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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...

David Price - Making his long awaited return from the DL, David Price faced the Astros on Tuesday in his first start since May 15. The lefty has been dealing with a triceps injury. Price tossed seven strong innings and...

Gerardo Parra - Parra left last night's game after falling on his face diving for a ball. Parra left the game, and there was initial concern about the injury, but Arizona has said that his removal was precautionary and that...

Martin Perez - Perez is a guy that few are talking about just yet, and there may be a bit of prospect fatigue about him as he's been on the top-10 lists for the Rangers for 4-5 seasons. Perez has...

Jed Lowrie (SS - OAK): Watching fantasy owners' deal with Jed Lowrie's 2013 season has been a great lesson in behavioral finance. Lowrie started off the season exceptionally hot and looked like one of the best bargains during draft season....

Miguel Montero - Montero doubled and homered yesterday as he continues to heat up slowly after a miserable first two months of the year. Montero went through a similar pattern last season before breaking out in mid-June en route to...

Esmil Rogers - Esmil Rogers shut down the Red Sox on Saturday by allowing zero runs on six hits with six strikeouts over six innings. Rogers now owns a 3.12 ERA in 60 2/3 innings this season. While Rogers has...

Matt Garza, RHP, CHC Garza limited the Brewers to one run on eight hits and struck out 10 over seven innings Thursday afternoon to pick up his third win. After a rough start - he had a 6.26 ERA over...

Derek Holland (SP-TEX)- Holland threw a gem on Thursday afternoon against the Yankees to improve his record to 6-4.He allowed two hits without issuing a walk and struck out seven as his ERA dropped to 3.14 for the year. The...

Michael Cuddyer, OF COL The red-hot Cuddyer went 2-for-4 with two solo homers Wednesday against the Red Sox, giving him 13 homers and 45 RBI this season. Cuddyer's 20.6 percent HR/FB isn't much higher than what he put up last...

Chien-Ming Wang- TOR- Stats- Wang has a 2.18 ERA since signing with the Blue Jays earlier this month but it is built on good luck. His FIP is 4.07 and his K/9 is 4.35. During Wang's minor league time with...

Edwin Jackson- CHN- Cold- Jackson gave up 6 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 1 in 4.2 IP. He was lucky to get as far as he did. For the first few innings his Strike/Ball ratio...

Ivan Nova -- After he made a successful spot start Sunday against the Rays, the Yankees announced yesterday that Ivan Nova could be given another start in the near future. With a 10.1 K/9 and 3.70 xFIP this year, Nova...

Ryan Howard - The Phillies' Ryan Howard sat out Monday's game with a sore knee and is considered day-to-day. Howard is actually having a very good month of June, despite the lingering knee issue. He owns a 1.085 OPS this...

Jarrod Parker - Parker continues to impress, tossing his 9th consecutive QS yesterday by holding the Mariners to a pair of Raul Ibanez homers and little else over 7 innings. Parker's numbers continue to return to normal after an absymal...

Jacob Turner - Things are starting to look a bit positive for Turner if you look a little deeper than the standard categories. Through five starts, Turner is 1-0 with a 1.97 ERA, but he's only fanning 5.6/9 while walking...

Nelson Cruz, OF, Texas Rangers: Hot Batter The Texas slugger finished 2-for-4 while hitting his 19th home run of the season, which was enough to hand the Cardinals the loss, 4-2. After hitting a very underwhelming .216 with a .282...

Zoilo Almonte (OF-NYY): Zoilo Almonte shined in his first start for the Yankees, going 3 for 5 with his first career homer to lead the Bronx Bombers to victory over the Rays. Almonte isn't a highly touted prospect but he...

Cole Hamels - Cole Hamels took on the Mets Friday evening in Philadelphia and gave up 4 ER over six innings. He struck out five and his ERA now sits at 4.50. Despite the inflated ERA, I'm not that concerned...

Justin Morneau, 1B, Minnesota Twins: Run Producer Morneau finished last night's game 1-for-4, but his only hit netted two RBI en route to Minnesota's 8-4 victory over the White Sox yesterday. It has been an odd year for the Twins...

Rick Porcello, RHP DET Porcello came into Wednesday's start with a 1.33 ERA and a 30/4 K/BB in 27 innings over his last four starts and a 2.84 ERA and a 56/10 K/BB in 57 innings since allowing nine runs...

Eric Young Jr. -- After picking up Eric Young Jr. from Colorado on Tuesday, Mets manager Terry Collins took no time in announcing that "we'll probably play him quite often to see what he brings to the table. We're hoping...

Matt Cain-SF- Hot- Cain tossed his third consecutive quality start. His control was superb as 74 of his 110 pitchers were strikes and he struck out 10 batters without issuing a walk. The only downside is that the 2 runs...

Wil Myers -- Wil Myers made his MLB debut last night, played both games of a double-header against Boston, and went just 1-for-7 between the two games. While Myers makes almost everyone's top 10 prospect lists, there are some who...

Nick Franklin - Franklin hit his third homer of the year yesterday, and he's now hitting 299/382/522 in his first 20 games with Seattle. He has continued his impressive improvement in contact rate as he has moved to the majors,...

Mike Leake - Mike Leake tossed seven innings and gave up 1 ER against the Pirates on Monday and now has a 7-3 record on the season. Leake also owns a 2.64 ERA and 3.76 xFIP. The biggest difference for...

Corey Kluber (SP - CLE): I noted a few weeks ago on Twitter that I thought Corey Kluber had really turned a corner for the Indians. He seemed to be trusting his breaking ball more against LHB's and was finding...

Anthony Rendon- WAS- Hot- Rendon went 3-for-4 yesterday to bring his average up to .361. Underlying that is a .447 BABIP, so expect some negative regression in that department. Power should increase, though. Rendon had 6 homers in 152 PAs...

Elvis Andrus, SS TEX Andrus went 0-for-5 Saturday against Toronto and is 17-for-95 (.179) with a 17.4 percent strikeout rate over his last 24 games. Andrus' flyball rate is down this season, which is a positive for a player with...

Kenley Jansen -- Jansen blew his second save of the season last night and his first since being named the team's closer earlier this week. While this will hardly cost him the role, Brandon League did wind up taking the...

Adam Wainwright, RHP STL Wainwright became the majors' first 10-game winner with a dominant effort against the Mets Thursday afternoon. Wainwright outdueled Matt Harvey by allowing four hits and no runs over seven innings to lower his ERA to 2.18....

Hiroki Kuroda (SP-NYY)- Kuroda was fantastic in his outing against Oakland on Friday even though he did not earn a decision. He allowed two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in eight innings of work....

Jeff Baker- TEX- FYI- For those of you in 1-game eligibility leagues, Baker added 2B to his list of positions that already included 1B, 3B and OF. He went 0-for-4 last night but is still batting .317 with 9 homers...