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With the news that the Texas Rangers placed RHP Rich Harden on the 15-day DL with a stained glut, we might have an Oliver Perez Part Deux on our hands. In case you aren’t following the Oliver Perez reference, I will explain. The New York Mets were desperate to get Perez off their active roster, so they put him on the 15-day DL with right patella tendinitis. The reality is, they put ...

If you had said before the season started that a New York Yankees pitcher would be having a Cy Young caliber season in June, you would have thought it would be CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, or maybe even Javier Vazquez. You might have even thought it was Mariano Rivera. But on June 9, it’s none of those Yankee pitchers. The pitcher that is having a Cy Young caliber season is Phil Hughes.   Hughes ...

Well, it’s here kids. The most anticipated debut in the last 25 years of baseball is upon us. Washington Nationals’ RHP Stephen Strasburg makes his major league debut tonight against the Pittsburgh Pirates. This live blog will go as long as Strasburg is on the mound. Here is the lineup Strasburg will be facing: 1. Andrew McCutchen, CF 2. Neil Walker, 2B 3. Lastings Milledge, LF 4. Garrett Jones, 1B 5. Delwyn Young, RF 6. Andy LaRoche, 3B 7. ...

I love it when teams in professional sports sign average players to large contracts based on a single game or one seven-game series. Some examples of this include: Dallas Cowboys signing Larry Brown to a five-year, $12.5 million contract because he picked off two passes in the Super Bowl. Tampa Bay Lightning sign complimentary player Ryan Malone to a superstar contract worth $31.5 based on his playoff successes with the Pittsburgh Penguins. New ...

There are certain batters you associate with strike outs. Adam Dunn comes to mind. So does Mark Reynolds. One guy you don’t normally think of when it comes to strikeouts is New York Mets’ 3B David Wright. But now perhaps we should. Wright is striking out at a prolific rate in 2010. Before we get to what is going on with Wright in 2010, we have to first go back to 2009 to ...

What a tremendous week it was in fantasy baseball. We saw Jody Gerut hit for the cycle, Rod Barajas hit two home runs in a game, Josh Beckett get bombed again, and of course, Dallas Braden throw the 19th perfect game in major league history. Here are all the fantasy studs, players who have me concerned, and the potential pickups from the fantasy week that was.   Fantasy Studs Vladimir Guerrero: .360/4/13 Vlad has ...

Baseball season's fourth week came and went with several surprises and some solid performances. Here are the fantasy studs, the players who have me concerned, and the potential pickups from the week of April 26th – May 2nd. Fantasy Studs Paul Konerko: .389/4/8/.538.  Konerko quietly leads the majors in home runs. Konerko, usually forgotten on draft day, is good for 20 plus home runs every year. Robinson Cano: .417/4/5/.462. Cano has ...

Like George Costanza, “I’m back, baby!!!” After six days in Las Vegas I am back home in New York. I apologize for the lack o’ posts this week, but it was almost impossible for me to write while I was away. Now that I am back, let’s take a look at what has been going on around the great game of baseball the last couple of days.   Ryan Howard gets paid The Philadelphia ...

Greetings from the Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Since I am on a business trip and my time is limited, I thought I would group a couple of posts into one. By the way, if you want to feel better about yourself, just walk around in the Bally’s casino at around 8 o'clock in the morning. It’s not a pretty place. Let’s see what is going on around the ...

Many of you have been asking me how come I have not written about the Boston Red Sox slow start to 2010. The reason I have not written about the team yet is because I wanted to gather all my thoughts and really think about what has happened so far. If I wrote about how I really felt at times, then something like “I would love to punch J.D. Drew in ...