Between the top and bottom of the second inning in last night’s Red Sox-Yankees game, the Red Sox played California Girls over the PA system.

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Aubrey Huff’s day-to-day status must be a first:

Huff (hamstring, birth of son) is expected back on Monday, the Washington Post reports.

As far as I know, Huff wasn’t tagged with a hamstring injury before the birth of his son, but what with sleep deprivation and diapers, anything can happen. I can just imagine my status line of June 10th, three days after Giacomo’s birth:

Woodbury (daytime drowsiness, birth of son) is expected back from picking up the other children just as soon as he can remember the way home.

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It is easy to forget, when a young player with potential puts up decent numbers, that the end result may be not much better than an obscure veteran having an up year.

Consider these two lines:

Player one: 138/485 (H/AB) 67 runs, 8 home runs, 55 RBIs, 2 steals, .361 OBP
Player two: 115/436 (H/AB) 65 runs, 6 home runs, 50 RBIs, 7 steals, .345 OBP

Player one is Yunel Escobar, starting shortstop for the Atlanta Braves.
Player two is Marco Scutaro, starting shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Both have utility value in most leagues at 2B and 3B as well as SS.

Escobar is marginally better than Scutaro, but not by much. And the more important number is this. Scutaro, owned in only 6% of ESPN leagues, is probably available. Escobar, owned in 87%, is probably not.

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It’s head-to-head playoff time in the Mynci. We run a 22-week season, which means each team in the 12-team league plays each other twice. Eight teams make the playoffs, which run for three weeks. We finish the fantasy league a week ahead of the majors. This is done intentionally so that our championship matchup occurs before MLB playoff teams start resting their starters.

So we’re in the first week of the playoffs and I’m down 7-2-1.

That’s why, with most of my hitters sitting for today’s travel day, I signed Nick Punto, Chase Headley, Adam Laroche, and David DeJesus, giving up on Max Scherzer and the back of my bullpen in exchange. Survive and advance.

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