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OF3: Colby Rasmus, St. Louis Cardinals
He's here to stay, folks. If you're in a keeper league and Rasmus is available, get him now while the price is still low. He's not setting the world on fire, but he will.
SP: Carl Pavano, Cleveland Indians
Before you skip this one, look at Pavano's season without that one disastrous inning in Texas to begin the year. In 30.1 innings pitched since then, he's allowed 34 hits and 10 earned runs to go with 22 strikeouts and only five walks.
Without that inning, his ERA is 4.15. His ERA for his first two May starts (against Detroit and Boston, two pretty good offenses) is 2.70. He's not a fantasy staff anchor, but he ain't chopped liver.
RP: Octavio Dotel and Matt Thornton, Chicago White Sox
At the beginning of the season, I said, "Between Dotel and Thornton, I wouldn't be surprised if you wound up with overall numbers close to those of an elite starting pitcher, but in only about 150 total innings pitched."
So far, Dotel and Thornton have combined to go 2-1 with seven holds. Between them, they've got 32 strikeouts in 21.1 innings pitched and have allowed a total of four earned runs (all by Thornton).
They're on pace right now to win 10 games and strike out about 150 through their first combined 100 innings.
Postscript: Aaron Hill
Back on April 9, I said that you should consider picking up "Aaron Hill, who offers nice power potential now that he appears recovered from post-concussion syndrome..."
I'd like to take this moment to thank Aaron Hill for making me look really smart.
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