How am I supposed to explain this one?
What a debacle. Just a masterclass in masochism. Instead of gathering one night for an orderly, by-the-numbers salary cap draft (or what we used to call an auction), we settled into our seats, cracked our knuckles and murdered each other with like-mindedness.
Over what, you ask? Well, what do you think? Starting pitching. It was a Head-to-head points league, after all -- the format that most favors starting pitchers. Nothing will bring the demand for them into greater focus than when you introduce 12 people to that format, remove all the conventions of a traditional snake draft and tell them they can have whomever they want so long as they're willing to pay the price.
Turns out we all wanted the same thing.
Every year, it skews all the more in that direction, which tells you that the people who didn't join in last time ultimately learned they needed to while they people who were already on board determined it was still the way to go. We actually commiserated about it in the chat room as the bidding for the very best arms reached new heights -- first Shane Bieber for $56, then Gerrit Cole for $63, then Jacob deGrom for $66. Turns out we had all looked at the results from the previous year, saw that no pitcher quite reached $50 and determined that we'd be willing to go that high for the best at the position this year. Because wouldn't that catch everyone by surprise?
I even had the thought while strategizing pre-draft that it might be worth going to $60 to land each of the top three. I ultimately backed down, not wanting to be stretched too thin elsewhere, particularly when budgeting $55 for each seemed like cushion enough. Little did I know everyone else was running the same calculation.
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So why not buck the trend and zig while everyone else zags? Imagine the sort of discounts you could score on the top hitters, right? Yeah ... that's a solution that doesn't fully understand the problem. In this format, every lineup has only nine hitter spots to fill, and there's no need to balance categories or anything, which makes differentiating yourself from your competition in that area especially difficult. Plus, there are only so many times you can benefit from a hitter discount. It won't matter to you if Xander Bogaerts is going for $20 if you already got Bo Bichette for the same amount.
No, we all knew what we were doing. The pitchers would be what ultimately decides things. The hitters we could sort out later, enjoying the discounts in mostly equal measure. Even those who sold out so hard for pitching that they weren't able to partake in a $20 stud shortstop or a $16 Jose Abreu or an $11 Ketel Marte should still have an easy enough time patching up holes on the waiver wire given how few hitters need to be rostered in this format. Every year, I'm left wondering if basically all the money should go to starting pitching.
To commemorate our position previews on the full-length podcast, we're taking a look at Scott White's favorite players to target at each position. Can Mitch Garver bounce back? Why does Scott love Ke'Bryan Hayes so much? Why is Carlos Carrasco so undervalued? We've got you covered with player targets in 5! Head on over to Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you consume podcasts to subscribe to Fantasy Baseball Today in 5.
Unfortunately, I was intimidated by the inflated bidding and backed away from such ambitions, ultimately putting together a pitching staff that, while still featuring four of my top 35, is riskier than I'm used to, in this format or otherwise. Among those who channeled that ambition better was Dan Schneier, who wound up with both deGrom and Bieber, as well as a $35 Brandon Woodruff, and his hitting doesn't look so bad considering.
The one who earns the most envy from me, though, is Nathan Judah, who put together a pitching staff of Yu Darvish, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Zach Plesac and Framber Valdez and yet doesn't have a weak point in the rest of his starting lineup. Would I rather have my Alex Bregman and Nelson Cruz than his Matt Chapman and J.D. Martinez? Yes, but my duo cost $47 while his cost $14. And the pitchers he drafted figure to have more say in the league's final outcome.
We're taking a look at Scott White's favorite players to target at each position on the of Fantasy Baseball Today in 5 podcast. You can subscribe to make sure you get the latest episodes right when they drop on Apple and Spotify.
Here's who all took part:
- Brant Chesser, Baseball HQ (@BrantChesser)
- Nathan Judah, Express & Star (@NathanJudah)
- Greg Lathrop, Triple Crown Fantasy Baseball (@roto_Greg)
- Jeremy Latzke, Fantasy Life App
- malamoney, Razzball (@malamoney)
- Nick Mimikos, Stack Attack podcast (@NMimi)
- Chris Mitchell, FantasyData (@CJMitch73)
- Phil Ponebshek, Patton & Company
- Dan Schneier, CBS Sports (@DanSchneierNFL)
- Chris Towers, CBS Sports (@CTowersCBS)
- R.J. White, CBS Sports (@rjwhite1)
- Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
POSITION BY POSITION | | TEAM BY TEAM | ||
CATCHER | | | BRANT CHESSER | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
J.T. Realmuto, PHI | 20 | | Ronald Acuna, OF, ATL | 43 |
Will Smith, LAD | 8 | | Trea Turner, SS, WAS | 35 |
Yasmani Grandal, CHW | 7 | | Manny Machado, 3B, SD | 29 |
Willson Contreras, CHC | 4 | | George Springer, OF, TOR | 29 |
Austin Nola, SD | 3 | | Sonny Gray, SP, CIN | 24 |
Travis d'Arnaud, ATL | 3 | | Pablo Lopez, SP, MIA | 18 |
Salvador Perez, KC | 3 | | Aroldis Chapman, RP, NYY | 15 |
James McCann, NYM | 2 | | Whit Merrifield, 2B, KC | 14 |
Gary Sanchez, NYY | 2 | | Edwin Diaz, RP, NYM | 8 |
Mitch Garver, MIN | 2 | | Carlos Santana, 1B, KC | 8 |
Christian Vazquez, BOS | 2 | | Eddie Rosario, OF, CLE | 6 |
Carson Kelly, ARI | 1 | | Brady Singer, SP, KC | 5 |
FIRST BASE | | | Sean Manaea, SP, OAK | 5 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | MacKenzie Gore, SP, SD | 4 |
Freddie Freeman, ATL | 41 | | Michael Pineda, SP, MIN | 4 |
Cody Bellinger, LAD | 36 | | Mike Moustakas, 2B, CIN | 4 |
Vladimir Guerrero, TOR | 24 | | Zach Eflin, SP, PHI | 3 |
Jose Abreu, CHW | 16 | | James Paxton, SP, SEA | 3 |
Luke Voit, NYY | 16 | | Carson Kelly, C, ARI | 1 |
Pete Alonso, NYM | 13 | | Mark Canha, OF, OAK | 1 |
Matt Olson, OAK | 12 | | Ryan Yarbrough, SP, TB | 1 |
Paul Goldschmidt, STL | 11 | | NATHAN JUDAH | |
Anthony Rizzo, CHC | 10 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Carlos Santana, KC | 8 | | Max Scherzer, SP, WAS | 44 |
Dominic Smith, NYM | 5 | | Yu Darvish, SP, SD | 44 |
Josh Bell, WAS | 5 | | Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD | 36 |
Andrew Vaughn, CHW | 3 | | Zach Plesac, SP, CLE | 25 |
Rhys Hoskins, PHI | 2 | | Framber Valdez, SP, HOU | 18 |
Joey Votto, CIN | 1 | | Matt Olson, 1B, OAK | 12 |
Eric Hosmer, SD | 1 | | Cavan Biggio, 2B, TOR | 11 |
SECOND BASE | | | J.D. Martinez, DH, BOS | 10 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Carlos Correa, SS, HOU | 9 |
DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 30 | | Trent Grisham, OF, SD | 8 |
Ozzie Albies, ATL | 22 | | Will Smith, C, LAD | 8 |
Whit Merrifield, KC | 14 | | Will Smith, RP, ATL | 7 |
Jose Altuve, HOU | 13 | | Griffin Canning, SP, LAA | 5 |
Ketel Marte, ARI | 11 | | Clint Frazier, OF, NYY | 5 |
Cavan Biggio, TOR | 11 | | Matt Chapman, 3B, OAK | 4 |
Max Muncy, LAD | 10 | | Nate Pearson, SP, TOR | 3 |
Keston Hiura, MIL | 10 | | Wil Myers, OF, SD | 3 |
Jeff McNeil, NYM | 10 | | Brad Hand, RP, WAS | 3 |
Brandon Lowe, TB | 7 | | Carlos Martinez, SP, STL | 2 |
Mike Moustakas, CIN | 4 | | Josh Donaldson, 3B, MIN | 2 |
Jean Segura, PHI | 4 | | Dustin May, SP, LAD | 1 |
Nick Solak, TEX | 2 | | GREG LATHROP | |
Nick Madrigal, CHW | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Jake Cronenworth, SD | 1 | | Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY | 63 |
Jonathan Villar, NYM | 1 | | Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE | 45 |
Tommy La Stella, SF | 1 | | Carlos Carrasco, SP, NYM | 34 |
THIRD BASE | | | Kyle Hendricks, SP, CHC | 28 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Charlie Morton, SP, ATL | 14 |
Jose Ramirez, CLE | 45 | | Yordan Alvarez, DH, HOU | 14 |
Anthony Rendon, LAA | 33 | | Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU | 13 |
Alex Bregman, HOU | 31 | | Patrick Corbin, SP, WAS | 13 |
Manny Machado, SD | 29 | | Mike Soroka, SP, ATL | 6 |
Nolan Arenado, STL | 21 | | Anthony Santander, OF, BAL | 5 |
Rafael Devers, BOS | 20 | | Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL | 4 |
Ke'Bryan Hayes, PIT | 10 | | Max Kepler, OF, MIN | 4 |
Eugenio Suarez, CIN | 8 | | Travis d'Arnaud, C, ATL | 3 |
Yoan Moncada, CHW | 5 | | Raisel Iglesias, RP, LAA | 3 |
Kris Bryant, CHC | 5 | | Jordan Montgomery, SP, NYY | 2 |
Matt Chapman, OAK | 4 | | Kirby Yates, RP, TOR | 2 |
Alec Bohm, PHI | 2 | | Byron Buxton, OF, MIN | 2 |
Josh Donaldson, MIN | 2 | | Justin Turner, 3B, LAD | 2 |
Gio Urshela, NYY | 2 | | Kyle Schwarber, OF, WAS | 1 |
Justin Turner, LAD | 2 | | Franmil Reyes, DH, CLE | 1 |
Austin Riley, ATL | 1 | | Eric Hosmer, 1B, SD | 1 |
Kyle Seager, SEA | 1 | | JEREMY LATZKE | |
SHORTSTOP | | | PLAYER | SALARY |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Lucas Giolito, SP, CHW | 45 |
Fernando Tatis, SD | 45 | | Lance Lynn, SP, CHW | 39 |
Trevor Story, COL | 39 | | Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA | 33 |
Trea Turner, WAS | 35 | | Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU | 23 |
Francisco Lindor, NYM | 33 | | Nick Castellanos, OF, CIN | 19 |
Corey Seager, LAD | 24 | | Josh Hader, RP, MIL | 18 |
Xander Bogaerts, BOS | 20 | | Luke Voit, 1B, NYY | 16 |
Bo Bichette, TOR | 20 | | Ketel Marte, 2B, ARI | 11 |
Gleyber Torres, NYY | 14 | | Marco Gonzales, SP, SEA | 9 |
Javier Baez, CHC | 13 | | Tim Anderson, SS, CHW | 8 |
Marcus Semien, TOR | 10 | | Aaron Civale, SP, CLE | 7 |
Carlos Correa, HOU | 9 | | John Means, SP, BAL | 7 |
Tim Anderson, CHW | 8 | | Dallas Keuchel, SP, CHW | 4 |
Dansby Swanson, ATL | 4 | | Willson Contreras, C, CHC | 4 |
Adalberto Mondesi, KC | 3 | | Ian Happ, OF, CHC | 3 |
Tommy Edman, STL | 1 | | Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU | 3 |
Wander Franco, TB | 1 | | Amir Garrett, RP, CIN | 3 |
OUTFIELD | | | Nick Solak, 2B, TEX | 2 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Alex Verdugo, OF, BOS | 2 |
Mike Trout, LAA | 58 | | Anthony DeSclafani, SP, SF | 2 |
Juan Soto, WAS | 51 | | Tommy Pham, OF, SD | 1 |
Mookie Betts, LAD | 50 | | MALAMONEY | |
Ronald Acuna, ATL | 43 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Christian Yelich, MIL | 40 | | Mike Trout, OF, LAA | 58 |
Bryce Harper, PHI | 39 | | Juan Soto, OF, WAS | 51 |
George Springer, TOR | 29 | | Fernando Tatis, SS, SD | 45 |
Kyle Tucker, HOU | 23 | | Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR | 24 |
Marcell Ozuna, ATL | 21 | | Nolan Arenado, 3B, STL | 21 |
Aaron Judge, NYY | 21 | | Dylan Bundy, SP, LAA | 13 |
Eloy Jimenez, CHW | 19 | | Corey Kluber, SP, NYY | 9 |
Nick Castellanos, CIN | 19 | | Luis Robert, OF, CHW | 9 |
Randy Arozarena, TB | 18 | | German Marquez, SP, COL | 9 |
Michael Conforto, NYM | 11 | | Julio Urias, SP, LAD | 6 |
Luis Robert, CHW | 9 | | Matthew Boyd, SP, DET | 2 |
Charlie Blackmon, COL | 9 | | Robbie Ray, SP, TOR | 2 |
Austin Meadows, TB | 8 | | Jorge Soler, DH, KC | 2 |
Trent Grisham, SD | 8 | | Mitch Garver, C, MIN | 2 |
Starling Marte, MIA | 7 | | Wander Franco, SS, TB | 1 |
Michael Brantley, HOU | 7 | | Michael Kopech, SP, CHW | 1 |
Eddie Rosario, CLE | 6 | | Caleb Smith, SP, ARI | 1 |
Joey Gallo, TEX | 6 | | Austin Riley, 3B, ATL | 1 |
Anthony Santander, BAL | 5 | | Nick Anderson, RP, TB | 1 |
Clint Frazier, NYY | 5 | | Matt Barnes, RP, BOS | 1 |
Max Kepler, MIN | 4 | | Tommy LaStella, 2B, SF | 1 |
Trey Mancini, BAL | 4 | | NICK MIMIKOS | |
Ian Happ, CHC | 3 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Dylan Moore, SEA | 3 | | Mookie Betts, OF, LAD | 50 |
Wil Myers, SD | 3 | | Christian Yelich, OF, MIL | 40 |
Mike Yastrzemski, SF | 3 | | Stephen Strasburg, SP, WAS | 27 |
Teoscar Hernandez, TOR | 3 | | Zack Wheeler, SP, PHI | 26 |
Dylan Carlson, STL | 3 | | Ian Anderson, SP, ATL | 18 |
Alex Verdugo, BOS | 2 | | Joe Musgrove, SP, SD | 17 |
Jesse Winker, CIN | 2 | | Jose Abreu, 1B, CHW | 16 |
Lourdes Gurriel, TOR | 2 | | Gleyber Torres, SS, NYY | 14 |
Kyle Lewis, SEA | 2 | | Liam Hendriks, RP, CHW | 13 |
Byron Buxton, MIN | 2 | | Giancarlo Stanton, DH, NYY | 11 |
Victor Robles, WAS | 1 | | Kris Bryant, 3B, CHC | 5 |
Nick Senzel, CIN | 1 | | Trevor Rosenthal, RP, OAK | 5 |
Alex Kirilloff, MIN | 1 | | Eduardo Rodriguez, SP, BOS | 4 |
Mitch Haniger, SEA | 1 | | Austin Nola, C, SD | 3 |
Kyle Schwarber, WAS | 1 | | Dylan Moore, OF, SEA | 3 |
Tommy Pham, SD | 1 | | Dylan Carlson, OF, STL | 3 |
Mark Canha, OAK | 1 | | Dylan Cease, SP, CHW | 1 |
Ramon Laureano, OAK | 1 | | Taijuan Walker, SP, NYM | 1 |
Ryan Mountcastle, BAL | 1 | | Nick Madrigal, 2B, CHW | 1 |
DESIGNATED HITTER | | | Nick Senzel, OF, CIN | 1 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Dane Dunning, SP, TEX | 1 |
Nelson Cruz, MIN | 16 | | CHRIS MITCHELL | |
Yordan Alvarez, HOU | 14 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 11 | | Jack Flaherty, SP, STL | 48 |
J.D. Martinez, BOS | 10 | | Trevor Story, SS, COL | 39 |
Jorge Soler, KC | 2 | | Jose Berrios, SP, MIN | 31 |
Franmil Reyes, CLE | 1 | | Ozzie Albies, 2B, ATL | 22 |
STARTING PITCHER | | | Eloy Jimenez, OF, CHW | 19 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Randy Arozarena, OF, TB | 18 |
Jacob deGrom, NYM | 66 | | Javier Baez, SS, CHC | 13 |
Gerrit Cole, NYY | 63 | | Marcus Stroman, SP, NYM | 12 |
Shane Bieber, CLE | 56 | | Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, STL | 11 |
Trevor Bauer, LAD | 50 | | Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, PIT | 10 |
Jack Flaherty, STL | 48 | | Kenley Jansen, RP, LAD | 9 |
Lucas Giolito, CHW | 45 | | Yasmani Grandal, C, CHW | 7 |
Max Scherzer, WAS | 44 | | Joey Gallo, OF, TEX | 6 |
Aaron Nola, PHI | 44 | | Jameson Taillon, SP, NYY | 4 |
Yu Darvish, SD | 44 | | Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU | 4 |
Luis Castillo, CIN | 42 | | Noah Syndergaard, SP, NYM | 2 |
Lance Lynn, CHW | 39 | | Madison Bumgarner, SP, ARI | 1 |
Walker Buehler, LAD | 39 | | Victor Robles, OF, WAS | 1 |
Zac Gallen, ARI | 38 | | Miles Mikolas, SP, STL | 1 |
Kenta Maeda, MIN | 36 | | Jonathan Villar, 2B, NYM | 1 |
Clayton Kershaw, LAD | 36 | | Ramon Laureano, OF, OAK | 1 |
Brandon Woodruff, MIL | 35 | | PHIL PONEBSHEK | |
Carlos Carrasco, NYM | 34 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Blake Snell, SD | 34 | | Trevor Bauer, SP, LAD | 50 |
Jose Berrios, MIN | 31 | | Walker Buehler, SP, LAD | 39 |
Zack Greinke, HOU | 29 | | Blake Snell, SP, SD | 34 |
Kyle Hendricks, CHC | 28 | | Zack Greinke, SP, HOU | 29 |
Tyler Glasnow, TB | 27 | | Max Fried, SP, ATL | 25 |
Stephen Strasburg, WAS | 27 | | Anthony Rizzo, 1B, CHC | 10 |
Zack Wheeler, PHI | 26 | | Marcus Semien, SS, TOR | 10 |
Corbin Burnes, MIL | 25 | | Charlie Blackmon, OF, COL | 9 |
Max Fried, ATL | 25 | | Austin Meadows, OF, TB | 8 |
Hyun-Jin Ryu, TOR | 25 | | Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB | 7 |
Zach Plesac, CLE | 25 | | Michael Brantley, OF, HOU | 7 |
Sonny Gray, CIN | 24 | | James Karinchak, RP, CLE | 6 |
Chris Paddack, SD | 19 | | Shohei Ohtani, SP, LAA | 5 |
Pablo Lopez, MIA | 18 | | A.J. Puk, RP, OAK | 4 |
Ian Anderson, ATL | 18 | | Trey Mancini, OF, BAL | 4 |
Framber Valdez, HOU | 18 | | Jean Segura, 2B, PHI | 4 |
Joe Musgrove, SD | 17 | | Luis Severino, SP, NYY | 3 |
Jesus Luzardo, OAK | 16 | | Salvador Perez, C, KC | 3 |
Dinelson Lamet, SD | 16 | | Jake Cronenworth, 2B, SD | 1 |
Charlie Morton, ATL | 14 | | Richard Rodriguez, RP, PIT | 1 |
Dylan Bundy, LAA | 13 | | Kyle Seager, 3B, SEA | 1 |
Patrick Corbin, WAS | 13 | | DAN SCHNEIER | |
Marcus Stroman, NYM | 12 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Sandy Alcantara, MIA | 12 | | Jacob deGrom, SP, NYM | 66 |
Sixto Sanchez, MIA | 12 | | Shane Bieber, SP, CLE | 56 |
Kevin Gausman, SF | 11 | | Bryce Harper, OF, PHI | 39 |
Marco Gonzales, SEA | 9 | | Brandon Woodruff, SP, MIL | 35 |
Lance McCullers, HOU | 9 | | Kevin Gausman, SP, SF | 11 |
Corey Kluber, NYY | 9 | | Keston Hiura, 2B, MIL | 10 |
German Marquez, COL | 9 | | Frankie Montas, SP, OAK | 6 |
Tyler Mahle, CIN | 8 | | Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE | 6 |
Aaron Civale, CLE | 7 | | Dominic Smith, 1B, NYM | 5 |
John Means, BAL | 7 | | Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW | 5 |
Mike Soroka, ATL | 6 | | Josh Bell, 1B, WAS | 5 |
Frankie Montas, OAK | 6 | | Teoscar Hernandez, OF, TOR | 3 |
Triston McKenzie, CLE | 6 | | Adalberto Mondesi, SS, KC | 3 |
David Price, LAD | 6 | | Gary Sanchez, C, NYY | 2 |
Julio Urias, LAD | 6 | | Alec Bohm, 3B, PHI | 2 |
Brady Singer, KC | 5 | | Joey Votto, 1B, CIN | 1 |
Griffin Canning, LAA | 5 | | Domingo German, SP, NYY | 1 |
Sean Manaea, OAK | 5 | | Devin Williams, RP, MIL | 1 |
Shohei Ohtani, LAA | 5 | | Alex Kirilloff, OF, MIN | 1 |
MacKenzie Gore, SD | 4 | | Taylor Rogers, RP, MIN | 1 |
Eduardo Rodriguez, BOS | 4 | | Drew Pomeranz, RP, SD | 1 |
Tony Gonsolin, LAD | 4 | | CHRIS TOWERS | |
Michael Pineda, MIN | 4 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Dallas Keuchel, CHW | 4 | | Zac Gallen, SP, ARI | 38 |
Jameson Taillon, NYY | 4 | | Cody Bellinger, 1B, LAD | 36 |
Andrew Heaney, LAA | 3 | | Francisco Lindor, SS, NYM | 33 |
Cristian Javier, HOU | 3 | | Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP, TOR | 25 |
Nathan Eovaldi, BOS | 3 | | Aaron Judge, OF, NYY | 21 |
Nate Pearson, TOR | 3 | | Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS | 20 |
Zach Eflin, PHI | 3 | | Jesus Luzardo, SP, OAK | 16 |
James Paxton, SEA | 3 | | Pete Alonso, 1B, NYM | 13 |
Jose Urquidy, HOU | 3 | | Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA | 12 |
Luis Severino, NYY | 3 | | Max Muncy, 2B, LAD | 10 |
Jordan Montgomery, NYY | 2 | | Eugenio Suarez, 3B, CIN | 8 |
Carlos Martinez, STL | 2 | | Starling Marte, OF, MIA | 7 |
Matthew Boyd, DET | 2 | | Andrew Heaney, SP, LAA | 3 |
Anthony DeSclafani, SF | 2 | | Andrew Vaughn, 1B, CHW | 3 |
Robbie Ray, TOR | 2 | | Nathan Eovaldi, SP, BOS | 3 |
Noah Syndergaard, NYM | 2 | | Craig Kimbrel, RP, CHC | 3 |
Alex Wood, SF | 2 | | Jesse Winker, OF, CIN | 2 |
Michael Kopech, CHW | 1 | | Alex Wood, SP, SF | 2 |
Dylan Cease, CHW | 1 | | Christian Vazquez, C, BOS | 2 |
Tarik Skubal, DET | 1 | | Mitch Haniger, OF, SEA | 1 |
Caleb Smith, ARI | 1 | | Justus Sheffield, SP, SEA | 1 |
Taijuan Walker, NYM | 1 | | R.J. WHITE | |
Madison Bumgarner, ARI | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Zach Davies, CHC | 1 | | Aaron Nola, SP, PHI | 44 |
Domingo German, NYY | 1 | | Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL | 41 |
Drew Smyly, ATL | 1 | | Kenta Maeda, SP, MIN | 36 |
Dustin May, LAD | 1 | | DJ LeMahieu, 2B, NYY | 30 |
Chris Sale, BOS | 1 | | Corey Seager, SS, LAD | 24 |
Dane Dunning, TEX | 1 | | Xander Bogaerts, SS, BOS | 20 |
Elieser Hernandez, MIA | 1 | | J.T. Realmuto, C, PHI | 20 |
Miles Mikolas, STL | 1 | | Dinelson Lamet, SP, SD | 16 |
Justus Sheffield, SEA | 1 | | Sixto Sanchez, SP, MIA | 12 |
Ryan Yarbrough, TB | 1 | | Cristian Javier, SP, HOU | 3 |
RELIEF PITCHER | | | Gio Urshela, 3B, NYY | 2 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Lourdes Gurriel, OF, TOR | 2 |
Josh Hader, MIL | 18 | | Kyle Lewis, OF, SEA | 2 |
Aroldis Chapman, NYY | 15 | | Tommy Edman, SS, STL | 1 |
Liam Hendriks, CHW | 13 | | Jose Quintana, RP, LAA | 1 |
Kenley Jansen, LAD | 9 | | Daniel Bard, RP, COL | 1 |
Edwin Diaz, NYM | 8 | | Joakim Soria, RP, ARI | 1 |
Will Smith, ATL | 7 | | Tarik Skubal, SP, DET | 1 |
James Karinchak, CLE | 6 | | Zach Davies, SP, CHC | 1 |
Trevor Rosenthal, OAK | 5 | | Drew Smyly, SP, ATL | 1 |
A.J. Puk, OAK | 4 | | Ryan Mountcastle, OF, BAL | 1 |
Ryan Pressly, HOU | 4 | | SCOTT WHITE | |
Amir Garrett, CIN | 3 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Raisel Iglesias, LAA | 3 | | Luis Castillo, SP, CIN | 42 |
Craig Kimbrel, CHC | 3 | | Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU | 31 |
Brad Hand, WAS | 3 | | Tyler Glasnow, SP, TB | 27 |
Kirby Yates, TOR | 2 | | Corbin Burnes, SP, MIL | 25 |
Jose Quintana, LAA | 1 | | Marcell Ozuna, OF, ATL | 21 |
Daniel Bard, COL | 1 | | Bo Bichette, SS, TOR | 20 |
Joakim Soria, ARI | 1 | | Chris Paddack, SP, SD | 19 |
Devin Williams, MIL | 1 | | Nelson Cruz, DH, MIN | 16 |
Nick Anderson, TB | 1 | | Michael Conforto, OF, NYM | 11 |
Greg Holland, KC | 1 | | Jeff McNeil, 2B, NYM | 10 |
Taylor Rogers, MIN | 1 | | Lance McCullers, SP, HOU | 9 |
Matt Barnes, BOS | 1 | | Tyler Mahle, SP, CIN | 8 |
Rafael Montero, SEA | 1 | | David Price, SP, LAD | 6 |
Richard Rodriguez, PIT | 1 | | Tony Gonsolin, SP, LAD | 4 |
Drew Pomeranz, SD | 1 | | Mike Yastrzemski, OF, SF | 3 |
| | | James McCann, C, NYM | 2 |
| | | Rhys Hoskins, 1B, PHI | 2 |
| | | Chris Sale, SP, BOS | 1 |
| | | Elieser Hernandez, SP, MIA | 1 |
| | | Greg Holland, RP, KC | 1 |
| | | Rafael Montero, RP, SEA | 1 |
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