There were two cool highlights from MLB the past couple of days.

First, check out this fan making a one-handed catch with a hat while holding a baby in the other hand:

Then, check out the Royals having fun in the snow:

– Rick Green

Here’s a look at Saturday’s starting pitchers:

AL
Minnesota (Correia 3-1) at Cleveland (Kazmir 0-1), 1:05 p.m.
Oakland (Colon 3-0) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 0-2), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 2-1) at Toronto (Dickey 2-4), 1:07 p.m.
Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-1), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-1) at Kansas City (Guthrie 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 3-0) at Houston (Harrell 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Boston (Lackey 1-1) at Texas (Ogando 2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 1-2) at Colorado (Garland 2-2), 8:10 p.m.
NL
Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-4), 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 4-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-1), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Fernandez 0-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 1-2) at Colorado (Garland 2-2), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (Corbin 3-0) at San Diego (Richard 0-3), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Magill 0-0) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-2), 9:05 p.m.

Here’s who I like and don’t like:
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First game Friday is 2:20, so set your lineups early. Here’s a look at the pitchers:
AL
Minnesota (P.Hernandez 1-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-2), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Griffin 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-2), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-2) at Toronto (Romero 0-0), 7:07 p.m.
Boston (Doubront 3-0) at Texas (D.Holland 1-2), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-1) at Kansas City (Guthrie 3-0), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Fister 4-0) at Houston (B.Norris 3-3), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (M.Moore 5-0) at Colorado (Francis 1-2), 8:40 p.m.
Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 0-3), 10:05 p.m.
NL
Cincinnati (Leake 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-1), 2:20 p.m.
Miami (Nolasco 2-2) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Detwiler 1-2) at Pittsburgh (A.Burnett 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Marcum 0-2) at Atlanta (Minor 3-2), 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis (S.Miller 3-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 1-2), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (M.Moore 5-0) at Colorado (Francis 1-2), 8:40 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 2-0) at San Diego (Marquis 2-2), 10:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2) at San Francisco (Zito 3-1), 10:15 p.m.

Here’s who I like and don’t:
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Former Erie SeaWolves reliever Bruce Rondon only registered one out for the Detroit Tigers against the Minnesota Twins Wednesday.
The Tigers reliever entered the seventh inning and gave up two runs, two hits and two walks.
After the game, the Tigers sent Rondon to Triple-A Toledo.
In other moves, the Tigers reinstated former SeaWolves outfielder Avisail Garcia from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Toledo.

– Rick Green

Did you miss the Indians’ big win against the Phillies Tuesday?

Want to see highlights of all seven home runs again?

Ryan Raburn (twice), Carlos Santana, Mark Reynolds, Lonnie Chisenhall, Drew Stubbs and Michael Brantley all went deep.

Here they are:

– Rick Green

Starling Marte’s two-run shot against the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning got things going for the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday afternoon:

Then Brandon Inge put the Pirates up 5-4. Check out Rickie Weeks’ boot on the play on this link.

– Rick Green

Thursday’s a light day in the majors, but there still are some matchups favorable to the fantasy baseball player:
AL
Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 1-4) at Kansas City (E.Santana 3-1), 2:10 p.m.
Boston (Dempster 1-2) at Toronto (Happ 2-1), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 3-1) at Texas (Grimm 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 1-2) at Houston (Lyles 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 0-4), 10:05 p.m.
NL
San Diego (Stults 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 2-1), 2:20 p.m.
Miami (Sanabia 2-3) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Haren 2-3) at Atlanta (Medlen 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Westbrook 1-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Here are the players I like and don’t:
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Here’s a look at Tuesday’s starting pitchers in daily transaction leagues:
AL
Houston (Humber 0-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Worley 0-3) at Detroit (Verlander 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Lester 4-0) at Toronto (Morrow 0-2), 7:07 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 2-2) at Cleveland (McAllister 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-0) at Texas (Darvish 4-1), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 3-1) at Kansas City (Shields 1-2), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 1-1) at Oakland (Parker 0-4), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Hammel 3-1) at Seattle (Maurer 2-3), 10:10 p.m.

NL
N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-2) at Miami (Slowey 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 2-2) at Cleveland (McAllister 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 2-1) at Atlanta (Hudson 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 0-3), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-2) at Milwaukee (Estrada 2-1), 8:10 p.m
Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 2-1), 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-0) at Arizona (Cahill 1-3), 9:40 p.m.
Colorado (J.De La Rosa 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 2-1), 10:10 p.m.
Here’s who to start and avoid:
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A little lighter schedule for Monday if you’re streaming starting pitchers in your fantasy baseball league:
AL
Houston (Harrell 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Pelfrey 2-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 2-0), 7:08 p.m.
Cleveland (U.Jimenez 0-2) at Kansas City (W.Davis 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Hanson 2-1) at Oakland (Straily 1-0), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Britton 0-0) at Seattle (J.Saunders 1-3), 10:10 p.m.
NL
N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 1-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Richard 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-4), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 2-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Latos 1-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 4-1), 8:15 p.m.
San Francisco (M.Cain 0-2) at Arizona (Kennedy 1-2), 9:40 p.m.
Colorado (Chatwood 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-0), 10:10 p.m.
Here’s who I like — and who you should avoid:
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Dude, check out Russell Martin.

Russell Martin shows the power of the Zoltan to the bench Sunday. Martin had two home runs in the Pirates’ win. (Associated Press photo)

Yep, Zoltan is back for the Pirates.

It was a big hit last season for the Bucs. Hopefully it will work out better for them this year.

The Pirates’ win Sunday was their 15th in April. It’s the first time the Bucs have had 15 wins in April since 1992.

– Rick Green