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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Tags: Carlos Pena, clayton kershaw, Coco Crisp, david ortiz, edinson volquez, eric hinske, hanley ramirez, jacoby ellsbury, joe mauer, Joey Votto, john smoltz, jorge posada, josh beckett, Justin Masterson, Manny Acosta, manny ramirez, moises alou, Rafeal Soriano

Reds’ rookie Jay Bruce had quite the major league debut for himself. Bruce went 3-3 with two walks and a stolen base. The same thing applies to Bruce that I said about Kershaw the other day. There’s not much more to say about Bruce. If he is available, go get him right away, he should have a major fantasy impact in 2008.

I have been avoiding writing about Eric Hinske…
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Tags: aaron laffey, andy marte, Eric Byrnes, eric hinske, gary sheffield, Ian Kennedy, jay burce, Johnny Cueto, Nick Blackburn, pedro martinez, sean gallagher, seth smith, travis hafner

What’s the deal with Joba this year? After being nearly perfect in 2007, Chamberlain has looked like quite the mortal pitcher in 2008. Joba gave up a three run homer to David Dellucci of all people to take his second loss of the season already. You couldn’t have expected Chamberlain to be as dominant as he was last year…
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Tags: aaron harang, Andy Sonnanstine, barry zito, david ortiz, eric hinske, gavin floyd, jair jurrjens, joba chamberlain, jonathan sanchez, nick adenhart, scott olsen