Free Agent Fantasy Team Update: Jeff Keppinger Angst-Off the Radar
By clinthulsey
Chicago White Sox second baseman Jeff Keppinger (7) hits an RBI single against the Cleveland Indians during the first inning at U.S. Cellular Field. Mandatory Credit: Rob Grabowski-USA TODAY Sports
This week is actually the first week with no roster moves for the All Free Agent Fantasy team. However, Thomas Neal and Mike Fontenot did suffer somewhat minor injuries in the minors. With some many injuries in the inactive part of my roster, they could be release candidates if they aren’t back quickly and someone else becomes available to sign.
The Kraken
| Name | fWAR | rWAR | WARP | WAA | Position | 2013 Contract | Future Contract |
| James Loney | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1B | 2 mil | |
| Maicer Izturis | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -1 | 2B | 3 mil | 6 mil |
| Marco Scutaro | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 2B | 6.66 mil | 13.33 mil |
| Jeff Keppinger | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.9 | 2B | 4 mil | 8 mil |
| Jack Hannahan | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 3B | 2 mil | 2 mil |
| Eric Chavez | 0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 3B | 3 mil | |
| David Ross | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | C | 3.1 mil | 3.1 mil |
| Geovany Soto | 0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | C | 2.75 mil | |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | C | .5 mil | |
| Juan Pierre | -0.6 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | OF | 1.6 mil | |
| Melky Cabrera | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 | OF | 8 mil | 8 mil |
| Dewayne Wise | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.5 | OF | .7 mil | |
| Andres Torres | 0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | OF | 2 mil | |
| Nate Schierholz | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | OF | 2.25 mil | |
| Oliver Perez | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | RP | 1.5 mil | |
| Shawn Camp | 0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -0.4 | RP | 1.35 mil | |
| Jason Grilli | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | RP | 2.75 mil | 4 mil |
| Jeremy Guthrie | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | SP | 5 mil | 20 mil |
| Hiroki Kuroda | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | SP | 15 mil | |
| Scott Feldman | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.5 | SP | 6 mil | |
| Kevin Slowey | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | SP | .5 mil | |
| Bartolo Colon | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | SP | 3 Mil | |
| Kevin Gregg | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | RP | .451 mil |
Minors
| Name | fWAR | rWAR | WARP | WAA | Position | 2013 Contract | Future Contract |
| Scott Baker | SP | 5.5 mil | |||||
| Randy Wells | SP | MiLB | |||||
| Michael Olmsted | RP | MiLB | |||||
| Ryan Madson | RP | 3.5 mil | |||||
| Mitch Maier | OF | MiLB | |||||
| Brian Bogusevic | OF | MiLB | |||||
| Thomas Neal | OF | MiLB | |||||
| Bobby Wilson | C | MiLB | |||||
| Mike Fontenot | 2B | MiLB | |||||
| Matt Downs | 2B | MiLB | |||||
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | MiLB | |||||
| Dan Johnson | 1B | MiLB | |||||
| Ryan Ludwick | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | OF | 7.5 mil | 7.5 mil |
| Hisanori Takahashi | -0.1 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 | RP | 1 mil | |
| John Lannan | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.3 | SP | 2.5 mil |
Former/Released
| Name | fWAR | rWAR | WARP | WAA | 2013 Contract |
| Freddy Garcia | MiLB | ||||
| Ryan Sweeney | MiLB | ||||
| Hector Rondon | MiLB | ||||
| Zach Braddock | MiLB | ||||
| Endy Chavez | MiLB | ||||
| Chris Volstad | MiLB | ||||
| Kyle McClellan | MiLB | ||||
| Ryan Sadowski | MiLB | ||||
| Brandon Allen | MiLB | ||||
| Cesar Izturis | MiLB | ||||
| Nate McLouth | 2 mil | ||||
| Tim Brydak | MiLB | ||||
| Tim Wood | MiLB | ||||
| Ryan Reid | MiLB | ||||
| Neal Cotts | MiLB | ||||
| Jason Bourgieous | MiLB | ||||
| Zach Phillips | MiLB | ||||
| Mike Ekstrom | MiLB | ||||
| Bill Bray | MiLB | ||||
| Dan Wheeler | MiLB | ||||
| Cody Ransom | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | .5 mil |
| Carlos Torres | MiLB | ||||
| Rich Thompson | MiLB |
Most teams had played about 24 games by Sunday, so here is how team is faring
1.4 fWAR, 8.456 Wins and 15.544 Losses
2.1 rWAR, 9.156 Wins and 14.844 Losses
1.6 WARP, 9.28 Wins and 14.72 Losses
-1.5 WAA, 10.5 Wins and 13.5 Losses
So we see that the team is still struggling. Perhaps most alarming is that FanGraphs has my team as the worst. Since their pitching WAR is based partly on FIP, it may be saying that my team is due to regress even further, which is obviously not good news since the team is not doing very well anyway.
On a programming note, I will be moving these free agent team updates to my personal blog at irfast.blogspot.com. I will post them on Sunday’s, so check at the blog then for the next update as I won’t be posting them here any longer.