Roster Churn

I was updating the fantasy cap with the latest deals and cut players, and thought it would be interesting to take a look at just how many players have been cut, and who is doing the cutting.  So here are the numbers:

Team	Salary	Player
Spencer	40	5
Andrew	37	7
Bill	24	5
Kate	23	4
Luke	13	3
Caleb	7	3
Taylor	4	3
Mark	4	4
Grand Total	152	34

The players represent a total of 17.7% of the total players drafted, but unsurprisingly, only 7.3% of the total salary.  Spencer leads the way with $40 of salary cut, although $30 of it comes from season ending injuries from Scott Baker (unsurprising) and Mariano Rivera (rather surprising).  Andrew follows up with $37, thanks to some mid-priced disasters in the form of Bourjos and Thornton, who combined for $28 worth of salary.

As far as total players cut, Andrew leads the way, again with underperforming players such as Raburn, as well as players who did not get PT like Giavotella and Lavarnway.  I'm tied for second at 5, with lots of back end roster churn and no non-keeper cut over $3.  Most of my $24 comes from two keeper disasters in Matusz and Snider, for a total of $17.  And I drafted Matusz and cut him again, so that's nice.

Despite cutting an impressive 7 players who were originally drafted (29% of his original roster size), Andrew certainly hasn't been too rash.  Only one of the players he has cut (Luke Hochevar) has been rostered by another team, compared to a whopping 44% for all cut players.  Taylor is definitely the Recycling King, with all three of his cut players (Fuentes, Iwakuma, and Tomlin), primarily due to Fuentes and Iwakuma sniffing saves.  Luke (2/3) also had his trash picked up by the rest of the league.

Two of the three namesakes have been cut so far as well (Figgins and Kendrick Perkins).  I would be shocked if Vernon Wells manages to stay on Spencer's roster, which would make it a solid 3/3.