Daily Beast Report: April 26, 2006

Welcome to a new feature of the blog: The Daily Beast Report. In this feature, we shine a spotlight on a few players who outdid themselves at the plate or on the mound from the previous day's action from around the league. We here at The Files are extremely excited about the feature and think you should be too.

Some Beasts From Yesterday

1. Rafael Soriano (Operation Shutdown) - 1.1 IP, 2 Ks, o Earned Runs, Hold

2. John Lackey (Skillz That Killz) - 8 IP, 8 K (a K per inning!), .75 WHIP, the Win (as if Skillz needed the help)

3. Vernon Wells (The Committee) - 3 hits, 2 bombs, 9 TB (somebody has to pick up the slack now that Chris Shelton has regressed to Shelton-like status)

4. Matt Wise (ZAGS) - 1 IP, 2 Ks, Hold


The Kevin Mench Award For Beasts Who Were Inexplicably Benched

This award goes to players who are not on a team's active roster for the week, but nonetheless are beasts. Today's award goes to two players on Skillz' roster who performed swimmingly despite riding the pine. (We note with plastered-smile irony here that Skillz gained 7 points yesterday despite benching these two beastly perfomers.)

1. Kevin Mench (Skillz) - 2 hits, Garand Salaam, 6th straight day with a bomb, all from Skillz' bench (hence the namesake for the award)

2. Bronson Arroyo (Skillz) - 8 IP, .30 WHIP, 8 K (a K per innning!), Dubya


The Free Agent With The Mostest

This award goes to a player not currently on the roster of any team in the league but, based on his performance from the day, perhaps should be. The innaugural recipient: David Ross, catcher, Cincinnati Reds. The former Bucco and Padrino took Ramon Ortiz yard in the top of the third and caught Arroyo's 8-inning gem. Not bad for a beast.