12 team AL only

[Tig]

$260 cap - 23 man active roster - 14 hitters, 9 pitchers, no reserves

can keep 3-7

Markakis & Shields are locks!

keeper cost/(in red)mastersball projected value

C(2)- Dioner Navarro $10/$9
1b-
2b-Mike Aviles $10/$17 (*can also move to SS)
SS- Jhonny Peralta $20/$18
3b- Alex Gordon $15/$18
MI-
CI-
OF(5)- Bobby Abreu $20/$23, Nick Markakis $17/$28
P(9)- John Danks $11/$14, James Shields $14/$21, Matt Garza $15/$10, Bobby Jenks $25/$19


Closers go for outrageous prices at the auction every year, which is why i have jenks listed as an option. It's also possible that the only closers available are percival, nathan, rivera, ryan, & fuentes,which will further drive up the prices.

Francisco $10, Rodney $14, Ziegler/Devine $10ea, Ray $10/Sherrill $15, Soria $19, Morrow $10, Arredondo $10 could potentially all be kept.

[RotoSleuth]

A newbie's 2 cents:

I go for profit first in keepers, so Aviles, Gordon, Abreu, Danks would be my next 4.

For the last spot, I'd consider Navarro or Peralta, but would guage it on what I thought the market would look like for those positions including expected league inflation rate. If relatively deep, I would likely toss them back and go with the 6 keepers.

On the closers, never overreach. If the nine you listed that might be kept are indeed all kept, then I would expect that those already available (percival, nathan, etc) might be more reasonably priced. If they are not kept, we'll then, there is some additional depth in your marketplace for closers. If the closer market still gets overpriced, there will likely be good value to gain elsewhere.

[CubFan]

Keepers.....Aviles, Gordon, Markakis, Abreu, Shields, Danks.

If you are considering Jenks at $25 then Soria at $19 is a better bet. He's in the same class as Nathan, Rivera and Papelbon. Francisco and Morrow also merit attention at $10 and you could drop Danks for one of them.

[Todd Zola]

Keepers.....Aviles, Gordon, Markakis, Abreu, Shields, Danks.

If you are considering Jenks at $25 then Soria at $19 is a better bet. He's in the same class as Nathan, Rivera and Papelbon. Francisco and Morrow also merit attention at $10 and you could drop Danks for one of them.

I think he is saying other owners will likely keep those saves-getters.

[Tig]

Keepers.....Aviles, Gordon, Markakis, Abreu, Shields, Danks.

If you are considering Jenks at $25 then Soria at $19 is a better bet. He's in the same class as Nathan, Rivera and Papelbon. Francisco and Morrow also merit attention at $10 and you could drop Danks for one of them.

I think he is saying other owners will likely keep those saves-getters.

correct, all of them likely to be kept. The only closers that are for sure to be available are Percival, Rivera, Ryan, Nathan, & Fuentes.

[da_big_kid_94]

I think you now have to keep Jenks if that is the situation. Three of the 5 names you say will be available have huge health questions hanging over them.

Add him to Garza, Danks, Shields, Markakis, Gordon and Aviles.

What? 4 pitchers? Am I nuts? Actually, no. If one looks at the "pitching" available outside the AL East, one should be very frightened to see that the "sleeper" KC Royals have Horacio Ramirez and Sidney "Sir Drinks-A-Lot" Ponson in their rotation. Kris Benson obviously learned how to remove a wooden stake. Carlos Silva and Jarrod Washburn have JOBS! Pavano is considered VALUABLE! Reyes, Zack Minor and Mark Hendrickson will pitch every 5th day.

At those prices? Keep the pitchers!

[Hambowen]

Dioner Navarro
Mike Aviles
Jhonny Peralta
Alex Gordon
Markakis
Shields
Jenks

I think this gives you the best keepers to build your team with. You will have 2b, ss, 3b filled with decent value players and allows you to still go after any value where you see it because you will not have to worry about filling those scarce positions and maybe overreaching on the last good guy available.

I love having flexibilty at the draft and I think these keepers allow that. You could keep Danks instead of Peralta if you are worried about the Al pitching options like Kid said. That would be only change I could see making though.

[Tig]

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