I have been in my AL-only ultra-roto league for eight years. This past weekend the Positive Friction Fantasy Baseball League had it’s annual auction.

Keepers in this league are set with auction values and contracts and I kept ten players out of a maximum of twelve. I had $154 entering the auction which maintained that I needed to watch my spending. I was roughly sixth overall in the amount of money I had to spend in the auction.

After keeping all of the infield and supplementary IF positions (MI, CI) my main auction goal was to acquire outfielders and starting pitchers. I fully intended on going after Giancarlo Stanton but pulled out of the bidding when his price reached $46 – and in retrospect I’m glad I did – because I was able to get a deeper OF with the available funds I had to spend. Here the 2019 initial roster and pricing for team Antonio Picante:

Antonio Picante
C – Wellington Castillo
1B – Ronald Guzman*
2B – Jonathan Schoop*
SS – Carlos Correa*
3B – Jurickson Profar*
MI – Franklin Barretto*
CI – C.J. Cron*
OF – Tommy Pham
OF – Randall Grichuk
OF – Stephen Piscotty
OF – Leonys Martin
OF – Bradley Zimmer*
DH – Albert Pujols
DH – Dustin Pedroia

SP – Carlos Rodon*
SP – Felix Hernandez
SP – Nathan Eovaldi*
SP – John Smyly
SP – Michael Pineda
SP – Jake Odorizzi
P – Trever Hilgenberger
P – Shane Greene
P – Edwin Diaz* (NL holdover – Thanksgiving rule)

RES – Brock Holt
RES – John Jay
RES – James McCann
RES – Richard Urena
RES – J.B. Wendleken

MILB: Brandon McKay
MILB: Triston McKenzie
MILB: Bobby Bradley
MILB: Leodys Taveras
MILB: Bobby Dalbec
MILB: J.B. Bukauskas

* – 2019 Keeper