Believe it or not, some Fantasy Baseballers still enjoy the challenge of dividing the player pool in half along (increasingly arbitrary) AL/NL lines.
Yes, I know such leagues have fallen out of favor in recent years (probably because of their increasing arbitrariness), but they still offer a one-of-a-kind experience that, frankly, I'm not ready to give up.
It's not just that they require you to look deeper, knowing the ins and outs of every relevant roster, from the position battles to the bullpen breakdown to the prospect outlook, though I'll admit that is one attraction. My favorite leagues these days are all 24-teamers, and AL- and NL-only leagues are a way to capture that experience while still knowing a normal number of people.
But the appeal isn't so much the knowledge flex as what it means strategically. A deep league introduces new scarcities. It compels you to take a more cautious approach. And in a salary cap draft (or auction, if you prefer), I'll go as far as to say it inverts my approach completely.
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I've enjoyed my greatest run of success in these AL- and NL-only leagues by adhering to one simple rule: no player is worth $30. I'm all about stars-and-scrubs in conventional mixed leagues, where the scrubs are often high-upside and easily interchangeable. But in leagues as deep as this one, the scrubs are actual scrubs who will provide next to nothing statistically. And the waiver wire, as you can imagine, isn't churning out much talent either.
I did have to break my rule once in this one just because the price for high-end hitters remained consistently high. In the end, I'm not sure the $33 was worth it for Cedric Mullins, but it was nice not to sweat stolen bases in the later stages of the draft, where they tend to go for more of a premium.
Let's get the introductions out of the way, and then I'll hit you with my five takeaways. Here's who all took part:
- Grey Albright, Razzball (@Razzball)
- B_Don, Razzball (@RazzBDon)
- Nick Fox, NBC Sports (@CT_FOX)
- Mike Gianella, Baseball Prospectus (@MikeGianella)
- Jake Holland, formerly The Toss Up podcast (@jakebaseball17)
- Laura Holt, Razzball
- The Itch, Razzball (@theprospectitch)
- Chris Mitchell, FantasyData (@CJMitch73)
- Dean Peterson, NFBC
- Scott Shea, Patton & Company
- Michael Waterloo, The Athletic (@MichaelWaterloo)
- Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
And here are my takeaways:
- It doesn't take long in a salary cap draft to get a read of the room, to see how aggressively everyone is bidding (or not), how recklessly everyone is spending (or not), and adjust your approach accordingly. Considering this one was AL-only, the spending at the high end was bonkers, with two players going for more than $50 and another five going for more than $40. Those bids well exceeded my projected values, which should have made for ample bargains later. But it seemed like they were mostly confined to catcher and relief pitcher, two of the positions I was looking to invest the least in.
- For all the big spenders, I wasn't alone in my desire to distribute my dollars more evenly (no player being worth $30, etc.). In fact, Mike Gianella and Grey Albright took it even further, with Mike's most expensive player being $22 (Nate Lowe) and Grey's being $20 (tie between Alejandro Kirk and Giancarlo Stanton). Interestingly, both rosters seem skewed toward pitching.
- It's amazing how segmenting off one league can turn the scarcities upside-down. You may have heard third base is one of my top priorities in conventional drafts because of how swiftly and steeply it drops off, but in the context of an AL-only league, it's fairly robust. Meanwhile, shortstop, which is normally regarded as one of the deeper positions, has only like nine reliable options to go around. I never would have passed up Carlos Correa for $19 had a noticed beforehand and regretted it once I saw Corey Seager's price tag ($32). I ultimately wound up with rookie Oswald Peraza as my shortstop. I like his price and talent level fine, but I would like it even more in my middle infield spot.
- I've decided you can't expect any two draft rooms to approach closers the same way. It's not a secret there are fewer reliable saves sources than any of us can remember, and when you get rid of the NL options, the scarcity is all the more palpable. And yet the prices in this league were quite reasonable, with my No. 2 reliever (Felix Bautista) going for $18, my No. 6 (Clay Holmes) going for $13 and my No. 8 (Scott Barlow) going for $10. It's like everyone was content to draft just one and call it a day. And here I thought I had pulled off a coup by snagging Kenley Jansen for $19 early.
- I was the only one to leave any money on the table, it turns out, which isn't a disaster but is nonetheless inefficient. The extra $4 could have scored me Vinnie Pasquantino ($23) instead of Anthony Rizzo ($20) or Randy Arozarena ($30) instead of Adolis Garcia ($27). Of course, in the moment, you anticipate needing those dollars for something else, but there's no backtracking when it doesn't work out. It's disappointing, but I have yet to take part in a salary cap draft where my allocation of dollars was optimized to perfection.
(Note: Players listed as RES were selected in the reserve rounds immediately after the salary cap portion of the draft. They represent each team's bench.)
POSITION BY POSITION | | | TEAM BY TEAM | |
CATCHER | | | GREY ALBRIGHT | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Daulton Varsho, TOR | 26 | | Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR | 20 |
Alejandro Kirk, TOR | 20 | | Giancarlo Stanton, OF, NYY | 20 |
Salvador Perez, KC | 20 | | Amed Rosario, SS, CLE | 19 |
Adley Rutschman, BAL | 18 | | Taylor Ward, OF, LAA | 19 |
MJ Melendez, KC | 16 | | Carlos Correa, SS, MIN | 19 |
Danny Jansen, TOR | 12 | | Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU | 17 |
Cal Raleigh, SEA | 11 | | Lance Lynn, SP, CHW | 16 |
Yasmani Grandal, CHW | 8 | | Chris Bassitt, SP, TOR | 16 |
Logan O'Hoppe, LAA | 8 | | Josh Naylor, 1B, CLE | 14 |
Christian Vazquez, MIN | 7 | | Justin Turner, 3B, BOS | 14 |
Christian Bethancourt, TB | 6 | | Triston Casas, 1B, BOS | 13 |
Jonah Heim, TEX | 5 | | Brady Singer, SP, KC | 12 |
Eric Haase, DET | 5 | | Pablo Lopez, SP, MIN | 12 |
Gary Sanchez, MIN | 4 | | Grayson Rodriguez, SP, BAL | 11 |
Jose Trevino, NYY | 3 | | Jon Gray, SP, TEX | 9 |
Bo Naylor, CLE | 3 | | Kendall Graveman, RP, CHW | 9 |
Reese McGuire, BOS | 3 | | DJ LeMahieu, 3B, NYY | 8 |
James McCann, BAL | 1 | | Tony Kemp, 2B, OAK | 6 |
Kyle Higashioka, NYY | 1 | | J.J. Bleday, OF, OAK | 2 |
Jorge Alfaro, BOS | 1 | | Jake Odorizzi, SP, TEX | 1 |
Mike Zunino, CLE | 1 | | Kyle Farmer, SS, MIN | 1 |
Yainer Diaz, HOU | 1 | | Matt Vierling, OF, DET | 1 |
Francisco Mejia, TB | 1 | | Ryan Jeffers, C, MIN | 1 |
Ryan Jeffers, MIN | 1 | | Joshua Lowe, OF, TB | RES |
Korey Lee, HOU | RES | | Aaron Hicks, OF, NYY | RES |
Max Stassi, LAA | RES | | Ezequiel Duran, 3B, TEX | RES |
FIRST BASE | | | Ryan Yarbrough, RP, KC | RES |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Bryan Abreu, RP, HOU | RES |
Vladimir Guerrero, TOR | 43 | | Trevor Stephan, RP, CLE | RES |
Vinnie Pasquantino, KC | 23 | | Nate Pearson, RP, TOR | RES |
Nate Lowe, TEX | 22 | | B_DON | |
Jose Abreu, HOU | 22 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Anthony Rizzo, NYY | 20 | | Alek Manoah, SP, TOR | 28 |
Ty France, SEA | 18 | | Andres Gimenez, 2B, CLE | 27 |
Ryan Mountcastle, BAL | 17 | | Gunnar Henderson, 3B, BAL | 27 |
Josh Bell, CLE | 16 | | Vinnie Pasquantino, 1B, KC | 23 |
Josh Naylor, CLE | 14 | | Jordan Romano, RP, TOR | 21 |
Triston Casas, BOS | 13 | | Anthony Santander, OF, BAL | 18 |
Brandon Belt, TOR | 7 | | Jose Miranda, 3B, MIN | 17 |
Spencer Torkelson, DET | 7 | | Lucas Giolito, SP, CHW | 15 |
Jared Walsh, LAA | 5 | | Riley Greene, OF, DET | 13 |
Yuli Gurriel, HOU | 3 | | Reid Detmers, SP, LAA | 12 |
Nick Pratto, KC | 1 | | Jose Leclerc, RP, TEX | 9 |
Jesus Aguilar, OAK | 1 | | Brandon Belt, 1B, TOR | 7 |
Miguel Sano, MIN | RES | | Manuel Margot, OF, TB | 7 |
Tyler Soderstrom, OAK | RES | | Christian Vazquez, C, MIN | 7 |
Ryan Noda, OAK | RES | | Ramon Urias, 3B, BAL | 6 |
Kyle Manzardo, TB | RES | | Tarik Skubal, SP, DET | 4 |
SECOND BASE | | | Adam Frazier, 2B, BAL | 4 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | J.P. Crawford, SS, SEA | 4 |
Jose Altuve, HOU | 31 | | Spencer Turnbull, SP, DET | 3 |
Marcus Semien, TEX | 30 | | Reese McGuire, C, BOS | 3 |
Andres Gimenez, CLE | 27 | | John Means, SP, BAL | 3 |
Brandon Lowe, TB | 21 | | Drew Waters, OF, KC | 1 |
Gleyber Torres, NYY | 21 | | Zack Greinke, SP, KC | 1 |
Jorge Polanco, MIN | 16 | | Mauricio Dubon, OF, HOU | RES |
Kolten Wong, SEA | 15 | | Austin Voth, SP, BAL | RES |
Whit Merrifield, TOR | 10 | | Jordan Lyles, SP, KC | RES |
Tony Kemp, OAK | 6 | | Taylor Trammell, OF, SEA | RES |
Trevor Story, BOS | 6 | | Matt Brash, RP, SEA | RES |
Michael Massey, KC | 4 | | Franchy Cordero, OF, BAL | RES |
Adam Frazier, BAL | 4 | | Joe Barlow, RP, TEX | RES |
Luis Rengifo, LAA | 3 | | NICK FOX | |
Nick Gordon, MIN | 3 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Jonathan Aranda, TB | 3 | | Aaron Judge, OF, NYY | 50 |
Aledmys Diaz, OAK | 1 | | Bo Bichette, SS, TOR | 39 |
Nicky Lopez, KC | 1 | | Corey Seager, SS, TEX | 32 |
Jordan Diaz, OAK | 1 | | Teoscar Hernandez, OF, SEA | 27 |
Christian Arroyo, BOS | 1 | | Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA | 19 |
Jonathan Schoop, DET | 1 | | Ty France, 1B, SEA | 18 |
Connor Norby, BAL | RES | | Peter Fairbanks, RP, TB | 16 |
David Fletcher, LAA | RES | | Jeffrey Springs, SP, TB | 14 |
Enmanuel Valdez, BOS | RES | | Oscar Colas, OF, CHW | 12 |
Terrin Vavra, BAL | RES | | Logan O'Hoppe, C, LAA | 8 |
Niko Goodrum, BOS | RES | | Shintaro Fujinami, SP, OAK | 6 |
Cesar Hernandez, DET | RES | | Gary Sanchez, C, MIN | 4 |
Edouard Julien, MIN | RES | | Kyle Isbel, OF, KC | 2 |
Lenyn Sosa, CHW | RES | | Zach Plesac, SP, CLE | 2 |
Leury Garcia, CHW | RES | | Mike Clevinger, SP, CHW | 2 |
Santiago Espinal, TOR | RES | | Frankie Montas, SP, NYY | 2 |
Vidal Brujan, TB | RES | | Nicky Lopez, 2B, KC | 1 |
Cavan Biggio, TOR | RES | | Colton Cowser, OF, BAL | 1 |
Romy Gonzalez, CHW | RES | | Bobby Dalbec, 3B, BOS | 1 |
THIRD BASE | | | Gio Urshela, 3B, LAA | 1 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Jonathan Schoop, 2B, DET | 1 |
Bobby Witt, KC | 44 | | Marco Gonzales, SP, SEA | 1 |
Jose Ramirez, CLE | 41 | | Kyle Bradish, SP, BAL | 1 |
Rafael Devers, BOS | 34 | | James Karinchak, RP, CLE | RES |
Gunnar Henderson, BAL | 27 | | Owen White, SP, TEX | RES |
Alex Bregman, HOU | 26 | | Leury Garcia, 2B, CHW | RES |
Matt Chapman, TOR | 19 | | Brad Keller, SP, KC | RES |
Jose Miranda, MIN | 17 | | Hector Neris, RP, HOU | RES |
Eugenio Suarez, SEA | 15 | | Miguel Sano, 1B, MIN | RES |
Brandon Drury, LAA | 14 | | Emilio Pagan, RP, MIN | RES |
Justin Turner, BOS | 14 | | MIKE GIANELLA | |
Josh Jung, TEX | 11 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Anthony Rendon, LAA | 11 | | Nate Lowe, 1B, TEX | 22 |
Yoan Moncada, CHW | 10 | | Gleyber Torres, 2B, NYY | 21 |
Yandy Diaz, TB | 8 | | Robbie Ray, SP, SEA | 20 |
DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 8 | | Felix Bautista, RP, BAL | 18 |
Ramon Urias, BAL | 6 | | Ryan Mountcastle, 1B, BAL | 17 |
Josh Donaldson, NYY | 4 | | Masataka Yoshida, OF, BOS | 15 |
Isaac Paredes, TB | 2 | | Eugenio Suarez, 3B, SEA | 15 |
Hunter Dozier, KC | 2 | | Alex Verdugo, OF, BOS | 14 |
Curtis Mead, TB | 1 | | Brandon Drury, 3B, LAA | 14 |
Jake Burger, CHW | 1 | | Drew Rasmussen, SP, TB | 12 |
Josh H. Smith, TEX | 1 | | Lance McCullers, SP, HOU | 11 |
Bobby Dalbec, BOS | 1 | | Cal Raleigh, C, SEA | 11 |
Gio Urshela, LAA | 1 | | Tyler Anderson, SP, LAA | 10 |
Jace Peterson, OAK | 1 | | Austin Hays, OF, BAL | 9 |
Tyler Nevin, DET | RES | | Myles Straw, OF, CLE | 9 |
Ezequiel Duran, TEX | RES | | Sonny Gray, SP, MIN | 9 |
Brad Miller, TEX | RES | | Tyler Mahle, SP, MIN | 8 |
SHORTSTOP | | | Reynaldo Lopez, RP, CHW | 6 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Austin Meadows, OF, DET | 5 |
Bo Bichette, TOR | 39 | | Eric Haase, C, DET | 5 |
Corey Seager, TEX | 32 | | Jose Suarez, SP, LAA | 4 |
Wander Franco, TB | 29 | | Chas McCormick, OF, HOU | 3 |
Tim Anderson, CHW | 28 | | Elvis Andrus, SS, CHW | 2 |
Javier Baez, DET | 22 | | Mitch Garver, DH, TEX | RES |
Jeremy Pena, HOU | 22 | | Santiago Espinal, 2B, TOR | RES |
Amed Rosario, CLE | 19 | | Nick Maton, OF, DET | RES |
Carlos Correa, MIN | 19 | | Franmil Reyes, DH, KC | RES |
Jorge Mateo, BAL | 14 | | John Schreiber, RP, BOS | RES |
Adalberto Mondesi, BOS | 12 | | Jonathan Loaisiga, RP, NYY | RES |
Oswald Peraza, NYY | 11 | | David Fletcher, 2B, LAA | RES |
Dylan Moore, SEA | 5 | | JAKE HOLLAND | |
J.P. Crawford, SEA | 4 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Anthony Volpe, NYY | 3 | | Bobby Witt, 3B, KC | 44 |
Elvis Andrus, CHW | 2 | | Shohei Ohtani, DH, LAA | 37 |
Maikel Garcia, KC | 1 | | Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS | 34 |
Kyle Farmer, MIN | 1 | | Framber Valdez, SP, HOU | 27 |
Royce Lewis, MIN | 1 | | Kevin Gausman, SP, TOR | 24 |
Taylor Walls, TB | RES | | Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB | 21 |
Nick Allen, OAK | RES | | Oscar Gonzalez, OF, CLE | 16 |
Ryan Kreidler, DET | RES | | Alex Kirilloff, OF, MIN | 11 |
Jordan Westburg, BAL | RES | | Andrew Heaney, SP, TEX | 9 |
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, NYY | RES | | Hunter Brown, RP, HOU | 7 |
OUTFIELD | | | Trevor Story, 2B, BOS | 6 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Jonah Heim, C, TEX | 5 |
Julio Rodriguez, SEA | 52 | | Enrique Hernandez, OF, BOS | 4 |
Aaron Judge, NYY | 50 | | A.J. Pollock, OF, SEA | 3 |
Kyle Tucker, HOU | 42 | | Isaac Paredes, 3B, TB | 2 |
Yordan Alvarez, HOU | 41 | | Akil Baddoo, OF, DET | 2 |
Mike Trout, LAA | 35 | | Michael Lorenzen, SP, DET | 2 |
Cedric Mullins, BAL | 33 | | Jake Burger, 3B, CHW | 1 |
Luis Robert, CHW | 33 | | Paul Blackburn, SP, OAK | 1 |
Randy Arozarena, TB | 30 | | Michael King, RP, NYY | 1 |
George Springer, TOR | 28 | | Matthew Boyd, RP, DET | 1 |
Adolis Garcia, TEX | 27 | | Diego Castillo, RP, SEA | 1 |
Teoscar Hernandez, SEA | 27 | | Francisco Mejia, C, TB | 1 |
Byron Buxton, MIN | 26 | | Cavan Biggio, 2B, TOR | RES |
Eloy Jimenez, CHW | 25 | | Brad Miller, 3B, TEX | RES |
Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 20 | | Billy Hamilton, OF, CHW | RES |
Taylor Ward, LAA | 19 | | Kutter Crawford, SP, BOS | RES |
Hunter Renfroe, LAA | 19 | | Glenn Otto, SP, TEX | RES |
Andrew Vaughn, CHW | 18 | | Luis Gil, SP, NYY | RES |
Anthony Santander, BAL | 18 | | Ryan Tepera, RP, LAA | RES |
Ramon Laureano, OAK | 16 | | LAURA HOLT | |
Oscar Gonzalez, CLE | 16 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Steven Kwan, CLE | 16 | | Randy Arozarena, OF, TB | 30 |
Masataka Yoshida, BOS | 15 | | Marcus Semien, 2B, TEX | 30 |
Harrison Bader, NYY | 15 | | George Springer, OF, TOR | 28 |
Alex Verdugo, BOS | 14 | | Tyler Glasnow, SP, TB | 24 |
Riley Greene, DET | 13 | | Jose Abreu, 1B, HOU | 22 |
Seth Brown, OAK | 12 | | Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE | 20 |
Oscar Colas, CHW | 12 | | Luis Severino, SP, NYY | 17 |
Alex Kirilloff, MIN | 11 | | Steven Kwan, OF, CLE | 16 |
Andrew Benintendi, CHW | 11 | | Harrison Bader, OF, NYY | 15 |
Austin Hays, BAL | 9 | | Clay Holmes, RP, NYY | 13 |
Myles Straw, CLE | 9 | | Danny Jansen, C, TOR | 12 |
Manuel Margot, TB | 7 | | Andres Munoz, RP, SEA | 8 |
Esteury Ruiz, OAK | 7 | | Carlos Estevez, RP, LAA | 7 |
Michael Brantley, HOU | 7 | | Dylan Moore, SS, SEA | 5 |
Kerry Carpenter, DET | 6 | | Leody Taveras, OF, TEX | 3 |
Jarred Kelenic, SEA | 6 | | Aaron Civale, SP, CLE | 2 |
Joey Gallo, MIN | 6 | | Dany Jimenez, RP, OAK | 2 |
Austin Meadows, DET | 5 | | Brock Burke, RP, TEX | 1 |
Jo Adell, LAA | 5 | | James McCann, C, BAL | 1 |
Enrique Hernandez, BOS | 4 | | Conner Capel, OF, OAK | 1 |
Gavin Sheets, CHW | 4 | | Maikel Garcia, SS, KC | 1 |
Adam Duvall, BOS | 3 | | Nick Pratto, 1B, KC | 1 |
Leody Taveras, TEX | 3 | | Jace Peterson, 3B, OAK | 1 |
Chas McCormick, HOU | 3 | | Romy Gonzalez, 2B, CHW | RES |
Bubba Thompson, TEX | 3 | | Trevor Larnach, OF, MIN | RES |
Oswaldo Cabrera, NYY | 3 | | Clarke Schmidt, RP, NYY | RES |
A.J. Pollock, SEA | 3 | | Nathan Eaton, OF, KC | RES |
Jose Siri, TB | 2 | | Domingo Acevedo, RP, OAK | RES |
Will Brennan, CLE | 2 | | Terrin Vavra, 2B, BAL | RES |
Kyle Isbel, KC | 2 | | Erik Swanson, RP, TOR | RES |
Edward Olivares, KC | 2 | | THE ITCH | |
Harold Ramirez, TB | 2 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Akil Baddoo, DET | 2 | | Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE | 41 |
J.J. Bleday, OAK | 2 | | Luis Robert, OF, CHW | 33 |
Kevin Kiermaier, TOR | 1 | | Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE | 27 |
Conner Capel, OAK | 1 | | Eloy Jimenez, OF, CHW | 25 |
Colton Cowser, BAL | 1 | | Jeremy Pena, SS, HOU | 22 |
Sam Haggerty, SEA | 1 | | Chris Sale, SP, BOS | 18 |
Matt Vierling, DET | 1 | | Adley Rutschman, C, BAL | 18 |
Kyle Stowers, BAL | 1 | | George Kirby, SP, SEA | 16 |
Max Kepler, MIN | 1 | | Josh Bell, 1B, CLE | 16 |
Drew Waters, KC | 1 | | MJ Melendez, C, KC | 16 |
Justin Dirden, HOU | RES | | Zach Eflin, SP, TB | 8 |
Rob Refsnyder, BOS | RES | | Esteury Ruiz, OF, OAK | 7 |
Franchy Cordero, BAL | RES | | Domingo German, SP, NYY | 2 |
Matt Wallner, MIN | RES | | Edward Olivares, OF, KC | 2 |
Raimel Tapia, BOS | RES | | JP Sears, SP, OAK | 1 |
Nathan Eaton, KC | RES | | Aledmys Diaz, 2B, OAK | 1 |
Jake Meyers, HOU | RES | | DL Hall, RP, BAL | 1 |
Taylor Trammell, SEA | RES | | Kevin Kiermaier, OF, TOR | 1 |
Estevan Florial, NYY | RES | | Drew Rucinski, SP, OAK | 1 |
Tyler Gentry, KC | RES | | Curtis Mead, 3B, TB | 1 |
Billy Hamilton, CHW | RES | | Taj Bradley, SP, TB | 1 |
Nick Maton, DET | RES | | Jordan Diaz, 2B, OAK | 1 |
Aaron Hicks, NYY | RES | | Christian Arroyo, 2B, BOS | 1 |
Brett Phillips, LAA | RES | | Vidal Brujan, 2B, TB | RES |
Trevor Larnach, MIN | RES | | Tanner Bibee, SP, CLE | RES |
Jarren Duran, BOS | RES | | Lenyn Sosa, 2B, CHW | RES |
Mauricio Dubon, HOU | RES | | Nick Allen, SS, OAK | RES |
Michael Taylor, MIN | RES | | Ben Joyce, RP, LAA | RES |
Joshua Lowe, TB | RES | | Ricky Tiedemann, SP, TOR | RES |
DESIGNATED HITTER | | | Logan Taylor Allen, SP, CLE | RES |
PLAYER | SALARY | | CHRIS MITCHELL | |
Shohei Ohtani, LAA | 37 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Shea Langeliers, OAK | 1 | | Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY | 35 |
Miguel Cabrera, DET | 1 | | Carlos Rodon, SP, NYY | 31 |
Franmil Reyes, KC | RES | | Dylan Cease, SP, CHW | 28 |
Mitch Garver, TEX | RES | | Daulton Varsho, C, TOR | 26 |
STARTING PITCHER | | | Ramon Laureano, OF, OAK | 16 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Kolten Wong, 2B, SEA | 15 |
Gerrit Cole, NYY | 35 | | Jorge Mateo, SS, BAL | 14 |
Carlos Rodon, NYY | 31 | | Michael Kopech, SP, CHW | 13 |
Jacob deGrom, TEX | 30 | | Seth Brown, OF, OAK | 12 |
Shane McClanahan, TB | 29 | | Josh Jung, 3B, TEX | 11 |
Dylan Cease, CHW | 28 | | Alex Lange, RP, DET | 10 |
Alek Manoah, TOR | 28 | | Nathan Eovaldi, SP, TEX | 9 |
Shane Bieber, CLE | 28 | | Jarred Kelenic, OF, SEA | 6 |
Cristian Javier, HOU | 28 | | Christian Bethancourt, C, TB | 6 |
Framber Valdez, HOU | 27 | | Joey Gallo, OF, MIN | 6 |
Luis Castillo, SEA | 25 | | Jo Adell, OF, LAA | 5 |
Kevin Gausman, TOR | 24 | | James Paxton, SP, BOS | 4 |
Tyler Glasnow, TB | 24 | | Anthony Volpe, SS, NYY | 3 |
Triston McKenzie, CLE | 20 | | Eduardo Rodriguez, SP, DET | 3 |
Robbie Ray, SEA | 20 | | Brayan Bello, SP, BOS | 3 |
Logan Gilbert, SEA | 19 | | Hunter Dozier, 3B, KC | 2 |
Nestor Cortes, NYY | 18 | | Royce Lewis, SS, MIN | 1 |
Chris Sale, BOS | 18 | | Max Kepler, OF, MIN | 1 |
Luis Severino, NYY | 17 | | Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS, NYY | RES |
George Kirby, SEA | 16 | | Jarren Duran, OF, BOS | RES |
Lance Lynn, CHW | 16 | | Chris Flexen, RP, SEA | RES |
Chris Bassitt, TOR | 16 | | Estevan Florial, OF, NYY | RES |
Lucas Giolito, CHW | 15 | | Niko Goodrum, 2B, BOS | RES |
Luis Garcia, HOU | 14 | | Tyler Soderstrom, 1B, OAK | RES |
Jeffrey Springs, TB | 14 | | Chad Smith, RP, OAK | RES |
Michael Kopech, CHW | 13 | | DEAN PETERSON | |
Joe Ryan, MIN | 13 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Brady Singer, KC | 12 | | Yordan Alvarez, OF, HOU | 41 |
Pablo Lopez, MIN | 12 | | Mike Trout, OF, LAA | 35 |
Drew Rasmussen, TB | 12 | | Wander Franco, SS, TB | 29 |
Reid Detmers, LAA | 12 | | Shane Bieber, SP, CLE | 28 |
Lance McCullers, HOU | 11 | | Byron Buxton, OF, MIN | 26 |
Grayson Rodriguez, BAL | 11 | | Andrew Vaughn, OF, CHW | 18 |
Tyler Anderson, LAA | 10 | | Jhoan Duran, RP, MIN | 12 |
Jose Berrios, TOR | 10 | | Adalberto Mondesi, SS, BOS | 12 |
Jon Gray, TEX | 9 | | Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW | 10 |
Sonny Gray, MIN | 9 | | Yasmani Grandal, C, CHW | 8 |
Nathan Eovaldi, TEX | 9 | | Spencer Torkelson, 1B, DET | 7 |
Andrew Heaney, TEX | 9 | | Kenta Maeda, SP, MIN | 6 |
Cal Quantrill, CLE | 8 | | Liam Hendriks, RP, CHW | 6 |
Jose Urquidy, HOU | 8 | | Cody Morris, SP, CLE | 4 |
Martin Perez, TEX | 8 | | Gavin Sheets, OF, CHW | 4 |
Tyler Mahle, MIN | 8 | | Luis Rengifo, 2B, LAA | 3 |
Zach Eflin, TB | 8 | | Bo Naylor, C, CLE | 3 |
Garrett Whitlock, BOS | 7 | | Will Brennan, OF, CLE | 2 |
Patrick Sandoval, LAA | 7 | | Ken Waldichuk, SP, OAK | 2 |
Kenta Maeda, MIN | 6 | | Jonathan Hernandez, RP, TEX | 1 |
Shintaro Fujinami, OAK | 6 | | Corey Kluber, SP, BOS | 1 |
Cole Irvin, BAL | 5 | | Jesus Aguilar, 1B, OAK | 1 |
Jose Suarez, LAA | 4 | | Kyle Gibson, SP, BAL | 1 |
James Paxton, BOS | 4 | | Daniel Lynch, SP, KC | RES |
Cody Morris, CLE | 4 | | Brett Phillips, OF, LAA | RES |
Tarik Skubal, DET | 4 | | Kyle Muller, SP, OAK | RES |
Eduardo Rodriguez, DET | 3 | | Taylor Walls, SS, TB | RES |
Brayan Bello, BOS | 3 | | Tyler Nevin, 3B, DET | RES |
Spencer Turnbull, DET | 3 | | Korey Lee, C, HOU | RES |
John Means, BAL | 3 | | Rob Refsnyder, OF, BOS | RES |
Domingo German, NYY | 2 | | SCOTT SHEA | |
Aaron Civale, CLE | 2 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Zach Plesac, CLE | 2 | | Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU | 42 |
Michael Lorenzen, DET | 2 | | Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU | 31 |
Yusei Kikuchi, TOR | 2 | | Jacob deGrom, SP, TEX | 30 |
Ken Waldichuk, OAK | 2 | | Tim Anderson, SS, CHW | 28 |
Mike Clevinger, CHW | 2 | | Salvador Perez, C, KC | 20 |
Frankie Montas, NYY | 2 | | Hunter Renfroe, OF, LAA | 19 |
JP Sears, OAK | 1 | | Nestor Cortes, SP, NYY | 18 |
Drew Rucinski, OAK | 1 | | Jorge Polanco, 2B, MIN | 16 |
Taj Bradley, TB | 1 | | Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA | 11 |
Paul Blackburn, OAK | 1 | | Scott Barlow, RP, KC | 10 |
Jake Odorizzi, TEX | 1 | | Garrett Whitlock, SP, BOS | 7 |
Dean Kremer, BAL | 1 | | Cole Irvin, SP, BAL | 5 |
Corey Kluber, BOS | 1 | | Jared Walsh, 1B, LAA | 5 |
Bailey Ober, MIN | 1 | | Josh Donaldson, 3B, NYY | 4 |
Matt Manning, DET | 1 | | Bubba Thompson, OF, TEX | 3 |
Kyle Gibson, BAL | 1 | | Jose Siri, OF, TB | 2 |
Nick Pivetta, BOS | 1 | | Jason Adam, RP, TB | 2 |
Marco Gonzales, SEA | 1 | | Jorge Lopez, RP, MIN | 2 |
Kyle Bradish, BAL | 1 | | Kyle Higashioka, C, NYY | 1 |
Zack Greinke, KC | 1 | | Dean Kremer, SP, BAL | 1 |
Logan Taylor Allen, CLE | RES | | Sam Haggerty, OF, SEA | 1 |
James Kaprielian, OAK | RES | | Matt Manning, SP, DET | 1 |
Luis Gil, NYY | RES | | Shea Langeliers, DH, OAK | 1 |
Tyler Wells, BAL | RES | | Michael Taylor, OF, MIN | RES |
Ricky Tiedemann, TOR | RES | | Rafael Montero, RP, HOU | RES |
Glenn Otto, TEX | RES | | Ryan Kreidler, SS, DET | RES |
Brad Keller, KC | RES | | Jake Meyers, OF, HOU | RES |
Kutter Crawford, BOS | RES | | Raimel Tapia, OF, BOS | RES |
Jordan Lyles, KC | RES | | Tyler Wells, SP, BAL | RES |
Kyle Muller, OAK | RES | | Connor Norby, 2B, BAL | RES |
Owen White, TEX | RES | | MICHAEL WATERLOO | |
Tanner Bibee, CLE | RES | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Austin Voth, BAL | RES | | Julio Rodriguez, OF, SEA | 52 |
Daniel Lynch, KC | RES | | Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR | 43 |
RELIEF PITCHER | | | Shane McClanahan, SP, TB | 29 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Cristian Javier, SP, HOU | 28 |
Emmanuel Clase, CLE | 27 | | Javier Baez, SS, DET | 22 |
Jordan Romano, TOR | 21 | | Luis Garcia, SP, HOU | 14 |
Kenley Jansen, BOS | 19 | | Joe Ryan, SP, MIN | 13 |
Felix Bautista, BAL | 18 | | Paul Sewald, RP, SEA | 12 |
Ryan Pressly, HOU | 17 | | Andrew Benintendi, OF, CHW | 11 |
Peter Fairbanks, TB | 16 | | Patrick Sandoval, SP, LAA | 7 |
Clay Holmes, NYY | 13 | | Michael Brantley, OF, HOU | 7 |
Jhoan Duran, MIN | 12 | | Nick Gordon, 2B, MIN | 3 |
Paul Sewald, SEA | 12 | | Yuli Gurriel, 1B, HOU | 3 |
Scott Barlow, KC | 10 | | Jonathan Aranda, 2B, TB | 3 |
Alex Lange, DET | 10 | | Trevor May, RP, OAK | 3 |
Kendall Graveman, CHW | 9 | | Harold Ramirez, OF, TB | 2 |
Jose Leclerc, TEX | 9 | | Yusei Kikuchi, SP, TOR | 2 |
Andres Munoz, SEA | 8 | | Josh H. Smith, 3B, TEX | 1 |
Hunter Brown, HOU | 7 | | Miguel Cabrera, DH, DET | 1 |
Carlos Estevez, LAA | 7 | | Kyle Stowers, OF, BAL | 1 |
Reynaldo Lopez, CHW | 6 | | Nick Pivetta, SP, BOS | 1 |
Liam Hendriks, CHW | 6 | | Jorge Alfaro, C, BOS | 1 |
Trevor May, OAK | 3 | | Mike Zunino, C, CLE | 1 |
Aroldis Chapman, KC | 2 | | Tanner Houck, RP, BOS | RES |
Jason Adam, TB | 2 | | Ryan Noda, 1B, OAK | RES |
Dany Jimenez, OAK | 2 | | Colin Poche, RP, TB | RES |
Jorge Lopez, MIN | 2 | | Max Stassi, C, LAA | RES |
DL Hall, BAL | 1 | | Cesar Hernandez, 2B, DET | RES |
Brock Burke, TEX | 1 | | Enmanuel Valdez, 2B, BOS | RES |
Jonathan Hernandez, TEX | 1 | | James Kaprielian, SP, OAK | RES |
Michael King, NYY | 1 | | SCOTT WHITE | |
Jimmy Herget, LAA | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Matthew Boyd, DET | 1 | | Cedric Mullins, OF, BAL | 33 |
Diego Castillo, SEA | 1 | | Adolis Garcia, OF, TEX | 27 |
Chad Smith, OAK | RES | | Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU | 26 |
Joe Barlow, TEX | RES | | Luis Castillo, SP, SEA | 25 |
Ryan Tepera, LAA | RES | | Anthony Rizzo, 1B, NYY | 20 |
Erik Swanson, TOR | RES | | Matt Chapman, 3B, TOR | 19 |
Nate Pearson, TOR | RES | | Kenley Jansen, RP, BOS | 19 |
Emilio Pagan, MIN | RES | | Oswald Peraza, SS, NYY | 11 |
Jonathan Loaisiga, NYY | RES | | Whit Merrifield, 2B, TOR | 10 |
Trevor Stephan, CLE | RES | | Jose Berrios, SP, TOR | 10 |
Matt Moore, LAA | RES | | Yandy Diaz, 3B, TB | 8 |
Matt Brash, SEA | RES | | Martin Perez, SP, TEX | 8 |
Ben Joyce, LAA | RES | | Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU | 8 |
Domingo Acevedo, OAK | RES | | Cal Quantrill, SP, CLE | 8 |
Bryan Abreu, HOU | RES | | Kerry Carpenter, OF, DET | 6 |
Hector Neris, HOU | RES | | Michael Massey, 2B, KC | 4 |
John Schreiber, BOS | RES | | Adam Duvall, OF, BOS | 3 |
Ryan Yarbrough, KC | RES | | Oswaldo Cabrera, OF, NYY | 3 |
Chris Flexen, SEA | RES | | Jose Trevino, C, NYY | 3 |
Clarke Schmidt, NYY | RES | | Aroldis Chapman, RP, KC | 2 |
Colin Poche, TB | RES | | Bailey Ober, SP, MIN | 1 |
Rafael Montero, HOU | RES | | Jimmy Herget, RP, LAA | 1 |
James Karinchak, CLE | RES | | Yainer Diaz, C, HOU | 1 |
Tanner Houck, BOS | RES | | Kyle Manzardo, 1B, TB | RES |
| | | Jordan Westburg, SS, BAL | RES |
| | | Edouard Julien, 2B, MIN | RES |
| | | Tyler Gentry, OF, KC | RES |
| | | Matt Wallner, OF, MIN | RES |
| | | Matt Moore, RP, LAA | RES |
| | | Justin Dirden, OF, HOU | RES |