Jeremy Reed

Ouch. Reed wasn't a superstar, but he was a very nice 4th OF on Roto teams with the possibility of moving up to 3rd.

I had been anticipating a slight improvement on his 2005 counting stats, but that has now become very unlikely.

With full-time ABs opening-up, Joe Borchard has upticked in value as has Roberto Petagine via Carl Everett possibly moving to the OF and opening DH Abs

Another possible beneficiary is Jose Lopez. This would occur because the M's may not be able to stop themselves from playing Willie Bloomquist in the OF. This leaves all the 2B ABs to the 22-year-old Lopez.

It was safe to bid $8-$12 on him prior to this development. Now I feel completely comfortable doing so - not that I think it would take that much to grab him. (Also contributing was the recent release of Fernando Vina.)