2010 Median Draft Position (MDP) - Updated 3/25/10

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[rookies and cream]

Thanks for these. As for Sean Rodriguez, he played 7 games at OF last year. In fact, he is only listed as an OF'er on Yahoo.

[swyck]

I see an xAV column which looks like an auction price, which would be nice to have as I'm doing a Yahoo auction this year. Is that correct? If so would it matter what the league budget is because I'd think that would influence the number?

[rookies and cream]

I see an xAV column which looks like an auction price, which would be nice to have as I'm doing a Yahoo auction this year. Is that correct? If so would it matter what the league budget is because I'd think that would influence the number?

Yes, those are expected auction values based on a complicated logarithmic formula. It's based on $260 budget so you would have to adjust..

[rotoquest]

Listed below is the amount a player has moved from 2/7 mdp to 3/12 mdp. Jumping or falling 1,2 or 3 spots does not seem very significant, but others have vaulted or plummeted by far more.

1 Albert Pujols
2 Hanley Ramirez
3 Alex Rodriguez
4 Chase Utley
5 Ryan Braun
6 Prince Fielder 2
7 Matt Kemp -1
8 Mark Teixeira -1
9 Ryan Howard
10 Miguel Cabrera
11 Evan Longoria
12 Tim Lincecum
13 Joe Mauer
14 David Wright
15 Troy Tulowitzki
16 Ian Kinsler
17 Carl Crawford
18 Roy Halladay 6
19 Matt Holliday -1
20 Justin Upton
21 Jacoby Ellsbury 2
22 Jose Reyes -3
23 Jimmy Rollins 2
24 Mark Reynolds -3
25 Grady Sizemore -3
26 Felix Hernandez 2
27 Zack Greinke
28 C.C. Sabathia 12
29 Adrian Gonzalez 1
30 Victor Martinez 5
31 Ryan Zimmerman -5
32 Joey Votto -3
33 Dustin Pedroia 1
34 Kevin Youkilis -2
35 Derek Jeter -4
36 Pablo Sandoval -3
37 Justin Morneau -1
38 Brandon Phillips 3
39 Ichiro Suzuki -1
40 Dan Haren 2
41 Robinson Cano 6
42 Brian McCann 7
43 Jason Bay -4
44 Jayson Werth -7
45 Justin Verlander
46 Adam Lind -2
47 Brian Roberts -4
48 Curtis Granderson 4
49 Johan Santana -1
50 Aaron Hill -5
51 Kendry Morales 3
52 Adam Wainwright 5
53 Chris Carpenter 6
54 Cliff Lee 7
55 Ben Zobrist -4
56 Aramis Ramirez -3
57 B.J. Upton 11
58 Jon Lester
59 Nick Markakis -3
60 Andre Ethier 4
61 Josh Hamilton -11
62 Carlos Lee
63 Manny Ramirez 2
64 Nelson Cruz 3
65 Jonathan Broxton 11
66 Adam Dunn -11
67 Mariano Rivera 16
68 Shin-Soo Choo 2
69 Chone Figgins
70 Josh Johnson 2
71 Lance Berkman
72 Jonathan Papelbon 24
73 Josh Beckett 6
74 Bobby Abreu -3
75 Yovani Gallardo 12
76 Javier Vazquez 1
77 Derrek Lee -11
78 Tommy Hanson -2
79 Billy Butler 7
80 Joe Nathan
81 Shane Victorino -6
82 Adam Jones 3
83 Gordon Beckham -2
84 Andrew McCutchen 4
85 Carlos Pena -5
86 Matt Wieters 17
87 Matt Cain -3
88 Dan Uggla -6
89 Ubaldo Jimenez 4
90 Cole Hamels 7
91 Michael Young -13
92 Clayton Kershaw 7
93 Jake Peavy -4
94 Fran Rodriguez 21
95 Joakim Soria 3
96 Torii Hunter -5
97 Carlos Quentin 4
98 Hunter Pence -8
99 Ricky Nolasco 8
100 Heath Bell 11

[swyck]

I see an xAV column which looks like an auction price, which would be nice to have as I'm doing a Yahoo auction this year. Is that correct? If so would it matter what the league budget is because I'd think that would influence the number?

Yes, those are expected auction values based on a complicated logarithmic formula. It's based on $260 budget so you would have to adjust..

So they aren't based on actual auction results? Is that number then telling me what you think they'll go for in an auction?

[rookies and cream]

I see an xAV column which looks like an auction price, which would be nice to have as I'm doing a Yahoo auction this year. Is that correct? If so would it matter what the league budget is because I'd think that would influence the number?

Yes, those are expected auction values based on a complicated logarithmic formula. It's based on $260 budget so you would have to adjust..

So they aren't based on actual auction results? Is that number then telling me what you think they'll go for in an auction?

No, it's based on a logarithmic formula developed by Bigwords et al. that is described here:

http://bit.ly/bbLB3N

[dmbjeff]

Juan Pierre is missing from the Tiers.

[rookies and cream]

Juan Pierre is missing from the Tiers.

Fixed.

[dmbjeff]

rooks, do you expect a whole lot of movement in the MDP's going forward? if i recall last year, the main movements at this point are due to injury or a job loss which are pretty easy to calculate and move a guy down. i am wondering if i should start planning my draft with whats available now and feel good about the current numbers or should i wait. i draft the 27th and 28th.