Pleasantly Surprised by Austin Jackson

I know its only a three game sample but I have been happily surprised by the production out of Austin Jackson.

In my first draft of the season he was my very last pick and I'm pretty glad for that. In 16 plate appearances against the Red Sox he racked up 8 hits, 5 runs, 2 rbi's, 2 walks, 2 doubles, and a triple. This is great production and while it probably won't last for the entire season I definitely suggest he be owned in every fantasy league.

Dismal Start for Braves

Originally being from at Atlanta I have to show my bias every once in a while, I'm just hoping I won't be embarrassed to do so this year.

After ending last season in a terrible collapse, the Atlanta Braves have started the 2012 season 0-3 against there division rivals the New York Mets. Today was the final game of the three game series and the Bravos got no-hit by Jonathon Niese into the 7th inning were they were promptly gifted a base runner by an error and went on to earn 4 runs in the 7th and another in the 8th. They ended up losing the game 5-7. Currently the winless braves have scored a combined 7 runs and allowed 12 runs this season. A dismal senario considering their pitching should be their strength. This is all against the Mets who were projected by most analysts to finish last in the division and yet are now first after this series versus the braves.

Things are looking up for the braves as their offensive production in this last game was more than their average over the past year and their next series is against the Houston Astros who, if last season is any indication, are one of the worst teams in baseball.

Fantasy League

Starting a couple of Fantasy leagues and hopefully I'll be posting this summer about them. Also if anyone wants to join you need an ESPN account but you can find one of the leagues here. The draft is tonight but hopefully I'll make a few more leagues with a little bit longer of notice.