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Exactly 13 months ago today, we discussed how Melky Cabrera was part of a
select quartet of players that hadn’t gone hitless in back-to-back
games through the first two months and change of the 2014 season. He
wound up enjoying a tremendous comeback season, proving he was past the
PED scandal.



Cabrera signed with the White Sox this winter and he hasn’t come close
to duplicating his fine 2014. His hits are down, his walks are down and
his speed has evaporated. After getting on base more than 35 percent of
the time last year, Cabrera is barely doing so 30 percent of the time
this season.



Now, the good news: the Melk Man is scorching in July. He homered
Thursday to extend his batting streak to eight games (see video below
for one of the biggest hits of his streak) and improve his slash line
this month to .379/.394/.690 — just as the Sox are heating up, winning
seven of nine. Looking for a second half sleeper? Cabrera could be your
man.







The good news: Houston 3B Luis Valbuena returned to action Thursday
after missing three games with a toe woe. The bad news? He went 0-for-3,
dropping his BA to .201 — fourth worst in the bigs. Still, Valbuena has
clubbed a team-leading 19 dingers — an amazing figure considering he
only has 56 hits in total. You don’t usually see a player like Valbuena
having that high a percentage of homers among his hits; that’s usually
reserved for the Mark McGwires and Barry Bonds of the world.

Fantasy Baseball Notes

• Houston LOOGY Joe Thatcher was enjoying a stellar campaign, but he’s
  been scored on in consecutive outings to see his ERA rise from 2.04 to
  3.44. Wildness has been his undoing this year. Ah, the perils of being a
  specialist reliever.
• Speaking of Astros relievers, how about the job Will Harris has done
  this year? With over a strikeout per inning and a mere 16 hits allowed
  in 34 appearances and 39 2/3 IP, he arguably deserves a spot on the
  All-Star team.
• After seeing essentially full-time at-bats and hitting .293 in 2013,
  OF J.B. Shuck has only received 184 at-bats over the last two seasons
  combined. He deserves more action this year based on his play, but he’s
  been rotting on the pine.

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