Jayson Werth of the Philladelphia Phillies hit three home runs and drove-in 8 in his team's 10-3 dismantling of the Toronto Blue Jays.  Many fantasy players will look to take him from the free agent pool, and I think that is a good move.  Note his splits, though.  He absolutely crushes right-handed pitching to the tune of  321/390/717 with six of his nine HRs.  Against righties, he is not as great -   262/329/462, but it is better than David Ortiz has fared this season -  252/348/433.

Cincinnati Reds' rookie Johnny Cueto logged a quality start agains the Cleveland Indians and struck out seven.  The red flag, though, was the three home runs allowed.  Despite 53 strikeouts in 51.2 innings, he has given up 12 longballs.  At that rate, Cueto has the most value to fantasy players as a chip for 2009.

Florida Marlins' 2B Dan Uggla went 3-3 and hit his 13th HR.  For the season, he has 30 RBI and a slash stat line of 313/397/680.  He is still on pace to strike out 160+ times,  but the increase in walks should mitigate the expected drop in AVG.  Expect Uggla to set career-highs in HR (31), RBI (90) and BB (68).  If the Rule V draftee was still with his original organization (Arizona), do you think he'd have ended up in Oakland as part of the Danny haren trade or as a free agent minor leaguer?

Texas Rangers CF Josh Hamilton went 5-5 with two HRs and his 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th and 49th RBIs of the season.  At .314/367/599, he has clearly been the top hitter in the American League this season.  With his life story, he might be able to snatch the AL MVP despite playing for a bad team.

Thank God for interleague play!  Now Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre can play all four of his outfielders by batting one at DH.  Last night, Andruw Jones filled the role and went 0-4.  The good news was he only struck out once.  The bad news was Torre could have used the DH to rest Russell Martin while keeping his bat in the line-up.  Instead, Torre played him at 3B.

The 2006 1st round pick of the Colroado Rockies, Greg Reynolds, made his major league debut and took the loss.  The game's boxscore looked good through the 5th inning before the Reynolds allowed three runs in the 6th.  Don't think too deeply about it.  He struck out just one hitter and got 7 groundoutds and nine flyouts.

Cincinnati Reds' rookie Johnny Cueto was lit up a game after teasing fantasy pundits with a gem last time out against the Chicago Cubs.  Prior to that Cubs game, he last a mere 1.2 innings and K'd just two - as he did in the start before that.  Right now, Cueto is a match-up start and not the automatic start he was after his first two starts.

The Los Angeles Angels' 2008 ace, Ervin Santana, got lit up by the Tampa Bay Rays to the tune of five earned runs and ten runners allowed in 5.2 innings. Unlike Greg Reynolds, Santana's 7 Ks and one walk offer consolance that he will be better next time out.

A pillar of the Chicago White Sox climb from the basement in 2007 is former failed pitchign prospect Gavin Floyd.  Prior to yesterday's start, he has a stellar 2.50 ERA.  Following yesterday's 3.2 innings of work and five earned runs, he now sports a still-excellent ERA of 3.32.  However, his two BBs yesterday and zero Ks means he has now walked more hitters (20) than he has struck out (19).  I'd say sell high but do not believe anyone would take him.  It may be time to just cut him.

In the same game, Seatlle Mariners' middle reliver Brandon Morrow struck out two White Sox in an inning.  For the season, has has 9 strikeouts and two walks in 7.1 innings over ten appearances.  He struggled mightily with a K/BB in his rookie season that looked as if it would never be greater than one.

Oakland A's LF Emil Brown hit his 4th HR and drove in RBIs #31, 32 and 33. He also stole his second base of the season.  Can a player be a sell high if no one wants to buy him?

Sticking with the A's, are they trying to force the Texas Rangers to make catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia a 1B?  They stole five bases on him and his pitching counterparts.  I know runners basically steal off the pitcher, but tagging Salty's CS% with an 0-5 will make him look bad regardless.