h2h Corner ~ Katy Perry All-Stars VI

May 28, 2009

Welcome to the latest installment of the weekly hot and cold fantasy trends update. Thinking about these trends, thankfully, reminds me of that infectious pop vixen, Katy Perry. “Hot N Cold” remains one of my favorite songs — I simply run faster when it is playing. Weird, I know, but I’m fast. Read more

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In Case You Missed It . . .

May 28, 2009

Each week I highlight recent performances that you may have missed. These stories include interesting stats and trends, major league debuts, recent rehab starts, minor league performances, hot/cold streaks, and so on. My ultimate goal is to help you identify players and trends that you may not have noticed. Last week I wrote about Justin Verlander, Jay Bruce, Aaron Hill, Dontrelle Willis and Ross Detwiler. 

Here’s what you may have missed this week:

1. Joe Mauer had an incredible week, hitting .500 with 4 homers and 13 rbi’s over the past seven days.

2. Nelson Cruz, after slumping in the early part of the season, hit .462 with 5 hr, 10 RBI and 5 sb in the past week.

3. Mark Reynolds has been on a tear, hitting .344 with 4 homers, 10 RBi’s and an unexpected 6 sb in the past week.  Not surprising is that he led the majors in strikeouts last week.

4. Adam Wainwright has 2 wins,  a 1.15 ERA and 16 K’s in 15.2 IP over the past seven days.

5. Max Scherzer has 20 K’s in his last 13 IP, and has let up only 12 hits and 2 walks.  For the season, he has a 3.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 2 wins, and 53 K’s in 50.2 IP.

6. Phil Hughes is showing signs of the talent that caused scouts to salivate over him, notching 2 wins, 15 K’s and a 2.08 ERA over his last 13 IP.

7. Chris Carpenter is finally off the DL and immediately returned to elite status with a 0.00 ERA in 13 IP.  Equally impressive is that he’s only let up 5 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 14.

8. Trevor Hoffman still has a 0.00 ERA.

9. Brad Lidge blew 2 more saves this week.  In total, there were 24 blown saves in the majors over the past 7 days.

10. Emilio Bonifacio generated a ton of fantasy baseball hype during the first week of the season, but he’s now hitting .254 with 1 homer, 11 RBI’s and 9 SB.  Four of his nine steals came in the first three days of the season.

11. Carl Crawford has 30 steals — 5 more than he had all of last season.

12. David Wright is on pace for 11 homers this season — 22 less than he had all of last season.

13. Jason Bartlett is pretending to be a hall of famer, hitting .373 with 7 homers, 30 RBI’s, and 14 steals this season.

14. Adam Jones is a guy many of us predicted to have a good year, but he’s exceeding even our lofty expectations.  He’s currently hitting .359 with 11 homers, 36 RBI’s, and 4 steals.

15. Russell Branyon is somehow hitting .320 with 11 homers.  The power is legit, the average is not.

16. Jordan Schafer, the rookie outfielder on the Braves, is fourth in the majors for strikeouts with 56 in 149 at-bats.  He’s hitting .208, but has still managed a .324 OBP%. 

17. BJ Upton is hitting .189 with 2 homers and 9 RBI’s. 

18. Chris Volstad is having an impressive sophomore season.  He has 4 wins, a 3.69 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 51 K”s in 61 IP.

19. Edwin Jackson, Zach Duke, Kevin Millwood, Randy Wolf, and Joel Pineiro have been black listed by many fantasy baseball managers for several years now, but are all having solid campaigns thus far in 2009.

20. Johnny Cueto has the third best WHIP among starting pitchers at 1.04.

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