 All you fantasy baseball heads need to check your waiver wire. If Vicente Padilla is available, pick him up ASAP. With Jonathan Broxton being shut down with "elbow pain", Padilla is the next in line to get saves. Also, he is an SP/RP in Yahoo leagues, so he has extra value due to flexibility. While Padilla has only thrown five frames this season, he has notched a save and h...
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 The Saint Louis Cardinals needed a three bagger, and today they filled that hole by acquiring Pedro Feliz from the Houston Astros. In order to nab Feliz, the Cards sent Carpenter to the Astros. No, not Chris Carpenter, that would be lunacy in its finest form. This Carpenter is David, a minor league pitcher.
Word out of Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Diego and Philadelphia was hard to ...
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 Buster Posey is the backstop of the future in San Francisco. Posey is currently treating AAA pitching like it is something out of RBI Baseball. Through 30 games Posey has hit at a .345 clip, with a .436 OBP and a .558 SLG. Throw in the 22 times he has crossed the plate, 21 RBIs and five homers and you have a very nice season in the works for Posey. How long can the Giants l...
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 Huston Street paid another visit to Dr. James Andrews on Monday in Alabama. Only this time the news was good, there is no reason to believe that Street will need surgery on his right shoulder. Here is the thing, Street has already been shut down three times this year. Three. If you want to gamble on that, go right ahead. Franklin Morales is the current closer for the...
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 Yeah, really. The Colorado Rockies will be without closer Huston Street for at least the first month of the season, and manager Jim Tracy is giving the ball to Franklin Morales in the meantime. With Manny Corpas also in the bully, Morales will have to perform to keep the gig.
Last year Morales appeared in 40 games for the Rocks, garnering a 4.50 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. His K:B...
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