Hinske

Eric Hinske (1B/OF) of the Rays is starting the season with a sweet stroke reminiscent of his rookie of the year award from 2002. He's hitting .342 with 4HR's and 7RBI's. Hinske should be picked up in deeper leagues which utilize a Corner or a deep bench.

With the young and highly touted Rays 2008 lineup, Everyone in this lineup has a chance to produce some nice numbers.

Longoria

Highly touted Evan Longoria a 3B for the Rays was called up to the big team. All the owners who drafted Longoria and for some who took him a few rounds too early should be extremely happy with this turn of events. Even though Longoria wasn't hitting well in the minors to start the year, .200AVG, he was still called up.

Owners should put him into your lineups ASAP. This kid can hit just as long as he starts to get comfortable in his new surroundings in Tampa.

Starters Review

E. Jackson of the Rays had a great start and is adding to a nice start to this season. His season stats so far...14IP, 7H, 1ER, 6BB, 10K, with a 0.64ERA. Go out and grab this pitcher for your roster before someone else in your league does. Always ride out hot streaks with pitchers and make sure to kick them to the waiver wire when they fall.

K. Millwood of the Rangers has come into the 2008 season with a strong stats (21IP, 19H, 3ER, 9BB, 11K, and a 1.29ERA) but is getting killed by his teammates with 2 losses. Advice...this is a nice start and like Jackson, pick him up and ride out his hot streak.

S. Marcum of the Blue Jays had an amazing 2007 and now is tearing up 2008 with a stat line of 14IP, 9H, 4ER, 2BB, 16K, and a 2.57ERA. With Halladay, Burnett, Mcgowan, and Marcum...the blue Jays have a crazy rotation when they are all kicking. Marcum should be in all rotations as your 3 starter.

D. Eveland the lefty from the A's is throwing something, something sweet. Stat line of 13.1IP, 9H, 1ER, 4BB, 13K, and an ERA of 0.69. Go out and grab this pitcher for his next start. Ride the hot streak.

K. Correira of the Giants is pitching well but with a team like the Giants behind him don't expect too many wins. He should be considered for your team only on a start to start basis.

Garza

Officially on the DL. Owners, DROP him.

Note: I'm speaking of Matt Garza.

pena

carlos pena of the Rays is still pounding balls out of the park at a nice pace. He's at 3HR so far and is picking up where he left off last season.

High Hopes

Going into this season I had very high hopes for Matt Garza of the Rays and Chad Billingsley of the Dodgers. Looking at their stats so far this season show my high hopes were just high hopes.

Garza - 2GS, 8IP, 12H, 8ER, 5BB, 5K, and 2HR
Billingsley - 4.1IP, 8H, 5ER, 4BB, 3K, and 1HR

Upside doesn't always turn out to be top stats.

PS. High hopes was for them being your 4 starter.

Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy of the Yankess had a disastrous opening game against the up and coming Rays, throwing a 2.1IP, 4H, 6ER, 4BB, and 2K. Owners should only have him on their teams if you have a large bench. There are better players out there to have on your team than Kennedy.