Waiver Wire Offseason: AL

Rob,

That wasn’t a quip. I was just pointing out that the first two picks are important, too. I never did respond to Derek’s comments. Hmm.

Well, it was sorta a quip, now that I think about it.

That’s funny.  Watching him hit in the WS I tried to figure out how much I’d pay for Tex next year to try to take my mind of the damage he could do.

Again, thanks for the write ups - I didn’t realize Uehara carried so many injuries with him from Japan.  That’s unfortunate, I’d like to see the O’s contend soon

More suggestions I’ll throw out there:
pitchers
Gio Gonzalez, Rowland-Smith, Brandon Morrow

hitters
Matt LaPorta, Nolan Reimold

My comment came out snarkier than I meant it to. I don’t mind being the “quipper”, it’s all good. NO worries.

An auction draft would be fun, but can you do those online? It might be hard for some to make it in-person, unless you all live in upstate NY.

You can also find all Waiver Wire articles here: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/catlist/category/waiver-wire/

Good choices.  I’ll cover all the suggestioed players Friday except LaPorta and Rzepczynski.  Rzepczynski was my “sleeper” pitcher pick for 2010, when responding for THT on the “Fantasy Baseball Roundtable” discussion (http://fantasyphenoms.com/baseball.php?id=1202).  It feels like writing about him again would just be reusing a lot of the same material, though I’ll scrounge around and see if I can dig up any more on him.  I watched some replays of a couple of his games for the first Waiver Wire on him, to see him pitch, and to also see if the Toronto broadcast teams had anything to offer (and to find out for sure how to pronounce his name).  Since he’s exceeded his “prospect” innings quota, he likely won’t be under the same microscope as a prospect would be, but he hasn’t really established himself, either.  So, I’ll share anything I come up with.  It just may not be *this* Friday.