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.

1. The first one may not be that surprising but elite pitchers have a higher avereage velocity than other groups of pitchers which carries over to the off-speed and breaking pitches as well.
2. The movement on the elite pitches are greater, in some case much greater, movement

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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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Tags: albert pujols, Ben Zobrist, clayton kershaw, cliff lee, edinson volquez, gary sheffield, hanley ramirez, jake peavy, jesse litsch, matt garza, rich harden

Today marked the triumphant return to the mound for fantasy ace Jake Peavy, and boy he didn’t disappoint those of us who have been waiting (especially me and Martha). Peavy pitched shutout ball for six innings and struck out four, allowed just three hits and didn’t walk a batter. If there was any concern about Peavy coming back healthy and pitching…
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Tags: aaron laffey, jake peavy, matt holliday, matt kemp, ryan doumit, Troy Tulowitzki, victor martinez

Sorry for the delay in posting folks, not the best night on the baby front! Lots of tears! But enough about that, let’s get to baseball!

If you would have told me in April that on June 7th I would have written the following sentence I would have said you were crazy, but here goes. Twins OF Delmon Young connected on his first home run of the…
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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