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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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| Franklin Morales (P) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Morales (chest) will make his next rehab start Thursday for Triple-A Pawtucket, Comcast SportsNet New England reports. |
The scheduled rehab start will be the fifth one for Morales, who pitched four-plus innings Saturday. |
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| Andrew Bailey (P) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Bailey (biceps) will be activated from the disabled list Monday, the Boston Globe reports. |
Bailey last pitched on April 28, but it is unclear if he'll immediately take over as the Red Sox's closer. Meanwhile, he allowed two hits, including a homer, to go with two strikeouts in one inning during his rehab assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket, which doesn't bode well for his immediate prospects. |
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5/19/2013 |
| Ellsbury is out of the Red Sox lineup Sunday at Minnesota, the Boston Globe reports. |
In Ellsbury's stead, Shane Victorino will lead off and cover center field. Meanwhile, Ellsbury is still his speedy self, with 13 stolen bases through 43 games, but he has mustered just five long balls in 490 at-bats since his 32-homer campaign in 2011. |
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| Anthony Ranaudo (P) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Ranaudo allowed two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five for Double-A Portland on Saturday. |
Ranaudo has been enjoying a fine bounce-back season in 2013, but this was his shortest outing and marked the second straight game with a touch of wildness (85 pitches, 48 for strikes). |
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| Jackie Bradley (OF) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Bradley was given the day off Saturday, but will be in the lineup Sunday, serving as designated hitter for Triple-A Pawtucket, the Providence Journal reports. |
Bradley, who had a biceps injury, came off the disabled list Friday, though he did not play in the field and is not expected to until sometime early this week. "There's a progression," Pawtucket manager Gary DiSarcina said. "He will be DHing (Sunday) then we'll gradually fold him in and see how he reacts with his shoulder. So far, so good." |
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| Franklin Morales (P) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Morales (chest) allowed five runs in four-plus innings Saturday in a rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket. He allowed just three hits, but two were homers that accounted for four of the runs yielded. |
Morales, who walked three while striking out two, was regularly in the low 90s with his fastball, ticking up to 96 mph. He also mixed in a number of breaking balls. It should take another start or two before he's stretched out enough. At that point, the Red Sox will make a decision about adding him to the Boston roster and whether he'll serve as a starter or reliever. |
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| Stephen Drew (SS) BOS |
5/19/2013 |
| Red Sox manager John Farrell is "hopeful" that Drew (back) can play Sunday, the Boston Herald reports. |
Drew was still feeling soreness in the back Saturday after twisting awkwardly diving into second base Friday. He sat out Saturday's game with Pedro Ciriaco filling in. |
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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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Majors
Bailey, Andrew P(15D DL)
Breslow, Craig P
Buchholz, Clay P
Carp, Mike OF
Ciriaco, Pedro 3B
De La Torre, Jose P
Dempster, Ryan P
Doubront, Felix P
Drew, Stephen SS(DTD)
Ellsbury, Jacoby OF
Gomes, Jonny OF
Hanrahan, Joel P(60D DL)
Kalish, Ryan OF(60D DL)
Lackey, John P
Lavarnway, Ryan C
Lester, Jon P
Middlebrooks, Will 3B
Miller, Andrew P
Morales, Franklin P(15D DL)
Mortensen, Clayton P
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(DTD)
Wilson, Alex P
AAA
Aceves, Alfredo P
Beato, Pedro P
Bradley, Jackie OF
Brentz, Bryce OF
Butler, Dan C
Carpenter, Chris P
Carter, Anthony P
De La Rosa, Rubby P
Diaz, Jonthan SS
Doyle, Terry P
Godfrey, Graham P
Hamilton, Mark 1B
Hassan, Alex OF(7-Day DL)
Hazelbaker, Jeremy OF
Henry, Justin OF
Hernandez, Chris P
Holt, Brock 2B
Iglesias, Jose SS
Linares, Juan Carlos OF
Snyder, Brandon 1B
Sutton, Drew 3B
Villarreal, Oscar P
Webster, Allen P
Wright, Steven P
AA
Almanzar, Michael 3B
Bachanov, Jon P
Balcom-Miller, Chris P
Bard, Daniel P
Barnes, Matt P
Bogaerts, Xander SS
Britton, Drake P
Celestino, Miguel P
Dent, Ryan SS
Gibson, Derrik SS
Hissey, Pete OF
Huntzinger, Brock P
Kurcz, Aaron P
MacDonald, Michael P(7-Day DL)
Maier, Mitch OF
Maloney, Matt P(Out)
McGeary, Jack P
Meneses, Heiker SS
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
Workman, Brandon P
A+
Cecchini, Garin 3B
Coyle, Sean SS
De La Cruz, Keury OF
Jacobs, Brandon OF
Marrero, Deven SS
Owens, Henry P
Pena, Miguel P(Suspension)
Price, Mathew P
Ramirez, Noe P
Ramos, Henry OF
Renfroe, David 3B
Swihart, Blake C
A
Johnson, Brian P
Kukuk, Cody P
Light, Pat P
Maddox, Austin P
Montas, Frank P
Perkins, Kendrick OF
Vinicio, Jose SS
Weems, Jordan C
Younginer, Madison P
Rookie
Almonte, Jose P
Buttrey, Ty P
Callahan, Jamie P
Ibarra, Adalberto C
Jerez, Williams OF
Jimenez, Dedgar P
Lin, Tzu-Wei SS
McGrath, Daniel P
Mercedes, Simon P
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