Watchin' baseball

Welcome to the brand new addition to the fantasy sports guru page, "watchin' baseball"- a segment where I comment on everything that happens on "MLB Tonight," the show that captures MLB coverage from across the league. Consider this the fantasy perspective part of that.

5:52 PM PT:
AJ Pierzynski's a hard name to spell, but maybe even harder to get out.........not a flashy name to own, but catchers are still essential to have.

Zack Greinke coming back to earth.......the question is whih Greinke we see in the 2nd half, the "I can tell you what I'm sending you and you still can't hit it" Greinke or the "I'm just as average as anybody else" Greinke. I'm thinking about a 3.00 ERA Greinke the rest of the way, and not that great of a W or K pitcher as he's on a sucky team and his arm tires.

5:56PM:
JD Drew goes deep for his 11th......I'm still rather have Stephen w/ the SS, but I think him hitting leadoff is as stupid as hitting a gimpy soriano first.

5:57PM:
I wonder what it woulda been like to have al leiter on my fantasy team......never had the pleasure. I imagine sold WHIP and ERA, good W's when the mets were good, but being a finesse pitcher, much more Brad Radke (less K's) than Jorge De La Rosa (9+K's/9IP)

5:58PM
Emilio Bonifacio's still fantasy relevant, folks! he deserves a look if only for R's and SB's. I'm always amazed how undervalued marlins players are.......Jorge Cantu, Cody Ross, Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco........it seems like any pitcher with an arm in that stadium has a chance at a good season.

6:00PM
BTW, how sweet is it that Andy Roddick has reinvented himself into the Renaissance man and gotten back to the Wimbledon final? Too bad he's gonna have to lose to Roger the Ridiculous.

6:02PM
When did Ian Stewart turn into Adam Dunn? 15th HR catching up to the aforementioned's 21. Also, hitting it off Max Scherzer......impressive.

6:03PM
Last time I saw Jose Lopez, he was hitting a 3-run, game-tying 9th-inning 3-run shot off Brian Fuentes against the Angels....wow, he hit a knuckleball that was neck-high onto the top of the green monster.

6:04PM
Leiter claims he hit a double on a knuckleball. Don't buy it, need video evidence.

6:05PM
Lineup card posted for San Diego v. Los Angeles......Manny hitting 3rd........shoudl be interesting, I really need him to start hitting right away for my fantasy team, let's hope he didn't eat too many cheeseburgers during his 8-week vacation.

6:09PM
Back from the fantasy graveyard.....Rodrigo Lopez is about to win his first career game in about 1000 days. Mets are so, so, dead without Reyes and Delgado. It's catch-22........the longer they wait, the more they look like idiots in the field, flail at bad pitches at the plate, and be a sub-.500 team. But if they rush them back, they risk doing further damage, not having them at 100% and losing them for the whole season.

6:12PM
Mets are relying on guys like Nick Evans to score runs........sign of a poor to middling team.

I hope you enjoyed this inaugural segment. Consider it a holiday 4th-of-July trial edition that might be renewed contingent on sufficient support.

Fantasize on,
Robert Yan