I don’t want to believe a word I read by anyone in the New York Mets organization.  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, I’m in minayal.  As the definition states, “Denial of the truth by a GM – either disingenuously to the press or, even sadder, they believe the lie.  Includes denial of player injuries, trade rumors, manager firings, etc.  Example, “If it weren’t for the Mets being in such minayal, Reyes would be on the DL and I could have an empty bench spot on my team!”  Related adjective is Riccardulous.”  So with that said, Jose Reyes was cleared to return to action.  I haven’t been as interested by something I’ve read in the New York Post since they so delicately handled a recent crisis with the headline, “Holy Shiite!”  Could Reyes really be good to go?  I sure as heckfire hope so since I’ve drafted him already on a few teams.  As I’ve maintained since he went down, this wasn’t another leg injury.  It was his thyroid.  It might phonetically sound like it’s located in the leg, but it’s not.  Omar says Reyes could be ready for Opening Day.  My best guess is he’ll miss the first week and a half and by May you won’t even remember he missed any time.  I say grab him, hopefully I’m not in minayal.  Anyway, here’s some more fantasy baseball news:

Albert Pujols – Went for an MRI with a sore back.  The New York Post said, “Pujols is full of Shiite!”  Actually, they didn’t.  But could one day.  Pujols played last season with one working elbow.  I’m not too concerned about a sore back.

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Last week’s borderline starters post netted a 3.22 ERA if you started Justin Masterson, even though I said I wouldn’t start him unless your situation was dire.  So if you didn’t start him, you had a 2.71 ERA from the guys I pointed out last week.  You also had 47 Ks in 63 innings with 4 Wins.  And Harrison Ford’s a quarter Jewish.  Not too shabby.  Anyway, here’s some borderline starters I might gamble on depending on your situation this week in fantasy baseball:

Monday, September 21st

Wade LeBlanc – He gets the Pirates.  Do I have to say more?  No, I really don’t.

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September 1st may mean autumn is around the corner for meteorologists, but you’re not Sam Champion, are you?  No, of course you’re not.  He’s handsome.  For us in the fantasy baseball trenches, September 1st means rosters expand and rookies are called up.  Unlike the September hitter call ups we went over yesterday, I’d use kid gloves with these call ups.  As Paula Dean might say, pitchers can hurt you, ya’ll.  If you need to take a flier on a rookie pitcher, tread carefully, young Razzball reader.  Anyway, here’s some potential September call ups to keep your eye on for fantasy baseball, the pitchers:

Aaron Poreda – I’m crazy for HodgePadres, what can I say?  Actually, I just said it.  But even I’d be careful with Poreda.  In NL-Only leagues, yes, please.  Elsewhere, maybe home matchups.

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