From time to time I like to use this space at BoKnowz to showcase some of the baseball research and writing I’m doing for Inside Edge Scouting Services that appears online at ESPN.com Insider.
For today I put together an article on a topic that many fantasy baseball owners might find particularly interesting. I noticed on the schedule today that one of the hottest pitchers in baseball, Brandon Webb, was going to be squaring off with one of the hottest hitters, Chase Utley, when the Phillies visit the Diamondbacks in Phoenix this afternoon. Webb enters the game with a spotless 7-0 record and leads the majors in wins, while Utley leads the majors with 13 home runs. Matchups don’t get much more “marquee” than this.
It got me wondering how the two elite fantasy studs have fared against each other in the past. The first thing I found was that they didn’t face each other at all last year, so I had to go back to 2006 for the most recent data. The second thing I found is that the matchup has been a mismatch thus far and the Inside Edge data I uncovered was pretty startling. Those of you who are logged into your ESPN Insider accounts can click on the screen capture above for details that I think you’ll find life-changing. Too far? Ok, suffice it to say it’s pretty intriguing stuff. I for one am looking forward to seeing what transpires when the NL Cy Young front-runner faces the NL MVP front-runner (yes, I know it’s not even Memorial Day yet) this afternoon.
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