Erik Bedard

Well all those hopes and dreams of him coming back this year now seem to be lost as his scheduled mound session was canceled today. It’s now been over a month on the DL and he hasn’t been able to throw off the mound as he tries to return from impingement. Given that the Mariners do at least have a little invested in him it would be extremely wise…
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Tags: Billy Wagner, chien-ming wang, Chris Carpenter, erik bedard, george sherrill, ian kinsler, Jerry Hairston Jr, jonathan sanchez, josh beckett, julio lugo, Tim Wakefield, Tom Glavine, Troy Tulowitzski

Man there have been a lot of injuries lately, some severe some not. I’m going to have to look over some numbers to see if there is any pattern year to year. Until then, let’s go over the new injuries and injury news.

Khalil Greene

Storage Chest 1, Khalil Greene 0. Along with Troy Tulowitzski this has to be one of the dumb injuries that will end up…
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Tags: chien-ming wang, chipper jones, Chris Duncan, Dustin McGowan, elijah dukes, Jerry Hairston Jr, joe crede, Joel Zumaya, julio lugo, khalil greene, Marlon Anderson, mike lowell, Nomar Garciaparra, pedro feliz, Scott Rolen, tim hudson, todd helton, todd jones, victor martinez

Very short slate of games last night, not a whole lot to cover.

Bad news Yankee fans and Chien-Ming Wang owners, when the ace pitcher ran the bases in Houston the other day, it could be the last thing he does in pinstripes this year.  Wang has a partially torn tendon in the foot and will be out until September, most likely for the season. Although he isn’t a big strikeout…
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Tags: bartolo colon, carlos beltran, chien-ming wang, jair jurrjens, marcus thames, ryan howard

The Reds had two rookie starters going into this season, and it looks like the one with less hype will make the bigger fantasy impact this year. While Johnny Cueto has begun to struggle some now, Edinson Volquez is not. He will take the loss tonight, but it wasn’t all his fault. He was the victim of a horrible drop in the outfield by Corey Patterson (I’m talking right…
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Tags: aaron harang, Aaron Rowand, adam lind, alfonso soriano, Andruw Jones, aramis ramirez, chien-ming wang, dan uggla, edinson volquez, ichiro suzuki, jimmy rollins, Johnny Cueto, jorge posada, Josh Willingham, khalil greene, mark hendrickson, moises alou, nate mclouth, rich hill, Shane Victorino, shawn marcum, tim hudson, yovani gallardo

For those of you in weekly leagues, and for those of you who are into streaming pitchers, Fighting Chance Fantasy presents to you this week’s two start pitchers.

No Brainers

Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres

Starts: Sunday, April 27; Saturday, May 3

Teams: vs. Arizona; vs. Florida

Opponents: Brandon Webb (5-0, 2.31 ERA)…
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Tags: barry zito, brandon backe, brandon webb, brett myers, c.c. sabathia, chad gaudin, chien-ming wang, daniel cabrera, edinson volquez, felix hernandez, gil meche, ian snell, jake peavy, james shields, jeff francis, jered weaver, jeremy guthrie, jesse litsch, joe blanton, john lannan, jon garland, jose contreras, josh beckett, justin verlander, kyle lohse, manny parra, Mike Mussina, nelson figueroa, paul maholm, ricky nolasco, ted lilly, vincente padilla