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Josh Johnson (credits below) Just 4 games on last night’s slate but still plenty to talk about. Josh Johnson is finally stringing together a strong stretch after a rough start to the season.  Following up a 7.2 inning, nine K effort his last time out he tossed 7.0 innings of

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Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox: Not that it really matters, but Brett Lawrie has an absolute cannon. He made two tremendous throws across the diamond from what seemed to be foul territory to secure some outs relatively easily. Of course, the fantasy we wish he’d simply continue to

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Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles: it’s clearly time to break up the orioles otherwise there aren’t enough wild cards in the world to get both the Sox and Yanks in the play-offs. I kid. But hope. Anyway, Brian Matusz was excellent, striking out nine and walking just one over

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Jacoby Ellsbury Friday the 13th, brings some wacky endings, and some outstanding performances.  In probably the biggest fantasy baseball news from yesterday, Jacoby Ellsbury dislocated his shoulder sliding into second base to break up a double play. Initial reports note that Ellsbury could be out a minimum of six weeks.

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BJ Upton (credits below) B.J. Upton and Bilbo Baggins have a ton in common, seriously. Just go with this allegorical journey…it’ll be over quicker if you don’t complain. The ring Bilbo finds in the goblin tunnels is really the one thing that helped him survive an incredibly dangerous journey. The

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Two-Start Pitchers to Start Huroki Kuroda |Los Angeles Dodgers| (99.7%) – Huroki has been dominating as of late and it looks like he should be able to continue his current rend this week against the Phillies and Astros. Current Phillies hitters are only hitting .144 through 90 career-at bats.  The

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Jason Bourgeois (see credits below) The dust has settled, and here we are – ready to begin what amounts to the stretch run in fantasy baseball.  Sure, there are always non-waiver trades, but for the most part, major leaguers are set on their teams, and you should have a pretty

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Edwin Jackson (see credits below) Michael Bourn – ATL As a team I really like this trade for the Braves. They needed a legitimate leadoff hitter and now they have it. Fantasy wise however, this may not be great for Bourn owners. As a team the Braves only have 42

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Johnny Cueto (see credits below) It’s not often a major league leading 1.72 ERA flies under the radar, but that’s clearly been the case with Johnny Cueto. The right-hander tossed a three-hit shutout as the Reds completed a sweep of San Francisco, walking one and striking out six. He hasn’t

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Dustin Pedroia (see credits below) The Mets almost blew a 9-3 lead, but held on to complete their sweep of the Reds. Carlos Beltran on the other hand went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts in his first game as a Giant. The Giants beat the Phils anyway behind Tim Lincecum’s shutout

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