2011 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Toronto Spanks The Yanks, Clemens Walks and More!
Toronto spanked the Yankees silly 16-7, not even letting Bartolo Colon get out of the first inning. Lucky for Colon's ERA, he was only charged with 3 of the 8 runs scored in 2/3 of an inning. MLB record holder of most starts without a win (28) Jo Jo Reyes miraculously got his 5th win even though he gave up 7 runs. Eric Thames' 2 doubles and 3 RBI's led the Jays. Jose Bautista twisted his right ankle while sliding and is listed as day-to-day. Fingers crossed, it's a quick heal. Of the Jays' 16 runs, no home runs were hit.
Carlos Santana started off the 2nd half trying to correct his first half woes. He went 2-5 and hit his 14th home run of the year. His .233 average is disgusting, but I would take advantage of the situation and try to make a trade before he heats for the rest of the year.
In a great pitching matchup, neither Anibal Sanchez nor Matt Garza got the decision.
Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz crushed homers giving Derek Holland the 5-0 win over Jason Vargas and the Mariners. Holland pitched his 2nd straight complete game shutout after having a string of bad starts. One should note that although Holland has been narsty the last two, the games were against Oakland and Seattle. His next 3 starts should be against the Angels, Twins & Toronto and if he keeps up the stellar pitching hopefully he can win 2 of the 3.
The bad luck continues for Madison Bumgarner who again pitched a gem and again couldn’t muster the win. He went 6 innings and only gave up 1 run. Aaron Harang actually outpitched Bumgarner, throwing 7 scoreless innings but didn’t receive the win either. San Fran scored 5 in the 12th to win 6-2.
Ubaldo Jimenez continues his rebound trek easily beating Yovani Gallardo and the Brew Crew. The window to buy low on Ubaldo is quickly closing. Both Gallardo & Jimenez drove in runs in the 2nd inning. Wonder when the last time that happened?
In the battle of the bottom dwellers, Minnesota beat the Royals 8-4 behind Francisco Liriano, who continues his up and down season. His 4.76 ERA is making me seasick…
I’m giving the pitching matchup of the day to Andrew Miller vs David Price. Let’s see if Miller can go against a big boy and win his 4th of the year. Also hurling today is 4 of the leagues best – Tim Lincecum, Dan Haren, Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander.
(July 13, 2011 – Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
Written by Evan Marx exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com
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