I have a new article that examines this very topic over at Fantasy Baseball Strategy and I found a few interesting differences.
Chris Carpenter made his triumphant return to the Cardinals lineup on Wednesday, as the former Cy Younger came back to try to help St. Louis make a playoff run. Carpenter wasn’t around long enough to take the win, but he was surely on a pitch count. Carpenter threw 67 pitches over four innings, allowed just one run and struck out two…
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A lot of news revolving around the Yankees/Red Sox series tonight, as Joba Chamberlain took his real first step forward to becoming a dominating starter as he went into Fenway Park and shutout the Sox over seven innings and struck out nine. Chamberlain is going to have a big finish to the season, so I would test his value in a trade (don’t…
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The aftermath of the Rich Harden deal has started. Harden made his Cubs debut today, and while he didn’t last deep into the game, he certainly made an impact. Harden lasted just 5.1 innings, but surrendered no runs and struck out 10. He didn’t factor into the decision because the bullpen blew the lead, but this start has got to get…
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For the third consecutive start, Edinson Volquez has allowed at least three earned runs, even though he earned his 11th win of the season. Is this just a slight chink in the armor? Or is Volquez proving that he is a mere mortal, capable of less than perfect starts? Like I’ve been saying for a while, Volquez will have a great rest of the season, but he will certainly not…
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Matt Garza allowed only a Hanley Ramirez home run, which stopped him from throwing a no hitter. Garza has been a very solid pitcher for the past two months, and it looks as if he is going to fulfill the potential he showed throughout the minors. Garza allowed just that one run today, and struck out ten Florida hitters. This isn’t a…
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A quick congratulations to the Reds’ Ken Griffey Jr. for being the sixth member of an increasingly watered down 600 HR club. I’m not the biggest fan of Mr. Griffey, but must give him credit for this impressive milestone. There is a strong possibility the Reds will move him to an AL team where he can prolong his career at DH, but I wouldn’t add Griffey to my team…
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Ryan and I often joke that the one guy you never want to hear that your fantasy player is going to see is Dr. James Andrews. Andrews is legendary for performing major surgeries on some of sports biggest stars. Unfortunately for owners of John Smoltz, that’s exactly who will be working at his ailing right shoulder. 
Smoltz is scheduled…
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A congratulations to Ryan is in order, who by the time he reads this, should be a father to a second beautiful baby girl (Good luck when they are teenagers!). So in the time he is away, I will try to fill his shoes with tonight’s Beyond the Boxscore.
Daisuke Matsuzaka left yesterday’s Redsox game at the start of the fifth inning. It was first believed to…
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The majority of the news tonight revolves around starting pitching, so let’s just get the hitting out of the way quickly.
Rangers’ catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit his second homer of the season, and he made it count. Salty went Grand Salami, and although he is hitting just over .220, he is certainly an option for those of you suffering with a crappy option at catcher. He is young, he…
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