Rays | SP Matt Garza picks up 14th win
Posted On 04 Sep 2010 By George Utter.
Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Garza went 5.2 innings while striking out 3 and walking 3 in a 4-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles Friday night.
Our Instinct: Garza is on a pace to win 17 games on the season, and might pull off 18. He's 14-7 with a 3.46 era, 133 k's, and 54 walks in 176.2 innings on the season. He's hanging in there with the likes of Ricky Romero and Yovani Gallardo as a top 25 starting pitcher.
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Cubs | SS Starlin Castro continues to hit
Posted On 04 Sep 2010 By George Utter.
Chicago Cubs SS Starlin Castro went 2 for 4 and scored a run in a 7-6 win over the New York Mets on Friday Night.
Our Instinct: The 20 year old is in the midst of a 5 game multi-hit- hitting streak, going 11 for 22, while raising his batting average from .308 to .319. He's a keeper.
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Mets | 3B David Wright goes yard
Posted On 04 Sep 2010 By George Utter.
New York Mets 3B David Wright went 3 for 5 with a solo hr in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs Friday Night.
Our Instinct: Wright is hitting .295 with 23 hr's, 90 rbi, 76 runs, and 18 sb. The 27 year old is on a pace for .295-28-108-92-22. While this is certainly a bounce back season for Wright, it's not where we thought he would be at age 27. Still though, he should be a good bet to be productive for many years to come.
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Prospect Instinct | Aroldis Chapman LHP
Posted On 02 Sep 2010 By Thomas Belmont.
Chapman has gotten the call to Cincinnati and Chapmania is taking hold. Chapman
was popping 103 mph and controlling his slider in his first action. Let's take a look at his Prospect Breakdown.
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Nationals | SP Stephen Strasburg visits Dr. Lewis Yocum
Posted On 31 Aug 2010 By George Utter.
Washington Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg saw Dr. Lewis Yocum today to get a second opinion on his right elbow. It doesn't seem to be a matter of "if", but "when" the surgery will happen.
Our Instinct: This is the point in these stories that I love to pull out a flash back to when I told you so, but in this case it wasn't me that told you so. Oh, no, it was our Minor League expert Tom Belmont who pointed it out in his Prospect Instinct: Stephen Strasburg article back in February. "He’s a once in a generation talent. How long he can showcase that talent will be up to the doctors, not up to him." I really hate when he's right (which is a lot), there will be no living with him now.
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Rays | SP Wade Davis picks up 11th win
Posted On 31 Aug 2010 By George Utter.
Tampa Bay Rays SP Wade Davis pitched 7.2 innings of 2 run baseball on Monday. He Struck out 3 and walked none in the win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Our Instinct: Davis is 11-9 with a 4.29 era, 82 k's, and 51 walks over 126.5 innings on the season. He's been anything but exciting, however has done well in the late season going. He's only 25 and could be a decent come next season's fantasy auctions.
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Blue Jays | 2B Aaron Hill hits 20th home run
Posted On 31 Aug 2010 By George Utter.
Toronto Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill went 2 for 4 with a solo hr in a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays Monday.
Our Instinct: Hill is hitting .212 with 20 hr's, 50 rbi, 54 runs, and 1 sb in 430 ab's. After an MVP type season last season, this has been a disappointment to Hill and fantasy owners alike. Expect him to improve next season and come at a discount, but don't expect 2009 type numbers again.
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Yankees | 3B Alex Rodriguez should return next week
Posted On 26 Aug 2010 By George Utter.
New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez is on schedule to return from the disabled list next week when eligible.
Our Instinct: A-Rod is hitting a modest .265 with 21 hr's, 97 rbi's 58 runs, and 4 sb in 427 ab's. He's in real jeopardy of missing 30 hr's for the 1st time in 13 years.
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Dodgers | OF Manny Ramirez Dodgers days numbered
Posted On 26 Aug 2010 By George Utter.
Los Angeles Dodgers OF Manny Ramirez is not in the lineup Thursday and is rumored to be headed to the Chicago White Sox.
Our Instinct: Is there any possible stretch of the imagination that he could be heading back to Boston? Unlikely, but this can be a weird game. Ramirez is hitting .313 with 8 hr's, 40 rbi, 32 runs, and a stolen base in 195 ab's over 64 games. He's 38 years old, not juicing, and hasn't hit a hr due to injury in over 2 months. He still has the ability to have a big games, all be it, they are fewer and further between now.
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Reds | 1B Joey Votto continues monster season
Posted On 26 Aug 2010 By David Reiffer.
Cincinnatti Reds 1B Joey Votto hit homeruns #30 and #31 today against San Francisco. Joey killed it in a 12-inning game today, going 4 for 7 with 4 RBI.
Our Instinct: Along with setting a personal single season homerun mark, Votto will mostly like top 100 RBI for the first time in his career too. Hitting .323, Votto could be close to challenging Pujols as the top option at 1B in major league baseball.
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