Not only did the Reds find that they have some exciting young pitchers for the future in Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto, but they also found some good hitters to give them hope for the future, and a few of them have been hot lately. Joey Votto had seven hits over the weekend, and also drove in five runs as he has hit a little hot streak. The…
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Tags: billy butler, blake dewitt, brandon wood, brett myers, carl pavano, Chris Dickerson, Dan Wheeler, edwin encarnacion, jayson werth, joe nelson, Joey Votto, Kevin Gregg, matt lindstrom, max scherzer, pablo sandoval, rocco baldelli, travis snider, Troy Percival

Roy Halladay was the victim of his team’s inability to score again on Friday. Halladay was brilliant going seven shutout innings and striking out seven. He will once again get a no decision because his team failed to score any runs for him as well. This is the sixth time this year that the Jays failed to get Halladay the support he deserved, as they scored two runs or…
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Tags: aramis ramirez, chipper jones, elijah dukes, erik bedard, Ervin Santana, Joey Votto, john danks, radhames liz, roy halladay, scott baker

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

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

Curtis Granderson is destroying the ball since his return from the DL. Granderson hit his 5th homer in just his 11th game back healthy. He is hitting .317 and also stole his first base of the season. Most impressive so far from Granderson is that he has walked nine times, while striking out just six. This is a marked…
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Tags: aaron laffey, andrew miler, andy laroche, aramis ramirez, ben sheets, chipper jones, Curtis Granderson, darrell rasner, dontrelle willis, Greg Smith, ian kinsler, Joey Votto, kevin youkilis, roy halladay, scott kazmir, travis hafner

The player who has created the biggest buzz so far this year in fantasy baseball has been Johnny Cueto, and so far he hasn’t disappointed. His owners had to be very curious how he would do after giving up five runs in his previous start. Would he bounce back? Or was he doomed to start to struggle like most pitchers in his situation? Cueto answered today with another great…
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Tags: Aaron Rowand, Andruw Jones, Andy Sonnanstine, B.J. Ryan, Chad Billingsley, Daric Barton, Derrek Lee, Dustin McGowan, Eric Gagne, Ervin Santana, Ian Kennedy, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Jose Reyes, Kosuke Fukudome, Luke Hochevar, Nick Blackburn, Oliver Perez, Phil Hughes, Tim Lincecum, Zach Greinke