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Steve Pearce will play left field tomorrow for the first time this spring, but we still won’t know if he will be fully healthy by opening day. If your league uses a minimum of 20 games played to qualify at a position, Pearce will not make the cut as he only played 19 games in the outfield last season. He underwent surgery in September to repair the flexor mass tendon in his elbow, and if healthy, Pearce could be an affordable option for power and average if you are willing to take the chance that he remains healthy enough to matter. The 33 year-old is the poster boy for what we call a ‘high risk, high reward’ player. Chris Carter struck out 20 times in 37 at-bats heading into yesterday, and then went on ahead and struck out two of the four time he went to the plate. Carter’s strikeout average of .537 (22-for-41) dwarfs a batting average of .122 (5-for-41). Robert Gsellman had only one unearned run over 5 1/3 innings yesterday, and now has a 1.56 ERA over five starts this spring.