Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles: Eric Thames had a forgetfully memorable game: his first HR of the season was the good. The bad? Well, the Orioles hit a HR that bounced off his glove and he struck out to end the game. Pedro Strop earned the save for the

Jarrod Parker Control issues kept Jarrod Parker off Oakland’s opening day roster. Three short weeks later, bubbling talent has ensured his return to the big show. The 23-year old phenom will make his 2012 (and Athletics) debut on Wednesday afternoon versus the White Sox replacing Graham Godfrey in the rotation.

Riddle me this.  When is the last time Jake Peavy pitched a complete game?  You'd have to go back to almost a year ago, way back on May 18th last season.  Peavy pitched a gem as the White Sox took down the A's.  He gave up just three hits and

Bartolo Colon (credits below) Two-Start Pitchers to Start  Bartolo Colon |Oakland Athletics| (28.8%) – Bartolo Colon has rekindled the fire that once burned bright in his belly.  Whether he’s throwing down the calories or fastballs, Colon should be in for another great week.  He faces the White Sox at home

Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) of TheFantasyFix.com is joined by Josh Shepardson (@BChad50), a contributor for TheHardballTimes.com and fb365.com. Brett and Josh discuss some guys off to a hot start and whether they’re buying them or not, some very speculative potential closers, and discuss whether fantasy owners should be concerned over a

Henderson Alvarez START ‘EM Henderson Alvarez (Toronto Blue Jays, 2.4% owned) This week: @ Baltimore, home to Seattle Alvarez does two things very well.  He generates a lot of ground balls and doesn’t allow many walks.  In three starts this year he has a 2.29 groundball-to-flyball ratio and has only

Garrett RIchards          As the saying goes, pitching and defense wins championships. The same can certainly be said for fantasy. While having some aces anchor your staff is important, the difference makers are the low level guys who greatly out perform their draft position, especially in AL

Phillip Humber Welcome to the week-four waiver wire! As many of you may know, I’ve recently married the woman of my dreams. It was perfect. Our families happily joined us to witness the commitment we were making to each other, at Stone Brewery! All of our guests were able to

The Red Sox enshrine the greats of their past, and the Yankees thwart the celebration. Yesterday, the Red Sox rejoiced in the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. Former players including Carlton Fisk, Pedro Martinez, Luis Tiant, and former World Series winning Manager Terry Francona were present for the festivities. Once

Kyle Lohse (credits below) The idea that pitchers who generate more swinging strikes are likely to have more strikeouts is an easy one to understand.  Last year, four of the top five pitchers in swinging strike rate were in the top 13 in K/9.  We like swinging strikes because it