Hey, we’ve all been there. A rich vein of comedy gold, following the jump.

RotoExperts Mike Cardano (@MikeCardano) catches you up to speed on Justin Verlander, Clay Buchholz, Cliff Lee & Delmon Young, talks injuries to Giancarlo Stanton, Michael Cuddyer, Hiroki Kuroda & Kevin Slowey and rants about the awful Ike Davis.

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Welcome to Prospect Pendulum: a weekly series where we take a look at prospects with stocks on the way up and others with values in decline. This is Fantasy baseball we’re talking about here, so everything from injury to organizational moves to player performance can factor in to where a player ranks in a given week.

Michael Crabtree’s Achilles injury has already clouded his outlook for 2013. What can you realistically expect from him this year, and how does it affect the San Francisco WR picture from Fantasy perspectives?

Alex Rodriguez is an injured, disgraced former All-Star who would make his own team’s fans eternally grateful if he never returned to the baseball diamond. But a man can’t just sit around waiting for potential steroid bombshells to drop on his head while he recovers from hip surgery — he’s gotta do something! Like make a shit ton of money in his real estate dealings!

Nothing like following up a beautiful chip shot with putting your shorts on your head. [Reddit]