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Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts û 4/20/10

Posted: 21st April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
  Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday. Cristian Guzman, Washington Nationals This cat just keeps on hitting. He went 4 for 5 with a run and an RBI. The move to second didn’t affect his hitting. His average is .362. Dave Bush, Milwaukee Brewers Bush went 7 scoreless innings allowing just 3 hits to improve to 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA. Willie Bloomquist, Kansas City Royals ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts: 4/19/10

Posted: 20th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday. Pat Burrell, Tampa Bay Rays Pat the Bat went three-for-four with a double. He’s hitting .270, but has just five RBIs. Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay Rays Niemann kept the Red Sox’ bats quiet giving up two runs on five hits in seven innings of work. He’s 1-0 with a 2.93 ERA. Willie Harris, Washington Nationals Willie went two-for-four with ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts û 4/18/10

Posted: 19th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Brett Gardner, New York Yankees Gardner went 2-for-2 with a run and 2 SBs (6th, 7th). He’s hitting .333.   Andy Pettitte, New York Yankees Pettitte went 8 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. He’s 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA.   Ervin Santana, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (pictured) Santana threw a complete game giving up 1 ...

Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: Week 3

Posted: 18th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at the two-start pitchers for week 3. Five Stars None Four Stars Chad Billingsley: @CIN (Bailey), @WAS (Olsen) Matt Cain: @SD (Richard), STL (Penny) Jorge de la Rosa: @WAS (Olsen), FLA (Volstad) Tommy Hanson: PHI (Kendrick), @NYM (Pelfrey) John Lackey: TB (Niemann), BAL (Matusz) Jeff Niemann: @CWS (Danks), TOR (Morrow) Javier Vazquez: @OAK (Gonzalez), @LAA (Kazmir) Three Stars John Danks: TB (Niemann), SEA (Fister) Kevin Slowey: CLE (Masterson), @KC (Bannister) ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts û 4/16/10

Posted: 17th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
  Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday. Carlos Silva, Chicago Cubs The Astros are bad. Silva gave up twp unearned runs on five hits with 5 Ks in seven innings. He’s 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA. Mitch Talbot, Cleveland Indians Talbot threw a complete game allowing one earned run on six hits. He improved to 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA. Casey McGehee, Milwaukee Brewers McGehee looks ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts: 4/14/10

Posted: 15th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well on Wednesday. David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals DeJesus went two for five with a run, a double, two RBI, and a walk. He’s hitting .324 on the year. Scott Podsednik, Kansas City Royals He didn't steal a base this time, but went two for four to raise his average to .457. Jose Guillen, Kansas City Royals Between this trio and ...

Fantasy Trader’s Football Roundtable: WR Bust Watch

Posted: 15th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in NFL
I’ve been invited to participate in Fantasy Trader’s fantasy football roundtable. This week’s topic : Which top ten 2009 wide receiver do you believe could struggle to repeat? Click here for the full article . My response : Obviously Wes Welker won’t replicate his 2009 success. His absence could make things tough for Randy Moss as well. Will Reggie Wayne yield more to the youngsters? Is the Giants’ Steve Smith for real? Santonio ...
Not long after signing his tender, Brandon Marshall had a new home. ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news that the petulant wide receiver was traded to the Miami Dolphins for what is believed to be a pair of second round picks (2010, 2011).  Miami gets a major upgrade at WR, but Marshall does come with baggage. While money shouldn’t be an issue after he signs a monster extension, going to South Beach ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts: April 13, 2010

Posted: 14th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Scott Podsednik, Kansas City Royals Pods is off to a great start. He went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .452. He also collected his sixth SB.   Jose Guillen, Kansas City Royals Guillen smacked another HR, his fourth, as he went 2-for-4 with two runs to improve to .313 on the year.   Brian Bannister, Kansas City Royals Bannister pitched another solid game (6.1 IP, two ...

Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts: April 12, 2010

Posted: 13th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals DeJesus went 3-for-6 with two runs and an RBI to bring his average to .321.   Scott Podsednik, Kansas City Royals Pods went 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting .444 on the year.   Marlon Byrd, Chicago Cubs Byrd went 3-for-5 with a run, a RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting just .208 on the year.   Xavier Nady, Chicago ...