2019 Los Angeles Dodgers & 2019 Atlanta Braves APBA Auction

What would happen if you disbanded the 2019 Dodgers & Braves and from that pool of players, two intrepid baseball sim owners decided to conduct a Fantasy/Rotisserie style auction to create two new teams?

Well that’s exactly what me and a friend decided to do. For those of you unfamiliar with Fantasy Baseball auctions, unlike drafts in which you select a player when your turn comes up, in an auction each owner receives 260 imaginary dollars to purchase the players for their team.

In 2019 the Braves and Dodgers won 97 & 106 games respectively, so there was plenty of talent available, additionally, the combined OPS (.826) & WHIP (1.23) of these teams was well balanced which indicated a good mix of quality hitters and pitchers would be available.

My rival GM didn’t waste anytime in carving out the direction of his team by investing $35 on Ronald Acuna, he followed that up with the purchase of Cody Bellinger, arguably the best available hitter in the auction. My opponent later doubled down on his hitting supremacy by also purchasing Freddie Freeman, Josh Donaldson and Ozzie Albies.

Faced with being overbid for many of the best hitters, I decided to try to counter the superior hitting with pitching prowess, to that end, a pitching staff was assembled consisting of Hyun-Jin Ryu, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Soroka, Max Fried and Kenta Maeda, these starters were supported by a steady bullpen led by by Shane Greene, Sean Newcomb and Casey Sadler. Ryu & Kershaw were purchased at fair prices ($22 each) which left some flexibility to be able to buy just enough hitting to stay competitive with the Atlanta Dodgers hitting crew. Leading the way on the hitting side for the Los Angeles Braves were Joc Pederson, Justin Turner & Max Muncy. Pederson proved to be a key cog for the team, delivering 41 home runs in only 474 ABs – ranking 3rd in this simulation behind only Cody Bellinger and Josh Donaldson, it also didn’t hurt that I was able to purchase Pederson at a very favorable price of only $9.

In the end, the superior pitching was enough to overcome the big bats.

MVP – Cody Bellinger wins the MVP award with an impressive 53 Home Runs and .991 OPS. Cody also led the league in RBI & runs scored. Josh Donaldson & Freedie Freeman also had very good years, but Bellinger was clearly the best hitter in this auction.

CY YOUNG – Hyun-Jin Ryu wins the Cy Young Award on the strength of a 3.02 ERA and 203 Ks in 196 innings. This was an extremely close race with his teammate Max Fried who almost had identical stats (197 innings, 210 Ks and a 3.20 ERA) – ultimately the slight edge in ERA tipped the scale in Ryu’s favor!

The delightful dilemma in auctions is that no two are exactly alike, it won’t always be the case, but in this the inaugural Baseballsim auction, the superior pitching prevailed.

Year	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away
2019	Los Angeles Braves	90	72	0.556	–	42-38	47-33
2019	Atlanta Dodgers	72	90	0.444	18	33-47	38-42

Final Standings

Player	Team	AVG	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SB
BELLINGER, C.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.291	597	114	33	6	53	378	121	59	4
DONALDSON, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.234	589	86	34	0	47	313	108	79	10
PEDERSON, J.	Los Angeles Braves	0.264	474	87	23	0	41	271	90	39	3
FREEMAN, F.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.243	608	89	37	3	38	305	105	64	0
ACUNA, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.242	615	101	20	1	34	273	80	96	6
MUNCY, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.225	529	83	23	0	33	241	76	94	1
TURNER, J.	Los Angeles Braves	0.263	487	71	15	0	33	242	100	54	7
ALBIES, O.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.245	687	101	39	4	27	296	63	36	4
BEATY, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.345	296	46	30	2	20	196	66	16	4
TAYLOR, C.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.253	387	54	31	3	19	192	47	28	12
VERDUGO, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.298	389	70	27	1	17	196	52	24	1
SEAGER, C.	Los Angeles Braves	0.259	501	80	35	0	16	213	50	44	5
SMITH, W.	Los Angeles Braves	0.225	182	28	3	0	14	86	26	21	1
MARKAKIS, N.	Los Angeles Braves	0.28	325	48	16	1	11	142	40	36	2
McCANN, B.	Los Angeles Braves	0.266	237	31	9	0	11	105	42	37	0
FREESE, D.	Los Angeles Braves	0.342	158	30	8	0	11	95	31	30	0
RILEY, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.215	144	21	7	0	10	68	25	8	0
POLLOCK, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.313	208	34	8	2	9	104	33	9	1
BARNES, A.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.221	235	24	9	0	8	85	31	22	7
FLOWERS, T.	Los Angeles Braves	0.248	137	20	6	0	7	61	19	18	0
DUVALL, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.227	119	15	3	1	7	53	18	7	0
CAMARGO, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.161	273	15	14	0	6	76	23	14	2
MARTIN, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.156	244	17	4	0	6	60	19	22	1
INCIARTE, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.219	192	37	12	2	6	76	18	20	10
HERNANDEZ, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.23	126	18	5	1	5	51	19	18	4
JOYCE, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.273	198	30	11	0	4	77	14	46	0
WHITE, T.	Los Angeles Braves	0.259	197	28	10	0	4	73	20	35	0
SWANSON, D.	Los Angeles Braves	0.237	160	19	10	0	4	60	12	15	0
CERVELLI, F.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.179	145	17	9	2	3	48	18	19	0
GYORKO, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.218	119	13	4	1	3	41	13	5	0
RIOS, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.167	48	6	0	0	3	17	12	14	0
GARLICK, K.	Los Angeles Braves	0.182	33	6	1	0	3	16	11	7	0
CULBERSON, C.	Los Angeles Braves	0.357	42	5	2	1	2	25	6	3	0
ORTEGA, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.09	78	11	1	0	1	11	4	7	10
MURPHY, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.157	70	6	6	0	1	20	6	6	0
HAMILTON, B.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.215	442	43	13	4	0	116	23	32	32
HECHAVARRIA, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.226	31	6	2	0	0	9	2	1	2

Hitters sorted by Home Runs

Hitters	Tm	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	TA	RC	RC/G	PA
FREESE, D.	Los Angeles Braves	0.342	0.453	0.601	1.054	0.26	1.19	44.8	11.3	190
BEATY, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.345	0.382	0.662	1.044	0.32	1.09	73	9.8	314
CULBERSON, C.	Los Angeles Braves	0.357	0.413	0.595	1.008	0.24	1.07	10.8	10.8	46
BELLINGER, C.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.291	0.357	0.633	0.991	0.34	1.04	139	8.7	663
PEDERSON, J.	Los Angeles Braves	0.264	0.338	0.572	0.909	0.31	0.92	93.3	7	530
DONALDSON, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.234	0.328	0.531	0.859	0.3	0.88	106	6.1	674
POLLOCK, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.313	0.351	0.500	0.851	0.19	0.81	36.6	6.7	222
TURNER, J.	Los Angeles Braves	0.263	0.353	0.497	0.850	0.23	0.87	89	6.3	569
VERDUGO, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.298	0.341	0.504	0.845	0.21	0.79	65.5	6.3	416
FREEMAN, F.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.243	0.319	0.502	0.820	0.26	0.8	99	5.6	687
GARLICK, K.	Los Angeles Braves	0.182	0.325	0.485	0.810	0.3	0.82	5.3	5.2	40
TAYLOR, C.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.253	0.310	0.496	0.806	0.24	0.79	59.4	5.4	420
McCANN, B.	Los Angeles Braves	0.266	0.363	0.443	0.806	0.18	0.79	38.8	5.7	278
MUNCY, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.225	0.344	0.456	0.799	0.23	0.81	89.1	5.7	631
JOYCE, M.	Los Angeles Braves	0.273	0.408	0.389	0.797	0.12	0.82	34.3	6.1	245
ACUNA, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.242	0.350	0.444	0.794	0.2	0.81	103	5.8	723
FLOWERS, T.	Los Angeles Braves	0.248	0.348	0.445	0.793	0.2	0.77	21.1	5.3	158
SMITH, W.	Los Angeles Braves	0.225	0.317	0.473	0.790	0.25	0.78	28.2	5.2	208
MARKAKIS, N.	Los Angeles Braves	0.280	0.351	0.437	0.788	0.16	0.76	52.4	5.9	365
RILEY, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.215	0.285	0.472	0.757	0.26	0.69	17.7	4	158
SEAGER, C.	Los Angeles Braves	0.259	0.320	0.425	0.745	0.17	0.7	70.7	5	550
WHITE, T.	Los Angeles Braves	0.259	0.373	0.371	0.744	0.11	0.71	28.1	5	233
HERNANDEZ, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.230	0.329	0.405	0.734	0.18	0.74	17.9	4.8	147
DUVALL, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.227	0.281	0.445	0.727	0.22	0.67	15	4.4	128
ALBIES, O.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.245	0.280	0.431	0.711	0.19	0.64	84.3	4.3	729
RIOS, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.167	0.355	0.354	0.709	0.19	0.78	7.2	4.9	62
INCIARTE, E.	Los Angeles Braves	0.219	0.303	0.396	0.699	0.18	0.72	26	4.6	218
SWANSON, D.	Los Angeles Braves	0.237	0.315	0.375	0.690	0.14	0.62	18.9	4	178
BARNES, A.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.221	0.306	0.362	0.668	0.14	0.64	26.6	3.7	268
CERVELLI, F.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.179	0.292	0.331	0.623	0.15	0.58	14.3	3.1	168
GYORKO, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.218	0.250	0.345	0.595	0.13	0.48	9.8	2.8	124
HECHAVARRIA, A.	Los Angeles Braves	0.226	0.250	0.290	0.540	0.07	0.48	2.3	2.4	32
HAMILTON, B.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.215	0.269	0.262	0.531	0.05	0.51	34.6	2.6	476
MURPHY, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.157	0.224	0.286	0.509	0.13	0.44	4.8	2.2	76
MARTIN, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.156	0.245	0.246	0.491	0.09	0.44	16.5	2.1	278
CAMARGO, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.161	0.203	0.278	0.482	0.12	0.4	15.7	1.8	290
ORTEGA, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	0.090	0.165	0.141	0.306	0.05	0.38	2.5	0.9	85

Hitters sorted by OPS

Pitchers	Team	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	SO	BB
RYU, H.	Los Angeles Braves	13	10	0	3.02	29	29	4	1	196.2	140	31	203	40
FRIED, M.	Los Angeles Braves	16	5	0	3.20	29	29	0	0	197	149	25	210	67
HILL, R.	Los Angeles Braves	7	3	0	3.39	12	10	0	0	69	53	12	82	25
STRIPLING, R.	Atlanta Dodgers	9	4	0	3.41	60	8	0	0	103	84	12	83	37
KERSHAW, C.	Los Angeles Braves	12	6	0	3.59	28	28	3	2	190.2	135	34	211	60
GONSOLIN, T.	Los Angeles Braves	0	4	0	3.61	8	7	0	0	42.1	35	6	43	17
SOROKA, M.	Los Angeles Braves	13	8	0	3.70	30	30	1	1	192.1	154	27	149	67
BUEHLER, W.	Atlanta Dodgers	11	10	0	4.03	33	33	0	0	203	162	32	202	68
KEUCHEL, D.	Atlanta Dodgers	6	12	0	5.11	23	23	0	0	125	116	22	119	47
FOLTYNEWICZ, M.	Atlanta Dodgers	3	12	0	5.55	23	23	0	0	123.1	152	26	113	42
URIAS, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	7	5	1	5.75	24	14	0	0	83	82	14	97	38
MAEDA, K.	Los Angeles Braves	4	12	0	5.79	25	25	1	0	124.1	140	23	131	57
TEHERAN, J.	Atlanta Dodgers	6	21	0	5.86	35	35	0	0	187.1	191	40	150	109

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