The Pittsburgh Pirates are in first place. No punch-line here.

On this day in 2009, Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers became the fifth player in Major League history to hit a leadoff and walkoff home run in the same game.

Freddie Freeman blasted his 14th bomb of the 2011 season. Don’t be surprised if the 58% owned first basemen finishes 2011 batting .285 with 25 jacks and 90 runs batted in.

Zack Greinke (11.99), Brandon Morrow (10.46) and Clayton Kershaw (10.13) are the only three starting pitchers to average more than 10 K/9 with a minimum of 80 IP.

Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus released his “Midseason Top 50 Prospects” yesterday. The top five include Bryce Harper, Matt Moore, Julio Teheran, Shelby Miller and Jurickson Profar. The big surprise here, is that Matt Moore has been anointed the top pitching prospect on the farm.

Bryce Harper went 0-for-3 last night with a walk for AA Harrisburg. He is now batting .194 in Double-A.

Emilio Bonifacio swiped his 18th bag of the season last night. With eligibility at 3B, SS and OF in Yahoo! leagues, the 58% owned Marlin is a nice add for runs, stolen bases and average (for now).

David Hernandez (9), Craig Kimbrel (29), Drew Storen (25), Mariano Rivera (24), Leo Nunez (27), Joel Hanrahan (27) and Vinnie Pestano (2) each earned saves last night.

The Yahoo! default trading deadline of August 14th is quickly approaching. Don’t take the wait-and-see approach, make some aggressive moves to raise a flag this year or stack keepers for 2012.

You may still have a chance to buy stock of Dan Uggla. He is in the midst of a 10-game hit streak in which his average has sky rocketed from .178 to .189.

Pitching duels I will be watching today: Cliff Lee @ Matt Garza and Brandon Beachy @ Ubaldo Jimenez

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