<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>I don't think so. I'm pretty sure he was originally drafted as a minor leaguer.<br>
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<div dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=470264216-01062011><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Wasn't Ellsbury also at $1 initially?</FONT></SPAN></div>
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<FONT face=arial color=black size=2>I think Carl Crawford's first contract ($5 as I recall) would have to rank pretty high. Given the huge bucket of SBs, he would have been more valuable than either Bautista or Sizemore. Jon Lester's original contract at $1 was pretty sweet. And I believe Kenny Lofton was initially $4, if I remember correctly--pretty similar in value to Crawford (although we were playing straight roto then, so the runs scored wouldn't have helped his value). For power hitters, I think Cecil Fielder for $1 would have to rank up there near the top. I didn't have any of those guys, by the way, so this is not self-promotion. <br>
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No. That would be Bautista.
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