The League of Alternate Baseball Reality (LABR) includes experts from the fantasy sports industry. The Rick Wolf and Glenn Colton ownership team has 3 championships in ten years in the NL only league. I looked at the Wolf/Colton roster composition , and decided to use their model as I approached the Carolina Baseball League (CBL) Auction draft (03/13/2011). Based on their roster, it seems the strategy was not paying a lot for pitching, and using most of their money around five high end batters who provide multiple categories.
The Wolf/Cotton team spent $148 on five high end bats that included:
- $39 Joey Votto
- $32 Andrew McCutchen
- $30 Matt Holliday
- $29 Hunter Pence
- $18 Aramis Ramirez
For our draft, Hunter Pence and Andrew McCutchen were not available. I spent $145 for six primary bats:
- $39 Joey Votto
- $37 Justin Upton
- $39 Matt Holliday
- $10 Pedro Alvarez
- $10 Cody Ross
- $10 Logan Morrison
Like Wolf/Colton, I have both Votto and Holliday. For their Aramis Ramirez selection, I already had Pedro Alvarez for that slot. I considered Cory Hart for the Hunter Pence slot, but decided with his injury to move the money else where. Instead, I combined Cody Ross and Logan Morrison for $20.
On pitching, Wolf/Colton went with three good starters who were nicely priced, and a high end closer:
- $20 Brian Wilson
- $16 Jonathan Sanchez
- $13 Matt Garza
- $13 Ricky Nolasco
For my pitching, I had a similar makeup but I went with two closers:
- $20 J.J. Putz
- $11 Matt Latos
- $13 Tommy Hanson
- $10 Kyle McClellan
- $10 Travis Wood
- $6 Craig Kimbrel
Here is my roster for opening day:
Pos Edit Active Batters Salary
C Hernandez, Ramon(C) CIN
4 C Thole, Josh(C) NYM 6
1B Votto, Joey(1B) CIN 39
2B Young, Eric(2B) COL 10
3B Alvarez, Pedro(3B) PIT 10
SS Renteria, Edgar(SS) CIN 2
MI DeWitt, Blake(2B) CHC 2
CI Overbay, Lyle(1B) PIT 9
OF Holliday, Matt(OF) STL 39
OF Morrison, Logan(OF) FLA
10 OF Ross, Cody(OF) SF
10 OF Upton, Justin(OF) ARI 37
OF Venable, Will(OF) SD 4
U Hairston, Scott(OF) NYM 5
Bench
Bench (3B) Baker, Jeff(2B,3B) CHC 3
Bench (SS) Emaus, Brad(SS) NYM 10
Bench (OF) Jackson, Brett(OF) CHC 10
Bench (U) Gibbons, Jay(OF) LA 2
Pos Edit Active Pitchers Salary
P Hammel, Jason(P) COL 7
P Hanson, Tommy(P) ATL 11
P Kimbrel, Craig(P) ATL 6
P Latos, Mat(P) SD 11
P Marquis, Jason(P) WAS 1
P McClellan, Kyle(P) STL 10
P Putz, J.J.(P) ARI 20
P Wood, Travis(P) CIN 10
P Young, Chris(P) NYM 1
Bench (P) Luebke, Cory(P) SD 6
Bench (P) Mejia, Jenrry(P) NYM 7
Bench (P) Rodriguez, Henry(P) WAS 5
