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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 Oakland A's Player News
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| Nate Freiman (1B) OAK |
5/23/2013 |
| Freiman has not been involved in any recent A's lineups and has only one at-bat since May 16. |
Freiman was playing against a lot of lefties for a bit, but with the A's offense getting more healthy, he has been on the outside looking in. Freiman has no current fantasy value, even in a deep AL-only league. |
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| Sean Doolittle (P) OAK |
5/23/2013 |
| Doolittle has been dominant so far in 2013, compiling a 0.90 ERA and a 0.60 WHIP through 20 innings. |
Doolittle's amazing transformation from a highly drafted first baseman to an elite relief pitcher continues. If something were to happen to Grant Balfour, it is possible Doolittle could get the call to close, although Ryan Cook has been very solid also. Doolittle is an excellent play in an AL-only league where his high strikeout rate and elite ratios will very much help a team. |
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| Hiroyuki Nakajima (SS) OAK |
5/23/2013 |
| The A's have activated Nakajima (hamstring) from the disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday. |
Nakajima reached the end of his 20-day rehab assignment, but the A's want him to log more time in the minors, either for health or performance reasons, before he joins the big club. |
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| Chad Oberacker (OF) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Oberacker, 24, is slashing .271/.340/.424 with one home run, 19 RBI and nine steals through 41 games for Double-A Midland. |
Oberacker hit .267/.336/.443 with 15 home runs, 55 RBI and 30 steals in 123 games between Low-A and High-A in 2012. His power numbers were likely aided by the hitter-friendly confines of the California League, but he also has decent speed as well. |
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| Jarrod Parker (P) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Despite giving up three runs over a seven quality innings, Parker (2-6) was handed the loss Wednesday against the Rangers. |
Parker was undone by spotting the Rangers a 3-0 lead that concluded with an Adrian Beltre home run, but managed to retire 11 of the next 12 batters to salvage the outing. With three consecutive quality starts, Parker has appeared to turn the corner after a dismal start to the year, though he has just one win to show for those three outings. |
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| Jed Lowrie (SS) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Lowrie is dealing with heavy swelling in his right foot after he was struck by a pitch Tuesday, MLB.com's Jane Lee reports. |
The swollen foot kept him out of Wednesday's lineup after Lowrie indicated the foot felt worse after waking up in the morning. Fortunately, Lowrie will benefit from a team off-day Thursday, but don't be surprised if he's rested for at least one of the three games over the weekend against the Astros. |
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| Raul Alcantara (P) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Alcantara worked six innings of one hit ball and struck out six for Low-A Beloit on Monday. |
The only run Alcantara allowed in the game was unearned, lowering his ERA to 2.81 on the year. Alcantara pitches to contact and allows a lot of hits (55 in 51.1), but has made up for it by allowing just five walks. |
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| Chris Young (OF) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Young is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers. |
Young has started four straight games since returning from the disabled list, but with him going just 2-for-14 over that span, he will be held out Wednesday. Seth Smith will play the field Wednesday with Young opening on the bench. |
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| Jed Lowrie (SS) OAK |
5/22/2013 |
| Lowrie (foot) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers. |
Lowrie is likely a little sore after being hit by a pitch on the foot in Tuesday's game, so he will get at least one day to rest. Eric Sogard will start at second base for the A's on Wednesday. |
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Recent Oakland A's Team News
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4/25/2007 |
| Oakland set a major league record during Tuesday's game against the Orioles for not allowing a first-inning run for the 20th consecutive game. |
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10/16/2006 |
| The A's fired Ken Macha as the manager on Monday, according to a team press release. |
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10/5/2005 |
| Manager Ken Macha won't be back with the A's, after he and the team failed to agree on a potential three-year deal, the Associated Press reports. |
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9/27/2003 |
| A's manager Ken Macha said he'll play his regular starting lineup on Sunday, but not on Saturday when he won't play Jose Guillen, Scott Hatteberg or Eric Byrnes. |
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7/12/2003 |
| Tim Hudson will start Thursday after the All-Star break in Minnesota, followed by Barry Zito and Mark Mulder. But the order of Zito and Mulder will be determined after they play in the All-Star game and will depend on if and how long they go in the game, the Associated Press reports. |
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Roster
Majors
Anderson, Brett P(15D DL)
Balfour, Grant P
Blevins, Jerry P
Cespedes, Yoenis OF
Chavez, Jesse P
Colon, Bartolo P
Cook, Ryan P
Crisp, Coco OF
Donaldson, Josh 3B
Doolittle, Sean P
Freiman, Nate 1B
Griffin, A.J. P
Jaso, John C
Lowrie, Jed SS(DTD)
Milone, Tommy P
Montz, Luke C
Moss, Brandon 1B
Neshek, Pat P
Norris, Derek C
Okajima, Hideki P
Parker, Jarrod P
Reddick, Josh OF(15D DL)
Rodriguez, Fernando P(60D DL)
Rosales, Adam 2B
Sizemore, Scott 2B(60D DL)
Smith, Seth OF
Sogard, Eric SS
Straily, Dan P
Young, Chris OF
AAA
Banwart, Travis P
Barton, Daric 1B
Billings, Bruce P
Carignan, Andrew P(Out)
Ekstrom, Michael P
Figueroa, Pedro P
Gray, Sonny P
Green, Grant 3B
Nakajima, Hiroyuki SS
Otero, Dan P
Parrino, Andy SS
Peterson, Shane 1B
Resop, Chris P
Scribner, Evan P
Taylor, Michael OF
Thomas, Justin P
Vogt, Stephen C
Weeks, Jemile 2B
Werner, Andrew P
AA
Barfield, Jeremy OF
Capra, Anthony P
Castillo, Yeiper P
Choice, Michael OF
Daley, Gary P(Suspension)
Fisher, Carlos P
Freitas, David C
Gailey, Frank P
Goebbert, Jacob OF
Gordon, Brian P
Head, Miles 3B
Hill, Steve C
Hornbeck, Ben P
Hughes, Luke 3B
Hunter, Brett P
Kilby, Brad P
Ladendorf, Tyler SS
Leon, Arnold P
Marte, Jefry 3B
Marti, Yadel P
Mendonca, Tommy 3B
Moore, Scott 3B
Myers, D'arby OF
Neal, Zach P
Newby, Kyler P
Oberacker, Chad OF
Ortiz, Ryan C
Paramore, Petey C
Perez, Sergio P
Perez, Darwin SS
Schlichting, Travis P
Simmons, James P
Sulentic, Matt OF
Taylor, Beau C
Viola, Pedro P
Ynoa, Michael P
A+
Granier, Drew P
Russell, Addison SS
Thompson, Tony 3B
A
Alcantara, Raul P
Bacus, Dakota P
Bostick, Chris 2B
Nunez, Renato 3B
Robertson, Daniel 3B
Shipman, Aaron OF
Streich, Seth P
Rookie
Consigli, Royce OF
Dixon, Rashun OF
Lewis, Chad 3B
Leyland, Josh C
Maxwell, Bruce C
Munoz, Yairo SS
Olson, Matt 1B
Ramos, Julio P
Sanburn, Nolan P
Vail, Tyler P
Vollmuth, B.A. 3B
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