Top Draft Bargains

Top Draft Bargains

Author: RotoWire.com June 12, 2024 Duration: 1:11:49

Fred Zinkie look at the top draft bargains from the bottom 10 rounds in 15-team leagues and look to see if the players are sustainable and if there are some trends that we can learn from.

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00:00 - FredPod 6-11

00:30 - JT Realmuto out

09:20 - Francisco Alvarez back

13:30 - Edwin Diaz returning Thursday

18:00 - Here are the best picks, by round. Using the Rotowire AAV calculator. I thought that we could work from the bottom to the top, looking at these names from a few angles…..what did we miss?......is this sustainable?.....are there common themes in the names in general?

(the specific dollar values are from Sunday, when I had time to create the chart. I’m sure they’ve only moved a dollar since then)

18:45 - Ryan O’Hearn / Cole Irvin (Rd. 30)

21:00 - Luis Garcia (hitter version) / Ronel Blanco (29)

24:30 - Michael Conforto / Brady Singer (28)

27:00 - Brandon Marsh / Jeff Hoffman (27)

30:30 - Johan Rojas / No P (26)

32:45 - Jose Caballero / Hector Neris (25)

36:30 - Masyn Winn / Erick Fedde (24)

41:30 - Brice Turang & Brenton Doyle / No P (23)

46:00 - Alex Verdugo / Luis Gil, Garrett Crochet (22)

50:00 - Jordan Westburg, Brent Rooker / Tanner Houck, Jared Jones (21)

1:00:00 - Jake Cronenworth, Ranger Suarez (20)


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