The Scoop

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer

I recommend buying low on Anthony Reyes. He’s yet to win a game this year and sports a 5.03 ERA, so maybe I should be advising you to pick him up. Still, he has a solid 28/10 K/BB ratio and a tidy 1.12 WHIP, so the peripherals are there. He also turned in a dominant spring, so the other numbers should come around. With the Cardinals’ offense no longer a force, wins won’t be as plentiful as originally hoped, but there’s indication to believe Reyes should still finish the season as a top-30 starter.

Derrek Lee has reached base safely in all 29 games played this season. The lack of homers (2) is disappointing, but the .414/.496/.612 line certainly is not. He has 17 doubles, so more power will come. The remarkable plate discipline (22/17 K/BB ratio) also portends that a strong average will continue. Since he could also contribute 15 steals, Lee looks like a top-15 fantasy player.

If you played against Shane Victorino in your H2H league last week, chances are you lost. In a four-game series against the Giants, he put up these stats: .588, 7 runs, 4 RBI, 1 HR and 6 steals. That’s pretty good.

Roy Oswalt is 19-1 against the Reds in his career, and it’s not like Cincinnati is a terrible hitting team. That’s got to be one of the bigger mismatches in sports.

After Brad Penny’s horrendous second half in 2006, I pretty much wrote him off, especially when his velocity was way down during spring. After 18 strikeouts over 13 shutout innings during his last two starts, I guess it’s time to start taking him seriously again. Since he’s been largely inconsistent throughout his career, and impressed during the first half last season before fading badly, he looks like a sell-high guy to me. See what you can get with the 14-K gem fresh in everyone’s mind. Remember, before that game, he had a poor 15/17 K/BB ratio for the season.

I have a friend who happens to be in first place in our fantasy league despite a mediocre team who picked up Bengie Molina for just one start Monday. Molina pounds not one, but two homers in the fifth inning, tripling his long ball total for the season. Folks, it doesn’t get any luckier than that. Go out and buy a lottery ticket immediately, Joey.

The only thing less surprising than Roger Clemens going to New York were the poor reviews for Spider Man 3.

John Patterson returning to fantasy relevance is about as likely as this man staying sober.

As if the Nationals didn’t have enough problems, now their best player, Chad Cordero, looks completely out of synch. The Chief has already blown four saves and currently sits with a 13/10 K/BB ratio and 2.09 WHIP. His ERA was lower than that in 2005.

The Kevin Kouzmanoff for Josh Barfield trade is going down as quite the blockbuster: Kouzmanoff has a .108/.172/.193 line, while Barfield counters with a .202/.240/.253 travesty. I do expect turnarounds, but their combined 44/9 K/BB ratio will need to improve significantly for it to happen.

The Warriors blew it – stealing Game 1 would have been huge. Still, looks like we’re in store for another exciting series.


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5 responses to “The Scoop”

  1. sir boss hog outlaw III Avatar
    sir boss hog outlaw III

    joeys team is good…the warriors only need one win in utah and look like they can get it…is hasslehoff a great man, or the greatest man

  2. Lister Avatar
    Lister

    Barfield seems to have turned the corner already. He’s hitting the ball to all fields and has been for the last week or so. His swing looks like where it was last year. His yearly totals may be suppressed versions of what ppl projected, but I wouldn’t be surprised if from here out he performed on a day-to-day basis as we hoped. He seems like a great waiver pick up right now – he tends to be there on most 12 team leagues I’ve seen.

    If you can move a Kinsler type for equal or close to equal value and pick up Barfield, more power to you.

    I also like moving to get Delgado at a nadir-price right now and ditto Stephen Drew.

  3. maddendude Avatar

    I know how your friend must feel. I picked up Luke Scott for the first game of the season, he hit a homerun and 2 RBIs, then I dropped him the next day.

    Anyways, the Warriors just didn’t look like they had the fire in them that they had against the Mavs. The 3s were mostly off, Jackson missed a wide open three that wouldve basically won it. This is how I see it, Warriors didn’t bring their A game and they were close, Utah played their best.

  4. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Lister – I agree about Barfield. He’ll start running soon too, I would imagine. He was actually dropped in my 12-team league, but I was too late to pick him up since he was snatched immediately. I think he’s worth hanging on to.

    Kouzmanoff, on the other hand, isn’t a very good fit for Petco Park – power righty who strikes out a lot. I’m more worried about him.

    Kinsler has just five doubles to go along with the nine homers – meaning an inordinate amount of fly balls are leaving the park. He’ll probably finish with 20-23 HRs. Sell him.

  5. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    MaddenDude – I hope you’re right. I can’t believe Utah ran so much. I was worried about them inside, and then they go and outrun G. State. The Warriors not being as fired up as last series is a big concern tho, b/c an emotional let down is likely. Hopefully they can bounce back Game 2, b/c it’d be nice to take one of the games in Utah.

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