MARKET PULSE: El stinko post-perfecto

See the end of the article for an explanation of the ratings used here. And a thousand thanks to the folks at OnRoto.com for providing the oh-so-important league ownership data for this article.

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Shallow Leagues

Here's hoping that the owners who blew a big chunk of FAAB after Philip Humber's (RHP, CHW) perfect game panic and cut him after his 5 inning, 9 ER stinker against Boston this week. It would serve them right (this column doesn't cotton to front-runners). His last outing has left him with a pretty ugly 4.66 xERA to start the season, but in the game against Boston, he stranded only 25% of base runners. His 3.75 ERA and 3.70 xERA from 2011 show his upside, as does his 2011 42%/12% DOM/DIS. This is a guy...

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