Everson says if Brett Myers is available, give him some consideration this week...

Another case of the Mondays here... and with that, welcome back.

Seeing how I’m about to take my vacation, this will be an abbreviated version of Extra Innings. So without any further ado, a look at the results from the seven recommended pitchers from the past week:

39.2 IP 2 Wins 5.67 ERA 1.44 WHIP 30 Ks

Eek. There were some very mixed results from the starts last week. I actually made the error of thinking Zach Miner was facing Javier Vazquez at Comerica Park, and recommended Miner while telling everyone to bench Vazquez; while it was the other way around, Miner silenced the White Sox as he had two previous times and it still turned about to be good foresight. Ubaldo Jiminez was one disappointment in getting roughed up by the Nationals, so that was unfortunate. Now onto the seven starters to ditch from last week:

43 IP 1 Win 5.44 ERA 1.37 WHIP 36 Ks

Much better results with the sits, thankfully. As predicted, Matt Garza continued his awful split of road starts by allowing five runs over less than six innings, in Seattle no less. The lone win came from Wandy Rodriguez yesterday in a quality start in Cincinnati. And my apologies to staying away from Manny Parra; by saying that, I did not also anticipate a hook from Prince Fielder. Ouch.

Onto the starts and sits for this week:

Monday, August 11

Start: Dave Bush (vs. MIL)

Sit: Kyle Kendrick (@ LAD)

Tuesday, August 12

Start: Jeff Suppan (@ SD)

Sit: Nick Blackburn (@ NYY)

Wednesday, August 13

Start: Paul Maholm (vs. CIN)

Sit: Kenny Rogers (vs. TOR)

Thursday, August 14

Start: Ted Lilly (@ ATL)

Sit: James Shields (@ OAK)

Friday, August 15

Start: Fransisco Liriano (vs. SEA)

Sit: Jered Weaver (@ CLE)

Saturday, August 16

Start: Sidney Ponson (vs. KC)

Sit: Aaron Harang (vs. STL)

Sunday, August 17

Start: A.J. Burnett (@ BOS)

Sit: Kyle Lohse (@ CIN)

Notes: Josh Beckett against a strong White Sox offense in Chicago doesn’t seem like the greatest matchup, but the powerful righty has a reverse split: batters his just .235 against him on the road, as opposed to .284 at Fenway…If he’s still available, pick up Brett Myers. He should have a pitching duel with Hideki Kuroda in Dodgers Stadium Thursday, and has looked poised in his return to the rotation.