auction draft live (ish) blog

6:30 Signed in just after 6 for a 7pm draft. Only person there until 6:15 and only 2 of 10 up until this point. I have the 3rd nomination, which doesn't mean all that much. Since I'm in a league with lots of native northeasters, I'll probably throw out some Yankees and Red Sox to let others overpay for the first 3-4 rounds.

7:30 Things are going very fast. I've stayed out, except for paying a lot for Grady Sizemore and Miguel Cabrera (accident, was trying to bid up, but that's alright). I'm probably done for a half hour until players drop back in the $10-20 range

8:30 Every player is going fast, but the draft is not. Somehow, though I usually put off getting pitching, I have 3 hitters and 6 of 9 pitchers already.

9:30 Halfway through now (pick wise). I have less than $3 a player left. I actually threw out Cleveland's recently named 5th starter hoping to get a $1 pick, but two other people bid because they were confused. That works too.

Later: I just got a bunch of players I may not want for $1. For the last 6 rounds, I had the highest available max bid at $6 and never spent over $2. Still not sure why someone over bid me on Shoppach, Hafner, and Pavano...

Update: By popular demand, the final roster:

C
Kelly Shoppach

1B
Miguel Cabrera

2B
Brandon Phillips

3B
Mark DeRosa

SS
Asdrubal Cabrera

2B/SS
Felipe Lopez

1B/3B
Joey Votto

LF
Carl Crawford

CF
Grady Sizemore

RF
Josh Hamilton

UTIL
Ben Francisco

Bench
Shin-Soo Choo

Bench
Cameron Maybin

Bench
Jeff Keppinger

Bench
Edwin Encarnacion

P
Mariano Rivera

P
Dan Haren

P
Roy Oswalt

P
Cliff Lee

P
Brian Wilson

P
Francisco Rodriguez

P
Fausto Carmona

P
Kevin Gregg

P
Chris Ray

Bench
Wandy Rodriguez