With respects to the late night games, today’s Roto Riteup was written while enjoying The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Last night’s Colbert gave a shoutout to fantasy baseball, though it wasn’t exactly an endearing mention. Neither the episode nor the clip was available at the time of writing, otherwise the reader should trust that a linked video would have been included.

On today’s agenda:
1. Alex Gordon, cleanup hitter?
2. The Los Angeles Dodgers call up Dee Gordon
3. Pachebel’s Canon Anibal’s cannon
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Welcome to another week of the Roto Riteup, which can help you pass the time before the return of Breaking Bad.

On today’s agenda:
1. BioGenesis suspensions announced today
2. David Wright’s out a month
3. Wil Myers progress report

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Look for the present author among the crowd in Detroit as the Tigers host the Chicago White Sox.

On today’s agenda:
1. David Wright to the disabled list
2. A rotation shakeup in Oakland
3. Ryan Ludwick to return next week
4. Kole Calhoun’s fast start
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Rather than celebrate National Mustard Day, the present author will listen to some semi-local music in Mustard Plug instead.

On today’s agenda:
1. Brandon Belt finally plays, hits
2. Welcome back, Curtis Granderson: Part II
3. Another quality start from Hector Santiago
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For our under-21 readers, happy Ice Cream Sandwich Day! And for everyone else, happy International Beer Day! Assuming you are of age, check out Beer Advocate (and of course cross reference with our brethren over at Beer Graphs) to see the top rated international beers. You know what? It’s practically the weekend. Why not celebrate both holidays?

On today’s agenda:
1. The slow recovery process for Wandy Rodriguez
2. Albert Pujols won’t undergo surgery
3. Ryan Raburn keeps hitting
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Welcome to August, baseball fans! The trade deadline was wildly disappointing, but a couple things came of it, so we’ll touch on that in today’s Roto Riteup.

On today’s agenda:
1. Bud Norris and L.J. Hoes
2. Justin Maxwell and the Royals’ outfield
3. Raul Ibanez and the Mariners

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Today’s Roto Riteup is especially designed for the trade deadline. Since nothing else trumps deadline news, here’s one angle for viewing some of the players who are most likely to be moved by the end of today.

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Tomorrow, July 31, will mark the 24th anniversary of Nintendo’s original Game Boy being available in-stores in North America. The present author was not old enough to have one at the time of release, however he does have fond memories of playing on his Game Boy Color.

On today’s agenda:
1. B.J. Upton’s looming return
2. The return of Michael Morse
3. A rough start for Brandon Beachy
4. Potential position change for Xander Bogaerts
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The Roto Riteup pairs especially well with an A Perfect Circle inspired Pandora station.

On today’s agenda:
1. Biogenesis suspensions likely handed down this week
2. Albert Pujols likely done for the year
3. Jake Peavy will be traded before deadline
4. Derek Jeter returns with a bang

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Today is the last weekend Roto Riteup before the non-waiver trade deadline. To go with the theme of last weekend things, here is Bill Hader’s final appearance as Stefon on Weekend Update and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.

On today’s agenda:
1. An update on Omar Infante
2. Just 10 more starts for Matt Harvey
3. Ivan Nova continues to roll
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