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8/24/07

Batting

Brad Wilkerson - 4/4 with a home run (18) to break a 1/12 streak.
Jose Guillen - 2/5 with a home run (18) to extend his hitting streak to 6 games.
Raul Ibanez - 2/5 with a double (30). He's been the best hitter in baseball during the month of August so far, with a .397 average and 9 home runs.
Mike Piazza - 4/5 with 2 doubles (12) and a home run (5). He's not having the year we expected, especially in the power department, but he could be a valuable contributor in September.
Nick Swisher - 3/6 with a double (26). Power numbers down this year, but his walk rate is way up. Solid bounce-back candidate for 2008. He's been hot lately.
Russell Martin - 0/0 with 4 walks. Weird stat line.
Ryan Howard - 0/3. He is now hitting .189 in August and hasn't homered in 34 at bats. His longest stretch since May.
Khalil Greene - 3/5 with 2 doubles (33). He's hitting over .300 in August.
Josh Phelps - 4/5 with 2 doubles (5). He's not playing regularly, but he's hitting .571 this month with 6 extra base hits and 5 walks (vs. 1 strikeout) in 21 at bats.
Carlos Lee - 3/5 with 2 home runs (26). He's having a great year.
Hunter Pence - 2/4 with a double (26). A 3-game hitting streak since returning from the DL.
Josh Willingham - 2/5 with 2 home runs (21).
Hanley Ramirez - 1/2 with 2 steals (41). He does everything and has been on fire since returning to the leadoff spot a while ago.
Chipper Jones - 3/6 with 2 doubles (33) and a home run (21).
Mark Teixeira - 2/5 with a home run (10). He has 9 home runs so far in August.

Pitching

Jake Westbrook - 8 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 3 k's. He pitched well lately, but his k/bb ratio (58/39) should scare you.
Nate Robertson - 8.2 IP, 4 hits, 0 walks and 3 k's. His best start in a a month, but strikeout rate dropped below what it had been for his last few starts.
Jeff Weaver - 6 IP, 7 hits, 1 walk and 5 k's. He's now 4-0 in August with a 21/2 k/bb.
Boof Bonser - 7 IP, 3 hits, 3 walks and 2 k's. He hasn't had a good 2nd half, with only 22 k's in 41 innings.
Jesse Litsch - 6.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 walks and 2 k's. He now has a 28/23 k/bb ratio. He's only 22, but avoid him for this year.
Chad Gaudin - 7 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 10 k's. He's actually improved his strikeout rate lately, k/9 of 8.8 since the All-Star break and 5.6 prior. Walks are way up though.
Chad Billingsley - 7 IP, 4 hits, 2 walks and 7 k's. The strikeouts haven't been consistent, but overall he's been a nice late season find as an SP in deeper leagues. Control is still a concern - bb/9 ratio of 4.3 as a starter.
Paul Maholm - 7 IP, 7 hits, 2 walks and 5 k's.
Matt Cain - 7 IP, 8 hits, 1 walk and 4 k's. He's 3-1 in his last 6 starts with 39 k's and 8 walks in 41.1 innings.

8/23/07

Batting

Jack Cust - 1/3 with a home run (21). He's striking out at a 40% rate for the season, but when he makes contact there is a good chance it's going for extra bases (45%).
Aaron Hill - 1/4 with a home run (13). Keep an eye out for him next year - a poor walk rate (6%), but his power numbers have made a big jump this year (40% of his hits have gone for extra bases in 2007 vs. 23% in 2006).
Asdrubal Cabrera - 2/5. He hit for a good average in the minor leagues with good speed, but don't expect much power yet. He's only 21 and the home run power is a couple years away.
Cameron Maybin - 2/4 with 2 doubles (2).
Michael Cuddyer - 1/4 with a home run (13). He's hit in 7 of his last 8 games and has 2 home runs vs. only 2 strikeouts during this time.
Jose Guillen - 2/4 with a double (20) to extend his hitting streak to 5 games.
Adrian Beltre - 2/4 to extend his hitting streak to 6 games.
Billy Butler - 1/4 with a home run (5). His numbers don't jump out at you like Ryan Braun's, but his 20 walks and 20 extra base hits in 218 at bats are very good numbers for the 21 year old.
Josh Fields - 1/4 with a home run (15). He's not hitting for average, due to a strikeout rate of 35%, but the power is there (extra base hit percentage of 41%).
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - 4/6 with 2 home runs (8) and 7 RBI. He now has 4 home runs in his last 20 at bats after having 4 in the first 194 of his career.
Ramon Vazquez - 4/6 with 2 home runs (7) and 7 RBI.
Bobby Abreu - 2/5 with a home run (15).
Howie Kendrick - 2/4.
Matt Kemp - 4/6 with a triple (3). He will be a good one and he's on a hot streak now going 12 for his last 25 with 4 extra base hits. Very streaky at this point of his career. Looks like he's finally the full time RF for LA. Pick him up.
Andre Ethier - 2/4 with a home run (10). He's not playing full time lately, but he is 4 for his last 9 with 3 extra base hits and only 1 strikeout.
Rafael Furcal - 3/5 with a walk. He hasn't struck out in 21 at bats, but he also hasn't homered in 47.
Juan Pierre - 3/6 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. During which time he has 6 steals.
Jeremy Hermida - 1/3 with a home run (12). He's having a great 2nd half, hitting .340 with 14 extra base hits and 17 walks in 103 at bats.
Carlos Beltran - 2/4 with a double (26). He could be gearing up for a big final month.
David Wright - 0/1 with 4 walks. Weird stat line.
Jose Reyes - 1/5 with 3 stolen bases. He has 14 steals this MONTH.
Nate McLouth - 3/5 with 2 home runs (10). He has 5 home runs in his last 9 games vs. 5 in his first 97. He is 26 years old and his walk rate isn't ideal, but could be a future 20/20 guy with a low OBP.
Ryan Spilborghs - 2/4. He's not overly young (27), but good power and walk rates make him an attactive 5th OF in mixed leagues.
Jose Bautista - 3/5 with a double (29). He continues to have a very good walk rate (11%), and doubles are slowly turning into home runs in the 2nd half. A good sleeper for 2008.
Chris Young - 1/4 with a home run (26). His 2nd consecutive game with a home run.

Pitching

A.J. Burnett - 7 IP, 4 hits, 3 walks and 9 k's. He has a k/9 of 9.9 this year - he's an injury risk every time he pitches, but he's been an underrated pitcher this year.
Alan Embree - 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 2 k's and his 16th save.
Justin Verlander - 4 IP, 10 hits, 1 walk and 5 k's. His worst start of the year, but the last time he allowed 7 runs in a game he then went 16 innings without allowing a run.
Edwin Jackson - 6 IP, 5 hits, 5 walks and 3 k's. He's shown a lot of improvement since the end of July, allowing only 5 earned runs in his last 5 starts. His control is still a concern, with 16 walks vs. 22 k's in 35 innings during that time. He's still a long-term project.
Daisuke Matsuzaka - 6 IP, 2 hits, 4 walks and 8 k's. He doesn't have pinpoint control, but you can' argue with the other numbers.
Brian Bannister - 6.2 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 3 k's. He's 6-1 in his last 8 starts with a 2.24 ERA and a 20/11 k/bb ratio. How long can he keep it up? Is this Chien-Ming Wang II?
Joakim Soria - 1.1 IP, 3 hits, 1 walk and 3 k's. The first runs he's given up since the Dotel trade.
Kason Gabbard - 6 IP, 7 hits, 1 walk and 3 k's. He's been solid all year and hasn't allowed more than 3 runs since being traded to Texas. K/bb ratio is a concern though - 16/8 since going to Texas and 29/18 with Boston.
Andy Pettitte - 7 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 6 k's.
John Lackey - 7 IP, 10 hits, 3 walks and 4 k's. He's slumping lately, allowing 40 hits during his last 4 starts.
Joba Chamberlain - 1 IP, 1 hit and 3 k's. A good source for cheap K's.
Derek Lowe - 7 IP, 6 hits, 0 walks and 3 k's.
Jake Peavy - 6 IP, 2 hits, 5 walks and 11 k's. Moving past teammate Chris Young in the NL Cy Young race?
John Grabow - 1 IP, 1 bb and 1 k. He has a 2.04 ERA since the break with 17/4 k/bb ratio. The Pirates 2008 closer? I expected him to take over at some point in 2007, but he was sidetracked with an injury.
Brandon Webb - 7 IP, 5 hits, 1 walk and 5 k's. He's been even better this year than he was in his Cy Young 2006 season.
Rich Hill - 7 IP, 6 hits, 1 walk and 10 k's. His best outing since June.
Barry Zito - 8 IP, 5 hits, 0 walks and 4 k's. Only his 2nd start this season (that lasted more than 2 innings) with no walks.

8/22/07

Batting

Miguel Tejada - 3/4 with his 12th home run. His average is back up to .300 on the year, but he still only has an outside shot of hitting 20 home runs. He will end the year with his worst slugging percentage since 1999 and the 4th consecutive year of seeing this number decline.
Marlon Byrd - 2/4 to increase his average to .317 on the year, but don't let that number fool you. His numbers, outside of the month of June, are very pedestrian - .274 with 2 home runs. His 18/68 k/bb ratio is another concern.
Alexi Casilla - 2/4 with a double (3). Absolutely no power (3 XBH in 115 at bats), but good speed (8 steals). His strikeout rate is good (14.5%), especially for a rookie, so expect his average to increase in the last 6 weeks.
Michael Cuddyer - 1/3. Only one strikeout in his last 16 at bats, could be on the verge of a hot streak.
Richie Sexson - 2/3 with a home run (21). He now has a 6 game hitting streak and has 4 walks and only 2 strikeouts in the last 4 games.
Jose Guillen - 2/4 with a double (20). Very good numbers so far in the 2nd half, but power is still just slightly above average with 8 extra base hits in 76 August at bats.
Adrian Beltre - 2/5 with a double (32) and a home run (20). He's 10 for his last 22 with 4 extra base hits.
Ross Gload - 2/4. He's 7 for his last 11 after a 1/15 stretch. Good strikeout rate, but poor walk rate means that he's prone to inconsistency.
Kurt Suzuki - 2/4 with a double (8). Very good numbers so far for a rookie - 10% extra base hit rate and 10% walk rate.
Frank Thomas - 2/4 with 2 home runs (21).
Vernon Wells - 1/4 with a home run (15). His first since July 24th.
Garret Anderson - 4/6 with 2 home runs (8) and 10 RBI. Wow - he increased his RBI total by 25% in one night.
Howie Kendrick - 4/5 with a double (14). His power/speed have been very disappointing, but his average is now up to .315.
Jeff Mathis - 2/4 with 2 doubles (9). He's 4 for his last 10 with 4 doubles and 5 RBI.
Akinori Iwamura - 1/3 with a home run (4) and 2 walks. Looks like he won't reach our expectation of 15-20 home runs this year.
Brandon Phillips - 3/5 with his 23rd home run.
Yunel Escobar - 3/5 with a double (14). He's now 7 for his last 15. Limited power and speed though.
Ian Stewart - 2/5 with a home run (1). The top prospect's first career home run.
Troy Tulowitzki - 2/4 with a double (20) and a home run (17). He's on fire lately, going 13 for his last 29 with 4 extra base hits.
Carlos Beltran - 3/3 with a double (25) and a home run (25). He's been on fire since returning from the DL.
Milton Bradley - 2/3 with 2 walks. His first start in over two weeks.
Conor Jackson - 3/5 with a double (23). Very good post-break numbers, 12 extra base hits and 9 walks in 105 at bats.
J.J. Hardy - 3/4 with his 23rd double. He's surging again after a rough couple of months.
Nook Logan - 5/6 with a double (15) and a steal (18).
Ryan Zimmerman - 3/5 with a triple (5) and a home run (19).

Pitching

Eric Bedard - 7 IP, 5 hits, 11 k's. The best pitcher in the AL this season shows no signs of letting up. The only question left is how high will he be drafted in 2008?
Scott Baker - 6.2 IP, 14 hits, 1 walk and 2 k's. 15 baserunners, but only 3 runs allowed. In his last 3 starts, he's allowed 31 hits in 18.2 innings.
Jair Jurrjens - 6.2 IP, 1 hit, 4 walks and 1 k. Ironically, Jurrjens has a history of very good control during his minor league career (2.1 per 9). Strikeouts haven't been his strong suit - averaging 7.2 k/9 during his minor league career.
Fausto Carmona - 8 IP, 3 hits, 0 walks and 5 k's. His k/9 ratio since June 1st is 6.9 vs. 3.3 in April/May. This is his breakout season, but next year could be better.
Joel Zumaya - .1 IP. He's back!
Javier Vazquez - 6 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 3 k's. He's 5-1 since the break, but has seen his k/9 rate plumet to 6.5 vs. 8.4 in the first half.
Dan Haren - 6 IP, 6 hits, 9 k's. He has 26 k's in his last 26.1 innings pitched.
Mike Mussina - 1.2 IP, 7 hits, 2 walks and 1 k. In his last 6.2 innings, he's allowed 16 hits and 4 walks.
Kelvim Escobar - 6 IP, 5 hits, 3 walks and 7 k's. The last time he allowed more than 3 runs in a start was back in June.
Adam Wainwright - 6 IP, 9 hits, 2 walks and 7 k's. He's starting to put up consistent strikeout numbers with a 7.9 k/9 ratio after the break vs. 5.2 in the first half.
Chris Young - 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks and 5 k's. His ERA is all the way up to 2.12.
Dave Bush - 6 IP, 6 hits, 1 walk and 6 k's.
Tim Lincecum - 8 IP, 5 hits, 1 walk and 7 k's.

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