Fantasy

Miss any of Wednesday night’s action? Don’t fret. Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight is here to recap all things fantasy relevant, starting with game No. 23 on our summer-long journey.

Game No. 23 – New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers

Jason Heyward and Starlin Castro enjoyed success in the No. 2 hole.  Derek Holland made his 2010 debut with impressive results.  Phil Hughes continues to impress.  Let’s look at these stories and all the rest from yesterday’s games:

Hitters:

David Wright homered in his first game at Citi Field in 2010.  It looked like his 2009 struggles were behind him, but he’s now played 21 games at home and that is still his lone long ball.  Granted he has hit six HR on the road, but look at where they’ve come:

Some reasonably available players to assist you in the strikeouts category. Realize that some of these will come with high ERAs & WHIPs because if a pitcher has low numbers in those categories and a good K total, they’re already spoken for.

Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday.

Just because you’ve slipped behind in the Stolen Base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.  Here are some reasonably available SB threats.


Tony Gwynn Jr., OF, San Diego Padres

Here’s a look at the unheralded players who performed well yesterday.

In April 2006, two American League first basemen, both in their second year in the Show, had similar smokin'-hot starts:

Player A 

10 homers, knocked in 24 runs, a .313 average and a .404 on-base percentage.

Player B 

10 dingers and supported a .404 OBP, with 20 RBI and batting .326.

Let me preface this by saying that I am not Nostradamus. I cannot predict the future and will never claim to be able to.

Now that we have that out of the way I can tell you that Austin Jackson will not win Rookie of the Year.

So far in 2010, Jackson has put together a very impressive resume. In 30 games, he has scored 26 runs and stolen six bases while sporting a fancy triple-slash line of .371/.420/.508. Not too bad considering he is currently head and shoulders above any rookie in the American League right now.

"Say whaaaaaat ?!"

It's a common phrase we use when something is said that really surprises us. It's something so surprising you do not believe it at first and as the messenger to repeat the message so you can make sure you heard correctly.

Like most things in life, this saying can be applied to fantasy baseball.

April is especially a "say what?!" month because with just one month's worth of data, numbers tend to be very skewed so here are my "say what?!" player of the 2010 season so far: