Atomic RoadRunners

FAAB Acquisitions:

• 2B Ryan Roberts, Diamondbacks ($0 bid, active at 2B)
• OF Delwyn Young, Pirates ($0 bid, active at OF)
• 1B Steve Pearce, Pirates ($5 bid, active at UT)
• RP Rafael Betancourt ($3 bid, active)

Up:

• C  John Baker

Down:

• C Ryan Hanigan
• OF John Bowker

Cut:

• 3B Brett Wallace
• OF Chris Duncan
• 2B Brooks Conrad
• SP Ryan Sadowski

Notes:

• Cardinals OF Chris Duncan was sent down to AAA Memphis on July 22nd.  Later that day, he was traded to Boston for SS Julio Lugo
• Braves 2B Brooks Conrad was send down to AAA on July 23rd
• Rafael Betancourt was acquired by the Rockies from the Indians for RHP prospect Connor Graham.
• Cardinals 3B prospect Brett Wallace was traded to the Oakland A’s on July 24th as the centerpiece of the package for OF Matt Holliday
• Giants 1B/OF John Bowker was sent down to AAA Fresno after the FAAB deadline to make room for the newly-acquired Ryan Garko
• I bid maximum $35 for Matt Holliday. Goodfellas won the bidding with a $96 bid, while  Shoeless Jews bid $75, Misogynistic Padres bid $53, X-Men bid $48, and Get Off Kong! bid $43
• I bid $21 for new Cardinals MI Julio Lugo.  Shoeless Jews won the bidding with a $25 bid, and Get Off Kong bid $14.
• I won the bidding for Steve Pearce (formerly Steven Pearce) with a $5 bid.  Both X-Men and Get Off Kong! bid $4, while Misogynistic Padres bid $0.
• Pearce’s salary was adjusted back to $1. He was drafted by The Pi Train in 2009, who released him July 14th.
• I won the bidding for Delwyn Young with a $0 bid.  Stanimals also bid $0, but due to the standings, he was .5 points ahead of me in the standings, so I win.  Here are his comments:

At 2009-07-28 09:43:26, Stanimals wrote:
So I lose Delwyn Young to Flynn because I’m a half-point ahead of him in the standings on the day the bids go through, even though I’ve been behind him the entire year, and I’m again behind him today and may be the rest of the year.  We have to change this rule.  Absolute crap.

And follow up:

At 2009-07-28 11:24:19, Atomic Roadrunners wrote:
You want Delwyn Frickin’ Young? Bid more than $0, cheap ass!

At 2009-07-28 12:01:13, Goodfellas wrote:
Stan, FYI-Dmitri is still available…I will not be making a bid, so you only have to worry about Mark edging you out with a $O bid.

FAAB Acquisitions:

• OF Angel Pagan, Mets ($0 bid, active at UT)
• RP Kiko Calero, Marlins ($0 bid, active)
• RP Nick Masset, Reds ($0 bid, active)

Down:

• C John Baker (was UT)
• SP Edinson Volquez

Cut:

• SP Todd Wellemeyer
• OF Reed Johnson
• RP Clay Zavada

Notes:

• I bid $0 on Nationals MI Alberto Gonzalez, but Goodfellas won (also with a $0 bid)
• Phillies P Pedro Martinez was a backup $0 bid for both the Calero and Pagan acquisitions.  Pedro went to X-Men for $12
• Nick Masset re-joins the squad, having been released just five days ago.
• 3B Mat Gamel was sent down to AAA Nashville on Monday, July 20th

Trades:

Trade 1:

• Atomic Roadrunners receives: Reds SP Edinson Volquez (active), Brewers 1B Prince Fielder (active at 1B)
• Get Off Kong! receives: Giants SP Tim Lincecum, Mets SS Jose Reyes

Trade 2:

• Atomic Roadrunners receives: Giants AAA C Buster Posey
• Shoeless Jews receives: Cubs SS Ryan Theriot

FAAB Acquisitions:

• John Bowker, 1B/OF Giants ($5 bid, active at OF)
• Mat Latos, SP Padres ($5 bid, reserve)
• Brooks Conrad, 2B Braves ($0 bid, active at 2B)

Up:

• OF Chris Duncan

Down:

• 3B Mat Gamel

Move:

• CM Emilio Bonifacio (to 3B)
• 2B Brendan Ryan (to SS)
• SS Alex Cora (to MI)
• 1B Casey Kotchman (to CM)

Cut:

• RP Nick Masset
• OF Andres Torres
• OF Alex Romero

Notes:

• Lost on bidding for Pirates 1B/OFGarrett Jones.  I bid $5, The Pi Train bid $16
• Minor league starter Mat Latos re-joins the Roadrunners, as he was cut June 30th
• Giants OF John Bowker re-joins the Roadrunners.  He was on the squad for several months in 2008.

FAAB Acquisitions:

• SS Alex Cora, Mets ($0 bid, active at MI)
• SP Ryan Sadowski, Giants ($0 bid, active)
• OF Reed Johnson, Cubs ($0 bid, reserve)

Up:

• C John Baker (to DH)
• RP Jon Rauch

Move:

• 2B Brendan Ryan (from MI)
• OF Alex Romero (from DH)

Down:

• RP Nick Masset
• SP Sean West
• OF Chris Duncan

Cut:

• 2B Matt Downs
• SP Shairon Martis
• SP Antonio Bastardo

Notes:

• Misogynistic Padres also bid $0 for Sadowski, but he was awarded to AaRr due to tie-break rules
• Reed Johnson was originally a 9th-round Minor League selection by X-Men, who then released him May 12th
• With the release of Shairon Martis, 10 of the 11 AaRr Minor League selections in 2009 have been released.  Only second-round selection Emilio Bonifacio remains (along with protected minor leaguer Mat Gamel).

STANDINGS through 07.01.09
 

STANDINGS through 06.30.09