Fantasy

A quick look at last week's Fantasy Baseball top performing and least owned players on the waiver wire. Jonathan Niese and Ted Lilly throw a 1 hitter. Aubrey Huff and Gaby Sanchez's hit 2 bingers each. Can they really keep it up for another week? Check out who's a Must or a Bust.

BATTERS

You may think that June is too early to start ranking players for next season, but let’s face it—some of us have already fallen out of our leagues and are looking to deal for the future.

Obviously, depending on your league rules these may vary slightly, but let’s take an extremely early look at how I’d rank the top 15 catchers for 2011:

Stephen Strasburg was impressive, but not quite as impressive in his second career start.  Prince Fielder continues to hit home runs, but is not driving in runs.  Zack Greinke turned back the clock to 2009.  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games:

Raise your hand if you predicted that Armando Galarraga would pitch a perfect game. As much as I have liked the kid over the last year, nothing in his resume said he was able to dominate a game, much less throw a perfecto. He’s a decent play against weak teams and will likely have a rotation slot for a while, but don’t think for a minute that he’ll ever come close to that kind of dominant performance again.

It’s time to look at the potential two-start options for the upcoming fantasy week.  If I have someone rated as a three, four or five-star option, they are someone I would definitely use.

Carlos Pena and Brandon Phillips, two of the hottest hitters in baseball, continued to slug away Saturday. Yet aside from Pena and Phillips, other questions remain: Is Wandy Rodriguez even worth using? Has Delmon Young finally turned things around? Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games:

Have you been playing fantasy baseball long enough to remember when Delmon Young was supposed to be the next big thing?  How about when he threw his bat at the umpire?  Well, it is looking more and more like he is just a mild bust now and not a complete bust.  There is also plenty of news on hitters that have gotten hot, and some pitchers that are definitely not.  The last day of the week is upon us, make those last second moves to give you the weekly win. 

A pair of starting pitchers found their way onto the disabled list this afternoon:

According to Jeff Wilson of the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Rangers have placed Rich Harden on the DL due to "a strained left gluteus muscle."

There is currently no word as to who will replace him in the rotation as Alexi Ogando has been recalled to fill his spot on the roster.

Here is your Week 10 fantasy stock report, as we take a look at some of the risers and fallers in the fantasy baseball stock market and what you should do with them if you have them or want them.

Whose Stock Is Up:

Marlon Byrd (15-for-29, 8 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI): He got off to a red hot start this year and was owned in every league by the end of April. He struggled during the month of May, slumping pretty hard at points, and started to get dropped in leagues.