Mastersball’s crew digests and displays this week’s moves, with nods to Chris Parmelee, Derek Deitrich, Kyle Schwarber, and Matt Wisler.
Mike Gianella has an excellent and informative look at the Tout NL FAAB pool, where the biggest buys came from last year, and who has made the best gains this year, at baseballprospectus.com.
I’ve had a lot of bad days playing DFS, when most of my picks were outliers, guys picked in under 5 percent of the teams.
Tonight, Phil Hertz won Week 3 of Phase 3 of Tout Daily with a roster of just such outliers. Only Steven Vogt, who was on 11 percent of Tout Daily teams was on Phil’s squad and more than two others.
Phil was the only owner of Roenis Ellis, who he plugged in this afternoon’s Tout Picks post at ToutWars.com.
On the hitting side, he soared with Nolan Arenado, Stephen Vogt (who was owned by five teams), Jhonny Peralta, Brett Gardner and Justin Upton. Apart from Vogt, none of his scorers was owned by more than two teams in the Tout Daily contest.
It should be noted that Hertz hurt. The second place team was more than 10 points behind. Second place finisher Jake Ciely managed to do it without a productive pitching performance (from Carlos Carrasco). It seems there are many ways to skin a cat.
The weekly leaders for the ticket to the final on August 28 are: Derek Van Riper, Michael Beller, and Jeff Boggis, but they are trailed by Scott Pianowski, Adam Ronis, Brian Walton and Lenny Melnick, all of whom (apart from Brian Walton) already have tickets to the finals.
Read Hertz’s squad and weep:
We asked the Touts to share their picks for best pitcher and best hitter tonight’s Tout Daily Week 11 contest. You can follow the results here tonight. For more about Tout Daily visit here.
Tonight’s contest is Week 3 of Phase 3 of the five phase contest. The top three finishers in each phase get a ticket to the big August 28 final, with big money and the chance to be the first Tout Wars Daily champ.
Scott Pianowski, Jeff Erickson, Adam Ronis, Lenny Melnick, Lawr Michaels and Tom Kessenich have tickets to the finals already. The leaderboard is here.
Here are this week’s Tout picks. I’ll be updating this as they come in, so check back later if you get a chance.
Chris Sale ($11,000–Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox) He fanned double digits six times in his last seven outings and facing a squad that whiffs at a 23 percent clip against soutpaws. Chalk, vanilla, call it what you will. No reason to get cute.
Kolten Wong ($2,900–St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies) I’ll need some lower priced hitters in good spots and it doesn’t get any better than Wong leading off in Citizens Bank Park against fill-in Phillippe Aumont.
Lance McCullers ($6,700–Houston Astros at Seattle Mariners) – It’s tempting to go with one of the bigger name options for tonight (Sale, deGrom, Gray, Shields), but I’ll save a few shekels here and put it towards a stronger hitting lineup. Usually, I wouldn’t want a pitcher facing the same team for consecutive starts, but with the Mariners’ offense as anemic and strikeout-prone as it is, I feel it’s worth a shot.
Josh Reddick ($3,400–Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics) – I like his match-up vs. Matt Shoemaker, and it’s rare to find someone with a favorable match-up who also has both the handedness and home/away splits in his favor. Chris Coghlan and Billy Burns were the only other two hitters who I felt met all three criteria tonight, but I’ll go with the guy who has the best chance of knocking one out of the park.
Jacob DeGrom ($10,800–New York Mets at Atlanta Braves) The Mets are on a two-game losing streak and Jacob deGrom is pitching like a real ace right now, a guy who steps in and gets the team back on track when they need it. He’s been rolling and the Mets have owned the Braves so far this year. He’ll get the W in very effective fashion.
Gerardo Parra ($2,500–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) Gerardo Parra is a nice value at $2,500 to give you exposure to the Brewers lineup at Coors Field. He will also allow you to frontload your lineup elsewhere.
Rubby de la Rosa ($7,000–San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks) stopped the bleeding in his last start, firing a gem at SF after three straight shaky outings. Facing the RH-heavy Padres tonight at home is a good draw for Rubby. There’s risk here, but the price is right ($7000) if your overall standing in this phase dictates you look at an under-the-radar option.
Carlos Gonzalez ($4000–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) is finally heating up (1.009 OPS in June) after a lousy April/May, and his salary hasn’t fully corrected yet. In a home game against a shaky RHP in Taylor Jungmann, Gonzalez is just as good a play as the $5000+ elite OFs, but comes at a 20% discount.
Carlos Carrasco ($8,800–Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians) Chris Sale is extremely enticing, but it’s hard to build a lineup around an $11,000 pitcher. Enter Carrasco. He has one of the larger projected run differentials today, giving him a great chance for the win. On top of that, the Rays are in the bottom third for wOBA and wRC+ against righties and have the seventh highest K% (21.0) against them. Carrasco has 10 starts with six-plus strikeouts and eight in three of his last four starts.
Charlie Blackmon ($3,900–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) After a weak May where Blackmon only hit .220, he’s cruising along with a .288 AVG in June. As we all know, Blackmon also hits righties much better with a .305 AVG against them this year versus .164 for lefties (career split .292/.264). The Rockies have the highest projected run total today, are at home and face Taylor Jungmann, who has been solid through his first two starts but is far from a shut down pitcher.
Carlos Carrasco ($8,800–Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians) Carrasco has faced a tough early schedule and has been burned by a .342 BABIP Against. The strikeouts are there (10.34 K/9) and the walks aren’t (2.19 BB/9). His 2.84 xFIP is what you need to look at.
Joey Votto ($4,000–Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds) Joey Votto is Joey Votto. Dan Haren is what puts this matchup over the top. Haren has given up 13 homers this season in 81 innings. He’s got a 4.23 ERA on the road, and a career ERA of 5.59 at Great American Ballpark. That $4,000 salary is not a huge roadblock either.
Jorge De La Rosa ($6,400–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) a bit of a long shot…he’s been pitching good, shut down the Cardinals in his last start at home and got some K’s. Milwaukee has been scuffling and starting a rookie at Coors, so a win should happen!
Ben Paulson ($3,100—Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) Colorado hitters against the rookie, with Ben Paulson popping a long ball. Also keying on some Card lefties at Philly, and Blue Jay’s against the O’s.
Chris Sale($11,000–Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox) Over his last 7 starts, Sale has averaged 7.5 innings pitched, 11.3 strikeouts, 1.3 earned runs, and 19.9 fantasy points. Chris Sale is the most expensive pitcher on Friday, but let’s analyze his cost per fantasy point compared to the other top starting pitchers over their past 7 starts: Chris Sale (19.9 FP/$11,000/$552 per fantasy point), Jacob deGrom (16.0 FP/$10,800/$673 per fantasy point), Sonny Gray (14.1 FP/$10,100/$717 per fantasy point), James Shields (13.0 FP/$9,500/$728 per fantasy point), A.J. Burnett (14.2 FP/$9,200/$646 per fantasy point). On a dollars per fantasy point basis, Chris Sale is your best starting pitching investment. I also like that Sale is facing Colby Lewis, who owns an ERA of 4.37 on the season. By rostering Chris Sale, that leaves me with an average of $3,000 for my remaining 8 hitters.
Miguel Cabrera ($5,400–Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees) I really wanted to go with Giancarlo Stanton ($5,200), who leads all hitters this season in home runs with 25, RBIs with 63, faces starting pitcher Mike Leake, who has surrendered 13 home runs on the season. But there is an 80% chance of rain on Friday in Cincinnati and I can’t risk a top salaried batter not playing in my lineup due to weather issues. I also like Bryce Harper ($5,400), but he may be potentially out with a with a mild left hamstring strain that he suffered on Thursday. So I am going with Miguel Cabrera who is tied for 2nd overall this season, averaging 3.7 fantasy points per game. He has a good pitching matchup at New York against Adam Warren who has a 3.78 ERA and has surrendered 8 home runs on the season.
Lance McCullers ($6,700–Houston Astros at Seattle Mariners) Inside Edge rates him behind only Sale and deGrom tonight and you’ll need more than $4K more to buy either of those two.
Giancarlo Stanton ($5200–Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds) Cheap sleepers are lacking on the Inside Edge board tonight, so I’ll give you an expensive guy who scores a perfect 100 on the Matchup Rating. The fact that he’s facing righty Mike Leake tonight might camouflage him as a must-play.
Lance McCullers ($6,700–Houston Astros at Seattle Mariners) has never pitched in Seattle. In fact, the right-hander is making just his seventh career MLB start Friday night. But when the rookie has pitched, he has been sharp, with an even 2.00 ERA and better than a strikeout per inning. The 21-year-old did toss five scoreless frames against Seattle at home last time out and the Mariners’ offense has been anything but sharp this season. That makes this a decent matchup for anyone looking to save on pitching.
Carlos Beltran ($2,300–New York Mets at Atlanta Braves) I watched the late-career version of Carlos Beltran closely for two years at St. Louis. While his streaky stretches are fewer and farther between than in his heyday, the 38-year-old is still capable of doing damage. Beltran is 4-for-10 with a double and a home run in his last three games and is a nice buy at $2300.
Carlos Carrasco ($8,800–Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians) The biggest factor with prospects Francisco Lindor and Giovanny Urshela coming up isn’t their fantasy impact with the bat, it’s their glove work that will help the starting rotation. Carrasco might be taking the biggest brunt of the infield defensive deficiencies this year with a .342 BABIP so far. His skills are still saying that last year’s 2.55 ERA was legitimate and so this year’s 4.38 is way out of line. Tonight is first start with Lindor behind him.
Kolten Wong ($2,900–St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies) Wong has been an All-Star caliber 2B against right-handers with a .297/.356/.486 line with six homers in 194 PA. The opposing starting pitcher, Phillippe Aumont, has allowed a 1.144 OPS to lefties in 66 career PA at the major league level. He had a 206-point split favoring lefties (.760 OPS) in 65 IP in Triple-A this year.
Jorge De La Rosa ($6,400–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) may be pitching way above his head at the moment, but that would be the beauty of this Daily League play, right? I love that he is pitching at home against the Brewers, who are 27th in runs scored while on the road, and dead last in walks.
Manny Machado ($3,800–Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays) is hitting like crazy lately, with four home runs and eight RBI in the past seven days. He goes to the hitter friendly Rogers Center to face Marco Estrada, who he homered against just last month. (May 11)
Pitcher (Cost–Game) Votes (FanDuel Points)
Chris Sale ($11,000–Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox) 3 (22)
Lance McCullers ($6,700–Houston Astros at Seattle Mariners) 3 (7.33)
Jacob DeGrom ($10,800–New York Mets at Atlanta Braves) 2 (8.33)
Rubby de la Rosa ($7,000–San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks) (16)
Jorge De La Rosa ($6,400–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) (3)
Carlos Carrasco ($8,800–Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians) 3 (8.66)
Roenis Elias ($7,700–Houston Astros at Seattle Mariners) (19)
Hitter (Cost–Game) Votes (FanDuel Points)
Kolten Wong ($2,900–St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies) 2 (6)
Josh Reddick ($3,400–Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics) (-1.25)
Gerardo Parra ($2,500–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) (3.25)
Carlos Gonzalez ($4000–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) (-1)
Charlie Blackmon ($3,900–Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) (8.5)
Chris Davis ($3,400–Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays) (1)
Joey Votto ($4,000–Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds) (2.5)
Manny Machado ($3,800–Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays) 3 (6.5)
Ben Paulson ($3,100—Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies) (7.75)
Miguel Cabrera ($5,400–Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees) (1.5)
Stephen Vogt ($3,300–Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics) (11.5)
Carlos Beltran ($2,300–New York Mets at Atlanta Braves) (.25)
Big bids in each league, but for different players. Read Mastersball.com’s analysis here.
Baseball Prospectus’s Mike Gianella, first place in Tout NL, has his analysis of the week’s Tout AL and NL moves. It’s free!
On a night when many of baseball’s top hurlers took the mound, David Price led Rick Wolf’s Tout Daily at FanDuel squad to victory. On a night of weak scoring, Wolf’s offense was paced by Jose Abreu, Jacob Realmuto and Martin Prado, for a total 48.75 points.
Ron Shandler finished second, behind the arm off Jaime Garcia, and big contributions from Brian Dozier, Josh Reddick and Joey Butler.
Jeff Boggis led the 34 percent of Tout owners who ponied up for Clayton Kershaw, and finished third with big nights from Mike Trout’s and Pablo Sandoval’s bats.
Only two Touts picked David Price, who finished with 21 points on the night. The second, after Wolf, was Lenny Melnick, who finished fourth.
But perhaps the big story of the night were the 21 percent of owners who built their teams around Felix Hernandez, who ignominiously allowed eight runs while getting just one out, scoring -6.67 points. Fortunately for all, the one out was a strikeout. Of the nine teams that took King Felix, Gene McCaffrey and Craig Mish tied for best score, each ending up with 11.58 points.
After two weeks in Phase 3, week one winner Seth Trachtman remains in first despite not finishing in the money this week, with Derek VanRiper, who finished in the money both weeks, just behind him. For the leaderboard, click here.
For more about Tout Daily, click here.
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This week’s winner:
We asked the Touts to share their picks for best pitcher and best hitter tonight’s Tout Daily Week 10 contest. You can follow the results here tonight. For more about Tout Daily visit here.
Tonight’s contest is Week 2 of Phase 3 of the five phase contest. The top three finishers in each phase get a ticket to the big August 28 final, with big money and the chance to be the first Tout Wars Daily champ.
Scott Pianowski, Jeff Erickson, Adam Ronis, Lenny Melnick, Lawr Michaels and Tom Kessenich have tickets to the finals already. The leaderboard is here.
Here are this week’s Tout picks. I’ll be updating this as they come in, so check back later if you get a chance.
Joe Kelly ($6700–Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox) Since the Red Sox made a change at pitching coach, Joe Kelly has given up more than two earned runs just once in five starts. The strikeouts are a little erratic, but he’ll get a Blue Jays lineup likely without Encarnacion (or with a dinged one) and the price is great for the upside.
Kennys Vargas ($2300–Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers) Vargas has been solid since his recall and gets to face a lefty tonight in Wandy Rodriguez. In a limited sample size this season, Vargas is hitting .375 and has an .869 OPS.
has missed a couple games with back spasms, but reportedly sat out Thursday’s game only as a precaution. If he’s in the lineup I’m using him.
Mike Trout ($5,000–Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels) Trout is a slight discount compared to Paul Goldschmidt ($5,600), Bryce Harper ($5,500), Giancarlo Stanton ($5,200), and Jose Bautista ($5,100). Goldschmidt faces a very tough pitching matchup against Madison Bumgarner. Harper faces a neutral pitching matchup against Mike Fiers. Bautista has a decent matchup against Joe Kelly with a home run, but too much of a small sample size with only 7 at bats. I really wanted to start Stanton in my DFS lineup tonight, but opposing pitcher Kyle Kendrick has pretty much owned Stanton. In 29 at bats, has 1 home run against Kendrick, but has 9 strikeouts and batting .103 against him. Trout is the first player that fits my criteria of being a consistent fantasy points producer in DFS, has a good matchup against an opposing pitcher (Jesse Chavez), is playing at home, and has a decent sample size against the pitcher. In 14 at bats, Trout has 2 home runs, 5 RBIs, and is batting .286 versus Jesse Chavez. Nelson Cruz ($3,600) is bargain priced, but with his recent back spasms and out of the lineup the past two days, he may be a game time decision and I can’t take the risk.
David Ortiz ($2,400–Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox) vs Drew Hutchison. When David Ortiz costs less than Justin Bour and Garrett Jones, that’s when David Ortiz becomes a value play. He’s facing a righty, and even this year, in a down year, near the end of his career, Ortiz is managing a .277/.383/.508 line that’s 41% better than league average. Drew Hutchison needs his best velocity to be good, and his gas hasn’t always been there for him this year. For $2,400, giddy.
Jeff Locke ($6,900––Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates) If you have the guts to dial up a non-star pitcher, Jeff Locke is the second-highest favorite on the card. We love you, Phillies.
Evan Longoria ($3,100–Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays) John Danks should have a target on his back, a weak lefty you can stack against. Evan Longoria has been annoyingly-overrated for years, but you like him in the platoon edge.
My first thought, based on how my selections have been lately, is the best advise I can give you is to NOT use my selections. Some kind of wicked curse has been placed on me! But I don’t believe in curses, and the law of averages is on my side, I’m due!
Jeff Locke ($6,900––Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates) The safe way to go tonight would be to take one of the many elite pitchers going tonight, there’s at five that should earn 15 points. But I’m going with a long shot. While he has not been impressive lately, his track record at home and against the Philles is impressive. Locke has a 3.52 ERA at home compared to 8.37 on the road, and has a 1.35 ERA ve the Phillies. And the Phillies are starting Kevin Correia, who just signed a deal this week. given the Phillies offense has major league lows of 3.18 runs and 0.59 homers, this give Locke an extra chance for a good performance.
Danny Salazar ($9,100–Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers) Inside Edge has him ranked below Kershaw, Felix and Price, but above Cueto and Bumgarner in tonight’s pitcher-heavy slate, allowing you to stay below five figures.
Jake Elmore ($2,200–Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays) Inside Edge says he’s a good bargain-basement “shortstop” (in actuality, he’s played almost everywhere but this season) if you need salary breathing room elsewhere.
Clayton Kershaw ($12,000–Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres) On the mound, I like Clayton Kershaw at San Diego, but who doesn’t? In nine career starts at Petco Park, the Dodgers’ ace has a 2.22 ERA, 0.988 WHIP and 54 strikeouts in 56 1/3 innings. The price is high, but so should be the return.
Xander Bogaerts ($2,500–Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox) The Red Sox have made a number of questionable personnel decisions in recent years, but signing Xander Bogaerts is not among them. Since May 31, the shortstop is 17-for-40 (.425) with six RBI. Friday night, he draws Drew Hutchison at Fenway, where he is batting .333 on the season. Bogaerts is a nice bargain at $2500.
Madison Bumgarner ($10600–Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants) After a couple days of rough pitching, we’re star-loaded today and several of them are very enticing options, but I prefer Bumgarner. He’s the cheapest of the four $10+ K aces and while he is coming off of a 5 ER outing, he did log 11 Ks in that same game. He has been alright in two outings against ARI, going seven in both, but the Ks have been underwhelming with just 7 in the 14 innings. His 11% Swinging Strike rate matches what he’s done the last two years and he still has a pair of 10+ K outings so there’s no reason to believe he can’t drop a big K game on Arizona.
Gregory Polanco ($3000–Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates) Polanco has been underwhelming overall, but that’s built into the price. When he does produce, it’s been against righties (.725 OPS, compared to .385 v. LH). He gets Kevin Correia in his 2015 debut. Correia doesn’t have much of a platoon split, but he’s pretty poor against both sides and his performance v. LH has really faltered in the last two years with .806 and .837 OPS totals. Polanco has the power-speed capability that gives him big potential, especially at 3K.
Phil Hertz’s Salve
Drew Hutchinson ($8,200–Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox) Drew Hutchison has been pitching better than his surface stats would indicate and has been pitching very well the last month. Toronto’s hot; the Red Sox not so much.
Jose Abreu ($3,800–Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays) Is bargain priced, especially considering he’s facing rookie Matt Andriese, who has yet to pitch into the fifth inning in his MLB career.
mpoole rode to #toutchallenge victory behind the booming bat of Joey Votto, a Carlos Rodon win and nice contributions from Carlos Correa and Peter Bourjos.
brocnessmonster, in second place, also rostered Joey Votto, and got a good game from Anibel Sanchez, with big contributions from Yan Gomes and Todd Frazier.
You’ll find Votto on third place finisher cwalinski’s team as well, along with Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Correa and Cory Kluber, who put up nine points despite losing his game.
The Top Tout was Steve Moyer, another Votto owner, who got almost nothing from his pitcher, Mike Foltynewicz, but plenty of points from Giancarlo Stanton, Yan Gomes and Jhonny Peralta.
The Top 10 Touts
Steve Moyer
Eno Sarris
Adam Ronis
Jeff Boggis
Gene McCaffrey
Jake Ciely
Todd Zola
Doug Anderson
Scott Pianowski
Michael Beller
mpoole’s winning roster:
Prompted by Fred Zinkie’s Tweet, a look at the Tout Wars Mixed Auction trades of the past week.
The first trade (actually before the big 8) was classic hitting for pitching.
Al Melchior gets: Matt Carpenter StL from Scott Pianowski
Scott Pianowski gets: James McCann Det and Jacob DeGrom NYM from Al Melchior
Accepted by all parties at 2:30 PM on 05/28/2015.
Trading season usually starts about two months into the season. Melchior now needed a catcher. So he dealt.
Al Melchior gets: Carlos Perez LAA from Paul Singman
Paul Singman gets: Nick Castellanos Det from Al Melchior
Accepted by all parties at 4:21 PM on 05/28/2015.
More hitting for Melchior for more pitching.
Al Melchior gets: Mark Teixeira NYY from David Gonos
David Gonos gets: Dallas Keuchel Hou from Al Melchior
Accepted by all parties at 1:18 PM on 05/31/2015.
Maybe we should take a look at the standings on May 31. You can see today’s standings here.
The team in last place in Runs and next to last in homers, adds Teixeira and Carpenter, giving up two arms from his league-leading pitching staff. How good is the staff now?
His starters include Chris Sale, Carlos Carrasco, Trevor Bauer and the youngsters, Eduardo Rodriguez and Lance McCullers. Might still be plenty good.
Fred Zinkie is usually the action trader in this league. He starts off with a small one.
Fred Zinkie gets: Danny Santana Min from Paul Singman
Paul Singman gets: 3 FAAB dollars from Fred Zinkie
Accepted by all parties at 2:30 PM on 06/01/2015.
Then, loosened up, he goes bigger.
Cory Schwartz gets: Jason Heyward StL from Fred Zinkie
Fred Zinkie gets: Kole Calhoun LAA from Cory Schwartz
Accepted by all parties at 2:10 PM on 06/03/2015.
Cory Schwartz then puts together a righteous threeway.
Cory Schwartz gets: Brandon Belt SF from Nando DiFino
Scott Pianowski gets: Andre Ethier LAD and Yonder Alonso SD and 1 FAAB dollars from Cory Schwartz. And 2 FAAB dollars from Nando DiFino
Nando DiFino gets: Avisail Garcia CWS from Scott Pianowski and Rougned Odor Tex from Cory Schwartz
Accepted by all parties at 11:04 AM on 06/05/2015.
Nando DiFino lures away a top prospect for a former ace.
Nando DiFino gets: Carlos Correa Hou from Joe Pisapia
Joe Pisapia gets: Justin Verlander Det from Nando DiFino
Accepted by all parties at 1:13 PM on 06/07/2015.
Closing the circle, Nando and Fred find common ground.
Fred Zinkie gets: Alex Rodriguez NYY from Nando DiFino
Nando DiFino gets: Wil Myers SD from Fred Zinkie
Accepted by all parties at 6:12 PM on 06/07/2015.
Scott Pianowski returns, introducing Tim Heaney to the dance.
Scott Pianowski gets: Dexter Fowler ChC from Tim Heaney
Tim Heaney gets: Billy Hamilton Cin from Scott Pianowski
Accepted by all parties at 5:21 PM on 06/07/2015.
It’s good to remember this is an OBP league when evaluating that one.
Now Pianowski and DiFino rejigger. Those 3 FAAB are the ones Pianowski picked up in the earlier deal with Nando and Cory.
Scott Pianowski gets: Salvador Perez KC from Nando DiFino
Nando DiFino gets: James McCann Det and Martin Prado Mia and 3 FAAB dollars from Scott Pianowski
Accepted by all parties at 6:14 PM on 06/07/2015.
More players move through Zinkie, as he sells low.
Ray Flowers gets: Mike Fiers Mil, Christian Yelich Mia, Drew Hutchison Tor and 2 FAAB dollars from Fred Zinkie
Fred Zinkie gets: David DeJesus TB and Starling Marte Pit from Ray Flowers
Accepted by all parties at 9:08 PM on 06/07/2015.
And finally, a small one for a big catcher, at least in the future.
Ray Flowers gets: 4 FAAB dollars from David Gonos
David Gonos gets: Blake Swihart Bos from Ray Flowers
Accepted by all parties at 2:14 PM on 06/08/2015.
What’s the final tally?
Al Melchior gets Matt Carpenter, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Perez, giving up James McCann, Jacob DeGrom, Dallas Keuchel, and Nick Castellanos.
Scott Pianowski gets Jacob DeGrom, Andre Ethier, Yonder Alonso, Dexter Fowler, and Salvador Perez, for Matt Carpenter, Avisail Garcia, Billy Hamilton, and Martin Prado.
Paul Singman got Nick Castellanos and 3 FAAB for Carlos Perez and Danny Santana.
David Gonos gets Dallas Keuchel and Blake Swihart for Mark Teixeira and 4 fAAB.
Fred Zinkie gets Danny Santana, Kole Calhoun, Alex Rodriguez, David DeJesus and Starling Marte and gives up 5 FAAB, Jason Heyward, Wil Myers, Mike Fiers, Christian Yelich, and Drew Hutchison.
Cory Schwarts gets Jason Heyward, and Brandon Belt for Kole Calhoun, Andre Ethier, Yonder Alonso, Rougned Odor, and 1 FAAB.
Nando DiFino gets Avisail Garcia, Rougned Odor, Carlos Correa, Wil Myers, James McCann, Martin Prado and 1 FAAB for Salvado Perez, Alex Rodriguez, Justin Verlander, and Brandon Belt.
Joe Pisapia gets Justin Verlander and gives Carlos Correa.
Tim Heaney gets Billy Hamilton and gives Dexter Fowler.
Ray Flowers gets Mike Fiers, Christian Yelich, Drew Hutchison and 6 FAAB for David Dejesus, Blake Swihart and Starling Marte.
