Casualty report
Brian Roberts is supposed to be back in the lineup tonight. Has it been that long alredy? Brandon Phillips seems to have petered out this week. Roberts' return couldn't have come at a better time. Contreras will return on Sunday to pitch against the Cubs. He's been the surprise ace on the staff when healthy. After that, Shef comes back next week. Sheets is going to live on the DL this season, it looks like. I cut Phillips loose today and picked up Tony Armas, Jr, who starts against the O's tomorrow at home. Sexson is finally starting to hit, but there's no accompanying production with it. And I can't forget Hanley Ramirez. He popped out his shoulder a few days ago, and is day to day. He's too good to just cut, and since I have no chance at runs or SBs, it's not much use to disrupt my roster this week.

In the 5x5 league, Berkman and Giambi have nagging injuries. Liriano makes his first start tonight. One funny thing last night, though. I had Hallady starting against the Angels. He pitches 7 innings, giving up 4 runs. He leaves with the game tied, and doesn't figure into the decision, because the Jays failed to score the next inning, which was pitched by Shields, who is also on my team. K-Rod comes in to pitch the ninth with the score still tied. He gets out of that just fine, the Angels fail to score, and he comes in for the 10th inning. Of course, he gives up 4 runs in the top of the 10th, and the Jays win it. How can one have three pitchers appear in a game and get nothing useful out of any of them? It was pretty funny, anyway. Oh, and since the Jays scored four runs, BJ Ryan didn't get a save opportunity for me in the 6x6 league.