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| Recent Blog Post: Long Game Extra: Live-tweeting the Auction |
| My home AL-only keeper league auction is today (12 teams, 5x5, pretty standard roto ultra rules with the addition of an in-season salary cap), and I figured I might as well live-tweet the thing. Why? For reasons!
If you want to follow along, my Twitter handle is @AntonSirius. I'm starting it out with $173 (only three teams have more, with the big stack carrying $208), and the following roster:
C: Salvador Perez $3B, Tyler Flowers $3C
1B: Eric Hosmer $17Y
SS: Eduardo Nunez $6C
CI: Chris Carter $8B
OF: David Murphy $4B, Jonny Gomes $1B
P: Yu Darvish $31B, Matt Moore $10B, Brett Anderson $2B, Felix Doubront $2B
Minors: Bubba Starling, Michael Choice, Jonathan Schoop
(Note: for long-term contracts we bump the letter designation to the end of the alphabet so that they expire at the end of their 'Z' season.)
As you can see, I'm set at catcher and don't have to worry about scarcity there, but I've got no closers so I'll have to pay full retail for a couple. Third base is also an issue, as there are only three good ones (Miguel Cabrera, Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria) available. All the young middle-tier guys are protected, so the drop-off in talent after the big three is STEEP. If I don't land one of them, I could be looking at a Matt Dominguez as the fallback. That's scary.
Nunez was the only really difficult choice, but with Jeter out for a bit, the other injury issues the Yankees have and me lacking steals, $6 didn't seem like much of an overpay and I could easily see him going for more at auction. The alternative would have been something like Eric Sogard at $1, and that seemed like a much bigger risk.
Posted by Erik Siegrist at 3/30/2013 6:39:00 AM |
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Recent Houston Astros Player News
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| Jose Veras (P) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Veras suffered a blown save Friday while giving up a pair of walks and a three-run homer in a loss to Oakland. |
Throughout his career, Veras' control has kept him from being utilized in more high-leverage situations. Prior to Friday, Veras had pitched well for a recent stretch including seven no-hit, shutout frames, and he should still have some security as the Astros' closer. |
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| Jason Castro (C) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Castro is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the A's, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart. |
Castro has gone 6-for-16 over his last four games, but with him hitting just .167 (5-for-30) against left-handers this season, he will sit out in favor of Carlos Corporan with southpaw Tommy Milone on the bump for the A's. |
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| Carlos Pena (1B) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Pena is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the A's, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart. |
Pena is hitting a healthy .286 against left-handers this season, but be will get the day off Friday to open up a spot, indirectly, for outfielder Brandon Barnes. |
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| Josh Fields (P) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Fields (forearm) is expected to be activated from the disabled list in the next 7-to-10 days, MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reports. |
Fields has made six rehab appearances already, and it appears he will be ready to return to the team after just a couple more. It remains to be seen where he will slot into the bullpen upon his return. |
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| Justin Maxwell (OF) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Maxwell (hand) will begin a rehab assignment next Wednesday, MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reports. |
Maxwell was able to take 20 swings during batting practice Friday as he continues to progress in his recovery. It's not clear how many minor league games he will play before returning, but he is on pace to return around the beginning of June. |
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| Ronny Cedeno (SS) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Cedeno (illness) is back in the lineup for Friday's game against the A's, MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reports. |
Cedeno has not played since last Monday - in part because he has filled a backup role of late - but he will return to action Friday night. Cedeno will bat ninth against A's starter Tommy Milone. |
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| Matt Dominguez (3B) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| Dominguez (quad) is in the lineup for Friday's game against the A's, MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reports. |
Dominguez sat out the Astros' last game Wednesday due to the quad injury, but he is good to go following Thursday's team off day. Dominguez will play third base and bat eighth in Friday's order. |
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| Lance McCullers (P) HOU |
5/24/2013 |
| McCullers returned to the mound after leaving a Low-A game with hip tightness one week ago. He pitched four innings, allowing one earned run and striking out five. |
His season long ERA sits at 1.72 through 10 games (six starts). The second-generation hurler has been inducing a good number of ground outs, with decent control and nice K-rates. |
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Recent Houston Astros Team News
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1/21/2005 |
| The Lexington Legends, the low Single-A South Atlantic League affiliate of the Astros, has been sold to Fun Entertainment LLC, a group that recently purchased the new Southwest Michigan Devil Rays of the low Single-A Midwest League. The purchase price, said to be in the $12-15 million dollar range. is one of the highest minor league price tags ever, with the league-high previously at $7 million-plus for the Delmarva Shorebirds back in 2001. |
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11/1/2004 |
| Gerry Hunsicker has resigned from his position as General Manager for the Astros, the Associated Press reports. Assistant GM Tim Purpura will take over as head GM. |
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7/14/2004 |
| The Astros have fired manager Jimy Williams, pitching coach Burt Hooton and hitting coach Harry Spilman. Phil Garner has been named interim manager. |
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Roster
Majors
Altuve, Jose 2B
Ambriz, Hector P
Barnes, Brandon OF
Bedard, Erik P
Blackley, Travis P
Carter, Chris OF
Castro, Jason C
Cedeno, Ronny SS
Cisnero, Jose P
Clemens, Paul P
Corporan, Carlos C
Crowe, Trevor OF
Dominguez, Matt 3B
Fields, Josh P(15D DL)
Gonzalez, Edgar P
Gonzalez, Marwin SS
Grossman, Robbie OF
Harrell, Lucas P
Keuchel, Dallas P
Lyles, Jordan P
Martinez, J.D. OF
Maxwell, Justin OF(15D DL)
Norris, Bud P(DTD)
Paredes, Jimmy OF
Pena, Carlos 1B
Veras, Jose P
White, Alex P(60D DL)
Wright, Wesley P
AAA
Berger, Eric P
Chapman, Kevin P
Clark, Cody C
Cosart, Jarred P
Cruz, Rhiner P
Elmore, Jake SS
Ely, John P(7-Day DL)
Fick, Chuckie P
Humber, Phil P
Jaramillo, Jason C
Krauss, Marc OF
Laird, Brandon 3B
Lin, Che-Hsuan OF
Martinez, Jose 2B
Martinez, Fernando OF
Oberholtzer, Brett P
Owens, Rudy P(Out)
Peacock, Brad P
Valdez, Jose P
Villar, Jonathan SS
Wallace, Brett 1B
Wates, Austin OF
Wojciechowski, Asher P
Zeid, Josh P
AA
Borchering, Bobby 3B
Buchanan, Jake P
Burgess, Michael OF
Doran, Bobby P
Escalona, Sergio P
Flores, David 3B
Foltynewicz, Mike P
Garcia, Rene C
Heidenreich, Matt P
Hernandez, Enrique SS
King, Blake P
Lamb, Cameron P
Lo, Chia-Jen P
Lopez, Jose C
Martinez, David P
Meyer, Jonathan 3B
Mier, Jiovanni SS
Perez, Carlos C
Santana, Domingo OF
Seaton, Ross P
Springer, George OF
Stoffel, Jason P
Tropeano, Nick P
Urckfitz, Pat P
Vallejo, Jose 2B
Villar, Henry P
Weiland, Kyle P(Out)
Wikoff, Brandon SS
A+
Cruz, Luis P
DeShields, Delino 2B
Devenski, Chris P
Fontana, Nolan SS
Gillingham, Alex P
Nash, Telvin OF
Rodgers, Brady P
Rollins, David P
A
Cain, Colton P
Correa, Carlos SS
Hauschild, Mike P
Hernandez, Teoscar OF
McCullers, Lance P
Pena, Roberto C
Singleton, Jonathan 1B(Suspension)
Velasquez, Vincent P
Rookie
Armstrong Jr, Jack P(Out)
Barrios, Agapito P
Bushue, Tanner P
Comer, Kevin P
Ferreira, Edgar P
Gomez, Edwin SS
Heredia, Angel P
Houser, Adrian P
Lucati, Andrea P
Mejia, Yonathan 2B
Musgrove, Joe P
Perez, Juri P
Ruiz, Rio 3B
Stassi, Max C
Toney, D'Andre OF
Walters, Blair P
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