Cheap Yard Work helps you pick out likely free agents in your league that have been raking over the past week.Adam Lind, Jays, OF
7 day stats: .250/.304/.550, 2 HR, 5 RBI
I've been high on Lind for a while. As a 22 year-old in 2006 he hit .330 with 24 bombs and 89 RBI in 125 minor league games. So that's why. He only hit .238 in 290 at-bats with the big club last year during his first extended big league stay, and he was atrocious earlier this season for a short stint before being promptly returned to the farm. Still, he's only 24 and has done nothing but mash in the minors. One of these times he's going to stick and be a productive major leaguer. For right now ... he didn't even have a huge week, but he still would have been helpful in most leagues with those stats. Plus, the Jays are going through a transition period with the new manager and all. They currently sit in last and I can't reasonably think they'll finish higher than fourth. Why not let him play into big league form at this age?
If you have the room to add him, you might as well try.
Ross Gload, Royals, 1B
7 day stats: .500/.565/.800, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 1/3 K/BB, 3 2B
He'd been pathetic all season (.234/.271/.266, 0 HR, 9 RBI) until this past week. Might as well use him while you can in deep AL-Only leagues where you have injury issues (if you own Paul Konerko, for example). Four games in Baltimore shouldn't create terribly tough pitching matchups.
Joe Inglett, Jays, 2B/3B
7 day stats: .417/.482/.583, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R
New manager, clean slate. Cito Gaston is wanting to be impressed, and Inglett is doing so. He has the chance to stick as the everyday 2B until Aaron Hill returns from the DL ... and as we've seen with Ryan Church, it's tough to predict when you can return from a head injury.
Jason Kubel, Twins, OF
7 day stats: .300/.400/.650, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 2/4 K/BB
Michael Cuddyer is on the DL, so Kubel's gonna play everyday for at least the next two weeks no matter what. He played most days anyway and quietly is on pace for a 24 HR season. Definitely worth a look if you have OF issues.
