After trading away Edwin Encarnacion for Chris Sale, my team has made a run in the standings and now only sits 2 points out of 1st place. My pitching has made a major turnaround, thanks to my Big 3 -- Sale, Darvish & King Felix. And K-Rod has been holding down the fort in the saves category. After inexplicably sitting at the bottom in strikeouts for much of the season, I've rocketed all the way up to 3rd.
Granted, Encarnacion has been doing well since I swapped him out, but CJ Cron was able to fill the hole in my lineup (I originally signed Jon Singleton to replace him, but have since jettisoned him for Cron). How long he'll be able to keep it up, I don't know, but many analysts compare him to Mark Trumbo, so I'm hoping he'll at least continue to hit for big power, even if his average takes a bit of a hit.
I've also been stockpiling speed -- not of the Breaking Bad variety -- but in players like Rajai Davis, Denard Span & James Jones. I had had Eric Young Jr. on my roster for a while too, but ended up dropping him. He was recently released to waivers again, and I may resign him if he clears them. I'm finding stolen bases are harder to come by in my league than power, and I have plenty of room to make a run in that category (pun intended).
Edit: I dropped James Jones for Santiago Casilla this afternoon, after it was announced he'd be replacing Sergio Romo as Giants' closer. Technically, he'll be in a committee with Jeremy Affeldt, but being the right-hander of the duo, and the better pitcher in general, he's likely to get the bulk of save opportunities going forward.
My current roster:
C - Yadier Molina, STL
C - Devin Mesoraco, CIN
1B - Adrian Gonzalez, LAD
2B - Robinson Cano, SEA
3B - Anthony Rendon, WSH
SS - Ian Desmond, WSH
CI - Anthony Rizzo, CHC
MI - Brandon Phillips, CIN
OF - Ryan Zimmerman, WSH
OF - Coco Crisp, OAK
OF - Gregory Polanco, PIT
OF - Josh Harrison, PIT
OF - Mookie Betts, BOS
UT - CJ Cron, LAA
P - Yu Darvish, TEX
P - Felix Hernandez, SEA
P - Chris Sale, CWS
P - Jordan Zimmerman, WSH
P - Alex Wood, ATL
P - Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD
P - Tanner Roark, WSH
P - Francisco Rodriguez, MIL
P - LaTroy Hawkins, COL
Bench - Mike Minor, ATL
Bench - Andrew Heaney, MIA
Bench - Jesse Hahn, SD
Bench - Denard Span, WSH
Bench - Rajai Davis, DET
Bench - James Jones, SEA
My recent transactions:
-Added Mookie Betts (2B - BOS); dropped Jon Singleton (1B - HOU)
-Added CJ Cron (1B - LAA); dropped Shelby Miller (SP - STL)
-Added James Jones (OF - SEA); dropped Jake McGee (RP - TB)
-Added LaTroy Hawkins (RP - COL); dropped Hector Rondon (RP - CHC)
-Added Denard Span (OF - WSH); dropped Kole Calhoun (OF - LAA)
-Added Jesse Hahn (SP - SD); dropped Dillon Gee (SP - NYM)
-Added Josh Harrison (OF - PIT); dropped Drew Pomeranz (SP - OAK)
League transactions (excluding my own):
-Added
Jarred Cosart, SP - HOU
Marcus Stroman, SP - TOR
CC Sabathia, SP - NYY
Jake McGee, RP - TB
Drew Hutchison, SP - TOR
Shelby Miller, SP - STL
Kurt Suzuki, C - MIN
Erick Aybar, SS - LAA
Lucas Duda, 1B - NYM
Scooter Gennett, 2B - MIL
Steve Pearce, 1B - BAL
James Paxton, SP - SEA
Henderson Alvarez, SP - MIA
Stephen Vogt, C - OAK
Nick Castellanos, 3B - DET
Travis d'Arnaud, C - NYM
Collin McHugh, SP - HOU
Marcell Ozuna, OF - MIA
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C - MIA
Carlos Martinez, SP - STL
Neil Walker, 2B - PIT
Brad Miller, SS - SEA
Chris Owings, SS - ARI
Kole Calhoun, OF - LAA
JD Martinez, OF - DET
Joe Nathan, RP - DET
Kevin Gausman, SP - BAL
Mike Moustakas, 3B - KC
Bartolo Colon, SP - NYM
Casey McGehee, 3B - MIA
Drew Smyly, SP - DET
Danny Duffy, SP - KC
Nolan Arenado, 3B - COL
Jake Odorizzi, SP - TB
Javier Baez, SS - CHC
-Dropped
Jeremy Guthrie, SP - KC
Chris Tillman, SP - BAL
Eric Young Jr., OF - NYM
Matt Shoemaker, SP - LAA
Dan Haren, SP - LAD
Grant Balfour, RP - TB
Colby Rasmus, OF - TOR
Jason Grilli, RP - LAA
Ernesto Frieri, RP - PIT
Chase Headley, 3B - SD
Jeff Locke, SP - PIT
Shane Victorino, OF - BOS
Jason Castro, C - HOU
Jake Peavy, SP - BOS
Chase Whitley, SP - NYY
Neil Ramirez, RP - CHC
Kyle Gibson, SP - MIN
Robinson Chirinos, C - TEX
Russell Martin, C - PIT
Brett Lawrie, 3B - TOR
Austin Jackson, OF - DET
Carlos Beltran, OF - NYY
Dioner Navarro, C - TOR
Eugenio Suarez, SS - DET
Kyle Parker, OF - COL
Roenis Elias, SP - SEA
Tommy Milone, SP - OAK
Aaron Harang, SP - ATL
Tyler Matzek, SP - COL
John Danks, SP - CWS
Jeurys Familia, RP - NYM
Maikel Franco, 3B - PHI
Josh Tomlin, SP - CLE
Carl Crawford, OF - LAD
Rafael Montero, SP - NYM
John Jaso, C - OAK
Chris Young, SP - SEA
Wei-Yin Chen, SP - BAL
Oscar Taveras, OF - STL
Ryan Vogelsong, SP - SF
Tyler Skaggs, SP - LAA
Torii Hunter, OF - DET
Trades:
-Team 1 traded -- Chris Davis & Angel Pagan
-Team 2 traded -- Yasiel Puig
-Team 1 traded -- Alex Rios, Max Scherzer & Alexei Ramirez
-Team 2 traded -- Carlos Gonzalez, Charlie Blackmon, David Price, Chris Davis
-Team 1 traded -- Manny Machado & Jean Segura
-Team 2 traded -- Evan Longoria
-My Watch List (based on available free agents in my league):
-C
Jason Castro, HOU
Russell Martin, PIT
Carlos Ruiz, PHI
Dioner Navarro, TOR
John Jaso, OAK
Tyler Flowers, CWS
Alex Avila, DET
Josmil Pinto, MIN
Yasmani Grandal, SD
Christian Bethancourt, ATL
Gary Sanchez, NYY
Austin Hedges, SD
Hank Conger, LAA
Ryan Doumit, ATL
Blake Swihart, BOS
-1B
Jon Singleton, HOU
Garrett Jones, MIA
Adam Dunn, CWS
Adam Lind, TOR
Nick Swisher, CLE
Corey Hart, SEA
Chris Carter, HOU
Justin Smoak, SEA
Mike Olt, CHC
Logan Morrison, SEA
Dominic Smith, NYM
Tommy Medica, SD
Kyle Blanks, OAK
Matt Olson, OAK
-2B
Jedd Gyorko, SD
Emilio Bonifacio, CHC
Omar Infante, KC
Gordon Beckham, CWS
Kolten Wong, STL
Dustin Ackley, SEA
Tommy La Stella, ATL
Rougned Odor, TEX
DJ LeMahieu, COL
Josh Rutledge, COL
Alexander Guerrero, LAD
Danny Espinosa, WSH
Jonathan Schoop, BAL
Marcus Semien, CWS
Derek Dietrich, MIA
Nick Franklin, SEA
Grant Green, LAA
-3B
Brett Lawrie, TOR
Yangervis Solarte, NYY
Matt Dominguez, HOU
Trevor Plouffe, MIN
Chase Headley, SD
Kris Bryant, CHC
Chris Johnson, ATL
Conor Gillaspie, CWS
Will Middlebrooks, BOS
Maikel Franco, PHI
Miguel Sano, MIN
Joey Gallo, TEX
Garin Cecchini, BOS
Matt Davidson, CWS
Colin Moran, MIA
Wilmer Flores, NYM
Kaleb Cowart, LAA
Jake Lamb, ARI
-SS
Javier Baez, CHC
Brandon Crawford, SF
Derek Jeter, NYY
Jonathan Villar, HOU
Eugenio Suarez, DET
Carlos Correa, HOU
Jordy Mercer, PIT
Addison Russell, OAK
Francisco Lindor, CLE
Stephen Drew, BOS
Adeiny Hechavarria, MIA
Yunel Escobar, TB
Corey Seager, LAD
Zack Cozart, CIN
Raul Mondesi, KC
Arismendy Alcantara, CHC
Alen Hanson, PIT
JP Crawford, PHI
-OF
Wil Myers, TB
Carlos Beltran, NYY
Austin Jackson, DET
Torii Hunter, DET
Oscar Taveras, STL
Shane Victorino, BOS
Colby Rasmus, TOR
Gerardo Parra, ARI
David Murphy, CLE
Norichika Aoki, KC
Carl Crawford, LAD
Dayan Viciedo, CWS
Lorenzo Cain, KC
Byron Buxton, MIN
Eric Young Jr., NYM
BJ Upton, ATL
Seth Smith, SD
Oswaldo Arcia, MIN
Alejandro De Aza, CWS
Junior Lake, CHC
Joc Pederson, LAD
Michael Saunders, SEA
Jorge Soler, CHC
Carlos Quentin, SD
Chris Young, NYM
Will Venable, SD
Grady Sizemore, PHI
Juan Lagares, NYM
Jake Marisnick, MIA
Clint Frazier, CLE
Michael Choice, TEX
Austin Meadows, PIT
David Dahl, COL
Craig Gentry, OAK
Cameron Maybin, SD
Kyle Parker, COL
Chris Denorfia, SD
Stephen Piscotty, STL
Brandon Nimmo, NYM
Anthony Gose, TOR
-SP
Dan Haren, LAD
Hiroki Kuroda, NYY
Aaron Harang, ATL
Roenis Elias, SEA
Chris Tillman, BAL
Wei-Yin Chen, BAL
Drew Pomeranz, OAK
James Paxton, SEA
Michael Pineda, NYY
Tyler Skaggs, LAA
Ryan Vogelsong, SF
Clay Buchholz, BOS
Travis Wood, CHC
Kyle Gibson, MIN
Jake Peavy, BOS
Jeff Locke, PIT
Ubaldo Jimenez, BAL
Jaime Garcia, STL
Archie Bradley, ARI
Noah Syndergaard, NYM
Rubby De La Rosa, BOS
John Danks, CWS
Tony Cingrani, CIN
Matt Shoemaker, LAA
Joe Kelly, STL
Derek Holland, TEX
Danny Salazar, CLE
Josh Collmenter, ARI
Chris Young, SEA
Bud Norris, BAL
Jimmy Nelson, MIL
Josh Tomlin, CLE
Eddie Butler, COL
Jon Gray, COL
Robert Stephenson, CIN
Jeremy Hellickson, TB
Kyle Zimmer, KC
Mark Appel, HOU
Lucas Giolito, WSH
Alex Meyer, MIN
Odrisamer Despaigne, SD
Aaron Sanchez, TOR
Rafael Montero, NYM
Henry Owens, BOS
-RP
Jason Grilli, LAA
Ernesto Frieri, PIT
Hector Rondon, CHC
John Axford, CLE
Tommy Hunter, BAL
Tyler Clippard, WSH
Jim Johnson, OAK
Tony Watson, PIT
Joaquin Benoit, SD
Neil Ramirez, CHC
Rex Brothers, COL
Jonathan Broxton, CIN
Matt Lindstrom, CWS
Jason Motte, STL
Joba Chamberlain, DET
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