#Shotsfriday

                The game has become a 2 horse race right now. @MLBConnoisseur picked a winner with his lefty hitters against Yankee Stadium. Curtis Granderson gained the 4th long ball of the year for himself but the amazing tenth for The Connoisseur. The only feat that may be as impressive is @TomWyliehart going 6 for 6 in #Shotsfriday picks. He was successful having 2 selections. One of his selections was Curtis Granderson as well keeping the 6 for 6 with 6 different picked players still alive. He added a freebie with Miguel Cabrera. With those picks Granderson ties Dunn with 5 on the player board and @Tomwyliehart has 9. This should be an interesting race to the finish. Make sure to get your own picks in using #Shotsfriday on twitter and earn your own shout out.

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Time Machine Starters 400-490 points

Scott Erickson 2000- Quick trivia: who has the most GB outs on their chart? Erickson is impressive but he is beat by Mike Morgan (9) and Jimmy Anderson (10). Scott Erickson does have an impressive 8 GB outs on his chart. Morgan is a 0 and Anderson is 1 control to give some perspective. Erickson is a 4, 1-15 out for 400 points and he can pitch 7 innings. In that regard no player has the double-play as such a weapon as Erickson. Erickson had a good career but nothing to write home about. In Showdown he is a bit of a double-play legend.

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MLB Showdown 2011: 400-490 point pitchers

            Not only did the elite guys have great years last year but the whole league pitched better then normal. Today we are talking about players from 400-490 points. These are not ace pitchers but guys who could easily throw really good games. Hard to describe these guys with any sort of story but when the name shows up you will all have stories of your own. These are all guys we hope to see make the jump to the Ace Club next year. I will spot light James Shields season as just the horse of the league. He had a huge part to do with the Rays making the playoffs again. He is putting himself up there as one of the great grinders in the game. Watch the kid pitch a few times, it is something. Now let us see what we have in our mid level market.

Derek Holland	6	450	6	0	20	17-19	15-16	11-14	7-10	3-6	1-2
Aaron Harang	6	450	6	0	20	17-19	15-16	10-14	7-9	3-6	1-2
Ivan Nova	6	400	5	0	19-20	18	16-17	12-15	6-11	3-5	1-2

Jamie Garcia	5	450	6	0	20	18-19	16-17	12-15	7-11	3-6	1-2
Yovani Gallardo	5	450	6	0	20	18-19	16-17	12-15	9-11	3-8	1-2
Shaun Marcum	5	450	6	0	20	17-19	16	11-15	8-10	3-7	1-2
Dillon Gee	5	440	5	0	20	18-19	16-17	11-15	7-10	3-6	1-2
Brandon Beachy	5	430	5	0	20	17-19	16	11-15	10	3-9	1-2

Justin Masterson	4	480	7	0	20	18-19	17	14-16	8-13	3-7	1-2
Randy Wolfs	4	480	7	0	20	18-19	17	10-16	7-9	3-6	1-2
Jeremy Hellickson	4	470	6	0	20	19	18	10-17	7-9	3-6	1-2
Scott Baker	4	470	6	0	0	18-20	17	10-16	8-9	3-7	1-2
Chris Carpenter	4	460	7	0	20	17-19	0	13-16	8-12	3-7	1-2
Gio Gonzalez	4	460	6	0	20	19	17-18	12-16	8-11	3-7	1-2
Jon Lester	4	450	6	0	20	18-19	17	14-16	9-13	3-8	1-2
Bruce Chen	4	440	6	0	20	18-19	17	10-16	6-9	3-5	1-2
Daniel Hudson	4	440	7	0	19-20	18	17	12-16	8-11	3-7	1-2
Matt Harrison	4	440	6	0	20	18-19	17	12-16	7-11	3-6	1-2
Javiar Vazquez	4	440	6	0	20	18-19	17	10-16	7-9	3-6	1-2
Mark Buehrle	4	420	6	0	20	17-19	0	11-16	6-10	3-5	1-2

Matt Garza	3	480	6	0	0	19-20	18	13-17	9-12	3-8	1-2
Madison Bumgarner	3	480	6	0	0	18-20	0	13-17	9-12	3-8	1-2
Johnny Cueto	3	470	6	0	0	18-20	0	15-17	8-14	3-7	1-2
Wandy Rodriguez	3	460	6	0	20	19	18	12-17	8-11	3-7	1-2
Ryan Volegson	3	450	5	0	20	19	0	13-18	7-12	3-6	1-2
Brandon McCarthy	3	440	6	0	20	18-19	0	12-17	7-11	3-6	1-2

James Shields

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19

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11-13

3-10

1-2

#Shotsfriday

              We need some fresh blood folks. The pros have taken over the leader board. Find your friends and get them to play #shotsfriday to keep the pros from running away with this one. As incentive to keep the this somewhat competitive I will give 1 extra pick to anyone who has a friend send in a pick to #shotsfriday this week. Have them tag you and you get to pick 2 instead of 1. They also get their own pick (for their own score). Now for the reason for my outburst. A humble Dr Juice @Markrom3 scored some sweet revenge with his pick of Hanley Ramirez against his former team the Marlins. Hanley's first and number 4 for the Doctor. Now to the impressive feats by our pros. @MLBConnoisseur scored his second Single-Double Shot. He had the single from Giancarlo Stanton, A free pick. This was Stanton's second shot of the year. He also scored the double shot with Adam Dunn's pair. That makes a crazy 9 shots for the Connoisseur on the year. The only feat that may rival this is another one of our pros. Brahmin, The Creator, A man I first met on a mountain near Jerusalem praying to God for forgiveness for the Saracen blood he had spilled, @Tomwyliehart. This man has an unrivaled 5 for 5 streak going on the year. 5 weeks, 5 different players with a homer. No one else has more then two on the year consecutively. Here is the kicker, He picked Adam Dunn as well for the double shot. Still not impressed? He had Miguel Cabrera last week so he got him free this week. Dunn now has 5 on the year to lead the player board, Cabrera has 2. @Tomwyliehart has 7 shots in 5 weeks. Send in the picks boys to #shotsfriday because it is becoming a 2 horse race at the top.