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.

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.

June 22 NL Tout SWAT

1. Trades

None

2. Free Agents (switching up the presentation order – I think it might read easier if I do it by team)

HERTZ:

– Picks up Matt Downs for $3 (Pianowski 2; Leibowitz 0; Hertz 3 (cont)); drops Bobby Parnell.
– Picks up James McDonald for $2 (Wilderman 1; Hertz 4; Ravitz 0 (cont)); drops Frank Catalanotto.
– Picks up Jeremy Reed for $1 (Hertz 4); DL Raul Ibanez.
– Picks up Chan Ho Park for $1 (Hertz 7); drops Jeff Fulchino.

KREUTZER:

– Picks up John Mayberry Jr. for $6 (Kreutzer 6; Pianowski 2; Wilderman 6; Hertz 3 (cont) – lower in standings than Wilderman); fills open slot.
– Picks up Corey Patterson for $3 (Kreutzer 3; Pianowski 3 – lower in standings); drops Augie Ojeda.
– Picks up Danny Richar for $1 (Kreutzer 3); drops Juan Castro.

LEIBOWITZ:

– Picks up Edwin Maysonet for $0; drops Jody Gerut.
– Picks up Bud Norris for $1 (Leibowitz 1); drops Jeremy Affeldt.

MELNICK/GRECO:

– Picks up Jake Fox for $10 (Pianowski 0 (cont); Hertz 9; Melnick 11); fills open slot.
– Picks up Paul Janish for $1 (Melnick 11); DL Alex Gonzalez.
– Picks up Jeff Weaver for $4 (Pianowski 0; Melnick 6; Lombardo 3); DL Manny Corpas.
– Picks up Eliezer Alfonzo for $1 (Melnick 6); DL Nick Hundley.

PIANOWSKI:

– Picks up Billy Buckner for $0; drops Antonio Bastardo
– Picks up Darin Erstad for $1; fills open slot.

RAVITZ:

– Picks up Greg Burke for $1 (Pianowski 0 (cont); Wilderman 0 (cont); Ravitz 1); DL Kiko Calero.

WILDERMAN:

– Picks up Nick Evans for $0; drops Brett Carroll.
– Picks up Jose Ascanio for $0; DL Angel Guzman.
– Picks up Alcides Escobar for $1 (Wilderman 1); drops Matt Kata.

June 15 SWAT Report NL

Free Agents (alpha, player’s first name)

WILDERMAN picks up Aaron Heilman for $0; drops Burke Badenhop.

COCKCROFT picks up Adam Rosales for $0; DL’s Casey Kotchman.

WALTON picks up Alberto Gonzalez for $0; drops Alcides Escobar.

KREUTZER picks up Barbaro Canizares for $6 (Wilderman 6; Pianowski 1 (cont); Kreutzer 6; Cockcroft 3; Schwartz 5); drops Justin Miller.

RAVITZ picks up Charlie Morton for $18 (Cockcroft 6; Leibowitz 3; Ravitz 19; Walton 4; Schwartz 3; Hertz 17); DL’s John Maine.

KREUTZER picks up David Ross for $0; drops Eugenio Velez.

PIANOWSKI picks up Edgard Gonzalez for $1 (Wilderman 0; Pianowski 1); drops Edwin Maysonet.

HERTZ picks up Fernando Nieve for $4 (Pianowski 1; Lombardo 0 (cont); Cockcroft 3 (cont); Leibowitz 2; Schwartz 0 (cont); Hertz 20); DL’s Felipe Paulino.

HERTZ picks up Jeff Fulchino for $0; drops Chris Burke.

SCHWARTZ picks up Joel Hanrahan for $1 (Schwartz 2); drops Juan Gutierrez.

PIANOWSKI picks up Josh Geer for $1 (Wilderman 0; Pianowski 1); drops Billy Buckner.

WILDERMAN picks up Matt Kata for $0; drops Tom Gorzelanny.

LEIBOWITZ picks up Mike Adams for $0; drops Kyle McClellan.

KREUTZER picks up Russ Ortiz for $1 (Lombardo 0; Kreutzer 3); drops Sean Burnett.