Ben and Sam draft the worst player contracts to see who can spend the most money for the least production.
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Drafted rosters below:
| Position | Ben's Team | Sam's Team |
| C | Kurt Suzuki | Miguel Montero |
| 1B | Mark Teixeira | Paul Konerko |
| 2B | Dan Uggla | Rickie Weeks |
| SS | Derek Jeter | Reid Brignac |
| 3B | Michael Young | Alex Rodriguez |
| LF | Vernon Wells | Josh Hamilton |
| CF | Matt Kemp | B.J. Upton |
| RF | Andre Ethier | Jeff Francoeur |
| DH | Victor Martinez | Adam Dunn |
| UTIL INF | Kevin Youkilis | Jeff Keppinger |
| UTIL OF | Carl Crawford | Ichiro Suzuki |
| UTIL | Ryan Howard | Ike Davis |
| SP | Josh Beckett | Roy Halladay |
| SP | Tim Lincecum | Barry Zito |
| SP | Bronson Arroyo | Chad Billingsley |
| SP | Ted Lilly | Jeremy Guthrie |
| SP | Dan Haren | Clayton Richard |
| RP | Heath Bell | Carlos Marmol |
| RP | Mike Adams | Brandon League |
| RP | Jonathan Papelbon | Huston Street |
Link to more draft details, courtesy of @johnchoiniere.
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C Alex Avila
1B Justin Morneau
2B Brian Roberts
SS Erick Aybar
3B Aramis Ramirez
LF Jason Kubel
CF Curtis Granderson
RF Nick Markakis
DH Lance Berkman
IF Todd Helton
OF Chris Young
UT Yuniesky Betancourt
SP CC Sabathia
SP Matt Cain
SP John Danks
SP Brett Myers
SP Jason Marquis
RP Joel Hanrahan
RP J.J. Putz
RP Jeremy Affeldt
I really wanted to get Alfredo Aceves on the team, but it didn't quite work. Total salary: $198.273M. Current aggregate WARP: -4.58. Only two players currently over 0.25 WARP, Markakis (0.69) and Sabathia (0.71).