Michael Fiers (credits below)  This week we look at two rising stars out in San Diego and we see why there are no "fiers" out in Brew Crew land. Stay tuned next week as we look at my top rookies by position for the first half of the 2012 season. SP-MARTIN

1. Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies, 100% owned) 2. Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers, 100% owned) 3. Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers, 100% owned) 4. Zack Greinke (Milwaukee Brewers, 100% owned) 5. Felix Hernandez (Seattle Mariners, 100% owned) 6. David Price (Tampa Bay Rays, 100% owned) 7. Matt Cain (San Francisco Giants,

Not only was it the first of July Yesterday, it was also the first time the Dodgers scored 8 runs since June 10th. In last night’s Dodgers game against the Mets, one of my personal favorite pitchers, Dillon Gee, let up 4 runs in 5 innings, the good news being

Going Cycling Did we really witness two cycles in less than two weeks? As if it was easy to hit for one, let alone two. Arizona Diamondbacks’ 2B Aaron Hill did it all on Friday, June 29, 2012. He ended his spectacular night by going 4-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI,

Franklin Morales Welcome to the week 14 Waiver Wire. This is your fancy introduction. All statistics used were compiled prior to Saturday’s games. Ownership percentages are in parenthesis. Franklin Morales | SP | BOS (17% Y! and 19% ESPN) I initially left Morales off of this list solely for the

If you look close, you may be able to find some help on the waiver wire.  As the All-Star Break approaches, usually the most attractive names on the waiver wire are top prospects who get called up. However, there are some players available in many leagues who are putting up

The magic is gone in Los Angeles. What an amazing introductory sentence. Because Magic Johnson bought the Dodgers – kind of – earlier this season, then they played over their heads and now they suck like they were supposed to. So the “magic” works on two levels. Feel free to

He is sabermetrics’ public enemy number one. He came out of nowhere and proved to be one of the team’s most valuable assets. One of the bay area’s best stories last year is off to another great start again.  For the San Francisco Giants’ underrated and unheralded number fout starter,

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Baltimore Orioles: Albert Pujols hit a homer, drove in two and doubled – he’s slowly climbing the ladder back to respectable slash line land. He did most of his damage against Brian Matusz who has the toughest case of gopheritis I’ve ever seen. Boy

Unless you live in a cave, you’ve undoubtedly heard that the Arizona Diamondbacks have called up super prospect Trevor Bauer to make his debut in Atlanta on Thursday night.  I have little doubt that Bauer will be an upgrade over Joe Saunders in the Arizona rotation, but the more important