J.J. Putz blew another save in glorious fashion, giving up a home run to Pablo Sandoval with a runner on second base. It seems as though the consensus amongst fantasy pundits is David Hernandez is the next inline, but I still believe its Heath Bell because he’s “done it before.”

After three solid starts Roy Halladay had a blowup start giving up 8 earned runs, 9 hits, 2 walks and only 3 strikeouts in 3.2 innings. The big issue was command and the quality of stuff. All three home runs came on cutters in the middle of the plate; almost all the contact the Indians put in play was hard and loud. This start also shows how much disparity there between the level of competition between the AL and NL. His next starts are: Miami, @Arizona and Cincinnati. I’m starting him at Miami, but I’m leaving him on my bench after that.

I loved Edwin Jackson’s matchup against the Padres, one of the lowest scoring teams in the Majors (22nd overall). Despite the favorable matchup Jackson got lit up for 8 runs, 11 hits, 2 walks and 8 earned runs. His fastball command was awful, especially to left handed batters, leaving a lot of them in the middle of the zone. So far this season Jackson has the highest strikeout rate of his career (21.7 percent), but also has the highest walk rate (10.8 percent) since 2007. His .444 BABIP is sure to regress and all the underlying numbers support he’s been unlucky. He’s generating the most ground balls of his career (55 percent) and his swing and miss rate is the same as it has been the past four seasons

Jon Lester had his worst start of the year, giving  up 5 earned runs, 6 hits, 2 walks in 6 innings. Another poor start came from Brandon Maurer as he was only able to last 4 innings. Both suffered from poor command, but Maruer’s start was the most concerning as he his fastball velocity was 1 mph lower than all his previous starts. Because the command of his fastball was so poor he tried to take a little off it in order to try to throw strikes, but it didn’t work.