Fantasy Land and other stuff
Nice, short, week in Fantasy Land. The acquisitions of Soriano and Lackey (and Aaron Cook) proved to be huge. I am up 9-1 as I write this, thanks to Bobby Abreu’s HR in the tenth after 9 shutout innings from Lackey. Looking forward to trying to upgrade the catcher position, and move one of my extra hitters for someone I can use more frequently.
Random Thoughts:
- Finally get wins from Hamels and Halladay in the same week.
- I Wish I could have kept Dallas Braden, somone got a gift from me
- If Carlos Pena could hit his body weight, he’d be a very good fantasy player
- Leo Nunez looks pretty solid, he could be the Marlins closer for a while
- If Ian Stewart gets his average up to .250, I’ll write a thank you note to the Colorado coaches for letting him play enough games at 2B to be eligible.
In other news, the Yankees swept the Tigers, who have nice pitching, but little else. I expect that whoever wins the AL Central will be making a quick exit from the playoffs. The Yankees got great pitching all weekend, the best news being the solid start from Joba today, and more dominance from Phil Hughes, who, as long as he can throw his fastball 90% of the time, can’t be touched. Translation: KEEP HIM IN THE PEN.
The best news of all was Boston losing two in a row to Toronto, letting the Yanks get to within one game of first place. Toronto seems like they want to win enough games to make it tough to trade Halladay.
Speaking of Halladay, I saw that Phillies scouts were at his start today against Boston, making it even more likely that the Phils are the front-runner in the trade sweepstakes right now….only 12 days til the trading deadline, it’s like counting down to Christmas.
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