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Want to play in a league where every player is rostered? Going the 12-team NL-only Rotisserie route, with its expanded lineups, is one way to do it.
And hey, make it an auction. It'll test the depths of your knowledge, making every bid feel like the weight of the world rests upon it. There's no waiver wire to fall back on, really. Whatever you get you have to make work.
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You can see the results of the AL version of this same format here. Here are some observations for the NL version:
By this point, Bryce Harper had agreed to a deal with the Phillies, but Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel were still at large. I don't know if it was speculation fatigue or a case of everyone simply forgetting about them, but they didn't go until late, and for $5 and $2. If they sign with an AL team, they'll be worthless, so the most risk-averse probably opted to stay away.
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Though the NL has developed a reputation in recent years for being the weaker of the two leagues, it dominates the mixed-league top 300, making it deeper, at least on the high end, at seemingly every position. There was less splurging for the top-dollar players as a result. While Mike Trout and Mookie Betts each went for $55 on the AL side, the biggest bids here were Nolan Arenado for $49, Max Scherzer for $46, Trea Turner for $43 and Jacob deGrom for $42, Bryce Harper for $41, Paul Goldschmidt for $41, Manny Machado for $40 and Freddie Freeman. A single owner (Tom Ogonowski) was the winner of four of them.
One area where the NL is clearly outclassed by the AL is the availability of stolen bases. Not only are first-round steals sources like Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Jose Ramirez and Jose Altuve all in the AL, but traditional steals specialists like Dee Gordon and Billy Hamilton are as well. Mallex Smith, Jonathan Villar, Greg Allen ... the list goes on and on. In the NL, it's basically Trea Turner and Starling Marte who you can count on for 30-plus steals, with Lorenzo Cain being a borderline case, and all three went for reasonable prices considering.
The aces went for surprisingly high even though the NL is typically deeper at starting pitcher, and it's deeper this year, too. It's just that the AL has a higher percentage of the top-tier pitchers, which is why it might make more sense to target the Cole Hamels ($15) rather than Stephen Strasburg ($28) types.
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While the NL is deeper in mixed league-relevant talent, that next wave is so lacking that it's harder to fill out a 23-man lineup with the kind of players you can trust to get regular at-bats or innings. If there was ever a format to distribute your auction dollars more evenly, this is it.
| Position By Position | | Team By Team | ||||
| Catcher | Brant Chesser | |||||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 11 | J.T. Realmuto, PHI | $31 | C | Austin Hedges, SD | $2 | |
| 58 | Willson Contreras, CHC | $19 | C | Elias Diaz, PIT | $1 | |
| 31 | Yasmani Grandal, MIL | $18 | C | Keibert Ruiz, LAD | RES | |
| 59 | Wilson Ramos, NYM | $17 | 1B | Brandon Belt, SF | $8 | |
| 67 | Yadier Molina, STL | $13 | 1B | Ryan McMahon, COL | $2 | |
| 70 | Buster Posey, SF | $12 | 2B | Ketel Marte, ARI | $15 | |
| 91 | Jorge Alfaro, MIA | $9 | SS | Garrett Hampson, COL | $17 | |
| 103 | Francisco Mejia, SD | $6 | SS | Fernando Tatis, SD | $4 | |
| 139 | Yan Gomes, WAS | $5 | SS | Scott Kingery, PHI | $2 | |
| 151 | Austin Barnes, LAD | $5 | 3B | Evan Longoria, SF | $6 | |
| 141 | Kurt Suzuki, WAS | $4 | 3B | Kevin Kramer, PIT | RES | |
| 142 | Francisco Cervelli, PIT | $4 | 3B | Austin Riley, ATL | RES | |
| 163 | Brian McCann, ATL | $4 | OF | Yasiel Puig, CIN | $30 | |
| 194 | Tucker Barnhart, CIN | $4 | OF | Lorenzo Cain, MIL | $28 | |
| 218 | Carson Kelly, ARI | $4 | OF | Michael Conforto, NYM | $22 | |
| 215 | Austin Hedges, SD | $2 | OF | Corey Dickerson, PIT | $15 | |
| 216 | Tyler Flowers, ATL | $2 | OF | Hunter Renfroe, SD | $12 | |
| 221 | Elias Diaz, PIT | $1 | P | Walker Buehler, LAD | $29 | |
| 227 | Chris Iannetta, COL | $1 | P | Jameson Taillon, PIT | $25 | |
| 231 | Manny Pina, MIL | $1 | P | Kirby Yates, SD | $18 | |
| 234 | Devin Mesoraco, NYM | $1 | P | Corbin Burnes, MIL | $7 | |
| 240 | Cameron Rupp, SF | $1 | P | Sonny Gray, CIN | $5 | |
| 268 | Russell Martin, LAD | $1 | P | Chris Paddack, SD | $5 | |
| 270 | Tom Murphy, COL | $1 | P | Craig Kimbrel, FA | $5 | |
| 271 | Matt Wieters, STL | $1 | P | Craig Stammen, SD | $1 | |
| 327 | Victor Caratini, CHC | RES | P | Julio Urias, LAD | $1 | |
| 338 | Tony Wolters, COL | RES | P | Caleb Ferguson, LAD | RES | |
| 354 | Keibert Ruiz, LAD | RES | P | Steve Cishek, CHC | RES | |
| First Base | P | Ian Anderson, ATL | RES | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | P | Dan Winkler, ATL | RES | |
| 12 | Paul Goldschmidt, STL | $41 | Chris Mitchell | |||
| 9 | Freddie Freeman, ATL | $40 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 21 | Anthony Rizzo, CHC | $35 | C | Francisco Mejia, SD | $6 | |
| 27 | Cody Bellinger, LAD | $33 | C | Devin Mesoraco, NYM | $1 | |
| 13 | Joey Votto, CIN | $29 | 1B | Ian Desmond, COL | $16 | |
| 43 | Matt Carpenter, STL | $24 | 1B | Eric Hosmer, SD | $14 | |
| 47 | Jesus Aguilar, MIL | $22 | 2B | Javier Baez, CHC | $36 | |
| 63 | Max Muncy, LAD | $21 | 2B | Ozzie Albies, ATL | $26 | |
| 105 | Ian Desmond, COL | $16 | 2B | Jed Lowrie, NYM | $3 | |
| 123 | Josh Bell, PIT | $15 | 2B | Jose Pirela, SD | RES | |
| 106 | Eric Hosmer, SD | $14 | SS | Dansby Swanson, ATL | $2 | |
| 93 | Jose Martinez, STL | $10 | OF | Wil Myers, SD | $24 | |
| 99 | Pete Alonso, NYM | $10 | OF | Andrew McCutchen, PHI | $20 | |
| 147 | Brandon Belt, SF | $8 | OF | Kyle Schwarber, CHC | $14 | |
| 150 | Wilmer Flores, ARI | $8 | OF | Albert Almora, CHC | $2 | |
| 154 | Ryan Zimmerman, WAS | $7 | OF | Keon Broxton, NYM | $1 | |
| 202 | Neil Walker, MIA | $2 | OF | Adam Duvall, ATL | $1 | |
| 241 | Ryan McMahon, COL | $2 | P | Stephen Strasburg, WAS | $28 | |
| 211 | Peter O'Brien, MIA | $1 | P | Zack Greinke, ARI | $26 | |
| 237 | Matt Adams, WAS | $1 | P | Robbie Ray, ARI | $16 | |
| 254 | Mark Reynolds, COL | $1 | P | Sean Newcomb, ATL | $10 | |
| 285 | Christian Walker, ARI | RES | P | Drew Steckenrider, MIA | $9 | |
| 314 | Jose Osuna, PIT | RES | P | Chase Anderson, MIL | $2 | |
| 339 | Dominic Smith, NYM | RES | P | Touki Toussaint, ATL | $1 | |
| Second Base | P | Anthony DeSclafani, CIN | $1 | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | P | Gio Gonzalez, WAS | $1 | |
| 10 | Javier Baez, CHC | $36 | P | Jeremy Hellickson, WAS | RES | |
| 37 | Ozzie Albies, ATL | $26 | P | Seth Lugo, NYM | RES | |
| 45 | Scooter Gennett, CIN | $24 | P | Kyle Wright, ATL | RES | |
| 55 | Daniel Murphy, COL | $24 | P | Junior Guerra, MIL | RES | |
| 75 | Robinson Cano, NYM | $21 | P | Seung-Hwan Oh, COL | RES | |
| 85 | Brian Dozier, WAS | $16 | P | Joe Kelly, LAD | RES | |
| 114 | Ketel Marte, ARI | $15 | Connor Henry | |||
| 126 | Nick Senzel, CIN | $15 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 16 | Luis Urias, SD | $9 | C | Austin Barnes, LAD | $5 | |
| 129 | Ian Kinsler, SD | $8 | C | Kurt Suzuki, WAS | $4 | |
| 178 | Cesar Hernandez, PHI | $7 | 1B | Freddie Freeman, ATL | $40 | |
| 183 | Starlin Castro, MIA | $3 | 1B | Anthony Rizzo, CHC | $35 | |
| 188 | Jed Lowrie, NYM | $3 | 1B | Christian Walker, ARI | RES | |
| 201 | Adam Frazier, PIT | $3 | 2B | Ian Kinsler, SD | $8 | |
| 222 | Kolten Wong, STL | $2 | SS | Amed Rosario, NYM | $18 | |
| 217 | Jeff McNeil, NYM | $1 | SS | Nick Ahmed, ARI | $1 | |
| 233 | Joe Panik, SF | $1 | 3B | Jake Lamb, ARI | $10 | |
| 236 | Hernan Perez, MIL | $1 | 3B | Colin Moran, PIT | $1 | |
| 255 | Keston Hiura, MIL | $1 | 3B | J.D. Davis, NYM | RES | |
| 258 | Howie Kendrick, WAS | $1 | OF | Ian Happ, CHC | $12 | |
| 260 | Alen Hanson, SF | $1 | OF | Odubel Herrera, PHI | $10 | |
| 274 | Daniel Descalso, CHC | $1 | OF | Lewis Brinson, MIA | $3 | |
| 289 | Cory Spangenberg, MIL | RES | OF | Jason Heyward, CHC | $2 | |
| 305 | Wilmer Difo, WAS | RES | OF | Austin Dean, MIA | $1 | |
| 323 | Erik Gonzalez, PIT | RES | OF | Pablo Reyes, PIT | RES | |
| 335 | Isan Diaz, MIA | RES | P | Patrick Corbin, WAS | $25 | |
| 341 | Jose Pirela, SD | RES | P | Chris Archer, PIT | $20 | |
| 342 | Pat Valaika, COL | RES | P | Felipe Vazquez, PIT | $19 | |
| Shortstop | P | Nick Pivetta, PHI | $15 | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | P | Carlos Martinez, STL | $12 | |
| 6 | Trea Turner, WAS | $43 | P | Pedro Strop, CHC | $9 | |
| 14 | Manny Machado, SD | $40 | P | Vince Velasquez, PHI | $5 | |
| 3 | Trevor Story, COL | $35 | P | Sergio Romo, MIA | $2 | |
| 34 | Jean Segura, PHI | $27 | P | Merrill Kelly, ARI | $1 | |
| 53 | Corey Seager, LAD | $26 | P | Dinelson Lamet, SD | RES | |
| 66 | Jose Peraza, CIN | $24 | P | Eric Lauer, SD | RES | |
| 121 | Amed Rosario, NYM | $18 | P | Erick Fedde, WAS | RES | |
| 100 | Garrett Hampson, COL | $17 | P | Jerad Eickhoff, PHI | RES | |
| 119 | Paul DeJong, STL | $16 | Daniel Preciado | |||
| 143 | Chris Taylor, LAD | $9 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 189 | Orlando Arcia, MIL | $4 | C | Buster Posey, SF | $12 | |
| 193 | Brandon Crawford, SF | $4 | C | Francisco Cervelli, PIT | $4 | |
| 229 | Fernando Tatis, SD | $4 | 1B | Cody Bellinger, LAD | $33 | |
| 191 | Dansby Swanson, ATL | $2 | 1B | Wilmer Flores, ARI | $8 | |
| 199 | Scott Kingery, PHI | $2 | 1B | Ryan Zimmerman, WAS | $7 | |
| 213 | Nick Ahmed, ARI | $1 | 2B | Scooter Gennett, CIN | $24 | |
| 230 | Addison Russell, CHC | $1 | 2B | Jeff McNeil, NYM | $1 | |
| 251 | JT Riddle, MIA | $1 | SS | Jose Peraza, CIN | $24 | |
| 266 | Yairo Munoz, STL | $1 | SS | Chris Taylor, LAD | $9 | |
| 277 | Brendan Rodgers, COL | RES | SS | Brendan Rodgers, COL | RES | |
| 297 | Kevin Newman, PIT | RES | 3B | Maikel Franco, PHI | $6 | |
| 310 | Miguel Rojas, MIA | RES | OF | Starling Marte, PIT | $33 | |
| 320 | Jose Iglesias, CIN | RES | OF | Ryan Braun, MIL | $16 | |
| 328 | Carter Kieboom, WAS | RES | OF | Adam Eaton, WAS | $12 | |
| Third Base | OF | Tyler O'Neill, STL | $6 | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | P | Clayton Kershaw, LAD | $20 | |
| 5 | Nolan Arenado, COL | $49 | P | Alex Wood, CIN | $9 | |
| 20 | Anthony Rendon, WAS | $33 | P | Andrew Miller, STL | $8 | |
| 22 | Kris Bryant, CHC | $33 | P | Arodys Vizcaino, ATL | $8 | |
| 41 | Eugenio Suarez, CIN | $28 | P | Will Smith, SF | $8 | |
| 61 | Travis Shaw, MIL | $28 | P | A.J. Minter, ATL | $6 | |
| 48 | Justin Turner, LAD | $23 | P | Matt Strahm, SD | $3 | |
| 82 | Mike Moustakas, MIL | $22 | P | Seranthony Dominguez, PHI | $2 | |
| 54 | Josh Donaldson, ATL | $21 | P | Caleb Smith, MIA | $1 | |
| 169 | Eduardo Escobar, ARI | $11 | P | Jose Castillo, SD | RES | |
| 137 | Jake Lamb, ARI | $10 | P | Richard Rodriguez, PIT | RES | |
| 174 | Evan Longoria, SF | $6 | P | Jeurys Familia, NYM | RES | |
| 181 | Maikel Franco, PHI | $6 | P | Carl Edwards, CHC | RES | |
| 195 | Johan Camargo, ATL | $4 | P | Chad Sobotka, ATL | RES | |
| 207 | Jung Ho Kang, PIT | $3 | P | Tayron Guerrero, MIA | RES | |
| 209 | Yangervis Solarte, SF | $2 | Danny Cross | |||
| 204 | Jedd Gyorko, STL | $1 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 235 | Colin Moran, PIT | $1 | C | Tucker Barnhart, CIN | $4 | |
| 238 | Todd Frazier, NYM | $1 | C | Chris Iannetta, COL | $1 | |
| 275 | David Freese, LAD | $1 | 1B | Paul Goldschmidt, STL | $41 | |
| 282 | Kevin Kramer, PIT | RES | 2B | Daniel Murphy, COL | $24 | |
| 298 | Martin Prado, MIA | RES | 2B | Nick Senzel, CIN | $15 | |
| 316 | J.D. Davis, NYM | RES | 2B | Cory Spangenberg, MIL | RES | |
| 319 | Austin Riley, ATL | RES | SS | Brandon Crawford, SF | $4 | |
| 326 | Kevin Cron, ARI | RES | 3B | Jedd Gyorko, STL | $1 | |
| 334 | Ke'Bryan Hayes, PIT | RES | 3B | T.J. Rivera, NYM | RES | |
| 336 | T.J. Rivera, NYM | RES | 3B | Pablo Sandoval, SF | RES | |
| 355 | David Bote, CHC | RES | OF | Ender Inciarte, ATL | $24 | |
| 360 | Pablo Sandoval, SF | RES | OF | Brian Anderson, MIA | $16 | |
| Outfield | OF | Brandon Nimmo, NYM | $14 | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | OF | Nick Markakis, ATL | $9 | |
| 18 | Bryce Harper, WAS | $41 | OF | Scott Schebler, CIN | $4 | |
| 1 | Christian Yelich, MIL | $38 | OF | Enrique Hernandez, LAD | $3 | |
| 2 | Ronald Acuna, ATL | $36 | OF | Dexter Fowler, STL | $2 | |
| 8 | Charlie Blackmon, COL | $34 | P | Jacob deGrom, NYM | $42 | |
| 19 | Starling Marte, PIT | $33 | P | Sean Doolittle, WAS | $17 | |
| 30 | Juan Soto, WAS | $33 | P | Kenta Maeda, LAD | $15 | |
| 39 | Rhys Hoskins, PHI | $30 | P | Archie Bradley, ARI | $7 | |
| 44 | Yasiel Puig, CIN | $30 | P | Michael Wacha, STL | $5 | |
| 46 | Lorenzo Cain, MIL | $28 | P | Mike Soroka, ATL | $4 | |
| 71 | Marcell Ozuna, STL | $26 | P | Julio Teheran, ATL | $4 | |
| 51 | David Dahl, COL | $24 | P | Brandon Morrow, CHC | $3 | |
| 60 | Wil Myers, SD | $24 | P | Yoshihisa Hirano, ARI | $1 | |
| 72 | Ender Inciarte, ATL | $24 | P | Adam Conley, MIA | RES | |
| 35 | Michael Conforto, NYM | $22 | P | Reyes Moronta, SF | RES | |
| 76 | Victor Robles, WAS | $22 | P | Trevor Rosenthal, WAS | RES | |
| 57 | David Peralta, ARI | $20 | P | Kyle Barraclough, WAS | RES | |
| 89 | Andrew McCutchen, PHI | $20 | Donkey Teeth | |||
| 68 | Jesse Winker, CIN | $19 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 79 | A.J. Pollock, LAD | $19 | C | Yan Gomes, WAS | $5 | |
| 84 | Ryan Braun, MIL | $16 | C | Tyler Flowers, ATL | $2 | |
| 108 | Brian Anderson, MIA | $16 | 1B | Neil Walker, MIA | $2 | |
| 138 | Corey Dickerson, PIT | $15 | 2B | Kolten Wong, STL | $2 | |
| 87 | Brandon Nimmo, NYM | $14 | 2B | Erik Gonzalez, PIT | RES | |
| 94 | Kyle Schwarber, CHC | $14 | SS | Orlando Arcia, MIL | $4 | |
| 192 | Steven Souza, ARI | $14 | SS | Yairo Munoz, STL | $1 | |
| 40 | Ian Happ, CHC | $12 | 3B | Eugenio Suarez, CIN | $28 | |
| 109 | Gregory Polanco, PIT | $12 | 3B | Todd Frazier, NYM | $1 | |
| 125 | Adam Eaton, WAS | $12 | 3B | Kevin Cron, ARI | RES | |
| 133 | Harrison Bader, STL | $12 | OF | Christian Yelich, MIL | $38 | |
| 145 | Hunter Renfroe, SD | $12 | OF | Ronald Acuna, ATL | $36 | |
| 118 | Franmil Reyes, SD | $11 | OF | Rhys Hoskins, PHI | $30 | |
| 132 | Odubel Herrera, PHI | $10 | OF | Eric Thames, MIL | $8 | |
| 117 | Nick Markakis, ATL | $9 | OF | Franchy Cordero, SD | $4 | |
| 156 | Eric Thames, MIL | $8 | OF | Curtis Granderson, MIA | $1 | |
| 28 | Matt Kemp, CIN | $7 | OF | Garrett Cooper, MIA | RES | |
| 159 | Tyler O'Neill, STL | $6 | P | Edwin Diaz, NYM | $25 | |
| 168 | Joc Pederson, LAD | $6 | P | Jack Flaherty, STL | $25 | |
| 214 | Mac Williamson, SF | $5 | P | German Marquez, COL | $21 | |
| 144 | Scott Schebler, CIN | $4 | P | Kenley Jansen, LAD | $20 | |
| 198 | Franchy Cordero, SD | $4 | P | Jordan Lyles, PIT | $2 | |
| 208 | Manuel Margot, SD | $4 | P | Tanner Roark, CIN | $2 | |
| 177 | Lewis Brinson, MIA | $3 | P | Mark Melancon, SF | $1 | |
| 203 | Enrique Hernandez, LAD | $3 | P | Freddy Peralta, MIL | $1 | |
| 205 | Steven Duggar, SF | $3 | P | Tyler Anderson, COL | $1 | |
| 175 | Dexter Fowler, STL | $2 | P | Drew Pomeranz, SF | RES | |
| 176 | Alex Verdugo, LAD | $2 | P | Nick Kingham, PIT | RES | |
| 196 | Albert Almora, CHC | $2 | P | Sandy Alcantara, MIA | RES | |
| 200 | Ben Zobrist, CHC | $2 | P | Bryan Mitchell, SD | RES | |
| 219 | Jason Heyward, CHC | $2 | Grey Albright | |||
| 247 | Adam Jones, FA | $2 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 153 | Austin Dean, MIA | $1 | C | Jorge Alfaro, MIA | $9 | |
| 171 | Yoenis Cespedes, NYM | $1 | C | Brian McCann, ATL | $4 | |
| 225 | Lonnie Chisenhall, PIT | $1 | 1B | Jose Martinez, STL | $10 | |
| 244 | Gerardo Parra, SF | $1 | 1B | Peter O'Brien, MIA | $1 | |
| 245 | Michael Taylor, WAS | $1 | 2B | Joe Panik, SF | $1 | |
| 250 | Keon Broxton, NYM | $1 | 2B | Keston Hiura, MIL | $1 | |
| 252 | Raimel Tapia, COL | $1 | 2B | Pat Valaika, COL | RES | |
| 253 | Curtis Granderson, MIA | $1 | SS | Trevor Story, COL | $35 | |
| 256 | Adam Duvall, ATL | $1 | 3B | Mike Moustakas, MIL | $22 | |
| 257 | Jarrod Dyson, ARI | $1 | 3B | Eduardo Escobar, ARI | $11 | |
| 273 | Derek Dietrich, CIN | $1 | 3B | David Bote, CHC | RES | |
| 276 | Cameron Maybin, SF | $1 | OF | Marcell Ozuna, STL | $26 | |
| 279 | Nick Williams, PHI | RES | OF | David Dahl, COL | $24 | |
| 280 | Carlos Gonzalez, COL | RES | OF | Victor Robles, WAS | $22 | |
| 291 | Chris Shaw, SF | RES | OF | David Peralta, ARI | $20 | |
| 294 | Roman Quinn, PHI | RES | OF | Harrison Bader, STL | $12 | |
| 296 | Rajai Davis, NYM | RES | OF | Roman Quinn, PHI | RES | |
| 304 | Travis Jankowski, SD | RES | OF | Phillip Ervin, CIN | RES | |
| 321 | Charlie Culberson, ATL | RES | P | Raisel Iglesias, CIN | $15 | |
| 331 | Phillip Ervin, CIN | RES | P | Josh Hader, MIL | $12 | |
| 347 | Garrett Cooper, MIA | RES | P | Jose Quintana, CHC | $10 | |
| 351 | Ben Gamel, MIL | RES | P | Ross Stripling, LAD | $8 | |
| 357 | Pablo Reyes, PIT | RES | P | Joey Lucchesi, SD | $7 | |
| 359 | Aaron Altherr, PHI | RES | P | Jose Urena, MIA | $4 | |
| Pitcher | P | Brandon Woodruff, MIL | $4 | |||
| NOM | PLAYER | SALARY | P | Dan Straily, MIA | $1 | |
| 7 | Max Scherzer, WAS | $46 | P | Derek Holland, SF | $1 | |
| 15 | Jacob deGrom, NYM | $42 | P | Max Fried, ATL | RES | |
| 24 | Aaron Nola, PHI | $31 | P | Wei-Yin Chen, MIA | RES | |
| 17 | Noah Syndergaard, NYM | $30 | P | Andrew Suarez, SF | RES | |
| 38 | Walker Buehler, LAD | $29 | Heath Cummings | |||
| 42 | Stephen Strasburg, WAS | $28 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 33 | Zack Greinke, ARI | $26 | C | J.T. Realmuto, PHI | $31 | |
| 23 | Edwin Diaz, NYM | $25 | C | Yadier Molina, STL | $13 | |
| 29 | Patrick Corbin, WAS | $25 | 1B | Matt Carpenter, STL | $24 | |
| 52 | Jameson Taillon, PIT | $25 | 1B | Pete Alonso, NYM | $10 | |
| 62 | Jack Flaherty, STL | $25 | 1B | Dominic Smith, NYM | RES | |
| 26 | German Marquez, COL | $21 | 2B | Cesar Hernandez, PHI | $7 | |
| 25 | Clayton Kershaw, LAD | $20 | 2B | Hernan Perez, MIL | $1 | |
| 32 | Kenley Jansen, LAD | $20 | SS | Trea Turner, WAS | $43 | |
| 49 | Chris Archer, PIT | $20 | SS | JT Riddle, MIA | $1 | |
| 65 | Miles Mikolas, STL | $20 | SS | Miguel Rojas, MIA | RES | |
| 74 | Zack Wheeler, NYM | $19 | 3B | Ke'Bryan Hayes, PIT | RES | |
| 78 | Felipe Vazquez, PIT | $19 | OF | Juan Soto, WAS | $33 | |
| 36 | Kirby Yates, SD | $18 | OF | Steven Souza, ARI | $14 | |
| 50 | Sean Doolittle, WAS | $17 | OF | Joc Pederson, LAD | $6 | |
| 77 | Madison Bumgarner, SF | $17 | OF | Lonnie Chisenhall, PIT | $1 | |
| 64 | Mike Foltynewicz, ATL | $16 | OF | Gerardo Parra, SF | $1 | |
| 95 | Robbie Ray, ARI | $16 | OF | Jarrod Dyson, ARI | $1 | |
| 98 | Yu Darvish, CHC | $16 | OF | Chris Shaw, SF | RES | |
| 80 | Raisel Iglesias, CIN | $15 | P | Miles Mikolas, STL | $20 | |
| 81 | Cole Hamels, CHC | $15 | P | Jon Gray, COL | $15 | |
| 90 | Luis Castillo, CIN | $15 | P | Jordan Hicks, STL | $7 | |
| 92 | Kyle Hendricks, CHC | $15 | P | Jake Arrieta, PHI | $7 | |
| 96 | Kenta Maeda, LAD | $15 | P | Zack Godley, ARI | $7 | |
| 102 | Nick Pivetta, PHI | $15 | P | Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD | $7 | |
| 110 | Jon Gray, COL | $15 | P | Jeremy Jeffress, MIL | $4 | |
| 83 | Rich Hill, LAD | $14 | P | Zach Eflin, PHI | $4 | |
| 56 | Wade Davis, COL | $13 | P | Luke Weaver, ARI | $3 | |
| 69 | Carlos Martinez, STL | $12 | P | Luiz Gohara, ATL | RES | |
| 73 | Josh Hader, MIL | $12 | P | Mitch Keller, PIT | RES | |
| 107 | Joe Musgrove, PIT | $12 | P | Trey Wingenter, SD | RES | |
| 101 | David Robertson, PHI | $11 | Phil Ponebshek | |||
| 97 | Jon Lester, CHC | $10 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 104 | Alex Reyes, STL | $10 | C | Willson Contreras, CHC | $19 | |
| 111 | Sean Newcomb, ATL | $10 | C | Carson Kelly, ARI | $4 | |
| 115 | Jose Quintana, CHC | $10 | C | Victor Caratini, CHC | RES | |
| 116 | Drew Steckenrider, MIA | $9 | 1B | Joey Votto, CIN | $29 | |
| 127 | Corey Knebel, MIL | $9 | 1B | Josh Bell, PIT | $15 | |
| 149 | Alex Wood, CIN | $9 | 2B | Starlin Castro, MIA | $3 | |
| 152 | Pedro Strop, CHC | $9 | SS | Jean Segura, PHI | $27 | |
| 4 | Greg Holland, ARI | $8 | 3B | Johan Camargo, ATL | $4 | |
| 86 | Jimmy Nelson, MIL | $8 | 3B | Jung Ho Kang, PIT | $3 | |
| 128 | Andrew Miller, STL | $8 | 3B | Martin Prado, MIA | RES | |
| 134 | Arodys Vizcaino, ATL | $8 | OF | Charlie Blackmon, COL | $34 | |
| 146 | Will Smith, SF | $8 | OF | Gregory Polanco, PIT | $12 | |
| 162 | Ross Stripling, LAD | $8 | OF | Matt Kemp, CIN | $7 | |
| 113 | Jordan Hicks, STL | $7 | OF | Mac Williamson, SF | $5 | |
| 130 | Jake Arrieta, PHI | $7 | OF | Manuel Margot, SD | $4 | |
| 131 | Kyle Freeland, COL | $7 | OF | Yoenis Cespedes, NYM | $1 | |
| 164 | Zack Godley, ARI | $7 | OF | Nick Williams, PHI | RES | |
| 166 | Archie Bradley, ARI | $7 | OF | Ben Gamel, MIL | RES | |
| 167 | Joey Lucchesi, SD | $7 | P | Zack Wheeler, NYM | $19 | |
| 172 | Corbin Burnes, MIL | $7 | P | Madison Bumgarner, SF | $17 | |
| 173 | Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD | $7 | P | Kyle Hendricks, CHC | $15 | |
| 122 | A.J. Minter, ATL | $6 | P | Jon Lester, CHC | $10 | |
| 136 | Trevor Richards, MIA | $6 | P | Alex Reyes, STL | $10 | |
| 170 | Steven Matz, NYM | $6 | P | Jimmy Nelson, MIL | $8 | |
| 120 | Michael Wacha, STL | $5 | P | Steven Matz, NYM | $6 | |
| 135 | Sonny Gray, CIN | $5 | P | Jhoulys Chacin, MIL | $4 | |
| 165 | Vince Velasquez, PHI | $5 | P | Jeff Samardzija, SF | $4 | |
| 186 | Chris Paddack, SD | $5 | P | Michael Lorenzen, CIN | RES | |
| 242 | Craig Kimbrel, FA | $5 | P | Hector Neris, PHI | RES | |
| 88 | Mike Soroka, ATL | $4 | P | Wandy Peralta, CIN | RES | |
| 124 | Jose Urena, MIA | $4 | Scott White | |||
| 140 | Julio Teheran, ATL | $4 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 148 | Jhoulys Chacin, MIL | $4 | C | Yasmani Grandal, MIL | $18 | |
| 155 | Jeremy Jeffress, MIL | $4 | C | Wilson Ramos, NYM | $17 | |
| 158 | Brandon Woodruff, MIL | $4 | 1B | Jesus Aguilar, MIL | $22 | |
| 160 | Jeff Samardzija, SF | $4 | 1B | Max Muncy, LAD | $21 | |
| 161 | Zach Eflin, PHI | $4 | 2B | Robinson Cano, NYM | $21 | |
| 157 | Matt Strahm, SD | $3 | 2B | Brian Dozier, WAS | $16 | |
| 182 | Kevin Gausman, ATL | $3 | 2B | Adam Frazier, PIT | $3 | |
| 185 | Brandon Morrow, CHC | $3 | SS | Addison Russell, CHC | $1 | |
| 187 | Anibal Sanchez, WAS | $3 | SS | Kevin Newman, PIT | RES | |
| 206 | Luke Weaver, ARI | $3 | SS | Carter Kieboom, WAS | RES | |
| 112 | Jordan Lyles, PIT | $2 | 3B | Justin Turner, LAD | $23 | |
| 179 | Dereck Rodriguez, SF | $2 | 3B | Josh Donaldson, ATL | $21 | |
| 184 | Tanner Roark, CIN | $2 | OF | A.J. Pollock, LAD | $19 | |
| 190 | Seranthony Dominguez, PHI | $2 | OF | Alex Verdugo, LAD | $2 | |
| 197 | Sergio Romo, MIA | $2 | OF | Ben Zobrist, CHC | $2 | |
| 220 | Chase Anderson, MIL | $2 | OF | Adam Jones, FA | $2 | |
| 239 | Dallas Keuchel, FA | $2 | OF | Carlos Gonzalez, COL | RES | |
| 180 | Yoshihisa Hirano, ARI | $1 | OF | Travis Jankowski, SD | RES | |
| 210 | Craig Stammen, SD | $1 | OF | Charlie Culberson, ATL | RES | |
| 212 | Touki Toussaint, ATL | $1 | P | Cole Hamels, CHC | $15 | |
| 223 | Anthony DeSclafani, CIN | $1 | P | Rich Hill, LAD | $14 | |
| 224 | Merrill Kelly, ARI | $1 | P | Wade Davis, COL | $13 | |
| 226 | Trevor Williams, PIT | $1 | P | Joe Musgrove, PIT | $12 | |
| 228 | Caleb Smith, MIA | $1 | P | Greg Holland, ARI | $8 | |
| 232 | Julio Urias, LAD | $1 | P | Kevin Gausman, ATL | $3 | |
| 243 | Gio Gonzalez, WAS | $1 | P | Anibal Sanchez, WAS | $3 | |
| 246 | Mark Melancon, SF | $1 | P | Dereck Rodriguez, SF | $2 | |
| 248 | Zach Davies, MIL | $1 | P | Dallas Keuchel, FA | $2 | |
| 249 | Dan Straily, MIA | $1 | P | Taijuan Walker, ARI | RES | |
| 259 | Freddy Peralta, MIL | $1 | P | Bryse Wilson, ATL | RES | |
| 261 | Derek Holland, SF | $1 | Steven Fain | |||
| 262 | Pablo Lopez, MIA | $1 | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 263 | Tyler Anderson, COL | $1 | C | Russell Martin, LAD | $1 | |
| 264 | Tyler Mahle, CIN | $1 | C | Tom Murphy, COL | $1 | |
| 265 | Jared Hughes, CIN | $1 | C | Tony Wolters, COL | RES | |
| 267 | Jason Vargas, NYM | $1 | 1B | Matt Adams, WAS | $1 | |
| 269 | Robert Gsellman, NYM | $1 | 1B | Jose Osuna, PIT | RES | |
| 272 | Adam Wainwright, STL | $1 | 2B | Luis Urias, SD | $9 | |
| 278 | Drew Pomeranz, SF | RES | 2B | Howie Kendrick, WAS | $1 | |
| 281 | Logan Allen, SD | RES | 2B | Isan Diaz, MIA | RES | |
| 283 | Max Fried, ATL | RES | SS | Corey Seager, LAD | $26 | |
| 284 | Jeremy Hellickson, WAS | RES | SS | Paul DeJong, STL | $16 | |
| 286 | Luiz Gohara, ATL | RES | 3B | Anthony Rendon, WAS | $33 | |
| 287 | Joe Ross, WAS | RES | 3B | Kris Bryant, CHC | $33 | |
| 288 | Adam Conley, MIA | RES | 3B | Travis Shaw, MIL | $28 | |
| 290 | Keone Kela, PIT | RES | OF | Jesse Winker, CIN | $19 | |
| 292 | Dinelson Lamet, SD | RES | OF | Steven Duggar, SF | $3 | |
| 293 | Seth Lugo, NYM | RES | OF | Michael Taylor, WAS | $1 | |
| 295 | Caleb Ferguson, LAD | RES | OF | Raimel Tapia, COL | $1 | |
| 299 | Nick Kingham, PIT | RES | OF | Aaron Altherr, PHI | RES | |
| 300 | Jose Castillo, SD | RES | P | Aaron Nola, PHI | $31 | |
| 301 | Richard Rodriguez, PIT | RES | P | Yu Darvish, CHC | $16 | |
| 302 | Sandy Alcantara, MIA | RES | P | Luis Castillo, CIN | $15 | |
| 303 | Michael Lorenzen, CIN | RES | P | Corey Knebel, MIL | $9 | |
| 306 | Steve Cishek, CHC | RES | P | Kyle Freeland, COL | $7 | |
| 307 | Wei-Yin Chen, MIA | RES | P | Trevor Richards, MIA | $6 | |
| 308 | Kyle Wright, ATL | RES | P | Trevor Williams, PIT | $1 | |
| 309 | Eric Lauer, SD | RES | P | Pablo Lopez, MIA | $1 | |
| 311 | Amir Garrett, CIN | RES | P | Jared Hughes, CIN | $1 | |
| 312 | Reyes Moronta, SF | RES | P | Joe Ross, WAS | RES | |
| 313 | Trevor Rosenthal, WAS | RES | P | Keone Kela, PIT | RES | |
| 315 | Mitch Keller, PIT | RES | P | Amir Garrett, CIN | RES | |
| 317 | Junior Guerra, MIL | RES | Tom Ogonowski | |||
| 318 | Andrew Suarez, SF | RES | POS | PLAYER | SALARY | |
| 322 | Hector Neris, PHI | RES | C | Manny Pina, MIL | $1 | |
| 324 | Jeurys Familia, NYM | RES | C | Cameron Rupp, SF | $1 | |
| 325 | Carl Edwards, CHC | RES | C | Matt Wieters, STL | $1 | |
| 329 | Robbie Erlin, SD | RES | 1B | Mark Reynolds, COL | $1 | |
| 330 | Ian Anderson, ATL | RES | 2B | Alen Hanson, SF | $1 | |
| 332 | Seung-Hwan Oh, COL | RES | 2B | Daniel Descalso, CHC | $1 | |
| 333 | Erick Fedde, WAS | RES | 2B | Wilmer Difo, WAS | RES | |
| 337 | Kyle Barraclough, WAS | RES | SS | Manny Machado, SD | $40 | |
| 340 | Jerad Eickhoff, PHI | RES | SS | Jose Iglesias, CIN | RES | |
| 343 | Dan Winkler, ATL | RES | 3B | Nolan Arenado, COL | $49 | |
| 344 | Antonio Senzatela, COL | RES | 3B | Yangervis Solarte, SF | $2 | |
| 345 | Taijuan Walker, ARI | RES | 3B | David Freese, LAD | $1 | |
| 346 | Wandy Peralta, CIN | RES | OF | Bryce Harper, WAS | $41 | |
| 348 | Chad Sobotka, ATL | RES | OF | Franmil Reyes, SD | $11 | |
| 349 | Tayron Guerrero, MIA | RES | OF | Derek Dietrich, CIN | $1 | |
| 350 | Bryan Mitchell, SD | RES | OF | Cameron Maybin, SF | $1 | |
| 352 | Bryse Wilson, ATL | RES | OF | Rajai Davis, NYM | RES | |
| 353 | Alex Claudio, MIL | RES | P | Max Scherzer, WAS | $46 | |
| 356 | Joe Kelly, LAD | RES | P | Noah Syndergaard, NYM | $30 | |
| 358 | Trey Wingenter, SD | RES | P | Mike Foltynewicz, ATL | $16 | |
| | | | P | David Robertson, PHI | $11 | |
| | | | P | Zach Davies, MIL | $1 | |
| | | | P | Tyler Mahle, CIN | $1 | |
| | | | P | Jason Vargas, NYM | $1 | |
| | | | P | Robert Gsellman, NYM | $1 | |
| | | | P | Adam Wainwright, STL | $1 | |
| | | | P | Logan Allen, SD | RES | |
| | | | P | Robbie Erlin, SD | RES | |
| | | | P | Antonio Senzatela, COL | RES | |
| | | | P | Alex Claudio, MIL | RES | |