For those of you who have been nervous about the effectiveness of Edinson Volquez coming down the stretch, it appears those worries can be calmed.  After having a run of one good start, one bad start, Volquez has now put together two great ones in a row, as he mowed down the Cardinals today.  Volquez improved to 15-5 by pitching seven scoreless innings…
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Tags: adam lind, chris volstad, clayton kershaw, gio gonzalez, Jensen Lewis, johan santana, Melvin Mora, Mike Mussina, roy oswalt, travis ishikawa

Look out now, Clayton Kershaw looks like he might have figured it out. Kershaw was great today against the Cardinals, going seven innings, allowing just one run and striking out seven. He did walk four, but it didn’t come back to bite him. That is the first earned run he had allowed in his last three starts, so…
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Tags: Aaron Heilman, Billy Wagner, carlos quentin, chris volstad, clayton kershaw, David Wright, Duaner Sanchez, Eddie Kunz, Emilio Bonifacio, jeff francis, Joe Smith, johan santana, jon rauch, Justin Duchsherer, lastings milledge, Scott Schoeneweis

Are you happy now Mets’ fans? After the bullpen blew a six run lead in the 9th inning the last time that Johan Santana pitched, their big ticket went out Sunday and went the distance in a 9-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Listening to sports talk radio all week, I heard one crying fan after another saying Santana should…
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Tags: Adam Wainwright, billy butler, Brian Fuentes, Chris Carpenter, chris perez, Fernando Rodney, Jarrod Washburn, jason isringhausen, Jeremy Sowers, johan santana, marcus thames, paul maholm, Ryan Franklin, todd jones, Ubaldo Jimenez

I just want to start out with a situation that really made me mad! Ok, so it is safe to assume that Justin Verlander is back. He has had now five straight starts where he allowed three runs or less, and his ERA is down almost two full runs in the past two months. So tonight he throws six…
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Tags: billy butler, Brian Fuentes, Chad Billingsley, dan uggla, dustin pedroia, johan santana, Johnny Cueto, Justin Duchscherer, justin verlander, lastings milledge, magglio ordonez, manny parra, mitchell boggs, Tim Lincecum, todd jones

The Arizona Diamondbacks welcomed back Eric Byrnes to their lineup tonight after missing almost a month with tears in both hamstrings. Unfortunately for them, he picked up where he left off, and took an 0-5 tonight against the Red Sox and Josh Beckett. I fully expect Byrnes to turn his horrible season around and be a productive fantasy player for the rest of the season. Not sure…
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Tags: ben sheets, Dan Haren, Eric Byrnes, felix hernandez, jo jo reyes, johan santana, josh beckett, rich harden

The next young arm that is going to be added in a lot of fantasy leagues in the next 24 hours is going to be the Marlins’ Andrew Miller. Miller was one of the two big pieces that the Marlins got back in the Miguel Cabrera trade, but he got off to a terrible start. This is the fourth…
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Tags: aaron laffey, Andrew Miller, c.j. wilson, chris young, corey hart, daisuike matsusaka, Eric Gagne, Ervin Santana, Ian Kennedy, jason bay, joe borowski, johan santana, matt joyce, ryan howard, victor martinez