J.P. Howell, Tampa Bay Rays, MLB - CBSSports.com Baseball

39 J.P. Howell, RP

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IP	W-L	SV	ERA	Ks	BB
41.1	5-2	6	1.52	49	16

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Howell not used in save chance: Dan Wheeler worked the ninth inning Thursday afternoon against Toronto for his first save of the season. He did not allow a baserunner and struck out one batter in the outing. J.P. Howell, who picked up a win in relief Wednesday, was not used.
(Updated 07/09/2009).

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No information available at this time (Updated 7/10/09).

Fantasy Analysis

The Rays had begun to use a closer-by-committee approach when Troy Percival went down with an injury, but Wheeler never got a chance to close out any games until now. Howell pitched 2 2/3 innings over the last two days and was not used Thursday despite being the team's closer at the moment. Wheeler has appeal in larger AL-only Rotisserie formats for his help in ERA and WHIP, but he should not be relied upon for saves. Howell remains worth using in AL-only and deeper mixed leagues that reward saves.
(Updated 07/09/2009).

Howell struggled with his control, but got the final two outs for his fifth save in Sunday's 5-2 win over Florida. (Updated 06/29/2009)

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Howell replaced Chad Bradford with two on and one out in the ninth. After hitting Cody Ross and walking pinch hitter Wes Helms to force in a run that cut the Rays' advantage to 5-2, the left-hander then struck out Ronny Paulino and Ross Gload. "That final game is really hard," Howell said. "It's tough to sweep any team. It feels really good." Howell also had two wins in the three-game series. He has not allowed a run over his last 16 2-3 innings.

Injury Report

No information available at this time (Updated 7/10/09).

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Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
Relievers	14	17	81.23
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Situational Stats
7/10/2009 vs Oakland
Situation	IP	W	L	ERA	SV	BB	SO
vs Oakland	3.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2
vs LHB	13.0	0	0	2.08	0	6	14
vs RHB	28.1	0	0	1.27	0	10	35

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Last 6 Games

	OPP	W	SV	IP	H	BB	Ks
06/26	FLA	1	0	1.1	1	0	1
06/27	FLA	1	0	1.0	0	1	1
06/28	FLA	0	1	0.2	0	1	2
06/30	@TOR	0	1	1.0	0	1	0
07/07	TOR	0	0	1.2	2	0	1
07/08	TOR	1	0	1.0	0	0	2

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Two Week Schedule

JULY
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
5 @Tex L2-5	6	7 Tor W3-1	8 Tor W10-9	9 Tor W3-2	10 Oak	11 Oak Tickets
12 Oak Tickets	13	14	15	16	17 @KC Tickets	18 @KC Tickets
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Fantasy Points by Week

5		5		7		3		4		24		9		13		30		30		15		38		12		17
1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23		24		25		26

Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2005	KC	3	5	6.19	15	15	0	0	0	0	72.2	73	55	50	9	6	39	54
2006	TB	1	3	5.10	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.1	52	25	24	4	3	14	33
2007	TB	1	6	7.59	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.0	69	45	43	8	3	21	49
2008	TB	6	1	2.22	64	0	0	0	3	4	89.1	62	29	22	6	4	39	92
2009	TB	5	2	1.52	41	0	0	0	6	11	41.1	28	8	7	1	3	16	49
Total		16	17	4.43	138	33	0	0	9	15	296.2	284	162	146	28	19	129	277

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2005	KC	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2006	TB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2007	TB	10	6	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333
2008	TB	64	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2009	TB	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Total		138	10	1	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2005	KC	P	15	15	10	2	8	0	0	1.000
2006	TB	P	8	8	11	4	7	0	3	1.000
2007	TB	P	10	10	17	7	10	0	1	1.000
2008	TB	P	64	0	17	7	9	1	0	.941
2009	TB	P	41	0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000
Total			138	33	63	23	39	1	4	.984

More Pitching Stats
Year	Team	IBB	GO	AO	GO/AO	SB	CS	PK	BK	WP	AVG	PA	MB9	SLG	RPF
2005	KC	0	99	57	1.91	6	3	1	0	7	.264	328	14.6	.430	0
2006	TB	0	43	42	1.17	3	1	0	0	1	.310	187	14.7	.435	0
2007	TB	0	63	39	1.74	2	1	1	0	3	.318	244	16.4	.498	0
2008	TB	1	105	68	1.65	10	3	1	0	5	.194	370	10.6	.291	1
2009	TB	1	45	28	1.68	2	1	1	0	1	.189	169	10.2	.257	5
Total		2	355	234	1.65	23	9	4	0	17	.251	1298	13.1	.381	6

Postseason Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2008	TB	0	3	3.00	12	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	0	2	4	17
Total		0	3	3.00	12	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	0	2	4	17

Minor League Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2004	R-Idaho Falls	3	1	2.77	6	4	0	0	0	26.0	16	9	8	1	2	12	38
2005	AA-Wichita	2	0	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	18.0	12	5	5	2	1	5	23
2005	A-High Desert	3	1	1.96	8	8	0	0	0	46.0	33	16	10	2	3	24	48
2005	AAA-Omaha	3	1	4.06	7	7	0	0	0	37.2	40	19	17	1	1	19	29
2006	AAA-Durham	5	3	2.62	10	10	0	0	0	55.0	53	18	16	2	4	15	49
2006	AAA-Omaha	3	2	4.75	8	8	0	0	0	36.0	39	19	19	3	0	14	33
2007	AAA-Durham	7	8	3.38	21	21	1	0	0	128.0	110	63	48	16	8	34	145

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