More Pitching Help: David Hernandez

4 starts, 2 wins, no losses, 7 earned runs, 11 strikeouts - solid. Not the best line ever, especially with the low amount of strikeouts, but 7 runs in 25+ innings is great. The above line is for Baltimore Pitcher, 24 year old right hander, David Hernandez. His bad outings have not been too bad (never given up more then 5 runs - and that was only once). His other outings are good and even great. 6 starts in a row now with 3 runs given up or less. His last test was against the Red Sox, he gave up only 1 run, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts in 7 innings. I'm sure Baltimore was happy, and the 1% or so who own him in fantasy are also happy. Keeper leagues always want to watch a promising young pitcher - David Hernandez qualifies. Shallow leagues will want to see if he keeps up the solid work - even then he may not be good enough to trump other established pitchers. Deep leagues could do much worse. -Scout Monkey

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