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Shandler: Speculating on roster wrecks

By Ron Shandler
Baseball HQ

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

One of the realities of deep leagues -- 12-team AL or 13-team NL leagues -- is that just about any starting pitcher with a pulse is going to be rostered by someone. Certainly, not all of these arms are going to be active. The reserve lists will be populated with hope and prayer. The free-agent pool? Mostly empty in any given week. When some fresh blood is called up, the vultures are already circling. In these types of leagues, nobody waits to see if a new pitcher is for real. Many call-ups have ...

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