Bryce Harper (see credits below) In a short day of games, we bring you the following news…Justin Verlander won his league leading 17th game, giving up 3 runs and striking out 10 against the Tribe. Although he does have some strong competition for the  Cy Young, no one can deny

Stephen Strasburg (see credits below) Dan Uggla, you know your year is a bit of a disappointment when… you sign for 5 years and $62 million you are only batting .224 after a 31-game hitting streak.  Actually, that is really a half-truth or a one-third truth as he is on

Alexi Ogando (see credits below) Regression. It’s a word that has been used at some point in the last eight versions of The Rubber.  It’s been used a total of 29 times in those eight weeks.  Yet, for as frequently as I use the term, I still don’t completely understand

Alex Rodriguez (see credits below) A-Rod ran the bases on Tuesday and is on target to start a rehab assignment this weekend. Chien-Ming Wang got his first win since 2009. Wang went six innings giving up zero runs on one hit and two walks.  Backed by a 4 RBI game

Paul Goldschmidt (see credits below) 1B- JESUS GUZMAN (SAN DIEGO) – Guzman has been going off since the all star break with a .390/4/21 line. He originally came up as a third baseman but is now playing first for the Padres.He also qualifies as a SS in some leagues making him

Jose Reyes (see credits below) The MLB leader in triples, Jose Reyes, officially hit the disabled list yesterday with a strained left hamstring. The only thing that could hurt worse than his hammy, is his wallet, as he was expected to be awarded handsomely this offseason in free agency. Did

Jesus Guzman (see credits below) Now that the non-waiver trade deadline has passed, we’re coming up on the trading deadline in most leagues.  So while it’s important to see what trades can help you out, you cannot forget the waiver wire – lots of leagues are won or lost by

Ervin Santana (see credits below) While Felix Hernandez did his best to slow down the Ervin Santana train, it wasn’t quite good enough. “The King” struck out 12 over eight two-run frames, but Santana allowed just a single run in 8 1/3 innings of work. Santana has surrendered only three

It's hard to imagine an NFL tight end "sneaking up" on anyone; most of them are built like a cross between a power forward and a brick wall. Yet we often find ourselves gritting our teeth in the middle rounds, summoning our inner clairvoyant  to decide whether or not Chris

Two-Start Pitchers to Start Huroki Kuroda |Los Angeles Dodgers| (99.7%) – Huroki has been dominating as of late and it looks like he should be able to continue his current rend this week against the Phillies and Astros. Current Phillies hitters are only hitting .144 through 90 career-at bats.  The