The Day in Review
Well, Santana is still dominant. His complete game shutout of the Pirates doesn't qualify as a surprising performance from a marginal player, though I think it does go to show how much he'd like to have the Twins bullpen back.
Injury News:
- Rickie Weeks sprained his thumb and Rotoworld believes the injury will send him to the DL. Ray Durham picks up some value over those fifteen days.
Notable Performances:
- Reed Johnson went 4-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI. He played in place of Edmonds, but will likely see increased playing time in place of Kosuke Fukudome given his extended slump. If so, he will be a solid add in deeper formats. Dempster struck out ten in the game.
- Brian Bannister gave up ten runs in the first inning. After a great start to the season, he's really collapsed.
- Melvin Mora had two homers in a 5-6, 6 RBI night. He's really having a great season and is of the "underrated" type that we will discuss this week.
- Tim Lincecum struck out ten, and I'm convinced he will be the next "Johan Santana" for the following five years. Of course, the Giants need to add some offense.
- Josh Beckett got tagged for eight runs in barely more than two innings in a game that saw Alex Rios hit four doubles.
- Raul Ibanez went 5-5, and his average sits just shy of .300.
That's what you need to know about the day.
posted by Zachary Piso at
11:58 PM
2 Comments:
Gio. Ouch. It actually didn't hurt me this week, but I thought he'd do better.
Yeah I have no idea where that came from, but it was definitely a surprise. Both the White Sox/Athletics and Dodgers/Brewers game featured a ton of homers, so I'm blaming it on the weather.
An interesting comment I heard, and correct me if this is wrong, was that the parks in California play like pitchers parks only at night, and are otherwise pretty neutral during day games. I thought it was a pretty handy stat for spot starting
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