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Brian Walton: 2008 Was a Disaster!
Brian Walton explains why his 2008 season was such a mess, and suggests why that matters now.
Tout NL 7/27 SWAT
A. Trades
– HERTZ trades Joe Blanton, $15 FAAB; ZOLA trades Dexter Fowler, Luke Gregerson.
B. 60-day DL Redemption:
– KREUTZER cashes in on Anibal Sanchez – originally $3, but after the All-Star break, so half-value. All fractions rounded up – so he gets $2 in return.
C. Free Agents
WILDERMAN
– Picks up Matt Holliday for $94 (Wilderman 94; Ravitz 42; Kreutzer 54; Lombardo 89; Cockcroft 94; Pianowski 25); drops Greg Norton.
WALTON
– Picks up Julio Lugo for $30 (Ravitz 27; Hertz 14; Leibowitz 13; Lombardo 29; Pianowski 25; Walton 52); drops Joe Beimel.
HERTZ
– Pick up Matt Daley for $0; drop Oscar Salazar
– Pick up Alex Cora for $1 (Hertz 3; Leibowitz 0); drop Anderson Hernandez.
– Pick up Tyler Clippard for $5 (Hertz 5; Kreutzer 0; Lombardo 0; Pianowski 1 (cont); Walton 4); drop Yusmeiro Petit.
– Drop Garrett Mock as result of trade.
LEIBOWITZ:
– Pick up Cory Sullivan for $0; DL Jordan Zimmermann.
LOMBARDO:
– Pick up Luis Rodriguez for $0; drop Jordan Schafer.
– Pick up Kevin Hart for $0; drop Jason Motte.
– Pick up Livan Hernandez for $0; drop Mike Ekstrom.
MELNICK:
– Pick up Jhoulys Chacin for $0 (Melnick 0, Walton 0); DL Manny Corpas.
PIANOWSKI:
– Pick up Ramon Vazquez for $0 (Wilderman 0; Leibowitz 0; Pianowski 0); fills open spot.
– Pick up Jose Lobaton for $0; DL Ramon Hernandez.
– Pick up Chan Ho Park for $1; drop Jeff Karstens.
– Pick up Rick VandenHurk for $1 (Wilderman 0; Kreutzer 0; Pianowski 6); fills open spot.
TOUT NL 7/20 Swat
1. Trades
No trades this week.
2. Free Agents
HERTZ:
– Picks up Augie Ojeda for $1 (Hertz 2); drops Jeremy Reed.
– Picks up Oscar Salazar for $1 (Hertz 5); drops Chan Ho Park.
KREUTZER:
– Picks up Adam Rosales for $0; drops Juan Castro.
– Picks up Nick Stavinoha for $0; drops Matt Maloney.
– Picks up JD Martin for $1(Kreutzer 1); drops Edward Mujica.
– Picks up Chris Coste for $1 (Kreutzer 2, Wilderman 0); drops Tim Redding.
– Picks up Jon Rauch for $1 (Kreutzer 2); DL’s Scott Olsen.
– Picks up Josh Whitesell for $1 (Kreutzer 24); drops Corey Patterson.
LEIBOWITZ:
– Picks up Kevin Frandsen for $3 (Leibowitz 3; Hertz 2); drops Tony Clark.
– Picks up Mat Latos for $5 (Walton 2; Leibowitz 7; Hertz 4); drops Brian Bogusevic.
LOMBARDO:
– Picks up Alberto Arias for $1 (Lombardo 1); drops Diory Hernandez.
WALTON:
– Picks up Joe Beimel for $0; DL’s Pedro Martinez.
WILDERMAN:
– Picks up David Ross for $0; drops Mitch Stetter.
– Picks up Greg Norton for $0; drops Nick Evans.
– Picks up Luis Ayala for $1 (Wilderman 2); drops Aaron Heilman.
ZOLA:
– Picks up Tyler Clippard for $1 (Zola 1; Hertz 0); DL’s Corey Wade.
NL Leader Talks but Doesn’t Brag
Brian Walton is doing just fine in NL Tout. He’s got a comfortable, if not insurmountable, lead, and he’s playing the game very well.
Although he doesn’t write about his fantasy teams much, at midseason he took a breath and gave a peak at what is going on in his head. Not surprisingly, his rooting interests often conflict.
Tout NL Trade Talk w/ Cory Shwartz and Brian Walton
On Jeff Erickson’s Fantasy Focus on BlogTalkRadio.
NL Tout SWAT July 6
COCKCROFT:
– Pick up Matt Stairs for $0; DL Kelly Johnson
– Pick up Blake DeWitt for $0; drop Ramon Vazquez.
HERTZ:
– Pick up Jarrett Hoffpauir for $0; drop Ryan Freel.
– Pick up Guillermo Mota for $0; drop Matt Downs.
KREUTZER:
– Pick up Juan Castro for $0; drop Argenis Reyes.
– Pick up Sean Burnett for $0; drop Chris Sampson.
– Pick up Henry Blanco for $0; drop David Ross.
– Pick up Gregor Blanco for $1 (Kreutzer 2, Cockcroft 0); drop Brett Carroll.
LOMBARDO:
– Pick up Ryan Sadowski for $4 (Lombardo 6; Kreutzer 3); drop Nick Masset.
MELNICK/GRECO:
– Pick up Burke Badenhop for $0; drop Merkin Valdez.
– Pick up Emmanuel Burriss for $1 (Melnick 5); drop Alejandro De Aza.
PIANOWSKI:
– Pick up Sam Fuld for $3 (Pianowski 12, Hertz 2); drop Craig Stammen.
RAVITZ:
– Pick up Rodrigo Lopez for $1 (Ravitz 8); fills open slot.
WALTON:
– Pick up Garret Jones for $23 (Pianowski 13; Lombardo 22; Walton 34; Cockcroft 4; Kreutzer 0; Hertz 10); DL Khalil Greene.
WILDERMAN:
– Pick up Jeremy Affeldt for $0; fills open slot.
NL Tout Wars FAAB June 29, 2009 (Mark DeRosa Edition)
WILTON:
– Picks up Mark DeRosa for $83 (Wilton 98; Wilderman 72; Leibowitz 23; Walton 82; Zola 82; Hertz 26 (cont); Lombardo 66; Cockcroft 26; Ravitz 49; Schwartz 18; Kreutzer 38; Pianowski 30); drops Blake DeWitt.
– Picks up Peter Moylan for $1; drops Jon Rauch.
HERTZ:
– Picks up Josh Bard for $4 (Hertz 11; Cockcroft 0; Ravitz 0; Schwartz 0; Pianowski 3); DL’s Chris Snyder.
– Picks up Homer Bailey for $12 (Hertz 21; Melnick 11); drops Sean Green.
KREUTZER:
– Picks up Brett Carroll for $0; drops Barbaro Canizares.
– Picks up Argenis Reyes for $0; drops Danny Richar.
– Picks up Carlos Carrasco for $1 (Kreutzer 1); drops Brian Barden.
LEIBOWITZ:
– Picks up Augie Ojeda for $0; drops Edwin Maysonet.
– Picks up Seth McClung for $1 (Leibowitz 7); drops Emmanuel Burriss.
LOMBARDO:
– Picks up Josh Banks for $0; fills open slot.
– Picks up Diory Hernandez for $0; drops Luis Rodriguez.
MELNICK/GRECO:
– Picks up Alex Romero for $1 (Melnick 7); drops Jesus Guzman.
WILDERMAN:
– Picks up Alberto Gonzalez for $0; drops Matt Kata.
– Picks up Mike Burns for $0; DL’s Matt Lindstrom.
– Picks up Antonio Bastardo for $0; drops Matt Stairs.
ZOLA:
– Picks up Virgil Vasquez for $8 (Wilderman 2; Zola 13; Hertz 1 (cont); Melnick 7; Lombardo 0 (cont); Pianowski 3); DL’s Luke Gregerson.
3. LEAGUE RULES
– Impressively, nobody violated the contingent bid rule when stacking up their Mark DeRosa bids this week. Well done, folks.