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Tue. Pregame Baseball Notes

Three day games are underway, so this is a little late. Still, here's what I'll be watching for tonight and thoughts on daily lineups (for SnapDraft and other daily games):

-Paul Janish is starting for the Reds with Alex Gonzalez out. Worthy of picking up in NL-only leagues?

-Guys who may return from injury: Jermaine Dye, Khalil Greene, Garrett Anderson, Ryan Braun and Kevin Youkilis.

-Does Koji Uehara bounce back after leaving his last start after getting hit by a comebacker in the chest?

-Does Jorge Posada go on the DL with a hamstring injury?

-Is Brad Ziegler ready to return from an illness?

-Any chance we see Luis Montanez (thumb) in a game? In a deep AL-only league, he may be a regular starter over Felix Pie if he was healthy.

-Kenshin Kawakami had his start pushed back a few days due to a sore shoulder and was hit hard his last outing. How does he fare? I kept him in my lineup this week since he has two starts.  Lots of red flags for this outing.

Here's my SnapDraft lineup:

C JoeMauer - MIN @ DET  - Tue @7:05 PM    $2,610,000
1B Albert Pujols - STL vs. PHI - Tue @8:15 PM    $3,670,000
2B Chase Utley - PHI @ STL - Tue @8:15 PM    $3,040,000
3B Chipper Jones - ATL vs. NYM-Tue @7:10 PM    $2,880,000
SS Yunel Escobar - ATL vs. NYM -Tue @7:10 PM    $1,720,000
OF Carlos Beltran - NYM @ ATL - Tue @7:10 PM    $3,520,000
OF Manny Ramirez - LAD vs. ARZ-Tue @10:10 PM    $3,140,000
OF Matt Holliday - OAK vs. LAA - Tue @10:05 PM    $3,490,000
P Dallas Braden - OAK vs. LAA - Tue @10:05 PM    $1,130,000
Chris Volstad - FLA vs. CIN - Tue @7:10 PM    $1,070,000

It's a tough SnapDraft slate because not many top starters are available in the game due to early start times (Oswalt, Garza) and I couldn't bring myself to take either starter in the BOS-NYY game. I wanted to start as many Braves as possible against Livan Hernandez, but Kelly Johnson is risky to start at second base these days (getting benched for no real reason) and Brian McCann isn't off the DL yet (expected to return Friday, but let's see how he does with new glasses on Wed.). And there are not really any Braves' OF worth taking in this game (I guess I could have gambled on Jeff Francoeur). My team stunk last night because the starts I took aside from good matchups didn't produce. That will happen in daily games.