The Day in Review

If you've noticed the recent scarcity of editorials, do not fret. Next week Pete will be in charge of the blog and has all the time in the world, and the week after I will be done with the year, and ready to scour fangraph after fangraph for the next Alex Rodriguez. Okay, maybe that's a bit optimistic, but it was around this time last year that Ryan Braun came up and performed better than anyone in the league (tell that to his fielding coach) for the rest of the year. With further adieu, the day in review...

Injury News

• If you owned Nomar Garciaparra, you are living in the past. In the future, he will be on the DL for at least 15 day, and likely on the pine for most of the season.
• I haven't been a big fan of Micah Owings, but unfortunately the young hurler won't be able to exceed my expectations due to a right ankle injury. However, this is important if the Diamondbacks decide to call up Max Scherzer, who has been putting up Lincecum-esque numbers so far in the minors.
• Ortiz and Chipper are day-to-day, and as injury prone as the two have shown to be in the past couple seasons I don't think either injury is a serious one. 

Notable Performances

• Former DL'd Mariners Bedard and Putz both pitched tonight. Bedard improved his record to 2-0 going 6 scoreless with 4 K's. Putz almost blew it, giving up 2 hits and 3 walks that resulted in 2 runs. I haven't yet seen footage, but hopefully Bedard can stay healthy.
• I'd just like to point out that Zambrano has been a legitimate ace. He was ranked far too low this offseason and now sports a 4-1 record with a 2.21 ERA. This from a guy who started terribly last season. However, he was lucky that many of his walks led to double plays, and this luck could run out.
• Lance Berkman is really responding to the even year, smacking his 7th and 8th homers on the night. It'd be nice if they weren't both solo shots, but you take what you can get.
• Jose Reyes has been outright cold, going a full week since a 2-hit game, actually only hitting 2 hits over that entire span (2-26). Its ugly, but the guy has got to be a buy low. Remember how David Wright started last season, with all the commentary on homerun derby and his second half? 

I can't help but notice that drafting a third basemen early this year seems ridiculous when you look at all the quality bats at the hot corner. But this is a subject of more dedicated conjecture, and for now, thats what you need to know about the day.