This is where things get a little messy.
Let me clarify. You’ll find that in the dog days of summer, the roster you originally drafted is usually butchered and a couple of draft picks are actually drowning in the free agent pool. For my 5x5 rotisserie team in a 10-team league, I drafted Jeremy Accardo in the late rounds (figuring B.J. Ryan may not return), Travis Hafner (I will never forgive him), and, here’s a laugher, Mark Prior in the last round (thinking he might, by some miraculous work of God, come back to be some semblance of a sleeper).
Hmmm, maybe I shouldn’t have admitted any of those picks. Anyway, I’m sure you’... (more)
Nolasco allowed five runs in five shaky innings on Wednesday.
Insight: Nolasco has been tremendous lately, so this is just a bump in the road. The last time he allowed more than four runs in a start was on June 5 against, who else, the Braves. (Brian Fitzsimmons/SportsBuff.com)
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This is where things get a little messy.
Let me clarify. You’ll find that in the dog days of summer, the roster you originally drafted is usually butchered and a couple of draft picks are actually drowning in the free agent pool. For my 5x5 rotisserie team in a 10-team league, I drafted Jeremy Accardo in the late rounds (figuring B.J. Ryan may not return), Travis Hafner (I will never forgive him), and, here’s a laugher, Mark Prior in the last round (thinking he might, by some miraculous work of God, come back to be some semblance of a sleeper).
Hmmm, maybe I shouldn’t have admitted any of those picks. Anyway, I’m sure you’... 
