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Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.   Fred Lewis, Toronto Blue Jays Lewis went 3-for-5 with a run to raise his average to .298.   Lyle Overbay, Toronto Blue Jays Overbay went 2-for-4 with a HR and three RBI. He’s hitting just .190 but has 17 RBI.   Jose Molina, Toronto Blue Jays Molina went 3-for-4 with two runs to raise his average to .278.   Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds Bailey got a no-decision despite holding the ...

Last night's loss to the Boston Red Sox has to leave a bad taste in the Yankees mouths. With a 5-0 lead after seven innings and Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera lurking in the bullpen, the Yankees likely thought this game was over and they would sweep the short two game series. Think again. For the second straight night, the Yankees bullpen blew a fairly comfortable lead against the Red Sox. It was ...

Besides Paul Maholm, Zach Duke is the longest serving Pirate. And he is still hard to typecast. On a good night, he is capable of beating a Cy Young award winner like the New York Mets' Johan Santana, or the Phillies Roy Halladay. On a bad day, he can be truly awful. An example of this was Duke's last outing against Cincinnati. He gave up five runs, two of them homers, ...

The Mets lost two of their starting pitchers in Florida, Jon Niese due to a hamstring injury, and Oliver Perez due to being dreadful. Hisanori Takahashi will start in Jon Niese’s place on Friday night, while R.A. Dickey will start in Perez’s place tonight against the Washington Nationals. Takahashi has seemed to relish in the long man role, a la Darren Oliver in 2006 for the Mets, and ...

Today’s edition of Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight features not one, but two games scored by the Insider himself… Game No. 26 – Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays • Blue Jays’ starter Shaun Marcum continued his impressive comeback from Tommy John surgery, limiting the Twins to one run on five hits and two walks in seven strong innings Tuesday afternoon. Despite Minnesota’s best efforts, Marcum continually worked out of trouble ...

Papelbon redeemed himself against the Yankees, allowing the Red Sox to secure a split in the series. Last night, Boston Red Sox close Jonathan Papelbon allowed four runs in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees. The first two, which tied the game at nine, came on a two-run homer by Alex Rodriguez, and the final two, a home-run by Marcus Thames, had their vaunted rival celebrating at home-plate. ...

After splitting two games in Atlanta, the Mets head to the Nation's Capital to play two with the reeling Nationals. After surprising everyone by getting off to a 20-15 start, the Nationals have lost five in a row to drop to an even 20-20 on the season. The Mets, on the other hand, couldn't get to 20-20 as they lost last night behind ace Johan Santana. Now they will try and ...

Who's the greatest left handed pitcher of all time? Ask that question, and you'll get a variety of answers. Warren Spahn has the most wins, Randy Johnson the most strikeouts, and Lefty Grove the most ERA titles. And, oh yeah, Sandy Koufax was pretty good too. In my opinion, there's a clear cut answer. All the pitchers on this list were very good. All are, or should be in the ...

With the news coming in from all over that Nick Johnson will need wrist surgery and will be out until at least July, the Yankees have found themselves without an everyday designated hitter. Johnson, who was batting an abysmal .167 to begin with, now needs a replacement in the lineup. Since his departure, the Yankees have been shuffling a bunch of players around and giving their opponents different looks on almost a ...

The Sox have been hard to watch this season. Most expected them to be roughly .500, but the pitching hasn't been nearly as strong as expected and only two players are hitting over .260. The Sox are seven and a half games back after their win today and could be selling at the trade deadline if things don't improve relatively quickly. However, that's not what this article is about. Not everyone ...