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Hot
The weekly Hot and Not for batters is based on 20 at-bats for batting average, and at least a .280 BA for the other categories.
Pos. Player, Team H-AB BA HR-RBI SB
1B Kendry Morales, Angels 13-24 .542 3-10 0
SS Ryan Theriot, Cubs 14-28 .500 0-6 1
OF Marlon Byrd, Cubs 12-24 .500 0-5 1
1B Justin Morneau, Twins 10-21 .476 2-7 0
3B/1B Pablo Sandoval, Giants 10-22 .455 1-2 0
1B Paul Konerko, White Sox 9-20 .450 4-6 0
C Matt Wieters, Orioles 10-23 .435 0-4 0
2B Robinson Cano, Yankees 9-21 .429 1-4 1
OF Johnny Damon, Tigers 11-26 .423 0-3 1
OF Vladimir Guerrero, Rangers 8-20 .400 1-6 2
Home runs – Konerko and Diamondbacks 2B Kelly Johnson 4; Morales, White Sox OF Andruw Jones, Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds and Athletics C Kurt Suzuki 3.
RBI – Reynolds 11; Morales 10; Dodgers 3B/1B Casey Blake, Brewers OF Ryan Braun, Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera and Rangers 3B Michael Young 8; Johnson, Morneau, Suzuki, Blue Jays OF/3B Jose Bautista, Twins OF/1B Michael Cuddyer, Royals OF Jose Guillen and Rays OF B.J. Upton 7. Reynolds was the National League Player of the Week, and Morales won the same award in the American League.
Stolen bases – Astros OF Michael Bourn 7; Rangers OF Nelson Cruz and Padres 3B/OF Chase Headley 5; Dodgers SS Rafael Furcal 4; Braun, Rangers OF Julio Borbon, Padres SS Everth Cabrera and OF Will Venable, Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen and Mets SS Jose Reyes 3.
Runs – Reds 3B Scott Rolen 8; Braun, Cano, Damon, Morales, Reds OF Jay Bruce and Rays 3B Evan Longoria 7.
Repeaters on a Hot list are Theriot, Cuddyer and Guillen. Cruz and Reyes were on a Not list a week earlier.
Requirements for pitchers to make these lists are 7 innings pitched for ERA and WHIP, 10 strikeouts in K:W ratio and an ERA under 4.00 for the other categories.
Hand Pitcher, Team IP W-L ERA WHIP K:W
RHP Mike Pelfrey, Mets 12.0 2-0 0.00 1.33 9:8
RHP Roy Halladay, Phillies 9.0 1-0 0.00 0.67 7:1
RHP Felix Hernandez, Mariners 9.0 1-0 0.00 1.00 6:0
LHP Barry Zito, Giants 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.75 10:3
LHP Francisco Liriano, Twins 8.0 1-0 0.00 1.00 6:2
RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies 7.1 1-0 0.00 0.95 5:2
RHP Mat Latos, Padres 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.71 2:1
LHP Jon Niese, Mets 11.0 0-0 0.82 1.91 13:8
LHP Andy Pettitte, Yankees 8.0 1-0 1.13 0.75 8:0
RHP Ricky Nolasco, Marlins 8.0 1-0 1.13 0.88 9:0
Wins – Pelfrey, White Sox LHP John Danks and Cardinals RHP Brad Penny 2.
Saves – Astros RHP Matt Lindstrom 4-for-4; Nationals RHP Matt Capps, Reds RHP Francisco Cordero and Mets RHP Francisco Rodriguez 3-3; Cardinals RHP Ryan Franklin, Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gregg, Red Sox RHP Jonathan Papelbon, Angels RHP Francisco Rodney, Royals RHP Joakim Soria, Tigers RHP Jose Valverde and Giants RHP Brian Wilson 2-2.
WHIP – Yankees RHP Phil Hughes 0.41; Royals RHP Zack Greinke 0.43; White Sox RHP Freddy Garcia, Twins RHP Carl Pavano and Giants LHP Jonathan Sanchez 0.57.
K:W ratio – Nationals RHP Tyler Clippard 10:1; Danks 14:2; Cubs RHP Randy Wells 11:2; Hughes and Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter 10:2; Braves RHP Tommy Hanson 12:3; Twins RHP Kevin Slowey 11:3; Sanchez, Zito and Brewers RHP Yovani Gallardo 10:3.
Repeaters on pitching Hot lists were Pettitte, Pelfrey, Rodney, Carpenter and Sanchez.
Not
Pos. Player, Team H-AB BA HR-RBI SB
OF Carlos Quentin, White Sox 1-20 .050 1-2 0
3B Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 2-25 .080 0-1 0
2B Akinori Iwamura, Pirates 2-23 .087 0-0 0
3B/2B Chone Figgins, Mariners 2-21 .095 0-1 0
OF Angel Pagan, Mets 3-24 .125 1-2 0
1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees 3-23 .130 1-2 0
SS Erick Aybar, Angels 3-22 .136 0-0 1
OF Cody Ross, Marlins 3-22 .136 0-2 0
OF Adam Lind, Blue Jays 3-22 .136 1-3 0
2B Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox 4-29 .138 0-0 0
This week’s (dis)honorable mention goes to Rays C Dioner Navarro, who was 0-for-10.
W:K ratio – OF Austin Jackson, Tigers 3:15; Mets 3B David Wright 2-10.
Caught stealing – Nationals OF Nyjer Morgan 1-for-4; Dodgers OF Matt Kemp 0-2; Rays OF Carl Crawford 2-4.
Repeating a place on a Not list last week were Quentin, Navarro and Wright. Crawford was on a Hot list a week earlier.
Hand Pitcher, Team IP W-L ERA WHIP K:W
RHP Charlie Morton, Pirates 4.0 0-2 22.50 4.00 3:5
RHP Rick Porcello, Tigers 8.1 0-2 12.96 2.64 8:4
RHP Justin Masterson, Indians 8.0 0-2 10.13 2.75 10:9
RHP John Lackey, Red Sox 10.1 1-1 9.58 2.13 6:3
RHP Chris Volstad, Marlins 10.1 0-1 8.71 1.55 2:4
RHP Javier Vazquez, Yankees 9.0 1-1 8.00 1.89 9:6
RHP Homer Bailey, Reds 11.1 0-0 7.15 1.68 13:4
RHP Brian Bannister, Royals 11.2 1-1 6.17 1.89 6:6
LHP Scott Olsen, Nationals 9.0 1-1 6.00 1.67 9:2
RHP David Bush, Brewers 10.2 1-1 5.91 1.78 4:6
The pitchers eligible for this list all started twice during the week
Losses – Masterson, Morton, Porcello, Orioles RHP Matt Albers and Blue Jays LHP Scott Downs 2.
Blown saves – Royals LHP John Parrish 0-for-2.
News and Notes
Pelfrey is 4-0 with an 0.69 ERA after a rain-shortened five-inning, 1-0 shutout of the
Braves Sunday. The loser in the duel was Atlanta RHP Tommy Hanson, who allowed only an unearned run. Danks is 3-0 with a 1.55 ERA. Pelfrey and Danks were two of the pitchers we recommended most highly in the April 18 Weekend Update/Hot and Not report.
Apparently preceding Rangers RHP Colby Lewis to the mound in Arlington, Texas, Sunday was Mr. Hyde. The pitcher in Lewis’ uniform allowed the Tigers’ first 11 batters to bat .700 (7-for-10). After that, Detroit was 0-for-15 against him.
The Phillies and 1B Ryan Howard agreed on a five-year contract extension through 2016 that will pay him at least 4125 million.
The Marlins put LHP Daniel Meyer on the disabled list because of an injured left calf. Taking his place on the active roster is RHP Brian Sanches, coming off the DL from a strained right hamstring.
Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez hit a home run in four consecutive games; White Sox 1B Paul Konerko had a three-game homer streak going.
Athletics 1B Daric Barton suffered a fractured right middle finger and left the game after sliding into the visitors’ dugout in Oakland to catch a foul ball in the seventh inning.
In closing
This is a regular feature of our Emails and blog posts. It lets you know who’s getting saves. Equally important is telling you who’s blowing saves or putting his job in jeopardy by getting shaky saves. There’s also a FREE Article on the old fantasybaseballscout.com web site letting you know which pitcher or pitchers each team is using to close games. It will be updated whenever there’s a change or speculation about a change in a team’s closer.
Nationals RHP Matt Capps took over the major league lead with his eighth save in a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers Sunday. We took you before last week that a good showing in a week with seven home games could tell us something about Washington. The Nats went 4-3 to improve their record to 10-9. That’s not enough to say they could be a .500 team this season, but they’ve shown that they’re not going to lose 100 games either.
The fifth save for Royals RHP Joakim Soria didn’t come easily. His pitching line was 121102. After entering the game with a 4-2 lead, he and Kansas City emerged with a 4-3 victory. Orioles RHP Cla Meredith rescued their nominal closer, RHP Jim Johnson, who had allowed two runs and put two other runners on base with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning. Meredith finished with a line of 2/3 00000 for his first save this season, 7-6 at Boston.
Others receiving saves were Reds RHP Francisco Cordero, seventh, 5-4 over the Padres; Cardinals RHP Ryan Franklin, sixth, 2-0 at San Francisco; White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks, fourth, 3-2 against Seattle, and Diamondbacks RHP Chad Qualls, fourth, 8-6 vs. the Phillies.
I think I forgot to mention to you that I’ve now seen Rangers RHP prospect three or four times for Double-A Frisco. He has reached 98 mph on the stadium radar gun. In his last two appearances, he has struck out nine batters in four innings and allowed just a scratch single. He’s ready for a promotion to Triple-A Oklahoma City, and probably to the majors before long.
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