A’s rookie Gio Gonzalez made his MLB debut tonight against the Blue Jays, and it was it was a bit of a rocky debut.  Gonzalez gave up four runs over six innings and struck out four.  He has a chance to make a decent sized fantasy impact over the last two months of the season.  Gonzalez was the major part of the…
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Tags: brandon backe, c.j. wilson, gio gonzalez, homer bailey, Jay Bruce, Johnny Peralta, manny ramirez, pedro martinez, Xavier Nady

When Jay Bruce hit the majors he was instantly a rock star. His first week was the kind of thing that only happens in childhood dreams. Game winning homers, stolen bases, great defensive plays, etc. After a week and a half he was still hitting over .500. Man crushes were formed everywhere. Well, it was obvious that he had to have a return to Earth, and that is exactly…
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Tags: daniel cabrera, grady sizemore, hideki kuroda, Jason Giambi, Jay Bruce, jermaine dye, Nick Blackburn, pedro martinez, ricky nolasco, Troy Tulowitzki

The Reds have called up their phenom pitching prospect Homer Bailey to start their game on Thursday. Now I know that I have been urging you all to pick up some of the hotter prospects all season long to mixed success. However, today I come to you with a message of caution with Bailey. He has…
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Tags: casey blake, chase utley, david ortiz, Delmon Young, homer bailey, ian stewart, Jay Bruce, joe mauer, john smoltz, pedro feliz, rich harden

A quick congratulations to the Red Sox Manny Ramirez who connected on the 500th home run of his career tonight against the Orioles. For many years Manny was one of the most feared run producers in baseball. As far as fantasy baseball is concerned, Manny’s best days are behind him, but he is…
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Tags: Carlos Marmol, Chad Billingsley, chase utley, clay buchholz, cliff floyd, david ortiz, Eric Byrnes, felix hernandez, Jason Bergmann, Jay Bruce, jorge posada, josh banks, justin upton, manny ramirez, mark reynolds, mike pelfrey, prince fielder, scott kazmir

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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Tags: adam jones, Al Reyes, alex gordon, bartolo colon, BJ Upton, Brad Lidge, Brandon Phillips, chase utley, Clay Bucholz, Corey Patterson, Daisuke Matsusaka, dan uggla, Dan Wheeler, darrell rasner, Delmon Young, edinson volquez, Ian Kennedy, Jay Bruce, joba chamberlain, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Justin Masterson, Kerry Wood, matt garza, Phil Hughes, Ryan Braun, Tim Lincecum, Troy Percival

Two days after the best pitching prospect gets the call to the majors, the best hitting prospect will be hitting Cincinnati on Tuesday. Jay Bruce will be joining the Reds in time for their game on Tuesday. What else do I need to say? Bruce was hitting .363 with ten homers and eight steals for the Reds AAA affiliate. He is a must own in all formats and could…
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Tags: bartolo colon, Corey Patterson, darrell rasner, Garrett Olsen, Jason Bergmann, Jay Bruce, Jose Reyes, Nick Markakis