Collin Cowgill (see credits below) THE FARM REPORT – WEEK 13Collin Cowgill, RF Arizona The 25-year old Cowgill has toyed with PCL pitching in the season’s opening three months. He’s batting .363 (.406 in June) with 12 HR, 52 RBI and a 1.015 OPS, in large part a result of

Phil Hughes According to multiple sources, including Buster Olney, Phil Hughes’ velocity peaked at about 94 mph today, including reaching 93 in the sixth inning of a rehab start for Double-A Trenton. Hughes dished six and a third innings of three hit ball, issued two walks and fanned eight. Time

Ryan Vogelsong (see credits below) Here is how I handle things.  If I am right about something, I will make sure you never forget about it.  If I turn out to have been wrong on something, you will be hard pressed to get me to acknowledge there was ever a

Cliff Lee (see credits below) Cliff Lee pitched a 2-hit complete game shutout Tuesday against the Red Sox. It was his third complete game shutout in a row. Lee is the hottest thing since the Sony Walkman or Justin Bieber (its debatable). In the month of June he is 5-0,

Brett Talley & Corey Herron of TheFantasyFix.com tab the Fantasy Baseball All-Stars as well as the All-Value Team for the first half of 2011.  They also answer some "mailbag" questions from Twitter or the "Quick Fix” this week. If you have a question that you would like Brett or Corey to address on

Matt Kemp On a day in which Frank McCourt, the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, files for Bankruptcy Protection, the team puts up 15 runs on 25 hits. Maybe they should file Chapter 11 more often? Matt Kemp slugged his National League leading 22nd moon shot in the aforementioned

Brian McCann (see credits below) If hitters and starters were like children, starters would definitely be the favorite first son of mine. Which is why I write a weekly pitching article, The Rubber. Hitters would be the youngest child that could never quite live up to their big brother. And

Eric Thames (see credits below) Welcome to Week Thirteen (or should I say Fourteen, like some hotels) of (Waiver) Wired and Baked – your weekly review of who shouldn’t be available in your league, but probably is (all players are owned in fewer than 50% of Yahoo leagues).  As always,

Clayton Kershaw (see credits below) In the pitching matchup of the day, Clayton Kershaw squared off against Jered Weaver. On any other day, Weaver’s 7 innings of 1 run ball would spell a W-I-N, but when your opponent throws a complete game and strikeouts 11 for the 2nd game in

This week we will be looking deeper at closers and setup guys that can help your team win both now and into the future for keeper and dynasty leagues. We’ll be putting the spotlight on good young pitchers under 26 that you may or may not know about. All stats