GM's OFFICE: Observations and tips at the halfway mark

I just recently returned from a week-long family vacation. It was refreshing, thank you, and I was fairly successful in meeting my self-imposed goal of unplugging for the duration. The flip side, of course, is that the season goes on, and when I got back and returned to the groove, I had a lot of catching up to do. 

Given that the All-Star break marks the observed (rather than actual) halfway mark of the season, and that the few upcoming days without MLB contests provide a natural window to re-assess our teams, I figured I’ll visit some of my observations from my own leagues that might be relevant, given my 
"re-plugging" exercise of the past week or so. Some of these are things that I’ve just noticed since my time away; others are...

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