Average Auction Values Report: March 24, 2008

March 24, 2008
By Gareth Davies
FantasyAuctioneer.com

It's now March 24th and the players are almost loose, umps have almost got their chops warmed up, and we are rapidly approaching the 2008 season. All that’s left of spring training is a few more exhibitions, and the final stretching and strategizing for another long season ahead. Here are the latest Average Auction Values (AAVs) taken from auctions hosted on FantasyAuctioneer.com and CBSSports.com so far this season. As always, we encourage you to come up with your own values for players on this list, and see who you can get at a bargain price.

These are the top 300 AAV's (plus ties) for a 12-team, mixed league, 5x5 Rotisserie format, with 23-man starting rosters and a $260 Salary cap. Anyone not on this list is, on average, a $1 player.

Catchers
OVERALL	POS. RANK	NAME	TEAM	POS	AAV
27	1	Victor Martinez	CLE	C	$26
30	2	Russell Martin	LAD	C	$24
42	3	Jorge Posada	NYY	C	$22
76	4	Joe Mauer	MIN	C	$16
92	5	Brian McCann	ATL	C	$13
130	6	Kenji Johjima	SEA	C	$8
146	7	Bengie Molina	SFG	C	$7
154	8	Ivan Rodriguez	DET	C	$6
176	9	Geovany Soto	CHC	C	$5
182	10	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	C/1B	$4
183	11	Jason Varitek	BOS	C	$4
205	12	Miguel Olivo	KCR	C	$3
219	13	J.R. Towles	HOU	C	$3
228	14	Mike Napoli	LAA	C	$3
284	15	Ramon Hernandez	BAL	C	$2
293	16	Javy Lopez	ATL	C	$2
303	17	Jeff Mathis	LAA	C	$2
First Basemen
OVERALL	POS. RANK	NAME	TEAM	POS	AAV
10	1	Ryan Howard	PHI	1B	$37
11	2	Albert Pujols	STL	1B	$36
13	3	Prince Fielder	MIL	1B	$35
22	4	Mark Teixeira	ATL	1B	$27
41	5	Lance Berkman	HOU	1B/OF	$23
52	6	Derrek Lee	CHC	1B	$20
56	7	Justin Morneau	MIN	1B	$19
66	8	Carlos Pena	TB	1B	$17
86	9	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	1B	$14
87	10	Nick Swisher	CHW	1B/OF	$13
89	11	Todd Helton	COL	1B	$13
111	12	James Loney	LAD	1B	$11
161	13	Paul Konerko	CHW	1B	$6
170	14	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	1B	$5
184	15	Dmitri Young	WAS	1B	$4
186	16	Carlos Delgado	NYM	1B	$4
200	17	Ryan Garko	CLE	1B	$3
273	18	Joey Votto	CIN	1B	$2
276	19	Adam LaRoche	PIT	1B	$2
286	20	Conor Jackson	ARI	1B	$2
Second Basemen
OVERALL	POS. RANK	NAME	TEAM	POS	AAV
9	1	Chase Utley	PHI	2B	$37
26	2	Brandon Phillips	CIN	2B	$26
34	3	B.J. Upton	TAM	2B	$24
51	4	Brian Roberts	BAL	2B	$20
70	5	Robinson Cano	NYY	2B	$17
105	6	Ian Kinsler	TEX	2B	$12
119	7	Marcus Giles	COL	2B	$10
144	8	Jeff Kent	LAD	2B	$7
153	9	Placido Polanco	DET	2B	$7
158	10	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B	$6
159	11	Rickie Weeks	MIL	2B	$6
174	12	Dan Uggla	FLA	2B	$5
188	13	Howie Kendrick	LAA	2B	$4
206	14	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	2B	$3
216	15	Aaron Hill	TOR	2B	$3
233	16	Yunel Escobar	ATL	2B/SS	$2
244	17	Ryan Theriot	CHC	2B/SS	$2
249	18	Kelly Johnson	ATL	2B	$2
263	19	Tadahito Iguchi	SD	2B	$2
265	20	Kazuo Matsui	HOU	2B	$2
280	21	Ty Wigginton	HOU	2B/3B	$2
295	22	Luis Castillo	NYM	2B	$2
Third Basemen
OVERALL	POS. RANK	NAME	TEAM	POS	AAV
1	1	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	3B	$48
2	2	David Wright	NYM	3B	$42
6	3	Miguel Cabrera	DET	3B	$39
12	4	Ryan Braun	MIL	3B	$35
23	5	Chone Figgins	LAA	3B	$27
37	6	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	3B	$23
38	7	Chipper Jones	ATL	3B	$23
48	8	Garrett Atkins	COL	3B	$21
72	9	Adrian Beltre	SEA	3B	$16
78	10	Mike Lowell	BOS	3B	$15
91	11	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	3B	$13
121	12	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN	3B	$9
149	13	Alex Gordon	KCR	3B/1B	$7
168	14	Hank Blalock	TEX	3B	$5
169	15	Pedro Feliz	PHI	3B	$5
172	16	Evan Longoria	TAM	3B	$5
209	17	Joe Crede	CHW	3B	$3
226	18	Mark Reynolds	ARI	3B	$3
227	19	Akinori Iwamura	TB	3B	$3
251	20	Josh Fields	CHW	3B/OF	$2
252	21	Melvin Mora	BAL	3B	$2
268	22	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD	3B	$2
275	23	Troy Glaus	STL	3B	$2
285	24	Scott Rolen	TOR	3B	$2
287	25	Brandon Wood	LAA	3B	$2
301	26	Chad Tracy	ARI	3B	$2
Shortstops
OVERALL	POS. RANK	NAME	TEAM	POS	AAV
3	1	Jose Reyes	NYM	SS	$42
4	2	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	SS	$41
8	3	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	SS	$37
44	4	Derek Jeter	NYY	SS	$22
54	5	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	SS	$19
61	6	Carlos Guillen	DET	SS/1B	$18
68	7	Michael Young	TEX	SS	$17
82	8	Miguel Tejada	HOU	SS