Yesterday's Hit and Misses

John Axford - I have Axford in quite a few leagues this season in hopes for a bounce back season. But after his first 2 starts, I've already started to grab Jim Henderson off waivers. Axford's 21.60 ERA and 3.60 WHIP through his first 1 2/3 innings Isn't the numbers that are scaring me, it's his velocity. Last year Axford was hitting 96-97 MPH and in Spring he was getting clocked at 93-94. Last nights game he was being clocked at 90-91 MPH. So right now I'm seeing red flags everywhere's and I'd grab Henderson if I owned Axford just to be safe.

Phil Coke - Showed why the Tigers will need to go by committee. Coke is more of a lefty specialist and struggles against righties which he showed off yesterday. In 22.2 Innings against righties last year Coke gave up 17 Runs and a .381 AVG. I can't say where that bullpen is heading but the only guy I own in that pen is Al-Al at the moment.

Mitchell Boggs - Gonna stick with the closer's still. Boggs blew his first save of the season last night. I don't think he'll lose his job right away but if you are an owner and have your doubts I'd grab Mujica then Rosenthal in that order.

Chris Carter - I'm a Rangers fan and watched all 3 games they played against the Astros and as bad as the Astros are collectively as a team, Carter is the one that stuck out the most by going 0 for 11 with 7 strike outs.

Matt Harvey - Thought he was gonna have a Yu Darvish type night after watching the first few innings. I didn't watch his full outing but in the 2 innings I watched I seen 5 swing and misses which was 2 more than Strasburg produced in a full outing. His final line was 7 IP, 0 ER and 10 K's while only allowing 3 base runners. I waited late on my pitching this year and got Harvey as my #3 in most leagues and guys were questioning me and telling me my rotations were weak. They might be taking that back after watching most of my guys go so far this year.

Jed Lowrie - 3/3 last night with a Home Run. I think people forget how good of a hitter he is cause he's been hurt so often in his career so far. A good MI option with 20+ HR potential. He also batted 2nd last night so if he can stick there his Runs could get a huge boost.

Mike Morse - I tweeted a few weeks back that the year Morse hit 8 Spring Home Runs he ended up having a monster year with 31 HR's. This Spring he crushed 10 Homers and now he's already got 3 to start the season. Might be a good time to trade for him before the count goes up.

Tim Lincecum - Thought the hair might give him a new found start to going back to his greatness, but realized after his first outing that it was just wishful thinking.  7 walks in 5 IP but still found a way to keep the points off the board and pull out a victory. Don't think he'll be this lucky in most starts this year. Might start seeing him on the waiver wire soon if he keeps this up.