Saturday was an exciting day in baseball. C.C. Sabathia came within four outs of no-hitting the Rays, the Giants and Rockies battled it out for 14 innings and Jason Varitek came back from the dead and homered twice. If you started Varitek please email me because I would like to talk to you about a potential Vegas trip and some stocks.
Tag Archive: Josh Johnson
Apr. 8: Cliff Lee Making Progress, Hideki Matsui to Start In Left, and Nelson Figueroa to Philly
Cliff Lee and Erik Bedard are progressing well, Hideki Matsui is getting some time in the Angels’ outfield, Nelson Figueroa was claimed off waivers by Philadelphia, and more news from around the league.
Mound Visit – SP Top 50, Week 1
The top 10 remain relatively unchanged, the only difference being Jon Lester’s 200-plus strikeouts supplanting Chris Carpenter’s dominant ERA and WHIP. However, the top 10 are only a small portion of the pitchers we need to be concerned with, so in this weekly article we’ll profile the position as a whole and name some players who are rising or falling as well as updating injury situations and bringing up a few names in the minors that you’ll soon need to know.
Jered Weaver, Edwin Jackson, or Matt Garza?
We go back to the Mailbag today, answering a question we received from Joe. It was actually five questions nicely rolled into one email, so let’s see what we’ve got.
Who should I keep in my auction league?
I play in a 14 team, 5X5, 11 Positional + 8 Pitcher, $210 budget, Auction League with one keeper allowed.
The players listed below are the candidates from my team. As a reference … these were the salaries of other players in our league: Pujols ($45), Braun ($39), Lincecum ($33), Haren ($29), etc. Top-tier players in our league go for a lot of money.
I’m hopeful your expertise can assist me making a tough decision … who to keep? I want to get the best bang for my buck. The choices are: Justin Upton @ $24, Nyjer Morgan @ $6, Josh Johnson @ $21, Ubaldo Jimenez @ $13, and Joe Blanton @ $8.
ESPN’s 2010 Preview, Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of my analysis of ESPN’s 2010 preview, we looked at some open-ended questions like “Who will win the AL Cy Young?” and “Who is the second-best catcher?” Today, we change up the pace.
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What Happened to Mike Pelfrey? http://bit.ly/dDoJAq- Who's the most underrated, consistent pitcher in the NL? You might be surprised... http://bit.ly/c3ayOZ
- Who's the hottest pitcher in the AL? And you can probably get him cheap, too... http://bit.ly/cW2bun
- Strasburg, Latos, Garcia, Hughes... which ones do you have to worry about shutting down? http://bit.ly/acIPzH
- @stoehrst yeah we got the brain trust together and hashed out some second half stuff. now that george is married we're full steam ahead
- What's Good for the Braves Isn't As Good for Alex Gonzalez http://bit.ly/9aS3S5