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I have to start this one with a very special Happy Birthday to my little girl Morgan. My younger daughter is one year old today.
She is perhaps the happiest baby you have ever seen, and of course, since she’s mine, the cutest. Nothing erases a bad day faster than looking into those little eyes.
For those of you keeping track, I have two daughters: Avery who is 3 years old, and Morgan, which means in 10 years you will find me with no hair and a bottle of Jack Daniels close by my side. Either that or some blunt instrument that I can introduce any fine young boy to before they think about taking my girls out.
I’ve been practicing my intimidation techniques, and hopefully by the time I need them, I’ll have them perfected.
Jason Varitek hit two home runs for the Red Sox and already has 10 on the season. Not bad for an old guy who only averaged 15 a year in the last two seasons.
His average is still not helping you at .248, but you can’t argue with the power. I think he is an ideal candidate for those of you who are dealing with the injuries to Chris Iannetta or Ryan Doumit. I don’t expect this production to last all season, but you can ride his hot streak as long as it lasts.
Hopefully that will be until your main guy comes back from injury.
For those of you who just have a stinky catcher, I would take Varitek for now, but just realize that you probably will have to cut him at some point when he cools down.
Kerry Wood collected his eighth save of the year, but it certainly hasn’t been easy.
His ERA is still over six, but it has been a little misleading. Eleven of his 12 earned runs allowed came in four outings, but his problem has been save opportunites. The Indians are seven games under .500, and even many of their wins aren’t generating save chances.
Wood will always be a strikeout artist, but due to his sub-par team and long injury history, he can not be looked upon as a top-tier closer. He seems to have a very long leash in Cleveland, but when he has a bad outing, he really has a BAD outing.
Luke Scott is back from injury for the Orioles and he now has three home runs in his first two games back. Scott just returned from a shoulder strain, and looks like he is back to normal.
I think he should definitely top the 20-homer plateau, but don’t pick him up expecting this recent power surge to continue. He is a nice fourth outfielder on your team, but he isn’t all of a sudden going to carry your fantasy team.
I am starting to gain a nice-sized soft spot in my heart for Nolan Reimold. I don’t know if I can take on another man crush at this time, but he’s making it hard to ignore him.
He homered for the the third straight game, and now has five in just 14 games. I would like to see him get his batting average up a little more (.264), but I feel confident that he will at least surpass .280.
The future is very bright for Mr. Reimold, and it looks like he will have a fantasy impact in 2009.
Randy Wells
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