2011 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Clayton Kershaw Making Final Push for NL CY Young
Clayton Kershaw (credits below)
We’ll keep it simple today as the season is winding down:
If the Red Sox ultimately miss the playoffs, the question will be asked, who had a swifter, larger fall from grace, the Red Sox or Charlie Sheen? The Red Sox wake up Sunday with 1.5 game lead and a doubleheader with the Yankees, if the Rays win on Sunday it will be all tied up.
Top pitchers: Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Derek Holland, Ivan Nova. The hottest of that group is Clayton Kershaw (3-0, 0.99 ERA, over the last 3 weeks) as he makes his push for his well deserved NL CY Young. Interestingly, one of the coldest pitchers in the league, John Lackey (0-2, 10.76 ERA, over the last 3 weeks) will be pitching in a must win game against the Yankees.
Midway through the season, people always like to bash the existence of the wild card, without the wild card there would be no excitement heading into the last week of the season.
The Braves and Cardinals are engaged in their own wild card drama. The Braves have not played well, but they are playing far better than the Red Sox. Unfortunately for the Braves, the Cardinals are just playing that well as they have won 13 of their last 17.
The only other drama, is whether or not Matt Kemp will win the triple crown and if he does, will he win the MVP? He is certainly making a strong push for both with a .560, 4, 8 batting line over the last week.
On this day in 1961, the real single season home run king, Roger Maris, tied Babe Ruth's single season home run record.
If the Red Sox ultimately miss the playoffs, the question will be asked, who had a swifter, larger fall from grace, the Red Sox or Charlie Sheen? The Red Sox wake up Sunday with 1.5 game lead and a doubleheader with the Yankees, if the Rays win on Sunday it will be all tied up.
Top pitchers: Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Derek Holland, Ivan Nova. The hottest of that group is Clayton Kershaw (3-0, 0.99 ERA, over the last 3 weeks) as he makes his push for his well deserved NL CY Young. Interestingly, one of the coldest pitchers in the league, John Lackey (0-2, 10.76 ERA, over the last 3 weeks) will be pitching in a must win game against the Yankees.
Midway through the season, people always like to bash the existence of the wild card, without the wild card there would be no excitement heading into the last week of the season.
The Braves and Cardinals are engaged in their own wild card drama. The Braves have not played well, but they are playing far better than the Red Sox. Unfortunately for the Braves, the Cardinals are just playing that well as they have won 13 of their last 17.
The only other drama, is whether or not Matt Kemp will win the triple crown and if he does, will he win the MVP? He is certainly making a strong push for both with a .560, 4, 8 batting line over the last week.
On this day in 1961, the real single season home run king, Roger Maris, tied Babe Ruth's single season home run record.
Written by Chris Summers exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com.
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(September 8, 2011 – Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images North America)
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