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Posted by:
john_halpin
on Aug 3, 2009 at 08:10:15 AM
In case you missed it, here's my wrapup of the fantasy impact of Friday's deadline deals. The more I think about it, the more I like the trade the Blue Jays made. They dealt Scott Rolen - good, but expensive, getting old and injury-prone - for a guy who hit 26 homers last year and two fireballing relievers. If he hadn't turned the Roy Halladay proceedings into a complete disaster, I'd say GM J.P. Ricciardi had a good week. Speaking of trades, I read a lot this weekend about the Yankees' failure to trade for a starter, with Sergio Mitre getting bombed again and Joba Chamberlain's rumored innings limit looming. Here's my solution: Trade for Kerry Wood, and put Phil Hughes in the rotation. Wood's 5.11 ERA looks bad, but since June 1 it's 4.26 (not great, but better) with 21 Ks and eight ...
Posted by:
john_halpin
on Jul 9, 2009 at 07:18:04 AM
The Blue Jays have released former closer B.J. Ryan with approximately $15 million left on his contract. During Ryan's struggles, I've always viewed Scott Downs as the Jays' closer until Ryan got straightened out, since most teams will try to find a big role for a guy making that much money. With Ryan gone, Downs is clearly the man, and he should be owned in every single FOXSports.com league, instead of in the current 30 percent. Since the start of the 2007 season, Downs has a 1.98 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP in 156 innings, and has allowed just seven home runs. He's whiffed more than eight batters per nine innings over that span, and induced about twice as many ground balls as fly balls. Next spring, he's very likely to be ranked among the top 10 fantasy closers. If you can still get Downs, do ... |
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