Draft prep: Mixed 5x5 Rotisserie auction

Feb. 8, 2008
By Eric Mack
Senior Fantasy Writer
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Using the new auction process available to CBSSports.com's leagues via FantasyAuctioneer.com, 12 of CBSSports.com's top Fantasy touts got together for a standard mixed, 5x5 Rotisserie auction in early January for our fifth annual Fantasy Baseball Magazine. The rosters you see here are the standard 23-man Rotisserie rosters. A seven-round reserve draft will follow in the coming weeks.

Here is the lineup:

Ben Ice, FantasyAuctioneer.com
Michael Hurcomb, Fantasy Writer
Mihai Cercel, Senior Fantasy Hockey Writer
Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Football Writer
Ross Devonport, Fantasy Writer
Scott White, Fantasy Writer
Sergio Gonzalez, Fantasy Basketball Writer
Dave Richard, Senior Fantasy Football Writer
Peter Madden, Fantasy Sports Managing Editor
Eric Mack, Senior Fantasy Baseball Writer
Jake Payton, Senior Engineer
David Gonos, Senior Fantasy Baseball Writer

Here are the results:

Ben Ice				Michael Hurcomb				Mihai Cercel
Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid
C	J.R. Towles	HOU	3	C	Paul Lo Duca	WAS	1	C	Geovany Soto	CHC	3
C	Brian McCann	ATL	12	C	Ivan Rodriguez	DET	9	C	Mike Napoli	LAA	1
1B	Carlos Pena	TB	19	1B	Justin Morneau	MIN	27	1B	Jorge Cantu	FLA	1
2B	Dan Uggla	FLA	11	2B	Tadahito Iguchi	SD	2	2B	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	1
3B	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD	3	3B	Alex Gordon	KC	12	3B	Chone Figgins	LAA	28
SS	Rafael Furcal	LAD	12	SS	Khalil Greene	SD	6	SS	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	41
CI	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	14	CI	James Loney	LAD	15	CI	Aubrey Huff	BAL	1
MI	Edgar Renteria	DET	12	MI	Miguel Tejada	HOU	23	MI	Ryan Theriot	CHC	3
OF	Jason Bay	PIT	10	OF	Andruw Jones	LAD	8	OF	B.J. Upton	TB	36
OF	Chris B. Young	ARI	18	OF	Hunter Pence	HOU	26	OF	Magglio Ordonez	DET	19
OF	Josh Hamilton	TEX	10	OF	Adam Dunn	CIN	27	OF	Carl Crawford	TB	41
OF	Shane Victorino	PHI	15	OF	Raul Ibanez	SEA	3	OF	Jonny Gomes	TB	1
OF	Johnny Damon	NYY	8	OF	Pat Burrell	PHI	5	OF	Mark Teahen	KC	7
U	Travis Hafner	CLE	16	U	Josh Fields	CHW	6	U	Bobby Crosby	OAK	1
P	Scott Kazmir	TB	11	P	Barry Zito	SF	3	P	Josh Beckett	BOS	28
P	Jeff Francis	COL	4	P	Roy Oswalt	HOU	18	P	Adam Wainwright	STL	8
P	Clay Buchholz	BOS	3	P	Rich Harden	OAK	8	P	Zack Greinke	KC	3
P	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	12	P	Dontrelle Willis	DET	8	P	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY	13
P	Francisco Liriano	MIN	16	P	Erik Bedard	SEA	20	P	Bronson Arroyo	CIN	5
P	Ian Kennedy	NYY	4	P	Eric Gagne	MIL	1	P	Pat Neshek	MIN	1
P	James Shields	TB	11	P	Huston Street	OAK	11	P	Trevor Hoffman	SD	7
P	Francisco Cordero	CIN	10	P	Brian Wilson	SF	1	P	Jeremy Guthrie	SD	1
P	Manny Corpas	COL	9	P	Billy Wagner	NYM	11	P	Rafael Betancourt	CLE	1
Remaining: $17		Total: $243		Remaining: $9		Total: $251		Remaining: $9		Total: $251

Jamey Eisenberg				Ross Devonport				Scott White
Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid
C	Jorge Posada	NYY	11	C	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	3	C	Dioner Navarro	TB	1
C	Josh Bard	SD	1	C	Russell Martin	LAD	24	C	Chris Snyder	ARI	3
1B	Ryan Howard	PHI	44	1B	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	9	1B	Mark Teixeira	ATL	26
2B	Robinson Cano	NYY	27	2B	Brian Roberts	BAL	20	2B	Chase Utley	PHI	44
3B	Mike Lowell	BOS	14	3B	David Wright	NYM	40	3B	Chipper Jones	ATL	19
SS	J.J. Hardy	MIL	4	SS	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	20	SS	Stephen Drew	ARI	4
CI	Carlos Delgado	NYM	2	CI	Adrian Beltre	SEA	5	CI	Paul Konerko	CHW	10
MI	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	6	MI	Orlando Hudson	FA	5	MI	Ian Kinsler	TEX	16
OF	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	32	OF	Milton Bradley	TEX	1	OF	Jermaine Dye	CHW	3
OF	Brad Hawpe	COL	8	OF	Barry Bonds	FA	1	OF	Hideki Matsui	NYY	11
OF	Bill Hall	MIL	4	OF	Moises Alou	NYM	1	OF	Jeremy Hermida	FLA	11
OF	Willy Taveras	COL	3	OF	Torii Hunter	LAA	16	OF	Carlos Beltran	NYM	36
OF	Jeff Francoeur	ATL	12	OF	Josh Willingham	FLA	5	OF	Michael Bourn	HOU	3
U	Melky Cabrera	NYY	1	U	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	34	U	Gary Sheffield	DET	10
P	Jered Weaver	LAA	8	P	Homer Bailey	CIN	4	P	John Maine	NYM	9
P	C.C. Sabathia	CLE	20	P	Dan Haren	ARI	22	P	Randy Johnson	ARI	1
P	Ted Lilly	CHC	2	P	Rich Hill	CHC	4	P	Cole Hamels	PHI	22
P	Greg Maddux	SD	1	P	Shaun Marcum	TOR	1	P	Javier Vazquez	CHW	4
P	Brandon Webb	ARI	26	P	Ben Sheets	MIL	12	P	Dustin McGowan	TOR	1
P	Brad Penny	LAD	5	P	Derek Lowe	LAD	2	P	A.J. Burnett	TOR	11
P	Kevin Gregg	FLA	2	P	Daniel Cabrera	BAL	1	P	Jose Valverde	HOU	10
P	Tony Pena	ARI	1	P	Jon Lester	BOS	5	P	Joakim Soria	KC	2
P	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	26	P	Mariano Rivera	NYY	15	P	Matt Capps	PIT	3
Remaining: $0		Total: $260		Remaining: $10		Total: $250		Remaining: $0		Total: $260

Sergio Gonzalez				Dave Richard				Peter Madden
Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid
C	Ryan Doumit	PIT	2	C	John Buck	KC	1	C	Kurt Suzuki	OAK	3
C	Joe Mauer	MIN	18	C	Victor Martinez	CLE	25	C	Ramon Hernandez	BAL	3
1B	Todd Helton	COL	10	1B	Prince Fielder	MIL	41	1B	Casey Kotchman	LAA	1
2B	Howie Kendrick	LAA	11	2B	Placido Polanco	DET	5	2B	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	1
3B	Miguel Cabrera	DET	36	3B	Garrett Atkins	COL	20	3B	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	48
SS	Derek Jeter	NYY	25	SS	Orlando Cabrera	CHW	7	SS	Julio Lugo	BOS	4
CI	Nick Johnson	WAS	1	CI	Richie Sexson	SEA	3	CI	Ryan Garko	CLE	3
MI	Michael Young	TEX	12	MI	Yunel Escobar	ATL	3	MI	Carlos Guillen	DET	12
OF	Jose Guillen	KC	1	OF	Eric Byrnes	ARI	20	OF	Lastings Milledge	WAS	1
OF	Kenny Lofton	FA	1	OF	Chris Duncan	STL	2	OF	Wily Mo Pena	WAS	1
OF	Grady Sizemore	CLE	36	OF	Corey C. Hart	MIL	15	OF	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	1
OF	Bobby Abreu	NYY	20	OF	Aaron Rowand	SF	9	OF	Vernon Wells	TOR	15
OF	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	10	OF	Kosuke Fukudome	CHC	10	OF	Matt Kemp	LAD	6
U	Jim Thome	CHW	5	U	Frank Thomas	TOR	4	U	David Ortiz	BOS	29
P	Fausto Carmona	CLE	14	P	Ian Snell	PIT	1	P	Pedro Martinez	NYM	6
P	Hiroki Kuroda	LAD	1	P	Chris Capuano	MIL	1	P	Jeremy Bonderman	DET	5
P	Aaron Harang	CIN	16	P	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	7	P	Chris R. Young	SD	13
P	Mark Buehrle	CHW	1	P	John Lackey	LAA	18	P	Justin Verlander	DET	26
P	Gil Meche	KC	1	P	Jon Garland	LAA	2	P	Tim Lincecum	SF	13
P	Andy Pettitte	NYY	1	P	Anthony Reyes	STL	2	P	Phil Hughes	NYY	8
P	John Smoltz	ATL	13	P	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	19	P	Roy Halladay	TOR	19
P	Kelvim Escobar	LAA	10	P	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	30	P	J.J. Putz	SEA	25
P	Bobby Jenks	CHW	14	P	Takashi Saito	LAD	15	P	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	7
Remaining: $1		Total: $259		Remaining: $0		Total: $260		Remaining: $10		Total: $250

Eric Mack				Jake Payton				David Gonos
Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid	Pos	Name	TM	Bid
C	Ronny Paulino	PIT	1	C	Jason Varitek	BOS	3	C	Kenji Johjima	SEA	7
C	Carlos Ruiz	PHI	1	C	Yadier Molina	STL	2	C	Bengie Molina	SF	3
1B	Nick Swisher	OAK	8	1B	Derrek Lee	CHC	19	1B	Albert Pujols	STL	43
2B	Kelly Johnson	ATL	2	2B	Aaron Hill	TOR	1	2B	Brandon Phillips	CIN	26
3B	Ryan J. Braun	MIL	33	3B	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	12	3B	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	19
SS	Jose B. Reyes	NYM	50	SS	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	43	SS	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	3
CI	Hank Blalock	TEX	1	CI	Evan Longoria	TB	1	CI	Joey Votto	CIN	2
MI	Kazuo Matsui	HOU	1	MI	Felipe Lopez	WAS	1	MI	Rickie Weeks	MIL	1
OF	Lance Berkman	HOU	25	OF	Delmon Young	MIN	24	OF	Carlos Lee	HOU	25
OF	Rocco Baldelli	TB	1	OF	Juan Pierre	LAD	11	OF	Ken Griffey	CIN	6
OF	Manny Ramirez	BOS	20	OF	Matt Holliday	COL	36	OF	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	26
OF	Nick Markakis	BAL	21	OF	Ryan Church	NYM	1	OF	Curtis Granderson	DET	26
OF	Alex Rios	TOR	22	OF	Cameron Maybin	FLA	7	OF	J.D. Drew	BOS	8
U	Mark Reynolds	ARI	1	U	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	12	U	Jeff Kent	LAD	1
P	Felix Hernandez	SEA	18	P	Mark Prior	CHC	1	P	Matt Cain	SF	10
P	Oliver Perez	NYM	6	P	Ervin Santana	LAA	1	P	Curt Schilling	BOS	7
P	Tom Gorzelanny	PIT	1	P	Jake Peavy	SD	31	P	Tim Hudson	ATL	10
P	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	13	P	Matt Garza	TB	1	P	Joe Blanton	OAK	4
P	Carlos Marmol	CHC	1	P	Johan Santana	NYM	34	P	Chad Billingsley	LAD	10
P	Jason Isringhausen	STL	10	P	Kevin Slowey	MIN	1	P	Chad Cordero	WAS	4
P	Rafael Soriano	ATL	10	P	Shawn Hill	WAS	1	P	Todd Jones	DET	6
P	Brad Lidge	PHI	3	P	Joel Zumaya	DET	1	P	Jeremy Accardo	TOR	6
P	Brett Myers	PHI	11	P	Joe Nathan	MIN	16	P	Joe Borowski	CLE	5
Remaining: $0		Total: $260		Remaining: $0		Total: $260		Remaining: $2		Total: $258

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