I have been down on George Sherrill recently mostly because of his lack of control that led to poor performances.  He was still on pace for 40 saves, and was a great sleeper I picked up late in a few leagues.  There was really no indication that he was suffering from injury.  He then wasn’t able to warm up properly on Monday, complained of shoulder soreness, and then was promptly put on the DL.  Sherrill has gone the way of <

Baltimore’s Adam Loewen has decided to give up pitching after suffering through several injuries to his arm and will try to become an outfielder.  Loewen was drafted No. 4 overall in 2002, and was named Baltimore’s top prospect by Baseball American in 2004.  He was rated second best in 2006.  This move is surprising given how rare a move like this is at the major league level, but the successful conversion of Rick Ankiel shows that it can be done.

 

Eight starts, eight wins.  Might as well hand over the National League Cy Young over to Brandon Webb right now.  The Arizona right-hander threw a complete game against the Phillies giving up just three earned runs while striking out four.  He’s the first pitcher in the NL to win his first eight starts since Pedro Martinez did it back in 1997.  Backed by an excellent offense and bullpen, Webb is the best pitcher in fantasy. 

Well, the Rockies didn’t make quite that many changes to their roster, but they were close.  Struggling starter Franklin Morales was demoted to work on his consistency and control leaving a hole in the rotation.  Kip Wells was put on the DL so he couldn’t spot start.  With no other viable candidates, the Rockies completed a trade for Kansas City’s Jorge De La Rosa who will slide into the rotation and pitch on Saturday.  De La Rosa’s been

In 2005, he was the Thanksgiving dinner that makes overeaters vow to never eat again. He was the headache that has the late-night crowd claiming that they will never have another drink. He was New York Mets SP Oliver Perez, who, after a miserable follow-up campaign to his breakout '04 season, had fantasy baseball managers guaranteeing that they would never draft him again. Of course, like those bloated turkey gobblers and cocktail guzzlers, these were promises more often left broken than kept.

Perez was a highly-touted left-handed prospect who came up through the San Diego Padres