2012 Draft Prep: National League 5x5 auction

The National League may not have the overall offensive firepower of the American League, but it offers NL-only owners a bevy of top outfield options. In our 12-team, NL-only Rotisserie league auction, many of those elite outfielders, like Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun and Justin Upton, came off the board early and set the tone for big spending at the position. Six of the first nine players nominated were outfielders, and they cost their owners a collective $188, even though the group included a $5 Bryce Harper.

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In fact, the highest bids came for players who qualify at what are arguably the NL's three deepest positions at the upper levels: outfield, shortstop and pitcher. Of the 16 players who fetched at least $30, only Joey Votto ($44) and Brandon Phillips ($30) played a position other than one of those three. This is not to say that position scarcity didn't matter, though. Votto has a greater advantage over his fellow elites at first base as compared to the top players at other positions, and he wound up being the most expensive player in the auction. Meanwhile, there are many similarly-productive options at the top of the second base, third base and catcher rankings, so owners were typically willing to wait to fill those positions, rather than spend $25 or more for the likes of Rickie Weeks or Brian McCann.

Scarcity also drove prices up as players were coming off the board. Phillips and Dee Gordon ($25) were both nominated relatively late, and both saw their values inflated compared to some similar alternatives. There weren't many late-auction bargains, as a few owners held onto their dollars deep into the auction, though Tim Hudson ($5) and Jason Kubel ($10) likely came more cheaply than they would have if they were nominated earlier.

Scoring for Batting Categories

BA - Batting Average
HR - Home Runs
R - Runs
RBI - Runs Batted In
SB - Stolen Bases

Pitching Categories

ERA - Earned Run Average
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher)
S - Saves
W - Wins
WHIP - Walks + Hits / Inning

The owners ...

1. Scott White, CBSSports.com
2. Scott Swanay and Steve Parsons, OptimalBaseball.com
3. John Toczydlowski and Mike Gianella, Patton & Co.
4. Al Melchior, CBSSports.com
5. Andrew Fiorentino, RotoWire.com
6. Patrick Davitt, Baseball HQ
7. Marc Normandin, FakeTeams.com
8. Grey Albright and Rudy Gamble, Razzball
9. Tim McLeod, RotoRob
10. Mike Kuchera, FanDuel.com
11. Christopher Kreush and Todd Zola, Mastersball.com
12. Bernie Pleskoff, RotoWire.com

Editor's note: Utilize the sortable functionality to get a sense of the auction. View by team, dollar amount and position.

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2012 NL-only Fantasy Auction Draft (sortable)
Order	Player	Pos	Price	Bid Won by
276	Adam Kennedy, LAD	1B	$1	Baseball HQ
275	Derrek Lee, PIT	1B	$1	Baseball HQ
274	Daniel Descalso, STL	3B	$1	Baseball HQ
273	Paul Maholm, CHC	P	$1	Baseball HQ
272	Domonic Brown, PHI	OF	$1	Baseball HQ
271	Matt Belisle, COL	P	$1	Baseball HQ
269	Skip Schumaker, STL	2B	$1	Baseball HQ
265	Nate McLouth, PIT	OF	$1	Baseball HQ
260	Chris Coghlan, MIA	OF	$1	Baseball HQ
254	Jeff Karstens, PIT	P	$1	Baseball HQ
223	Edward Mujica, MIA	P	$1	Baseball HQ
207	Sean Marshall, CIN	P	$2	Baseball HQ
192	Edwin Jackson, WAS	P	$5	Baseball HQ
138	Wilin Rosario, COL	C	$7	Baseball HQ
68	Brandon Phillips, CIN	2B	$30	Baseball HQ
64	Matt Garza, CHC	P	$18	Baseball HQ
58	Buster Posey, SF	C	$20	Baseball HQ
52	Starlin Castro, CHC	SS	$28	Baseball HQ
43	Drew Storen, WAS	P	$19	Baseball HQ
39	Corey Hart, MIL	OF	$24	Baseball HQ
37	Tim Lincecum, SF	P	$28	Baseball HQ
32	Shane Victorino, PHI	OF	$24	Baseball HQ
2	Joey Votto, CIN	1B	$44	Baseball HQ
246	Clayton Richard, SD	P	$1	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
237	Darwin Barney, CHC	2B	$2	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
224	Tim Federowicz, LAD	C	$1	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
202	Tyler Clippard, WAS	P	$3	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
187	Allen Craig, STL	OF	$6	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
184	Nyjer Morgan, MIL	OF	$5	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
176	Ryan Dempster, CHC	P	$8	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
170	Jon Jay, STL	OF	$5	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
159	Mike Minor, ATL	P	$6	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
158	Brett Wallace, HOU	1B	$4	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
143	Homer Bailey, CIN	P	$5	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
133	Zack Cozart, CIN	SS	$11	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
127	Kenley Jansen, LAD	P	$8	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
125	Carlos Quentin, SD	OF	$10	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
101	Angel Pagan, SF	OF	$17	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
92	Ryan Roberts, ARI	3B	$15	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
71	Yadier Molina, STL	C	$15	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
62	Rickie Weeks, MIL	2B	$21	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
61	Andre Ethier, LAD	OF	$24	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
53	Mat Latos, CIN	P	$19	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
20	Freddie Freeman, ATL	1B	$20	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
19	Craig Kimbrel, ATL	P	$23	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
5	Cliff Lee, PHI	P	$31	CBSSports.com (Melchior)
248	Taylor Green, MIL	2B	$4	CBSSports.com (White)
238	David Hernandez, ARI	P	$1	CBSSports.com (White)
226	Jorge De La Rosa, COL	P	$1	CBSSports.com (White)
219	Randy Wolf, MIL	P	$2	CBSSports.com (White)
214	Welington Castillo, CHC	C	$1	CBSSports.com (White)
211	Casey Blake, COL	3B	$2	CBSSports.com (White)
208	Jason Bourgeois, HOU	OF	$3	CBSSports.com (White)
205	Rod Barajas, PIT	C	$5	CBSSports.com (White)
199	Ryan Ludwick, CIN	OF	$3	CBSSports.com (White)
173	R.A. Dickey, NYM	P	$3	CBSSports.com (White)
165	Placido Polanco, PHI	3B	$2	CBSSports.com (White)
141	John Mayberry, PHI	OF	$15	CBSSports.com (White)
112	Wandy Rodriguez, HOU	P	$8	CBSSports.com (White)
106	Martin Prado, ATL	OF	$17	CBSSports.com (White)
82	Logan Morrison, MIA	OF	$19	CBSSports.com (White)
35	Ian Kennedy, ARI	P	$20	CBSSports.com (White)
34	Dan Uggla, ATL	2B	$28	CBSSports.com (White)
29	Yovani Gallardo, MIL	P	$21	CBSSports.com (White)
28	Lance Berkman, STL	OF	$21	CBSSports.com (White)
23	Josh Johnson, MIA	P	$18	CBSSports.com (White)
22	Ike Davis, NYM	1B	$24	CBSSports.com (White)
12	J.J. Putz, ARI	P	$16	CBSSports.com (White)
10	Emilio Bonifacio, MIA	SS	$26	CBSSports.com (White)
236	Juan Uribe, LAD	3B	$2	FakeTeams.com
209	David Ross, ATL	C	$2	FakeTeams.com
194	Anthony Rizzo, CHC	1B	$2	FakeTeams.com
186	Tim Stauffer, SD	P	$6	FakeTeams.com
183	Aroldis Chapman, CIN	P	$4	FakeTeams.com
182	Jonny Venters, ATL	P	$7	FakeTeams.com
181	Garrett Jones, PIT	OF	$7	FakeTeams.com
179	Jeremy Guthrie, COL	P	$2	FakeTeams.com
177	Dillon Gee, NYM	P	$2	FakeTeams.com
168	Mark Ellis, LAD	2B	$5	FakeTeams.com
161	Tim Hudson, ATL	P	$5	FakeTeams.com
151	David DeJesus, CHC	OF	$5	FakeTeams.com
147	Chipper Jones, ATL	3B	$9	FakeTeams.com
139	Rafael Furcal, STL	SS	$7	FakeTeams.com
115	Chris Heisey, CIN	OF	$6	FakeTeams.com
104	Lucas Duda, NYM	OF	$20	FakeTeams.com
90	Jayson Werth, WAS	OF	$21	FakeTeams.com
48	Ryan Madson, CIN	P	$19	FakeTeams.com
40	Carlos Gonzalez, COL	OF	$43	FakeTeams.com
30	Adam Wainwright, STL	P	$23	FakeTeams.com
24	Jonathan Lucroy, MIL	C	$12	FakeTeams.com
18	Michael Bourn, ATL	OF	$28	FakeTeams.com
15	Stephen Strasburg, WAS	P	$23	FakeTeams.com
268	Jesus Flores, WAS	C	$1	FanDuel.com
263	Casey McGehee, PIT	3B	$1	FanDuel.com
258	Kyle Blanks, SD	OF	$1	FanDuel.com
252	Charlie Morton, PIT	P	$1	FanDuel.com
243	Carlos Gomez, MIL	OF	$1	FanDuel.com
232	Francisco Rodriguez, MIL	P	$1	FanDuel.com
204	Mike Leake, CIN	P	$4	FanDuel.com
203	Erik Bedard, PIT	P	$3	FanDuel.com
200	Jason Castro, HOU	C	$3	FanDuel.com
196	Barry Zito, SF	P	$1	FanDuel.com
146	Ian Stewart, CHC	3B	$9	FanDuel.com
136	Jaime Garcia, STL	P	$14	FanDuel.com
121	Carlos Lee, HOU	OF	$14	FanDuel.com
96	Drew Stubbs, CIN	OF	$22	FanDuel.com
93	Stephen Drew, ARI	SS	$11	FanDuel.com
88	Ian Desmond, WAS	SS	$17	FanDuel.com
72	Jason Heyward, ATL	OF	$19	FanDuel.com
59	Heath Bell, MIA	P	$18	FanDuel.com
47	David Wright, NYM	3B	$29	FanDuel.com
41	Zack Greinke, MIL	P	$24	FanDuel.com
38	Daniel Murphy, NYM	1B	$15	FanDuel.com
14	Michael Morse, WAS	1B	$26	FanDuel.com
13	Cole Hamels, PHI	P	$25	FanDuel.com
266	Shelby Miller, STL	P	$1	Mastersball.com
255	Eric Surkamp, SF	P	$1	Mastersball.com
247	Roger Bernadina, WAS	OF	$1	Mastersball.com
245	Scott Rolen, CIN	3B	$2	Mastersball.com
225	Brian Bogusevic, HOU	OF	$3	Mastersball.com
218	Brandon Crawford, SF	SS	$2	Mastersball.com
212	Chris Snyder, HOU	C	$3	Mastersball.com
156	Josh Collmenter, ARI	P	$3	Mastersball.com
154	A.J. Burnett, PIT	P	$5	Mastersball.com
148	Jesus Guzman, SD	1B	$3	Mastersball.com
144	Jimmy Paredes, HOU	3B	$8	Mastersball.com
105	Johan Santana, NYM	P	$6	Mastersball.com
103	Alex Presley, PIT	OF	$10	Mastersball.com
84	Jason Motte, STL	P	$15	Mastersball.com
75	Neil Walker, PIT	2B	$18	Mastersball.com
74	Miguel Montero, ARI	C	$20	Mastersball.com
73	Joel Hanrahan, PIT	P	$17	Mastersball.com
67	Jonathan Papelbon, PHI	P	$19	Mastersball.com
65	Melky Cabrera, SF	OF	$15	Mastersball.com
60	Chris Young, ARI	OF	$23	Mastersball.com
31	Chase Utley, PHI	2B	$20	Mastersball.com
8	Andrew McCutchen, PIT	OF	$32	Mastersball.com
7	Roy Halladay, PHI	P	$33	Mastersball.com
257	Ryan Theriot, SF	SS	$1	OptimalBaseball.com
250	Brad Lincoln, PIT	P	$1	OptimalBaseball.com
228	James McDonald, PIT	P	$1	OptimalBaseball.com
190	Roy Oswalt, PHI	P	$2	OptimalBaseball.com
174	Chris Capuano, LAD	P	$4	OptimalBaseball.com
160	Ty Wigginton, PHI	3B	$4	OptimalBaseball.com
150	Edinson Volquez, SD	P	$6	OptimalBaseball.com
137	Andres Torres, NYM	OF	$9	OptimalBaseball.com
123	John Buck, MIA	C	$9	OptimalBaseball.com
120	Huston Street, SD	P	$14	OptimalBaseball.com
108	Ramon Hernandez, COL	C	$11	OptimalBaseball.com
99	Yonder Alonso, SD	OF	$10	OptimalBaseball.com
85	Chris Carpenter, STL	P	$15	OptimalBaseball.com
80	Marco Scutaro, COL	SS	$10	OptimalBaseball.com
78	Brandon Belt, SF	OF	$12	OptimalBaseball.com
57	Matt Cain, SF	P	$23	OptimalBaseball.com
50	Aubrey Huff, SF	1B	$10	OptimalBaseball.com
42	Brett Myers, HOU	P	$10	OptimalBaseball.com
36	Adam LaRoche, WAS	1B	$14	OptimalBaseball.com
26	Ryan Howard, PHI	1B	$14	OptimalBaseball.com
25	Hanley Ramirez, MIA	SS	$36	OptimalBaseball.com
16	Troy Tulowitzki, COL	SS	$39	OptimalBaseball.com
6	Bryce Harper, WAS	OF	$5	OptimalBaseball.com
242	Joe Blanton, PHI	P	$1	Patton & Co
231	Jordan Lyles, HOU	P	$1	Patton & Co
195	Ted Lilly, LAD	P	$6	Patton & Co
180	Chad Billingsley, LAD	P	$9	Patton & Co
171	Orlando Hudson, SD	2B	$3	Patton & Co
164	Josh Thole, NYM	C	$3	Patton & Co
157	Mark Buehrle, MIA	P	$5	Patton & Co
152	Shaun Marcum, MIL	P	$11	Patton & Co
149	Will Venable, SD	OF	$11	Patton & Co
142	Marlon Byrd, CHC	OF	$7	Patton & Co
130	Vance Worley, PHI	P	$8	Patton & Co
126	Carlos Ruiz, PHI	C	$9	Patton & Co
117	Johnny Cueto, CIN	P	$12	Patton & Co
114	Alfonso Soriano, CHC	OF	$6	Patton & Co
110	Aramis Ramirez, MIL	3B	$21	Patton & Co
107	Chase Headley, SD	3B	$13	Patton & Co
102	Carlos Beltran, STL	OF	$17	Patton & Co
95	Dexter Fowler, COL	OF	$14	Patton & Co
81	Jose Tabata, PIT	OF	$15	Patton & Co
55	Jimmy Rollins, PHI	SS	$21	Patton & Co
49	Madison Bumgarner, SF	P	$23	Patton & Co
27	James Loney, LAD	1B	$14	Patton & Co
17	Jose Reyes, MIA	SS	$30	Patton & Co
251	Luke Gregerson, SD	P	$8	Razzball
241	Chris Narveson, MIL	P	$1	Razzball
230	Gerardo Parra, ARI	OF	$1	Razzball
227	Brett Jackson, CHC	OF	$4	Razzball
217	Clint Barmes, PIT	SS	$6	Razzball
193	Alex Gonzalez, MIL	SS	$3	Razzball
191	Aaron Harang, LAD	P	$2	Razzball
175	Juan Nicasio, COL	P	$4	Razzball
167	Ryan Hanigan, CIN	C	$4	Razzball
163	Ricky Nolasco, MIA	P	$4	Razzball
124	Geovany Soto, CHC	C	$11	Razzball
118	Tony Campana, CHC	OF	$5	Razzball
113	Anibal Sanchez, MIA	P	$14	Razzball
111	Jason Kubel, ARI	OF	$10	Razzball
109	Daniel Hudson, ARI	P	$19	Razzball
100	Jay Bruce, CIN	OF	$27	Razzball
94	Javy Guerra, LAD	P	$11	Razzball
91	Aaron Hill, ARI	2B	$13	Razzball
89	Ryan Zimmerman, WAS	3B	$26	Razzball
76	Pablo Sandoval, SF	3B	$24	Razzball
66	Trevor Cahill, ARI	P	$10	Razzball
44	Gaby Sanchez, MIA	1B	$17	Razzball
9	Justin Upton, ARI	OF	$36	Razzball
1	Matt Kemp, LAD	OF	$42	RotoRob
244	Juan Rivera, LAD	OF	$4	RotoRob
240	Sergio Romo, SF	P	$2	RotoRob
234	Randall Delgado, ATL	P	$1	RotoRob
222	Rex Brothers, COL	P	$1	RotoRob
220	Nolan Arenado, COL	3B	$4	RotoRob
216	Fernando Salas, STL	P	$2	RotoRob
213	Jordan Schafer, HOU	OF	$9	RotoRob
210	Bryan LaHair, CHC	OF	$10	RotoRob
206	Jason Bartlett, SD	SS	$9	RotoRob
198	Tyler Greene, STL	2B	$5	RotoRob
189	Nick Hundley, SD	C	$7	RotoRob
188	Omar Infante, MIA	2B	$4	RotoRob
172	Jhoulys Chacin, COL	P	$14	RotoRob
166	Ryan Vogelsong, SF	P	$3	RotoRob
162	Bud Norris, HOU	P	$11	RotoRob
153	J.D. Martinez, HOU	OF	$10	RotoRob
132	David Freese, STL	3B	$14	RotoRob
87	Carlos Marmol, CHC	P	$18	RotoRob
86	Devin Mesoraco, CIN	C	$10	RotoRob
83	Cameron Maybin, SD	OF	$19	RotoRob
77	Gio Gonzalez, WAS	P	$18	RotoRob
21	Giancarlo Stanton, MIA	OF	$34	RotoRob
264	Tyler Colvin, COL	OF	$1	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
259	Mike Nickeas, NYM	C	$1	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
253	Jordan Pacheco, COL	1B	$1	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
235	Jerry Sands, LAD	OF	$2	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
233	Drew Pomeranz, COL	P	$3	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
221	Nate Schierholtz, SF	OF	$3	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
197	Ruben Tejada, NYM	2B	$3	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
185	Carlos Zambrano, MIA	P	$4	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
178	Pedro Alvarez, PIT	3B	$6	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
169	Jair Jurrjens, ATL	P	$8	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
145	Jason Bay, NYM	OF	$9	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
140	Jed Lowrie, HOU	SS	$13	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
129	Jonathon Niese, NYM	P	$6	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
128	Wilson Ramos, WAS	C	$15	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
122	Cory Luebke, SD	P	$18	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
97	Rafael Betancourt, COL	P	$16	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
79	Danny Espinosa, WAS	2B	$17	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
70	Dee Gordon, LAD	SS	$25	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
69	Jordan Zimmermann, WAS	P	$16	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
54	Brian Wilson, SF	P	$13	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
51	Hunter Pence, PHI	OF	$30	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
45	Tommy Hanson, ATL	P	$17	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
4	Matt Holliday, STL	OF	$30	RotoWire.com (Fiorentino)
270	Chris Johnson, HOU	3B	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
267	Norichika Aoki, MIL	OF	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
262	Juan Pierre, PHI	OF	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
261	Kyle Lohse, STL	P	$2	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
256	Willie Bloomquist, ARI	SS	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
249	John Lannan, WAS	P	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
239	Joe Saunders, ARI	P	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
229	Freddy Sanchez, SF	2B	$3	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
215	Mike Pelfrey, NYM	P	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
201	A.J. Ellis, LAD	C	$3	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
155	Bronson Arroyo, CIN	P	$1	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
135	Mat Gamel, MIL	3B	$13	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
134	Tyler Pastornicky, ATL	SS	$9	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
131	Frank Francisco, NYM	P	$15	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
119	Todd Helton, COL	1B	$8	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
116	Jose Altuve, HOU	2B	$15	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
98	Michael Cuddyer, COL	OF	$24	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
63	John Axford, MIL	P	$18	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
56	Brandon Beachy, ATL	P	$22	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
46	Paul Goldschmidt, ARI	1B	$22	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
33	Brian McCann, ATL	C	$21	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
11	Clayton Kershaw, LAD	P	$34	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)
3	Ryan Braun, MIL	OF	$43	RotoWire.com (Pleskoff)