-- Gordon Beckham is now the clear frontrunner for AL Rookie of the Year. Aside from the fact that Jeff Neimann is second in the AL in run support per start, Beckham is tearing it up at the plate, hitting over .300 for the year while playing a new position. He got mad love from Derek Jeter this weekend and will continue to rake. He has been a fantastic find on the waiver wire and has shut up Ozzie, who wasn't thrilled about his call up when it first happened. Hopefully, you took a chance on him and withstood the horrific start he had. If you did, you should reap the benefits.

-- -- If I had a vile of poison to hand out, the Tampa Bay Rays would be my first option. Owning James Shields, I have been so frustrated/annoyed/disgusted by their lack of run support for him. Sure, he has been less than dominant at times, but yesterday he took a no-no into the seventh. Score at the time? 0-0. They couldn't even scratch a run off Brian Bannister. In the seventh, Shields gave up a couple, only one earned, but sufficiently melted down to the point that he couldn't finish the inning and perhaps eke out a win. What are they doing today? Yes, tearing up the ass of one Zach Greinke. Screw you and your crappy dome, Rays.

-- Did you pick up Mat Latos like I told you? He's only good for four or five more starts, but take them and run with them. Then drop him in non-keeper leagues and find someone else. More on that in a few weeks.

-- Told you Scott Downs was down. Nobody else to turn to, Bob? How's about Jason Frasor? Frasor has already been rostered in most competitive leagues and should be the guy from here on out. Accardo and League should get the 7th/8th.

-- If Adrian Beltre is on your waiver wire, he should be picked up if you have the room. He might have a spell left in him as he plays for a contract next year. No doubt he's better than the schlubs Wakamatsu has had to throw out there in his absence.

-- Clayton Richard had a nice debut for the Padres over the weekend. He's another matchup-worthy starter in daily leagues. In other Padre news, Luke Gregerson and Mike Adams have settled into the "Bridge to Heath Bell." This is not quite the Bridge to Nowhere, but it is fairly close.

-- Hopefully, the trade deadline didn't dink you as much as it did to some of us around here. But ideally you can avoid that clusterfuck that is the Red Sox corner situation. Unless you have all of them (Lowell, Youkilis, Martinez, Kotchmann, Varitek) AND a pipeline into the mind of Terry Francona, what you have is a  headache. Yahoo leaguers can handle this if you are ultra-vigilant, but for CBS leaguers this is a nightmare. Good luck with that, Sawx fans.

--The clear winners of the trade deadline activity from a fantasy standpoint are Matt Holliday owners, while the losers are Jake Peavy owners. But if you own Peavy, chances are you already consider this a (partially) wasted draft pick. I think the best-case scenario is a couple of late season starts against some teams populated with September call-ups. If you own him in keeper leagues, hold onto him, pray for a healthy spring training and hope for some dominant April starts. It is impossible to hit in Chicago in April, so you may be able to recoup some value down the road. Until then, see how it plays out.

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