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Chien-Ming Wang- TOR- Stats- Wang has a 2.18 ERA since signing with the Blue Jays earlier this month but it is built on good luck. His FIP is 4.07 and his K/9 is 4.35. During Wang's minor league time with...

Edwin Jackson- CHN- Cold- Jackson gave up 6 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 1 in 4.2 IP. He was lucky to get as far as he did. For the first few innings his Strike/Ball ratio...

Ivan Nova -- After he made a successful spot start Sunday against the Rays, the Yankees announced yesterday that Ivan Nova could be given another start in the near future. With a 10.1 K/9 and 3.70 xFIP this year, Nova...

Ryan Howard - The Phillies' Ryan Howard sat out Monday's game with a sore knee and is considered day-to-day. Howard is actually having a very good month of June, despite the lingering knee issue. He owns a 1.085 OPS this...

Jarrod Parker - Parker continues to impress, tossing his 9th consecutive QS yesterday by holding the Mariners to a pair of Raul Ibanez homers and little else over 7 innings. Parker's numbers continue to return to normal after an absymal...

Jacob Turner - Things are starting to look a bit positive for Turner if you look a little deeper than the standard categories. Through five starts, Turner is 1-0 with a 1.97 ERA, but he's only fanning 5.6/9 while walking...

Nelson Cruz, OF, Texas Rangers: Hot Batter The Texas slugger finished 2-for-4 while hitting his 19th home run of the season, which was enough to hand the Cardinals the loss, 4-2. After hitting a very underwhelming .216 with a .282...

Zoilo Almonte (OF-NYY): Zoilo Almonte shined in his first start for the Yankees, going 3 for 5 with his first career homer to lead the Bronx Bombers to victory over the Rays. Almonte isn't a highly touted prospect but he...

Cole Hamels - Cole Hamels took on the Mets Friday evening in Philadelphia and gave up 4 ER over six innings. He struck out five and his ERA now sits at 4.50. Despite the inflated ERA, I'm not that concerned...

Justin Morneau, 1B, Minnesota Twins: Run Producer Morneau finished last night's game 1-for-4, but his only hit netted two RBI en route to Minnesota's 8-4 victory over the White Sox yesterday. It has been an odd year for the Twins...

Rick Porcello, RHP DET Porcello came into Wednesday's start with a 1.33 ERA and a 30/4 K/BB in 27 innings over his last four starts and a 2.84 ERA and a 56/10 K/BB in 57 innings since allowing nine runs...

Eric Young Jr. -- After picking up Eric Young Jr. from Colorado on Tuesday, Mets manager Terry Collins took no time in announcing that "we'll probably play him quite often to see what he brings to the table. We're hoping...

Matt Cain-SF- Hot- Cain tossed his third consecutive quality start. His control was superb as 74 of his 110 pitchers were strikes and he struck out 10 batters without issuing a walk. The only downside is that the 2 runs...

Wil Myers -- Wil Myers made his MLB debut last night, played both games of a double-header against Boston, and went just 1-for-7 between the two games. While Myers makes almost everyone's top 10 prospect lists, there are some who...

Nick Franklin - Franklin hit his third homer of the year yesterday, and he's now hitting 299/382/522 in his first 20 games with Seattle. He has continued his impressive improvement in contact rate as he has moved to the majors,...

Mike Leake - Mike Leake tossed seven innings and gave up 1 ER against the Pirates on Monday and now has a 7-3 record on the season. Leake also owns a 2.64 ERA and 3.76 xFIP. The biggest difference for...

Corey Kluber (SP - CLE): I noted a few weeks ago on Twitter that I thought Corey Kluber had really turned a corner for the Indians. He seemed to be trusting his breaking ball more against LHB's and was finding...

Anthony Rendon- WAS- Hot- Rendon went 3-for-4 yesterday to bring his average up to .361. Underlying that is a .447 BABIP, so expect some negative regression in that department. Power should increase, though. Rendon had 6 homers in 152 PAs...

Elvis Andrus, SS TEX Andrus went 0-for-5 Saturday against Toronto and is 17-for-95 (.179) with a 17.4 percent strikeout rate over his last 24 games. Andrus' flyball rate is down this season, which is a positive for a player with...

Kenley Jansen -- Jansen blew his second save of the season last night and his first since being named the team's closer earlier this week. While this will hardly cost him the role, Brandon League did wind up taking the...

Adam Wainwright, RHP STL Wainwright became the majors' first 10-game winner with a dominant effort against the Mets Thursday afternoon. Wainwright outdueled Matt Harvey by allowing four hits and no runs over seven innings to lower his ERA to 2.18....

Hiroki Kuroda (SP-NYY)- Kuroda was fantastic in his outing against Oakland on Friday even though he did not earn a decision. He allowed two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in eight innings of work....

Jeff Baker- TEX- FYI- For those of you in 1-game eligibility leagues, Baker added 2B to his list of positions that already included 1B, 3B and OF. He went 0-for-4 last night but is still batting .317 with 9 homers...

Ryan Braun -- Ryan Braun, who has been sidelined since leaving Sunday's game with aggravation of a thumb injury he's been dealing with all year, said yesterday that his thumb feels no better. The team hopes he'll be able to...

Miguel Gonzalez (SP-BAL)- Gonzalez improved his record to 4-2 on Tuesday night after helping the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Angels. He allowed only one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five in eight...

Chris Withrow- LAN- Rise Value- A move to the bullpen seems to have jumpstarted the 20th overall pick from 2007. Withrow had spent 3+ mediocre seasons at AA when the Dodgers' put him in the pen late last season. At...

Carlos Gomez - Carlos Gomez continued his breakout season by collecting three hits, driving in two, scoring two runs and stealing a base for Milwaukee against Miami on Monday. Gomez is providing his fantasy owners with an excellent combination of...

Starting last Monday the Daily Fantasy Fix moved to myfantasyfix.com. At our new home, we're offering additional content geared towards the daily fantasy industry, including more broad-based strategy articles on concepts like bankroll management, roster construction for game-type, etc. The...

A sampling of today's player notes... Hanley Ramirez (SS-LAD) - With all the hamstring injuries the Dodgers have had this year (Kemp, Crawford, etc.), might the Dodgers need to implement a revised pre-game stretching program? Ramirez has been in and...

Mike Moustakas (3B - KC): Moustakas dreadful season continued on Sunday with another 0-3 that did include a walk. On the surface Moustakas has shown improvements in a few of his peripherals. He's cut down the strkeouts and improved his...

Starting Monday the Daily Fantasy Fix moved to myfantasyfix.com. At our new home, we're offering additional content geared towards the daily fantasy industry, including more broad-based strategy articles on concepts like bankroll management, roster construction for game-type, etc. The content...

Starting Monday the Daily Fantasy Fix moved to myfantasyfix.com. At our new home, we're offering additional content geared towards the daily fantasy industry, including more broad-based strategy articles on concepts like bankroll management, roster construction for game-type, etc. The content...

Starting Monday the Daily Fantasy Fix moved to myfantasyfix.com. At our new home, we're offering additional content geared towards the daily fantasy industry, including more broad-based strategy articles on concepts like bankroll management, roster construction for game-type, etc. The content...

Jim Henderson -- Brewers reliever Jim Henderson be activated from the Disabled List today, although it's not 100% clear whether he'll return to the closer's role. Francisco Rodriguez has done a good job in his stead, although it still seem...

Zach McAllister - The Indians placed starting pitcher Zach McAllister on the 15-day DL on Saturday and he is eligible to return on June 18 versus the Royals. That said, manager Terry Francona indicated that McAllister may miss anywhere from...

In our continuing series on player recommendations, the latest edition of Strategy Manager + highlights the pitchers who are deviating from their projected production this season. On the ranking sheet (Pitcher Rankings for June) you will find 5 tiers...