Finally Finding the Groove: Phil Hughes & Ian Kennedy
Ian ‘Ike’ Kennedy 2010 has been good to Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy. 2,500 miles away, these one time brothers are finally doing their thang. Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy were heralded as the future of the Yankees. They were brothers on a mission, studying under the great Mike Mussina.
Week 7’s Must or Bust
Travis Snider Jose Bautista – 34% of Y! Leagues8 R / 4 HRS / 8 RBI / .444 BABautista is smoking hot right now, but unless you happened to have him for the last week, don’t go waste your time. Granted he’s shown signs of being a decent hitter over
Week 7’s Double Dippers…and Mat Latos
Mat Latos Fantasy Baseball’s Pitching Line of the Week: Mat Latos (SP-SD) 9IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER/BB, 6K In his last two trips to the mound, Mat Latos has pitched a total of 17 innings, collected 2 wins, allowed only three hits while striking out fifteen and walking none. Yes,
Stuck in the Middle With You..
Tyler Clippard About this time every year, I get the email or tweet from the nervous fantasy owner who is deficient in saves, or their ERA/WHIP are inflating (like this nurse’s breasts) out of control and need a solution. If you remember my piece on middle relievers this time last year,
The Byrd is the Word
Marlon Byrd Its been a long time coming. Finally a team that believes in you. Finally a team that will get you the at bats you deserve. Now its true that Bryd hadn’t shown real signs of greatness until last year on Texas, but its looking like Marlon is a
GET YA SHUTOUTS HERE!
Mat Latos What has gotten into these pitchers? Did Braden sell his soul to the devil?Is Moyer a superhuman clone? Can Cueto shift time and space around him? This last week we had 3 complete game shutouts and 3 8-inning shutouts. The real question is: Who’s LEGIT and who’s gonna QUIT?
Week 6’s Double Dippers…and Dallas Braden
Tommy Hanson Pitching Line of the Week: Dallas Braden 9IP, 0 H/R/ER/BB, 6K Yes, all those goose eggs = a perfect game. Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics is the 19th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw a perfect game. Unfortunately, he will not be starting twice this
Week 6’s Must or Bust
Nick Swisher Nick Swisher – 62% of Y! Leagues8 R / 4 HRS / 11 RBI / .444 BAGoing going gone. 4 Homers this week ain't half bad. If Nick the Swish can actually hold a decent batting average this year he will hold some real fantasy value. He's on
THE ELUSIVE 50 HOME RUN CLUB. WHO’S NEXT?
Mark Reynolds From 1920 to 1965, the 50 home run mark was achieved 15 times and by only 9 different players. The Bambino was the first and he did it 3 more times. Fox, Mantle & Mays each hit 50+ twice. We then had an 11 year drought from 1966
Young Guns: Holy Jhoulys, Batman!
Jhoulys Chacin Ubaldo Jimenez is having an epic start to the 2010 season, but he can’t do it by himself. More often than not, Batman needed Robin, right? Well, Ubaldo is clearly the “Batman” of the Rockies pitching staff and Jorge De La Rosa was scripted to be “Robin”,