Battle of The Fantasy Gods Expert League Auction Draft Review Pt 1/4

On Wednesday night I had the opportunity to participate in The Fantasy Man's expert league auction draft.  I played in the league last year and faired all right, but this year has a new batch of experts, analysts, and reporters duking it out in 2010.  The participants are:
Todd Farino, RC Rizza, Rhett Oldham - Fantasy Baseball Tonight
Tim McCleod - Rotorob.com
Mike Kuchera - The Fantasy Man
Scott White - CBS Sports
Scott Swanay - Fantasy Baseball Sherpa
Lenny Melnick, Paul Greco FantasyPros 911 
Fantasy Sports Empires - Jeff Boggis
Grey Albright, Rudy Gamble - Razzball.com
Tony Cincotta - Blog Talk Radio Podcaster

Overall I thought it was a great draft and all the managers drafted well.  There were some big surprises and some bad moves.  I'll share them all with you team by team and then grade the overall team. I am basing scores on my 2010 projections for the players drafted.

Definitions:

Best Buys - These are players who the manager got a great deal on and includes
steals.

Bad Buys - These are players that I feel based on my 2010 projections that the
manager overpaid for.

Click here for our expert team-by-team draft results

Fantasy Sports Empires, Jeff Boggis 

 

HR/RBI- 7	SB/Run- 8	Avg- 4	40/60
Win/SO- 6	ERA/WHIP- 6	Saves- 9

Great Buys

Nelson Cruz OF- $21

Rajah Davis OF- $3

Garrett Jones 1B/OF- $3

Billy Wagner RP- $6

Bad Buys

Josh Johnson SP - $16

Overall:
Jeff build a strong offensive team that has plenty of power and speed.  Average will be a struggle for him to score big in along with RBIs.  On the pitching front, Jeff has a solid bullpen that can hang with the best, but his starting staff which includes Liriano, Sheets, and Josh Johnson has risk written all over it.  So much in fact that his other starters Yovanni Gallardo and Wandy Rodriguez aren't enough to make up if he has injury issues with those three guys.

Tony Cincotta, Blog Talk Radio Podcaster

HR/RBI- 5	SB/Run- 8	Avg- 5	45/60
Win/SO- 10	ERA/WHIP- 10	Saves- 7

Best Buys

Rod Barajas, C -$1

Julio Borbon, OF - $2

Mike Cameron, OF - $1

Bad Buys

Adam Dunn, OF - $18

Brian Fuentes, RP - $10

Michael Bourn, OF $15

Andre Either - $23

Overall:
Tony drafted one of the best and the most expensive pitching staff in the league.  $133/$260 was invested into his staff
and it scores him 27/30 according to my grading scale.  However, that is
allot to put into your staff and you can see its impact on the offense.  Outside of Fielder, Dunn, and Either his squad lacks home runs and RBI. 
He has plenty of speed, but it's "risky speed" with guys like Gardner and Bourn. 
His average is lacking, but has potential to come out strong.

RotoRob, Tim McLeod

HR/RBI- 6	SB/Run- 7	Avg- 8	46/60
Win/SO- 9	ERA/WHIP- 7	Saves- 9

Best Buys

Erick Aybar, SS - $1

Andrew McCutchen, OF - $11

Franklin Gutierrez, OF - $3

Brett Anderson, SP - $11

David Aardsma RP, $9

Bad Buys

Kurt Suzuki C - $12

Paul Konerko, 1B - $6

Overall:

Tim had a very good draft.  Across the board his pitching looks excellent
with a consistent number of quality pitchers who can chalk up wins and
strikeouts.  He balanced his pitching with an offense based on speed and
average.  He will suffer a bit in the home runs and RBI, but he has some
players that can out produce expectations.

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