If you've been following along with me over the past few weeks, you'll know that two of my favorite players to draft this year are Bo Bichette and Ryan Mountcastle.
The participants in our AL-only salary cap draft (otherwise known as an auction) apparently felt the same way. In fact, using ADP as our basis for comparison, this might be the one league where those two are properly valued -- or overvalued, you might even argue, given that Bichette ($24) fetched a higher price than Luis Robert ($22) and Mountcastle ($23) fetched a higher price than Vinnie Pasquantino ($21).
And just like that, two of my presumed gimmes were priced beyond my reach. Too bad it took half the draft, with all of its potential contingencies, for me to find out.
Such are the perils of a salary cap draft, where timing is often the biggest determinant of a player's cost and shared affinities can blow up an entire game plan. The latter is what happened to me with Bichette and Mountcastle. I presumed I'd like them more than everyone else because that's what my rankings show relative to ADP, but all it takes is one person who's willing to go the extra dollar.
Going the extra dollar was a theme throughout the hitter ranks. Bichette and Mountcastle were among the more extreme examples, but consistently, hitters went for more than I projected and pitchers for less. I was wrong-footed from the start by this turn of events, unable to resist what seemed like discounts for Cole Ragans ($31) and Garrett Crochet ($29) only to find out that those prices were in line with the rest of the starting pitcher crop. And meanwhile, my budget hitters that allowed for such a pitching splurge (the aforementioned Bichette and Mountcastle) went up in smoke.
Imagine me building a team around starting pitching in the Year of Our Lord 2025. Not how I drew it up at all.
Perhaps I should have known better, having on more than one occasion marveled at the starting pitcher depth in this year's draft pool. But in AL-only, scarcities change. Drop below a certain pitching threshold -- one you're unlikely ever to see in a standard mixed league -- and truly scary ERA and WHIP outcomes await. But unlike in past iterations of this league, no sense of urgency ever developed within the pitcher ranks, which is why discounts like Max Fried for $20, Jack Flaherty for $13, Shane Baz for $7, and Chris Bassitt for $4 were commonplace.
So where was there urgency? Two places you'll often find it in leagues of real depth, stolen bases, and saves. I'm not sure the fervor over stolen base is justified anymore, given how plentiful they've become since the rule changes that took effect two years ago, but that fervor nonetheless explains bids like Victor Robles for $20, Willi Castro for $20 and Maikel Garcia for $18. More affordable stolen base targets like Ceddanne Rafaela ($12) and David Hamilton ($5) came later, a testament to there indeed being enough steals to go around.
There are never enough saves to go around in these leagues, though, and as such, any pitcher who we take seriously as a closer (apologies to Jason Foley) went for $16 or more. Having budgeted only $15 for such a player, I was forced to take multiple stabs at prospective closers like Aroldis Chapman ($5), Edwin Uceta ($5), Ben Joyce ($3), Jon Gray ($2) and free agent Craig Kimbrel (reserve rounds), who'll obviously have to sign with an AL team for me to get any use out of him at all. Maybe two closers emerge from that group of five, making it a much better use of my $15, but then again, maybe none do.
My team is weird, and not just in that way. It features two surefire aces (Ragans and Crochet) and a lineup full of boring compilers, with Steven Kwan ($21), Isaac Paredes ($20) and Brandon Lowe ($18) being the most expensive. It can work in an AL-only league, where devoting too many dollars to too few players will yield a lineup riddled with holes, unable to compete in the counting stats. My lineup might have the fewest holes of any, with only Travis d'Arnaud and David Hamilton projecting for less than full-time duty, but whew, is it ugly. And even to have a lineup of that dubious caliber, I still had to relent on the inflated hitter prices, settling for Kwan at $21 and Lowe at $18 when I could have had Marcus Semien and Cal Raleigh, respectively, for the same amount much earlier on. I knew they seemed like good values at the time, but doggone it, I wasn't willing to abandon my plan yet.
You know who did a good job capitalizing on the few hitter discounts that presented themselves? Defending champ Mike Gianella, who not only landed Raleigh but also Royce Lewis for $18 and Luis Robert for $22. Of course, he's leaving a great deal to chance on the pitcher side (no closers for him either and no starting pitchers of note beyond Hunter Brown and Tanner Bibee). I'd say Grey Albright came closer to achieving the sort of balance I'm looking for. Perhaps Michael Polidoro to a lesser extent.
Here's who all took part in this draft:
- Grey Albright, Razzball (@Razzball)
- B_Don, Razzball (@RazzBDon)
- Doc Eisenhauer, Scout the Statline (@DocHollidayDyna)
- Nick Fox, NBC Sports (@CT_FOX)
- Mike Gianella, Baseball Prospectus (@MikeGianella)
- Jake Holland, The Cutoff Man podcast (@jakebaseball17)
- The Itch, Razzball (@theprospectitch)
- Chris Mitchell, FantasyData (@CJMitch73)
- Michael Polidoro, The Can-Am Super Show (@CanAmSuperShow)
- Dean Peterson, NFBC
- Scott Shea, Patton & Company
- Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
(Note: Players listed as RES were selected in the reserve rounds immediately after the salary cap portion of the draft. They make up each team's bench.)
POSITION BY POSITION | | | TEAM BY TEAM | |
CATCHER | | | GREY ALBRIGHT | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Adley Rutschman, BAL | 25 | | Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR | 34 |
Salvador Perez, KC | 23 | | Framber Valdez, SP, HOU | 25 |
Yainer Diaz, HOU | 23 | | Triston Casas, 1B, BOS | 22 |
Cal Raleigh, SEA | 18 | | Lane Thomas, OF, CLE | 18 |
Shea Langeliers, ATH | 17 | | Mike Trout, OF, LAA | 18 |
Logan O'Hoppe, LAA | 14 | | Anthony Volpe, SS, NYY | 17 |
Austin Wells, NYY | 12 | | Carlos Estevez, RP, KC | 16 |
Ryan Jeffers, MIN | 10 | | Carlos Rodon, SP, NYY | 15 |
Connor Wong, BOS | 8 | | Christopher Morel, 2B, TB | 14 |
Jonah Heim, TEX | 7 | | Jonathan India, 2B, KC | 14 |
Freddy Fermin, KC | 6 | | Michael Wacha, SP, KC | 10 |
David Fry, CLE | 5 | | Ryan Jeffers, C, MIN | 10 |
Bo Naylor, CLE | 4 | | Nathan Eovaldi, SP, TEX | 9 |
Alejandro Kirk, TOR | 4 | | Jo Adell, OF, LAA | 9 |
Travis d'Arnaud, LAA | 3 | | Brayan Rocchio, SS, CLE | 7 |
Jake Rogers, DET | 3 | | Tyler Anderson, SP, LAA | 4 |
Kyle Higashioka, TEX | 3 | | Luis Severino, SP, ATH | 4 |
Gary Sanchez, BAL | 2 | | Chris Bassitt, SP, TOR | 4 |
Korey Lee, CHW | 2 | | Ty France, 1B, MIN | 3 |
Dillon Dingler, DET | 1 | | Korey Lee, C, CHW | 2 |
Victor Caratini, HOU | 1 | | Luke Weaver, RP, NYY | 2 |
Christian Vazquez, MIN | 1 | | Jake Meyers, OF, HOU | 2 |
Mitch Garver, SEA | 1 | | Mitch Haniger, OF, SEA | 1 |
Samuel Basallo, BAL | 1 | | Ben Lively, SP, CLE | RES |
Danny Jansen, TB | RES | | Oswaldo Cabrera, 3B, NYY | RES |
Edgar Quero, CHW | RES | | Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE | RES |
Ben Rortvedt, TB | RES | | Will Brennan, OF, CLE | RES |
Kyle Teel, CHW | RES | | Cade Povich, SP, BAL | RES |
FIRST BASE | | | Collin Snider, RP, SEA | RES |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Vaughn Grissom, 2B, BOS | RES |
Vladimir Guerrero, TOR | 34 | | B_DON | |
Cody Bellinger, NYY | 28 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Christian Walker, HOU | 25 | | Anthony Santander, OF, TOR | 26 |
Ryan Mountcastle, BAL | 23 | | Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE | 24 |
Triston Casas, BOS | 22 | | George Kirby, SP, SEA | 22 |
Vinnie Pasquantino, KC | 21 | | Pablo Lopez, SP, MIN | 21 |
Yandy Diaz, TB | 15 | | Jasson Dominguez, OF, NYY | 20 |
Paul Goldschmidt, NYY | 15 | | Pete Fairbanks, RP, TB | 16 |
Andrew Vaughn, CHW | 12 | | Carlos Correa, SS, MIN | 16 |
Luke Raley, SEA | 11 | | Zach Eflin, SP, BAL | 13 |
Nolan Schanuel, LAA | 7 | | Colt Keith, 2B, DET | 13 |
Carlos Santana, CLE | 7 | | Andrew Vaughn, 1B, CHW | 12 |
Tyler Soderstrom, ATH | 6 | | Matt Vierling, 3B, DET | 10 |
Jonathan Aranda, TB | 6 | | Jacob Wilson, SS, ATH | 9 |
Ryan O'Hearn, BAL | 5 | | Shane Baz, SP, TB | 7 |
Seth Brown, ATH | 3 | | Tanner Houck, SP, BOS | 7 |
Ty France, MIN | 3 | | Nolan Schanuel, 1B, LAA | 7 |
Spencer Torkelson, DET | 2 | | Kumar Rocker, SP, TEX | 7 |
Tyler Locklear, SEA | 1 | | Max Scherzer, SP, TOR | 6 |
Zach Dezenzo, HOU | RES | | Roman Anthony, OF, BOS | 5 |
Ben Rice, NYY | RES | | Brooks Lee, SS, MIN | 5 |
Nick Kurtz, ATH | RES | | Seth Brown, 1B, ATH | 3 |
Nick Pratto, KC | RES | | Jake Rogers, C, DET | 3 |
Joey Gallo, CHW | RES | | Kyle Higashioka, C, TEX | 3 |
SECOND BASE | | | Jhonkensy Noel, OF, CLE | 3 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Osvaldo Bido, SP, ATH | RES |
Jose Altuve, HOU | 27 | | Andrew Kittredge, RP, BAL | RES |
Jordan Westburg, BAL | 25 | | Richard Palacios, 2B, TB | RES |
Marcus Semien, TEX | 21 | | Andrew Heaney, SP, FA | RES |
Willi Castro, MIN | 20 | | Oswald Peraza, 3B, NYY | RES |
Andres Gimenez, TOR | 18 | | Davis Schneider, 2B, TOR | RES |
Luis Rengifo, LAA | 18 | | Kenta Maeda, SP, DET | RES |
Brandon Lowe, TB | 18 | | DOC EISENHAUER | |
Zack Gelof, ATH | 16 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Christopher Morel, TB | 14 | | Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY | 25 |
Jonathan India, KC | 14 | | Adley Rutschman, C, BAL | 25 |
Jackson Holliday, BAL | 14 | | Josh Hader, RP, HOU | 21 |
Colt Keith, DET | 13 | | Maikel Garcia, 3B, KC | 18 |
Gleyber Torres, DET | 12 | | Jeff Hoffman, RP, TOR | 16 |
Kristian Campbell, BOS | 11 | | Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, NYY | 15 |
Dylan Moore, SEA | 10 | | Ha-seong Kim, SS, TB | 14 |
Jorge Polanco, SEA | 3 | | Jackson Holliday, 2B, BAL | 14 |
Christian Moore, LAA | 3 | | Evan Carter, OF, TEX | 13 |
Will Wagner, TOR | 1 | | Austin Wells, C, NYY | 12 |
Edouard Julien, MIN | 1 | | Reese Olson, SP, DET | 12 |
Ryan Bliss, SEA | 1 | | Bowden Francis, SP, TOR | 11 |
Juan Brito, CLE | 1 | | Clarke Schmidt, SP, NYY | 10 |
Michael Massey, KC | 1 | | Coby Mayo, 3B, BAL | 9 |
Payton Eeles, MIN | RES | | Wilyer Abreu, OF, BOS | 7 |
Brendan Rodgers, HOU | RES | | Joc Pederson, DH, TEX | 7 |
Richard Palacios, TB | RES | | MJ Melendez, OF, KC | 6 |
Orelvis Martinez, TOR | RES | | Kris Bubic, SP, KC | 6 |
Mauricio Dubon, HOU | RES | | Ryan O'Hearn, 1B, BAL | 5 |
Travis Bazzana, CLE | RES | | Hayden Wesneski, SP, HOU | 3 |
Davis Schneider, TOR | RES | | Christian Moore, 2B, LAA | 3 |
Vaughn Grissom, BOS | RES | | Alex Verdugo, OF, FA | 2 |
THIRD BASE | | | Chris Cortez, RP, LAA | 1 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Payton Eeles, 2B, MIN | RES |
Jose Ramirez, CLE | 42 | | Andrew Walters, RP, CLE | RES |
Jazz Chisholm, NYY | 34 | | Kyle Finnegan, RP, FA | RES |
Rafael Devers, BOS | 30 | | Tim Anderson, SS, LAA | RES |
Junior Caminero, TB | 25 | | Chase Meidroth, SS, CHW | RES |
Alex Bregman, BOS | 24 | | Justyn-Henry Malloy, OF, DET | RES |
Isaac Paredes, HOU | 20 | | Matthew Lugo, OF, LAA | RES |
Jake Burger, TEX | 20 | | NICK FOX | |
Royce Lewis, MIN | 18 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Maikel Garcia, KC | 18 | | Wyatt Langford, OF, TEX | 30 |
Josh Jung, TEX | 16 | | Corey Seager, SS, TEX | 29 |
Matt Vierling, DET | 10 | | Ryan Mountcastle, 1B, BAL | 23 |
Coby Mayo, BAL | 9 | | Max Fried, SP, NYY | 20 |
Ernie Clement, TOR | 6 | | Andres Munoz, RP, SEA | 18 |
Yoan Moncada, LAA | 5 | | Jhoan Duran, RP, MIN | 17 |
Jace Jung, DET | 4 | | Zack Gelof, 2B, ATH | 16 |
Jose Miranda, MIN | 1 | | Josh Jung, 3B, TEX | 16 |
Miguel Vargas, CHW | 1 | | Chris Martin, RP, TEX | 11 |
DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 1 | | Heston Kjerstad, OF, BAL | 10 |
Luis Urias, ATH | 1 | | Jackson Jobe, SP, DET | 10 |
Josh Rojas, CHW | 1 | | Matt Wallner, OF, MIN | 9 |
Gio Urshela, ATH | RES | | Ronel Blanco, SP, HOU | 8 |
Oswaldo Cabrera, NYY | RES | | Jonah Heim, C, TEX | 7 |
Donovan Solano, SEA | RES | | Griffin Jax, RP, MIN | 6 |
Lenyn Sosa, CHW | RES | | Tyler Soderstrom, 1B, ATH | 6 |
Oswald Peraza, NYY | RES | | Chase DeLauter, OF, CLE | 5 |
Bryan Ramos, CHW | RES | | Daulton Varsho, OF, TOR | 5 |
Shay Whitcomb, HOU | RES | | Tomoyuki Sugano, SP, BAL | 4 |
Gabriel Arias, CLE | RES | | Kyle Manzardo, DH, CLE | 4 |
SHORTSTOP | | | Jorge Polanco, 2B, SEA | 3 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Michael Lorenzen, SP, KC | 2 |
Bobby Witt, KC | 51 | | Christian Vazquez, C, MIN | 1 |
Gunnar Henderson, BAL | 41 | | Zach McKinstry, SS, DET | RES |
Corey Seager, TEX | 29 | | Nick Pratto, 1B, KC | RES |
Bo Bichette, TOR | 24 | | Alex Cobb, SP, DET | RES |
Jeremy Pena, HOU | 20 | | Max Schuemann, SS, ATH | RES |
Anthony Volpe, NYY | 17 | | Travis Bazzana, 2B, CLE | RES |
Zachary Neto, LAA | 17 | | Ben Rortvedt, C, TB | RES |
Carlos Correa, MIN | 16 | | Mitch Spence, SP, ATH | RES |
Trevor Story, BOS | 14 | | MIKE GIANELLA | |
Ha-seong Kim, TB | 14 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Ceddanne Rafaela, BOS | 12 | | Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU | 27 |
Jose Caballero, TB | 9 | | Brent Rooker, DH, ATH | 27 |
Jacob Wilson, ATH | 9 | | Luis Robert, OF, CHW | 22 |
J.P. Crawford, SEA | 7 | | Joshua Lowe, OF, TB | 22 |
Brayan Rocchio, CLE | 7 | | Randy Arozarena, OF, SEA | 21 |
Brooks Lee, MIN | 5 | | Hunter Brown, SP, HOU | 20 |
David Hamilton, BOS | 5 | | Kerry Carpenter, OF, DET | 20 |
Trey Sweeney, DET | 3 | | Royce Lewis, 3B, MIN | 18 |
Colson Montgomery, CHW | 1 | | Cal Raleigh, C, SEA | 18 |
Josh H. Smith, TEX | 1 | | Shea Langeliers, C, ATH | 17 |
Taylor Walls, TB | 1 | | Tanner Bibee, SP, CLE | 17 |
Zach McKinstry, DET | RES | | Yandy Diaz, 1B, TB | 15 |
Max Muncy, ATH | RES | | Trey Sweeney, SS, DET | 3 |
Max Schuemann, ATH | RES | | Shane Bieber, SP, CLE | 2 |
Tim Anderson, LAA | RES | | Hunter Renfroe, OF, KC | 2 |
Chase Meidroth, CHW | RES | | Simeon Woods Richardson, SP, MIN | 1 |
Javier Baez, DET | RES | | Casey Mize, SP, DET | 1 |
OUTFIELD | | | Tyler Mahle, SP, TEX | 1 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | David Festa, SP, MIN | 1 |
Aaron Judge, NYY | 49 | | Michael Massey, 2B, KC | 1 |
Julio Rodriguez, SEA | 37 | | Yariel Rodriguez, SP, TOR | 1 |
Yordan Alvarez, HOU | 36 | | Martin Perez, SP, CHW | 1 |
Jarren Duran, BOS | 34 | | Josh Rojas, 3B, CHW | 1 |
Wyatt Langford, TEX | 30 | | Seranthony Dominguez, RP, BAL | RES |
Lawrence Butler, ATH | 27 | | Hunter Gaddis, RP, CLE | RES |
Anthony Santander, TOR | 26 | | Hunter Harvey, RP, KC | RES |
Luis Robert, CHW | 22 | | Mason Montgomery, RP, TB | RES |
Joshua Lowe, TB | 22 | | Jose Leclerc, RP, ATH | RES |
Randy Arozarena, SEA | 21 | | Beau Brieske, RP, DET | RES |
Riley Greene, DET | 21 | | Austin Slater, OF, CHW | RES |
Steven Kwan, CLE | 21 | | JAKE HOLLAND | |
Jasson Dominguez, NYY | 20 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Cedric Mullins, BAL | 20 | | Aaron Judge, OF, NYY | 49 |
Adolis Garcia, TEX | 20 | | Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE | 42 |
Kerry Carpenter, DET | 20 | | Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA | 32 |
Victor Robles, SEA | 20 | | Riley Greene, OF, DET | 21 |
Tyler O'Neill, BAL | 19 | | Shane McClanahan, SP, TB | 18 |
Byron Buxton, MIN | 19 | | Bryan Woo, SP, SEA | 15 |
Lane Thomas, CLE | 18 | | Ceddanne Rafaela, SS, BOS | 12 |
Mike Trout, LAA | 18 | | Kristian Campbell, 2B, BOS | 11 |
Colton Cowser, BAL | 17 | | Jose Berrios, SP, TOR | 9 |
Taylor Ward, LAA | 15 | | Lucas Erceg, RP, KC | 8 |
Parker Meadows, DET | 15 | | Jonathan Aranda, 1B, TB | 6 |
Evan Carter, TEX | 13 | | Ernie Clement, 3B, TOR | 6 |
George Springer, TOR | 13 | | Esteury Ruiz, OF, ATH | 3 |
Jorge Soler, LAA | 12 | | Charlie Morton, SP, BAL | 2 |
J.J. Bleday, ATH | 10 | | Tyler Holton, RP, DET | 2 |
Heston Kjerstad, BAL | 10 | | Mike Tauchman, OF, CHW | 2 |
Jo Adell, LAA | 9 | | Cade Smith, RP, CLE | 2 |
Matt Wallner, MIN | 9 | | Bryan Abreu, RP, HOU | 2 |
Chas McCormick, HOU | 8 | | Eloy Jimenez, DH, TB | 1 |
Wilyer Abreu, BOS | 7 | | Victor Caratini, C, HOU | 1 |
MJ Melendez, KC | 6 | | Will Wagner, 2B, TOR | 1 |
Roman Anthony, BOS | 5 | | Colson Montgomery, SS, CHW | 1 |
Chase DeLauter, CLE | 5 | | Samuel Basallo, C, BAL | 1 |
Daulton Varsho, TOR | 5 | | Zebby Matthews, SP, MIN | RES |
Jonny DeLuca, TB | 5 | | Emmanuel Rodriguez, OF, MIN | RES |
Trevor Larnach, MIN | 5 | | Joey Cantillo, SP, CLE | RES |
Kyle Isbel, KC | 4 | | Orelvis Martinez, 2B, TOR | RES |
Andrew Benintendi, CHW | 4 | | Mauricio Dubon, 2B, HOU | RES |
Jhonkensy Noel, CLE | 3 | | Shay Whitcomb, 3B, HOU | RES |
Esteury Ruiz, ATH | 3 | | Brant Hurter, RP, DET | RES |
Leody Taveras, TEX | 3 | | THE ITCH | |
Alex Verdugo, FA | 2 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Mike Tauchman, CHW | 2 | | Bobby Witt, SS, KC | 51 |
Mickey Moniak, LAA | 2 | | Lawrence Butler, OF, ATH | 27 |
Jake Meyers, HOU | 2 | | Junior Caminero, 3B, TB | 25 |
Hunter Renfroe, KC | 2 | | Salvador Perez, C, KC | 23 |
Ramon Laureano, BAL | 1 | | Mason Miller, RP, ATH | 21 |
Joey Loperfido, TOR | 1 | | Jacob deGrom, SP, TEX | 19 |
Mitch Haniger, SEA | 1 | | Grayson Rodriguez, SP, BAL | 19 |
Dairon Blanco, KC | 1 | | Byron Buxton, OF, MIN | 19 |
Harrison Bader, MIN | 1 | | Luis Gil, SP, NYY | 10 |
Oscar Colas, CHW | 1 | | J.J. Bleday, OF, ATH | 10 |
Angel Martinez, CLE | 1 | | Connor Wong, C, BOS | 8 |
Tyler Freeman, CLE | RES | | Carlos Santana, 1B, CLE | 7 |
Emmanuel Rodriguez, MIN | RES | | Liam Hendriks, RP, BOS | 6 |
Jacob Melton, HOU | RES | | Gavin Williams, SP, CLE | 4 |
Michael Taylor, CHW | RES | | Jose Soriano, SP, LAA | 2 |
Will Brennan, CLE | RES | | Luis Ortiz, SP, CLE | 2 |
Chandler Simpson, TB | RES | | Tommy Kahnle, RP, DET | 1 |
Trent Grisham, NYY | RES | | Josh H. Smith, SS, TEX | 1 |
Wenceel Perez, DET | RES | | Miguel Vargas, 3B, CHW | 1 |
Rob Refsnyder, BOS | RES | | DJ LeMahieu, 3B, NYY | 1 |
Justyn-Henry Malloy, DET | RES | | Luis Urias, 3B, ATH | 1 |
Matthew Lugo, LAA | RES | | Juan Brito, 2B, CLE | 1 |
Austin Slater, CHW | RES | | Angel Martinez, OF, CLE | 1 |
Miguel Andujar, ATH | RES | | David Robertson, RP, FA | RES |
Addison Barger, TOR | RES | | Nick Kurtz, 1B, ATH | RES |
Ben Gamel, HOU | RES | | Hagen Smith, SP, CHW | RES |
DESIGNATED HITTER | | | Max Muncy, SS, ATH | RES |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Joey Gallo, 1B, CHW | RES |
Brent Rooker, ATH | 27 | | Wenceel Perez, OF, DET | RES |
Joc Pederson, TEX | 7 | | Gabriel Arias, 3B, CLE | RES |
Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 5 | | CHRIS MITCHELL | |
Kyle Manzardo, CLE | 4 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Masataka Yoshida, BOS | 2 | | Julio Rodriguez, OF, SEA | 37 |
Eloy Jimenez, TB | 1 | | Cody Bellinger, 1B, NYY | 28 |
STARTING PITCHER | | | Christian Walker, 1B, HOU | 25 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Bailey Ober, SP, MIN | 23 |
Tarik Skubal, DET | 34 | | Jake Burger, 3B, TEX | 20 |
Logan Gilbert, SEA | 32 | | Cedric Mullins, OF, BAL | 20 |
Cole Ragans, KC | 31 | | Luis Castillo, SP, SEA | 19 |
Garrett Crochet, BOS | 29 | | Spencer Arrighetti, SP, HOU | 14 |
Gerrit Cole, NYY | 25 | | Dylan Moore, 2B, SEA | 10 |
Framber Valdez, HOU | 25 | | Kutter Crawford, SP, BOS | 10 |
Bailey Ober, MIN | 23 | | Jose Caballero, SS, TB | 9 |
George Kirby, SEA | 22 | | Walker Buehler, SP, BOS | 8 |
Pablo Lopez, MIN | 21 | | Chas McCormick, OF, HOU | 8 |
Bryce Miller, SEA | 20 | | Freddy Fermin, C, KC | 6 |
Max Fried, NYY | 20 | | Giancarlo Stanton, DH, NYY | 5 |
Hunter Brown, HOU | 20 | | Jeffrey Springs, SP, ATH | 5 |
Jacob deGrom, TEX | 19 | | Brayan Bello, SP, BOS | 5 |
Luis Castillo, SEA | 19 | | Gary Sanchez, C, BAL | 2 |
Grayson Rodriguez, BAL | 19 | | Patrick Sandoval, SP, BOS | 2 |
Shane McClanahan, TB | 18 | | Edouard Julien, 2B, MIN | 1 |
Joe Ryan, MIN | 17 | | Dairon Blanco, OF, KC | 1 |
Tanner Bibee, CLE | 17 | | Justin Anderson, RP, CHW | 1 |
Bryan Woo, SEA | 15 | | Taylor Walls, SS, TB | 1 |
Carlos Rodon, NYY | 15 | | Garrett Whitlock, RP, BOS | RES |
Spencer Arrighetti, HOU | 14 | | Michel Otanez, RP, ATH | RES |
Zach Eflin, BAL | 13 | | Fernando Cruz, RP, NYY | RES |
Seth Lugo, KC | 13 | | Prelander Berroa, RP, CHW | RES |
Jack Flaherty, DET | 13 | | Trent Grisham, OF, NYY | RES |
Reese Olson, DET | 12 | | Robert Garcia, RP, TEX | RES |
Kevin Gausman, TOR | 12 | | Davis Martin, SP, CHW | RES |
Bowden Francis, TOR | 11 | | DEAN PETERSON | |
Clarke Schmidt, NYY | 10 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Michael Wacha, KC | 10 | | Gunnar Henderson, SS, BAL | 41 |
Kutter Crawford, BOS | 10 | | Jazz Chisholm, 3B, NYY | 34 |
Luis Gil, NYY | 10 | | Bo Bichette, SS, TOR | 24 |
Jackson Jobe, DET | 10 | | Devin Williams, RP, NYY | 23 |
Nathan Eovaldi, TEX | 9 | | Victor Robles, OF, SEA | 20 |
Jose Berrios, TOR | 9 | | Tyler O'Neill, OF, BAL | 19 |
Walker Buehler, BOS | 8 | | Colton Cowser, OF, BAL | 17 |
Ryan Pepiot, TB | 8 | | Logan O'Hoppe, C, LAA | 14 |
Yusei Kikuchi, LAA | 8 | | Jason Foley, RP, DET | 12 |
Ronel Blanco, HOU | 8 | | Gleyber Torres, 2B, DET | 12 |
Shane Baz, TB | 7 | | Ryan Pepiot, SP, TB | 8 |
Tanner Houck, BOS | 7 | | Drew Rasmussen, SP, TB | 6 |
Taj Bradley, TB | 7 | | David Fry, C, CLE | 5 |
Kumar Rocker, TEX | 7 | | Yoan Moncada, 3B, LAA | 5 |
Max Scherzer, TOR | 6 | | Drew Thorpe, SP, CHW | 5 |
Drew Rasmussen, TB | 6 | | Chad Green, RP, TOR | 3 |
Kris Bubic, KC | 6 | | Luis Garcia, SP, HOU | 2 |
Jeffrey Springs, ATH | 5 | | Dean Kremer, SP, BAL | 2 |
Brayan Bello, BOS | 5 | | Jonathan Cannon, SP, CHW | 1 |
Drew Thorpe, CHW | 5 | | Ramon Laureano, OF, BAL | 1 |
Cody Bradford, TEX | 5 | | Joey Loperfido, OF, TOR | 1 |
Tyler Anderson, LAA | 4 | | Tyler Locklear, 1B, SEA | 1 |
Tomoyuki Sugano, BAL | 4 | | Harrison Bader, OF, MIN | 1 |
Luis Severino, ATH | 4 | | Ben Rice, 1B, NYY | RES |
Gavin Williams, CLE | 4 | | Marcus Stroman, SP, NYY | RES |
Chris Bassitt, TOR | 4 | | Jack Kochanowicz, SP, LAA | RES |
Reid Detmers, LAA | 3 | | Sean Burke, SP, CHW | RES |
Hayden Wesneski, HOU | 3 | | Edgar Quero, C, CHW | RES |
Patrick Sandoval, BOS | 2 | | Bryan Ramos, 3B, CHW | RES |
Lance McCullers, HOU | 2 | | Ben Gamel, OF, HOU | RES |
Lucas Giolito, BOS | 2 | | MICHAEL POLIDORO | |
Charlie Morton, BAL | 2 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Luis Garcia, HOU | 2 | | Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS | 30 |
Dean Kremer, BAL | 2 | | Alex Bregman, 3B, BOS | 24 |
Jon Gray, TEX | 2 | | Marcus Semien, 2B, TEX | 21 |
Shane Bieber, CLE | 2 | | Vinnie Pasquantino, 1B, KC | 21 |
Zack Littell, TB | 2 | | Willi Castro, 2B, MIN | 20 |
Michael Lorenzen, KC | 2 | | Adolis Garcia, OF, TEX | 20 |
Jose Soriano, LAA | 2 | | Luis Rengifo, 2B, LAA | 18 |
Luis Ortiz, CLE | 2 | | Joe Ryan, SP, MIN | 17 |
Jonathan Cannon, CHW | 1 | | Kenley Jansen, RP, LAA | 16 |
Simeon Woods Richardson, MIN | 1 | | Trevor Story, SS, BOS | 14 |
Chris Paddack, MIN | 1 | | Seth Lugo, SP, KC | 13 |
Casey Mize, DET | 1 | | Kevin Gausman, SP, TOR | 12 |
JP Sears, ATH | 1 | | Yusei Kikuchi, SP, LAA | 8 |
Tyler Mahle, TEX | 1 | | J.P. Crawford, SS, SEA | 7 |
David Festa, MIN | 1 | | Kyle Isbel, OF, KC | 4 |
Yariel Rodriguez, TOR | 1 | | Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR | 4 |
Martin Perez, CHW | 1 | | Leody Taveras, OF, TEX | 3 |
Zebby Matthews, MIN | RES | | Zack Littell, SP, TB | 2 |
Ben Lively, CLE | RES | | Dillon Dingler, C, DET | 1 |
Osvaldo Bido, ATH | RES | | Yimi Garcia, RP, TOR | 1 |
Marcus Stroman, NYY | RES | | Chris Paddack, SP, MIN | 1 |
Noah Schultz, CHW | RES | | Paul Sewald, RP, CLE | 1 |
Joey Cantillo, CLE | RES | | Oscar Colas, OF, CHW | 1 |
Triston McKenzie, CLE | RES | | Danny Jansen, C, TB | RES |
Alex Cobb, DET | RES | | Noah Schultz, SP, CHW | RES |
Hagen Smith, CHW | RES | | Jacob Melton, OF, HOU | RES |
Jack Kochanowicz, LAA | RES | | Michael Taylor, OF, CHW | RES |
Sean Burke, CHW | RES | | Chandler Simpson, OF, TB | RES |
Andrew Heaney, FA | RES | | Kyle Teel, C, CHW | RES |
Albert Suarez, BAL | RES | | Addison Barger, OF, TOR | RES |
Cade Povich, BAL | RES | | SCOTT SHEA | |
Jose Quintana, FA | RES | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Lance Lynn, FA | RES | | Yordan Alvarez, OF, HOU | 36 |
Mitch Spence, ATH | RES | | Tarik Skubal, SP, DET | 34 |
Kenta Maeda, DET | RES | | Jarren Duran, OF, BOS | 34 |
Davis Martin, CHW | RES | | Jordan Westburg, 2B, BAL | 25 |
RELIEF PITCHER | | | Yainer Diaz, C, HOU | 23 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Bryce Miller, SP, SEA | 20 |
Emmanuel Clase, CLE | 24 | | Jeremy Pena, SS, HOU | 20 |
Devin Williams, NYY | 23 | | Felix Bautista, RP, BAL | 18 |
Josh Hader, HOU | 21 | | Andres Gimenez, 2B, TOR | 18 |
Mason Miller, ATH | 21 | | Taj Bradley, SP, TB | 7 |
Felix Bautista, BAL | 18 | | Trevor Larnach, OF, MIN | 5 |
Andres Munoz, SEA | 18 | | Andrew Benintendi, OF, CHW | 4 |
Jhoan Duran, MIN | 17 | | Lance McCullers, SP, HOU | 2 |
Pete Fairbanks, TB | 16 | | Lucas Giolito, SP, BOS | 2 |
Jeff Hoffman, TOR | 16 | | Spencer Torkelson, 1B, DET | 2 |
Kenley Jansen, LAA | 16 | | Masataka Yoshida, DH, BOS | 2 |
Carlos Estevez, KC | 16 | | Mickey Moniak, OF, LAA | 2 |
Jason Foley, DET | 12 | | Justin Slaten, RP, BOS | 1 |
Chris Martin, TEX | 11 | | Mitch Garver, C, SEA | 1 |
Lucas Erceg, KC | 8 | | Jose Miranda, 3B, MIN | 1 |
Liam Hendriks, BOS | 6 | | Ryan Bliss, 2B, SEA | 1 |
Griffin Jax, MIN | 6 | | JP Sears, SP, ATH | 1 |
Aroldis Chapman, BOS | 5 | | Will Vest, RP, DET | 1 |
Edwin Uceta, TB | 5 | | Gio Urshela, 3B, ATH | RES |
Ben Joyce, LAA | 3 | | Tyler Freeman, OF, CLE | RES |
Chad Green, TOR | 3 | | Cole Sands, RP, MIN | RES |
Luke Weaver, NYY | 2 | | Donovan Solano, 3B, SEA | RES |
Tyler Holton, DET | 2 | | Javier Baez, SS, DET | RES |
Cade Smith, CLE | 2 | | Rob Refsnyder, OF, BOS | RES |
Bryan Abreu, HOU | 2 | | Miguel Andujar, OF, ATH | RES |
Chris Cortez, LAA | 1 | | SCOTT WHITE | |
Justin Slaten, BOS | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Yimi Garcia, TOR | 1 | | Cole Ragans, SP, KC | 31 |
Tommy Kahnle, DET | 1 | | Garrett Crochet, SP, BOS | 29 |
Paul Sewald, CLE | 1 | | Steven Kwan, OF, CLE | 21 |
Justin Anderson, CHW | 1 | | Isaac Paredes, 3B, HOU | 20 |
Will Vest, DET | 1 | | Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB | 18 |
Seranthony Dominguez, BAL | RES | | Zachary Neto, SS, LAA | 17 |
David Robertson, FA | RES | | Taylor Ward, OF, LAA | 15 |
Garrett Whitlock, BOS | RES | | Parker Meadows, OF, DET | 15 |
Michel Otanez, ATH | RES | | George Springer, OF, TOR | 13 |
Andrew Kittredge, BAL | RES | | Jack Flaherty, SP, DET | 13 |
Hunter Gaddis, CLE | RES | | Jorge Soler, OF, LAA | 12 |
Andrew Walters, CLE | RES | | Luke Raley, 1B, SEA | 11 |
Craig Kimbrel, FA | RES | | Aroldis Chapman, RP, BOS | 5 |
Kyle Finnegan, FA | RES | | Edwin Uceta, RP, TB | 5 |
Hunter Harvey, KC | RES | | Cody Bradford, SP, TEX | 5 |
Cole Sands, MIN | RES | | David Hamilton, SS, BOS | 5 |
Fernando Cruz, NYY | RES | | Jonny DeLuca, OF, TB | 5 |
Prelander Berroa, CHW | RES | | Bo Naylor, C, CLE | 4 |
Mason Montgomery, TB | RES | | Jace Jung, 3B, DET | 4 |
Jose Leclerc, ATH | RES | | Travis d'Arnaud, C, LAA | 3 |
Robert Garcia, TEX | RES | | Ben Joyce, RP, LAA | 3 |
Collin Snider, SEA | RES | | Reid Detmers, SP, LAA | 3 |
Beau Brieske, DET | RES | | Jon Gray, SP, TEX | 2 |
Brant Hurter, DET | RES | | Zach Dezenzo, 1B, HOU | RES |
| | | | Craig Kimbrel, RP, FA | RES |
| | | | Brendan Rodgers, 2B, HOU | RES |
| | | | Lenyn Sosa, 3B, CHW | RES |
| | | | Albert Suarez, SP, BAL | RES |
| | | | Jose Quintana, SP, FA | RES |
| | | | Lance Lynn, SP, FA | RES |
