |
| Jon Garland | SP | ChA | $12 |
| Dan Haren | SP | Oak | $12 |
| AJ Burnett | SP | Tor | $12 |
| Jorge Posada | C | NYA | $11 |
| Chris Shelton | 1B | Det | $11 |
| Jason Giambi | 1B | NYA | $11 |
| Nomar Garciapparra | SS | ChN | $11 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | OF | Cin | $11 |
| Jonny Gomes | OF | TB | $11 |
| Garret Anderson | OF | Ana | $11 |
| Jason Lane | OF | Hou | $11 |
| Barry Zito | SP | Oak | $11 |
| Jason Schmidt | SP | SF | $11 |
| Tadahito Iguchi | 2B | CHA | $10 |
| Placido Polanco | 2B | Det | $10 |
| Jermaine Dye | OF | ChA | $10 |
| John Smoltz | SP | Atl | $10 |
| Cliff Lee | SP | Cle | $10 |
| Brett Myers | SP | Phi | $10 |
| Mark Buehrle | SP | ChA | $10 |
| Kerry Wood | SP | ChN | $10 |
| Keith Foulke | RP | Bos | $10 |
| Derrick Turnbow | RP | Mil | $10 |
| Mike Piazza | C | NVN | $9 |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | Mil | $9 |
| JD Drew | OF | LA | $9 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | OF | ChN | $9 |
| Chris Capuano | SP | Mil | $9 |
| Brandon Webb | SP | Ari | $9 |
| Oliver Perez | SP | Pit | $9 |
| Ryan Dempster | RP | ChN | $9 |
| Danys Baez | RP | TB | $9 |
| Mike MacDougal | RP | KC | $9 |
| AJ Pierzynski | C | CHA | $8 |
| Randy Winn | OF | SF | $8 |
| Erik Bedard | SP | Bal | $8 |
| Francisco Cordero | RP | Tex | $8 |
| Armando Benitez | RP | SF | $8 |
| Todd Jones | RP | Fla | $8 |
| Eddie Guardado | RP | Sea | $8 |
| Javy Lopez | C | Bal | $7 |
| Chad Tracy | 1B/OF | Ari | $7 |
| Shawn Green | OF | Ari | $7 |
| Mark Ellis | 2B | Oak | $7 |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | Bos | $7 |
| Wily Mo Pena | OF | Cin | $7 |
| Rocco Baldelli | OF | TB | $7 |
| Noah Lowry | SP | SF | $7 |
| Greg Maddux | SP | ChN | $7 |
| Matt Morris | SP | StL | $7 |
| Brian Fuentes | RP | Col | $7 |
| Ramon Hernandez | C | SD | $6 |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | Oak | $6 |
| Ray Durham | 2B | SF | $6 |
| Jose Vidro | 2B | Was | $6 |
| Bill Hall | 2B/3B/SS | Mil | $6 |
| David Eckstein | SS | StL | $6 |
| Milton Bradley | OF | LA | $6 |
| Aaron Rowand | OF | ChA | $6 |
| Torii Hunter | OF | Min | $6 |
| Mike Mussina | SP | NYA | $6 |
| John Lackey | SP | Ana | $6 |
| Kevin Millwood | SP | Cle | $6 |
| Javier Vasquez | SP | Ari | $6 |
| Scot Shields | RP | Ana | $6 |
| Rod Barajas | C | Tex | $5 |
| Lyle Overbay | 1B | Mil | $5 |
| Craig Biggio | 2B | Hou | $5 |
| Carlos Guillen | SS | Det | $5 |
| Geoff Jenkins | OF | Mil | $5 |
| Joey Gathright | OF | TB | $5 |
| David Dellucci | OF | Tex | $5 |
| Nick Swisher | OF | Oak | $5 |
| Livan Hernandez | SP | Was | $5 |
| Brad Penny | SP | LA | $5 |
| Daniel Cabrera | SP | Bal | $5 |
| Gustavo Chacin | SP | Tor | $5 |
| Jose Contreras | SP | ChA | $5 |
| Jose Valverde | RP | Ari | $5 |
| Fernando Rodney | RP | Det | $5 |
| Paul LoDuca | C | Fla | $4 |
| Sean Casey | 1B | Pit | $4 |
| Garrett Atkins | 3B | Col | $4 |
| Trot Nixon | OF | Bos | $4 |
| Shawn Chacon | SP | NYA | $4 |
| Derek Lowe | SP | LA | $4 |
| Doug Davis | SP | Mil | $4 |
| Adam Eaton | SP | SD | $4 |
| Kris Benson | SP | NYN | $4 |
| Brandon McCarthy | SP | ChA | $4 |
| Joe Crede | 3B | ChA | $3 |
| Juan Uribe | SS | ChA | $3 |
| Mike Cameron | OF | NYN | $3 |
| Corey Patterson | OF | ChN | $3 |
| Frank Catalanotto | OF | Tor | $3 |
| Luis Gonzalez | OF | Ari | $3 |
| Moises Alou | OF | SF | $3 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | SP | Bos | $3 |
| Matt Clement | SP | Bos | $3 |
| Zack Greinke | SP | KC | $3 |
| Jeff Weaver | SP | LA | $3 |
| Anthony Reyes | SP | StL | $3 |
| Tom Glavine | SP | NYN | $3 |
| Juan Rincon | RP | Min | $3 |
| Scott Linebrink | RP | SD | $3 |
| Braden Looper | RP | NYN | $3 |
| Octavio Dotel | RP | Oak | $3 |
| Yadier Molina | C | StL | $2 |
| Jason Kendall | C | Oak | $2 |
| Brian McCann | C | Atl | $2 |
| Dmitri Young | 1B/OF | Det | $2 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | Was | $2 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 3B | Cin | $2 |
| JJ Hardy | SS | Mil | $2 |
| Richard Hidalgo | OF | Tex | $2 |
| Brady Clark | OF | Mil | $2 |
| Ted Lilly | SP | Tor | $2 |
| Chien Ming Wang | SP | NYA | $2 |
| Nate Robertson | SP | Det | $2 |
| Carl Pavano | SP | NYA | $2 |
| Matt Cain | SP | SF | $2 |
| Craig Hansen | RP | Bos | $2 |
| Dustin Hermanson | RP | ChA | $2 |
| Ryan Madson | RP | Phi | $2 |
| Miguel Batista | RP | Tor | $2 |
| Mike Gonzalez | RP | Pit | $2 |
| Chris Ray | RP | Bal | $2 |
| Kenji Johjima | C | Sea | $1 |
| Mike Lieberthal | C | Phi | $1 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | LA | $1 |
| Michael Barrett | C | ChN | $1 |
| Tony Clark | 1B | Ari | $1 |
| Darin Erstad | 1B | Ana | $1 |
| Pedro Feliz | 1B/3B/OF | SF | $1 |
| Ryan Freel | 2B/OF | Cin | $1 |
| Ronnie Belliard | 2B | Cle | $1 |
| Jose Castillo | 2B | Pit | $1 |
| Adam Kennedy | 2B | Ana | $1 |
| Mark Loretta | 2B | SD | $1 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 3B | Bos | $1 |
| Mike Lowell | 3B | Bos | $1 |
| Aaron Boone | 3B | Cle | $1 |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 1B/3B | Tor | $1 |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | SF | $1 |
| BJ Upton | SS | TB | $1 |
| Angel Berroa | SS | KC | $1 |
| Jay Gibbons | OF | Bal | $1 |
| Reed Johnson | OF | Tor | $1 |
| Lew Ford | OF | Min | $1 |
| Jeremy Reed | OF | Sea | $1 |
| Reggie Sanders | OF | StL | $1 |
| Emil Brown | OF | KC | $1 |
| Jacque Jones | OF | Min | $1 |
| Jeremy Hermida | OF | Fla | $1 |
| Curtis Granderson | OF | Det | $1 |
| Jay Payton | OF | Oak | $1 |
| Alexis Rios | OF | Tor | $1 |
| Juan Encarnacion | OF | Fla | $1 |
| David DeJesus | OF | KC | $1 |
| Alex Sanchez | OF | SF | $1 |
| Eric Byrnes | OF | Bal | $1 |
| Frank Thomas | DH | ChA | $1 |
| Jorge Sosa | SP | Atl | $1 |
| Aaron Harang | SP | Cin | $1 |
| Bruce Chen | SP | Bal | $1 |
| Steve Trachsel | SP | NYN | $1 |
| Scott Olsen | SP | Fla | $1 |
| Jake Westbrook | SP | Cle | $1 |
| Tim Wakefield | SP | Bos | $1 |
| Jason Vargas | SP | Fla | $1 |
| Jarrod Washburn | SP | Ana | $1 |
| Jon Lieber | SP | Phi | $1 |
| Josh Towers | SP | Tor | $1 |
| Esteban Loaiza | SP | Was | $1 |
| David Wells | SP | Bos | $1 |
| Bronson Arroyo | SP | Bos | $1 |
| Hector Carrasco | RP | Ana | $1 |
| JJ Putz | RP | Sea | $1 |
| Mike Timlin | RP | Bos | $1 |
| Scott Eyre | RP | ChN | $1 |
| Chad Orvella | RP | TB | $1 |
| Jorge Julio | RP | Bal | $1 |
(Notes: 5×5 roto scoring was assumed for this mock. Players’ teams are current through the time of the draft, but may of course change during the offseason.)
| Acknowledgments Many thanks to to the following fantasy veterans for sharing their strategies in this mock: chadlincoln, Cleveland Steamers, Comrade Antelope, Copperheads, cordscords, dyuen87, grammysboy, irishdude103, J35J, kevinms33, logan, Pogotheostrich, pokerplaya, thomasps3 You can catch up with these guys and many other fantasy experts in the Cafe’s forums. |
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