Tuesday's Notable and NOTables

Tuesday's Top Performer:

DH-Jim Thome-Chicago White Sox

Now for 2 days in a row the top performer has been a lazy sack of gold. Two designated hitters have taken home the last awards. Thome went 3-4 with a game winning 3-run home run to top the Royals.

Hitting notables:

Aaron Rowand and Travis Ishikawa- Combined 4-7 with 6 RBI's

Jorge Cantu- 2-3 with his 2nd homerun in as many days.

Albert Pujols- 2-3 with his 1st homerun of the season.

Hitting NOTables:

Milton Bradley- Now 0-7 to start the year.

Justin Morneau- Now 0-8 to start the year.

Garett Atkins- Now 0-7 to start the year.

Pitching notables:

Jair Jurjjens- 5 and 2/3 innings, 0 ER, Great start for the young ace.

Ubaldo Jimenez- 7 innings of shutout ball and 8 K's.

Gil Meche- 7 Innings, 1 run, lost win to Kyle Farnsworth blown save....go figure.

Pitching NOTables:

Tim Lincecum- 3 Innings and 3 ERs...not a great start for the reigning NL Cy Young

Ian Snell- Got shelled...thats all you need to know. I don't know why people are so high on him.

Scott Olsen- 3 Innings and 8 ER's...ouch

Monday's Fantasy Notables and NOTables

Opening Day's Top Performer:

Fantasy performer of the day:

OF-Adam Lind-Toronto Blue Jays

Adam Lind was the DH for the Blue Jays tonight. He came through with 4 hits and 6 RBI's. Lind is only owned by about 30% of that fantasy world so go get him.

Hitting notables:

Tony Clark- 2-4 2 HR's Proving old age can still do it.

Hanley Ramirez- 5 RBI's for a leadoff man!?

Felipe Lopez- Journey man smacks 2 HR's in Arizona outburst.

Hitting NOTables:

Mark Texiera- 0-4 and 4 LOB in Yankees debut.

Nomar Garciaparra- 0-4 Hang it up

Casey Blake- 0-4 with a golden sombrero

Pitching notables:

Kevin Millwood- 7 IP, W, 5 H, 5 K's- Looked stellar vs. Indians.

Johan Santana- Only 5 2/3, 7 K's, W- Off to a great start for the Cy Young candidate.

Francisco Rodriguez- 1 IP, S, K- Record holder on pace for 162 saves!

Pitching NOTables:

C.C. Sabathia- 4 1/3 IP, 6 ER, 5 BB- New look Yankees = not very good

Brandon Webb- 4 IP, 6 ER,- The Diamondbacks won in slugfest, but Webb less then impressive.

Roy Halladay- 7 IP, 5 ER, W,- Got a lot of run support, but only 2 K's and unimpressive.

Sunday Fantasy Notables and NOTables

I will update you on interesting fantasy stats every night. Here we start with Opening night!

Fantasy performer of the day:

SP-Derek Lowe-Atlanta Braves

Derek Lowe- 8 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, which relates to a starting 0.00 ERA and 0.25 WHIP (Walks and Hits per inning) He dominated the Phillies tonight.








Other notables:





Brian McCann- 1-4 HR and 2 RBI's ++++++Best C in fantasy


Jeff Francouer- 1-4 HR and 1 RBI +++++++Available in most leagues


Jordan Schafer- 2-3 HR and 1 RBI +++++++HR in 1st MLB at-bat


Chipper Jones- 2-4 and 1 RBI ++++++++++ Only trails Jordan Schafer for batting title. :-)





other NOTables:





Phillies- 2 Hits


Ryan Howard and Chase Utley- 0-7 with 2 K's


Brett Myers- 3 HR's allowed


Kelly Johnson- 0-4 as leadoff hitter





Check back tomorrow as there will be more than 1 game!

Opening Day Update!

Brian McCann and Jeff Francouer have each homered in their first at-bats of the season. This could be Jeff's year. Pick him up ASAP.

Corpas over Street? Not so fast my friend!

As I told you before in my closing report, that closers are a big merry-go-round. Huston Street formerly of the Oakland Athletics

has won the closing duties in Colorado. First of all Street did not deserve the job. He was hurt, had worse numbers then Manual Corpas, and lost the closing job last year to side armer Brad Ziegler. I feel Corpas earned the job during ST and will should re-take the closing role in mid-May. So I say draft Street ONLY if you need a closer, because as we know, Colorado is not a pitcher friendly park.

Spring Training numbers-

VS

Street- 5.23 ERA Corpas- 1.00 ERA

A Penny saved is a Penny starting?

These words sound like a kindergartener- "No pain". Those were the words out of Boston Red Sox pitching hopeful Brad Penny after finishing up his last spring training game. Although Penny gave up 3 runs and and five hits of five innings he felt no pain. This is great news for a guy who has been injured frequently in his 9 year career. The Red Sox hope he can get back to his 2006 and 2007 form where he won 16 games each year. Penny has only pitched 200+ innings in 2 years and will be a huge injury concern this year. Look to take Penny late in your draft and if he stays healthy look for him to win 12-13 games this year with a 4.00 ERA.

Opening Day Countdown

Only 5 days until the 1st pitch! The first game of the season will pit the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies vs. National League East rival The Atlanta Braves.

The Braves get off the hook and will face either Joe Blanton or Brett Myers. Phillies ace Cole Hamels will not be ready to pitch until April 10th against the Dodgers. So this means make sure all your Braves studs (McCann, C. Jones, and well...I guess that's it) are in line for the Phillies on Sunday. Take a look at Yunel Escobar and Jeff Francouer in deeper leagues.

The Phillies will face newly acquired Derek Lowe. Start Howard, Rollins and Utley. Also take a look at Shane Victorino for runs and stolen bases this year. This game should be a great start to the 2009 baseball campaign.