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| It appears the cramp that Tim Hudson experienced in Sunday afternoon's game in Cincinnati is actually a strained left hamstring, this according to MLB.com.
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Our View: Hudson's hamstring will undergo an MRI on Monday according to the report. Updates on his injury are expected to be available on Monday morning.
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| Alfredo Figaro threw a complete game shutout three-hitter for Low-A West Michigan on Sunday to improve his record to 7-2. |
Our View: Figaro’s 1.22 ERA in 11 starts makes him look like a top prospect until we realize that he turns 24 in July. He is far too advanced to be pitching at Low-A
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| J.P. Arencibia hit his 10th homer of the season for High-A Dunedin on Sunday. |
Our View: Toronto’s top pick in the 2007 draft is now hitting .319-10-49. His 8/38 BB/K leaves room for improvement, but the Jays can’t be too upset.
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| Ryan Church, who had been out of the lineup since he was hurt May 20 trying to break up a game-ending double play at Atlanta, hit a home run and a double in his first start since suffering the head trauma. |
Our View: The Mets right fielder didn't get the go-ahead from doctors to play in the field until Sunday morning, and he made the most of his first start. With Carlos Beltran contributing, Church back in the lineup and the return of Pedro, the Mets could find some momentum.
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| Greg Halman went 3-for-4 with his 16th homer of the season for High-A High Desert on Sunday. |
Our View: The 20-year-old’s tools never cease to amaze. He is showing that he is ready for Double-A from a talent perspective, but it will be interesting to see how his raw approach at the plate translates vs. better pitching.
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| Max Ramirez hit his 14th home run of the season for Double-A Frisco on Sunday. He is now hitting .376-14-42 this season. |
Our View: Ramirez continues to be an absolute monster at the plate. The real question is still whether he can remain at catcher as he moves up. At this point the answer is probably no, but he still has time to improve.
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| Carlos Beltran hit his second home run in as many games and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Sunday night. |
Our View: Beltran now has 34 RBI, 39 runs scored, six home runs, seven stolen bases and is hitting .264 on the season. We all know how streaky Beltran can be, and if he can continue to be a threat at the plate, the Mets don't have an easy out in the top half of the lineup.
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| The city of New York and Mets fans abound may be begging for manager Willie Randolph's head, but if there is one thing his staff does well it's scout opposing pitchers and plan an attack. Willie and his staff have Japanese import Hiroki Kuroda's number. In two starts this year against the Mets, Kuroda has yet to make it out of the fourth inning. |
Our View: On Sunday night, Kuroda didn't make it out of the third inning. The right-hander allowed six runs on seven hits, walked two and failed to strike out a batter in 2.2 innings.
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| Matt Kemp had three hits and drove in the only run for Los Angeles in Sunday's 6-1 loss to the Mets. All three hits were singles. |
Our View: The Dodgers are 3-22 when scoring three runs or fewer, and have been held to one run or less in six of their past 10 games. Part of this is due to the team overall lack of power. Kemp, a highly touted preseason fantasy option is now the starting center fielder, but he hasn't shown the power stroke that most believed he would. After 186 at-bats, Kemp has only three home runs.
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| Jose Reyes has reached base safely in 32 straight games, one shy of Darryl Strawberry's single-season club record. Reyes singled in the first inning, stole second, and then scored a looping single by David Wright. |
Our View: Jose Reyes extended his hitting streak to 17 games, and finally played a complete game. He was outstanding defensively and continues to look confident at the plate. If Reyes can find June as successful as May, he will overtake Hanley Ramirez as the top shortstop in the fantasy realm.
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| Johan Santana pitched into the eighth inning earning his 100th career win, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Sunday night. Santana allowed a run in the first inning, was struck for six hits, walked three and struck out six. |
Our View: The two-time Cy Young Award winner hasn't lost at Shea Stadium since April 12 and lowered his ERA to 3.20 with his Sunday effort.
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| Texas' Ian Kinsler stretched his career-best hitting streak to 16 games with a sixth-inning single in Sunday's loss to Oakland. |
Our View: Kinsler and Josh Hamilton are on the way to the All Star game.
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| Josh Hamilton hit his American League leading 15th home run on Sunday against the A's. The center fielder recorded two RBI to add to his lead leading 63. |
Our View: Hamilton finished 2-for-5 in the loss to the A's scoring twice and raising his average to .328.
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| Aaron Hill, who left Thursday's game after a collision with shortstop David Eckstein and suffered a concussion, missed his third straight game Sunday. |
Our View: Hill remains day-to-day.
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| Adrian Gonzalez went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Giants recording two RBI and a run scored. One of his two hits was his 16th home run of the season. |
Our View: Gonzalez was 4-for-9 this weekend with five RBI and two home runs.
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| Randy Wolf allowed one run on four hits in six innings, but wasn't involved in the decision of the 4-3 loss to the Giants because Tim Lincecum was just as good. When Wolf exited the game in the seventh inning on Sunday neither offense had scored. |
Our View: Wolf walked one and struck out five. His effort resulted in his fourth straight quality start. As long as Wolf is pitching in PETCO or roomy venues like the one in San Francisco he is a solid fantasy option.
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| Tim Lincecum was dominate in the first seven innings on Sunday allowing only one runner to reach second base in that span. But he ran into a trouble in the eighth when Jody Gerut led off with a single and Tadahito Iguchi walked to open the frame ending his day. Linecum walked four and struck out only two, which is not typical for the hard-throwing right-hander. Lincecum pitched well enough to win Sunday, taking a shutout into the eighth inning but ended up with a no-decision.
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Our View: Lincecum is 5-0 in seven starts following Giants losses and is a top-tiered option in roto formats. However, in head-to-head leagues where wins are king, the Giants right-hander doesn't carry the same value. His performance today and the Giants lack of run support is all the proof one needs.
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| Lewis hit a two-run, game-tying triple off Trevor Hoffman, and scored the winning run on Jose Castillo's infield single as the Giants avoided a sweep by beating the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday.
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Our View: The ninth inning at-bat resulted in Lewis' first every pinch hit. The Giants outfielder is hitting .275 on the season with ten stolen bases and 34 runs scored.
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| Orlando Hudson hit a three-run homer, his second in three days and sixth of the season. The jolt gave Dan Haren and the Diamondbacks a 3-0 first inning lead which resulted in a 5-0 victory over the Nationals on Sunday. |
Our View: Hudson struggled in early May with a hamstring injury, but he appears to be fully recovered.
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| Conor Jackson is expected to miss three to five days with a strained right quad, this according to the AP. Arizona manager Bob Melvin said Jackson could be available to pinch hit. |
Our View: Chad Tracy becomes a Fantasy Week 9 option. He hit a home run on Sunday starting at first base for Conner.
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| Chad Tracy went 2-for-4 and hit his second HR of the season in the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 victory over the Nationals on Sunday. |
Our View: Tracy is finding his groove after missing all of April and most of May, but until he finds fulltime at bats his fantasy value is in deep NL-only formats. In Fantasy Week 9, Tracy is a starting option. This is because first baseman Conor Jackson is expected to miss three to five days with a strained right quad.
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| Jason Bergmann's eight-inning complete game on Saturday night was the Nationals' first since Aug. 15, 2006, this according to the AP. The 261 games between complete games was the major leagues' longest drought. |
Our View: Bergmann has been terrific since being called up and despite his loss on Saturday, he is a must start regardless of opponent in all formats.
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| Shawn Hill isn't healthy, not 100 percent at least, and the evidence came in a miserable four innings of work Sunday against Arizona. The Nats right-hander has been taking pain killers and receiving injections for a sore elbow and missed a start last week because of the pain. |
Our View: Hill went four innings, his shortest outing of the season, allowing five runs and seven hits. He walked one and struck out three. The velocity on his fastball never topped 88 mph and he appeared to be throwing batting practice to the Arizona lineup in the loss. It's time to dump or bench Hill until he shows he's healthy.
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| Haren was outstanding for seven innings on Sunday helping the Diamondbacks post back-to-back shutouts for the first time since May 26-27, 2006, at Cincinnati. Haren allowed four hits, walked three and struck out five in the win. |
Our View: Haren lowered his 3.75 ERA to 3.40 after the effort and won his sixth game of the season.
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| Tigers' manager Jim Leyland continues to be creative with his starting lineups. Carlos Guillen started in left field for the first time in his career as a way for Leyland to get Brandon Inge, Guillen and Miguel Cabrera in the lineup together. |
Our View: Guillen was 2-for-5 with an RBI in Sunday's win raising his average to .295 on the season.
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| Miguel Batista allowed three runs on five hits, walked four and struck out two in 5.1 innings of work Sunday. |
Our View: The Seattle right-hander has been up and down the entire season, mostly down. Batista carried a heavy 5.98 ERA and 1.87 WHIP into today's game.
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| Jeremy Bonderman allowed a career-high 12 hits but only three earned runs in seven innings of work. The right-hander was not involved in the decision on Sunday as the Tigers scratched out four runs in the ninth inning to win their 24th game of the season. |
Our View: Bonderman managed to strand nine baserunners from the second through the seventh. He still has only one win in his last six starts.
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| J.J. Putz began the ninth by striking out Ivan Rodriguez but then walked Brandon Inge allowed Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco to single giving the Tigers 4-3 lead, and eventually the win on Sunday. Putz suffered his third loss of the season. |
Our View: Putz already has two more losses and one more blown save (three total) than he had all last year. His ERA jumped from 3.71 to 5.60, and in 17 games this yar he's allowed 11 earned runs. He had a 1.38 ERA last season, allowing 11 earned runs in 68 appearances.
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| Zach Miner eared his second win of the season by throwing a scoreless eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers scored four times in the ninth inning off struggling J.J. Putz to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-5 Sunday. |
Our View: Starter Jeremy Bonderman surrendered three runs and a career-high 12 hits over seven innings in the no-decision. Miner has no traditional fantasy value working in middle relief.
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| Magglio Ordonez went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers start a four-run ninth inning as Detroit outlasted Seattle, 7-5 on Sunday.
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Our View: Ordonez has 37 RBI, 34 runs scored and is hitting .329 on the season.
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| Miguel Cabrera's two-run double sparked a four-run ninth inning as Detroit outlasted Seattle, 7-5, in the finale of a three-game weekend series at Safeco Field. |
Our View: Cabrera was lowered in the batting order recently due to his supposed .276 average. Manager Jim Leyland has tried everything in his black book to get this Tigers team jump started and is again messing with his lineup.
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| Jack Cust finished May hot and began June with the same fire. The A's left-fielder hit a home run and drove in two runs as the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 13-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday to end their four-game losing streak. |
Our View: Cust now has nine home runs, 23 RBI and 29 runs scored on the season.
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| Scott Feldman allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits, walked two and struck out two in six innings of work. |
Our View: Feldman lost what should have been a win when reliever Jamey Wright gave up four runs on two hits in the seven inning before recording an out. The A's went on to score nine seventh-inning runs in a 13-8 victory.
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| Greg Smith suffered through his worst start of the season allowing seven runs on seven hits in five innings of work. The rookie wasn't involved in the decision as the A's scored nine-runs in the seventh inning for a 13-8 comeback win over the Rangers. |
Our View: The rookie lost a run to his ERA on Sunday. He entered with a 2.84 number, but exited the contest with an ERA of 3.56.
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| Rookie Jose Arredondo got credit for the victory after three innings of scoreless relief in the Angels 4-3 come from behind over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. |
Our View: It was Arrendondo's sixth appearance of the season and his second win.
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| Jon Garland threw 115 pitches over five innings, matching his shortest outing in 12 starts with the Angels. He allowed three runs on five hits, walked four and struck out three in the no-decision. |
Our View: It's begun in a quiet kind of way. Garland walks four this outing, gives up runs in each of the first three innings, and escapes the loss because the Jays bullpen blows the ninth inning lead. The no-decision kept his career record against Toronto at 10-2, but the outing was just the first of many more like this to yet to come. The right-hander has been the benefactor of a high Strand Rate and evidence of that comes from his 2.39 K Rate and 3.14 Walk Rate. Owners that roster Garland should shop him fast while his value is still high.
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| A.J. Burnett allowed two runs on three hits, walked three and struck out eight over eight innings. However, B.J. Ryan blew his first save of the season spoiling the Burnett effort. |
Our View: Burnett deserved better and Ryan, who has been superb this year after returning from TJ surgery, has to be excused for his first failed save chance.
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| B.J. Ryan hit Howie Kendrick with a bases-loaded fastball in the ninth inning to force in the tying run. One pitch later shortstop Maicer Izturis singled home the game-winner to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
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Our View: It was Ryan's first blown save in 13 attempts this season.
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| Jose Bautista went 3-for-4 and was the lone bright spot for in the Pirates 7-4 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. |
Our View: Bautista raised his average 12 points (.247 to 259) with the three-hit performance.
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| Troy Glaus hit his fourth home run of the season helping the Cardinals' to a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. |
Our View: Glaus hasn't been the source of power St. Louis hoped for when acquiring the third baseman from Toronto. However, he has driven in 34 this season while scoring 20 runs.
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| Ian Snell allowed six runs on eight hits, walked two and struck out three in on four inning of work as the Pirates lost 7-4 to the Cardinals. |
Our View: Snell lost his fifth consecutive decision and is 0-5 in his past nine starts. His last win came April 12.
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| Ryan Franklin made the ninth inning of the Cardinals 34th victory of the season exciting. Something that is becoming routine for the right-hander. Franklin got three outs for his sixth save in eight attempts, but not before he gave up a single and double with two outs before retiring Doug Mientkiewicz on a fly to left. |
Our View: Franklin isn't the best ninth inning option for the Cardinals at this point, Chris Perez is better suited for the the role. But unitl Jason Isringhausen returns from the disabled list manager Tony LaRussa feels more comfortable with veteran Franklin closing.
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| Skip Schumaker drove in a career-high three runs to help the Cardinals to a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. |
Our View: Schumaker is hitting a solid .289 on the season with 35 runs scored and four stolen bases. However, the Cardinals lead off man will never be mistaken for a five-tool player. The outfielder has only two home runs and 18 RBI in 191 at-bats this season.
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| Braden Looper continued his torrid hitting and helped his cause on Sunday in the Cardinals' 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The St. Louis starter had two singles, scored twice, and drove in a run to raise his batting average to .429 on the season. |
Our View: Looper leads all pitchers in hitting this season. Yes, he's better than Micah Owings. On the mound, Looper wasn't as good in the win. He allowed eights hits on three runs, walked three and struck out only one in 5.2 innings of work.
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| Shawn Chacon allowed just two hits but issued two walks and hit two batters with pitches in the first inning of Sunday's loss to the Brewers. Chacon was pulled after throwing 40 pitches in one inning of work.
"He just struggled in that inning after that blown call by the umpire," Houston manager Cecil Cooper said, noted the AP. "I thought it was the best thing to take him out right there." |
Our View: Chacon, has pitched above expectations and his career peripherals in May, so a performance like today shouldn't surprise veteran fantasy owners.
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| Russell Branyan hit his second home run in the weekend series against the Astros and Milwaukee scored a 10-1 victory on Sunday recording a three-game sweep of Houston. |
Our View: Branyan and several other backups were in the lineup as Rickie Weeks, Mike Cameron and J.J. Hardy all got a day off.
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| Dave Bush allowed one run on four hits, walked none and struck out five in seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Houston Astros 10-1 on Sunday. |
Our View: Bush, who recently made a mechanical adjustment in his delivery, has increased the velocity 2-3 mph on his fastball and has produced two straight solid outings. If the Brewers' right-hander is available -- find a spot for him on your roster.
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| Ryan Braun went 1-for-4 and drove in two runs helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Houston Astros 10-1 to finish off a sweep of the weekend series. Braun's only hit was a home run, his second of the series and his 15th of the season. |
Our View: Braun has warmed since scuffling in April. The left-fielder has 30 runs, 42 RBI, two stolen bases and is hitting .297 on the season.
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| Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez remained winless since April 8 as the Chicago Cubs scored a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. The right-hander allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits, walked three and struck out five over five innings. |
Our View: He's 0-5 in his last 10 starts, and the Rockies are 1-11 in games he's pitched. That said, the kid has upside. Don't let the ERA and the current losing streak fool you, Ubaldo Jimenez has pitched well lately. He has three quality starts in his last five trips to the mound. Throw out his last start against the Phillies. The wind was blowing out to center field in Philly with gusts up to 30 mph -- and he isn't experienced enough to pitch to those elements. And in today's loss to the Cubs he showed his dominate ability at times. Absent his start in Philly, Jimenez recorded a 3.16 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, and a K/9 of 7.3 in May. He also kept his walk totals in-check registering a K/BB of 2.33.
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| Chicago rookie Sean Gallagher allowed three runs on six hits, walked none and struck out eight in 5.2 innings of work, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Sunday. |
Our View: The strongest part of the rookies arsenal is his ability to induce ground balls. Gallagher had solid peripherals throughout his minor league career except for his Walk Rate (typical of a young pitcher). He's been able to harness his command and retain his extremely low HR Rate. Gallagher is a solid option in NL-only formats.
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| Jim Edmonds has found a new home, and in the unlikely colors of blue. Edmonds, tripled and drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the injury riddled Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Sunday to complete a perfect seven-game homestand. Since arriving in Chicago Edmonds has hit .300 with one home run and 5 RBI, and he's accomplished this in 11 games. |
Our View: Edmonds has earned the everyday role as the Cubs center fielder, and at the expense of a productive Reed Johnson who was picked off the wire from Toronto in early May.
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| Alfonso Soriano went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and the Chicago Cubs, best home team in baseball, defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Sunday afternoon. The victory was the Cubs seventh straight. |
Our View: Soriano homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their sixth straight win.
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| Brian Burres allowed seven runs on 12 hits, walked one and struck out two, lasting only four innings in a 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. |
Our View: Over his last two starts, the left-hander has surrendered 15 runs and 22 hits. Not what owners wanted from the Fantasy Week 9 two-start pitcher.
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| J.D. Drew went 2-for-3 with three RBI and the Boston Red Sox won their 35th game of the season in a 9-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. |
Our View: Drew has missed 14 of the Red Sox 59 games this year due to one injury or another, but has performed well when he's been healthy. The right-fielder has five home runs, 25 RBI and 32 runs scored in 152 at-bats on the season.
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| Mike Lowell hit his seventh home run of the season and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 on Sunday. |
Our View: Lowell, who was homerless with no RBI in April, hit six home runs and drove in 22 runs in May. Today's long ball is a solid start to hopefully another productive month.
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| Manny Ramirez hit his 501st home run just a day after he joined the 500 home run club on Saturday. ManRam now has 11 home runs on the season and has raised his average to .294 with his three hit performance in Sunday's 9-4 victory over the scuffling Orioles. |
Our View: Manny went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI on the day, and has to this point outperformed his average draft position. The knock on Manny has been his September lay-downs the last two years. Unless the Tampa Bay Rays can stay in the race there's a chance the Red Sox could have large lead in the AL East in the final month -- offering the veteran hitters in Boston plenty of pine time before the postseason schedule begins in October.
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| Bartolo Colon won his third straight game in as many starts and the Boston Red Sox found their lost offense this weekend at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles in a 9-4 victory Sunday. The former Cy Young winner allowed four runs on seven hits, walked two and struck out five in six innings of work. |
Our View: After Colon's first three performances, there is little chance that Clay Buchholz will return to the Boston rotation unless the staff suffers an untimely injury. In fact Justin Masterson, who is in line for two starts this week with Dice-K on the disabled list, might have surpassed Buchholz on the minor league depth chart.
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| Derek Jeter hit his third home run of the season and was the lone Yankees run producer in a 6-1 loss to the Twins on Sunday afternoon. |
Our View: It's gone mostly unnoticed, but since Derek Jeter was hit on the hand on May 20th, he's hit under .200 and done so without any power. The All Star shortstop has looked more comfortable at the plate the last two days which might be a sign his hand is finally getting healthy.
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| Darrell Rasner suffered his second straight loss as the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees 6-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees' right-hander allowed four runs on eight hits, walked two and struck out eight over 5.1 innings of work. |
Our View: Rasner is a serviceable arm for the Yankees, and will be an important part of the rotation if New York is to challenge for postseason play. But that's as far as it goes. In the fantasy realm he's a back-end rotation option in AL-only formats.
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| The Minnesota's bullpen came through with scoreless relief Sunday after starter Nick Blackburn was hit in the nose by a line drive during the Twins' 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Brian Bass won his second game of the year after taking the ball in the fifth inning and throwing 1.2 innings of one hit ball. |
Our View: Bass was followed by Jesse Crain and finally Joe Nathan in the ninth to win the final game of the three game series against New York. Bass' second win in his 18th appearance won't stir the fantasy nation. He came into the game with a 5.61 ERA, 1.72 WHIP and had allowed 44 hits in 33.2 innings of work.
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| Michael Cuddyer went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs in the Twins' 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday. Cuddyer was 5-for-10 with five RBI's this weekend against Yankee pitching. |
Our View: Cuddyer hasn't met preseason expectations in the power categories. His home run on Saturday was only his second of the year in 155 at-bats.
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| Paul Byrd, who has been roughed up on the road this year, lasted only 4.1 innings in Sunday's 6-1 loss to Kansas City. The right-hander and was charged with six runs and nine hits. He dropped to 0-5 in six road starts.
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Our View: Byrd is an inning-eater for the Indians. His low K Rate of 3.64 and 10 hits allowed per nine innings doesn't help fantasy owners outside of head-to-head formats.
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| Grady Sizemore went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run but it wasn't enough as the Indians dropped their second straight game, 6-1, to Kansas City. Sizemore homered with one out in the eighth to spoil Brian Bannister's shutout attempt. |
Our View: The Indians center fielder is heating up. The long ball was Sizemore's third home run in three days.
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| Brian Bannister pitched into the eighth to help Kansas City beat the Cleveland Indians 6-1 on Sunday. Bannister gave up five hits, walked one and struck out four to earn his first win in four starts. |
Our View: Bannister was working on a shutout when Grady Sizemore homered with one out in the eighth. The Royals right-hander is a solid option against teams he's had success. Bannister is 2-1 with a 1.37 ERA in four starts against the Indians.
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| Jacoby Ellsbury slowed down on Sunday. He went 3-for-5 with only one stolen base against the Orioles. Ellsbury was also caught attempting to take second base. He has swiped eight bags over the past four games. |
Our View: The Orioles had to catch him once, didn't they? Ellsbury continues to lead the majors with 27 steals, and his fantasy stock seems to rise with each passing day.
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| Luke Scott went 2-for-4 with a double, homer, two runs, and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. The outfielder has socked three long balls over his last eight games. |
Our View: Scott hasn't been the breakout player than some fantasy owners hoped for, but the recent power surge is nice. Too bad he isn't hitting much of anything else.
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| J.D. Drew went 2-for-3 with a homer, walk, one run, and three RBI in Sunday's win over the Orioles. |
Our View: We guess J.D. truly is over his battle with vertigo. He's safe to use in fantasy leagues.
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| Jim Thome went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles on Sunday. The effort doesn't seem remarkable until you realize that the DH hasn't hit two doubles in a game since August 19, 2006. |
Our View: It only seems like Thome hasn't had a two-hit game of any kind since 2006. The veteran is clinging to his job but maybe this rare effort will spur Thome to better days.
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| Andy Sonnanstine scattered 10 hits over 5.2 innings of work against the White Sox on Sunday. He held the opposition to three runs and took a no-decision. Sonnanstine has now served up 55 hits over his last 35.2 frames. |
Our View: Sonnanstine continues to lack whatever mojo he showed in April, and we have to wonder how long the Rays will stick with him.
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| Mark Buehrle went six innings against the Rays on Sunday and allowed seven hits and three runs. The veteran southpaw walked two and struck out five in the no-decision. |
Our View: Given how erratic and generally bad Buehrle has been, the White Sox will take it. He's not worth trusting much in fantasy leagues until he can string together three or four solid efforts.
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