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White Sox rookie first baseman Jose Abreu came to major league baseball with some hype, as many Cubans do, but there wasnt any expectation for the kind of first month that hes enjoying. 27-years-old with a power-hitters build (listed at 6-foot-3, 255 pounds), Abreu has roared into the majors, with 10 home runs, 31 RBI, a .262 batting average and .962 OPS in his first 26 games. As with any one-month sample, these numbers arent sustainable, but what is fair to expect from Abreu? For one thing, his batting average on balls in play is .246, which is well below average, so it would be fair to expect his batting average to go up as a few more balls fall in, but hes also had a major-league best 33.3% of his flyballs leave the park, which isnt going to hold. Over the past five seasons, there have been two seasons in which a player finished with more than 27% of his flyballs turning into home runs -- Adam Dunn in 2012 (29.3%) and Chris Davis in 2013 (29.6%) -- so Abreu is most likely to fall off his current 62-home run pace. No, seriously. What will bear watching with Abreu is how pitchers adjust to him as he makes his way through the league. He swings at a lot of pitches out of the strike zone and hes already seeing among thelowest percentage of strikes when hes at the plate, so pitchers are learning. Its also interesting to note that, thus far, while Abreu destroys fastballs and sliders, hes struggled with change-ups. If thats the scouting report, surely hell start seeing more change-ups, if just to affect his timing. At this point, 14.5% of the pitches Abreu has faced have been change-ups; it will be interesting to see if that number increases over the next month or more. None of this anticipated regression should come as a surprise, merely as a caution. Baseball tends to catch up to sluggers, especially ones that are willing to expand their strike zone by swinging freely. GOOD ADDS (available in at least 40% of TSN leagues) Nick Castellanos, 3B, Detroit - 3 HR, 13 RBI, .258 AVG, 7 R, 66 AB (Available: 71.6%) Dioner Navarro, C, Toronto - 1 HR, 14 RBI, .309 AVG, 11 R, 81 AB (Available: 89.6%) Alberto Callaspo, 3B/2B, Oakland - 3 HR, 13 RBI, .272 AVG, 9 R, 81 AB (Available: 74.6%) Casey McGehee, 3B, Miami - 0 HR, 16 RBI, .287 AVG, 5 R, 94 AB (Available: 75.8%) Dillon Gee, RHP, N.Y. Mets - 2-1, 2.88 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 27 K, 40 2/3 IP (Available: 65.7%) Ian Kennedy, RHP, San Diego - 2-3, 3.16 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 37 K, 37 IP (Available: 76.2%) CLOSER NOTES The Angels have demoted Ernesto Frieri, leaving side-arming veteran Joe Smith for the role. Smith, 30, recorded the first three saves of his career last season for Cleveland. While hes not the classic fire-balling closer, Smith has managed to miss bats this year, striking out 11 in 10 innings, the best rate of his career. Pirates closer Jason Grilli is on the DL with a strained oblique. Mark Melancon, who has 37 career saves, takes over. Melancon has been really good for the Pirates over the past couple seasons, posting a 1.41 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in 84 games, striking out 79 in 83 innings. If the Pirates are in position to win games, Melancon is qualified to close them out. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Cheap Kings Jerseys Authentic . As for regular Olympic spectators, theyre being warned that most travel insurance policies wont cover acts of terrorism or war. The Games in southern Russia, which run from Feb. 7-23, are being staged amid unprecedented security and under global warnings of danger. 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Then moments later, Philadelphias Henry Sims had the ball right next to the basket and blew the layup.On a night when something had to give, the 76ers held the Pistons without a field goal in overtime, beating Detroit 108-101 on Saturday for their second victory of the season. The Pistons lost their 11th straight game, this one in a matchup of the teams with the NBAs two worst records.The 76ers (2-18) have won two of three after starting the season 0-17.It is huge for these guys to be able to close out a tough game on the road like that, coach Brett Brown said. Im proud of the way they hung together through that streak and now they are getting some rewards.Detroit (3-17) now leads Philadelphia by only a game in the standings. The teams entered with a combined record of 4-34, the second-worst in NBA history for teams about to play each other — with a minimum of 38 combined games. The 76ers and Buffalo Braves were 4-35 entering their meeting Nov. 24, 1972, according to STATS.Detroit led 100-97 late in the fourth quarter when Hollis Thompson — seemingly rushing a shot straight off an inbounds — sank a fadeaway 3-pointer from the right corner to tie it with 13.4 seconds remaining.It took almost half the overtime for either team to score. Monroe missed a dunk early on. The Pistons took the lead when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made a free throw with 2:37 left for the first point of the extra session, but the 76ers scored eight in a row to finish the game.Robert Covington scored 25 points for Philadelphia and Michael Carter-Williams added 20. Josh Smith led Detroit with 23 points, and he also had eight rebounds and seven assists.It was 104-101 after Nerlens Noels floater with 29.9 seconds remaining. CCaldwell-Pope missed two 3-pointers at the other end before the 76ers were able to secure the ball and close out the game from the free throw line.ddddddddddddhe teams were facing each other for the first time since March 29, when the 76ers snapped their record-tying, 26-game losing streak with a 123-98 rout of the Pistons in Philadelphia.The Pistons and 76ers are in this position in large part because of their atrocious shooting. Detroit finished at 39 per cent from the field Saturday, while Philadelphia shot a more respectable 46 per cent.There was one sequence in the fourth quarter when Detroits Brandon Jennings traded airballs with Thompson, then Jennings missed a layup.The Pistons host Philadelphia again Jan. 17.TIP-INS76ers: Since Jan. 31, Philadelphia is 2-1 against the Pistons and 4-49 against everybody else.Pistons: Jennings and Caldwell-Pope each went 2 of 10 from the field. Jennings had six assists and five turnovers.HOLDING THEIR OWNWith their front line of Smith, Monroe and Andre Drummond, the Pistons can be tough to deal with on the boards. They finished with 15 second-chance points, but Philadelphia had 13.We knew it was going to take all five of us to keep those guys off the boards, so this was definitely a group effort, Carter-Williams said. Our bigs were doing everything they could, and we were trying to help them out.EMPTY POSSESSIONAfter Thompsons tying shot, Detroit had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but Jennings couldnt even reach the rim with a step-back jumper.My fault, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. When it broke down, we couldnt get the ball where we wanted to go with it. I should have been jumping up, calling timeout. My fault.UP NEXT76ers: Visit Atlanta on Wednesday night.Pistons: Host Oklahoma City on Sunday night. 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