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I’d like to share four fantasy baseball thoughts about what I saw yesterday, and to a certain extent, last week in Japan.

1. Carlos Gomez and Michael Bourn are on pace to swipe 324 bases this year. Now, that’s not even realistic. However, the fact that they both swiped two yesterday really goes a long way to showing me that they are gonna get a lot of green lights in 2008. That being the case, they’ll both outperform their average draft positions (331.41 & 195.50 respectively) in a big way.
2. Since we’re talking about pairs, Xavier Nady and Jim Thome both blasted two home runs yesterday. Thome hit 25 homers in the second half of last season after only 10 in the first half. He seems to be continuing the trend. Nady had the opposite split with almost twice as many homers in the first half than second. So, who’s trending and who just had an unusual outburst yesterday? We’ll keep an eye on that.
3. Many feel that Franklin Gutierrez will have a season double-double with home runs and stolen bases. His 3-3 performance yesterday with a home run leads me to believe it as well.
4. Jake Peavy and Brad Penny both posted 0.00 ERA’s yesterday. Peavy threw 7 innings and Penny 6.2, but neither had great strikeout to walk totals. Penny’s was 3:2 and Peavy’s was 4:3. I’d much rather have the opening day performances of Johan Santana (7 IP, 2.57 ERA, 8:2 K:BB) and Rich Harden (6 IP, 1.50 ERA, 9:3 K:BB)

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