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FAAB Factor - AL: Guthrie Again an Option

Andrew Martinez

Andrew Martinez

Andrew Martinez writes about baseball and football for Rotowire. He is a native Texan and roots for the Astros, Texans, Rockets, and Rice Owls.

American League FAAB: 8/19/12

This is our weekly look at the free agents in each league. We have two goals for this article:

- Identify likely free agents and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
- Try to estimate how much of your free-agent budget you should bid on them.

One size doesn't fit all, and we could never hope to encompass all league structures, so we have to have a set of base assumptions. Those assumptions are:

- League size of 12 players (either AL or Mixed, we'll specify)
- 5x5 categories
- Each team has a $100 FAAB budget

Starting Pitchers:

J.A. Happ, Blue Jays: Happ pitched a gem this week against the Rangers, going six innings and allowing only one run on two hits with eight strikeouts and one walk. This was somewhat surprising considering in his first two AL starts, he combined to give up eight runs over 10 innings. Happ's underlying numbers suggest he's been a

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