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He was put on revocable trade waivers yesterday - Rotoworld notes names the Cubs, Giants, Angels and Yankees as interested teams.

He has about $5M left on this year's contract and a $2M buyout for next year according to Cot's. Today he has 263 PA and a $15M option for 2016 guarantees at 500 PA. Looks like his DL return was carefully calibrated to make sure even as a rest of season regular he ends up just short of that. He is playing well the last few days (wants to get the heck out of town at last?), and has shifted from 2B to 1B some in recent games.

He's only a fit for us if he's open to DH'ing for a 2015 run. His upside is 8 great weeks in the 2-hole, doing the same stuff Zobrist does for KC minus the defensive versatility (which we don't need).

If he gets through NL waivers, today we are ahead of the Angels and Yankees on the AL side. If as seems possible the Blue Jays freight train runs away (run differential now 50 ahead of next AL team), those two teams are the main competition.

Yankees 2B has been terrible this season, and while Giavotella's done a decent job for Los Angeles, he's a Paredes-esque question mark whether it lasts. All 3 teams could benefit substantially. Andy's in the catbird seat...are you in?

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He was put on revocable trade waivers yesterday - Rotoworld notes names the Cubs, Giants, Angels and Yankees as interested teams.

He has about $5M left on this year's contract and a $2M buyout for next year according to Cot's. Today he has 263 PA and a $15M option for 2016 guarantees at 500 PA. Looks like his DL return was carefully calibrated to make sure even as a rest of season regular he ends up just short of that. He is playing well the last few days (wants to get the heck out of town at last?), and has shifted from 2B to 1B some in recent games.

He's only a fit for us if he's open to DH'ing for a 2015 run. His upside is 8 great weeks in the 2-hole, doing the same stuff Zobrist does for KC minus the defensive versatility (which we don't need).

If he gets through NL waivers, today we are ahead of the Angels and Yankees on the AL side. If as seems possible the Blue Jays freight train runs away (run differential now 50 ahead of next AL team), those two teams are the main competition.

Yankees 2B has been terrible this season, and while Giavotella's done a decent job for Los Angeles, he's a Paredes-esque question mark whether it lasts. All 3 teams could benefit substantially. Andy's in the catbird seat...are you in?

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I understand that Utley is 5-for-his-last-14, but he's also OPSing .557. I just don't see how he's an upgrade unless someone thinks his performance was all injury and now he's all better.

I admit I give him a pretty big pass on this year's results. His .200 BABIP is next to last among 279 hitters with 200 PA's, and third to last is almost 20 points higher. If your pro scouts see him at full strength now, he can be trusted to hit.

I also have a notion that in the post-PED era there's a niche where players in his age bracket, I think you can count on them to be good for part of the year only. In poker terms, I think Utley's rest of year is an attractive on the come bet.

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