As Seen on TV

I got the full six TV experience over at my friends place last night, six TVs, nine different games over the course of the night, plenty to write about that I actually did see on TV, plus a few thoughts from the past days.

Thought #1:  Lee Westwood would do me a huge favor if he hung on this time around.

I'll repeat my Starlin Castro stance in the wake of his startling effort last night.  He is addable in one year leagues, but he isn't going to be much better than replacement level for the rest of 2010.  Keeper leagues are a different story, of course.  I'd try and sell him right now if someone is buying in a redraft.

Castro, by the way, looks every bit of 20.  He's not 150 pounds in a wet towel.

Phil Hughes is legit.  He's got a full arsenal of plus pitches, which keeps hitters off his arrow-straight fastball.  I think he posts an ERA lower than 3.50 this year with a 2/1 win/loss ratio and 9 K/9.

Zack Greinke wasn't bad, even though his best stuff didn't show up in Texas last night.  The first three runs were errors, bloops and dribblers.  At 0-4, you aren't going to get a better deal on Greinke than right now.

Gio Gonzalez has quietly entered into the mixed league conversation.  Another quality start last night in a loss to David Price has me very intrigued.  He has the K's (34 in 35 IP), he just needs to keep down the walks.

JD Drew is swinging it right now.  It didn't look like Hughes could get him out last night.  When he's this locked in he can go three weeks being the best player in the league.

Andy LaRoche is playing like he has Pedro Alvarez on his fantasy squad.  He makes some stupid plays, and if you saw him get tagged out in the eighth last night, you hear me.

Anyone notice Scott Hairston has four homers in his last seven games?

And Rod Barajas has six in his last seven?

Felix Hernandez was getting squeezed badly by the ump in the first innings last night.  Then, it was all on him.  He got frustrated and lost his edge.  Should just be a one game blip though.  No worries on Felix, like Greinke.

However, the Mariners, A's, Royals are all running out lineups that are of the Triple-A variety right now.  Of those three teams, they only have two players that could crack the Yankee lineup, Butler and Ichiro.  Think about that.  From a fantasy angle, how many runs and RBI can you get from players in those lineups?

Cheers,
TFAM