AL OF $$$ Range

$30+ Manny Ramirez, Carl Crawford, Vlad Guerrero, Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui, Ichiro Suzuki, Chone Figgins, Scott Podsednick

$24+ Johnny Damon, Grady Sizemore, Vernon Wells

$17+ Coco Crisp, Jermaine Dye, Reggie Sanders, Jay Gibbons, Torii Hunter, Garret Anderson, Aubrey Huff, Craig Monroe, Raul Ibanez, Jonny Gomes, Magglio Ordonez, Brad Wilkerson

$13+ Trot Nixon, Cory Patterson, Richard Hidalgo, Alexis Rios, Rocco Baldelli, Curtis Granderson, Dmitri Young, Emil Brown, Milton Bradley, Nick Swisher, Darin Erstad, Kevin Mench, Dave Dellucci, Jason Kubel, Carl Everett, Joey Gathwright

$7+ Luis Matos, Frank Catalonotto, Brian Anderson, Shannon Stewart, Michael Cuddyer, Rondell White, Jason Michaels, Casey Blake, Nook Logan, David DeJesus, Mark Kotsay, Juan Rivera, Jeremy Reed, Bernie Williams

<$6 Jeff Conine, Reed Johnson, Rob Mackowiak, Lew Ford, Chip Ambres, Jay Payton, Bobby Kielty, Gary Matthews, Matt Lawton, Marcus Thames, Dustan Mohr, Kevin Millar

The key to preparing a list of outfielders is to know how many must be drafted. In a 12-team league, simply multiple the number of OF per team by 12. In traditional Rotisserie, this would mean 60 outfielders must be taken. Make sure you have at least that many. I advise adding the 10-15 more. This is to cover dual-eligible players and DHs.

What jumps out to me is how many players can move up into the higher price range with a strong spring and/or good Roto hype.

Brad Wilkerson can easily move into the $24+ range with a good spring.

Cory Patterson can also. In a horrible season, he still hit double digit HRs and stole double digit bases.

Joey Gathwright is already in the $13+ range based on hype alone. If he gets a starting job, he will rocket into the $30+ range along with the other.

A player to watch closely is Chip Ambres. With Reggie Sanders and Dave DeJesus incapable of staying healthy and Emil Brown with only one good season under his 31-year-old belt, Ambres is capable of being the top 4th OF in Roto this year. With good walk rates, double digit power and 20+ SB in the minors, he could well be worth more than $6 with 300 ABs.