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Fantasy Stream Team: Brian Matusz

We've finally done it. After a week of winless starts, the Stream Team finally reached the 70-win mark thanks to the performance of Madison Bumgarner, who pitched five innings of one-run ball on Thursday and struck out seven batters. Rick Porcello gets the next Stream Team start on Friday, and we have just two picks left...

Fantasy Stream Team: Brian Matusz's Short Night and Wednesday's Pick

Stream Team pick Brian Matusz suffered a left triceps contusion on a comebacker to the mound and had to leave Monday's game much earlier than anticipated. The injury led to Matusz pitching just one innings, giving up two hits and striking out one batter while allowing no runs. Things happen that you can't anticipate. My...

Fantasy Stream Team: Blanton, Matusz, Narveson or Gee?

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner submitted an excellent Stream Team performance on Saturday, holding the Padres to one run on three hits and no walks in seven innings. Unfortunately, he was the loser of a 1-0 game, so we're still stuck on two wins for the month. Ian Kennedy is our streamer Sunday. Of the 22 pitchers...

Roto Rush: Ted Lilly Loves Los Angeles

When it comes to adjusting to a new team, and a new city, it's not supposed to be as easy as Ted Lilly is making it seem. Since coming over to the Dodgers from the Cubs, Lilly has made four starts and won them all. But it's the convincing fashion in which he's hurling that's really impressive. In his last two starts Lilly...

Roto Rush: Is Drew Stubbs the Next Grady Sizemore?

You know, we saw this coming. Drew Stubbs, the eighth overall pick in the 2006 draft, had a fine year last year, his first in the big leagues. Playing his first game with Cincinnati on August 19, Stubbs went on to smack eight homers and steal 10 bases over 180 at-bats. Multiply those numbers by three, and Stubbs was on...

Brian Matusz News From the Web

05/24/12 Baltimore Orioles: Who Moves When Zach Britton Returns? Source: Bleacher Report Zach Britton is scheduled to make his first rehab start on Saturday and if all goes well he could be promoted to the Majors immediately, making one wonder who he should replace in the Orioles rotation.
05/23/12 Daily Hit List: Wednesday, May 23 by Matthew Kory Source: Baseball Prospectus If you took the highest-scoring offense in the American League and paired it with the best run-preventing pitching and defense in the American League, you'd call that team the Rangers.
05/22/12 Roundup: Slumping Pena homers, Rays beat Toronto Source: USA Today ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Slumping Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer during a five-run fourth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5 on Tuesday night.
05/22/12 Red Sox Live Blog: Sox Hitters Struggling to Solve... Source: NESN The Red Sox look to be a bit befuddled by Matusz's pitches on the night, not finding a way to really drive the ball.
05/22/12 Red Sox Live Blog: Brian Matusz Strikes Out David... Source: NESN Brian Matusz made quick work of the Red Sox to start the game on Tuesday.