Indians SP Paul Byrd bounced back from a poor performance in his last start to go 7 1/3 scoreless inning Tuesday against the Athletics. He gave up five hits and recorded seven strikeouts to pick up the win. In his last start at the Yankees, he surrendered five runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Byrd is a great control pitcher, having only five walks in 47 1/3 innings. He can get a little hittable at times, but he usually ends up surprising in Fantasy because of his ability to throw strikes. Think of him as a nice back-of-the-rotation or matchups type in mixed leagues. His next start is scheduled for Tuesday at the White Sox. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Byrd allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a season-high seven in 7 1-3 innings in the Indians' 4-0 win over Oakland on Tuesday. (Updated 05/14/2008)
Advice
Byrd extended the Indians' scoreless streak to 34 innings by their starting staff. The right-hander is 2-3 with a 3.61 ERA in eight starts this season, and has pitched 15 shutout innings in his last two home starts.
Indians SP Paul Byrd bounced back from a poor performance in his last start to go 7 1/3 scoreless inning Tuesday against the Athletics. He gave up five hits and recorded seven strikeouts to pick up the win. In his last start at the Yankees, he surrendered five runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Byrd is a great control pitcher, having only five walks in 47 1/3 innings. He can get a little hittable at times, but he usually ends up surprising in Fantasy because of his ability to throw strikes. Think of him as a nice back-of-the-rotation or matchups type in mixed leagues. His next start is scheduled for Tuesday at the White Sox. (Updated 05/13/2008).
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