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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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Recent Chicago White Sox Player News
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| Conor Gillaspie (3B) CHI-A |
5/20/2013 |
| Gillaspie is out of the White Sox's lineup Monday against the Red Sox, the Chicago Tribune reports. |
Gillaspie has notched a hit in five of the past six games, hitting .318 (7-for-22) with one RBI and three runs scored during that stretch. He'll step aside as Jeff Keppinger covers third base and Tyler Greene enters the lineup to man the keystone. |
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| John Danks (P) CHI-A |
5/20/2013 |
| Manager Robin Ventura said the White Sox will decide Monday whether Danks (shoulder) will make his season debut in the team's upcoming series against the Marlins, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. |
Danks pitched 4.2 innings of two-hit ball against Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday. However, he walked four in the outing, and he has walked 12 between his three starts at Triple-A Charlotte. Either Hector Santiago or Dylan Axelrod will move to the 'pen when Danks returns. |
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| Jake Peavy (P) CHI-A |
5/19/2013 |
| Peavy took the loss Sunday against the Angels, giving up four earned runs on four hits over six innings. He struck out seven, but walked five. |
The five walks proved to be Peavy's undoing in this one, as he needed 117 pitches to get through six things. He only had eight walks through his first seven starts this year, so consider this an anomaly. He'll get an extra day of rest until his next start which is scheduled against the light-hitting Marlins. Peavy should be more than okay moving forward. |
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| Adam Dunn (1B) CHI-A |
5/19/2013 |
| Dunn (back) is in the lineup Sunday at the Angels, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. |
After tweaking his back in the on-deck circle Saturday, Dunn tested it in batting practice and emerged unscathed. He'll bat his typical cleanup and man the DH slot for the White Sox. |
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| Hector Santiago (P) CHI-A |
5/18/2013 |
| Santiago allowed three runs over 3.1 innings and did not factor in the decision Saturday against the Angels. |
He gave up four hits while walking four and striking out two. The walks were very costly for Santiago and were ultimately responsible for his early exit. It's been a struggle over his last two outings as he has allowed nine runs and five walks over nine innings. His record on the season remains at 1-2 to accompany a 2.78 ERA and 33 strikeouts. |
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| Adam Dunn (1B) CHI-A |
5/18/2013 |
| Dunn (back) revealed he tweaked his back while stretching in the on-deck circle Saturday. He said he will play Sunday, but the team has not officially announced his status, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. |
Either way, Dunn seems unlikely to miss more than a game or two with the ailment, but take his optimism with the appropriate grain of salt considering his past willingness to rush back from various ailments. |
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| Gordon Beckham (2B) CHI-A |
5/18/2013 |
| Beckham (wrist) is batting third and handling DH duties for Triple-A Charlotte, the Chicago Tribune reports. |
Beckham has not played since April 9 after breaking a bone in his left wrist. He is aiming to rejoin the Sox before the end of the month and could be back with the team as early as next week. |
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11/3/2003 |
| The White Sox have named Ozzie Guillen, a three-time All-Star who played shortstop for the team for 13 seasons, the 37th manager in franchise history. |
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9/30/2003 |
| In addition to Jerry Manuel, third base coach Bruce Kimm was also let go on Monday. Kimm has now been fired by both Chicago clubs in the space of about one calendar year. |
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9/29/2003 |
| The White Sox fired manager Jerry Manuel on Monday, the Associated Press reports |
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8/7/2003 |
| The Sox have homered in 18 straight games, and have gone long 26 times in their last 10 games. Chicago's offense, near-catatonic at times in the first half, has woken up. |
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7/15/2003 |
| The Chicago Tribune reports that manager Jerry Manuel's job will be in jeopardy if the club fails to improve after the All-Star break. "I've believed in the talent from Day One. I continue to believe in it. But we'd better get our stuff together and we'd better get it together in a hurry at the start of the second half", GM Kenny Williams said. Possible replacement candidates named in the article include Jim Fregosi and Buddy Bell. |
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Roster
Majors
Axelrod, Dylan P
Crain, Jesse P
Danks, John P(15D DL)
De Aza, Alejandro OF
Dunn, Adam 1B
Flowers, Tyler C
Floyd, Gavin P(60D DL)
Gillaspie, Conor 3B
Gimenez, Hector C
Greene, Tyler SS
Jones, Nate P
Keppinger, Jeff 3B
Konerko, Paul 1B
Lindstrom, Matt P
Omogrosso, Brian P
Peavy, Jake P
Quintana, Jose P
Ramirez, Alexei SS
Reed, Addison P
Rios, Alex OF
Sale, Chris P
Sanchez, Angel SS(15D DL)
Santiago, Hector P
Septimo, Leyson P(60D DL)
Thornton, Matt P
Veal, Donald P
Viciedo, Dayan OF
Wells, Casper OF
Wise, DeWayne OF
AAA
Anderson, Bryan C
Beckham, Gordon 2B(15D DL)
Berken, Jason P
Castro, Simon P
Danks, Jordan OF
Durango, Luis OF
Gallagher, Jim OF
Gray, Jeff P
Heath, Deunte P
Loman, Seth 1B
Marinez, Jhan P
McDade, Mike 1B
Morel, Brent 3B
Moskos, Daniel P
Pena Jr., Tony P
Phegley, Josh C
Purcey, David P
Rienzo, Andre P
Sanchez, Carlos 3B
Stewart, Zach P
Tekotte, Blake OF
Tolleson, Steve 3B
Troncoso, Ramon P
AA
Anderson, Lars OF
Baisley, Jeff 3B
Bellamy, Kyle P
Blanke, Michael C
Brackman, Andrew P
Carroll, Scott P
Corley, Tyson P
Espino, Damaso C
Gonzalez, Andy SS
Griffith, Nevin P
Johnson, Erik P
Leesman, Charles P(Out)
Mitchell, Jared OF(7-Day DL)
Molina, Nestor P
Morrison, Erik SS
Petricka, Jacob P
Puckett, Cody 2B
Reckling, Trevor P
Rodriguez, Santos P
Saladino, Tyler SS
Sanchez, Salvador OF
Semien, Marcus SS
Shelby, John OF
Shoemaker, Brady OF
Short, Brandon OF
Sierra, Jr, Ruben OF
Smith, Corey 3B
Snodgress, Scott P
Thompson, Trayce OF
Walker, Keenyn OF
Wilkins, Andy 1B
A+
Hawkins, Courtney OF(7-Day DL)
Webb, Daniel P
A
Barnum, Keon 1B(Out)
Ravelo, Rangel 3B
Rookie
Beck, Chris P
Ciolli, Nick OF
DeMichele, Joey 2B
Hunt, LeRoy P
Jaffe, Eric P
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