MARKET PULSE: If you try sometimes...

See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.

It's the start of the traditional second half, and it's not too early to think about category management. We present here a list of likely free agents who can help in each category. Recommendations (buys) are in bold.

Hitters

Home Runs
                        -- Projected--         -- YTD --
Hitter              Own%   AB  HR  AVG  |  AB  HR   PX  CT%
=============       ====  ===  ==  ===  | ===  ==  ===  ===
Rasmus, Colby        42%  215  10  231  | 224  11  188   62 
Freese, David        58%  260   8  258  | 303  10  113   75
Davis, Khris   ...

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