And the trades just keep on coming! While there wasn’t the same level of star power moved in Monday’s deals, there was still some movement.
On today’s agenda:
1. New Angels in the outfield
2. Ben Zobrist to the Royals
3. Curt Casali is doing notable things
4. Streaming Pitching Options
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In case you were sleeping around 12:30 eastern last night/this morning, you have missed out on the big trade. The Blue Jays have swapped shortstop with the Rockies, sending Jose Reyes et al for Troy Tulowitzki.
On today’s agenda:
1. The trade
2. Streaming Pitching Options
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Day seven of the Wiers-a-thon here in the Roto Riteup! Seven down, four more to go before Zach Sanders returns to his normal weekend duties.
On today’s agenda:
1. Ben Paulsen goes bonkers
2. Nori Aoki could return today
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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Today is Parents Day in the United States. So call your parental units, or better yet go visit them. They may tell you to get your hair cut or ask why you aren’t married yet or question your major…wait, I’m projecting here. Whoops!
On today’s agenda:
1. Nick Castellanos‘ apparent power surge
2. Brock Holt time, again
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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The weekend Roto Riteup duty feels like my old stomping grounds. It’s good to be home.
On today’s agenda:
1. Quick thoughts on Michael Conforto
2. Randal Grichuk fills up the stat line
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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Normally after today’s Roto Riteup you readers would have a break from me, but as previously mentioned, ya’ll are stuck with me for another seven days. Sorry.
On today’s agenda:
1. Quick thoughts on the trades
2. Travis d’Arnaud could return next weekend
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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Today’s Roto Riteup is unofficially sponsored by the film The Untouchables. As a mostly unrelated note, my old Counter-Strike 1.5/1.6 team owned the #UnTouchable mIRC channel on Gamesurge for years. So, there’s that.
On today’s agenda:
1. Jung-ho Kang’s hitting streak
2. David Freese to the disabled list
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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To me, the saying “opposites attract” is all about baseball, and not just because I’m single. Of course the “opposite” in this context means hitting the ball the other way. Now as you probably guessed from the title, I’ve taken a keen interest in Mike Moustakas smacking the ball to the opposite field this season, a new development for the left-handed hitting third baseman. He owns an impressive .297/.357/.441 batting line, good for a .349 wOBA. A number of things have improved in Moustakas’ game this season, but we’ll first focus on his batted ball splits. The defensive shifts haven’t paid off against him this season when compared to prior years, and the table below helps show why. Read the rest of this entry »
At 6 pm eastern tonight you can catch the USMNT back in action! They’ll be facing off against Jamaica with a ticket to the finals on the line.
On today’s agenda:
1. Aaron Nola does it all
2. I still like Jayson Werth
3. Streaming Pitching Options
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Well dear readers, since Zack Zach Sanders has a life on the weekend, I’ll be handling the Roto Riteup duties from now until the end of the month. If you didn’t come back until August, I couldn’t blame you.
On today’s agenda:
1. Welcome to the show, Stephen Piscotty
2. Nori Aoki could return Friday
3. Jon Gray watch
4. Streaming Pitching Options
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