The Day in Review

Hey everyone, sorry about missing last night's post, its been a hectic weekend. I'll make sure to note anything crucial from yesterday...

Injury News

• A-Rod might be hurt. He's down for a strained quad, and will use Monday to better gage the seriousness of the injury. As healthy as the Yankees - Rodriguez relationship is..., I consider their choice of giving him the call a cause for optimism. More on this later, and if he goes down we will have to look at some free agents worth picking up.
• Jimmy Rollins hit the DL today, and as Rotoworld notes, the Phillies shortstop will have to stay out at least the required 15 days. This doesn't bode well, but hopefully when he returns the lineup will be in its normal run-producing form.
• Rafael Soriano experienced a setback, and won't be back for at least another week. I sold the Braves closer just before his injury, and if he comes back strong you might want to consider selling on him also.
• Chipper Jones, he of four homers in two games, juxtaposed his reward with risk by going down with a quad injury. However, Bobby Cox said its "nothing that's going to have him out any length at all". Wait till next time.
• Wandy Rodriguez hit the DL, so that makes it easier backing off the fast start.
• Sheffield is complaining about the range of motion due to his shoulder, and I'm regretting owning him in more than half of my leagues. Hopefully I trade him before anyone in those leagues reads this.

Notable Performances

• As long as Ryan Theriot hits from the two-hole, he might have to be considered a legitimate fantasy starter. Add this to the resurgence of depth in the middle infield and you have a good idea how notable his .338, 4 SB start has been. I'm a Cubs fan, and even I don't much care for the riot, but that kind of run production is valuable in all but the shallowest leagues.
• Hanley Ramirez, he of five homeruns (2 today) and 5 steals, is making all the trendies who took him #1 overall feel pretty smug. There's no reason to doubt the young hitters ability, and the absence of Miguel Cabrera in the lineup might have only forced the shortstop to rise to a new occasion.
• Edwin Encarnacion also launched two, and has been pretty solid after a slow start cured by a day of batting practice. If only that worked for all slumps. One was off Gallardo, who faired well despite only 4 K's in 7 innings of 1 run ball.
• I think the Brewers are smart enough to consider Gagne a sunk cost, even at that 1 year, 10 million deal. They might want to catch on soon.
• The Big Unit struggles in his second start, but won't in his second start in a row against the Padres in San Diego. Just watch.

That's what you need to know about the day.