| 4/23/2013 10:18:00 PM |
Description: Athletics righty Bartolo Colon blanked Boston Thursday on just three hits over seven innings to improve to 3-0. The game was called after seven innings due to rain. | Insight: All four of Colon's starts this season have been quality outings (at least 6.0 innings, three earned runs or less), and he has a 17/1 K/BB in 26 innings. The right-hander gives up a lot of contact, but he gets outs and has proven to be a reliable fantasy arm over the past two seasons. | | |
| 4/6/2013 10:52:00 PM |
Description: Athletics righty Bartolo Colon returned from his suspension and threw a quality start against the Astros Saturday. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) was busted for taking performance-enhancing drugs in late August and served a 50-game suspension. He allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings, didn't walk a batter and struck out two Saturday. Colon led the league in contact percentage last season so fantasy owners shouldn't rely on him as more than a matchup play. | | |
| 4/2/2013 7:28:00 PM |
Description: Athletics right-hander Bartolo Colon will return from his suspension to start April 6, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) was busted for taking performance-enhancing drugs in late August and has five games remaining on his 50-game suspension. His return will bump Friday's starter Dan Straily to the minors. | | |
| 11/3/2012 4:49:00 PM |
Description: The Oakland Athletics have re-signed Bartolo Colon to a one-year contract. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) was busted for taking performance enhancing drugs in late August and is still serving a 50-game suspension. | | |
| 10/13/2012 9:45:00 PM |
Description: The A's are unlikely to re-sign veteran righthander Bartolo Colon this offseason according to the San Francisco Chronicle. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) was dominant for Oakland in 24 starts this season, posting his lowest ERA in a decade. But of course, it was too good to be true: the 39-year-old was busted for taking performance enhancing drugs in late August and is still serving a 50-game suspension. Colon will get a chance somewhere next season, just not in Oakland. | | |
| 9/26/2012 8:49:00 PM |
Description: Starting pitcher Bartolo Colon is hoping to return to the Oakland rotation as soon as his 50-game suspension expires. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) would't be eligible to return until the team's 10th playoff game, assuming the A's qualify. For now, the Oakland rotation will consist of Jarrod Parker, Tommy Milone, A.J. Griffin, Dan Strailey and Travis Blackley. | | |
| 8/22/2012 1:48:00 PM |
Description: Athletics starter Bartolo Colon will miss the next 50 games after being suspended by the league for violation of the baseball's drug policy. | Insight: Colon (10-9, 3.43 ERA) had just pitched eight innings on Saturday, yielding one run on five hits. Over his last five starts, he gave up one run or less in four of them. | | |
| 8/12/2012 6:02:00 PM |
Description: Athletics starter Bartolo Colon came into Sunday's start having allowed zero earned runs in his last 20 2/3 innings pitched, but he gave up five earned on nine hits in 5 2/3 against the White Sox Sunday as part of a 7-3 loss. | Insight: Colon (9-9, 3.55 ERA) may have been rocked Sunday but he's still a solid back-end starter in 12-team mixed leagues. | | |
| 7/22/2012 10:12:00 PM |
Description: Athletics starter Bartolo Colon allowed four runs on eight hits in 6 2/3 innings against his former team the New York Yankees Sunday. | Insight: Colon (6-7, 3.97 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) is last in baseball in contact percentage (89 percent) and swing-and-miss percentage (seven percent) so he's been somewhat fortunate to post a solid ERA and WHIP. | | |
| Hot | 7/17/2012 10:20:00 AM |
Description: Although without a decision in his two outings since returning from injury, Oakland starter Bartolo Colon has pitched very well. He went six innings against the red Sox and 8 2/3 against Seattle, yielding just one earned run in each game. | Insight: Colon (6-7, 3.80 ERA, 1.246 WHIP) went down with an oblique injury on June 17, but returned quickly. He's got a tough matchup on Tuesday against the hard-hitting Texas Rangers, but appears to be up to the task. | | |
| 7/3/2012 8:09:00 PM |
Description: Oakland starter Bartolo Colon has been activated from the disabled list. He'll start Tuesday night's game against the Red Sox. | Insight: Colon (6-7, 4.22 ERA) went down with an oblique injury on June 17 but he only needed the minimum 15 days to recover. This will be Colon's 16th appearance of the season. He appeared in 29 games with the Yankees in 2011. | | |
| 6/29/2012 7:07:00 PM |
Description: Oakland starter Bartolo Colon (oblique) may be able to start Tuesday against Boston, Joe Stiglich of the Bay Area News Group. | Insight: Whether Colon starts or not will depend on how his bullpen session goes Saturday. | | |
| 6/28/2012 7:22:00 PM |
Description: Oakland starter Bartolo Colon (oblique) threw a bullpen session Thursday, according to Jane Lee of MLB.com. | Insight: Athletics manager Bob Melvin said the bullpen went well for Colon (6-7, 4.22). Oakland is unsure if the right-hander will return before the All-Star break, which starts July 9. | | |
| 6/22/2012 8:46:00 PM |
Description: Oakland manager Bob Melvin is hopeful that starter Bartolo Colon (oblique) can return before the All-Star break, according to Jane Lee of MLB.com. The team hasn't made a move yet regarding Colon's status, though he definitely won't make his next start Saturday. | Insight: Colon (6-7, 4.22) left his last start after just two innings. He's expected to be placed on the DL, and once he is the Athletics can make the move retroactive to June 18. If we were to go on the 15-day DL, he would be eligible to return on July 4, six days prior to the MLB All-Star game in Kansas City. | | |
| 6/19/2012 8:21:00 PM |
Description: Oakland starter Bartolo Colon is expected to go on the 15-day DL. Colon strained his groin in a game Sunday against the Padres. | Insight: Colon left his last start after just two innings. The 39-year-old is 6-7 with a 4.22 ERA in 15 starts this season. Opponents have hit .283 against Colon in 2012. | | |
| 6/17/2012 7:30:00 PM |
Description: Athletics starter Bartolo Colon left his start Sunday against San Diego with a strained oblique. Colon allowed one run in two innings before exiting. | Insight: Colon (6-7, 4.22) has been decent this season but this injury may send him to the disabled list. | | |
| 5/11/2012 12:51:00 PM |
Description: Bartolo Colon got knocked around Thursday in a 10-6 loss to Detroit. The 38-year-old righthander got battered for nine hits and eight runs (seven earned) in just 2.1 innings pitched. He took the loss for Oakland, Colon's third of the season. | Insight: Colon's ERA skyrocketed from 2.83 to 3.96 after his lastest rocky effort. Colon showed flashes of brilliance early in the year but he's looking more and more like a fantasy fraud every time he takes the mound. Colon's ERA is 12.27 over his last two starts. | | |
| Hot | 4/29/2012 6:38:00 PM |
Description: Bartolo Colon was tremendous on Sunday, baffling the Orioles for 8 1/3 innings. The 38-year-old finished the afternoon with five strikeouts, one walk, seven hits and two runs allowed. | Insight: Colon's nice outing was spoiled by Grant Balfour, who blew the lead and eventually lost the game for Oakland in the ninth inning on a walk-off three-run homer. Colon's great start (3-2, 2.53 ERA) has to be one of the more surprisingly storylines in fantasy baseball so far this season. | | |
| 3/29/2012 10:31:00 AM |
Description: Bartolo Colon tossed eight innings of one-run ball on Thursday, surrending just three hits and striking out six to pick up the win vs. Seattle. | Insight: Temper your expectations, as this performance came against the Mariners. Colon could be a nice spot-start option against weaker opponents, especially at home in the spacious O.Co Coliseum. Colon faded in the final two months last season for New York, posting a 4.85 ERA in August and a 5.96 ERA in September. | | |
| 2/26/2011 6:00:00 PM |
Description: Colon started for the Yankees Saturday and yielded one run in two innings of work. | Insight: Colon's velocity didn't go beyond the high 80s, which makes him look like just about as average a rotation candidate as expected. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
