Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts – 8/7/10
Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday.
Drew Stubbs, Cincinnati Reds
Stubbs went 3 for 4 with 2 runs (56), a HR (14), and 2 RBIs (51). He’s worth owning if you can stomach his .234 average.
Lyle Overbay & J.P. Arencibia, Toronto Blue Jays
Overbay went 1 for 5 with a HR (13) and 3 RBIs (45). He’s hitting .249). Arencibia made a big splash in his MLB debut going 4 for 5 with 3 runs, 2 HRs, and 3 RBIs. He’s only expected to have a cup of coffee while John Buck is on the DL.
Coco Crisp & Gio Gonzalez, Oakland A’s
Crisp went 2 for 2 with 2 runs, a HR, and 3 RBIs. He’s hitting .250. Gonzalez gave up 4 hits in 7 scoreless innings to improve to 10-7 with a 3.51 ERA.
Alberto Callaspo, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Callaspo went 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI to raise his average to .280. He has a hit in nine of his last ten games.
Jake Westbrook, St. Louis Cardinals
Westbrook got a no-decision despite giving up 3 runs in 7 innings with 9 Ks. He has given up 5 runs with 16 Ks in 13 innings in his two starts since joining the Cardinals.
Bruce Chen, Kansas City Royals
Chen gave up 1 run on 3 hits in 7 innings to improve to 7-5 with a 4.44 ERA. He’s won his last two starts with a 2.25 ERA.
Potent Middle Relievers
Nick Masset, CIN: Save, 2/3 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (56 Ks, 50-1/3 IP)
Manny Delcarmen, BOS: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (27 Ks, 39-1/3 IP)
Felix Doubront, BOS: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (12 Ks, 161/3 IP)
Rafael Betancourt, COL: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (54 Ks, 40-2/3 IP)
Edward Mujica, SD: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (53 Ks, 50-1/3 IP)
Joel Peralta, WAS: 1-1/3 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (20 Ks, 25-1/3 IP)
