Ike Davis had the golden sombrero last night (four strikeouts) and looked awful at the plate; it got so bad the Mets were cheering Davis when he made contact a curveball in the eighth inning. Before the eighth Davis swinged and missed at every curveball Kris Medlen threw in Davis’ first three at-bats. Seriously folks, you should take him out of your lineup.
Despite having a great matchup Tommy Milone got rocked by the Astros. The fantasy community has been touting him as a solid fantasy play because of his 20.6 percent strikeout rate and extremely low walk rate of 4.5 percent. I’m not buy a pitcher whose fastball sits 86-88 mph because can sustain that high of a strikeout rate.
The injury to Jim Henderson did not look. After he threw he 12 pitch and recorded his second out, he fell to the ground holding his right hamstring. If you’re looking for saves Francisco Rodriguez is the guy you want.
In his last four starts David Phelps has a 2.63 ERA, 1.02 WHIP with a 20.8 percent strikeout rate. I wrote about Phelps a week ago for Through the Fence Baseball if you’re interested in more detailed information on Phelps. He was forced to the leave the game after getting hit by a line drive, but it doesn’t appear that bad, but monitor closely.