Howard Chen AKA Mr. Fantasy's Blog

I was seriously relieved to see Josh Hamilton hit a home run last night.  Had me worried for a little bit.  Not that I  would EVER recommend benching him, but he's been slowing down lately.

His teammate, Milton Bradley, had to leave with a minor injury.  Bench him for a couple of games until you see that he's A) back in the lineup, and B) hitting again.

The 3rd outfielder for the Rangers, David Murphy, after his 2-homer performance last week, has also since slowed down.  He'd love to just have 2 HITS, of any kind, in a game to break out of his slump.

Other cold bats... Florida's Jorge Cantu has one 2-hit game since his 2-homer game last Wednesday night.  Philly's Pat Burrell WAS hot, but not for the last couple of games.  Same with Chase Utley.  We all know Utley will be fantastic again relatively soon.  With Burrell, it's not so certain when his next hot streak will be.  Cincinnati's Jay Bruce is 1-for-his last 16.  Chicago's Carlos Quentin is 1-for-his last 16.  Milwaukee's Corey Hart is in a 1-for-19 slump.  The Cubs' Geovany Soto has also been cold.

Possible sleepers... Atlanta's Brandon Jones is hitting over .400.  KC's Mike Aviles is officially "on the radar," as in he very well might be in next week's Weekly Watch if he can keep his average above .300 for another week.  KC's Kyle Davies is 3-0 for the ROYALS and has pitched extremely well, even though the strikeouts aren't necessarily there.

Major injuries this past week with Alfonso Soriano, Chien-Ming Wang, Victor Martinez...

and of course, Tiger Woods, but that's not fantasy baseball anymore.  I just had to mention Tiger because what he did at the U.S. Open was too incredible not to mention.