| 5/9/2013 6:36:00 PM |
Description: In addition to a fracture behind his ear, Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ has a right knee sprain. It won't require surgery, but the left-hander still will miss 4-6 weeks, according to Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com. | Insight: Happ was hit by a line drive during Tuesday's start and had some bleeding from his ear. He didn't suffer a concussion and a CT scan showed no damage to his brain or spine, according to CBSSports.com. Happ also suffered the knee injury while falling after being struck by the ball. | | |
| 5/8/2013 5:21:00 PM |
Description: Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ has a small fracture behind his left ear, but the injury is "not serious or threatening," according to John Lott of the National Post. | Insight: Happ was hit by a line drive during Tuesday's start and had some bleeding from his ear. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, but his injury is not close to the severity of Brandon McCarthy's situation last season. McCarthy suffered a skull fracture and an epidural hemorrhage after being hit in the head by a line drive. | | |
| 5/7/2013 8:16:00 PM |
Description: Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ was struck in the left ear by a Desmond Jennings line drive during Tuesday's start and had to leave the game. | Insight: Happ was bleeding from the ear and had to leave on a stretcher, but he didn't lose consciousness. | | |
| 5/2/2013 10:28:00 PM |
Description: Toronto lefty J.A. Happ walked seven batters and was out of the game after 3 2/3 innings Thursday against Boston. | Insight: Happ limited the damage to two earned runs. He has a 3.98 ERA, but after giving up 10 baserunners Thursday, his WHIP ballooned to 1.42. | | |
| 4/17/2013 10:04:00 PM |
Description: Toronto lefty J.A. Happ allowed five earned runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings in a loss to the White Sox Wednesday. | Insight: Happ walked just one and struck out three, but he gave up a three-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the sixth. The lefty has a 5.06 ERA through three starts, though his 1.19 WHIP is solid. | | |
| 4/6/2013 6:13:00 PM |
Description: Toronto lefty J.A. Happ limited Boston to one hit in 5 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday to earn his first win of the season. He struck out six and walked three. | Insight: Happ had a 4.79 ERA last season but his FIP was 4.01 and he improved both his K/9 and BB/9 from the season before. He'll get plenty of run support and should be a decent fantasy option in deep leagues. | | |
| 3/26/2013 6:59:00 PM |
Description: Toronto lefty J.A. Happ will assume the fifth spot in Toronto's rotation following Ricky Romero's demotion to High-A on Tuesday. | Insight: Happ had a 4.79 ERA last season but his FIP was 4.01 and he improved both his K/9 and BB/9 from the season before. He could be a decent fantasy option in deep leagues. | | |
| 9/7/2012 8:25:00 PM |
Description: Blue Jays lefthander J.A. Happ is out for the year with a broken foot. | Insight: Happ's 2012 campaign ends with 10 wins, 11 losses and a 4.73 ERA. He did slightly better in his stint with Toronto (3-2, 4.46) than he did earlier in the year with the Astros (7-9, 4.83). | | |
| 7/20/2012 2:25:00 PM |
Description: Newly acquired J.A. Happ will begin his Blue Jays career out of the bullpen. | Insight: Happ is 7-9 with a 4.83 ERA and 1.447 WHIP. Neither is a great fantasy number, but he's expected to return to the starting rotation by the end of the month. Either Aaron Laffey, Carlos Villanueva or Brett Cecil will drop out when the change occurs. | | |
| 6/12/2012 6:56:00 PM |
Description: Houston starter J.A. Happ will start at San Francisco tomorrow, but don't even think about streaming him despite his 3.00 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 30 innings over his last five starts. Happ has been abysmal on the road this season. | Insight: Happ is 0-2 with a 5.24 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in four road starts this season compared to 4-4 with a 4.21 ERA in eight home starts. | | |
| Hot | 6/6/2012 7:02:00 PM |
Description: Houston starter J.A. Happ will start against St. Louis tomorrow, but don't even think about streaming him despite his 2.13 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings over his last four starts. | Insight: The Cardinals have owned Happ in his career. Happ is 1-7 with a 6.70 ERA and 1.51 WHIP in nine career starts against them. Stay away from this matchup. | | |
| Hot | 5/27/2012 8:25:00 PM |
Description: J.A. Happ gave up nine hits and three runs (two earned) in 6.1 innings Sunday in Houston's 5-1 loss to the Dodger. Happ walked two and was able to match a career-high with 10 strikeouts. | Insight: After starting the season 2-3 with a 5.72 ERA, Happ has looked much better in his past three starts, compiling a 2-1 record with a 1.47 ERA. He's certainly not one of the elite pitchers in the league but Happ could definitely hold some value in fantasy if he keeps pitching like this. | | |
| 4/1/2011 5:57:00 AM |
Description: J.A. Happ will throw a bullpen session on Friday.
SOURCE: MLB | Insight: He has a very slight oblique strain but is hoping to avoid the DL. We should know for sure tomorrow. | | |
| 3/30/2011 12:34:00 PM |
Description: Astros SP J.A. Happ strained his oblique and there is no indication about the seriousness of this injury.
SOURCE: Ultimate Astros | Insight: Happ's value was really limited to NL-only leagues to begin with. He needs to be fully recovered before he starts pitching again so it would not be surpising if Happ is out until late April. | | |
| 3/30/2011 5:05:00 AM |
Description: J.A. Happ left last night's start with a right oblique strain.
SOURCE: MLB | Insight: He is hoping that he got out early enough to prevent any serious damage. We will update later today - he might end up missing his first regular season start or beginning the season on the DL. | | |
| 3/29/2011 11:04:00 PM |
Description: Happ left Tuesday's outing early because of a strained right oblique. | Insight: We'll see how serious the injury is. This close to the season, however, it seems safe to assume that Happ will miss at least one or two real starts. Any prognosis will still be subject to potential aggravation as Happ returns to throwing. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
| 9/15/2010 7:41:00 PM |
Description: J.A. Happ gave up five runs in 4 1/3 innings today against Milwaukee. | Insight: He had pitched well in all his previous starts so we recommend leaving him active next week. | | |
| 9/11/2010 1:01:00 AM |
Description: Happ allowed one run on seven hit over five innings against the Dodgers on Friday night. | Insight: Happ ended up with a no-decision, and is 6-2 with a 2.78 ERA on the season. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
| 9/6/2010 10:05:00 AM |
Description: Happ allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings on Sunday against Arizona. | Insight: Happ got a win, and is now 6-2 with a 2.86 ERA on the season. (RapidDraft.com) | | |
| 9/5/2010 6:09:00 PM |
Description: J.A. Happ beat Arizona today after allowing two runs over seven innings. | Insight: Happ has been great since joining the Astros and was terrific last year. He will be a hot commodity in next year's drafts. | | |
