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NL Quick Pitch: In the National League, Cole Hamels rebounded with seven strong innings after a tough debut, while Anibal Sanchez and James McDonald continued their struggles. … Matt Holliday (appendectomy) returned after just nine days on the shelf, while...

AL Quick Pitch: Jered Weaver and Josh Beckett put together two of the best starts of the young season. Weaver struck out 15 and saved the Angels pen that had thrown nearly 10 IP the night before, while Beckett man-handled...

Matt Kemp OF (LAD) – Kemp is off to a scorching start this year. He went 3-5 yesterday, which raises his average to an absurd .484. Kemp saw his K% rise last year, but early on appears to be making...

Scott Baker – In fantasy baseball, there’s value in consistency from your starting pitchers. So there’s definitely value in a guy like Scott Baker who has posted FIPs between 3.89 and 4.08 the past 4 seasons. While his value is...

NL Quick Pitch: Roy Halladay continued his dominance of the National League, twirling 7 shutout innings against the Mets. While he’s been dominant in his first two outings, he’s also been less efficient with his pitches. It’s not a big...

AL Quick Pitch: Declining power, walk rates, and an incredibly slow start have Kevin Kouzmanoff falling out of AL-only consideration. Some unconventional considerations with Alcides Escobar and Jhonny Peralta. Can Josh Willingham strike out anymore? His batting EYE is getting...

Chipper Jones- ATL- Hot- Jones went 2-for-3 to raise his 2011 average to .333. That is also his BABIP, which explains a lot. He hasn’t stuck out in 25 plate appearances, but he has also only walked once. Jones is...

AL Player Daily Notes - April 7, 2011 AL Quick Pitch: Carlos Quentin looks like his old 2009 self. Let’s hope he can stay healthy. Joakim Soria got lit-up by the White Sox and was handed his first blown save...

NL Quick Pitch: Andrew Cashner’s major league debut as a starter has Cub fans holding their breath as they await for the results on an MRI. Drew Stubbs is living up the hype while Drew Storen is not. With closers...

Josh Beckett SP (BOS) – Beckett was rusty in his first start of the season, and it showed in his lack of control. He walked 4 batters and needed 106 pitches to get through 5 IP. However, with Beckett being...

Brandon Beachy - A 24 yr old undrafted free agent who was pitching out of the bullpen in Class-A Rome just two years ago, Brandon Beachy is now the Braves' 4th starter with Jair Jurrjens on the shelf. After the...

Jake Arrieta (SP—Orioles) The Orioles are probably off to the most surprising start of any team in baseball and they didn’t disappoint on Monday with a 5-1 victory against the Tigers. Leading the way was Jake Arrieta who gained his...

NL Quick Pitch: Brian Wilson pitched a great Sunday bullpen session and is ready to come off the DL (eligibile this Wednesday the 6th). Make sure to get him back in your lineups (and down arrow for Sergio Romo). Matt...

AL Quick Pitch: The Rays officially placed Evan Longoria on the DL and the time-table appears to be 3 weeks for his absence. Sean Rodriguez will get the first crack at replacing him at 3B, but the Rays offense will...

Kyle Drabek - Without actually seeing a guy and just reading his minor league statistics every five days, it's easy to occasionally misread a prospect's likely big league contributions, and after watching a bit of Kyle Drabek yesterday I feel...

Ted Lilly – Ted Lilly was cruising along just fine through four innings against the Giants Saturday until things fell apart in the 5th. With two outs, the lefty allowed three straight hits to Miguel Tejada , Freddy Sanchez and...

Pedro Borbon- TEX- Caution- There is a threat of resurrection of an old joke, “What do Pedro Borbon and Michael Jackson have in common?” “Both wear a single glove for no apparent reason.” Borbon’s fielding woes continued yesterday as he...

Mike Stanton (OF—Marlins) Some cause for concern for Mike Stanton owners as he left the game with a hamstring strain and for now is on a day-to-day basis. Stanton injured his leg while running to first base on a fielder’s...

NL Quick Pitch: The big news in the NL on opening day was the performance of closers. Ryan Franklin, John Axford, and Jonathan Broxton all gave owners reason to worry, while Craig Kimbrel saw his value rise. Clayton Kershaw and...

Wade Davis SP (TB) – Davis just signed a long term extension with the Rays, but what are his fantasy prospects for this year? Well, last year Davis was simply below average – 6.05 K/9, 3.32 BB/9 and 39.2 GB%....

Brandon Belt - The big news today in San Fran is that Brandon Belt has indeed made the Opening Day roster and will be the starting 1B at least until Cody Ross is healthy, pushing Aubrey Huff into RF. Belt...

AL Fantistics Daily Notes - March 31, 2011 Today is the best day of the year! Opening Day is finally here, so make sure you set your lineups for active players since there are only 6 games today (and only...

We'll call this one the "Brandon Belt Edition".... lots of good young first baseman in the big leagues already, with Belt and Freddie Freeman on the way and soon enough, Eric Hosmer. I just got done watching Rubby De La...

Clay Buchholz – Red Sox - Let’s start here. I like Clay Buchholz. I think he has #1 potential and he is capable of being a very special pitcher. That having been said I feel compelled to point out all...

Freddie Freeman – Braves - I am supposed to highlight some of the Braves' position battles as we go along this spring but I am going to start out talking about a player that isn’t in one of them. Freddie...

Vance Worley shut down a desperate Braves offense for 5 shutout innings on Saturday allowing just a lone hit and two walks while striking out 3. Worley is 1-1 in 5 appearances and 2 starts, with a 1.38 ERA, and...

Brian Matusz: Matusz is putting the finishing touches on what should be a season that lands him in contention for the rookie of the year award. Matusz allowed just 2 hits, 2 BB’s, and 1 ER over 6 strong innings...

David Wright (3B—Mets) Confession time. I'm a David Wright fan. I root for the guy because he seems like a good guy on and off the field. He plays hard, would run through a wall to catch a foul ball...

Adrian Beltre – On Friday, the Red Sox announced that their power-hitting third baseman will miss the final weekend of the season to be with his pregnant wife. In his first year with Boston, Beltre belted 28 HRs and hit...

Drew Stubbs: Stubbs stayed red hot knocking out his 22nd HR of the season on Thursday night and driving in 4. He’s now up to .253-89-22-77-28 line that has him now ranked inside the Top 75 overall players in fantasy....

Alex Gordon- KC- Cold- There was more frustration with a silver lining for Gordon last night as he went 0-for-1 but walked twice. This month Gordon is hitting just .187, but a BABIP of .235 can explain a lot of...

Pedro Feliciano (RP - Mets) - Feliciano has been a Holds machine this year and he certainly hasn’t disappointed his fantasy owners down the stretch. He leads all pitchers with Holds in September (9 of them) and has posted a...

Roy Oswalt- PHI- Hot- With a 7-1 record and 1.65 ERA for the Phillies, Oswalt was successful trade acquisition, to say the least. Don’t expect him to continue that kind of production in 2011, as he had a BABIP of...

Denard Span OF (MIN) – I really like Span to improve upon his numbers next season. His average dropped from .311 last season to .271 this year, yet his contact rate rose by almost 4 full percentage points. His EYE...

John Lannan - John Lannan's (likely) final start of the season ended his quality start streak at five with a 5 2/3, 4 run outing against the NL East champs last night. Lannan's seasonal line looks like the same guy...

Felix Hernandez has had his troubles with the Rangers, his opponent for tonight. He’s 1-3, 5.06 in 5 games, 21 IP against Texas this year and 9-12 lifetime, with a 4.02 ERA in 170.1 IP. Interestingly however, he was 3-2...