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Roto Rush: Fasten Your Seatbelts, It's Call-Up and Shut Down Time

Poppin' out of the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Before we get our heaping of box score browsing, let's look at a related subject: The fantasy baseball stretch run. With the annual ushering in of September baseball, we see roster...

Roto Rush: Carlos Pena's Power Surge

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.When you select Carlos Pena in fantasy baseball, you know you aren't getting batting average help. Still, his career-low .223 mark this year was well below expectations, and up until...

Roto Rush: Mat Latos Adjusting to Bigs

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.A few weeks ago we discussed the possibility of the Padres promoting 21-year-old phenom Mat Latos. Well, he now has four major league starts under his belt, and, needless to say, he's...

Padres Might Promote Pitching Prospect

It's been quite the whirlwind season for Mat Latos, the top pitching prospect in the San Diego Padres' system. He began all the way down in low Single-A ball with the Fort Wayne Wizards -- three full levels from the major leagues. After dominating for 25 1/3 innings (3-0, 0.36 ERA, 27 strikeouts, 3 walks), he bypassed...

Don't Sleep on Pitcher Turnarounds

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.By the looks of his season stats, you wouldn't know that Jordan Zimmermann has actually been one of the most dominant pitchers in the majors over the past month. We're talking a 1.90...

MatLatos News From the Web

05/28/12 MLB Power Rankings 2012: Early-Season Underachievers... Source: Bleacher Report Major League Baseball teams bear the burden of playing almost every day for six straight months.
05/27/12 Guthrie's short start hurts Rockies vs. Reds Source: Times Bulletin - Van Wert OH "I'm mindful of the bullpen's workload," Tracy said.
05/22/12 Beachy eyes another win in Cincy Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL The Indiana-born Beachy racked up seven wins in 28 starts across his initial two years with the Braves since he signed as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
05/17/12 Titanic Struggle Recap: Choose Your Expletive Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH He's now hitting .317/.466/.595 on the year.
05/17/12 Reds 4, Mets 3 after 6 1/2 Source: Cincinnati Reds - Cincinnati.com Mat Latos is keeping the Reds in the game lately.