Greetings from San Antonio.
It's a beautiful day to walk along the RiverWalk, which I'll do after posting this.
Spring training news is heating up.
The biggest story has been Yankees SS Derek Jeter's announcement that he is retiring after this season. Reminds of how Marv Levy used to say, "If you're thinking about retiring, you must as well retire." But here's a counter-reminder. Mariano Rivera announced a year ago that he would be retiring after the season. He did OK.
Rivera was a once-in-a-generation player at his position. Jeter could be the same. We'll see over then next eight months.
-- Jeter's announcement set up a big opening week for the Astros. His first regular-season game April 1 will be at Houston. On April 5, the Astros will honor retiring 1B/DH Lance Berkman and RHP Roy Oswalt. They stayed around a year or two too long, which could be a danger for Jeter. In addition, Nolan Ryan will be in his first week as an advisor to Houston's management. If his presence can do what it did with the Rangers, especially in terms of toughening up the starting pitchers, the Astros' rebound into contention could be quicker than we'd expect.
-- In injury news, Mariners RHP Hisashi Iwakuma is expected to miss the beginning of this season. He can't throw for 4-6 weeks because of a strained tendon in his middle finger. Seattle signed two other former major league starters, LHP Randy Wolf and RHP Zach Minor, to minor league contracts.
-- The Phillies gained one pitcher, but lost another for the beginning of the season. They signed free-agent RHP A.J. Burnett to a one-year, $16-million contract. He could fill in early for LHP Cole Hamels, who is expected to begin the season on the disabled list because of biceps tendinitis.
-- Another star pitcher, Tigers RHP Justin Verlander, is expected to be ready to start the season. He underwent surgery in January on both sides of his mid-section. Philadelphia also released RHP Chad Gaudin, who failed his physical exam.
-- The Cubs signed two potential starters, RHPs Jason Hammel and James McDonald, who were low-end free agents. The two pitchers they waived to make room on the 40-man roster both were claimed -- LHP Brooks Raley by the Twins and PHP Brett Marshall by the Reds.
-- In a trade, the Nationals picked up Jose Lobaton, the catcher they had been seeking, from the Rays for RHP Nathan Karns. The 26-year-old was the Double-A Eastern League's ERA leader at 3.26 for Harrisburg, where he was 10-6. Washington also acquired two 22-year-olds, OF Drew Vettleson -- whose 2013 season at high Class A Charlotte of .274, four home runs and 62 RBI was comparable to what he had done in his first two minor league seasons, but with less power -- and LHP Felipe Rivero, who was 9-7 with a 3.40 ERA at Charlotte.
-- Heading the list of those signing contracts were relievers. The Mariners agreed with free-agent RHP Fernando Rodney for two years and $14 million. The Royals avoided arbitration with RHP Greg Holland with a 1-year, $4.675-million deal. The Dodgers did the same with RHP Kenley Jansen for a year at $4.3 million. They all are likely to begin the season as closers. In addition, the Nationals avoided arbitration with RHP Tyler Clippard with an agreement for a year at $5.875 million.
-- Other major league signings included RHP Carlos Marmol with the Marlins for 2014 at $1.125 million. The Indians signed OF Michael Brantley for four years and $25 million, with an $11-million option for 2018.
-- The Brewers outrighted RHP Donovan Hand, who had been designated for assignment when they signed RHP Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, to Triple-A but also invited him to spring training.
-- Minor league signings -- RHP Jose Valverde with the Mets, RHP Brandon Lyon with the Angels, LHP Eric Bedard with the Rays and LHP Rich Hill back with the Red Sox.
-- In the category of players trying to make a comeback is LHP Johan Santana, who has been throwing in Arizona for teams to observe him. If he's half the pitcher he was with the Twins, he could help a team needed at least a temporary fix in its rotation.
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Basketball. The fantasy week is over, unless your league includes statistics from the NBA All-Star Game, the slam dunk contest and the other junk sports the league will throw out this weekend.
It appears that I'll finish with an 8-0 victory this week and a lead of about 16 games with 24 to play. Magic number 9, for those who are interested.
My team was down 6-2 after Tuesday. That's when Joakim Noah had a triple double, but neglected to get any steals and went just 3-for-6 at the foul line. After that night, steals and free throw percentage were the categories in which I trailed.
On Wednesday, Carmelo Anthony topped the three players on my roster who had double doubles with 36 points and 11 rebounds. Ricky Rubio's double double also included seven steals. Those steals and the overall team's 21 for 23 free throw shooting gave me the lead in those categories.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Jeter, Podsednik, Garza, Jimenez stay hot
The Monday morning updates review what happened over the weekend and indicates which batters and pitchers are hot – and which are not.
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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
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees 11-22 .500 3-7 0
C Ivan Rodriguez, Nationals 10-21 .476 0-7 1
2B Dan Uggla, Marlins 13-28 .464 2-7 0
OF Jose Guillen, Royals 12-26 .462 3-5 1
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, Royals 11-24 .458 1-3 0
1B James Loney, Dodgers 11-24 .458 0-0 1
3B/2B Casey McGehee, Brewers 10-22 .455 2-6 0
OF Ryan Ludwick, Cardinals 11-25 .440 1-3 0
OF Andre Ethier, Dodgers 11-26 .423 3-9 0
OF Ryan Braun, Brewers 11-26 .423 2-8 1
The two .458 batters present a contrast. Betancourt isn’t likely to be on this list often. Loney is a high-average threat, but LA no doubt would want more run production from its first baseman.
Home runs – Phillies 2B Chase Utley 5; Dodgers OF Matt Kemp and Orioles 3B/1B Ty Wigginton 4; Ethier, Guillen, Jeter, Indians OF Shin-soo Choo, White Sox OF/1B Andruw Jones and Rays 1B Carlos Pena 1.
RBI – Choo 11; Wigginton 10; Ethier, Pena and Twins OF/1B Michael Cuddyer 9; Braun, Kemp, Utley and Royals 3B/2B Alberto Callaspo 8.
Stolen bases – Yankees OF Brett Gardner, White Sox OF Juan Pierre, Cubs SS Ryan Theriot and Reds 1B Joey Votto 4; Podsednik, Rays OF Carl Crawford, White Sox OF Alex Rios and Twins OF Denard Span 3.
Runs – Kemp, Span and Utley 8; Guillen, Rodriguez, Uggla, Giants 1B/3B Aubrey Huff, Rays 3B Evan Longoria and Nationals OF Josh Willingham 7.
Gardner, Jeter and Podsednik were on a Hot list for the second consecutive week.
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 Justin Duchscherer, Athletics 13.0 1-0 0.00 1.00 9:4
RHP Livan Hernandez, Nationals 9.0 1-0 0.00 0.67 3:2
RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies 9.0 1-0 0.00 0.67 7:6
RHP Doug Fister, Mariners 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.38 4:0
LHP Jonathan Sanchez, Giants 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.75 11:3
LHP Joe Saunders, Angels 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.75 2:1
RHP Mike Pelfrey, Mets 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.88 6:1
RHP Brad Penny, Cardinals 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.43 4:0
RHP Roy Oswalt, Astros 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.71 6:0
RHP Carlos Silva, Cubs 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.71 5:0
Of the 121 pitchers with an 0.00 ERA for the week, 16 threw at least seven innings. Pelfrey also earned a save for pitching a scoreless 20th inning in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Cardinals
Wins – Rays RHPs Lance Cormier and Matt Garza, Padres RHP Kevin Correia, Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte and Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright.
Saves – Mariners RHP David Aardsma, Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera, Angels RHP Fernando Rodney and Rays RHP Rafael Soriano 3-for-3.
WHIP – Fister 0.38; Penny and Cardinals LHP Jaime Garcia 0.43; Yankees LHP C.C. Sabathia 0.50; Indians LHP David Huff 0.56.
K:W ratio – Phillies LHP Cole Hamels 14:1; Marlins RHP Josh Johnson 10:1; Wainwright 16:3; Blue Jays LHP Davis Romero 18:4; Sanchez 11:3; Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter 10:3; Angels RHP Ervin Santana 13:5; Rangers RHP Colby Lewis 10:4/
Pitchers repeating n a Hot list were Aardsma; Garza; Jimenez, who pitched a no-hitter Saturday, and Oswalt. Saunders jumped from the Not list to Hot in a week’s time.
Not
Pos. Player, Team H-AB BA HR-RBI SB
1B Lyle Overbay, Blue Jays 2-27 .074 0-2 0
OF Carlos Lee, Astros 2-25 .080 0-0 0
OF Dexter Fowler, Rockies 2-25 .080 0-0 1
SS Jason Bartlett, Rays 2-23 .087 0-0 0
C Dioner Navarro, Rays 2-21 .095 0-0 0
1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees 2-20 .100 1-3 0
OF Carlos Quentin, White Sox 3-27 .111 1-8 0
SS Edgar Renteria, Giants 3-24 .125 0-1 0
OF Rajai Davis, Athletics 4-31 .129 0-1 3
SS Jose Reyes, Mets 4-31 .129 0-2 1
This week’s (dis)honorable mention goes to Marlins OF/2B Chris Coghlan 0-for-19, Pirates 1B Jeff Clement 0-15, Astros 2B Kazuo Matsui 0-11, and Tigers SS Ramon Santiago 0-10. Receiving a special dishonorable mention is Rangers C Taylor Teagarden. He was just 0-for-6 for the week, but all six at-bats were strikeouts, giving him a season total of 0-for-18 with 13 Ks.
W:K ratio – Rangers OF Nelson Cruz and Diamondbacks OF Justin Upton 1:10; Mets OF Jason Bay 2:11; Marlins OF Cameron Maybin 3:10; Mets 3B David Wright 9:10.
Caught stealing – Dodgers OF Matt Kemp 1-for-3.
Teagarden has been on a Not list three consecutive weeks (including spring training), and Overbay has been cold two weeks in a row. Cruz, Davis, Quentin and Renteria all were on a Hot list the previous week. Quentin wasn’t a total washout during the last week; he managed to drive in eight runs with just three hits.
Hand Pitcher, Team IP W-L ERA WHIP K:W
RHP Jason Marquis, Nationals 4.1 0-2 27.00 3.00 1:3
RHP Gavin Floyd, White Sox 7.0 0-2 14.14 3.00 7:6
LHP Doug Davis, Brewers 8.0 0-1 12.38 2.63 9:3
RHP John Maine, Mets 8.0 0-1 12.38 2.50 8:7
LHP Jon Lester, Red Sox 11.0 0-2 9.00 2.00 10:6
RHP Jair Jurrjens, Braves 11.1 0-1 8.74 1.59 10:5
LHP Brian Tallet, Blue Jays 11.0 0-1 8.18 1.45 6:3
RHP Joel Pineiro, Angels 9.1 1-1 7.71 1.71 6:1
RHP Bronson Arroyo, Reds 12.0 0-1 7.50 1.25 10:4
RHP Johnny Cueto, Reds 10.0 0-0 6.30 1.90 6:5
The pitchers eligible for this list all started twice during the week
Losses – Floyd, Lester, Marquis and Brewers RHP LaTroy Hawkins 2.
Blown saves – Hawkins, Diamondbacks RHPs Aaron Heilman and Chad Qualls, and Rockies LHP Franklin Morales 0-for-2; Orioles RHP Jim Johnson 1-3.
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.
There were some sloppy and unorthodox saves Sunday.
Indians RHP Chris Perez relieved LHP Tony Sipp with one out in the top of the ninth inning against the White Sox with Cleveland ahead 7-3. Perez allowed one inherited runner to score but retired two batters for his fourth save. Pirates RHP Octavio Dotel’s third save came even though he allowed Reds OF Jay Bruce’s second home run of the game and season. Pittsburgh won at home 5-3. Padres RHP Heath Bell had his third save despite a pitching line of 121102 in a 5-3 victory at Arizona.
Royals RHP Joakim Soria entered their game at Minnesota with two out and a runner on base with KC leading 7-5 in the eighth inning. The Royals finished with a 10-5 win, and Soria received his third save with a line of 1 1/3 00002. Orioles RHP had a 6-3 lead when RHP Jim Johnson entered the game to start the bottom of the eighth inning at Oakland. Baltimore scored twice to win 8-3, and Johnson earned his first save of 2010 with a line of 210002.
Others credited with saves were Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera, fifth, 5-2 over the Rangers; the third saves for Marlins RHP Leo Nunez (1-0 at Philadelphia) and Tigers RHP Jose Valverde (4-2 at Seattle); Astros RHP Matt Lindstrom’s second, 3-2 at Wrigley Field in 10 innings, and Dodgers RHP Jonathan Broxton’s first, 2-1 against the Giants.
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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
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees 11-22 .500 3-7 0
C Ivan Rodriguez, Nationals 10-21 .476 0-7 1
2B Dan Uggla, Marlins 13-28 .464 2-7 0
OF Jose Guillen, Royals 12-26 .462 3-5 1
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, Royals 11-24 .458 1-3 0
1B James Loney, Dodgers 11-24 .458 0-0 1
3B/2B Casey McGehee, Brewers 10-22 .455 2-6 0
OF Ryan Ludwick, Cardinals 11-25 .440 1-3 0
OF Andre Ethier, Dodgers 11-26 .423 3-9 0
OF Ryan Braun, Brewers 11-26 .423 2-8 1
The two .458 batters present a contrast. Betancourt isn’t likely to be on this list often. Loney is a high-average threat, but LA no doubt would want more run production from its first baseman.
Home runs – Phillies 2B Chase Utley 5; Dodgers OF Matt Kemp and Orioles 3B/1B Ty Wigginton 4; Ethier, Guillen, Jeter, Indians OF Shin-soo Choo, White Sox OF/1B Andruw Jones and Rays 1B Carlos Pena 1.
RBI – Choo 11; Wigginton 10; Ethier, Pena and Twins OF/1B Michael Cuddyer 9; Braun, Kemp, Utley and Royals 3B/2B Alberto Callaspo 8.
Stolen bases – Yankees OF Brett Gardner, White Sox OF Juan Pierre, Cubs SS Ryan Theriot and Reds 1B Joey Votto 4; Podsednik, Rays OF Carl Crawford, White Sox OF Alex Rios and Twins OF Denard Span 3.
Runs – Kemp, Span and Utley 8; Guillen, Rodriguez, Uggla, Giants 1B/3B Aubrey Huff, Rays 3B Evan Longoria and Nationals OF Josh Willingham 7.
Gardner, Jeter and Podsednik were on a Hot list for the second consecutive week.
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 Justin Duchscherer, Athletics 13.0 1-0 0.00 1.00 9:4
RHP Livan Hernandez, Nationals 9.0 1-0 0.00 0.67 3:2
RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies 9.0 1-0 0.00 0.67 7:6
RHP Doug Fister, Mariners 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.38 4:0
LHP Jonathan Sanchez, Giants 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.75 11:3
LHP Joe Saunders, Angels 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.75 2:1
RHP Mike Pelfrey, Mets 8.0 1-0 0.00 0.88 6:1
RHP Brad Penny, Cardinals 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.43 4:0
RHP Roy Oswalt, Astros 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.71 6:0
RHP Carlos Silva, Cubs 7.0 1-0 0.00 0.71 5:0
Of the 121 pitchers with an 0.00 ERA for the week, 16 threw at least seven innings. Pelfrey also earned a save for pitching a scoreless 20th inning in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Cardinals
Wins – Rays RHPs Lance Cormier and Matt Garza, Padres RHP Kevin Correia, Yankees LHP Andy Pettitte and Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright.
Saves – Mariners RHP David Aardsma, Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera, Angels RHP Fernando Rodney and Rays RHP Rafael Soriano 3-for-3.
WHIP – Fister 0.38; Penny and Cardinals LHP Jaime Garcia 0.43; Yankees LHP C.C. Sabathia 0.50; Indians LHP David Huff 0.56.
K:W ratio – Phillies LHP Cole Hamels 14:1; Marlins RHP Josh Johnson 10:1; Wainwright 16:3; Blue Jays LHP Davis Romero 18:4; Sanchez 11:3; Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter 10:3; Angels RHP Ervin Santana 13:5; Rangers RHP Colby Lewis 10:4/
Pitchers repeating n a Hot list were Aardsma; Garza; Jimenez, who pitched a no-hitter Saturday, and Oswalt. Saunders jumped from the Not list to Hot in a week’s time.
Not
Pos. Player, Team H-AB BA HR-RBI SB
1B Lyle Overbay, Blue Jays 2-27 .074 0-2 0
OF Carlos Lee, Astros 2-25 .080 0-0 0
OF Dexter Fowler, Rockies 2-25 .080 0-0 1
SS Jason Bartlett, Rays 2-23 .087 0-0 0
C Dioner Navarro, Rays 2-21 .095 0-0 0
1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees 2-20 .100 1-3 0
OF Carlos Quentin, White Sox 3-27 .111 1-8 0
SS Edgar Renteria, Giants 3-24 .125 0-1 0
OF Rajai Davis, Athletics 4-31 .129 0-1 3
SS Jose Reyes, Mets 4-31 .129 0-2 1
This week’s (dis)honorable mention goes to Marlins OF/2B Chris Coghlan 0-for-19, Pirates 1B Jeff Clement 0-15, Astros 2B Kazuo Matsui 0-11, and Tigers SS Ramon Santiago 0-10. Receiving a special dishonorable mention is Rangers C Taylor Teagarden. He was just 0-for-6 for the week, but all six at-bats were strikeouts, giving him a season total of 0-for-18 with 13 Ks.
W:K ratio – Rangers OF Nelson Cruz and Diamondbacks OF Justin Upton 1:10; Mets OF Jason Bay 2:11; Marlins OF Cameron Maybin 3:10; Mets 3B David Wright 9:10.
Caught stealing – Dodgers OF Matt Kemp 1-for-3.
Teagarden has been on a Not list three consecutive weeks (including spring training), and Overbay has been cold two weeks in a row. Cruz, Davis, Quentin and Renteria all were on a Hot list the previous week. Quentin wasn’t a total washout during the last week; he managed to drive in eight runs with just three hits.
Hand Pitcher, Team IP W-L ERA WHIP K:W
RHP Jason Marquis, Nationals 4.1 0-2 27.00 3.00 1:3
RHP Gavin Floyd, White Sox 7.0 0-2 14.14 3.00 7:6
LHP Doug Davis, Brewers 8.0 0-1 12.38 2.63 9:3
RHP John Maine, Mets 8.0 0-1 12.38 2.50 8:7
LHP Jon Lester, Red Sox 11.0 0-2 9.00 2.00 10:6
RHP Jair Jurrjens, Braves 11.1 0-1 8.74 1.59 10:5
LHP Brian Tallet, Blue Jays 11.0 0-1 8.18 1.45 6:3
RHP Joel Pineiro, Angels 9.1 1-1 7.71 1.71 6:1
RHP Bronson Arroyo, Reds 12.0 0-1 7.50 1.25 10:4
RHP Johnny Cueto, Reds 10.0 0-0 6.30 1.90 6:5
The pitchers eligible for this list all started twice during the week
Losses – Floyd, Lester, Marquis and Brewers RHP LaTroy Hawkins 2.
Blown saves – Hawkins, Diamondbacks RHPs Aaron Heilman and Chad Qualls, and Rockies LHP Franklin Morales 0-for-2; Orioles RHP Jim Johnson 1-3.
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.
There were some sloppy and unorthodox saves Sunday.
Indians RHP Chris Perez relieved LHP Tony Sipp with one out in the top of the ninth inning against the White Sox with Cleveland ahead 7-3. Perez allowed one inherited runner to score but retired two batters for his fourth save. Pirates RHP Octavio Dotel’s third save came even though he allowed Reds OF Jay Bruce’s second home run of the game and season. Pittsburgh won at home 5-3. Padres RHP Heath Bell had his third save despite a pitching line of 121102 in a 5-3 victory at Arizona.
Royals RHP Joakim Soria entered their game at Minnesota with two out and a runner on base with KC leading 7-5 in the eighth inning. The Royals finished with a 10-5 win, and Soria received his third save with a line of 1 1/3 00002. Orioles RHP had a 6-3 lead when RHP Jim Johnson entered the game to start the bottom of the eighth inning at Oakland. Baltimore scored twice to win 8-3, and Johnson earned his first save of 2010 with a line of 210002.
Others credited with saves were Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera, fifth, 5-2 over the Rangers; the third saves for Marlins RHP Leo Nunez (1-0 at Philadelphia) and Tigers RHP Jose Valverde (4-2 at Seattle); Astros RHP Matt Lindstrom’s second, 3-2 at Wrigley Field in 10 innings, and Dodgers RHP Jonathan Broxton’s first, 2-1 against the Giants.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Hot and Not: Jeter still smoking
The players listed here were the major league statistical leaders last week. Batting averages are based on 20 at-bats, and ERA and WHIP on seven innings pitched. In most cases, we eliminate batters with an average lower than .280 and pitchers with ERAs above 4.00 from the Hot list. Keep in mind players’ career performance and current-season totals even more than current trends in deciding on whether to keep those players in your lineup.
Hot
Pos. Name, Team H-AB Avg. HR-RBI SB
2B Luis Castillo, Mets 14-26 .538 0-4 2
3B/SS Michael Young, Rangers 15-30 .500 1-8 1
1B/3B Miguel Cabrera, Tigers 11-22 .500 1-5 1
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees 13-27 .481 1-4 1
OF Matt Diaz, Braves 11-23 .478 2-7 0
OF Aaron Rowand, Giants 13-28 .464 3-7 0
1B Adam LaRoche, Braves 12-26 .462 4-9 0
SS Hanley Ramirez, Marlins 11-24 .458 1-3 1
OF Jayson Werth, Phillies 11-25 .440 5-9 0
OF Pat Burrell, Rays 9-21 .429 2-3 0
This is Jeter’s second consecutive week among the majors’ leaders in batting average.
Home runs – Werth 5; LaRoche and Orioles 2B Brian Roberts 4; Rowand, Rangers OF Marlon Byrd, Twins OF Michael Cuddyer and C Joe Mauer, Athletics OF Jack Cust, Angels OF Vladimir Guerrero, Braves C Brian McCann, Red Sox DH David Ortiz, Rays 1B Carlos Pena and 2B/OF Ben Zobrist, White Sox OF Carlos Quentin, Tigers OF/2B Ryan Raburn and Phillies C Carlos Ruiz 3.
RBI – Ortiz 10; Byrd, LaRoche and Werth 9; Roberts, Young, Giants 1B Ryan Garko and Pirates OF Garrett Jones 8.
Stolen bases – Roberts, Angels SS Erick Aybar, Rangers OF Julio Borbon and Athletics OF Rajai Davis 3; byrd, Mauer, Raburn, Angels Of Bobby Abreu, Rays SS Jason Bartlett, Astros OF Michael Bourn, Brewers OF Ryan Braun, Nationals OF Nyjer Morgan, Mets OF Angel Pagan and Phillies 2B Chase Utley 2.
Runs – LaRoche, Ortiz and Roberts 8; Diaz, Guerrero, Jeter, Werth, Young and Braves SS Yunel Escobar 7.
Throws Pitcher, Team IP ERA W-L WHIP SO/BB
LHP Cliff Lee, Phillies 9.0 0.00 1-0 0.22 11:0
RHP Jered Weaver, Angels 9.0 0.00 1-0 0.89 3:1
LHP Wandy Rodriguez, Astros 8.0 0.00 1-0 0.75 7:2
RHP Roy Oswalt, Astros 7.0 0.00 1-0 0.43 2:0
RHP Rich Harden, Cubs 7.0 0.00 1-0 0.57 8:3
RHP Brett Tomko, Athletics 11.0 0.82 2-0 1.00 9:3
LHP Jon Lester, Red Sox 8.0 1.13 1-0 0.63 5:2
RHP Matt Cain, Giants 8.0 1.13 0-0 1.13 3:1
RHP Bronson Arroyo, Reds 8.0 1.13 0-1 1.25 5:1
RHP Joel Pineiro, Cardinals 7.2 1.17 1-0 0.78 7:2
LHP Paul Maholm, Pirates 7.2 1.17 1-0 1.30 5:2
Arroyo also was on the ERA Not list a week earlier.
Wins – Tomko, Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter, Braves RHP Tommy Hanson, Rockies RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, Yankees LHP C.C. Sabathia and Tigers LHP Bobby Seay 2.
Saves – Rockies RHP Huston Street and Astros RHP Jose Valverde 4-for-4; White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks 3-for-3; Dodgers RHP Jonathan Broxton, Pirates RHP Matt Capps, Cardinals RHP Ryan Franklin, Phillies RHP Brad Lidge, Tigers RHP Fernando Rodney, Braves RHP Rafael Soriano and Giants RHP Brian Wilson. This is Franklin's second consecutive week on this list.
WHIP – Lee 0.22; Oswalt and Dodgers LHP Randy Wolf 0.43; Harden and White Sox RHP Jose Contreras 0.57.
Strikeout/walk ratio (10 Ks, at least a 2.5:1 ratio) – Lee 11:0; Sabathia and Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez 15:1; Tigers RHP Justin Verlander 10:1; Rangers RHP Scott Feldman 15:3; Hanson and Jimenez 14;3; Indians RHP Fausto Carmona 12:3; Cubs RHO Ryan Dempster 15:4; carpenter 14:4.
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Not
Pos. Player, Team H-AB Avg. HR-RBI SB
3B Chipper Jones, Braves 1-20 .050 0-1 1
OF Milton Bradley, Cubs 2-23 .087 1-1 0
3B/OF/C Brandon Inge, Tigers 2-23 .087 1-2 0
3B Melvin Mora, Orioles 2-22 .091 1-2 0
3B Chone Figgins, Angels 3-24 .125 0-1 0
SS/2B Anderson Hernandez, Mets 3-24 .125 0-2 0
OF Trent Oeltjen, D-backs 3-22 .136 0-0 0
OF Franklin Gutierrez, Mariners 3-22 .136 0-1 1
OF/1B Ross Gload, Marlins 3-22 .136 0-2 0
3B Gordon Beckham, White Sox 3-22 .136 1-2 0
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, Royals 3-22 .136 1-4 0
Figgins has gone from Not to Hot and back to Not over the last three weeks..
The week’s hitless wonders were Indians C Kelly Shoppach 0-for-13, Braves 2B Kelly Johnson 0-for-12, Mets C Brian Schneider and Cardinals SS Julio Lugo 0-for-11.
Walk/strikeout ratio (10 or more strikeouts) – Mariners 1B/3B Russell Branyan 2:13; Tigers OF Clete Thomas 2-10; Red Sox OF Jason Bay 3:11; Oadres SS Everth Cabrera 3:10; Rockies OF Brad Hawpe 5:10.
Caught stealing – Braves OF Matt Diaz and Giants 3B/1B/C Pablo Sandoval 0-for-2.
The following pitchers made two starts last week, doubly damaging their real and fantasy teams.
Throws Pitcher, Team IP ERA W-L WHIP SO/BB
LHP Oliver Perez, Mets 5.2 15.88 1-1 2.12 4:3
RHP Bud Norris, Astros 6.2 14.85 0-2 2.85 5:4
RHP Trevor Bell, Angels 7.0 11.57 1-1 3.00 4:6
RHP Derek Lowe, Braves 8.2 11.42 0-1 2.42 3:1
RHP Josh Beckett, Red Sox 13.1 10.13 0-1 1.43 9:1
RHP A.J. Burnett, Yankees 13.0 8.31 0-2 1.46 11:4
RHP Cesar Carrillo, Padres 8.0 7.88 1-1 2.15 3:10
LHP Manny Parra, Brewers 9.1 7.71 0-2 1.93 3:4
RHP David Hernandez, Orioles 9.1 7.71 0-2 1.82 5:7
RHP Jon Garland, D-backs 11.1 7.15 1-1 2.12 7:3
LHP Mark Buehrle, White Sox 11.1 7.15 0-1 1.94 4:2
Buehrle was on the Hot list a week earlier.
Losses – Burnett, Hernandez, Norris, Pena and D-backs RHP Max Scherzer 2.
Blown saves – Mariners RHP Mark Lowe 0-for-2.
Hot
Pos. Name, Team H-AB Avg. HR-RBI SB
2B Luis Castillo, Mets 14-26 .538 0-4 2
3B/SS Michael Young, Rangers 15-30 .500 1-8 1
1B/3B Miguel Cabrera, Tigers 11-22 .500 1-5 1
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees 13-27 .481 1-4 1
OF Matt Diaz, Braves 11-23 .478 2-7 0
OF Aaron Rowand, Giants 13-28 .464 3-7 0
1B Adam LaRoche, Braves 12-26 .462 4-9 0
SS Hanley Ramirez, Marlins 11-24 .458 1-3 1
OF Jayson Werth, Phillies 11-25 .440 5-9 0
OF Pat Burrell, Rays 9-21 .429 2-3 0
This is Jeter’s second consecutive week among the majors’ leaders in batting average.
Home runs – Werth 5; LaRoche and Orioles 2B Brian Roberts 4; Rowand, Rangers OF Marlon Byrd, Twins OF Michael Cuddyer and C Joe Mauer, Athletics OF Jack Cust, Angels OF Vladimir Guerrero, Braves C Brian McCann, Red Sox DH David Ortiz, Rays 1B Carlos Pena and 2B/OF Ben Zobrist, White Sox OF Carlos Quentin, Tigers OF/2B Ryan Raburn and Phillies C Carlos Ruiz 3.
RBI – Ortiz 10; Byrd, LaRoche and Werth 9; Roberts, Young, Giants 1B Ryan Garko and Pirates OF Garrett Jones 8.
Stolen bases – Roberts, Angels SS Erick Aybar, Rangers OF Julio Borbon and Athletics OF Rajai Davis 3; byrd, Mauer, Raburn, Angels Of Bobby Abreu, Rays SS Jason Bartlett, Astros OF Michael Bourn, Brewers OF Ryan Braun, Nationals OF Nyjer Morgan, Mets OF Angel Pagan and Phillies 2B Chase Utley 2.
Runs – LaRoche, Ortiz and Roberts 8; Diaz, Guerrero, Jeter, Werth, Young and Braves SS Yunel Escobar 7.
Throws Pitcher, Team IP ERA W-L WHIP SO/BB
LHP Cliff Lee, Phillies 9.0 0.00 1-0 0.22 11:0
RHP Jered Weaver, Angels 9.0 0.00 1-0 0.89 3:1
LHP Wandy Rodriguez, Astros 8.0 0.00 1-0 0.75 7:2
RHP Roy Oswalt, Astros 7.0 0.00 1-0 0.43 2:0
RHP Rich Harden, Cubs 7.0 0.00 1-0 0.57 8:3
RHP Brett Tomko, Athletics 11.0 0.82 2-0 1.00 9:3
LHP Jon Lester, Red Sox 8.0 1.13 1-0 0.63 5:2
RHP Matt Cain, Giants 8.0 1.13 0-0 1.13 3:1
RHP Bronson Arroyo, Reds 8.0 1.13 0-1 1.25 5:1
RHP Joel Pineiro, Cardinals 7.2 1.17 1-0 0.78 7:2
LHP Paul Maholm, Pirates 7.2 1.17 1-0 1.30 5:2
Arroyo also was on the ERA Not list a week earlier.
Wins – Tomko, Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter, Braves RHP Tommy Hanson, Rockies RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, Yankees LHP C.C. Sabathia and Tigers LHP Bobby Seay 2.
Saves – Rockies RHP Huston Street and Astros RHP Jose Valverde 4-for-4; White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks 3-for-3; Dodgers RHP Jonathan Broxton, Pirates RHP Matt Capps, Cardinals RHP Ryan Franklin, Phillies RHP Brad Lidge, Tigers RHP Fernando Rodney, Braves RHP Rafael Soriano and Giants RHP Brian Wilson. This is Franklin's second consecutive week on this list.
WHIP – Lee 0.22; Oswalt and Dodgers LHP Randy Wolf 0.43; Harden and White Sox RHP Jose Contreras 0.57.
Strikeout/walk ratio (10 Ks, at least a 2.5:1 ratio) – Lee 11:0; Sabathia and Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez 15:1; Tigers RHP Justin Verlander 10:1; Rangers RHP Scott Feldman 15:3; Hanson and Jimenez 14;3; Indians RHP Fausto Carmona 12:3; Cubs RHO Ryan Dempster 15:4; carpenter 14:4.
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Not
Pos. Player, Team H-AB Avg. HR-RBI SB
3B Chipper Jones, Braves 1-20 .050 0-1 1
OF Milton Bradley, Cubs 2-23 .087 1-1 0
3B/OF/C Brandon Inge, Tigers 2-23 .087 1-2 0
3B Melvin Mora, Orioles 2-22 .091 1-2 0
3B Chone Figgins, Angels 3-24 .125 0-1 0
SS/2B Anderson Hernandez, Mets 3-24 .125 0-2 0
OF Trent Oeltjen, D-backs 3-22 .136 0-0 0
OF Franklin Gutierrez, Mariners 3-22 .136 0-1 1
OF/1B Ross Gload, Marlins 3-22 .136 0-2 0
3B Gordon Beckham, White Sox 3-22 .136 1-2 0
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, Royals 3-22 .136 1-4 0
Figgins has gone from Not to Hot and back to Not over the last three weeks..
The week’s hitless wonders were Indians C Kelly Shoppach 0-for-13, Braves 2B Kelly Johnson 0-for-12, Mets C Brian Schneider and Cardinals SS Julio Lugo 0-for-11.
Walk/strikeout ratio (10 or more strikeouts) – Mariners 1B/3B Russell Branyan 2:13; Tigers OF Clete Thomas 2-10; Red Sox OF Jason Bay 3:11; Oadres SS Everth Cabrera 3:10; Rockies OF Brad Hawpe 5:10.
Caught stealing – Braves OF Matt Diaz and Giants 3B/1B/C Pablo Sandoval 0-for-2.
The following pitchers made two starts last week, doubly damaging their real and fantasy teams.
Throws Pitcher, Team IP ERA W-L WHIP SO/BB
LHP Oliver Perez, Mets 5.2 15.88 1-1 2.12 4:3
RHP Bud Norris, Astros 6.2 14.85 0-2 2.85 5:4
RHP Trevor Bell, Angels 7.0 11.57 1-1 3.00 4:6
RHP Derek Lowe, Braves 8.2 11.42 0-1 2.42 3:1
RHP Josh Beckett, Red Sox 13.1 10.13 0-1 1.43 9:1
RHP A.J. Burnett, Yankees 13.0 8.31 0-2 1.46 11:4
RHP Cesar Carrillo, Padres 8.0 7.88 1-1 2.15 3:10
LHP Manny Parra, Brewers 9.1 7.71 0-2 1.93 3:4
RHP David Hernandez, Orioles 9.1 7.71 0-2 1.82 5:7
RHP Jon Garland, D-backs 11.1 7.15 1-1 2.12 7:3
LHP Mark Buehrle, White Sox 11.1 7.15 0-1 1.94 4:2
Buehrle was on the Hot list a week earlier.
Losses – Burnett, Hernandez, Norris, Pena and D-backs RHP Max Scherzer 2.
Blown saves – Mariners RHP Mark Lowe 0-for-2.
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