Unless they didn't realize that someone like Carter would be available for less than what Justin Smoak makes. And really, it just doesn't make sense to roster Smoak when a clear 1-win upgrade is probably available for 4M or so. It's not ideal, but:
LF - Pearce
1B - Carter
Bench - Carrera/Upton
Looks a lot better to me than
1B - Pearce
LF - Carrera/Upton
Bench - Smoak, Carrera/Upton
Is there even 5M for him in Japan? I can't believe he can't get close to that in MLB. He's a 110 wRC+ hitter who can play everyday and isn't a tire fire defensively. That has value to at least half a dozen teams right now.
On the other hand, Carter is a career 112 wRC+ hitter projected at 106, and Smoak is a career 95 wRC+ hitter projected at 93, and the upgrade is probably $4M, not 8M.
IIRC min was a new poster who nobody really knew before he joined DDL. He lost week 1 really bad, and was getting blown out early in week 2, so North petitioned to have him removed to protect the integrity of the league.
Poor min has had a rough go of things. North tried to have him kicked out of the DDL for incompetence after two weeks, and Greenwood blames him for Randy's dismissal from the LoD and has been picking on him ever since
That would be the best configuration, but the only desirable OF left on the market is Angel Pagan. It's looking more and more like Smoak is going to get a lot of playing time.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/punting-first-base-is-the-new-black/
Cameron calling Toronto's neglect of 1B egregious given the state of the market.
"The Blue Jays are probably the most egregious offender here, with Justin Smoak — himself a cautionary tale about 1B prospects who extract a lot of value from their walk rates despite average power — looking like the guy in line for the most at-bats at first base. With Vogelbach and Bell, you can at least bet on their youth and hope for power development, but Smoak is 29 and has a career wRC+ of 95 in nearly 3,000 plate appearances; he is what he is."
There really is no reason not to give Chris Carter 4M or so share 1B/DH with Morales.
OK, the top-4 are settled before connorp and jaysfever vote, but the 5th and 6th spots are still up for grabs so I'm going to wait on the last two guys.
Still need votes from the following teams:
SpeedyMin
jaysfever
connorp
havok
Also, King and orgfiller: one of your ballots will be deleted. Please decide which one.