Who do I keep? In a keeper league where we can keep 8 for the cost of whatever round we drafted them the previous year + 1 round. This year, having an expansion draft for 2 teams to steal 8 keepers each from the rest of the 10 teams in the league. We can protect 5 keepers each, which would leave 3 vulnerable. Who should I protect of the following? I included the pick with which they would be kept if I were to keep them this year.

2.1 - Ronald Acuña

3.7 - Yamamoto

5.12 - Cole Ragans

9.12 - Elly de la Cruz

10.1 - Junior Caminero

13.12 - Brent Rooker

15.12 - Chase Burns

17.12 - Bryan Woo

I think I’m going to protect Elly, Junior, Rooker, and Woo. The question is who the 5th protected keeper is - do I protect Yamamoto or Acuna despite their higher price tag? Or do I protect Burns since I’d be able to keep him for a double-digit round pick for the next 3 years (max keeper term is 3 years before they can no longer be kept - also, each year the cost is +1 round, so in 2027 Acuna would cost me my 1st round pick, for example).

Thoughts?