Atomic RoadRunners | Andrew Flynn’s High-Energy Fantasy Baseball

Brandon Webb had a second straight rough outing Sunday, allowing eight runs — six earned — in 3 1/3 innings against the Dodgers. Despite facing weaker offenses, Webb has allowed 14 runs in eight innings over his last two starts. His previous outing against the Padres didn’t raise any red flags, but he walked five and looked pretty pedestrian tonight. If his shoulder is bothering him again, the Diamondbacks are in trouble. (Rotoworld)

Cardinals SP Todd Wellemeyer (11-6) went seven innings and allowed one run and four hits Sunday against the Astros, but couldn’t get any run support as he took the loss during a 3-0 win for Houston. Wellemeyer, who struck out four, allowed his only run on a RBI single by Hunter Pence. Wellemeyer should have won for the fourth time in five starts instead of losing his second straight outing. Wellemeyer has not allowed more than four runs in his last eight starts and is starting to look solid on the hill once again. He can be treated as a No. 4 Fantasy SP in mixed leagues. His next scheduled start is for Saturday against the Marlins. (CBS Sports)

Jody Gerut was held out of Saturday’s starting lineup due to a sprained middle finger. Gerut also missed Friday and will likely be out until Monday. He apparently suffered the injury on a stolen base attempt during Wednesday’s game. “Hopefully, each day it gets a little better. We’ll see how he is tomorrow. But I’m not hopeful,” manager Bud Black said. (Rotoworld)

Brewers 1B Prince Fielder had two singles and one RBI in five at-bats Sunday against the Pirates. He also scored once. Fielder is 7-for-30 (.233) with five RBI in his last seven games. Fielder hasn’t done a lot at the plate since mid-August and hasn’t had a homer since Aug. 13. Still, he has enough offensive potential that you can’t afford to sit him in Fantasy for fear of breaking out. (CBS Sports)

Overall Standings

Rank Team                Batting Pitching Total Dif  Behind
---- ------------------- ------- -------- ----- ---- ------
 1   Atomic Roadrunners  43.0    37.5     80.5  -2.0 0.0
 2   X-Men               33.0    38.0     71.0  -2.0 9.5
 3   Shoeless Jews       30.5    34.5     65.0  4.5  15.5
 4   Stanimals           23.5    35.0     58.5  1.5  22.0
 5   Goodfellas          36.0    21.0     57.0  0.5  23.5
 6   The Pi Train        25.0    27.5     52.5  -0.5 28.0
 7   Uncle Lester        11.0    39.0     50.0  0.5  30.5
 8   Cover Zero          27.0    16.0     43.0  -1.0 37.5
 9   Get Off Kong!       28.0    12.5     40.5  0.5  40.0
 10  Misogynistic Padres 18.0    14.0     32.0  -2.0 48.5

Yesterday's Stats

Atomic Roadrunners Players Yesterday (8/31/08)
Player                       BA HR R RBI   SB
------------------------ ------ -- - --- ----
Dickerson, Chris OF CIN  0.2500  0 2   0    1
Fielder, Prince 1B MIL   0.4000  0 1   1    0
Gerut, Jody RF SD        0.0000  0 0   0    0
Hart, Corey C. RF MIL    0.2500  0 2   0    0
Headley, Chase 3B SD     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Iannetta, Chris C COL    1.0000  0 0   1    0
Jones, Chipper 3B ATL    0.0000  0 0   0    0
Moss, Brandon OF PIT     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN 0.0000  0 0   0    0
Reyes, Jose B. SS NYM    0.4000  0 1   1    1
Sandoval, Pablo C SF     0.5000  0 1   0    0
Teixeira, Mark 1B ANA    0.5000  0 1   1    0
Theriot, Ryan SS CHC     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Victorino, Shane CF PHI  0.4000  0 1   0    0

Atomic Roadrunners Players Yesterday (8/31/08)
Player                      ERA  K S   W WHIP
------------------------ ------ -- - --- ----
Webb, Brandon SP ARI      16.20  3 0   0 3.90
Wellemeyer, Todd SP STL    1.29  4 0   0 0.57