Fantasy Baseball Tonight, Jun. 21: Happy Father's Day!

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A special Happy Father's Day goes out to all of the readers who have children, hopefully your wife/girlfriend/kids spoiled you today.

I had a very nice day today with a nice new shirt/tie combo for work, along with a book that I have been wanting. My wife was also generous enough to take me and the kids to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner for a nice meal of spicy fried foods and beer.

What else can a Dad ask for?

We also had a nice meal with my parents last night, as they were going to be out of town today. My father has been an incredible influence in my life, as well as a fantastic father.

He is truly the reason that I am doing this today, as he instilled both a love of sports and competitiveness in me from an early age. But, even more than that, the support that he has given me throughout my life can never be paid back (or the $$$$, sorry Dad), and I am forever grateful to have such a man in my life.

If I am able to be half the father that he has been, I will be very proud of myself.

I love you Dad, and I could never thank you enough!

C.C. Sabathia left his start with tightness in his biceps in the second inning on Sunday. He was examined during warmups, got one guy out, but, after allowing a hit, he was removed from the game.

The team has termed him day to day, and they say there are no tests planned. When you give a guy $20+ million and he comes out of the game, I'd be willing to bet that there are some tests in Sabathia's future.

Ryan Howard was released from the hospital after spending consecutive nights there with flu symptoms. Howard was able to provide a pinch hit homer in last night's game, but did not play today.

The Phils have an off day on Monday, and you would think that he should be back in the lineup by Tuesday.

Casey McGehee is still playing in place of Rickie Weeks, and the kid is hitting. He hit his second homer of the year and has 17 hits in his last nine games.

I suppose as long as he keeps producing, he will keep playing. McGehee was not a top ranking prospect, so I'm sure there is a stat correction coming in his future.

But, if you need some middle infield help in the short term, McGehee appears to be worth a look.

Mark Buehrle is having another one of those ho-hum Mark Buehrle kind of years. He threw seven shutout innings on Sunday against the Reds, and raised his record to 7-2.

Now there are two reasons, in my opinion, that Buehrle never gets fantasy love.

One is he will never win 20 games. His career high is 19, but that was a long time ago. He usually wins between 12-15 games.

The second is that he doesn't get a lot of strikeouts. Last season, he had just 140 in 218 innings, and he is on a similar pace this year.

However, while a lot of us love the lure of the rookies and the potential of the next big thing, a guy like Buehrle at the end of your rotation is likely more help.

But hey, when is Neftali Feliz coming up?

I'll pick him up!

Brandon Phillips

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