do the K’s really matter to a fantasy owner? He has always struck out alot, but as long as he hits HRs, he will be productive to his owners.
How bout Santana’s line last night….7 in, 12 hits, 4 r, 3 er, 0bb, 1 k. He hasn’t been the pitcher the ESPN hype machine made him out to be, no?
Thoughts on my recent dump trade in my other NL only league-salaries are for 2009:
$40 Soriano + $25 Adrian Gonzalez for $12 Uggla and $12 Glaus.
I made the deal for Uggla who stats so far are very comparable to Chase Utley right now.

I like the VORP/BABIP, etc analysis you’ve provided on the site recently.

Carlos Quentin looked like he wanted to get away from reporters, writes Rick Morrissey, as they asked him questions about his hot start.

Arizona has done a brilliant job in its choices over the last five years—if you were to give grades, D-backs GM Josh Byrnes would get an A or A-minus, in a sport in which everybody makes mistakes. But the D-backs are probably kicking themselves over their choice to sign Eric Byrnes to a multi-year deal and move Quentin in a trade. It’s a sport in which this kind of regret is inherent.

I posted something similar recently.

After the item on Johan Santana’s diminished velocity was posted here yesterday, some scouts from other teams chimed in, indicating through e-mails and phone calls that they were seeing the same thing. “The Mets were asking around about that in spring training, about what his true [velocity] baseline was,” said one talent evaluator. “They were concerned.”

Said an AL scout who has seen Santana this month: “His stuff isn’t even close to what it was [with the Twins].”

This is sure to get more media attention today…WFAN comes to mind.