Let’s check out some of Wednesday’s fantasy-related news from around the league:
- The Diamondbacks’ Chris Young homered Tuesday for the second time. While it’s only spring, Young is batting .346 and has driven in eight runs in just 26 at-bats. He could be worth a late-round selection because of his tremendous HR/SB upside (32 HR, 27 SB in 2007).
- Jason Heyward is making a strong case for an Opening Day job, batting .455 this spring.
- Hampered by a sore achilles, Nolan Reimold was reportedly seen limping back to the dugout late in Tuesday’s game.
- Ted Lilly is healing faster than expected and might rejoin the Chicago rotation by mid-April.
- Drew Stubbs‘ struggles and Chris Dickerson‘s fast start have made Cincinnati’s starting center field job much more interesting.
- According to Rockies’ hitting coach Don Baylor (of Ian Stewart), “[Manager Jim] Tracy has already told him, ‘You’re the third baseman.’ So go ahead and work on what you need to work on to get off to a good start in the season.” Any concerns over Melvin Mora‘s presence appear to be subsiding.
- Brandon Lyon, Houston’s likely closer, is recovering well from a January procedure to drain a cyst and expects to be ready by Opening Day.
- For what it’s worth, Milwaukee’s Alcides Escobar has posted a 7/.448/1/9/1 line in 29 at-bats this spring.
- In other Brew Crew news, 40 percent of Milwaukee’s rotation is still up in the air. Dave Bush, Manny Parra, Jeff Suppan, and Chris Narveson are all competing for the last two spots. Before you write off Narveson, consider that he’s been lights out since last September. He finished last year with a 2.43 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 32 K in 29.1 IP and is yet to allow any earned runs in three starts this spring.
- After a rough first outing, Johan Santana struck out four and didn’t allow a run in four innings Tuesday.
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