Sometimes digging too hard for the gems in your drafting sessions will leave you clenching your fists with disgust. Most of the names on this list are no surprise, but they're put down on here to keep you centered. Best of luck too all the down-and-out hopefuls that just keep trying each night, and a big congrats to all the top winners in DS, your unparalleled sharpness has earned you the dough.

Some of the Best Hitters Last Month

Matt Kemp (CF, Dodgers) – Despite the Dodgers' financial woes off the field, Kemp has been able to earn his money with his recent hitting. Kemp tied Prince Fielder last month in total RBIs with 27, including ten home runs. He had the highest slugging and on base percentage during June. (Last 30 days: 19 R, 35 H, 10 HR, 27 RBI)

Hey guys, guess what? 2008 Hanley Ramirez is not walking through that door. No Hanley Ramirez that accumulated the pitcher vs. batter stats you're looking at is gonna walk through that door. Just stop. Wait. Maybe he'll turn it around. But Hanley - and for that matter Albert Pujols - have great historical stats against EVERYONE. We're all looking for a reason to take Hanley at his depressed price but if that name was Jhonny Peralta and not Hanley Ramirez you certainly wouldn't be taking him right now. Everytime you check his historical stats there is a good chance Hanley raked that pitcher because that's what he has done up until last year. If he starts showing signs of turning it around - or at least caring if he turns it around - then maybe it's time. But stop paying for past results and stop letting past results dictate your decisions today.

Which brings me to the point of this article. Is that easy to say when Hanley sucks? Yes. Is he going to go 4/5 with 2 HR today to make me look foolish? Maybe, but so could Elvis Andrus and he is still near the same price and on the rise, not looking like a shell of his former self. Here are some tips to help stop misreading past results and use them to your advantage.

Welcome to my Draftstreet blog. As an addicted avid DS player since its inception late last summer, I have seen the site steadily improve, grow and transform. Competition is fierce no matter the buyin so you've got to squeak out value in any way possible. One of my most consistently successful manners of doing this is to take a pitcher that got rocked last time out and throw him in there again in a more favorable matchup. Here are some recent examples.

The Cagey Vet

Anyone who had Ryan Dempster, aka the Dumpster, in his start at Arizona (and part of me wants to spend a few paragraphs scolding you for taking him on the road in a severe hitter's park, but that's not the point here) knows pain: 0 1/3 IP, 7 ER, -8.18 DS PTS. I would bet that most of the users that took him in that game glazed over him his next start while cursing under their breath. Those that have thick skin, or didn't have to suffer through that, saw something different: opportunity. Here was an Opening Day starter, in a pitcher's park in Chavez Ravine, against a middling Dodgers lineup, with something to prove. A guy who many didn't even want to think about actually became a no-brainer the other direction. A solid pitcher with a depressed price based on what looked like an aberration.