One day after hitting his seventh home run of the season, Phillies 1B Ryan Howard hit the fourth triple of his career Sunday at San Francisco. He went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and has a hit in four straight games. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/13/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Howard is batting only .235 (4-for-17) over that mini hitting streak, so you can hardly call it a hot streak. Then again, with his season average of .171, maybe you can. He continues to kill Fantasy owners with his low batting average and high strikeout totals. He still has enormous power and will surely raise his batting average in time, but you might want to reserve him while he sorts through his issues. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Howard went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's 8-2 loss to the Giants. (Updated 05/11/2008)
Advice
Howard's homer was his seventh of the season, and first since May 1. He is batting just .169 in 38 games this season, and is only 4-for-33 (.121) with 13 strikeouts in his last nine games.
One day after hitting his seventh home run of the season, Phillies 1B Ryan Howard hit the fourth triple of his career Sunday at San Francisco. He went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and has a hit in four straight games. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/13/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Howard is batting only .235 (4-for-17) over that mini hitting streak, so you can hardly call it a hot streak. Then again, with his season average of .171, maybe you can. He continues to kill Fantasy owners with his low batting average and high strikeout totals. He still has enormous power and will surely raise his batting average in time, but you might want to reserve him while he sorts through his issues. (Updated 05/11/2008).
