Week 2 Baseball Notes

Brandon Moss (OAK) - Moss struggled through the first 5 games and has been dropped in a few leagues cause of it. The last 2 games he's go 2 HR's and 9 RBI's while batting in the middle of the A's lineup which has produced the most Runs in baseball.

Evan Gattis (ATL) - Ranked 4th out of all Catchers at the moment and only owned in 13% of the leagues. I wouldn't drop a guy like Salvador Perez who's been struggling, but if you got the bench space I'd use Gattis while the big boys come around and start hitting.

Marwin Gonzalez (HOU) - If your playing in deeper leagues like I do and need a Middle Infielder, I'd take a flyer on Gonzalez. Bo Porter is liking him right now and the Astros are letting their young players get the playing time they need. Astros have exploded a few games and Gonzalez is batting .444 with 2 Home runs and 5 RBI's in the 5 games he's played.

Chase Headley (SD) - For those of you that got Headley stashed away, it's looking like he'll return before the end of the month. He's been taking swings from both sides and is slightly a head of schedule.

Barry Zito (SF) - Seen him picked up this morning and noticed that he's only owned in 40% of the leagues. After a strong post season and 2-0 with no runs allowed so far this season, I'd be happy with him as my #5 pitcher.

Nick Tepesch (TEX) - I'm a Ranger's fan and know that I'll be holding off for another few starts before I start buying into Tepesch. He doesn't have the greatest stuff and struggled in the minors the past few seasons. He did have a good start going 7 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 5 guys. Thing that impressed me the most was his 15 outs on ground balls. Now with Matt Harrison injured, we could see Tepesch stick around for awhile. I'm still waiting for Martin Perez to heal up so I can grab him when he gets back.

Chris Archer (TB) - With Jeff Niemann out for the year and 32 year old Roberto Hernandez holding onto that 5th spot, I can't see the Rays keeping Archer down for too long. I thought he should have won the 5th job out of spring but the Rays didn't seem to wanna rush him.

Danny Hultzen (SEA) - I noticed that the Mariners have been starting Hultzen on the same days as Maurer. It could just be coincidence, but with 12 Runs given up in 6 innings and Hultzen sporting a 2.45 ERA with 14k's in 2 starts it wouldn't be a surprise to see Hultzen up already.