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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