Salary Cap Chronicles: Another Shortened Week

The first of two short weeks treated me pretty darn well. Andrew McCutchen and Mike Trout continued their runs at the MVP and the Nationals pitching staff chipped in very well for a short five game week. Add in Ryan Braun and Mark Trumbo with very solid tallies in only five games and I am near for my league lead with a couple games left Sunday night (well, plus the All Star Game stats).

As we discussed last week, with almost every team having 5 games only due to the All Star Break, last week's strategy was really more about getting the best players under the cap in rather than the schedule, which is usually our focus in most weeks. This week will be the same as due to the Head2Head Wednesday – Tuesday schedule since the All Star Break will erase all the games on Wednesday and Thursday. The only games item to make sure to note this week is which teams have four games and to avoid them accordingly. The four gamers this week are the Braves, Cubs, Mets, A's, Giants and Rangers.

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