Brian Walton explains why his 2008 season was such a mess, and suggests why that matters now.
Why First-Place Lawr Michaels Traded CC Sabathia…
He explains the Tout AL action.
Tout AL 7/27 Swat
GREY
Tout Mixed 7/27 Swat
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 Mixed 7/20 Swat
one trade
Cushing gets Stephen Drew and Rich Harden
Roberts gets Jose Valverde, Dexter Fowler, and Jack Wilson
FAAB
Dennis
Conrad $1 (vickery 50)
Karabell
Smith $13 (vickery 19)
Kastner
Rzepcyzinski $1 (vickery 12)
Duncan $0
Liss
Pedro $4 (vickery 7)
Carroll
Cedeno $1 (vickery 1)
Patton
Latos $12 (21 vickery)
Pliml
Sadowski $1 (vickery 20)
Mack
Carmona $1 (vickery 7)
Hoyos
Stauffer $1 (vickery 9)
Roberts
Schmidt $1 (vickery 4)
Cushing
Niese $0
TOUT AL 7/20 Swat
GREY
no
BERRY
losing bid
MOYER
Res R Johnson. Act D Navarro
PETERSON
Res Fields. Act Wise
Rel Chen. $Claim J Westbrook ($1. Next: none. Vickery: $1)
WALKER
$Claim M Grudzielanek. ($10. Next: Berry $1. Vickery: $2)
Res B Lyon. Claim Yu-Te Ni.
$Claim R Quinlann ($1. Next: $0. Vickery: $1)
Res Balfour. Activate B Colon.
REL: Pedro Martinez. Tony Pena (SS), M Redmond.
COLLETTE
Rel M Lowe. $Claim R Ramirez ($5. Next: $0. Vickery: $1)
Rel W Ramirez. $Claim J Hannahan ($6. Next: Sheehan $2, Vickery: $3)
Rel M Joyce. $Claim A Marte ($2. Next: none. Vickery: $1)
COLTON/WOLF
Res Accardo. $Claim D Baez ($2. Next: none. Vickery: $1)
Cut Hopper.
SHEEHAN
Res Buck. $Claim D Dellucci ($1. Next: $0. Vickery: $1)
Res Mijares. $Claim F Carmona ($2. Next: none. Vickery: $1)
Rel Betancourt
SHANDLER
Rel Berkan. Act Poreda.
Res Freel. Act DeRosa
Cut Barrett.
ERICKSON
DL Meche. Claim D Oliver.
MICHAELS
No
SIANO
DL Zumaya. Claim Seay.
Res Langerhans. Act Hunter. REL M Ramirez.
Rel Gimenez. Act C Quentin.
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.