By Low/Sell High August 2nd (Brandon Inge, Gil Meche)

Buy Low: Brandon Inge

Key Stats:

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.200	4.08	0.46	1.204	18.37%
2007	0.231	4.24	0.31	1.281	12.28%
2006	0.235	4.13	0.34	1.250	19.29%

Now that Pudge is out of town, Inge is going to take over catching duties full time. He’s probably better than several options that many owners have out there. Even though his historical BABIP is low, it’s lower than normal but all of the other peripherals are normal. I think he’s better than many options out there but I definitely wouldn’t give up too much for him.

Inge, Brandon 3B DET for Span, Denard OF MIN

Inge, Brandon 3B DET for Aurilia, Rich 1B SF

Inge, Brandon 3B DET for Blanton, Joe SP PHI

Sell High: Gil Meche

Key Stats: 

Pitcher:	BABIP	K/BB	PTO%	qERA	ERA Dif	P/IP	FIP
Hitter:	BABIP	P/PA	BB/SO	GB/FB	HR/FB
2008	0.296	2.300	26.5%	4.52	-0.299	16.99	3.97
2007	0.301	2.520	26.83%	4.23	-0.556	16.56	3.96
2006	0.298	1.86	26.44%	4.58	-0.100	17.67	4.57

Gil’s peripherals across the board are bad and it’s only time before everything will collapse. His latest string of good starts came at a time when all of the teams he was facing were struggling. Even though the BABIP is normal, all of the others are worse than last year. Again, not likely to get a kings ransom but you could easily get something to help you down the stretch run.

Meche, Gil SP KC for Pena, Carlos 1B TB

Drew, J.D. RF BOS and Meche, Gil SP KC for Webb, Brandon SP ARI

Meche, Gil SP KC and Pierzynski, A.J. C CHW for Shields, James SP TB