Rounding 3rd on the Fantasy Baseball Season
The Fantasy Sports Forum.com
This is a tough time of the season for fantasy owners. The trading deadline has passed, there’s not a whole lot left on the waiver wire, so what do you do when one of your stars gets injured? Seems to be a lot of that going on in Major League Baseball. Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, and Troy Percival of the Rays, Carlos Lee of the Astros, Joba Chamberlain of the Yankees, Billy Wagner of the Mets, the Rangers just lost MVP candidate Ian Kinsler possibly for the remainder of the season - the list just goes on and one. If your team lost more than one of these players, then good luck to you.
Everyone keeps thinking Jimmy Rollins will turn it around and get his season going, but it’s time to realize that’s just not going to happen. The Phillies seem to go as Rollins goes, and that may be not very far this season.
Scott Kazmir finally made it out of the fifth inning on Sunday night; of course he still threw over 100 pitches to do so.
Yovani Gallardo has actually been throwing a baseball from the mound, still hard to believe he will be of any use to the Brewers this season.
It’s a good thing for Carlos Gomez that Michael Cuddyer broke a bone in his foot and will miss the remainder of the season or else he would be in serious jeopardy of losing playing time.
Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez look to return to the Indians lineup sometime within the next week.
Hank Blalock should return sometime this week. He will be moved back to first base. Chris Davis will platoon with Ramon Vazquez at third.
Vernon Wells has returned and is back with a vengeance. If for some reason he is available in your league, you might want to think about picking him up.
Everyone in Los Angeles loves Manny. Of course they do, he’ll play his heart out when money is on the line, but I wouldn’t want to be the team offering him a free agent contract next season. Once he gets his money, he will return to his old ways, and that is not the player you want on your team.
BJ Upton just doesn’t get it now does he? He’s been caught not running out ground balls twice and than last night he jogged out of the box after hitting what he thought was a home run, and than jogged all the way to second base. No problem right, wrong. Angels first baseman Mark Teixeira was trailing the play from behind, caught the throw and tagged Upton out before he reached the base. How many games does he have to sit before it’s ingrained in his head to run?
Joba Chamberlain has begun throwing for the Yanks again; his return could be about 10 days away. The Yanks however, are thinking about placing him back in the bullpen to ease the stress on his shoulder. Carl Pavano and Phillip Hughes are both candidates to claim a spot in the rotation.
Troy Percival is hoping to return the first day he is eligible to come off the DL, 8/30. Dan Wheeler has converted three straight saves as interim closer.
Read the full article here: http://thefantasysportsforum.com/article.php?ID=401
This is a tough time of the season for fantasy owners. The trading deadline has passed, there’s not a whole lot left on the waiver wire, so what do you do when one of your stars gets injured? Seems to be a lot of that going on in Major League Baseball. Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford, and Troy Percival of the Rays, Carlos Lee of the Astros, Joba Chamberlain of the Yankees, Billy Wagner of the Mets, the Rangers just lost MVP candidate Ian Kinsler possibly for the remainder of the season - the list just goes on and one. If your team lost more than one of these players, then good luck to you.
Everyone keeps thinking Jimmy Rollins will turn it around and get his season going, but it’s time to realize that’s just not going to happen. The Phillies seem to go as Rollins goes, and that may be not very far this season.
Scott Kazmir finally made it out of the fifth inning on Sunday night; of course he still threw over 100 pitches to do so.
Yovani Gallardo has actually been throwing a baseball from the mound, still hard to believe he will be of any use to the Brewers this season.
It’s a good thing for Carlos Gomez that Michael Cuddyer broke a bone in his foot and will miss the remainder of the season or else he would be in serious jeopardy of losing playing time.
Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez look to return to the Indians lineup sometime within the next week.
Hank Blalock should return sometime this week. He will be moved back to first base. Chris Davis will platoon with Ramon Vazquez at third.
Vernon Wells has returned and is back with a vengeance. If for some reason he is available in your league, you might want to think about picking him up.
Everyone in Los Angeles loves Manny. Of course they do, he’ll play his heart out when money is on the line, but I wouldn’t want to be the team offering him a free agent contract next season. Once he gets his money, he will return to his old ways, and that is not the player you want on your team.
BJ Upton just doesn’t get it now does he? He’s been caught not running out ground balls twice and than last night he jogged out of the box after hitting what he thought was a home run, and than jogged all the way to second base. No problem right, wrong. Angels first baseman Mark Teixeira was trailing the play from behind, caught the throw and tagged Upton out before he reached the base. How many games does he have to sit before it’s ingrained in his head to run?
Joba Chamberlain has begun throwing for the Yanks again; his return could be about 10 days away. The Yanks however, are thinking about placing him back in the bullpen to ease the stress on his shoulder. Carl Pavano and Phillip Hughes are both candidates to claim a spot in the rotation.
Troy Percival is hoping to return the first day he is eligible to come off the DL, 8/30. Dan Wheeler has converted three straight saves as interim closer.
Read the full article here: http://thefantasysportsforum.com/article.php?ID=401
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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