Josh Beckett in Beantown: A Mixed Bag
Behind Beckett’s lofty win count (a total that earns him a share of the AL lead) are some pretty disturbing peripheral numbers.
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Behind Beckett’s lofty win count (a total that earns him a share of the AL lead) are some pretty disturbing peripheral numbers.
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But the wins have been hard to come by thanks to lack of run support and some shoddy bullpen work that’s cost him four, perhaps five wins. Last Monday he earned his first victory in eight starts to square his record at 5-5. Smoltz followed that up Saturday with a remarkable outing for his sixth win. He’s dominated the Reds over the years, winning 19 games against them including a 13-0 mark over the past 16 starts. And Saturday’s eight-inning, six-hit, one-run, one-walk effort gives Smoltz a three-start line of 21 IP, 19 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB and 21 K since the injury scare. He really had it going Saturday, still gunning it in at 94 mph in his final inning. All told, the 39-year-old righty fanned at least 10 for the 39th time in his career. Smoltzy even contributed a pair of singles, the second of which drove in a run and was huge as the club rolled the dice and let him hit for himself in the bottom of the seventh with two on and two out while clinging to a one-run lead.
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The Reds used a 10-hit onslaught in the second inning Friday night to help beat the Braves and put the skids on a six-game losing streak that had threatened to remove them from the NL Central race.
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But he’s now down to .220 for the season, and after a pair of somewhat useful seasons of Fantasy production, Schneider is now virtually useless, having marginal value only in the deepest of NL-only leagues.
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Since the advent of the Wild Card a decade and change ago, there have been some absolutely riveting races, most of which have occured in the senior circuit.
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He’s been one of the only bright spots on the woeful Royals this season and his streak is the longest by any member of the team in 2006. DeJesus got his BA up to .331 with the run, and despite being held hitless Wednesday, did manage his 15th RBI of the year. I’d like to see more pop or speed before declaring him much more than a hollow .300 hitter, but the 26-year-old outfielder is definitely on the upswing and is starting to get scooped up in mixed leagues.
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At one point last season, he was practicing while wearing a smoked visor, because his eyes were so sensitive to light. When we heard that, we assumed we had seen the end of Captain Keith.
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