MARKET PULSE: The DL Carousel

See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.

It's been a busy week in baseball, with lots of players coming and going. Such movement often opens up opportunities for us to waste FAAB. Yes, I said waste. It's almost a given that any new blood in the free agent pool will be the recipient of an excessive FAAB bid—the latest closer, the rookie up from the minors, or anyone dubbed "the starter" will be doused with FAAB. Meanwhile, the rest of us will be all the better spending where it will count the most. Won't we?

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