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The Pickup Artist: Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson Is Hella Good

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Starting Pitchers Jeremy Hellickson (SP, TB) - 27% Fourteen innings, 13 strikeouts, two walks, two earned runs in his first two major league starts (vs. DET and MIN). If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is. There's a question...

Roto Rush: Another Injured Phillie?

The Phillies made a big move toward securing their second championship in three years when they acquired Roy Oswalt from the Astros, but on Sunday they could have suffered an even bigger loss. Ryan Howard, who has a .292 average and 23 home runs this season, jammed his ankle sliding into second base in Sunday's game...

Fantasy Stream Team: Great Pitching Scheduled for Wednesday

The Stream Team picked up a win on Monday as Madison Bumgarner surrendered only one earned run in 5.2 innings of work. The win was our ninth in 16 tries this month, a very good ratio considering we only stream pitchers available in at least 60 percent of fantasy leagues. We took a bit of a gamble in Tuesday's game, and...

Fantasy Stream Team: Back to Gio

The Stream Team was coming off back-to-back brilliant starts heading into Friday, and Kris Medlen made it three in a row. The Braves pitcher stifled the Tigers offense, allowing just one run in 6.2 innings while striking out five and walking one batter. Medlen gave the Stream Team its third consecutive win, while pushing...

Fantasy Stream Team: Pineiro Dealing

We needed a big game to counter the effects of our terrible streaming performance on Sunday, and we got a huge game on Monday. Gio Gonzalez breezed through seven innings against the Reds, striking out nine batters while allowing four hits, one walk, and no earned runs. Our June ERA is back under 4.00 as a result. Jonathon...

Gio Gonzalez News From the Web

05/29/12 Flores kept out a second game Source: CBSSports.com Bryce Harper hit his second homer in two days, Gio Gonzalez gave up only one hit in seven innings and the Nationals beat the struggling Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Sunday night to complete a three-game sweep.
05/29/12 Gio GonzÃ¡lez Should Be the Cy Young Front-Runner Source: Bleacher Report When the Nationals acquired Gio GonzÃ¡lez from Oakland this offseason, they thought they were getting a solid addition to an ever improving rotation.
05/29/12 Gio Gonzalez calls for more âChicken Mode stuff' Source: D.C. Sports Bog Wilson Ramos's season ending ACL injury and Sandy Leon's trip to the DL means that Jesus Flores leaving Sunday's game with a tight hamstring is a little scary.
05/29/12 Miami Marlins Juan Carlos Oviedo given an 8-week ban Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL Juan Carlos Oviedo , the Marlins relief pitcher formerly known as Leo NuÃ±ez , arrived in South Florida on Monday and was promptly handed an eight-week suspension by Major League Baseball for age and identity fraud.
05/28/12 Stock Watch: Little-known Frieri a revelation for... Source: CBSSports.com Each Monday, after a week of play and of scouring the major leagues for the best information, Jon Heyman passes along tips on whose stock up and whose is on the decline. 1.

Background on Gio Gonzalez

Giovany A. "Gio" González (born September 19, 1985, in Hialeah, Florida) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball.

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