Jason Collette’s NL Live Blog is Here! About 9:00am.

Scherzer kicks us off at $30 to the champ with a freeze bid

and then Kershaw goes $37

pitcher run — Strasburg $27

buy some cheap speed – $8 for EY Jr.

Goldschmidt goes to Gianella for $37 as well. 2 players for $74 for him

Cutch $39 to Kreutzer. Guessing Gomez goes $35

Closer market begins – Chapman goes $25 to McCaffrey. Surprised by that with 14 of the 15 NL closer roles solidified. LABR didn’t pay that price

Initial prices are too high… could point the way for later bargains

Kimbrel $21 to Kreutzer, who was runner up on the Chapman bid

Greinke goes $25 to Carty, who wasn’t pleased with having to pay that

Gene is divorcing his wife to marry Aroldis….

Mesoraco $17 to Gianella. That’s $91 on 3 players

Kris Bryant goes for……$18. Thought he’d be a $20 player

I was never a big fan of “stars and scrubs” which is what Gianella is doing

speaking of Segura, he went $20 to Gardner. Hello SS scarcity

Billy Hamilton – not cheap speed. $25 to Carty

Stanton goes $38 to Carty. Really thought he’d be a $40 player

Gomez goes to Zola (shocker) for $37

Unlike AL, we’re not going to have a $40 player in this league unless someone goes nuts later

Josh Harrison – $18 to Phil Hertz

$22 for Starlin Castro. Again, hello SS scarcity

Starling Marte to Gardner for $29. Sounded like HQ’s Hertz was bidding him up as HQ loves Marte

Ian Desmond $26

Kenley Jansen goes $15, or 10 fewer than Chapman. If that foot heals right, that’s nice

Braun actually went $30 to Kreutzer

Harper goes $28 to Carty

Thanks, Lance… how you be?

Heyward $26 to Hertz

Bumgarner $25 to Melnick

This auction is going in Zola’s favor… he likes to lay back and grab later bargains.

Pete O’Brien for $2 to Gardner. Too bad the NL doesn’t have a DH like the better league does

How many closers for Todd this year?

Rizzo $31 to Mr. Five Time Champ

Troy TuDLowitzki $29 to Kreutzer

Casey Janssen $2 to Guilfoyle

Will Melnick punt Saves again? YES!

Peter, four players at $119.

Posey goes $27 to Kreutzer. Same price he went for early in mixed yesterday

Make that five, at $146 spent.

Votto $29 to Wilderman

Zola just sitting back and smiling…

Puig Destroyer $29 to the champ

Lenny threw out a closer, but Melancon went to Wilderman for $18.

Freddie Freeman at $28. That’s $2 per run driven in this year

Nice restraint from Walton too.

Jordan Zimmermann $21

Waino $18 to Melnick. Walton didn’t bid – and that always scares me when Mr. Cardinal doesn’t chime in.

If Kersh doesn’t repeat CY, either Scherzer or Zimm will win it.

Harvey goes $19 to Gardner. Same price he went for in mixed

Marco Gonzales, he of the new pitches, nominated at 1, immediately jumped to $5 and won by Hertz

Good point, Jason

$26 for Adrian Gonzalez. Solid buy as his consistency is not properly valued IMO

btw, the new pitch board is here – http://forum.rotojunkiefix….

Matt Kemp – $29. Party like it’s 2009

Kemp might be hard pressed to earn $20

David Wright & the shoulder go $25

James Shields nominated at $16, won at $18 to Wilderman. Gianella nearly had him at $17 to pair with Kershaw

Thoughts on a price for Zimmerman?

If Wright is $25, what are Rendon and Arenado worth?

Arenado nominated at $17, won at $25 to Guilfoyle. Told Lawr here at the table it would be $24

Zimm $18

Great buy at $27 for Peter.

Dee Gordon, like Hamilton, goes for $25 to Wilderman

Gene is in a holding pattern getting a lay of the land… Chapman went a bit higher than I would expect, but he’s a unique talent

Gordon $25, Hamilton $25, Revere $18. Hello, profit to Gianella

I’ll take the $18 speedster

Polanco $19 to Walton

News from the other League. Gibbons just confirmed that Cecil closing for Jays.

Quackenbush $4

I agree Doug

The Duda abides for $21 to Gianella

and Justin Upton goes for……$28. Nailed it

Benoit isn’t getting any younger. Like the $4 on Duckboy.

Cishek $16 to Walton

Benoit goes $17 to Hertz who also has Quackenbush. $21 for the SD saves

Cole Hamels goes $19 to the Red Sox

d’Arnaud goes for d’$13

Storen $15 to Gardner

Love that buy

Pollock $19 to Lenny

Closers going far higher than in LABR. Which is probably right. I bought two, and went in intending to buy none.

Does Giles go for $10 or more?

Pedro Alvarez goes back to Lenny’s team (3rd straight year?) $19

I’d be worried about filling out regular ABs overall (sidestepping the SS/OF take).

I am a Pedro Alvarez fan. Except this is OBP, so.

What is a reasonable team OBP in NL-only this year? .320? I mean, good god.

Ryan Zimmerman $22

yes, exactly (Trevor)

Votto still available?

Jimmy Rollins $19. CarGo $27

Lucroy $20 to Gene

yes–Jason doing a great job as always

Gene is picking his spots…

The spread sheet is working. Just have to manually refresh it.

Cueto $21 to Tristan

Jonathan Papelbon nominated by Lenny and then he leaves the room to take a leak.

haha–Lenny.

Papelbon $13 — so many Giles goes for more than $10

Carpenter $21 to Zola

I love Giles in scoresheet. If you need saves, though . . . .

That’s a steal for Paps. even moved, he should still close.

Cueto price is a matter of timing (dollars are scarcer now).

Wilson Ramos goes to the Nationals homer for $12

Yasmany Tomas, aka Dayan Viciedo’s twin brother from another mother, goes to Gianella for $12

hadn’t really thought about it, but Tomas/Viciedo comp makes sense.

Yadi Molina goes $14 to Wilderman

Gerritt Cole $20 to Hertz. Cueto buy looks even better

Casilla in this room–$10-13 is my guess.

Lester goes $19 & Cole goes $20. Alrighty then

Love Cole, but not nearly that high. Bargain pitchers will be $10-15. NL is very deep in SPs.

Lackey $10

I’d buy Bruce at $22. (but I live in Cincinnati . . .)

K-Rod goes $9

K-Rod $9 next to Quackenbush $4 shows the reason to not buy MRs early.

Arrieta $19 to Carty. I loved picking him up for $2 last year in leagues

I’ll go Bruce at $24.

Neil Walker $19

Second base is a place not to overspend–flat values–lots of the same price tag.

Why doesn’t anyone mention Diekman? I’ll take him cheap in end game.

Mejia $8 to Kreutzer. As Doug said earlier, don’t waste money on MR’s early when lower closers go for just a couple dollars more

I love Diekman as a $1-2 late. Soooo many great MRs with high K rates in the NL.

Bruce went $24

Well done Tim!

Parnell for $5 as Kreutzer locks up NYM pen for $13

Tks! Now if only I could predict those Power Ball numbers.

Javier Baez — was wrong on this one — went $10 to Carty

Carty is always a little offbeat, but it usually works for him rather than against.

Too high in an OBP league…

Ryan Howard goes $13. Remember, there are only 3 other LHSP in the NL that aren’t on his team

I am an irrational Alcantara fan. Can’t help it.

Phils comment–lol

Jon Jay $8

Craig–you may be right–but like I said, irrational.

Brian and Gene have a ton of cash left.

Ethier $6 to Hertz

https://docs.google.com/spr…

Pederson goes $17. Wong went to $21 to Zola who one-upped Walton

Peralta goes $15

Rondon $15 to Zola

Rondon is under appreciated

I was wrong – Belt goes for $23 to Walton

and Trumbo went $23 as well

and Tristan might have problems with Gene and Brian having a glut of cash.

Cuddyer $13

Gene waiting too long–agree. He loves a lot of younger guys with upside, but no current path to PT.

Love Cuddyer at that price–solid risk/reward pick.

Addison Reed $10…and we’re on a 10-minute break

#1 rule in roto is to get your fair share of the better players… Indeed, Gene may have waited too long

OK, break time. I have verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. Topic – why NL rules suck

At this point in the auction, folks are paying for more PT over part-time or no-time (re: Trumbo, Soler).

I’ll go $24 to Gene on Soler

I think 1B falls off a cliff at a certain point. 3B still has guys who are sub-optimal, but useable.

Cecil cleared for opening day & is the teams closer (thanks for the news Craig from Chicago)

Morneau $18 to Carty

so, yes, Morneau = Bryant