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 22 AL Tout SWAT

TRADE
SIANO trades Smoltz and Mathis to SHEEHAN for Saltalamacchia

GREY
Res. Davies. $Claim Brad Mills ($1. Next: None. Vickery: $1)
Res Teagarden. Claim D Ryan.

MOYER
RECLAIM Eric Chavez $3 RECLAIM
DL Casey Janssen. Res R Perry. Claim Joe Nelson

BERRY
Rel Nix. $Claim J Johnson ($3. Next: none. Vickery: $1)

PETERSON
Rel Barton. $Claim Quinlan ($1. Next: None. Vickery: $1)
Rel Berken. Activate M Harrison.
Rel Ohka. Activate Perkins
Res Cunningham. $Claim Dewayne Wise ($1. Next: none. Vickery $1)
Rel Sowers. $Claim Figaro ($5. Next: Walker $2, Grey $1, Shandler $1. Vickery $3)

WALKER
Res T Pena. $Claim Russ Adams ($17. Next: $0. Vickery: $1)
Res Okajima. Claim P Coke.

J COLLETTE
none

COLTON
Res Delcarmen. $Claim Accardo. ($11. Next: Berry $7, Moyer $3. Vickery: $8)
DL E Chavez. Activate T Crowe.
Res Punto. Activate Santiago.
RECLAIM Endy Chavez RECLAIM $1
Rel Jensen Lewis if necessary.

SHANDLER
DL K Escobar. $Claim Sean O’Sullivan ($1. next: none. Vickery: $1)

ERICKSON
Rel K Farnsworth. Activate F Francisco
DL D Span. $Claim M Kotsay ($11. Next: $0. Vickery: $1)
Rel Clete Thomas. $Claim M Carp ($13. Next: Peterson $11, Berry $5, Colton $3, Siano $3 Vickery: $12)
Res Tolbert.

SHEEHAN
Res R Ramirez. Act Smoltz
Rel Gallagher.
SIANO
Trade and losing bid

MICHAELS
Res Joe Inglett. Act Ryan Sweeney

June 15 SWAT Report Mixed

Roberts gets Brian Giles from Pliml for $8 FAAB
one reclaim
Petera reclaims $12 and releases Weeks
note that Schechter reclaimed $1 for Litsch, but so far he is just on the 15-day DL. Once he goes to 60, the refund is ok.
So, the moves for the week, are:
Pliml
Jaramillo $7 ($9 Vickery)
Sampson $1 ($1 Vickery)
Petera
Bergesen $9 ($13 Vickery)
Gload $1 ($13 Vickery)
Hoyos
Correia $4 ($13 Vickery)
Gross $1 ($3 Vickery)
Carroll
Abreu $1 ($5 Vickery)
Bard $1 ($1 Vickery)
Behrens
Gwynn $1 ($15 Vickery)
Schechter
G. Anderson $1 ($6 Vickery
M Izturis $8 ($29 Vickery)
Morton $1 ($2 Vickery)
Patton
Contreras $5 ($12 Vickery)
Cushing
Romero $8 ($8 Vickery)
Canizaros $1 ($4 Vickery)
Wilson $1 ($1 Vickery)
Roberts
Beimel  $0 ($0 Vickery)
Liss
Schierholtz $1 ($1 Vickery)
Thornton $1 ($1 Vickery)

one trade:

Roberts gets Brian Giles from Pliml for $8 FAAB

one reclaim

Petera reclaims $12 and releases Weeks

note that Schechter reclaimed $1 for Litsch, but so far he is just on the 15-day DL. Once he goes to 60, the refund is ok.

So, the moves for the week, are:

Pliml

Jaramillo $7 ($9 Vickery)

Sampson $1 ($1 Vickery)

Petera

Bergesen $9 ($13 Vickery)

Gload $1 ($13 Vickery)

Hoyos

Correia $4 ($13 Vickery)

Gross $1 ($3 Vickery)

Carroll

Abreu $1 ($5 Vickery)

Bard $1 ($1 Vickery)

Behrens

Gwynn $1 ($15 Vickery)

Schechter

G. Anderson $1 ($6 Vickery

M Izturis $8 ($29 Vickery)

Morton $1 ($2 Vickery)

Patton

Contreras $5 ($12 Vickery)

Cushing

Romero $8 ($8 Vickery)

Canizaros $1 ($4 Vickery)

Wilson $1 ($1 Vickery)

Roberts

Beimel  $0 ($0 Vickery)

Liss

Schierholtz $1 ($1 Vickery)

Thornton $1 ($1 Vickery)

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.

June 15 SWAT Report AL

TRADES

COLLETTE trades Koji Uehara to GREY for Gabe Kapler.
PETERSON trades Felix Pie to SHEEHAN for Ronny Cedeno
COLTON trades Garciaparra to WALKER for Griffey Jr.
BERRY
no winning bids
GREY
Res Swarzak. Uehara active
MOYER
not heard from
PETERSON
DL Bonderman. Activate Berken.
Rel G Petit. $Claim Don Kelly ($11. Next: Collette 4, Vickery: $5)
Res Kendrick. $Claim Daric Barton ($8. Next: None. Vickery: $1)
COLLETTE
no winning bids
SHANDLER
Res C Tillman. Rel D Purcey. $Claim W Abreu. ($5. Next: Berry $3 Vickery: $4)
Rel Arredondo.  $Claim A Poreda ($6. Next: none Vickery: $1)
SAM WALKER
Res Bedard. $Claim J Contreras ($18. Next: Shandler 15, Peterson 8, Colton 6, Erickson 3, Siano 2, Grey 1. Vickery: $16)
Res Balfour. $Claim B Lyon ($12. Next: Colton 2, Shandler 2 Vickery: $3)
Release Willis.
COLTON
Res Crowe. Activate Griffey.
Res Santiago. Activate Punto.
Rel Crain. $Claim M Palmer ($6. Next: Peterson 5, Grey 1, Erickson 1 Vickery: $6)
Rel Vizcaino. $Claim G Olson ($2. Next: Erickson $2. Vickery: $2)
ERICKSON
DL F Francisco. $Claim Pedro Martinez ($1. Next: none Vickery: $1)
SHEEHAN
Res Larish. $Claim J Borbon ($2. Next: none. Vickery: $1)
RECLAIM Anthony Reyes $6 RECLAIM
SIANO
no winning bids
MICHAELS
Res Jennings. Claim S White.

June 8 AL SWAT

GREY

DL Izturis. $Claim Vizquel ($2. Next: None. Vickery: $1)
BERRY
naught
MOYER
naught
PETERSON
Rel Bailey. Claim Petit
Res Coke. Claim Ohka. Rel Cordero.
Res Berken. Act Padilla
Rel Palmer. Act Bonderman.
COLLETTE
Naught
WALKER
Res Balfour. $Claim Okajima ($6. Next: $0. Vickery: $1). Release Ray.
Rel L Hernandez. $Claim Tony Pena ($4. Next: $0. Vickery: $1). 
SHANDLER
Naught
COLTON/WOLF
Res R Pena. Act M Thames.
ERICKSON
Naught
SIANO
Res Cervelli. Act Gimenez.
Res Betemit. $Claim Oscar Salazar ($3. Next: None. Vickery: $1)
SHEEHAN
Naught
MICHAELS
Res Masterson. Claim J Jennings.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Let me know if anything smells bad. I’ll fix it.

June 8 NL Swat

1. Trade

HERTZ trades Aaron Rowand, Pedro Feliciano
RAVITZ trades Huston Street, Eric Hinske, $2 in FAAB.

2. Free Agents (alpha, player’s first name)

LOMBARDO picks up Brad Thompson for $1 (Lombardo 3); drops Josh Geer.

PIANOWSKI picks up Carlos Gonzalez for $32 (Pianowski 37; Cockcroft 16; Kreutzer 14; Lombardo 22; Hertz 31; Schwartz 19); DL’s Eric Milton.

KREUTZER picks up Chris Sampson for $1 (Pianowski 0 (cont); Kreutzer 3; Leibowitz 0); drops Kevin Frandsen.

PIANOWSKI picks up Craig Stammen for $0; drops Jeff Karstens.

LOMBARDO picks up Greg Dobbs for $1 (Lombardo 5); drops Jamie Hoffman.

MELNICK picks up Jason Hammel for $2 (Pianowski 1; Melnick 3); DL Edinson Volquez.

KREUTZER picks up Matt Maloney for $5 (Kreutzer 11; Lombardo 4; Leibowitz 0; Walton 2); drops Ramon Ramirez.

COCKCROFT picks up Mike MacDougal for $1 (Cockcroft 9); drops Dallas McPherson.

LOMBARDO picks up Nick Masset for $1 (Lombardo 2); drops Chan Ho Park.

HERTZ picks up Sean Green for $0; drops Josh Bard.

LEIBOWITZ picks up Todd Coffey for $0; drops Bobby Howry.

HERTZ picks up Tyler Greene for $1 (Hertz 22); drops Joel Hanrahan.

SCHWARTZ picks up Will Venable for $0; DL’s Angel Pagan.

Same Strategy, Different Results

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