Battle of The Fantasy Gods Expert League Auction Draft Review Pt 2/4

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

Fighting Chance Fantasy, Ryan Hallam

 

HR/RBI- 9	SB/Run- 8	Avg- 7	44/60
Win/SO- 7	ERA/WHIP- 5	Saves- 5

Great Buys

Clint Barmes 2B - $2

Yunel Escobar, SS - $3

Alex Gordon, 3B - $1

Colby Rasmus, OF - $3

Rich Harden, SP - $4

Brain Matusz, SP - $3

Bad Buys

Chase Utley, 2B $40

Evan Longoria, 3B $37

Billy Butler, 1B $15

Ryan Franklin, RP - $6

Homer Bailey, SP - $2

Overall:

Ryan blew his wad early in the draft with his first three purchases, big time
fantasy powerhouses in Albert Pujols, Chase Utley, and Evan Logoria.  They
cost him $131/$260, so he had to spend wisely for the remaining 20 players he
needed.  He did just that.  Ryan was able to secure several
serviceable players for $3 or less and built a very good team to enter the
season.

Fantasy Baseball Tonight, RC Rizza and Todd Farino

HR/RBI- 10	SB/Run- 9	Avg- 8	49/60
Win/SO- 6	ERA/WHIP- 7	Saves- 9

Best Buys

Mark Reynolds, 3B - $28

Brandon Wood, 3B - $3

Ryan Braun, OF - $37

Johan Santana, SP - $22

Cameron Maybin, OF - $2

Casey MaGehee, 3B - $3

 

Bad Buys

Jason Barlett, SS - $9

Aaron Hill, 2B - $17

Scott Kazmir, SP - $8

Andrew Bailey, RP - $11

Jonathan Broxton, RP - $19

Overall:

I'll be a bit bias towards the team RC and I drafted.  We spread our money
around very well, spending $165/$260 on the offense.   Across the
board we have power topped by Ryan Braun, Mark Reynolds, Matt Holiday, and Aaron
Hill.  We also drafted 6 players who can steal 15 bases or more and then
Russell Martin and Elijah Dukes. Our primary weakness is in our pitching where
we have 3 very young pitchers who could have problems getting wins and
strikeouts in Davis, Latos, and Buchholtz.  We do have a stellar bullpen
with Broxton, Marmol, and Bailey, but there is some risk with those closers.

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

Razzball.com, Grey Albright, Rudy Gamble

HR/RBI- 9	SB/Run- 10	Avg- 4	43/60
Win/SO- 6	ERA/WHIP- 8	Saves- 6

Best Buys

Jason Heyward, OF - $2

Grady Sizemore, OF $24

Russell Branyan, 1B - $1

Scott Sizemore, 2B - $1

Curtis Granderson, OF - $25

Jose Valverde, RP - $7

Chad Billingsley, SP $10

Neftali Perez RP, $1

Bad Buys

Carlos Pena, 1B - $17

Jose Reyes, SS - $27

Ian Stewart, 3B - $9

Kerry Wood, RP - $6

Brandon Lyon RP, $3

Overall:

I like the team that Grey and Rudy built here.  They filled it up with
plenty of power and speed, but sacrificed average.  In my opinion they have
the fasted team so far and scored a 19/20 between steals and home runs. 
They have a solid starting staff led by Tim Lincecum and Zack Grienke.  The
only problem is the lack of wins his staff as a whole can produce.  His
bullpen is weak with Valverde and Wood.  I believe the closer in Houston
wil be matt Lindstrom, but if Brandon Lyon wins the job their bullpen score
raises to an 8.

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