The Day in Review

A lot of info in yesterday's post, hopefully a few of you guys are taking something out of it.

Injury News

• Josh Beckett Watch: The Boston ace's tests all came back clean, but he's still been placed on the DL. However, it's been 12 days since he appeared in a game, so the DL stint could simply be 3 days for a little roster flexibility.
• Returns: Justin Upton is back for Arizona, Victor Martinez has finally returned for Cleveland, and it's rumored that Chris Carpenter will finish this year as a reliever for St. Louis.

Notable Performances

• Dice-K gave up only 2 hits and struck out 7 in 8 innings against Chicago. J-Bay and Youkilis added 3 RBI apiece.
• Tom Gorzelanny re-appeared in Pittsburgh, but a Ryan Braun 3-run HR in the first made him the loser. I will be watching him to see if he'll be own-able next season.
• AJ Burnett threw an 8-inning complete game against New York. I just read some interesting stuff on his season over at FJM. 
• Carlos Beltran hit a late grand slam for the Mets, part of a 5-RBI night. With one more stolen base, he'll be 20/20 this year.
• Edwin Encarnacion continued the 5-RBI nights, driving in 5 runs of Barry Zito and the SF Giants.
• Garrett Atkins threw in another 5-RBI night, helping Aaron Cook win his 16th game this season.

Finally, K-Rod is at 52 saves on the year. Bobby Thigpen... here we come? That's what you need to know about the day.