2015 Fantasy Baseball: Building a $32 Million Dream Lineup

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

With spring ball now officially under way, fantasy baseball managers across North America are doing their research to gear up for drafts. While I will be doing the same at some point, I’m an enthusiastic hobbyist doing a little additional research as well. I am compiling a real world fantasy dream team roster for no more than the cheapest base payroll that can be found in the league for 2015.

While the Miami Marlins are projected to have MLB’s lowest overall payroll at $60.375 million in 2015, they will not have the lowest payroll for a starting lineup ($40.1 M) of position players. Combined for all infielders and outfielders, the Houston Astros will hold that honor. They are set to spend a combined $32.025 M on their position players, barely a million dollars less than the Oakland Athletics ($32.75 M).

For the sake of a controlled variable logic, a 25-man roster will be used as the model. The club will be composed of a starter at each position (including a DH) with four utility players, for a total of 13 position players.

Stay tuned down the road for the bullpen and rotation version of the same variety that will be a salary savvy pitching staff to contrast with this starting lineup and bench players. It will be composed of five starters and seven bullpen arms.

All player salaries and positional figures are courtesy of www.spotrac.com.