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Game No. 12 in our journey to score 162 games this summer featured an Alfonso Soriano spotting and an unlikely performance from a less-than-desirable pitcher. 

Game No. 12 – Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs

The 2010 season is just about to enter its third full week, and we've seen plenty of surprises already.

Several players have unexpectedly emerged as seemingly-reliable fantasy options, while other normally productive players are off to slow starts. 

Here's a rundown of who's hot and who's not as we begin the second half of April.

Risers

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

Carlos Silva, Chicago Cubs
The Astros are bad. Silva gave up twp unearned runs on five hits with 5 Ks in seven innings. He’s 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA.

This past Tuesday, Toronto starter Ricky Romero took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox.  While the no-hit bid fell that inning, Romero ended the game with a career-high 12 strikeouts, allowing two runs on only one hit, an Alex Rios two-run home run. 

Fantasy Baseball Insiders’ 162-game journey is being put on hold for one night. While time didn’t allow the Insiders to score an entire game on Thursday, we did watch parts of multiple games.

For this reason, we’ll skip straight to the relevant player information from Thursday’s games.

Previous Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight updates:

Francisco Liriano wowed the home crowd and the Boston Red Sox as he recaptured some of his past magic and threw seven shutout innings, walked just two, and struck out eight. 

It was a marked improvement from his first start, and I am sure Liriano owners everywhere are DREAMING of the possibility of him regaining that 2007 form. 

Kyle Blanks is the top name on ESPN's most dropped list, but is one man's trash another man's treasure?  This new weekly series will take a look at a few recent drops and see if there is a chance for these rejected players to bounce back and provide value for teams willing to take a chance on their talents.

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

David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals
DeJesus went two for five with a run, a double, two RBI, and a walk. He’s hitting .324 on the year.