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| Recent Blog Post: Long Game Extra: Live-tweeting the Auction |
| My home AL-only keeper league auction is today (12 teams, 5x5, pretty standard roto ultra rules with the addition of an in-season salary cap), and I figured I might as well live-tweet the thing. Why? For reasons!
If you want to follow along, my Twitter handle is @AntonSirius. I'm starting it out with $173 (only three teams have more, with the big stack carrying $208), and the following roster:
C: Salvador Perez $3B, Tyler Flowers $3C
1B: Eric Hosmer $17Y
SS: Eduardo Nunez $6C
CI: Chris Carter $8B
OF: David Murphy $4B, Jonny Gomes $1B
P: Yu Darvish $31B, Matt Moore $10B, Brett Anderson $2B, Felix Doubront $2B
Minors: Bubba Starling, Michael Choice, Jonathan Schoop
(Note: for long-term contracts we bump the letter designation to the end of the alphabet so that they expire at the end of their 'Z' season.)
As you can see, I'm set at catcher and don't have to worry about scarcity there, but I've got no closers so I'll have to pay full retail for a couple. Third base is also an issue, as there are only three good ones (Miguel Cabrera, Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria) available. All the young middle-tier guys are protected, so the drop-off in talent after the big three is STEEP. If I don't land one of them, I could be looking at a Matt Dominguez as the fallback. That's scary.
Nunez was the only really difficult choice, but with Jeter out for a bit, the other injury issues the Yankees have and me lacking steals, $6 didn't seem like much of an overpay and I could easily see him going for more at auction. The alternative would have been something like Eric Sogard at $1, and that seemed like a much bigger risk.
Posted by Erik Siegrist at 3/30/2013 6:39:00 AM |
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| Ryan Dempster (P) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Dempster gave up three earned runs on eight hits while striking out three and walking one Wednesday against the Rays. |
Dempster was rolling right along until the seventh inning when he gave up three runs, including a home run to Desmond Jennings. This was his fifth consecutive quality start, and though he's 4-8, the veteran hurler seems to have righted the ship just in time. |
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| David Ross (C) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Ross will pay a visit to a concussion specialist in Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Boston Herald reports. |
Ross landed on the 7-day DL on Tuesday due to recurring concussion symptoms, which was exacerbated by getting hit on the catching helmet in his last start on June 14. The appointment could paint a clearer picture of his current situation, but in the interim, Ryan Lavarnway will act as the primary backup to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. |
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| Shane Victorino (OF) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Victorino is not in the Red Sox's lineup Wednesday against the Rays, the Boston Globe reports. |
In his stead, Daniel Nava will man center field and bat second in the lineup. Since he was activated from the DL on June 8 due to tightness in his left hamstring, he's batting .250 (9-for-36) with one RBI, six runs, and three stolen bases. |
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| Trey Ball (P) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Ball has agreed to a deal with the Red Sox, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports. |
Once Ball was drafted in the top-10 there was never much doubt that he would turn down the University of Texas and get started on his professional career. The 6-foot-6 lefty will instantly be considered one of the top pitching prospects in a fairly deep organization, and he also has the potential to make an impact as a position player if things don't work out on the mound. |
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| Blake Swihart (C) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Swihart ended the first half of the season with a .281 average and an .800 OPS for High-A Salem. |
Swihart, 21, is still a work in progress but has made strides in his hitting approach. The catcher has improved his OBP from .307 in 2012 to .361 while also improving his slugging from .395 to .438. If the gap power can develop into more home runs, Swihart could turn himself into a big time prospect. |
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| Stephen Drew (SS) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Drew went 1-for-7 over the two games of Tuesday's doubleheader and is now 3-for-31 in the past eight games. |
At a couple of points within the past month, it appeared Drew's bat was snapping out of an early-season slumber, but he's fallen back both times. He remains the starter at shortstop, but as the hitting funk continues, he may take a seat more often to the hot-hitting Jose Iglesias. |
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| Jose Iglesias (SS) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Iglesias started at third base and went 1-for-3 in the second game of Boston's doubleheader against Tampa Bay. |
Iglesias, who did not play in the first game of the twin-bill, deserves to be in the lineup daily based on his recent stretch of hitting (31-for-72 since May 24), but the Red Sox are still deferring to Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew on the left side of the infield. |
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| Daniel Nava (OF) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Nava started at first base and went 1-for-3 with a homer, a walk and two runs scored in Boston's win over Tampa Bay in the second game of Tuesday's double-header. |
The homer ended an 0-for-10 skid, a stretch that had us wondering if Nava was going to repeat his previous stints in Boston. In 2010 and 2012, he got off to hot starts only to tail off badly. Credit goes to Nava for maintaining his production (10 homers, 45 RBI, .854 OPS), batting average (.286) and on-base percentage (.387) for a longer span of at-bats in 2013 than those previous seasons. |
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| Jonny Gomes (OF) BOS |
6/19/2013 |
| Gomes hit a two-run, walk-off homer Tuesday night in the second game of Boston's double-header sweep over Tampa Bay. |
Gomes has a proven track record as a hitter in MLB and is better than he's showed in the early stages of 2013. He's got his average above .200 with a recent stretch of production, having gone 9-for-25 (.360) with two homers, two doubles and four RBI in his previous seven games. Still, he's no better than a fourth outfielder/pinch-hitter with Boston, so regular at-bats aren't to be expected. |
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| Andrew Bailey (P) BOS |
6/18/2013 |
| Bailey blew his third save of the season Tuesday against the Rays, giving up a game-tying solo shot to Kelly Johnson. |
He was bailed out in the bottom of the ninth, as Jonny Gomes hit a walk-off blast, giving Bailey the win. He's now given up five runs in his last four innings, and Junichi Tazawa is starting to look more and more like a good waiver-wire gamble, as manager John Farrell's patience with Bailey has to be wearing thin. |
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6/16/2010 |
| The Red Sox announced that they will move Thursday's game-time start from 7:10pm to 6:10pm EST, the Boston Globe reports. The shift will allow fans attending the game the chance to watch the Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Those in daily transactions leagues will need to make starting lineup decisions involving Boston and Arizona players one hour earlier. |
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9/20/2008 |
| The Red Sox announced that they will shift their High-A affiliate from Lancaster (Calif.) to Salem (Va.), the Providence Journal reports. The move means Boston will have all of its affiliates on the East Coast and rids the organization of the issue of high winds in Lancaster that distorted performances of minor leaguers. |
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Roster
Majors
Bailey, Andrew P
Beato, Pedro P
Breslow, Craig P
Buchholz, Clay P(15D DL)
Carp, Mike OF
Dempster, Ryan P
Doubront, Felix P
Drew, Stephen SS
Ellsbury, Jacoby OF
Gomes, Jonny OF
Hanrahan, Joel P(60D DL)
Iglesias, Jose SS
Kalish, Ryan OF(60D DL)
Lackey, John P
Lavarnway, Ryan C
Lester, Jon P
Middlebrooks, Will 3B
Miller, Andrew P
Morales, Franklin P
Mortensen, Clayton P(15D DL)
Napoli, Mike C
Nava, Daniel OF
Ortiz, David DH
Pedroia, Dustin 2B
Ross, David C(7-Day DL)
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod C
Tazawa, Junichi P
Uehara, Koji P
Victorino, Shane OF
Wilson, Alex P
AAA
Aceves, Alfredo P
Bogaerts, Xander SS
Bradley, Jackie OF
Brentz, Bryce OF
Butler, Dan C
Carpenter, Chris P
Carter, Anthony P
De La Rosa, Rubby P
De La Torre, Jose P
Diaz, Jonthan SS
Doyle, Terry P
Hamilton, Mark 1B
Hassan, Alex OF
Hazelbaker, Jeremy OF
Henry, Justin OF
Hernandez, Chris P
Holt, Brock 2B
Snyder, Brandon 1B
Sutton, Drew 3B
Webster, Allen P
Workman, Brandon P
Wright, Steven P
AA
Almanzar, Michael 3B
Bachanov, Jon P
Balcom-Miller, Chris P
Bard, Daniel P(7-Day DL)
Barnes, Matt P
Britton, Drake P
Celestino, Miguel P
Dent, Ryan SS
Gibson, Derrik SS
Hissey, Pete OF
Huntzinger, Brock P
Kurcz, Aaron P
Linares, Juan Carlos OF
MacDonald, Michael P(7-Day DL)
Maier, Mitch OF
Maloney, Matt P(Out)
McGeary, Jack P
Meneses, Heiker SS
Perez, Rafael P
Ranaudo, Anthony P
Rowland-Smith, Ryan P
Shaw, Travis 1B
Spring, Matt C
Thomas, Tony 2B
Vazquez, Christian C
Vitek, Kolbrin 3B(Out)
Wilkerson, Shannon OF
A+
Cecchini, Garin 3B
Coyle, Sean SS
De La Cruz, Keury OF
Jacobs, Brandon OF
Marrero, Deven SS
Martinez, Mario 3B
Owens, Henry P
Pena, Miguel P
Price, Mathew P
Ramirez, Noe P
Ramos, Henry OF
Renfroe, David 3B
Swihart, Blake C
Younginer, Madison P
A
Betts, Mookie 2B
Buttrey, Ty P
Callahan, Jamie P
Jerez, Williams OF
Johnson, Brian P
Kukuk, Cody P
Light, Pat P
Lin, Tzu-Wei SS
Maddox, Austin P
Mercedes, Simon P
Montas, Frank P
Perkins, Kendrick OF
Vinicio, Jose SS
Weems, Jordan C
Rookie
Almonte, Jose P
Ball, Trey P
Denney, Jon C
Ibarra, Adalberto C
Jimenez, Dedgar P
McGrath, Daniel P
Stankiewicz, Teddy P
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