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BoaB Well's Bells League: August Update

Trade dealine is past, a few weeks from September callups, and it's time for another update. Before looking at the standings, let's look at the teams who benefited from the trade deadline and who might get a boost from the September callups.

Trade Deadline Effects

ajfriedman: Domonic Brown will lose playing time, and Neftali Feliz might lose a couple of saves.

grantjg1: Doug Fister got out of Seattle, which might help or hurt him (Leaving the pitcher-friendly confines of Safeco Field).

doublej4725: Hunter Pence got out of baseball's other black hole, Houston.

jfcincotta: Mike Adams might get a little more work and opportunities in Texas.

jar75: Better ballpark, worse offense for Jimenez.

Robert L. Bishop: See comments for doublej4725, just substitute Michael Bourn for Pence.

k26dp: Tyler Colvin should get some more playing time with Fukudome in Cleveland.

September Callup

ajfriedman: Domonic Brown will get called up, but how much playing time he gets is questionable.

grantjg1: Lorenzo Cain might get a little playing time in Kansas City.

jar75: Has the potential to gain a lot with Jesus Montero, Mike Minor, and Matt Dominguez likely to make the callups.

Now to the standings...

1. stvfres

WAR to Date: 58.7

WAR Increase Since June: 12.5 (2nd)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 56.2 (+2.5)

Hitter's WAR: 40.7 (1st)

Pitcher's WAR: 18.0 (4th)

MVP: OF Shane Victorino (5.9 WAR)

LVP: RP Sergio Mitre (-0.1 WAR)

Past Month MVP: OF Shane Victorino (1.6 WAR)

Past Month LVP: OF Denard Span (-0.6 WAR)

2. k26dp

WAR to Date: 53.8 (4.9 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 14.6 (1st)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 50.8 (+3.0)

Hitter's WAR: 36.2 (3rd)

Pitcher's WAR: 17.6 (5th)

MVP: OF Ryan Braun (5.4 WAR)

LVP: OF Tyler Colvin (-1.1 WAR)

Past Month MVP: 3B Ryan Zimmerman (1.9 WAR)

Past Month LVP: CI Gaby Sanchez (-0.2 WAR)

3. Satchel Price

WAR to Date: 48.3 (10.4 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 10.7 (4th)

Standings Change: +1 spot

Projected WAR to Date: 54.7 (-6.4)

Hitter's WAR: 32.0 (4th)

Pitcher's WAR: 16.3 (7th)

MVP: 2B Dustin Pedroia (6.9 WAR)

LVP: 3B Ian Stewart (-0.6 WAR)

Past Month MVP: 2B Dustin Pedroia (1.4 WAR)

Past Month LVP: 1B Logan Morrison (-0.5 WAR)

4. 3cardmonty

WAR to Date: 48.2 (10.5 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 12.3 (3rd)

Standings Change: +2 spots

Projected WAR to Date: 46.9 (+1.3)

Hitter's WAR: 37.6 (2nd)

Pitcher's WAR: 10.6 (12th)

MVP: OF Jose Bautista (7.5 WAR)

LVP: SP Mitch Talbot, RP Tim Collins (-0.2 WAR)

Past Month MVP: CI Edwin Encarnacion (1.6 WAR)

Past Month LVP: SP Kevin Slowey, RP Tim Collins, RP Joe Thatcher (-0.1 WAR)

5. jfcincotta

WAR to Date: 48.0 (10.7 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 9.3 (6th)

Standings Change: -2 spots

Projected WAR to Date: 55.2 (-7.2)

Hitter's WAR: 28.3 (5th)

Pitcher's WAR: 19.7 (2nd)

MVP: 2B Ian Kinsler (5.2 WAR)

LVP: RP Zach Braddock (-0.1 WAR)

Past Month MVP: OF Mike Stanton (1.7 WAR)

Past Month LVP: SS Hanley Ramirez (-0.3 WAR)

6. jar75

WAR to Date: 45.9 (12.8 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 8.6 (8th)

Standings Change: -1 spot

Projected WAR to Date: 52.2 (-6.3)

Hitter's WAR: 27.6 (6th)

Pitcher's WAR: 18.3 (3rd)

MVP: OF Justin Upton (6.3 WAR)

LVP: RP Hong-Chih Kuo (-0.3 WAR)

Past Month MVP: OF Justin Upton (3.2 WAR)

Past Month LVP: SS Danny Espinosa (-0.9 WAR)

7. Robert L. Bishop

WAR to Date: 41.8 (16.9 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 10.6 (5th)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 49.0 (-7.2)

Hitter's WAR: 24.2 (7th)

Pitcher's WAR: 17.6 (6th)

MVP: SP C.J. Wilson (4.6 WAR)

LVP: CI Mike Moustakas (-0.4 WAR)

Past Month MVP: MI Robinson Cano (1.3 WAR)

Past Month LVP: CI Mike Moustakas (-0.3 WAR)

8. grantjg1

WAR to Date: 36.5 (22.2 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 8.2 (9th)

Standings Change: +1 spot

Projected WAR to Date: 53.4 (-16.9)

Hitter's WAR: 22.6 (8th)

Pitcher's WAR: 13.9 (9th)

MVP: SS Troy Tulowitzki (6.2 WAR)

LVP: CI Matt Laporta (-0.7 WAR)

Past Month MVP: SS Troy Tulowitzki (2.2 WAR)

Past Month LVP: CI Matt Laporta (-0.5 WAR)

9. ronbja

WAR to Date: 35.9 (22.8 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 7.0 (10th)

Standings Change: -1 spot

Projected WAR to Date: 48.6 (-12.7)

Hitter's WAR: 20.8 (9th)

Pitcher's WAR: 15.1 (8th)

MVP: OF Jacoby Ellsbury (6.6 WAR)

LVP: CI Chris Johnson (-0.9 WAR)

Past Month MVP: OF Jacoby Ellsbury (1.9 WAR)

Past Month LVP: 3B Pedro Alvarez (-0.4 WAR)

10. ajfriedman

WAR to Date: 34.6 (24.1 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 8.8 (7th)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 53.5 (-18.9)

Hitter's WAR: 14.5 (11th)

Pitcher's WAR: 20.1 (1st)

MVP: SP Matt Cain (4.6 WAR)

LVP: 2B Aaron Hill (-0.5 WAR)

Past Month MVP: SP Matt Cain, C Yadier Molina (1.3 WAR)

Past Month LVP: RP Tim Stauffer (-0.7 WAR)

11. doublej4725

WAR to Date: 31.3 (27.4 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 5.9 (11th)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 48.2 (-16.9)

Hitter's WAR: 20.3 (10th)

Pitcher's WAR: 11.0 (10th)

MVP: OF Matt Kemp (5.9 WAR)

LVP: MI Reid Brignac (-0.9 WAR)

Past Month MVP: C Mike Napoli (1.6 WAR)

Past Month LVP: SP Jake McGee, MI Reid Brignac (-0.2 WAR)

12. Brendan Harris Lives

WAR to Date: 22.0 (36.7 WAR Behind)

WAR Increase Since June: 5.4 (12th)

Standings Change: No change

Projected WAR to Date: 46.9 (-24.9)

Hitter's WAR: 11.1 (12th)

Pitcher's WAR: 10.9 (11th)

MVP: SP Cliff Lee (5.0 WAR)

LVP: 2B Bill Hall (-1.5 WAR)

Past Month MVP: SP Cliff Lee (1.4 WAR)

Past Month LVP: MI Tsuyoshi Nishioka (-0.7 WAR)

I'm not sure if next month's update will come around the middle of the month, or if it'll just be an end of the season deal.

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