Better late than never, right?
Keepers
Johan Santana - $21; Johan’s a steal at this price. But it hurts a little bit to know you traded a $6 Liriano to get him.
Alex Rodriguez - $40; Considering that Manny, Sheffield, and Ichiro went for about $40, keeping ARod was a good idea. Unfortunately, Tom’s really going to get nailed in 2006 by ARod’s decreased fan loyalty and his lack of being a True Yankee?. Yes, our league uses fan loyalty and True Yankee-ness as categories. Brady cleans up in that last one.
Coco Crisp - $10; I’m a big Coco believer. Let’s hope he doesn’t get injured.
Michael Young - $5; Too bad All-Star stats don’t count.
Joe Mauer - $5; At the end of last year I had the choice of keeping a $9 Victor Martinez or a $5 Joe mauer. I chose Victor — story of my season. Actually, no, the story of my season was buying Esteban Loiza, Jeff Weaver, Matt Clement, Bruce Chen, and Shawn Chacon to anchor my pitching staff. Isn’t it cool how “anchor” is its own antonym?
Jorge Cantu - $6; In my mind, Julio Lugo and Jorge Cantu are two manifestations of the same soul. Now that Lugo’s playing for the Dodgers I’m going to actually figure this thing out.
Chris Ray - $5; Yes, everyone saw this coming.
Bobby Jenks - $5; Gotta give Ozzie credit for trusting his young pitchers.
For what it’s worth, I had Tom’s keepers at about the third/fourth best list in the league.
The Auction
Milton Bradley - $22; Hey, I’ve got an Oakland fetish, too. Mine took the form of Loiaza and Crosby this year. Going forward, Bradley’s looking a lot better.
Reggie Sanders - $17; Can’t believe he wasn’t traded at the deadline.
Trot Nixon - $14; This guy just can’t stay healthy enough for 400 PAs, can he?
Aaron Hill - $9; I know nothing about Aaron Hill.
David Delluci - $7; I guess it was too much to hope that the Rangers would have been granted an exception to play five outfielders at once.
Jason Michaels - $5; He’s still taking walks.
Mark Teahen - $1; One of the really good keepers for next year.
Josh Bard - $1; Yup.
Andy Phillips - $1; Brady trade bait.
AJ Burnett - $22; I’m looking for a solid second half.
Jose Contreras - $15; Yay loss-less streaks! Yay inane “statistics”!
Paul Byrd - $10; He’s like Carlos Silva with a little more testosterone.
Scott Baker - $9; I thought all Twins pitching prospects are supposed to win Cy Youngs?
Neal Cotts - $3; Lighting it up.
Dan Miceli - $3; Let’s just forget this one.
Sure, hindsight’s 20/20, but I really see this team finishing in the middle of the pack, perhaps just slightly in the bottom half. It’s solid, but doesn’t have quite enough star power to make a run at the top of the leaderboard.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.
August 4th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Hey - how do you go from 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, and back to 6th after already proclaiming yourself as 1st?
Also, Mark Teahen as one of the best keepers? Are you crazy? Have you heard of Alex Gordon? I dropped Teahen. When did you write this? Hopefully not Aug. 1st. And don’t forget that Dan Miceli was used to get me a $6 Nick Swisher. Take a look at Aaron Hill - he’s actually real solid.