Evan Longoria
Well 3 HR in one game answered any questions about his wrist/forearm strength. It’s safe to assume that he is fully healthy from the fractured tip of the ulna. Technically this is different from a fractured wrist and it actually has responded differently as well despite being in the same general area. Everyone in Tampa has to be very relieved that there appears to be no long term damage.
Frank Thomas
Quad problems for very large DHs are not good. Especially one who has had several injuries in the past. Thomas has been transferred to the 60-Day DL, officially ending his season today. He still has the bat to be productive when healthy, but that’s the problem. He’s now (or maybe has been in for a while) in the group of Milton Bradley and Chipper Jones…
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I can’t hide my allegiance anymore, Dustin Pedroia never ceases to amaze me. To quote the movie Rudy, he’s “5 foot nothing, 100 and nothing” and all he does is hit everything. Tonight he went 3-5, added his 43rd double, hit his 16th homerun, and knocked in 5 runs. Oh yeah, he did it all in the midst of…
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It doesn’t get much better of a pitching matchup than Jake Peavy and Ben Sheets. Sheets has beaten the odds and actually remained healthy for the vast majority of the season, while Peavy has been his usual dominant self in 2008. They didn’t disappoint. Sheets went 6.2 innings, allowed three runs and struck out four. But he was outdone by Peavy who went…
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I have a new article that examines this very topic over at Fantasy Baseball Strategy and I found a few interesting differences.
The Arizona Diamondbacks welcomed back Eric Byrnes to their lineup tonight after missing almost a month with tears in both hamstrings. Unfortunately for them, he picked up where he left off, and took an 0-5 tonight against the Red Sox and Josh Beckett. I fully expect Byrnes to turn his horrible season around and be a productive fantasy player for the rest of the season. Not sure…
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Even when he loses, Brandon Webb is pretty damn good. Webb went seven innings, allowed just three
runs and struck out seven. His offense just didn’t show up tonight and his record fell to 9-1. Obviously, Webb is a must start every time out, and is getting to be a shoe in to start the All-Star Game for the…
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Most of the news tonight involves starting pitching, but we do have a segment of unexpected hitters.
For the first time since April 19th, Andruw Jones hit a home run. I know a lot of us had reservations about
Mr. Jones coming into the season because of the way he struggled last year, but I never thought he would fall…
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Curtis Granderson is destroying the ball since his return from the DL. Granderson hit his 5th homer in
just his 11th game back healthy. He is hitting .317 and also stole his first base of the season. Most impressive so far from Granderson is that he has walked nine times, while striking out just six. This is a marked…
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Roy Halladay has got a lot to complain about. He has now gone the distance in four consecutive starts,
and his record during this time? 1-3. Granted, they weren’t your traditional complete games (he gave up four runs in one, and five in another), but when your pitcher goes all the way, you gotta score enough runs to get…
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