Here are my 10 keepers for 2012 with draft results posted.

[ajbraves25]

12 team auction keeper. 5x5 roto. $260 auction cap. Keep 10 buy 14 at auction. I have $181 to spend.
Many huge names available this auction. Kemp Braun Bruce Holliday Teixiera McCann Mauer Sandoval Reynolds Mike Young Adam Jones Cruz Napoli Zimmerman Crawford Howard Utley Hanley Aramis Verlander Lester Felix Gallardo Price Cain Wainwright Ubaldo Garza JJohnson J Sanchez Jurrjens. All of those guys had their contract expire this season.

Here is who I'm taking with me.
Alex Avila $10
Matt Wieters $20 (3 yr extention)
Ike Davis $5
Dan Uggla $16
Asdrubal Cabrera $1
Edwin Encarnacion $1
Lance Berkman $10
Nick Swisher $7
Jeff Francoeur $1
CJ Wilson $8

I won last year, but I traded a lot of cheap young talent to do it. I ended the year with Braun Holliday Bruce Cruz Verlander Gallardo, but all had expiring contracts so I am rebuilding. Not a bad start I hope.
Thoughts?

~AJ

 

[Huffamaniac]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

Looks liek you should have soem good mnoey left to pick up soem good FA. You have a bunch of good players at very low prices

 

[Archie Graham]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

WIth the cheap talent you still have plus the 70% of total cash available, looks like a repeat is within your grasp.

 

[markakis8]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

Francoeur and Asdrubal @ $1 are definite steals.

 

[ajbraves25]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

Francoeur and Asdrubal @ $1 are definite steals.

I traded Neil Walker and AJ Burnett for Uggla & Francoeur in August and bought Cabrera last auction with my second to last call out. I needed a SS and said, does that Asdrubal guy start at SS? LOL

 

[ajbraves25]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

And I **** the bed at auction. Kemp & Braun both went over $50 so I left them alone. I had the money to spend, but the prices guys were bringing was just stupid.

Alcides Escobar $1
Mark Reynolds $15
Nelson Cruz $36
Nick Markakis $9
Torii Hunter $3

Zack Greinke $24
Yu Darvish $17
Jon Lester $32
Francisco Liriano $3
Colby Lewis $5
Homer Bailey $1
Joakim Soria $19
Kenley Janson $10
Frank Francisco $5

 

[Huffamaniac]

Re: Here are my 10 keepers for 2012

With the exception of Soria I like the players and the values you got them for. Liriano should have a bouce back year and be a steal at $3

And I shat the bed at auction. Kemp & Braun both went over $50 so I left them alone. I had the money to spend, but the prices guys were bringing was just stupid.

Alcides Escobar $1
Mark Reynolds $15
Nelson Cruz $36
Nick Markakis $9
Torii Hunter $3

Zack Greinke $24
Yu Darvish $17
Jon Lester $32
Francisco Liriano $3
Colby Lewis $5
Homer Bailey $1
Joakim Soria $19
Kenley Janson $10
Frank Francisco $5