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Last year’s NL MVP, Jimmy Rollins, has been on abit of a cold streak of late.  In the last 7 days, he’s batting a measly 0.120 with 0 HRs, 0 runs, and only 2 RBIs.  Very un-MVP like and the Phillies are suffering because of that.  However, given Rollins history, it’s not something to worry too much about as I’m sure he’ll back back to his old self of hitting HRs, driving in RBIs, hitting for average and stealing bases in short order.

On the pitching side, Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks is showing his age.  He hasn’t won a game since mid-May and has been on the wrong side of a 5 game losing streak.  He’s carrying an ERA over 6 during that time and has given up 4 HRs.  One thing that he’s still consistent with is strikeouts, but you can get strikeouts from other pitchers that won’t kill your ERA and get you some wins.  I think Johnson is at the end of the line … on the fantasy side, you would want to trade him away to someone who may still hold some sentimental connection to the future hall of famer!

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It may be too early (it’s only been a week) but it looks like Cito Gaston has worked his magic on the Toronto Blue Jays bats.  An offense that was anemic for the whole month of June, has woken up and scored over 5 runs in 5 of the 8 games since his return.   With a rock solid pitching staff that has been dominating the AL, this maybe the one-two punch that all Jays fans have been waiting for to bring the team back to contention.

However, it’s too early to say, but it’s nice to be pleasantly surprised by the quick turnaround.  Now lets see if Cito can straighten out Burnett … but that maybe even wishful thinking!

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So the Jays took it back to the glory days by bringing back Cito Gaston as their manager.  As a Blue Jays fan, I’m not too sure how to feel about this.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Cito and I don’t think he gets due credit for bringing back to back World Championships to Toronto in the early 90’s.  However, that was in the 90s, and Cito hasn’t managed a team since.

The biggest problem with the Jays is that the can’t hit, and I don’t think bringing back Cito will change that.  Here’s hoping that I’m wrong …

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