July 13th 2013: Sections: Injuries News and Notes, Three Up, Three Down, Stream-Em/Leave-Em Pitching Injuries News and Notes: Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann has officially decided not to play in the All-Star Game next week, according to the Washington Post. It appears at least right now, as if

Week 15 presents fantasy owners with several quandaries. Hisashi Iwakuma, Bartolo Colon, Justin Verlander, Matt Harvey and Jeff Locke are all All-Stars and scheduled to start the Sunday before the Midsummer Classic. If those players do start on Sunday they won’t be allowed to pitch in the All-Star Game, unless

Jordan Zimmermann – vs. MIL, vs. SD Stephen Strasburg – vs. MIL, vs. SD – Eight earned runs allowed in last eight starts. Clayton Kershaw – at COL, at SF Patrick Corbin – at NYM, vs. COL Jose Fernandez – vs. SD, at STL Kris Medlen – vs. MIA, at

With so much attention focused on the “masses” in fantasy baseball who play in shallow 10 and 12 team mixed leagues, owners in deep leagues (18 and 20 team mixed) and the “Only” leagues are usually scrounging for information. This week we are focusing our efforts on AL-Only league owners

Adam Wainwright – Tue vs. CHC, Sun vs. TEX Max Scherzer – Mon vs. BAL, Sat vs. BOS Yu Darvish – Tue vs. OAK, Sun at STL Matt Harvey – Tue at ATL, Sun at PHI Shelby Miller – Mon vs. CHC, Sat vs. TEX Hyun-Jin Ryu – Tue at

Let’s start with a list. Here are the guys with the biggest positive differences between their ERA and xFIP. After the list we’ll examine who has the best chance to take their ERA from (about) 5.00 or more to under 4.00. Name ERA xFIP ERA-xFIP Edwin Jackson 5.76 3.58 2.18

Week 11 features the debut of Pittsburgh’s top prospect, Gerrit Cole, and the probable return of Cincinnati’s Tony Cingrani. Both pitchers are/should be scheduled for two starts, and both should be started in most formats due to good match ups and/or past performance. Must-starts in all formats Clayton Kershaw –

Major thanks to Brett Talley for filling in for me last week. Brett did a great job on short notice. The starters ranked below are players I’d feel comfortable starting in mixed leagues of any size. The next group of players will be AL-/NL-only starters followed by starters you should

Clayton Kershaw at MIL, vs. STL Shelby Miller at SD, LAD Max Scherzer at CLE, vs. MIN Cole Hamels at MIA, WSH Jon Lester at CWS, vs. CLE Hisashi Iwakuma at CLE, vs. TEX Wandy Rodriguez vs. CHC, at MIL Patrick Corbin at COL, vs. SD Johnny Cueto at NYM,

October, 2006: a 17 year old Matt Harvey is a senior at Fitch Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut, eight months away from being selected by the Angels in the MLB draft, and less than a year away from attending North Carolina and playing baseball for the Tar Heels.  During