Beckett, Manny beat Moose and Yankees

Josh Beckett follows up a decent start with an 8 inning 6 hits 3 runs 5 K win at the New York Yankees. Considering the line was against the Yankees fantasy owners must be extremely pleased. Papelbon though had some trouble, giving up 2 runs and not getting the save.

Manny Ramirez continues his resurgence. I had a feeling he would strike back big this year after a subpar 2007. You cannot always say contract year = better year (Andruw Jones last year), but in the case of Manny it makes sense to me. Batting well over .320 with 5 HR's (2 tonight) and is on pace for a shitload of RBI. Despite his poor year last year you still probably had to draft him high though, but be happy with these stats they will probably continue to come.

Especially if David Ortiz continues to hit .100. Another 0-5 night tonight for big DO. With all the word about his injuries he may have to sit for a while on the DL to get his game back. He is doing owners no good now because he forces owners to play him but the power is not there and he is not even getting singles. Still you have to think at some point he breaks out of it, so if you have a DO owner in your league who is getting tired of his ways, try to pounce if you can get him 70 cents on the dollar or better.

For the Yankees, Jeter has been back getting multiple hits in each game until this game (but he still had one, with 2 RBI). While I always think he is overrated in fantasy baseball with his lack of power and steals (lots of runs in that lineup though) the SS position does not have too many consistent cogs after the guys who are drafted in the top 10. Tulowitski is batting below .150 with no power, but remember Garrett Atkins started off similarly last year but with the help of some monster games in Coors Field the stats got back up to normal. Expect a decline for Tulo from last year but not as unreasonable as they are now.