Kent originally was hurt one month ago Thursday and he missed six games heading into the All-Star break. When he returned on July 13, he was clearly scuffling, going just 3-for-16 in five games before he admitted that the pain was getting worse.
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With Droughns running for over 1,200 yards in 2005, expectations with Bentley in place were on the rise. And then the Browns started training camp. Bentley tore his left patellar tendon on the very first play of the very first practice of the very first day of the Browns’ training camp. Droughns had been going in the third or fourth rounds of many drafts before the Bentley injury, but the upside he once had is souring. You can knock his value down a few pegs on your cheat sheets.
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And so the spotlight fell to a kid with just over 200 career at-bats, who was asked to help keep the Braves afloat at a time when the team is clinging for life, trying desperately to work their way back into the playoff race.
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Just call it a hunch, but we think Jeremy Roenick will actually have a decent (50-to- 60 points) season. How can we tell? He’s not playing in the annual Lake Tahoe golf tourney, so he must be training out in the Phoenix sun.
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Monday night, Pena gave the fans a glimpse by falling just a double short of the cycle. The book on him with the Reds was always “geez, what would this kid do with 500 at-bats?” Well, we’re not going to find out this year, but BoSox fans should quickly warm to this behemoth of a man who’s still just 24 and definitely has some 40-HR season waiting to emerge in that bat of his.
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Williams left Duke as the school’s all-time leader in rebounds and blocks, and with the single-season block record. He was such a legend in college that the Blue Devils will retire his number next year. Of course, entering the NCAA, his legend was already forming, having averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and three assists per game as a high school senior.
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Lidle has been a worse pitcher in the second half in recent years, and you’ve got to figure the move to the AL hurts him as well, so don’t expect too much. For what it’s worth, he has won both starts he’s made at Yankee Stadium in the past three years, but was mediocre in doing so. Overall, Lidle is a perfectly average pitcher and the Yankee offense can help mask that with runs, but that doesn’t mean his ERA is something you want on your team.
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