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Jose Veras - Jose Veras' value takes a big hit today with his trade to Detroit for 19 year old A-ball OF Danry Vasquez. Veras will provide another set-up man for closer Joaquin Benoit in Detroit, and thus will lose...

Tyler Skaggs - Skaggs had a rough go of it last night, allowing 7 runs on 8 baserunners to the lowly Padres over just 3 2/3 innings of work. 5 walks were the major culprit, a common theme in many...

RA Dickey - RA Dickey's inconsistent 2013 continued on Friday against the Astros as the knuckleballer struck out eight Astros over six innings, but also gave up 5 ER to raise his season ERA to 4.86. He now has a...

Daniel Murphy, 2B, New York Mets Over the course of the season, most player hit their hot and cold streaks. For Murphy, his hotstreaks seem to always be scorching hot. Sure a .400 batting average over a two week span...

Jean Segura (SS - MIL): As the season has worn on we're starting to see Segura's strong start to the season regress to a more normalized pace. Segura was a very good hitter in the minors (.313/.367/.439 in 6 seasons)...

Jake Peavy- CHA- Hot- In what could have been his last start as a White Sox (or is it White Sock?) Peavy allowed 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7 in 7 IP to run his record to...

Taylor Jordan -- The Nationals said yesterday that rookie start Taylor Jordan would be shut down after another 20 or 30 innings. He had Tommy John surgery two years ago and was held to 54.1 innings last year, so this...

Taylor Jordan -- The Nationals said yesterday that rookie start Taylor Jordan would be shut down after another 20 or 30 innings. He had Tommy John surgery two years ago and was held to 54.1 innings last year, so this...

Justin Maxwell (OF-HOU)- Maxwell went hitless in four plate appearances on Wednesday in the Astros loss. He has struggled for most of the year, and he struck out three times to see his slash line drop to .238/.309/.365. Known for...

Rick Porcello - The Tigers' Rick Porcello tossed seven innings and gave up 0 ER against the White Sox on Tuesday and his ERA now sits at 4.49 for the season. Porcello is still inconsistent, but he's showing signs that...

Tim Lincecum-SF-Cold- When Lincecum needed 148 pitches to throw a no hitter that was a sign that his stuff wasn't back to form yet. Although only 52 of those pitches were balls he still allowed 4 walks in his 9...

Ryan Braun -- In a shocking announcement, Major League Baseball suspended Ryan Braun for the rest of the season yesterday, and Braun elected not to appeal, all but admitting guilt in using PEDs. It seems as though MLB had quite...

Henry Urrutia - Henry Urrutia has been called up and apparently will be serving as the primary DH against RHP for the Orioles coming out of the break. A 26 year old OF from Cuba, Urrutia hit 365/427/531 between AA...

A small sampling of Monday's player notes: Francisco Rodriguez (RP-MIL) - The Brewers are looking to be sellers this month, and they have a number of quality reliever that would fit right in with contenders such as the Red Sox,...

Kyle Seager (3B - SEA): Seager is putting together a bit of a poor-man's version of Chase Headley's 2012 season. Seager plays in a tough home-park with a lineup around him that most write-off in fantasy, but he's managed to...

Wil Myers, OF, Tampa Bay Rays: Rookie Myers drove in the 17th and 18th runs of his season (and career) yesterday in Toronto to help Tampa win, 4-3. He finished the game 2-for-4 and now has a line of .310/.336/.460...

Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinnati Reds: RBI Machine Phillips only recorded one hit in four at-bats Friday night, but his only hit proved to be huge as he cleared the bases with a double to deep center, narrowly missing a grand...

Ervin Santana - Ervin Santana drew a tough matchup to open his second half of the season, facing the Tigers on Friday, but he was up to the task giving up 0 ER on two hits in 7 1/3 innings....

Hisashi Iwakuma (SP - SEA) - Iwakuma ended a streak of 5 straight non-quality starts by limiting the Angels to 3 ER's over 7 innings on Sunday. Iwakuma struck out 7 and walked just 1 as he picked up his...

Tyler Chatwood - Chatwood was solid again yesterday against the Dodgers, tossing a complete-game four-hitter but falling on the losing side of a 1-0 score. Chatwood has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of 12 starts for Colorado,...

Jeremy Hefner, SP, NYM Hefner has been an above-average starter for most of the season, but he's still owned in just 27 percent of Yahoo! leagues, likely because he has just four wins. Over his last 15 starts, Hefner has...

Yonder Alonso (1B - SD): After a short rehab stint in which he was 6-11, the Padres felt they had seen enough from Yonder Alonso and will activate him on Friday off the disabled list. Alonso was putting together a...

Derek Jeter -- Jeter was activated from the Disabled List yesterday, DHing and batting second for New York. He went 1-for-4 with an RBI and run scored, but he left the game early with a quad strain. He'll go for...

Albert Pujols, 1B, LAA Pujols has snapped out of a 4-for-41 funk by going 8-for-21 with two home runs, seven RBI, four walks and one strikeout over his last six games. Any hope for a turnaround for Pujols is directly...

Ryan Howard -- Howard's surgery to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee on Wednesday was deemed a success. That's the best news his owners could have hoped for, but Howard will still be on the shelf for six-to-eight...

Wily Peralta- MIL- Hot- For someone who threw a 3-hit shutout last night, Peralta wasn't as impressive as his line looks. He threw 113 pitches, 71 of them for strikes. After the first 4 IP, though, Peralta had thrown 29...

Chris Archer (SP-TB)- Archer delivered one of his better performances of the year on Tuesday night against the Twins, as he helped lead the Rays to a win over the Twins. He allowed just one run (unearned) on three hits...

Josh Phegley - I feel compelled to put my two cents in on Phegley, who has gone 3-10 with a pair of homers and 4 RBIs in his first 3 games with Chicago, despite the two reviews of the 25-year...

Jeff Locke - Jeff Locke continued his 2013 Houdini act by tossing seven innings and giving up 2 ER against the Athletics on Monday. He now owns a 2.15 ERA in 109 innings. Locke entered Monday's start defying the odds...

Billy Butler (DH - KC): Butler is having one of the stranger 2013 campaigns. Butler has dramatically tightened his strike zone (26.2% Chase Rate) and is swinging at a career low 40% of pitches overall. As a result, he's dramatically...

Josh Satin (1B-NYM) - Satin continued his strong run at first base, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a stolen base, RBI, and run scored. He's now batting .382/.485/.600 in 55 at-bats. With Ike Davis back from Triple-A, it remains to...

Giancarlo Stanton- MIA- Cold- Stanton has cooled off since the calendar flipped to July. He is 2-for-18 in the early days of the month, with no extra base hits. Stanton has drawn 5 walks in 5 games already this month,...

Elvis Andrus -- Andrus was moved to the eighth spot in the order last night, and the move appears to be semi-permanent. Andrus is triple-slashing just .242/.297/.284, and his .196/.265/.216 slash in June was even worse. Chances are good that...

Jon Lester (SP-BOS)- After a string of tough starts, Lester was able to turn in one of his best starts of the year on Thursday night against the Padres. While he did not earn a decision, Lester did have a...

Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates: Hot Batter Alvarez continues to swing a blazing hot bat, hitting a three-run bomb to give the Pirates a lead they wouldn't squander. The blast was his 21st of the season already and his 11th...

Wily Peralta-MIL- Hot- Peralta had finally started coming around but had to leave last night's game with a hamstring injury. He had allowed 10 ER in 23.1 IP across his previous 4 starts but only struck out 9 batters. Last...