Rich Harden, Huston Street, Mike Piazza, Eric Chavez, Milton Bradley, Travis Buck, Justin Duchsherer, Mark Kotsay, Bobby Kielty, Chris Snelling and Esteban Loiaza are all currently hurt for the Oakland A’s.
With 2 outs and runners in scoring position, Barry Bonds is 1-for-2 with a home run and 12 walks this season – good for a .929 OBP and 2.929 OPS.
Jose Guillen hasn’t had a great year, but he has his uses in daily formats – he’s batting .394/.444/.788 vs. lefties this season.
What has gotten into Ken Griffey Jr? After looking completely done last year (lowest OPS (.802) since his rookie season, a 78/39 K/BB ratio), Griffey is currently in the midst of his best campaign since his Seattle days. He’s showing remarkable plate discipline (18/26 K/BB ratio), so it’s hardly a fluke. In 21 games during May, he has nine homers and 20 RBI. See what he can bring you back in a trade before the next injury strikes, but when healthy, it looks like he’s rediscovered some of his old magic.
It’s official – Lou Piniella has lost his mind. In fact, it probably happened a few years back. Switching Ryan Dempster back into the rotation makes zero sense. Not only has he been an effective reliever, but he’s proved time and again that he’s a terrible starter. All because Angel Guzman hasn’t proved capable of lasting more than 5-6 innings during his first few starts. Then again, he’s already changed his mind since I started writing this.
How about my boy Tim Lincecum? Since he got the first career start jitters out of the way, he’s posted a 1.64 ERA and a 20/3 K/BB ratio over 22 innings. Tuesday’s dominating perfromance came against a team he faced just five days earlier, so the first time through the league excuse can be thrown out as well. Do you realize that he doesn’t throw a 4-seam fastball? That’s right, his 97 mph heater is a 2-seamer – meaning more movement and more groundballs than the typical 4-seamer. He’s going to face some struggles at some point, and hyperbole aside, after Johan Santana and Jake Peavy, is there a pitcher you’d rather own in fantasy baseball right now?
RotoWorld recently went over that fantasy football mock draft I was in a few weeks back, and Gregg Rosenthal must have been wearing knee pads when discussing my picks.
I finally watched “Little Children” this week, and I have to say, if I redid my list for 2006 movies, it would be at the top. Without a doubt, Todd Field is one of the very best filmmakers of the 21st century.
Have you seen the footage of a reporter walking up to Michael Vick and asking him if he thinks he’ll be exonerated? After a brief pause in thought, Vick responds with a “no comment.” Do you think if that same reporter asked Vick if he thought he’d be cleared of all charges he’d get the same response? It’s safe to say Vick doesn’t know what “exonerated” means
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