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Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Dontrelle Willis, Detroit Tigers The D-Train threw six scoreless innings to beat the Twins. He gave up four hits and two walks with six Ks to improve to 1-1 with a 3.75 ERA.   Carl Pavano, Minnesota Twins Pavano took the loss but threw a complete game (eight innings), allowing two earned runs with five Ks. He sits at 3-2 with a 3.73 ERA.   David ...

Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   David Eckstein, San Diego Padres Eckstein went 1-for-5 with a run and three RBI. He’s hitting .274 but isn’t much of a fantasy factor.   Chris Young, Arizona Diamondbacks (pictured) Young continued his impressive 2010 campaign by going 2-for-4 with a HR (five) and five RBI. He’s hitting .298 with 21 RBI.   Dexter Fowler, Colorado Rockies Fowler went 3-for-6 with two runs, a HR, and ...

Brought to you in honor of Strikeout for Troops. Some reasonably available players to assist you in the Strikeouts category. Realize that some of these will come with high ERAs and WHIPs because if a pitcher has low numbers in those categories and a good K total, he's already spoken for.   Kevin Millwood, Baltimore Orioles Millwood’s ERA (3.38) and WHIP (1.28) aren’t the problem. Playing on a dreadful team has left him winless (0-3). He ...

Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Nick Swisher, New York Yankees Swisher went 3-for-4 with two runs to raise his average to .258.   Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox Buchholz went eight innings, allowing one run, to improve to 2-2 with a 2.19 ERA.   Shaun Marcum, Toronto Blue Jays Marcum got a no-decision despite allowing one run on four hits with five Ks over seven innings. He’s 0-1 with ...

Just because you’ve slipped behind in the stolen base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.  Here are some reasonably available SB threats.   Brett Gardner, OF, New York Yankees Gardner is making the most of his increased playing time by hitting .327 with 12 runs and five RBIs. What has fantasy owners smiling though is the nine SBs he’s posted. Gardner is owned in 87.9 percent of ESPN and 48 percent ...

Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Brandon Inge, Detroit Tigers Inge went 3-for-5 with two runs, two HRs, and two RBI. He’s hitting .270.   Marco Scutaro, Boston Red Sox Scutaro went 3-for-5 with four runs and an RBI to raise his average to .276.   Jason Varitek, Boston Red Sox Tek went 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBI. He’s hitting .357.   Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox Beltre went 3-for-5 with a run and ...

Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday. Casey Blake, Los Angeles Dodgers Blake went 3-for-5 with two HRs and three RBI. He's hitting .316.   Chase Headley, San Diego Padres Headley went 3-for-4 with two runs to improve to .379.   Wade LeBlanc, San Diego Padres Wade pitched six scoreless innings allowing three hits to beat the Reds and improve to 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA.   Fausto Carmona, Cleveland Indians  Carmona gave up one run in ...

Here’s a look at the two-start pitchers for week four. Five Stars Chris Carpenter: ATL, CIN Yovani Gallardo: PIT, @SD Roy Halladay: @SF, NYM Josh Johnson: SD , WAS Jered Weaver: CLE, @DET Four Stars Josh Beckett: @TOR, @BAL Zack Greinke: SEA , @TB Dan Haren: @COL, @CHC Phil Hughes: @BAL, CWS Hiroki Kuroda: @NYM, PIT Francisco Liriano: @DET , @CLE Justin Verlander: MIN, LAA Three Stars Wade Davis: OAK, ...

Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Randy Wolf, Milwaukee Brewers Wolf threw six scoreless innings as the Brewers pounded the Pirates. He improved to 2-1 with a 3.70 ERA.   Mitch Talbot, Cleveland Indians Talbot improved to 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA after holding the Twins to one unearned run over six innings. He gave up just two hits.   Jim Edmonds, Milwaukee Brewers Edmonds went 4-for-6 with two runs, two doubles, a ...