One thing you should know about me regarding salary cap drafts (otherwise known as auctions): I always go in with plan. And then I'm forced to chuck it out the window when nobody sticks to the script.
That's what happened in our annual AL-only Rotisserie league -- yes, I said league and not mock, despite what the headline says. Most of the participants were returning from last year, too, and yet the bidding behaviors were different from what I expected. Let's go ahead and make with the introductions.
- Grey Albright, Razzball (@Razzball)
- B_Don, Razzball (@RazzBDon)
- Nick Fox, NBC Sports (@CT_FOX)
- Mike Gianella, Baseball Prospectus (@MikeGianella)
- Jake Holland, The Cutoff Man podcast (@jakebaseball17)
- Laura Holt, Razzball
- The Itch, Razzball (@theprospectitch)
- Chris Mitchell, FantasyData (@CJMitch73)
- Michael Polidoro, The Can-Am Super Show (@CanAmSuperShow)
- Dean Peterson, NFBC
- Scott Shea, Patton & Company
- Scott White, CBS Sports (@CBSScottWhite)
Normally, restraint is the guiding principle in leagues of this depth (and it doesn't get much deeper than 360 players rostered from only half the major-league teams). While going all out for studs made sense in our recent Head-to-Head points salary cap draft, where only 252 players (from both halves of the majors) are rostered, the waiver wire is fertile, and the $1 players populating the back of everyone's roster still have real impact potential, the opposite is true in this format. There's little waiver wire to speak of, and every $1 player is an impediment to the basic goal of filling every lineup spot with someone who's actually accumulating stats. That's half the battle in this league.
The elite players all pretty much went for more than I expected, with five exceeding $42, and the prices continued to run hot for the first two-thirds of the draft. I kept thinking the bidding would slow to account for all the excess, that the big spenders would eventually want to spread out what little they had left, allowing me to gobble up all the mid-range bargains. But those mid-range bargains never materialized because enough drafters were willing to reduce themselves to $1 bids.
What ended up being the best bargains in my mind were the high-end players who weren't the highest-end players -- so like, what would be the second- and third-round picks in a conventional AL-only draft -- and fortunately, I was quick enough on my feet to come away with four of them. That wasn't the plan going in.
So what was the plan? I wanted to spend a combined $55 on two high-end starting pitchers, giving me a sturdy foundation in ERA, WHIP and strikeouts that would allow me to take some low-dollar risks. I also recognized that stolen bases would be a problem and, as such, decided that going $40-plus for Bobby Witt would be worth it even though it meant suspending my usual AL/NL-only rule of spending no more than $30 on a player.
Turns out the upcharge was especially great for two types of players: Starting pitchers and base-stealers. I had to settle for a rotation of No. 3 types with low downside risk, hoping to make up for a lack of quality with quantity (which is feasible in a league this deep), and as for stolen bases ... well, they were indeed a problem. It didn't help that one drafter, Scott Shea, seemed to make mid-range stolen base targets the foundation of his team, ratcheting up the scarcity further. (You'll notice Mike Gianella did the same thing with first basemen.) There came a point where I had to pass up bargains at certain positions just to keep spots open for the few stolen base targets that remained. I could have had a $4 Davis Schneider for my infield spot rather than a $9 Jose Caballero and a $1 J.D. Martinez for my DH spot rather than a $14 Byron Buxton, but I had to get my steals somewhere.
Speaking of Martinez, my need for speed isn't the only reason he went for $1. This year's slow-moving free agent market forced us to delay this draft by two weeks already, but alas, life must go on. Those who purchased a free agent were accepting the risk of him signing with an NL team, which would make him a wasted investment. It explains the deflated cost of Blake Snell ($16), Jordan Montgomery ($11) and Matt Chapman ($6) in addition to Martinez.
(Note: Players listed as RES were selected in the reserve rounds immediately after the salary cap portion of the draft. They make up each team's bench.)
POSITION BY POSITION | | | TEAM BY TEAM | |
CATCHER | | | GREY ALBRIGHT | |
PLAYER | SALARY | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Adley Rutschman, BAL | 24 | | Yordan Alvarez, OF, HOU | 39 |
Yainer Diaz, HOU | 20 | | Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS | 33 |
Salvador Perez, KC | 17 | | Joe Ryan, SP, MIN | 25 |
Cal Raleigh, SEA | 16 | | Andres Gimenez, 2B, CLE | 23 |
Jonah Heim, TEX | 13 | | Pete Fairbanks, RP, TB | 20 |
Bo Naylor, CLE | 11 | | Luis Rengifo, SS, LAA | 17 |
Mitch Garver, SEA | 10 | | Alex Lange, RP, DET | 14 |
Logan O'Hoppe, LAA | 9 | | Leody Taveras, OF, TEX | 14 |
Ryan Jeffers, MIN | 8 | | Zachary Neto, SS, LAA | 12 |
Alejandro Kirk, TOR | 7 | | MJ Melendez, OF, KC | 12 |
Danny Jansen, TOR | 6 | | Logan O'Hoppe, C, LAA | 9 |
Shea Langeliers, OAK | 6 | | Ryan O'Hearn, 1B, BAL | 8 |
Jake Rogers, DET | 5 | | Yusei Kikuchi, SP, TOR | 7 |
Austin Wells, NYY | 5 | | Marcus Stroman, SP, NYY | 7 |
Tyler Soderstrom, OAK | 4 | | Matt Chapman, 3B, FA | 6 |
Victor Caratini, HOU | 3 | | Taj Bradley, SP, TB | 6 |
Connor Wong, BOS | 3 | | Mark Canha, OF, DET | 2 |
Rene Pinto, TB | 3 | | Dean Kremer, SP, BAL | 1 |
Freddy Fermin, KC | 1 | | JP Sears, SP, OAK | 1 |
Christian Vazquez, MIN | 1 | | Louie Varland, SP, MIN | 1 |
Andrew Knizner, TEX | 1 | | Kyle Isbel, OF, KC | 1 |
Martin Maldonado, CHW | 1 | | Max Stassi, C, CHW | 1 |
Max Stassi, CHW | 1 | | Luis Urias, 2B, SEA | 1 |
Francisco Mejia, LAA | 1 | | Anthony DeSclafani, SP, MIN | 0 |
Kyle Teel, BOS | 1 | | Tommy Pham, OF, FA | 0 |
Jose Trevino, NYY | RES | | Prelander Berroa, RP, CHW | 0 |
Carson Kelly, DET | RES | | Samad Taylor, OF, SEA | 0 |
FIRST BASE | | | Abraham Toro-Hernandez, 3B, OAK | 0 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Brock Stewart, RP, MIN | 0 |
Vladimir Guerrero, TOR | 36 | | Liam Hendriks, RP, BOS | 0 |
Triston Casas, BOS | 23 | | B_DON | |
Spencer Torkelson, DET | 23 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Yandy Diaz, TB | 23 | | Luis Castillo, SP, SEA | 32 |
Josh Naylor, CLE | 23 | | Gunnar Henderson, 3B, BAL | 30 |
Vinnie Pasquantino, KC | 19 | | Anthony Santander, OF, BAL | 23 |
Nate Lowe, TEX | 17 | | Tanner Bibee, SP, CLE | 20 |
Andrew Vaughn, CHW | 12 | | Jackson Holliday, SS, BAL | 19 |
Alex Kirilloff, MIN | 11 | | Brandon Drury, 2B, LAA | 16 |
Ryan Mountcastle, BAL | 10 | | Kenley Jansen, RP, BOS | 16 |
Ty France, SEA | 10 | | Cristian Javier, SP, HOU | 15 |
Anthony Rizzo, NYY | 9 | | Vaughn Grissom, SS, BOS | 14 |
Justin Turner, TOR | 8 | | Hunter Brown, SP, HOU | 14 |
Jose Abreu, HOU | 8 | | Andrew Benintendi, OF, CHW | 11 |
Ryan O'Hearn, BAL | 8 | | Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE | 8 |
Nolan Schanuel, LAA | 3 | | Brent Rooker, OF, OAK | 7 |
Ryan Noda, OAK | 3 | | Jake Rogers, C, DET | 5 |
Kyle Manzardo, CLE | 2 | | Davis Schneider, 2B, TOR | 4 |
Carlos Santana, MIN | 2 | | Patrick Sandoval, SP, LAA | 4 |
Jonathan Aranda, TB | 1 | | Hunter Renfroe, OF, KC | 4 |
Nick Pratto, KC | RES | | Paul Blackburn, SP, OAK | 3 |
Miguel Sano, LAA | RES | | Jason Adam, RP, TB | 3 |
Nick Loftin, KC | RES | | Rene Pinto, C, TB | 3 |
SECOND BASE | | | Ryan Noda, 1B, OAK | 3 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Wilyer Abreu, OF, BOS | 3 |
Marcus Semien, TEX | 31 | | Nolan Schanuel, 1B, LAA | 3 |
Jose Altuve, HOU | 30 | | Nick Anderson, RP, KC | 0 |
Gleyber Torres, NYY | 26 | | Ross Stripling, SP, OAK | 0 |
Andres Gimenez, CLE | 23 | | Oscar Colas, OF, CHW | 0 |
Zack Gelof, OAK | 20 | | Paul DeJong, SS, CHW | 0 |
Edouard Julien, MIN | 18 | | J.P. France, SP, HOU | 0 |
Brandon Drury, LAA | 16 | | Jose Miranda, 3B, MIN | 0 |
Brandon Lowe, TB | 15 | | Josh Sborz, RP, TEX | 0 |
Jordan Westburg, BAL | 13 | | NICK FOX | |
Jorge Polanco, SEA | 12 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Michael Massey, KC | 8 | | Bobby Witt, SS, KC | 45 |
Davis Schneider, TOR | 4 | | Tarik Skubal, SP, DET | 27 |
Cavan Biggio, TOR | 2 | | Grayson Rodriguez, SP, BAL | 26 |
Mauricio Dubon, HOU | 1 | | Cole Ragans, SP, KC | 25 |
Nicky Lopez, CHW | 1 | | Mike Trout, OF, LAA | 24 |
Luis Urias, SEA | 1 | | Josh Naylor, 1B, CLE | 23 |
Justin Foscue, TEX | RES | | Jordan Romano, RP, TOR | 19 |
Adam Frazier, KC | RES | | Kyle Bradish, SP, BAL | 9 |
Dylan Moore, SEA | RES | | Anthony Rizzo, 1B, NYY | 9 |
Jorbit Vivas, NYY | RES | | Kerry Carpenter, OF, DET | 9 |
THIRD BASE | | | Amed Rosario, SS, TB | 8 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Giancarlo Stanton, OF, NYY | 8 |
Jose Ramirez, CLE | 37 | | Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 3B, TOR | 6 |
Rafael Devers, BOS | 33 | | Reese Olson, SP, DET | 6 |
Gunnar Henderson, BAL | 30 | | Austin Wells, C, NYY | 5 |
Royce Lewis, MIN | 29 | | Tyler Wells, SP, BAL | 3 |
Alex Bregman, HOU | 26 | | Drew Waters, OF, KC | 2 |
Josh Jung, TEX | 16 | | Christian Vazquez, C, MIN | 1 |
Colt Keith, DET | 15 | | Scott Barlow, RP, CLE | 1 |
Maikel Garcia, KC | 14 | | Kyle Farmer, SS, MIN | 1 |
Isaac Paredes, TB | 10 | | Jasson Dominguez, OF, NYY | 1 |
Junior Caminero, TB | 8 | | Curtis Mead, 3B, TB | 1 |
Willi Castro, MIN | 8 | | Jonathan Loaisiga, RP, NYY | 1 |
Matt Chapman, FA | 6 | | Will Brennan, OF, CLE | 0 |
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TOR | 6 | | Garrett Crochet, SP, CHW | 0 |
Anthony Rendon, LAA | 5 | | Nick Pratto, 1B, KC | 0 |
DJ LeMahieu, NYY | 2 | | Oswald Peraza, 3B, NYY | 0 |
Yoan Moncada, CHW | 2 | | Dylan Moore, 2B, SEA | 0 |
Josh Rojas, SEA | 2 | | Jose Trevino, C, NYY | 0 |
Curtis Mead, TB | 1 | | Ian Hamilton, RP, NYY | 0 |
Gio Urshela, DET | 1 | | MIKE GIANELLA | |
Matt Vierling, DET | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Jordan Diaz, OAK | 1 | | Pablo Lopez, SP, MIN | 31 |
Justyn-Henry Malloy, DET | RES | | Triston Casas, 1B, BOS | 23 |
Oswald Peraza, NYY | RES | | Spencer Torkelson, 1B, DET | 23 |
Coby Mayo, BAL | RES | | Yainer Diaz, C, HOU | 20 |
Jose Miranda, MIN | RES | | Vinnie Pasquantino, 1B, KC | 19 |
Ramon Urias, BAL | RES | | Cedric Mullins, OF, BAL | 19 |
Abraham Toro-Hernandez, OAK | RES | | Anthony Volpe, SS, NYY | 17 |
Tyler Freeman, CLE | RES | | Craig Kimbrel, RP, BAL | 16 |
Deyvison De Los Santos, CLE | RES | | Cal Raleigh, C, SEA | 16 |
SHORTSTOP | | | Carlos Correa, SS, MIN | 16 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Josh Jung, 3B, TEX | 16 |
Bobby Witt, KC | 45 | | Taylor Ward, OF, LAA | 13 |
Corey Seager, TEX | 30 | | Nestor Cortes, SP, NYY | 11 |
Bo Bichette, TOR | 30 | | Nelson Velazquez, OF, KC | 4 |
Jackson Holliday, BAL | 19 | | Griffin Canning, SP, LAA | 4 |
Trevor Story, BOS | 19 | | Jon Gray, SP, TEX | 3 |
Anthony Volpe, NYY | 17 | | Kutter Crawford, SP, BOS | 2 |
Luis Rengifo, LAA | 17 | | Josh Rojas, 3B, SEA | 2 |
Carlos Correa, MIN | 16 | | Ramon Laureano, OF, CLE | 1 |
Vaughn Grissom, BOS | 14 | | Jake Meyers, OF, HOU | 1 |
Jeremy Pena, HOU | 13 | | Clarke Schmidt, SP, NYY | 1 |
Zachary Neto, LAA | 12 | | Tanner Houck, SP, BOS | 1 |
J.P. Crawford, SEA | 11 | | Alex Wood, SP, OAK | 1 |
Ezequiel Duran, TEX | 10 | | Myles Straw, OF, CLE | 0 |
Jose Caballero, TB | 9 | | James McArthur, RP, KC | 0 |
Amed Rosario, TB | 8 | | Phil Maton, RP, TB | 0 |
Javier Baez, DET | 8 | | Jason Foley, RP, DET | 0 |
Brayan Rocchio, CLE | 2 | | Tyler Holton, RP, DET | 0 |
Jorge Mateo, BAL | 1 | | Miguel Andujar, OF, OAK | 0 |
Brooks Lee, MIN | 1 | | Coby Mayo, 3B, BAL | 0 |
Colson Montgomery, CHW | 1 | | JAKE HOLLAND | |
Darell Hernaiz, OAK | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Kyle Farmer, MIN | 1 | | Julio Rodriguez, OF, SEA | 45 |
Garrett Hampson, KC | 1 | | Kevin Gausman, SP, TOR | 34 |
Zach McKinstry, DET | RES | | Framber Valdez, SP, HOU | 30 |
Taylor Walls, TB | RES | | Corey Seager, SS, TEX | 30 |
Nick Allen, OAK | RES | | Yandy Diaz, 1B, TB | 23 |
Gabriel Arias, CLE | RES | | Steven Kwan, OF, CLE | 17 |
Aledmys Diaz, OAK | RES | | Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB | 15 |
Paul DeJong, CHW | RES | | Maikel Garcia, 3B, KC | 14 |
Kyren Paris, LAA | RES | | Nathan Eovaldi, SP, TEX | 14 |
OUTFIELD | | | Nick Pivetta, SP, BOS | 11 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Mason Miller, RP, OAK | 8 |
Julio Rodriguez, SEA | 45 | | Austin Hays, OF, BAL | 4 |
Juan Soto, NYY | 44 | | Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU | 2 |
Aaron Judge, NYY | 44 | | Carlos Santana, 1B, MIN | 2 |
Kyle Tucker, HOU | 43 | | Brayan Rocchio, SS, CLE | 2 |
Yordan Alvarez, HOU | 39 | | John Brebbia, RP, CHW | 2 |
Luis Robert, CHW | 35 | | J.D. Martinez, DH, FA | 1 |
Randy Arozarena, TB | 29 | | Martin Maldonado, C, CHW | 1 |
Adolis Garcia, TEX | 27 | | Tim Mayza, RP, TOR | 1 |
Joshua Lowe, TB | 27 | | Freddy Fermin, C, KC | 1 |
Mike Trout, LAA | 24 | | Seth Brown, OF, OAK | 1 |
George Springer, TOR | 23 | | Zack Littell, SP, TB | 1 |
Anthony Santander, BAL | 23 | | Colton Cowser, OF, BAL | 1 |
Esteury Ruiz, OAK | 21 | | Jeffrey Springs, SP, TB | 0 |
Jarren Duran, BOS | 21 | | Sawyer Gipson-Long, SP, DET | 0 |
Evan Carter, TEX | 20 | | Daniel Espino, SP, CLE | 0 |
Chas McCormick, HOU | 20 | | Adam Frazier, 2B, KC | 0 |
Masataka Yoshida, BOS | 20 | | Akil Baddoo, OF, DET | 0 |
Riley Greene, DET | 19 | | Daniel Vogelbach, DH, TOR | 0 |
Cedric Mullins, BAL | 19 | | Spencer Arrighetti, SP, HOU | 0 |
Wyatt Langford, TEX | 18 | | LAURA HOLT | |
Tyler O'Neill, BOS | 18 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Steven Kwan, CLE | 17 | | Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU | 43 |
Daulton Varsho, TOR | 16 | | Marcus Semien, 2B, TEX | 31 |
Leody Taveras, TEX | 14 | | Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA | 27 |
Taylor Ward, LAA | 13 | | Gleyber Torres, 2B, NYY | 26 |
MJ Melendez, KC | 12 | | Chas McCormick, OF, HOU | 20 |
Andrew Benintendi, CHW | 11 | | Bailey Ober, SP, MIN | 17 |
Kerry Carpenter, DET | 9 | | Gavin Williams, SP, CLE | 16 |
Giancarlo Stanton, NYY | 8 | | Ryan Pepiot, SP, TB | 14 |
Max Kepler, MIN | 8 | | Jordan Westburg, 2B, BAL | 13 |
Alex Verdugo, NYY | 7 | | Bryce Miller, SP, SEA | 12 |
Brent Rooker, OAK | 7 | | Isaac Paredes, 3B, TB | 10 |
Mickey Moniak, LAA | 7 | | Robert Stephenson, RP, LAA | 8 |
Jose Siri, TB | 6 | | Max Kepler, OF, MIN | 8 |
Parker Meadows, DET | 6 | | Luke Raley, OF, SEA | 4 |
Matt Wallner, MIN | 4 | | Connor Wong, C, BOS | 3 |
Nelson Velazquez, KC | 4 | | Shelby Miller, RP, DET | 1 |
Hunter Renfroe, KC | 4 | | Darell Hernaiz, SS, OAK | 1 |
Austin Hays, BAL | 4 | | Matt Vierling, 3B, DET | 1 |
Luke Raley, SEA | 4 | | Adam Duvall, OF, FA | 1 |
Mitch Haniger, SEA | 4 | | Brooks Lee, SS, MIN | 1 |
Wilyer Abreu, BOS | 3 | | Chris Martin, RP, BOS | 1 |
Ceddanne Rafaela, BOS | 2 | | Garrett Whitlock, SP, BOS | 1 |
Mark Canha, DET | 2 | | Kyle Teel, C, BOS | 1 |
Jo Adell, LAA | 2 | | Zach McKinstry, SS, DET | 0 |
Drew Waters, KC | 2 | | Chase DeLauter, OF, CLE | 0 |
Colton Cowser, BAL | 1 | | Nick Loftin, 1B, KC | 0 |
Jasson Dominguez, NYY | 1 | | Dany Jimenez, RP, OAK | 0 |
Manuel Margot, MIN | 1 | | Tyler Freeman, 3B, CLE | 0 |
Ramon Laureano, CLE | 1 | | Colin Poche, RP, TB | 0 |
Adam Duvall, FA | 1 | | Shawn Armstrong, RP, TB | 0 |
Kevin Kiermaier, TOR | 1 | | THE ITCH | |
Seth Brown, OAK | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Aaron Hicks, LAA | 1 | | Corbin Burnes, SP, BAL | 37 |
Jake Meyers, HOU | 1 | | Royce Lewis, 3B, MIN | 29 |
J.J. Bleday, OAK | 1 | | Adley Rutschman, C, BAL | 24 |
Lawrence Butler, OAK | 1 | | Josh Hader, RP, HOU | 24 |
Kyle Isbel, KC | 1 | | Andres Munoz, RP, SEA | 21 |
Myles Straw, CLE | RES | | Evan Carter, OF, TEX | 20 |
Dominic Fletcher, CHW | RES | | Edouard Julien, 2B, MIN | 18 |
Will Brennan, CLE | RES | | Wyatt Langford, OF, TEX | 18 |
Jonny DeLuca, TB | RES | | Blake Snell, SP, FA | 16 |
Chase DeLauter, CLE | RES | | Colt Keith, 3B, DET | 15 |
Tommy Pham, FA | RES | | J.P. Crawford, SS, SEA | 11 |
Everson Pereira, NYY | RES | | Alex Kirilloff, 1B, MIN | 11 |
Trevor Larnach, MIN | RES | | Heston Kjerstad, DH, BAL | 4 |
Oscar Colas, CHW | RES | | Dane Dunning, SP, TEX | 2 |
Trent Grisham, NYY | RES | | Ceddanne Rafaela, OF, BOS | 2 |
Estevan Florial, CLE | RES | | Manuel Margot, OF, MIN | 1 |
Richard Palacios, TB | RES | | Casey Mize, SP, DET | 1 |
Samad Taylor, SEA | RES | | Jonathan Aranda, 1B, TB | 1 |
Addison Barger, TOR | RES | | Jackson Jobe, SP, DET | 1 |
Akil Baddoo, DET | RES | | Matt Manning, SP, DET | 1 |
Sam Haggerty, SEA | RES | | Cole Irvin, SP, BAL | 1 |
Justice Bigbie, DET | RES | | Francisco Mejia, C, LAA | 1 |
Trey Cabbage, HOU | RES | | Colson Montgomery, SS, CHW | 1 |
Miguel Andujar, OAK | RES | | Miguel Sano, 1B, LAA | 0 |
Dominic Canzone, SEA | RES | | Jonny DeLuca, OF, TB | 0 |
Spencer Jones, NYY | RES | | Carlos Carrasco, SP, CLE | 0 |
DESIGNATED HITTER | | | Estevan Florial, OF, CLE | 0 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Deyvison De Los Santos, 3B, CLE | 0 |
Eloy Jimenez, CHW | 15 | | John McMillon, RP, KC | 0 |
Byron Buxton, MIN | 14 | | Jorbit Vivas, 2B, NYY | 0 |
Heston Kjerstad, BAL | 4 | | CHRIS MITCHELL | |
J.D. Martinez, FA | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Harold Ramirez, TB | 1 | | Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR | 36 |
Daniel Vogelbach, TOR | RES | | Luis Robert, OF, CHW | 35 |
STARTING PITCHER | | | Randy Arozarena, OF, TB | 29 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Dylan Cease, SP, CHW | 21 |
Gerrit Cole, NYY | 38 | | Chris Bassitt, SP, TOR | 20 |
Corbin Burnes, BAL | 37 | | Carlos Rodon, SP, NYY | 18 |
Kevin Gausman, TOR | 34 | | Daulton Varsho, OF, TOR | 16 |
Luis Castillo, SEA | 32 | | Eloy Jimenez, DH, CHW | 15 |
Pablo Lopez, MIN | 31 | | Brayan Bello, SP, BOS | 14 |
Framber Valdez, HOU | 30 | | Lucas Giolito, SP, BOS | 12 |
George Kirby, SEA | 29 | | Jack Flaherty, SP, DET | 9 |
Tarik Skubal, DET | 27 | | Alek Manoah, SP, TOR | 8 |
Logan Gilbert, SEA | 27 | | Willi Castro, 3B, MIN | 8 |
Grayson Rodriguez, BAL | 26 | | Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA | 5 |
Cole Ragans, KC | 25 | | Seth Lugo, SP, KC | 4 |
Joe Ryan, MIN | 25 | | Victor Caratini, C, HOU | 3 |
Zach Eflin, TB | 23 | | Garrett Hampson, SS, KC | 1 |
Dylan Cease, CHW | 21 | | Jorge Mateo, SS, BAL | 1 |
Tanner Bibee, CLE | 20 | | Andrew Knizner, C, TEX | 1 |
Chris Bassitt, TOR | 20 | | Nicky Lopez, 2B, CHW | 1 |
Carlos Rodon, NYY | 18 | | Mike Soroka, SP, CHW | 1 |
Shane Bieber, CLE | 17 | | J.J. Bleday, OF, OAK | 1 |
Bailey Ober, MIN | 17 | | Jordan Diaz, 3B, OAK | 1 |
Blake Snell, FA | 16 | | Cody Bradford, SP, TEX | 0 |
Justin Verlander, HOU | 16 | | Chris Flexen, SP, CHW | 0 |
Gavin Williams, CLE | 16 | | Jordan Lyles, SP, KC | 0 |
Jose Berrios, TOR | 16 | | Tyler Anderson, SP, LAA | 0 |
Cristian Javier, HOU | 15 | | Sam Haggerty, OF, SEA | 0 |
Hunter Brown, HOU | 14 | | Josh Staumont, RP, MIN | 0 |
Nathan Eovaldi, TEX | 14 | | Luis Medina, SP, OAK | 0 |
Ryan Pepiot, TB | 14 | | DEAN PETERSON | |
Brayan Bello, BOS | 14 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Lucas Giolito, BOS | 12 | | Juan Soto, OF, NYY | 44 |
Bryce Miller, SEA | 12 | | Aaron Judge, OF, NYY | 44 |
Aaron Civale, TB | 12 | | Jhoan Duran, RP, MIN | 23 |
Jordan Montgomery, FA | 11 | | Esteury Ruiz, OF, OAK | 21 |
Nick Pivetta, BOS | 11 | | Clay Holmes, RP, NYY | 18 |
Reid Detmers, LAA | 11 | | Salvador Perez, C, KC | 17 |
Nestor Cortes, NYY | 11 | | Jorge Polanco, 2B, SEA | 12 |
Bryan Woo, SEA | 10 | | Reid Detmers, SP, LAA | 11 |
Kyle Bradish, BAL | 9 | | Ezequiel Duran, SS, TEX | 10 |
Kenta Maeda, DET | 9 | | Bryan Woo, SP, SEA | 10 |
Jack Flaherty, DET | 9 | | Kenta Maeda, SP, DET | 9 |
Alek Manoah, TOR | 8 | | Ryan Jeffers, C, MIN | 8 |
Michael Wacha, KC | 8 | | Javier Baez, SS, DET | 8 |
Triston McKenzie, CLE | 8 | | Alex Verdugo, OF, NYY | 7 |
Logan Taylor Allen, CLE | 8 | | Tyler Soderstrom, C, OAK | 4 |
Shane Baz, TB | 7 | | Chris Paddack, SP, MIN | 2 |
Marcus Stroman, NYY | 7 | | Kyle Manzardo, 1B, CLE | 2 |
Yusei Kikuchi, TOR | 7 | | Michael Kopech, SP, CHW | 2 |
Max Scherzer, TEX | 6 | | DJ LeMahieu, 3B, NYY | 2 |
Reese Olson, DET | 6 | | Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW | 2 |
Taj Bradley, TB | 6 | | Chase Silseth, SP, LAA | 1 |
Erick Fedde, CHW | 5 | | Andrew Heaney, SP, TEX | 1 |
Seth Lugo, KC | 4 | | Lawrence Butler, OF, OAK | 1 |
Griffin Canning, LAA | 4 | | Brady Singer, SP, KC | 0 |
Patrick Sandoval, LAA | 4 | | Nick Allen, SS, OAK | 0 |
John Means, BAL | 4 | | Gregory Santos, RP, SEA | 0 |
Jon Gray, TEX | 3 | | Richard Palacios, OF, TB | 0 |
Jacob deGrom, TEX | 3 | | Daniel Lynch, SP, KC | 0 |
Tyler Wells, BAL | 3 | | Trey Cabbage, OF, HOU | 0 |
Paul Blackburn, OAK | 3 | | Ben Joyce, RP, LAA | 0 |
Dane Dunning, TEX | 2 | | MICHAEL POLIDORO | |
Kutter Crawford, BOS | 2 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Chris Paddack, MIN | 2 | | Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY | 38 |
Joe Boyle, OAK | 2 | | Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE | 37 |
Michael Kopech, CHW | 2 | | Zach Eflin, SP, TB | 23 |
Dean Kremer, BAL | 1 | | George Springer, OF, TOR | 23 |
Chase Silseth, LAA | 1 | | Masataka Yoshida, OF, BOS | 20 |
Andrew Heaney, TEX | 1 | | Tyler O'Neill, OF, BOS | 18 |
Casey Mize, DET | 1 | | Nate Lowe, 1B, TEX | 17 |
JP Sears, OAK | 1 | | Jeremy Pena, SS, HOU | 13 |
Clarke Schmidt, NYY | 1 | | Andrew Vaughn, 1B, CHW | 12 |
Louie Varland, MIN | 1 | | Mitch Garver, C, SEA | 10 |
Zack Littell, TB | 1 | | Junior Caminero, 3B, TB | 8 |
Ricky Tiedemann, TOR | 1 | | Michael Massey, 2B, KC | 8 |
Tanner Houck, BOS | 1 | | Danny Jansen, C, TOR | 6 |
Jackson Jobe, DET | 1 | | Jose Siri, OF, TB | 6 |
Mike Soroka, CHW | 1 | | Parker Meadows, OF, DET | 6 |
Alex Wood, OAK | 1 | | John Means, SP, BAL | 4 |
Matt Manning, DET | 1 | | Jacob deGrom, SP, TEX | 3 |
Cole Irvin, BAL | 1 | | Cavan Biggio, 2B, TOR | 2 |
Garrett Whitlock, BOS | 1 | | Bryan Abreu, RP, HOU | 2 |
Anthony DeSclafani, MIN | RES | | Erik Swanson, RP, TOR | 1 |
Brady Singer, KC | RES | | Matt Brash, RP, SEA | 1 |
Jeffrey Springs, TB | RES | | Ricky Tiedemann, SP, TOR | 1 |
Cody Bradford, TEX | RES | | Griffin Jax, RP, MIN | 1 |
Chris Flexen, CHW | RES | | Taylor Walls, SS, TB | 0 |
Ross Stripling, OAK | RES | | Everson Pereira, OF, NYY | 0 |
Sawyer Gipson-Long, DET | RES | | Trevor Larnach, OF, MIN | 0 |
Garrett Crochet, CHW | RES | | Addison Barger, OF, TOR | 0 |
Jose Urquidy, HOU | RES | | Kyren Paris, SS, LAA | 0 |
Daniel Espino, CLE | RES | | Dominic Canzone, OF, SEA | 0 |
Carlos Carrasco, CLE | RES | | Chris Devenski, RP, TB | 0 |
Jordan Lyles, KC | RES | | SCOTT SHEA | |
Tyler Anderson, LAA | RES | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Drew Rasmussen, TB | RES | | George Kirby, SP, SEA | 29 |
Daniel Lynch, KC | RES | | Joshua Lowe, OF, TB | 27 |
Mike Clevinger, FA | RES | | Jarren Duran, OF, BOS | 21 |
J.P. France, HOU | RES | | Zack Gelof, 2B, OAK | 20 |
Lance McCullers, HOU | RES | | Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE | 20 |
Spencer Arrighetti, HOU | RES | | Trevor Story, SS, BOS | 19 |
Luis Medina, OAK | RES | | Riley Greene, OF, DET | 19 |
RELIEF PITCHER | | | Justin Verlander, SP, HOU | 16 |
PLAYER | SALARY | | Jonah Heim, C, TEX | 13 |
Josh Hader, HOU | 24 | | Jordan Montgomery, SP, FA | 11 |
Jhoan Duran, MIN | 23 | | Bo Naylor, C, CLE | 11 |
Andres Munoz, SEA | 21 | | Ty France, 1B, SEA | 10 |
Emmanuel Clase, CLE | 20 | | Michael Wacha, SP, KC | 8 |
Pete Fairbanks, TB | 20 | | Justin Turner, 1B, TOR | 8 |
Jordan Romano, TOR | 19 | | Mickey Moniak, OF, LAA | 7 |
Clay Holmes, NYY | 18 | | Shane Baz, SP, TB | 7 |
Craig Kimbrel, BAL | 16 | | Max Scherzer, SP, TEX | 6 |
Kenley Jansen, BOS | 16 | | Jo Adell, OF, LAA | 2 |
Alex Lange, DET | 14 | | David Robertson, RP, TEX | 2 |
Jose Leclerc, TEX | 9 | | Yennier Cano, RP, BAL | 1 |
Mason Miller, OAK | 8 | | Mauricio Dubon, 2B, HOU | 1 |
Carlos Estevez, LAA | 8 | | Gio Urshela, 3B, DET | 1 |
Robert Stephenson, LAA | 8 | | Harold Ramirez, DH, TB | 1 |
Will Smith, KC | 6 | | Dominic Fletcher, OF, CHW | 0 |
Jason Adam, TB | 3 | | Gabriel Arias, SS, CLE | 0 |
Bryan Abreu, HOU | 2 | | Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU | 0 |
John Brebbia, CHW | 2 | | Ramon Urias, 3B, BAL | 0 |
David Robertson, TEX | 2 | | Drew Rasmussen, SP, TB | 0 |
Ryan Pressly, HOU | 2 | | Carson Kelly, C, DET | 0 |
Yennier Cano, BAL | 1 | | Lance McCullers, SP, HOU | 0 |
Matt Brash, SEA | 1 | | SCOTT WHITE | |
Erik Swanson, TOR | 1 | | PLAYER | SALARY |
Scott Barlow, CLE | 1 | | Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU | 30 |
Chris Martin, BOS | 1 | | Bo Bichette, SS, TOR | 30 |
Shelby Miller, DET | 1 | | Adolis Garcia, OF, TEX | 27 |
Tim Mayza, TOR | 1 | | Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU | 26 |
Griffin Jax, MIN | 1 | | Shane Bieber, SP, CLE | 17 |
Jonathan Loaisiga, NYY | 1 | | Jose Berrios, SP, TOR | 16 |
Nick Anderson, KC | RES | | Byron Buxton, DH, MIN | 14 |
James McArthur, KC | RES | | Aaron Civale, SP, TB | 12 |
Prelander Berroa, CHW | RES | | Ryan Mountcastle, 1B, BAL | 10 |
Phil Maton, TB | RES | | Jose Leclerc, RP, TEX | 9 |
Gregory Santos, SEA | RES | | Jose Caballero, SS, TB | 9 |
Dany Jimenez, OAK | RES | | Carlos Estevez, RP, LAA | 8 |
Jason Foley, DET | RES | | Logan Taylor Allen, SP, CLE | 8 |
Tyler Holton, DET | RES | | Jose Abreu, 1B, HOU | 8 |
Josh Staumont, MIN | RES | | Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR | 7 |
John McMillon, KC | RES | | Will Smith, RP, KC | 6 |
Colin Poche, TB | RES | | Shea Langeliers, C, OAK | 6 |
Brock Stewart, MIN | RES | | Erick Fedde, SP, CHW | 5 |
Chris Devenski, TB | RES | | Matt Wallner, OF, MIN | 4 |
Liam Hendriks, BOS | RES | | Mitch Haniger, OF, SEA | 4 |
Shawn Armstrong, TB | RES | | Joe Boyle, SP, OAK | 2 |
Ben Joyce, LAA | RES | | Kevin Kiermaier, OF, TOR | 1 |
Ian Hamilton, NYY | RES | | Aaron Hicks, OF, LAA | 1 |
Josh Sborz, TEX | RES | | Justin Foscue, 2B, TEX | 0 |
| | | | Justyn-Henry Malloy, 3B, DET | 0 |
| | | | Aledmys Diaz, SS, OAK | 0 |
| | | | Trent Grisham, OF, NYY | 0 |
| | | | Mike Clevinger, SP, FA | 0 |
| | | | Justice Bigbie, OF, DET | 0 |
| | | | Spencer Jones, OF, NYY | 0 |
