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Is the old Barry Zito back?  Will Clayton Kershaw ever learn to limit his pitch count?  Jayson Werth erupted.  Let’s take a look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games: Pitchers: Barry Zito (8.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 K, W) - He outpitched Adam Wainwright (8.0 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 K) and has been absolutely fabulous this season.  Early on, ...

Adam Dunn finally made a splash.  The Mets finally tried Jose Reyes hitting third.  Tim Lincecum proved again why he’s the best pitcher in the game.  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games: Hitters: Aaron Hill (1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R)— He returned from the DL and quickly made his presence felt.  Get him back active in all formats ...

Let’s kick off our Prospect Tracker by looking at the early production of a dozen prospects.  Have they excelled?  Will they soon be pushing for a roster spot?  Let’s take a look (remember, who we look at will rotate on a weekly basis, so check back every Friday for the latest):   Carlos Santana - Cleveland Indians - Catcher He got off to a red-hot start, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 14 RBI ...

Matt Holliday is looking like one of the best hitters in the game. Ike Davis made his big league debut. Could Brandon Morrow be turning the corner? Let’s look at 10 of the biggest stories from yesterday’s games.   Hitting   B.J. Upton (1-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R) Through May ‘09, Upton had hit .204 with 2 home runs, 9 RBIs, 32 runs, and 15 steals. So far this season, the average still isn’t ...

It’s easy to forget about Shaun Marcum, as he missed the entire 2009 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.  On opening day, he once again made you pay attention. Marcum carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning at Texas before giving up a single to Vladimir Guerrero with one out.  If you were simply looking at the box score, you might not be all that impressed by Marcum allowing three runs ...

This season I wanted to try out something different from our normal look at two-start pitchers every week.  Please let me know what you think of these rankings as well as which you prefer. The 2010 season kicks off this evening, so the time has come to start setting your line - up.  Who should start?  Whose matchup is a little bit too risky?  Let’s take a look at how I ...

The other day it was revealed that Vicente Padilla would be the Opening Day starter for the Los Angeles Dodgers.  I know, in the scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter, but the Dodgers have not one, not two, but three starting pitchers who I would rank above Padilla. The question some are asking is if we should use this as a sign that Padilla is a usable fantasy option?  He ...

It’s been a long and winding road for the San Diego Padres’ Chris Young.  He is just two years removed from posting a 3.12 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over 30 starts.  In the subsequent two seasons, he’s made a total of 32 starts thanks to a slew of injuries: • In 2008, he missed time after taking a line drive off the bat of Albert Pujols to the face (he would spend ...

With the Tigers' recent trade of Nate Robertson, it appears that Dontrelle Willis has earned the fifth spot in Detroit's rotation.  The question for fantasy owners is, now that the Tigers are taking the gamble on him, should we do so as well? He looked impressive early on this spring… well, maybe not.  The results were there, but the process by which he got there certainly was not good.  Over 19.1 ...

The Cincinnati Reds have about as much rotation depth as anyone.  You have the veterans in Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo.  You have the youngsters with experience looking to take the next step in Johnny Cueto and Homer Bailey.  You have Edinson Volquez working his way back from injury.  You have the hotshot import in Aroldis Chapman, who is garnering a ton of attention. Yet there’s another prospect who has been lighting ...