If you really don't want him on your team anymore, my Fantasy Baseball Today colleagues ran through some Straily trade scenarios on Tuesday's show. But as you know from owning ... fill in the blank -- any pitcher in the history of time would work ... one bad start doesn't trump a series of good starts. Straily came into Monday's start with a 2.20 ERA in his previous five. What a find he was for your pitching staff. What a boon off the waiver wire. You're going to throw that away because of that one time he stumbled? Ruthless.

Not to mention short-sighted. I can understand being somewhat discouraged with his strikeout rate so far given his minor-league track record, but he has a 1.14 WHIP on the season. And that includes all those ugly starts before he had a chance to settle into the Athletics' rotation. Straily pitches deep into games, doesn't walk anyone and, apart from Monday, doesn't give up home runs. He does everything a non-strikeout pitcher needs to do to succeed, only with him, you can still hold out hope for strikeouts. What more can you ask of a pitcher?

Maybe you guys just play in smaller leagues than I do.

Straily allowed six earned runs on eight hits and a walk over 4 2/3 innings. He was saved from the defeat, as he entered the fifth inning with a 6-4 lead. The two runs he allowed in the bottom of the fifth tied the score and earned him a no-decision.

Straily gave up two long balls and struck out one batter over 82 pitches. His ERA is at 4.97. The 24-year-old has won his last three decisions and remains at 4-2 on the year. He's been pitching well and will look to have a rebound performance for the Athletics Saturday at Seattle.

Our Al Melchior said on Thursday’s Fantasy Baseball Today that he thought so to a certain degree, but he’s wondering if the strikeout potential Straily showed in the minors will come to fruition. He and Nando Di Fino went down a list of pitchers whom they would put Straily ahead of.

Straily, who struck out three, has won his last three decisions since May 15, lowering his ERA from 7.27 to 4.45. Straily will makes his next start at Texas. 

Straily ran into trouble in the third inning, when he allowed three runs on four hits to fall behind early. He allowed one more run in the fifth, and exited the game down, 4-2. The A's fought back, eventually tying the game and getting him off the hook for the loss.

Straily allowed four runs on six hits and two walks, though he allowed just two extra-base hits, both doubles, in the game. He struck out three batters, while throwing 58 of 95 pitches for strikes.

Straily remains 3-2 with a 4.67 ERA, heading into his 10th start, scheduled for Wednesday against the Yankees.