The 29-year-old is scheduled to start Monday at home against Seattle. He is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA at Progressive Field.

Kazmir will get the nod against the Phillies Tuesday. He's already one of the most added players in Fantasy leagues, but could still raise his ownership rates with a strong performance Tuesday. Kazmir's velocity was strong in his last start, and that will be something to watch this time around. He'll go up against Jonathan Pettibone. 

One way this Kazmir deviates from that Kazmir, though, is his walk rate. During his last two starts -- which were his best, I might add -- he walked one. The old Kazmir, good as he was, often struggled with command, so his innings and WHIP suffered.

Could this Kazmir be even better than old one? It's too early to make that leap. But clearly, I'm willing to take a chance on him, moving him up to 72 in my starting pitcher rankings.

His outstanding performance against Oakland got the attention of Fantasy owners and analysts, making him the most viewed player heading into Week 7. Scott White broke down Kazmir’s average velocity on Friday’s broadcast of Fantasy Baseball Today and said he is encouraged by the results.

Kazmir entered the start averaging 91.3 miles per hour on his fastball, but he dialed that up in a big way Thursday. He averaged 93.3 miles per hour with his two-seam fastball according to BrooksBaseball.net, and he dialed it up to 95-plus miles per hour on four of his final nine pitches. Kazmir's pitches were filthy overall, as he racked up swinging strikes on 18.4 percent of his pitches. He entered the start with a 9.9 percent whiff rate.

Kazmir's ERA for the season is an unimpressive 4.87, and he has had problems allowing too many flyballs and, subsequently, home runs. Still, he is striking out 11.07 batters per nine innings and walking just 2.66 per nine. Those are elite numbers. His average fastball velocity has also steadily increased since he opened the season late in April with a lifeless 90.7 miles per hour heater. Perhaps he is loosening up after an abdominal injury delayed his debut.

For a guy who fell out of the majors in recent years, simply holding his own would be a big win for Kazmir, even if it would not make him much of a Fantasy factor. The fact that he is even flashing his former ace-level ability should be more than enough to make Fantasy owners take note.

I expect Kazmir to be one of the most-added players in CBSSports.com Fantasy leagues over the next few days. If I had an underperforming pitcher on my roster, I might take a flier on Kazmir as an upside pick. In fact, I just talked myself into picking up Kazmir and putting Edwin Jackson on waivers in one league.