MARKET PULSE: No joy in Mudville

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.

 

Are the Dog Days here already? There's a distinct lack of buy-worthy players in this week's roundup. Don't despair, however, as this is partly a product of small samples. So there are a few players (and we tried to blurb them all) who are showing us something intriguing where it's just too soon to pull the trigger and call them outright buys. That doesn't mean they're not worth the FAAB; it just means that their true value isn't entirely clear. On to the players...

 

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