Waiver Wire: August 5th

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August 5, 2010

Two scorching hot veteran players to help fill out your roster…

Omar Infante | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | Braves | 16% owned

All Star starter Martin Prado hit the disabled list with a fractured pinky finger earlier this week, forcing fellow All Star Infante into every day duty. That’s definitely not a bad thing though, because he’s hit .369/.396/.418 in his last 150 plate appearances dating back to early June. Over his last seven games he’s up to .438/.471/.500 with multiple hits in six of those contests. You won’t get much in terms of power and run production, but Infante should provide a big time AVG boost and a solid helping of runs scored while providing tremendous flexibility. He’s guaranteed playing time for at least the next week and a half.

Vicente Padilla | SP | Dodgers | 36%

Padilla has been featured in a waiver wire post in each of the last two months, so I figure we might as well do ahead and finish off the trifecta. The former Diamondback two-hit the first place Padres last night, giving him eight consecutive starts with no more than two runs allowed, earned or unearned. His strikeout rate (7.9 K/9) and WHIP (0.77) are better than just rock solid during that stretch as well. For all intents and purposes, Padilla’s been a fantasy ace since the end of June. His next three starts will not be a walk in the park though, he lines up to pitch in Philadelphia, in Atlanta, then at home against the Reds.

Ownership rates based on Yahoo! leagues.

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Mike writes about the Yankees at River Ave. Blues and baseball in general at CBS Sports.

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Tom B
16 years ago

I think “former diamondback” is a bit of a reach since it was… 10 years ago.

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kaveh
16 years ago

What about this Chris Johnson kid? I haven’t seen him mentioned on this site, and he is proving to be very useful since Youk was injured.

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Sweet Lou
16 years ago
Reply to  kaveh

your a week late on CJ

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/third-base-july-27th/

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Kaveh
16 years ago

Thank you. But over the last week since that article was written, the guy has stepped up his game. He has hit 2 HRs over the last 7 days, including 11 rbis, 6 runs, 3 walks and only 3 K’s. I play in a league with 10 batting categories, OPS, K’s, BB’s, all count. I unfortunately lost Youk, but at least over the last week this kid has helped me out. Now the only question is, do i hold on to him, or go with Chase Headley, Gordon Beckam, Chipper, Valencia? Tough call. Youk’s injury, when added to my Catcher Santana and my 1b Howard may have cost me the championship this year. Unless i can find good replacements. Luckily i get Howard back before the playoffs, but the other 2 are gone.

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Sweet Lou
16 years ago

id probably go with Beckam. Maybe Chipper depending on how badly you need OBP. Ride CJ untill he cools off though. And always use Chipper vs the mets. Once he retires the mets might actually win a series at Turner.

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