Ultimate National League Challenge 2015 Auction Results

Nate Miller of Rotowire (Pittsburgh) purchased Joey Votto for $27. Can he bounce back enough in 2015 to earn that price tag?
This league was run via the CBS Sports league manager up through 2014, so most of the league history is not publicly viewable. It’s truly the granddaddy of them all, having been established in 2002! It’s a ten-team NL-only league where the draft is an auction format, and it’s a rare industry keeper league. The keeper rules make it special. We can share the whole offseason schedule at some point, but suffice it to say, it’s a really great set of keeper rules that makes it my absolute favorite Fantasy sports league of all time! The scoring system is awesome. It’s head-to-head points, with all the typical Roto stats covered but also a hitting slant towards total bases, runs produced, and batting eye (BB:K) and a pitching slant that includes holds, giving middle relievers added value. The top four teams make the playoffs (two week Semi-Finals, two week Finals). We run FAAB at 11 am on Saturdays so you can see the results to prepare for your own Sunday night FAAB (and also 11 am on Mondays in case of any Saturday or Sunday injuries).
Participants in auction nomination order:
- Jon Williams, Advanced Fantasy Baseball (Atlanta Walking Dead)
- Randall Dean, eXpertLeagues (Cincinnati Hott Schotts)
- Mike Siano, MLB.com (New York Mutts)
- Nathan Miller, Rotowire (Pittsburgh Primantis)
- Scott Swanay, Fantasy Baseball Sherpa (Chicago Billy Goats)
- Paul Sporer, Baseball Prospectus (San Diego Beagles)
- Brad Yoho & Dave Gawron, eXpertLeagues (Philadelphia Pherrets)
- John Dunfee, Independent (Washington Deja Vu)
- Zach Steinhorn, MLB.com (Milwaukee Talkies)
- Ian Riley, ExpertLeagues (Florida Day Laborers)
Here is the link to the page that shows the draft results by team in order of selection. It’s open to the public all year, so you can check standings, line-ups, and free agent pick-ups all season long:
http://games.espn.go.com/flb/tools/draftrecap?leagueId=121596
And here below you’ll see team rosters with the players ordered by position. Any prices that are high are due to inflation on draft day. This is because of the keeper bargains. The prices that are really low are because of contracts and keepers from previous years. Also note that Paul Sporer (San Diego) missed the auction, and the ESPN artificial intelligence was horrible in attempting to fill his roster!
ROSTERS
Philadelphia Pherrets C Miguel Montero 2 1B Adam Lind 9 2B Daniel Murphy 16 3B Pedro Alvarez 14 SS Jordy Mercer 2 2B/SS Aaron Hill 6 1B/3B Will Middlebrooks 2 OF Domonic Brown 7 OF Ben Revere 14 OF Yasiel Puig 32 OF Bryce Harper 33 OF Matt Holliday 20 UTIL Chris Owings 2 UTIL Josh Bell 1 P Cole Hamels 27 P Johnny Cueto 24 P Kyle Hendricks 6 P Drew Storen 16 P Kenley Jansen 14 P Matt Garza 6 P Mike Minor 3 P Mike Leake 2 P Kyle Lohse 1 BE Tyler Glasnow 2 BE J.P. Crawford 1 BE Jesse Winker 1 BE A.J. Ramos 1 BE Melvin Upton 1 BE Tyler Matzek 1 Total: 266 Remaining: 0 Pittsburgh Primantis Atlanta Walking Dead |
Washington Deja Vu C Carlos Ruiz 1 1B Lucas Duda 12 2B Tommy La Stella 1 3B Aramis Ramirez 22 SS Troy Tulowitzki 36 2B/SS Brandon Crawford 2 1B/3B Chris Johnson 2 OF Corey Dickerson 28 OF Andrew McCutchen 49 OF Giancarlo Stanton 45 OF A.J. Pollock 11 OF Carlos Gonzalez 22 UTIL David Peralta 3 UTIL Chris Coghlan 2 P Madison Bumgarner 6 P LaTroy Hawkins 5 P Santiago Casilla 5 P Dillon Gee 1 P Jorge De La Rosa 1 P Chase Anderson 2 P Anthony DeSclafani 1 P Tom Koehler 1 P Ryan Vogelsong 1 BE Freddy Galvis 2 BE Rubby De La Rosa 1 BE Juan Uribe 1 BE Odrisamer Despaigne 1 BE Travis Wood 1 BE Eric Stults 1 Total: 266 Remaining: 0 Chicago Billy Goats Milwaukee Talkies |
New York Mutts C Derek Norris 3 1B Tyler Moore 1 2B Alexi Amarista 3 3B Kris Bryant 7 SS Starlin Castro 16 2B/SS Jean Segura 11 1B/3B Matt Carpenter 22 OF Jorge Soler 4 OF Joc Pederson 20 OF Charlie Blackmon 6 OF Ryan Braun 33 OF Randal Grichuk 2 UTIL Mike Olt 1 UTIL Adeiny Hechavarria 1 P Noah Syndergaard 6 P Michael Wacha 20 P Daniel Hudson 1 P Andrew Cashner 6 P Zack Wheeler 4 P Matt Harvey 25 P Joaquin Benoit 13 P Francisco Rodriguez 6 P Clayton Kershaw 44 BE Aaron Harang 2 BE Bartolo Colon 2 BE Jeurys Familia 2 BE Rafael Soriano 2 BE Andre Ethier 2 BE Yangervis Solarte 1 Total: 266 Remaining: 0 Florida Day Laborers San Diego Beagles |
Cincinnati Hott Schotts C Wilson Ramos 10 1B Anthony Rizzo 10 2B Anthony Rendon 37 3B David Wright 22 SS Jimmy Rollins 17 2B/SS Howie Kendrick 14 1B/3B Justin Morneau 7 |
OF Eric Young Jr. 1 OF Carl Crawford 9 OF Curtis Granderson 10 OF Nick Markakis 10 OF Gerardo Parra 1 UTIL Chase Utley 15 UTIL Neil Walker 15 |
P Francisco Liriano 8 P Craig Kimbrel 17 P Alex Wood 5 P Jacob deGrom 23 P Ken Giles 8 P Hector Rondon 2 P Ian Kennedy 16 P Tanner Roark 2 P Brett Anderson 1 |
BE Ender Inciarte 1 BE Kyle Kendrick 1 BE Alberto Callaspo 1 BE Tommy Medica 1 BE Dale Thayer 1 BE Andrew Lambo 1 Total: 266 Remaining: 0 |
Photo courtesy of Mike
I took over this team two years ago, and it is still generally in the rebuilding stage. The intro to this article does glance over the structure of the league; it spans keepers, restricted free agents, contracts, and max salary cap, among a bunch of other fantastic options that makes this one of my favorite leagues that I have ever been a part of. I would love to copy this format for the AL since I prefer it heavily to the NL, but the time and effort is mind boggling to me and I do have to bug Dave from time to time on the exact rules. I run the Hott Schotts, Rizzo, Morneau, Young Jr, Liriano, Kimbrel, and Wood were all great price contracts I carried over for this season, and unfortunately Wood is the only player I still have after this year under team control. After the keepers were selected, each team had an opportunity to grab a non rostered player at their price of last year, I chose Rondon at $2. DeGrom and Rendon (pre injury) were added in another pre main auction. Confused yet? San Diego missed the draft and ESPN’s software did not do him any favors, it will be a long year on the west coast. I think my team is headed in the right direction and hope to be in contention all year.
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