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Brennan Boesch tallied two hits and three RBI to help lead Detroit to a 5-4 win over New York Monday night at Comerica Park. Eddie Bonine (3-0) earned the win after pitching 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Sergio Mitre (0-1) suffered the loss in his first start of the season. Playing in his first game against the Yankees, Boesch opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. After ...

There's nothing better than when a young rookie gets called up early on in the season and has early success. We've already seen it this year with Starlin Castro. Castro was called up before the weekend series and all he did was hit .333 with a homer, double, two runs, and six RBIs. Guys like Castro are definitely recommended, but here are other players that ...

  Mike Napoli hit his fourth double of the season on Sunday. It should have been his second triple. What does it say when a struggling hitter fails to do everything he can to help his team on offense? Only that it won't be his team much longer. Down by seven runs late in a game against the Seattle Mariners, Napoli punched a ball down the left field line just out of the third ...

The following players shouldn’t necessarily be moved or traded for, but are mentioned because they are performing above or below their career norms. Each player is owned in at least 50 percent of ESPN leagues.   Buy Low     Jason Kubel , OF, Minnesta Twins Kubel isn’t known for his fast starts, and this year is no different. The Minnesota mainstay is hitting .209 with two home runs and 11 RBI, with ...

Last week, Double G Sports battled Sports Page Network in Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball. I was fortunate to come away with a 13-6-1 win over the blog network I write for. My offense took over and capitalized on Sports Page Network missing it's star catcher Joe Mauer. I won the week with a team batting average of .267. My team knocked seven home ...

With the Cubs floundering and appearing like a rudderless ship, the question arises if the clock is ticking on manager Lou Piniella's job. Mired in mediocrity, a $146 million roster seems to be going nowhere fast. Is the leader at fault? Have the players tuned him out? The Cubs just finished a stretch of 29 games against teams with losing records last year. Their record was a miserable 13-16, including a six game road trip ...

It's only natural in sports. Among a clubhouse of athletes with egos clashing and pressure running high, there is going to be a bad apple or two. How that individual checks his attitude and/or that attitude is managed by his coaching staff can go a long way to deciding whether or not his attitude will poison the clubhouse atmosphere. It's more uncommon in baseball than the other four major ...

For all the plaudits and accolades surrounding Mets third baseman David Wright, is he turning into the club's strikeout king? After going 0-for-4 with four whiffs yesterday—including a debatable called third strike against San Francisco closer Brian Wilson that led to Wright getting tossed from the game—the signs are there for all to see. Wright is frustrated, and fans are getting increasingly tired of his inability to put bat on ball. His loyal ...

You know how they like to say that some players eat, drink and sleep baseball?   Well, it looks like Ken Griffey, Jr. took the sleeping part a bit too literally.   According to a report from the Tacoma News Tribune , Griffey missed an opportunity to pinch hit at a game last week because he was sleeping in the clubhouse.   So Junior was asleep at the wheel of the SS Mariner ship ...

That's not a question one normally asks about the Pittsburgh Pirates. And they made what was a bad situation even worse last year when they traded current star Tom Gorzelanny for rookie Kevin Hart and a raw fielding prospect (netting the two relievers against each other). But in the recent bind, caused by the collapse of Charlie Morton and Dan McCutchen, not one, but two unlikely pitchers came to the rescue: Jeff ...