Since his return from the disabled list, Fausto Carmona has been less than spectacular.  He was better than he has been lately, going seven innings, allowing only two earned runs, and walking three.  The thing that keeps me away from Carmona was exactly what occurred again tonight.  In those seven innings he pitched tonight, he struck out NOBODY.  When you get a fantasy…
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Tags: aaron harang, Anibal Sanchez, fausto carmona, Jeff Clement, justin verlander, paul byrd, pedro martinez, roy halladay, ryan garko, Yusmeiro Petit

OK, it’s trade deadline day, let’s take a look at the ramifications of some of the trades before we get into tonight’s action.

 Ken Griffey Jr was traded to the White Sox for minor leaguer Danny Richar and middle reliever Nick Masset.  Masset hasn’t been anything worth talking about this season in relief for the Sox.  He is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA and…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, Andruw Jones, andy laroche, Anibal Sanchez, Brandon Moss, Brandon Phillips, Bryan Morris, Craig Hansen, damaso marte, Danny Richar, grady sizemore, Jonathon Papelbon, josh johnson, Juan Rivera, Kenn Griffey, khalil greene, manny ramirez, matt kemp, Mike Hamton, Nick Masset, rich harden, ryan zimmerman

Carlos Pena is continuing to turn around his horrible start of the season. Pena connected on his 14th homer today at Yankee Stadium, and it was his third in the past six games. He has also driven in nine runs in that span and raised his average ten points. He obviously can’t reach last year’s career stats, but he…
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Tags: aaron harang, Anibal Sanchez, bobby jenks, carlos delgado, Carlos Pena, Dustin McGowan, Eric Byrnes, erik bedard, justin upton, micah owings, Scott Hairson