Yesterday,
Reid Detmers went 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.62, as he threw an immaculate inning. Ya know what? There's a lotta immaculate innings this year. I bet Rob Manfred has them using an immaculate inning ball. Detmers now has two huge starts this year (he no-hit the Rays earlier in the year) built around a rough patch, surrounding a demotion that was tagged "Fixer-upper," and upper he fixer'd. Since he was recalled from his demotion, he's been essentially lights-out (24 IP, 3 ER, 31 Ks). There was 9 BBs in those 24 IP, which is still a concern, but he looks like he's on the standard path of ugly rookie year (last year), up-and-down year two (that's right now) and next year will be the real breakout. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball: