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My MLB Portfolio

With seven drafts down and one more to go, I've assembled an investment portfolio of sorts in my season long leagues over the last five weeks. Here's how it looks so far:

LeagueNFBC OnlineAL LABRNFBC OnlineStaff KeeperAL ToutYF&FHomeNFBC Main
Date24-Feb5-Mar15-Mar14-Mar19-Mar22-Mar24-Mar2-Apr
# of Tms12-Mixed12-AL12-Mixed18-Mixed12-AL12-Mixed14-Mixed15-Mixed
FormatDraftAuctionDraftAuctionAuctionDraftDraftDraft
RulesNo tradeStandardNo tradeKeeper4OF 2UT1C 4OF 2UTno WHIP, 10PNo trade
CD'ArnaudCongerPoseyMurphyWietersD'ArnaudRealmuto
CNavarroGimenezMesoracoNavarroNavarroNavarro
1BDavisCabreraHosmerGoldschmidtDavisCabreraCabrera
2BPanikGiavotellaGyorkoGordonJ.RamirezBaezCoghlan
3BBeltreValbuenaBeltreArenadoBeltreSanoCastellanos
SSSemienE.EscobarSemienCorreaCastroStoryStory
CIParkDavisMossDuffyGalloTrumboPark
MIA.EscobarColonBaezGregoriusRollinsGyorkoSuarez
OFHarperBuxtonTroutCespedesBuxtonB.HamiltonJD-Mart
OFPuigHicksPuigBautistaA.JaxKempPuig
OFBraunBrantleyBrantleyMartinBrantley BrantleyPolanco
OFKempBeltranBeltranHicksGarciaGrichukParra
OFYelichMaybinDo.SantanaB. PhillipsMaybinYelich
UParraFielderOrtizMoralesMoralesBuxtonBuxton
UWright
PStrasburgKeuchelJ.FernandezScherzerStromanSaleSale*Kershaw
PCuetoArcherCuetoLirianoSmylyBumgarnerSyndergaard
PVerlanderE-RodSeverinoHestonRodonArcherMaeda
PChenShoemakerSamardzijaHahnKennedyLesterOdorizzi
PGarciaNorrisChenTropeanoSnellMaedaChen
PGausmanOwensSmylyR. de la RosaStorenDarvishMoore
PE.RodHillJeffressChapmanChapmanKimbrelEickhoff
PTollesonSnellBrittonTollesonBetancesPerkinsJansen
PK-RodK-RodK-RodK-RodMillerColomeK-Rod
PStoren
BWrightBrinsonGausmanC.AndersonLoneyBenoitGausman
BDysonDuffyW. SmithT. MayJ.HamiltonQuackenbushMadson
BNorrisJ. SmithKazmirB. MaurerT.AndersonMaybinA-Jax
BShoemakerMcAllisterPerazaGuyerMcAllisterCastilloJa. Lamb
BSuarezParkerWerthJ. LambE. Escobar
BMartinT. WhiteCanhaT. WhiteJ.Ramirez
BBenoitHillVenable
MIS. Newcomb
MIT. Clark
MIY. Diaz
MIMal. Smith
MIH. Ramirez
MIR. Nunez
MIPentacost
MIA. Jurado
MIJ. Beras
MIL. Sims

Players in whom I'm most heavily invested:

Francisco Rodriguez (5), Michael Brantley (4), Byron Buxton (4), Dioner Navarro (4),  Miguel Cabrera (3), Chris Davis (3), Yasiel Puig (3), Adrian Beltre (3), Wei-Yin Chen (3), Cameron Maybin (3), Kevin Gausman (3), Travis D'Arnaud (2), Jedd Gyorko (2), Jose Ramirez (2), , Trevor Story (2), Marcus Semien (2), Eduardo Escobar (2), Byung-Ho Park (2), Javier Baez (2), Eugenio Suarez (2),  Aaron Hicks (2), Matt Kemp (2), Austin Jackson (2), Carlos Beltran (2), Gerardo Parra (2), Christian Yelich (2), Kendrys Morales (2), Tyler White (2), Leonys Martin (2), Chris Sale (2), Johnny Cueto (2), Chris Archer (2), Drew Smyly (2), Kenta Maeda (2), Eduardo Rodriguez (2),  Matt Shoemaker (2), Aroldis Chapman (2), Daniel Norris (2), Joaquin Benoit (2), Drew Storen (2), Blake Snell (2), Rich Hill (2) and Zach McAllister (2). 

*I have the first pick in the NFBC Main draft, so I've penciled in Clayton Kershaw (though I reserve the right to change my mind.)