Since his return from the disabled list, Fausto Carmona has been less than spectacular.  He was better than he has been lately, going seven innings, allowing only two earned runs, and walking three.  The thing that keeps me away from Carmona was exactly what occurred again tonight.  In those seven innings he pitched tonight, he struck out NOBODY.  When you get a fantasy…
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Tags: aaron harang, Anibal Sanchez, fausto carmona, Jeff Clement, justin verlander, paul byrd, pedro martinez, roy halladay, ryan garko, Yusmeiro Petit

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

Tags: aaron cook, ben sheets, brandon webb, Carlos Zambrano, Derek Lowe, edinson volquez, felix hernandez, gil meche, jair jurrjens, jake peavy, Javier Vazquez, jeremy guthrie, joba chamberlain, john lackey, josh beckett, Justin Duchscherer, justin verlander, Kevin Millwood, ricky nolasco, roy halladay, roy oswalt, scott baker, Tim Lincecum, Tim Redding

Boy, I hope all of you who drafted Justin Verlander were able to stay patient with him, but I bet better than 50% of you already have traded him off and got less than he is worth.  Let the kicking yourself in the ass begin now!  The Tigers ace was great again on Sunday as he was able to win his…
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Tags: alfonso soriano, Chris Carpenter, cody ross, ian stewart, j.j. putz, jaime garcia, Jason Giambi, jeremy hermida, jermaine dye, jo jo reyes, johnny damon, josh johnson, justin verlander, manny parra, ryan dempster, Ryan Sweeney, Tim Lincecum, Troy Tulowitzki

Every year there’s a select group of players that have a great second half. These are the players that can be the difference between you winning your league or finishing in the middle of the pack and having to listen to “Johnny I Didn’t Even Watch a Game” brag about how he beat you.

Some players tend to warm up when the weather does, and others had such poor first half’s…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, B.J. Ryan, Curtis Granders, Dioner Navarro, justin verlander, miguel cabrera, Nick Markakis, paul konerko, robinson cano, Troy Tulowizki

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 biggest story tonight, was all the injuries to key fantasy contributers. Normally we end the post with this subject, but given tonight’s circumstances, let’s lead-off with that!

Injury News

Bad news for Alfonso Soriano owners, he left tonight’s game after being struck in the hand by a Jeff Bennett pitch. X-Rays revealed Soriano broke his left index finger, it…
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Tags: albert pujols, alfonso soriano, Andrew Miller, bartolo colon, carl crawford, cole hamels, corey hart, Curtis Granderson, dan uggla, dustin pedroia, Francisco Rodriguez, grady sizemore, j.j. putz, jorge cantu, justin verlander, vladimir guerrero

Felix Hernandez might be starting to live up to his nickname of King Felix. It is way to early to make that kind of statement, but the 22-year old Hernandez has put a couple of good starts together. With his six-inning effort tonight, that is two straight outings in which he didn’t allow a run. I get…
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Tags: alexi casilla, BJ Upton, brandon webb, Evan Longoria., felix hernandez, joe borowski, Johnny Cueto, justin verlander, michael cuddyer, ryan garko, scott kazmir, shawn marcum, Tim Lincecum

Today, the big time prospect did not disappoint. Clayton Kershaw was as good as advertised on Sunday as he had his way with many of the St. Louis Cardinals. Kershaw went six innings, allowed two runs and struck out seven. There’s not too much else to say, if you were debating on using your waiver priority on him, this should seal the deal. Pick him up in all formats.

It…
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Tags: aaron cook, adam jones, clayton kershaw, daniel cabrera, Dustin McGowan, Eric Byrnes, ian kinsler, j.j. putz, jason kubel, jon lester, justin verlander, micah owings

His fantasy demise was written in the first two weeks of the season, but now C.C. Sabathia is making all of you without patience with their stars pay for your quick hooks. Sabathia threw an absolute gem tonight, a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts. That is now four of his last five starts that he has allowed one…
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Tags: brett myers, c.c. sabathia, carlos quentin, clay buchholz, george sherrill, john lackey, justin verlander, Luke Hochevar, manny parra, micah owings, mike lowell, Mike Mussina, ryan garko, ryan zimmerman, todd wellemeyer

I want to start tonight with a little warning. I am going to be a dad for the second time any day now. So, if I go for a day or two without an article, or if I don’t get back to an email in my usual speedy fashion, that could be the reason. I’m not going away, and I’ll be back as soon as it is possible. Now…
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Tags: adam lind, brandon webb, carlos gomez, clayton kershaw, danny cabrera, jacoby ellsbury, jo jo reyes, justin upton, justin verlander, kevin slowey, Luke Hochevar, matt cain, michael young, ryan ludwick, Troy Percival