Sunday Pitchers

Pitchers

Jered Weaver-Against Boston I would stay away from Weaver he has been up and down all season long. His record is 8-8 and his era is above four and again the Red Sox are looking to win the series in the West.

Brandon Webb-SOLID SOLID SOLID

J0-Jo Reyes-He looked great against the Jays but that's the problem he looks good one game and only last 2.1 innings the next

Tim Wakefield- Knuckle-baller with great control. I love Tim every time out but can he keep control against the power hitting Angels

Johns Danks-He has come along so well this season. I think he continue with his first half success against the Royals

Ryan Dempster- Has not won on the road. Is 10-0 at Wrigley and will be at Houston on Sunday

Edinson Volquez-First start since the All-Star break against the New York Mets. Look out this should be the best game of the day. Pelfrey vs Volquez

Cliff Lee-After that great All-Star appearance Tuesday night, Lee is a must start in any league.

Justin Verlander-Same thing I said last Sunday these are must win games for Detroit. Verlander needs to make it at least into the seventh for the Tigers to win this game.

Derek Lowe-Lets hope the rest changes Mr Lowe he has be awful in the first half. With a record of 7-8 and letting up 19 homers with a ERA almost at 4. Can it get better PLEASE!!!

Manny Parra-If he was not Pitching against Tim Lincucum I would love this start.

Scott Baker-Minnesota has been on a run its because of the great young pitchers.

Andy Pettitte-I just traded Mike Lowell for this guy in my ESPN League. I need a Win

Justin Dushsherer- A's got a gem with this kid.

Cole Hamels- Who knows with this guy! At the beginning of the season, he was said to have dead arm and week after week he continues to strike guys out.

Rivera Blows It!

Something we do not hear very often is that Mariano Rivera has blown a game. This afternoon at Yankee Stadium that actually happened . The Yankees brought in their best closer in the game, they thought, tied 2-2 with the Oakland A's. Today shows you that Rivera is a pitcher who can be hit. With one inning pitched and a total of 23 pitches he allowed 2 hits and 1 earned run. For Fantasy owners, that is a killer day. His ERA in a yahoo league is at nine and his whip at two, the only good thing that Rivera did for your stats is he struck out three batters. The Yankees tied the game up in the bottom of the ninth with a single from Wilson Betemit that scored Robinson Cano who had doubled to start the inning. For owners of Rivera, do not worry about him he will get his saves. Come on! He plays for the New York Yankees, the luckiest team in Baseball.

Hamilton Looks to Give Back

Josh Hamilton this season is on pace to have over 150 RBI's in his second full season as a Major League Baseball player. He will be in the Home Run Derby Monday night and has been voted to start in his first All-Star Game on Tuesday in New York. He has had a long road to get to this point we all know this. But what we do not know is that Hamilton has help along the way from alot of people. But the person that Hamilton will thank on Monday long time coach and friend Clay Council from North Carolina American Legion. He is 71 years old and will pitch to Hamilton in the Home Run Derby. Council would throw batting practice to Hamilton as a teenager back in North Carolina. Hamilton this season has hit 21 home runs this season and is a favorite to win the Home Run Derby.

Homer Bailey Looks Good Finally

Well I have been very hard on Homer Bailey this season. Today against the the Milwaukee Brewers he had control of the game from the get go. He was working the outside and inside corners like everyone knew he could. Some things I should remember about Homer Bailey are that today will be his 13th start as a major league pitcher and he is only 22 years old. Through six and half innings Bailey has looked like a strong pitcher,striking out 4 and walking no one. The only problem for Bailey was that CC hit a nice homer run off of the young right-hander in third inning after having him down 0-2 in the count.The bullpen blew the win for Bailey in the bottom of the sixth. Bailey was using his fastball very well not just trying to whip it up there as hard as he can but using his mechanics to allow the ball to glide over the plate in the lower 90's. Where before he was just throwing the ball as hard as he could over the plate trying to strike guys out. Being down in the minors this last time must have taught him how to be patient with his pitches.