Crooked Pitch

• @uublog No, I wouldn’t recommend dropping Davis for Wieters. Not yet. But you’re in one of the few leagues where #Wieters is still available in reply to uublog #
• @TheRoundtable Davis kills me more. He’s just flailing. At least Atkins makes contact (85.1%). Atkins seems 2 be a H% disaster right now. in reply to TheRoundtable #
• Josh Fields went 3-5 tonight and has a five game hitting streak. We’ll see how long he can hold Beckham in Triple-A. #
• Chris Davis 0-7 today. As soon as I bench you tomorrow you’ll jack two and go 3-4. I’m boring of your streaky antics. #
• Johnny Cueto only gave up three hits tonight. Unfortunately two of them were bombs to Fielder & Hart. Cueto take loss. #
• RT @m_sheldon: Votto, Baker, Jocketty, Mark Mann met behind closed door for 40 minutes. Votto not playing Sat. No roster move revealed. #
• Chris Davis is 0-6 with 6 strikeouts and a walk so far in the Rangers double header. Ouch. Batting average back down to .195 #
• Adam Kennedy had three hit & two SB’s tonight. He’s batting .408 in 71 AB’s and could be a good fill-in MI while he’s hot. #roto #
• I was impressed with Outman’s nine K’s in 6.2 IP today until I saw he was facing Chris Davis & the #Rangers. (Davis had 4 K’s himself) #
• Luke Scott’s two bombs tonight give him 5 in his last 3 games. Who’s still talking about Wieters? #Orioles #

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• @kmdut As long as you’re sure your SB lead is good. Expect 2nd tier #roto return value. Like Teixeira/Bay/Gonzalez and/or Pena to name a few in reply to kmdut #
• @BluegrassInNYC Glad you could participate. Thanks for stopping by and for following along. in reply to BluegrassInNYC #
• 10 minutes to the Fanhouse Fantasy Baseball Chat - http://bit.ly/eACTz #
• @bigleaguestew Because Cowherd talked about it this morning and is having an MLB Logo redesign contest. in reply to bigleaguestew #
• Listening to @willbrinson & @JimmyTraina talk Erin Andrews & Twitter on last nights HausCast 26 - http://bit.ly/18C5Ul #
• @BtB_Sky I didn’t think you were. And you’re right we won’t overlap too much with out audiences. in reply to BtB_Sky #

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I don’t cross-post too many of the things I write over at Fanhouse here on this blog. I do that out of courtesy to you guys so you’re not inundated with all the noise I produce. If you want to follow along both here and at Fantasy Fanhouse, please subscribe at both places, you’ll get original content every day.

That being said, there are two things I want you all to be aware of.

1. Today at 1:00 PM ET I’ll be hosting a live fantasy baseball chat at Fanhouse. Please stop by and fire any and all fantasy questions my way.
2. Last night as we were testing Skype connections and such, a few fantasy cram sessions were recorded. This will eventually turn into weekly or even bi-weekly roto podcasts. It also may turn into a Crooked Pitch podcast in the near future. We’ll talk about that later. But, go take a listen to these two cram sessions. We talk Matt Wieters and his trade value, Chris Davis‘ amazing ability to miss baseballs and Juan Pierre.

• @Sport_Fanatic Just did. Thx 4 the link. He makes some good points about Jones. I didn’t expect the power this year, I was looking for SB’s in reply to Sport_Fanatic #
• Wait until he starts stealing bases - RT @OneSeasonMLB: Adam Jones is the Truth! He’s carrying my fantasy baseball team right now! #
• Just Wrote: 5 hitters due for hit rate normalization. Buy low on these guys soon - http://bit.ly/oO2bw - #sblog #roto #
• Reading: Rick Porcello: Shades Of Dr.K by @joshqpublic - http://bit.ly/IqD56 - h/t @willbrinson for sharing #
• @ElizabethFinn Hitting .316 w/ 11 SB’s will get just about anyone a full-time lineup spot. Span’s good to start in all #roto formats now in reply to ElizabethFinn #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Brenden Harris is playing SS. Nick Punto sits. #Twins #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Span, Kubel & Young are in the OF for the Twins today. Cuddyer & Gomez sit. #
• @PhoenixBats That’s not even close to being real. IMHO re: Ball girl makes INCREDIBLE catch! in reply to PhoenixBats #
• Just Wrote: Four Hitters To Help Save Your Batting Average - They may even be on your waiver wire - http://bit.ly/J4tn0 #sblog #roto #

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Today’s pitch count is 4.

1. If this is news to you, you need to climb out from under that rock and start paying attention. Baltimore Orioles prospect Matt Wieters is set to make his major league debut tomorrow night. The 23-year-old catcher is batting .305/.387/.504 with five home runs in his second year as a professional. Combining last years numbers with 2009, Wieters has accumulated 578 pro at-bats and is hitting .342 with 32 home runs and 121 RBI. He’s already owned in 69% of Yahoo! leagues without a big league at-bat. That number will skyrocket this weekend.
2. Jake Fox was called up this week and got a base hit in his first big league at-bat this season. Before his call up by the Cubs he was batting .423 with 17 home runs in 149 at-bats. Wow! He’s likely not to get a huge amount of playing time in Chicago, but if he does,and continues with those Triple-A numbers in the bigs, watch out.

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• RT @matthewcerrone: Today’s lineup: Pagan, LC, Wright, Sheffield, Murphy at 1B, Castro, F-Mart, Ramon M, and Johan http://twitpic.com/62ke1 #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Quintero is catching as Pudge gets night off. #Astros #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Jeff Keppinger is playing 3B tonight for the Astros as Blum isn’t ready to go. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Maysonet is playing 2B for the Astros tonight as Matsui still isn’t ready. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Ryan Hanigan is catching tonight for the Reds. Hernandez gets night off. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: With Phillips out a few more days Hairston will play 2B tonight and Adam Rosales 3B. #Reds #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Bobby Crosby is playing 1B as Nomar hits the DL and Giambi is at DH. #Athletics #

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• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Miller is catching tonight for the White Sox as Pierzynski gets night off. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Podsednik, Dye & Anderson are your White Sox OF’ers tonight. Quentin is out. @travism00re @10thumbs #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Felipe Lopez is in the lineup at 2B for the Diamondbacks. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Chad Tracy is out of the D-Backs lineup. Auggie Ojeda plays 3B and Reynolds at 1B. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Parra, Upton & Young are your Diamondbacks OF’ers. Byrnes sits. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjsutment: RT @drunkjaysfans: Rios scratched, Inglett in RF, hitting 9th, Lind hitting 3rd #
• @TorturedFanBase Normal is a strong word. He and Paulino share a lot of time. in reply to TorturedFanBase #
• RT @JoeFrisaro: Tarp on the field in Philly. Cold. Damp. Not really raining. Kind of just an annoying sprinkle. #
• #Roto Lineup Adjustment: Sheffield and F-Mart will be the other two outfielders for the Mets tonight with Pagan in CF. #

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