Fantasy Update

Transitive Hitting

"Last Week" Yahoo stats:

Carlos Lee:  .308/.379/.615, 4 runs, 7 RBI
Brandon Phillips:  .438/.455/.563, 4 runs, 4 RBI
Buster Posey:  .423/.483/.615, 6 runs, 2 RBI
Mark Teixeira:  .269/.367/.462, 4 runs, 2 RBI

Chipper Jones:  .154/.267/.154, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 swollen finger
Ryan Braun:  .125/.214/.125, 1 run, 3 RBI (two sacrifices and one bases loaded walk)
Carl Crawford:  .100/.100/.100, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 SB, 2 days off for no particular reason
Bobby Abreu:  .087/.214/.217, 1 run, 3 RBI

As soon as my slumpers start hitting, my hitters start slumping.  Some trade offers have been sent out into the wild that, if completed in tandem, would do my roster wonders for the long summer haul.  I think they need to happen before July though, to leverage what tradeable assets I have before they're no longer of value.  I also like the flexibility of having both Posey and Santana, because I feel that I can trade one if the right deal comes along (and target whoever's suffering through Russell Martin or Bengie Molina's seasons), but I can also hang onto both and play them at C and Util to spell whichever outfielder or third baseman decides to take this week off.  I wish Abreu was hitting a little better right now, because with Carlos Lee slowly returning to (round, supple) form, he's the guy I need in my lineup the least, but is also now the least movable.

Pouncing on Free Agency

I wouldn't have heard about the Santana call-up if I'd gotten a normal night of sleep.  Instead, I was awake at 4:30am again, and I arrived at work exhausted (again).  So in perusing the Yahoo Roto Arcade blog, I scanned through the "Santana isn't getting called up" article, and instead of alertly moving onto the next website of interest, I lazily scrolled the mouse wheel while I awaited the caffeine to begin its dark work.  Scrolled down to the comments section.  Some intrepid reader had reported that ESPN Deportes had reported that Santana was getting an immediate promotion.  After some hasty and desperate Google and Twitter searches to confirm, I made the add hours before Yahoo or Fangraphs or Rotowire ever bothered to write even the smallest blurb about the news.

Similarly for David Hernandez, it was tired perusal of the "Heilman is the next save candidate" article last night where again some random user bravely watched the entire Orioles game and let Pianowski know that Hernandez just got a save and was announced as the official O's closer, which wouldn't be reported on Yahoo until the next day.  The lesson here is read more comments and assume the opposite of what Roto Arcade tells you.