There are metrics indicating that the 2013 Brewers had the worst offensive first basemen in major league history.
They have made two moves purported to improve that situation by signing 1B Lyle Overbay and Mark Reynolds. They certainly wouldn't help the batting average dragged down by players such as Yuniesky Betancourt and Juan Francisco last season. Overbay at least can catch the ball. But he apparently has run out of teams that would allow him to suck in their batting order.
This week's big news, whenever it happens, will be the announcement of the team that will sign RHP Masahiro Tanaka.
Not far over the horizon are the days when pitchers and catchers will report, less than four weeks from now.
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Basketball. The first day of the first place vs. second place showdown went well for my team. I lead 7-1, with my opponent ahead in field goal percentage by .0048. If I were making an Oscar-acceptance speech for last night's competition, the first person I would thank would be Joakim Noah, whose double double included more than 20 rebounds. I believe he also led Team Fresh Prints in assists. Anderson Varejao also had a double double and 20-plus rebounds. My hat's off to the two big guys. Carmelo Anthony had a double double with a modest 12 boards.
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Football. I was told yesterday that I have a chance to win an NFL playoffs pick-'em pool in Pittsburgh. I'm pretty sure I picked Seattle to win big game 48.
The point spread for that game varied between Seahawks minus-2 and Broncos minus-2 1/2 during the day after the matchup was finalized. The official line for the Winston-Salem pool where I'm entered will be set Tuesday, Jan. 28. All I'll say for now is that my calculated line is within yesterday's range. Depending on where the final line falls, it could be a difficult decision. I'm figuring I have a 50-50 chance to win some money in that pool. More likely tens of dollars than hundreds.
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Hockey. Neither of my goalies whose team played was in the net Monday. That can't be good. I can't get any wins that way, though my GAA and save percentage can't be hurt much.
Glad to see Alexander Steen back, picking up two assists and filling several categories.
Bottom line: Still stuck in third place with 65 points.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
The Brewers have signed free-agent 1B/3B Mark Reynolds. Apparently, their 1,183 strikeouts last season weren't enough. Milwaukee actually was under the major league team average of 1,224.
In my brief analysis of the Rangers' left-handed pitching maneuvers, I failed to mention that Texas re-signed LHP Neal Cotts for their bullpen. In 2013, he had by far his best season since he helped the 2005 White Sox to a World Series championship. The Rangers used Cotts almost to the point of overuse, but he always seemed ready and almost always was effective. He could have an expanded role in their bullpen this year, possibly with LHP Rafael Perez becoming the one-batter lefty.
Former Pirates catchers on the move: the Mariners signed C John Buck -- whose only offensive skill, hitting home runs, is largely negated in Seattle -- and the Rockies re-signed C Michael McKenry, who came up through their farm system.
Expect the decibel and hot-air levels to rise in Cleveland this summer if OF Nyjer Morgan makes the Indians' roster.
The Royals signed RHP Brad Penny.
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Basketball. My season-long rise has finally reached first place. My 7-1 record last week improved the season record to 58-37-1, or 53-19 since I finished the draft at 5-18-1. I'm first both in my division and overall.
This week's opponent is the only one I didn't defeat since the draft. We tied in Week 5. He's newly reduced from first place to second, three games behind.
For Monday night, I have seven players active and my opponent has six. I'm hoping to get off to a good start.
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Football. I'm no longer active in fantasy football, but I think I'm currently in the money in the betting pool for which we received a hypothetical $1,000 bankroll at the beginning of the playoffs.
After the Broncos covered the spread Sunday -- adding $1,400 to the $1,600 with which I entered the conference-championship weekend -- I realized that I'd be better off losing my $100 bet on the 49ers. There were eight (of some 60) entries ahead of me, and three of them had hefty wagers on San Francisco. No Seahawks supporters had enough to pass me, so I finished the weekend sixth with $2,900.
I'm pretty sure the pool is paying six places, and by my calculations, I'm currently sixth.
The leader has $5,800, and would have to bet more than $4,600 to guarantee he would remain ahead of the two-man team in second place at $5,200 if both entries had winning bets.
I looked at a strategy of guaranteeing that I could maintain at least sixth place by wagering $2,000 to remain ahead of the three entries next behind me, all tied at $2,400. But then I realized that to do that I'd have to have a winning bet.
Pretty much I'd have to win my bet to stay in the money -- unless everybody picked a team that loses the Super Bowl. I'd expect most of the people ahead of me to bet the whole wad or close to it to maintain their position.
So the only viable strategy seems to be to bet all of it and hope that at least some of the five ahead of me lose their bet -- or possibly have gone light, trying to make sure they win something. The top two would be guaranteed a spot in the money if they didn't bet more than $900 and $300, but I'm figuring they'd both bet as much as they could to try to beat the other guy.
My chief concerns are the three ahead of me at $3,800; $3,400, and $3,000, as well as the $2,400 trio behind me.
If I win and double my money to $5,800, I'd finish no worse than sixth and could even have a chance to place first. I'm 6-3-1 against the spread so far in the playoffs. That means either that I should feel confident that I know what I'm doing and would make the correct choice, or that I've been lucky and the luck could run out this week, leaving me in the crowd at $0.
Hey, it's not my money anyway! I'd be out just the $10 entry fee. I couldn't make more than a few hundred dollars. My cup is half-full. I'll figure out a line sometime soon, before I look at the real line. Then when I compare it to the actual line, I'll hope the difference between my line and the real line is 4 points or more and bet accordingly. If I win, great. If not, no big deal. But I'm planning to win some money.
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Hockey. Still third, still at 65 points, 8 behind the second-place team. The whole league standings seem to have standings, with no one gaining or losing more than a point or so. The fourth- through ninth-place teams remain within about 10 points top to bottom.
For Monday night, I have nine skaters active and potentially two goalies. I'm maintaining a positive outlook, and that's all I'll say about that.
In my brief analysis of the Rangers' left-handed pitching maneuvers, I failed to mention that Texas re-signed LHP Neal Cotts for their bullpen. In 2013, he had by far his best season since he helped the 2005 White Sox to a World Series championship. The Rangers used Cotts almost to the point of overuse, but he always seemed ready and almost always was effective. He could have an expanded role in their bullpen this year, possibly with LHP Rafael Perez becoming the one-batter lefty.
Former Pirates catchers on the move: the Mariners signed C John Buck -- whose only offensive skill, hitting home runs, is largely negated in Seattle -- and the Rockies re-signed C Michael McKenry, who came up through their farm system.
Expect the decibel and hot-air levels to rise in Cleveland this summer if OF Nyjer Morgan makes the Indians' roster.
The Royals signed RHP Brad Penny.
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Basketball. My season-long rise has finally reached first place. My 7-1 record last week improved the season record to 58-37-1, or 53-19 since I finished the draft at 5-18-1. I'm first both in my division and overall.
This week's opponent is the only one I didn't defeat since the draft. We tied in Week 5. He's newly reduced from first place to second, three games behind.
For Monday night, I have seven players active and my opponent has six. I'm hoping to get off to a good start.
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Football. I'm no longer active in fantasy football, but I think I'm currently in the money in the betting pool for which we received a hypothetical $1,000 bankroll at the beginning of the playoffs.
After the Broncos covered the spread Sunday -- adding $1,400 to the $1,600 with which I entered the conference-championship weekend -- I realized that I'd be better off losing my $100 bet on the 49ers. There were eight (of some 60) entries ahead of me, and three of them had hefty wagers on San Francisco. No Seahawks supporters had enough to pass me, so I finished the weekend sixth with $2,900.
I'm pretty sure the pool is paying six places, and by my calculations, I'm currently sixth.
The leader has $5,800, and would have to bet more than $4,600 to guarantee he would remain ahead of the two-man team in second place at $5,200 if both entries had winning bets.
I looked at a strategy of guaranteeing that I could maintain at least sixth place by wagering $2,000 to remain ahead of the three entries next behind me, all tied at $2,400. But then I realized that to do that I'd have to have a winning bet.
Pretty much I'd have to win my bet to stay in the money -- unless everybody picked a team that loses the Super Bowl. I'd expect most of the people ahead of me to bet the whole wad or close to it to maintain their position.
So the only viable strategy seems to be to bet all of it and hope that at least some of the five ahead of me lose their bet -- or possibly have gone light, trying to make sure they win something. The top two would be guaranteed a spot in the money if they didn't bet more than $900 and $300, but I'm figuring they'd both bet as much as they could to try to beat the other guy.
My chief concerns are the three ahead of me at $3,800; $3,400, and $3,000, as well as the $2,400 trio behind me.
If I win and double my money to $5,800, I'd finish no worse than sixth and could even have a chance to place first. I'm 6-3-1 against the spread so far in the playoffs. That means either that I should feel confident that I know what I'm doing and would make the correct choice, or that I've been lucky and the luck could run out this week, leaving me in the crowd at $0.
Hey, it's not my money anyway! I'd be out just the $10 entry fee. I couldn't make more than a few hundred dollars. My cup is half-full. I'll figure out a line sometime soon, before I look at the real line. Then when I compare it to the actual line, I'll hope the difference between my line and the real line is 4 points or more and bet accordingly. If I win, great. If not, no big deal. But I'm planning to win some money.
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Hockey. Still third, still at 65 points, 8 behind the second-place team. The whole league standings seem to have standings, with no one gaining or losing more than a point or so. The fourth- through ninth-place teams remain within about 10 points top to bottom.
For Monday night, I have nine skaters active and potentially two goalies. I'm maintaining a positive outlook, and that's all I'll say about that.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Morales, Reynolds named Players of the Week
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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
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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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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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