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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.

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:

And here are my takeaways:

  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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