As the first baseball workouts of 2008 take place in Arizona and Florida, the smell of grass begins to permeate our computer monitors. It's time once again to prepare rankings and strategies for the long season ahead. Here now for your viewing pleasure is the first Average Auction Values (AAV) Report of the spring, from FantasyAuctioneer.com.

Whether you're in a long-time, hardcore auction league or just now (finally) making the switch over to auction-drafting this season, it is essential to know how much these MLB players are going for before you auction. Many of these "market values" will go up and down during Spring Training -- and we'll keep you on top of those values -- but for now here's a first look at the AAV's from expert auctions hosted by FantasyAuctioneer.com.

These are for a 12-team, mixed league, 5x5 Rotisserie format, with the standard 23-man starting rosters and a $260 salary cap. Before the master AAV list below, we'll take a closer look at players who switched teams this offseason and some up-and-comers in 2008.

Team Changers

Miguel Cabrera, 3B, DET ($39) -- One of the game's best young hitters comes to Comerica, carrying a big stick and joining a scary lineup. Along with A-Rod and David Wright, he makes up the upper tier of third basemen. Expect career high numbers, but expect to pay for it also.

Johan Santana, SP, NYM ($35) -- The best pitcher in the majors will cost you $5 more than second-place Jake Peavy. Is Santana worth it on the Mets? I don't see why anything would change; he has a whole new crop of NL hitters to toy with.

Erik Bedard, SP, SEA ($24) -- Canadian K'nuck goes from east to west, leaving the pathetic Orioles for the emerging Mariners. His 2007 numbers, especially if prorated for a whole season, more than justify this auction price. We're talking about 270 Ks over 34 starts, though he only made 28 appearances for Baltimore. Bedard fans only hope he can stay healthy and keep mowing down AL hitters.

Miguel Tejada, SS, HOU ($18) -- Mentioned in the Mitchell Report along with fellow "mover" Eric Gagne, Tejada hopes his bat will do all the talking this season. Long an elite option at SS, he has passed the torch to speedsters Reyes, Ramirez, and Rollins. Hopefully for this auction price, the short-porch in left field at Minute Maid Park will fuel whatever pop he has left.

Dontrelle Willis, SP, DET ($8) -- Averaged over 215 innings as Florida's workhorse the past four years, but his Ks have dropped and ERA and walks have risen significantly since his dominant 2005. If he resurfaces on a solid Tigers team, he represents great auction value at eight bucks.

Andruw Jones, OF, LAD ($8) -- For the first time in his career, Jones will don a uniform other than the Braves'. He is long removed from his prime, and after a dismal swan song in Atlanta, new manager Joe Torre will have to work his magic to try and get Andruw sending bombs out of Dodger Stadium on a regular basis.

Eric Gagne, RP, MIL ($2) -- Gagne performed well as closer in Texas last year before getting dealt to Boston, where he floundered. Now taking the spot of Francisco Cordero as closer for the Brewers, he can only hope his elbow can hold up and he can put his dismal Red Sox numbers behind him.

Other team changers: Dan Haren, SP, ARI ($21), Torii Hunter, OF, LAA ($21), Delmon Young, OF, MIN ($16), Josh Hamilton, OF, TEX ($12), Francisco Cordero, RP, CIN ($11), Aaron Rowand, OF, SF ($11), Edgar Renteria, SS, DET ($11), Orlando Cabrera, SS, CHW ($9), Nick Swisher, OF, CHW ($7), Kazuo Matsui, 2B, HOU ($6), Troy Glaus, 3B, STL ($3), Tadahito Iguchi, 2B, SD ($2), Scott Rolen, 3B, TOR ($1), Johnny Estrada, C, WAS ($1), Paul Lo Duca, C, WAS ($1)

Up-and-comers

C: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, TEX ($8), Geovany Soto, CHC ($4)
1B: James Loney, LAD ($9), Joey Votto, CIN ($4), Daric Barton, OAK ($2)
2B: Dustin Pedroia, BOS ($5), Yunel Escobar, ATL ($2)
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, COL ($20)
3B: Ryan J. Braun, MIL ($37), Alex Gordon, KC ($6), Kevin Kouzmanoff, SD ($3), Evan Longoria, TB ($2), Josh Fields, CHW ($1)
OF: Hunter Pence, HOU ($24), Chris B. Young, ARI ($18), Delmon Young, MIN ($16), Matt Kemp, LAD ($11), Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS ($11), Kosuke Fukudome, CHC ($8), Cameron Maybin, FLA ($7), Michael Bourn, HOU ($5), Rick Ankiel, STL ($2), Lastings Milledge, WAS ($1), Justin Upton, ARI ($1)
SP: Tim Lincecum, SF ($13), Yovani Gallardo, MIL ($13), Chad Billingsley, LAD ($11), Rich Hill, CHC ($8), John Maine, NYM ($7), Phil Hughes, NYY ($5), Jon Lester, BOS ($5), Ubaldo Jimenez, COL ($4), Ian Kennedy, NYY ($3), Clay Buchholz, BOS ($3), Homer Bailey, CIN ($3), Dustin McGowan, TOR ($2), Shawn Marcum, TOR ($2), Tom Gorzelanny, PIT ($1), Shawn Hill, WAS ($1), Jair Jurrjens, ATL ($1), Scott Baker, MIN ($1), Matt Garza, TB ($1), Kevin Slowey, MIN ($1), Philip Humber, MIN ($1)

Catchers
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
34 1 Victor Martinez CLE C $24
40 2 Russell Martin LAD C $22
71 3 Joe Mauer MIN C $16
75 4 Jorge Posada NYY C $15
108 5 Brian McCann ATL C $11
131 6 Jarrod Saltalamacchia TEX C $8
142 7 Ivan Rodriguez DET C $7
157 8 Kenji Johjima SEA C $6
189 9 Geovany Soto CHC C $4
197 10 J.R. Towles HOU C $4
211 11 A.J. Pierzynski CHW C $3
215 12 Chris Snyder ARI C $3
218 13 Bengie Molina SFG C $3
220 14 Ramon Hernandez BAL C $3
221 15 Ryan Doumit PIT C $3
223 16 Kurt Suzuki OAK C $3
226 17 Johnny Estrada WAS C $3
232 18 Jason Varitek BOS C $2
233 19 Josh Bard SD C $2
238 20 Mike Napoli ANA C $2
242 21 Yadier Molina STL C $2
247 22 John Buck KCR C $2
258 23 Ronny Paulino PIT C $1
259 24 Carlos Ruiz PHI C $1
272 25 Paul Lo Duca WAS C $1
290 26 Miguel Montero ARI C $1
302 27 David Ross CIN C $1
315 28 Gregg Zaun TOR C $1
324 29 Dioner Navarro TAM C $1
325 30 Brad Ausmus HOU C $1
First Basemen
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
3 1 Albert Pujols STL 1B $44
5 2 Ryan Howard PHI 1B $42
7 3 Prince Fielder MIL 1B $39
19 4 Mark Teixeira ATL 1B $31
29 5 Lance Berkman HOU 1B $26
30 6 Justin Morneau MIN 1B $26
44 7 Derrek Lee CHC 1B $22
59 8 Carlos Pena TAM 1B $19
68 9 Adrian Gonzalez SDP 1B $17
79 10 Carlos Guillen DET 1B $15
94 11 Paul Konerko CHW 1B $13
119 12 Todd Helton COL 1B $10
123 13 James Loney LAD 1B $9
155 14 Kevin Youkilis BOS 1B $6
159 15 Ryan Garko CLE 1B $6
184 16 Carlos Delgado NYM 1B $4
187 17 Joey Votto CIN 1B $4
208 18 Dmitri Young WAS 1B $3
214 19 Richie Sexson SEA 1B $3
239 20 Adam LaRoche PIT 1B $2
246 21 Casey Kotchman ANA 1B $2
254 22 Daric Barton OAK 1B $2
274 23 Aubrey Huff BAL 1B $1
294 24 Conor Jackson ARI 1B $1
296 25 Nomar Garciaparra LAD 1B $1
298 26 Nick Johnson WAS 1B $1
317 27 Jorge Cantu FLA 1B $1
Second Basemen
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
10 1 Chase Utley PHI 2B $39
22 2 Brandon Phillips CIN 2B $30
23 3 B.J. Upton TAM 2B $30
43 4 Brian Roberts BAL 2B $22
47 5 Robinson Cano NYY 2B $22
67 6 Ian Kinsler TEX 2B $17
121 7 Dan Uggla FLA 2B $10
125 8 Placido Polanco DET 2B $9
139 9 Howie Kendrick ANA 2B $7
152 10 Kazuo Matsui HOU 2B $6
154 11 Jeff Kent LAD 2B $6
162 12 Rickie Weeks MIL 2B $6
170 13 Dustin Pedroia BOS 2B $5
188 14 Felipe Lopez WAS 2B $4
199 15 Orlando Hudson ARI 2B $4
206 16 Kelly Johnson ATL 2B $3
212 17 Ty Wigginton HOU 2B $3
213 18 Yunel Escobar ATL 2B $3
224 19 Luis Castillo NYM 2B $3
236 20 Freddy Sanchez PIT 2B $2
240 21 Ryan Theriot CHC 2B $2
241 22 Mark DeRosa CHC 2B $2
253 23 Tadahito Iguchi SDP 2B $2
256 24 Aaron Hill TOR 2B $1
269 25 Mark Ellis OAK 2B $1
291 26 Josh Barfield CLE 2B $1
297 27 Brendan Harris MIN 2B $1
330 28 Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 2B $1
Shortstops
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
2 1 Jose Reyes NYM SS $48
4 2 Hanley Ramirez FLA SS $42
8 3 Jimmy Rollins PHI SS $39
36 4 Derek Jeter NYY SS $23
56 5 Troy Tulowitzki COL SS $20
64 6 Miguel Tejada HOU SS $18
76 7 Michael Young TEX SS $15
86 8 Rafael Furcal LAD SS $14
107 9 Edgar Renteria DET SS $11
126 10 Orlando Cabrera CHW SS $9
163 11 Jhonny Peralta CLE SS $6
169 12 J.J. Hardy MIL SS $5
173 13 Julio Lugo BOS SS $5
192 14 Stephen Drew ARI SS $4
198 15 Khalil Greene SDP SS $4
277 16 Jason Bartlett TAM SS $1
287 17 Bobby Crosby OAK SS $1
Third Basemen
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
1 1 Alex Rodriguez NYY 3B $50
6 2 David Wright NYM 3B $41
9 3 Miguel Cabrera DET 3B $39
13 4 Ryan J. Braun MIL 3B $37
31 5 Chone Figgins ANA 3B $25
38 6 Aramis Ramirez CHC 3B $23
46 7 Garrett Atkins COL 3B $22
60 8 Chipper Jones ATL 3B $18
84 9 Ryan Zimmerman WAS 3B $14
89 10 Mike Lowell BOS 3B $13
113 11 Adrian Beltre SEA 3B $11
153 12 Alex Gordon KCR 3B $6
156 13 Edwin Encarnacion CIN 3B $6
165 14 Hank Blalock TEX 3B $5
181 15 Troy Glaus STL 3B $5
225 16 Kevin Kouzmanoff SDP 3B $3
252 17 Evan Longoria TAM 3B $2
263 18 Mark Reynolds ARI 3B $1
268 19 Scott Rolen TOR 3B $1
270 20 Josh Fields CHW 3B $1
Outfielders
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
11 1 Matt Holliday COL OF $38
12 2 Carl Crawford TAM OF $38
15 3 Grady Sizemore CLE OF $34
16 4 Alfonso Soriano CHC OF $34
18 5 Carlos Beltran NYM OF $32
20 6 Vladimir Guerrero ANA OF $31
24 7 Carlos Lee HOU OF $29
25 8 Ichiro Suzuki SEA OF $27
27 9 Magglio Ordonez DET OF $26
32 10 Curtis Granderson DET OF $25
35 11 Hunter Pence HOU OF $24
41 12 Eric Byrnes ARI OF $22
42 13 Nick Markakis BAL OF $22
45 14 Adam Dunn CIN OF $22
50 15 Torii Hunter ANA OF $21
52 16 Bobby Abreu NYY OF $21
53 17 Alex Rios TOR OF $21
55 18 Manny Ramirez BOS OF $20
62 19 Corey Hart MIL OF $18
63 20 Chris B. Young ARI OF $18
73 21 Delmon Young MIN OF $16
82 22 Juan Pierre LAD OF $14
90 23 Shane Victorino PHI OF $13
92 24 Vernon Wells TOR OF $13
95 25 Jermaine Dye CHW OF $13
97 26 Hideki Matsui NYY OF $13
101 27 Josh Hamilton TEX OF $12
104 28 Brad Hawpe COL OF $12
110 29 Aaron Rowand SFG OF $11
111 30 Matt Kemp LAD OF $11
112 31 Jason Bay PIT OF $11
116 32 Jeff Francoeur ATL OF $11
117 33 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS OF $11
133 34 Andruw Jones LAD OF $8
135 35 Kosuke Fukudome CHC OF $8
141 36 Johnny Damon NYY OF $7
144 37 Nick Swisher CHW OF $7
143 38 Jeremy Hermida FLA OF $7
145 39 Cameron Maybin FLA OF $7
151 40 Ken Griffey CIN OF $7
167 41 Michael Bourn HOU OF $5
168 42 Willy Taveras COL OF $5
172 43 Pat Burrell PHI OF $5
175 44 Jack Cust OAK OF $5
178 45 Jose Guillen KCR OF $5
185 46 Josh Willingham FLA OF $4
191 47 Mark Teahen KCR OF $4
193 48 Chris Duncan STL OF $4
196 49 J.D. Drew BOS OF $4
201 50 Raul Ibanez SEA OF $3
216 51 Jason Kubel MIN OF $3
217 52 Moises Alou NYM OF $3
227 53 Bill Hall MIL OF $3
234 54 Randy Winn SFG OF $2
235 55 Milton Bradley TEX OF $2
237 56 Rick Ankiel STL OF $2
251 57 Coco Crisp BOS OF $2
264 58 Michael Cuddyer MIN OF $1
267 59 Garret Anderson ANA OF $1
271 60 Gary Matthews Jr. ANA OF $1
275 61 Jayson Werth PHI OF $1
278 62 Marlon Byrd TEX OF $1
279 63 Jonny Gomes TAM OF $1
280 64 Kenny Lofton FA OF $1
283 65 Melky Cabrera NYY OF $1
288 66 Rocco Baldelli TAM OF $1
289 67 David DeJesus KCR OF $1
295 68 Nate McLouth PIT OF $1
299 69 Lastings Milledge WAS OF $1
300 70 Barry Bonds FA OF $1
309 71 Austin Kearns WAS OF $1
310 72 Ryan Church NYM OF $1
314 73 Corey Patterson FA OF $1
320 74 Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF $1
326 75 Wily Mo Pena WAS OF $1
331 76 Justin Upton ARI OF $1
Starting Pitchers
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
14 1 Johan Santana NYM SP $35
21 2 Jake Peavy SDP SP $30
26 3 Josh Beckett BOS SP $27
28 4 Brandon Webb ARI SP $26
33 5 Erik Bedard SEA SP $24
39 6 C.C. Sabathia CLE SP $23
48 7 Dan Haren ARI SP $21
51 8 Cole Hamels PHI SP $21
54 9 Justin Verlander DET SP $20
57 10 John Lackey ANA SP $20
61 11 Roy Oswalt HOU SP $18
65 12 Scott Kazmir TAM SP $17
66 13 Aaron Harang CIN SP $17
70 14 John Smoltz ATL SP $16
72 15 Roy Halladay TOR SP $16
74 16 Fausto Carmona CLE SP $16
81 17 Felix Hernandez SEA SP $15
83 18 James Shields TAM SP $14
85 19 Carlos Zambrano CHC SP $14
91 20 Tim Lincecum SFG SP $13
93 21 Javier Vazquez CHW SP $13
98 22 Yovani Gallardo MIL SP $13
99 23 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS SP $13
103 24 Chris R. Young SDP SP $12
109 25 Chad Billingsley LAD SP $11
115 26 A.J. Burnett TOR SP $11
118 27 Kelvim Escobar ANA SP $10
124 28 Ben Sheets MIL SP $9
127 29 Tim Hudson ATL SP $8
128 30 Matt Cain SFG SP $8
129 31 Rich Hill CHC SP $8
130 32 Chien-Ming Wang NYY SP $8
134 33 Dontrelle Willis DET SP $8
136 34 Francisco Liriano MIN SP $8
138 35 Ian Snell PIT SP $7
140 36 Oliver Perez NYM SP $7
146 37 Brad Penny LAD SP $7
147 38 John Maine NYM SP $7
149 39 Ted Lilly CHC SP $7
150 40 Pedro Martinez NYM SP $7
158 41 Rich Harden OAK SP $6
171 42 Curt Schilling BOS SP $5
174 43 Phil Hughes NYY SP $5
177 44 Jon Lester BOS SP $5
179 45 Joe Blanton OAK SP $5
180 46 Jeremy Bonderman DET SP $5
182 47 Adam Wainwright STL SP $4
190 48 Mark Buehrle CHW SP $4
194 49 Ubaldo Jimenez COL SP $4
195 50 Jered Weaver ANA SP $4
203 51 Ian Kennedy NYY SP $3
204 52 Zack Greinke KCR SP $3
207 53 Bronson Arroyo CIN SP $3
209 54 Clay Buchholz BOS SP $3
219 55 Derek Lowe LAD SP $3
222 56 Jeff Francis COL SP $3
228 57 Homer Bailey CIN SP $3
229 58 Dustin McGowan TOR SP $2
231 59 Greg Maddux SDP SP $2
243 60 Anthony Reyes STL SP $2
244 61 Jon Garland ANA SP $2
245 62 Barry Zito SFG SP $2
249 63 Shaun Marcum TOR SP $2
250 64 Gil Meche KCR SP $2
255 65 Randy Johnson ARI SP $1
257 66 Kevin Correia SFG SP $1
260 67 Tom Gorzelanny PIT SP $1
262 68 Andy Pettitte NYY SP $1
265 69 Shawn Hill WAS SP $1
266 70 Orlando Hernandez NYM SP $1
273 71 Mark Prior SDP SP $1
282 72 Jair Jurrjens ATL SP $1
285 73 Scott Baker MIN SP $1
286 74 Wandy Rodriguez HOU SP $1
304 75 Jake Westbrook CLE SP $1
305 76 Daniel Cabrera BAL SP $1
307 77 Jason Schmidt LAD SP $1
311 78 Brian Bannister KCR SP $1
312 79 Randy Wolf SDP SP $1
318 80 Boof Bonser MIN SP $1
319 81 Ervin Santana ANA SP $1
321 82 Matt Garza TAM SP $1
323 83 Kevin Slowey MIN SP $1
327 84 Chris Capuano MIL SP $1
332 85 Philip Humber MIN SP $1
Relief Pitchers
Overall Pos. Rank Name Team Pos AAV
37 1 Jonathan Papelbon BOS RP $23
49 2 J.J. Putz SEA RP $21
58 3 Francisco Rodriguez ANA RP $19
69 4 Joe Nathan MIN RP $16
80 5 Mariano Rivera NYY RP $15
88 6 Takashi Saito LAD RP $13
96 7 Manny Corpas COL RP $13
100 8 Billy Wagner NYM RP $12
102 9 Bobby Jenks CHW RP $12
105 10 Jose Valverde HOU RP $11
106 11 Francisco Cordero CIN RP $11
114 12 Trevor Hoffman SDP RP $11
120 13 Huston Street OAK RP $10
122 14 Jason Isringhausen STL RP $9
132 15 Joba Chamberlain NYY RP $8
137 16 Brett Myers PHI RP $8
148 17 Chad Cordero WAS RP $7
160 18 Rafael Soriano ATL RP $6
161 19 Joakim Soria KCR RP $6
164 20 Joe Borowski CLE RP $5
166 21 Matt Capps PIT RP $5
176 22 Hideki Okajima BOS RP $5
183 23 Todd Jones DET RP $4
186 24 Jeremy Accardo TOR RP $4
202 25 Kevin Gregg FLA RP $3
205 26 Brad Lidge PHI RP $3
210 27 Heath Bell SDP RP $3
230 28 Eric Gagne MIL RP $2
248 29 Brian Wilson SFG RP $2
261 30 Carlos Marmol CHC RP $1
276 31 Ryan Dempster CHC RP $1
281 32 Jonathan Broxton LAD RP $1
284 33 Troy Percival TAM RP $1
292 34 Rafael Betancourt CLE RP $1
293 35 B.J. Ryan TOR RP $1
303 36 Kazuo Fukumori TEX RP $1
306 37 Scot Shields ANA RP $1
308 38 David Weathers CIN RP $1
313 39 Octavio Dotel CHW RP $1
316 40 C.J. Wilson TEX RP $1
322 41 Pat Neshek MIN RP $1
328 42 Joel Zumaya DET RP $1
329 43 Kerry Wood CHC RP $1
333 44 Scott Cassidy SDP RP $1