Today's Fantasy Rx

Colorado: 7 games: 4 Home vs. Arizona; 3 Road at Milwaukee.
Houston: 6 games: 3 Home vs. Milwaukee; 3 Road at Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati: 6 games: 3 Road at Pittsburgh; 3 Home vs. New York Mets.

8 games
Kansas City: 4 Home vs. Cleveland; 4 Home vs. Detroit.
Cleveland: 4 Road at Kansas City; 4 Road at Minnesota.

7 Home games
Oakland: 4 vs. Seattle; 3 vs. Anaheim.
Philadelphia: 4 vs. Chicago Cubs; 3 vs. Florida.

7 games
Baltimore: 3 Home vs. New York Yankees; 1 Road at Toronto;
    3 Home vs. Toronto.

Anaheim: 4 Home vs. Texas; 3 Road at Oakland.
Atlanta: 3 Road at Florida; 4 Home vs. Montreal.
Minnesota: 3 Road at Chicago White Sox; 4 Home vs. Cleveland.
St. Louis: 4 Home vs. San Francisco; 3 Road at Chicago Cubs.

Chicago Cubs: 4 Road at Philadelphia; 3 Home vs. St. Louis.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. Toronto; 4 Road at Kansas City.
Texas: 4 Road at Anaheim; 3 Home vs. Seattle.

Toronto: 3 Road at Detroit; 1 Home vs. Baltimore; 3 Road at Baltimore.

7 Road games
Arizona: 4 at Colorado; 3 at Los Angeles.
Montreal 3 at New York Mets; 4 at Atlanta.
Seattle: 4 at Oakland; 3 at Texas.
San Francisco: 4 at St. Louis; 3 at San Diego.

Other teams with six home games: Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay.

All other teams play six games with at least three on the road.

Pitchers of interest with two starts(whom we'd start if we owned them):
Ramon Ortiz: Mon:TEX(J.Thomson); Sat:@OAK(A.Harang)
Jarrod Washburn: Tue:TEX(I.Valdes); Sun:@OAK(T.Hudson)
Greg Maddux: Mon:@FLO(M.Redman); Sat:MON(J.Vazquez)
Mike Hampton: Tue:@FLO(J.Beckett); Sun:MON(S-W.Kim)
Sidney Ponson: Mon:NYY(A.Pettitte); Sat:TOR(C.Lidle)
Jon Garland(?): Mon:MIN(J.Mays); Sun:@TB(J.Standridge)?
Shawn Estes: Mon:@PHI(V.Padilla); Sat:STL(D.Haren?)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PHI(R.Wolf); Sun:STL(W.Williams)
Mark Maroth: Mon:TOR(C.Lidle); Sat:@KC(K.Snyder)
Mark Redman: Mon:ATL(G.Maddux); Sun:@PHI(R.Wolf)
Wade Miller: Tue:MIL(B.Sheets); Sun:@PIT(J.D'Amico)
Kyle Snyder: Mon:CLE(Br.Anderson); Sat:DET(M.Maroth)
Jose Lima: Tue:CLE(Ric.Rodriguez); Sun:DET(M.Roney)
Hideo Nomo: Tue:SD(B.Lawrence); Sun:ARI(A.Good)
Ben Sheets: Tue:@HOU(W.Miller); Sun:COL(D.Stark)
Joe Mays: Mon:@CHW(J.Garland); Sat:CLE(Br.Anderson)
Brad Radke: Tue:@CHW(M.Buehrle); Sun:CLE(Ric.Rodriguez)
Javier Vazquez: Mon:@NYM(S.Trachsel); Sat:@ATL(G.Maddux)
Steve Trachsel: Mon:MON(J.Vazquez); Sun:@CIN(D.Graves)
Andy Pettitte: Mon:@BAL(S.Ponson); Sat:BOS(D.Lowe)
Mike Mussina: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:BOS(J.Burkett)
Tim Hudson: Tue:SEA(G.Meche); Sun:ANA(J.Washburn)
Vicente Padilla: Mon:CHC(S.Estes); Sat:FLO(B.Penny)
Randy Wolf: Tue:CHC(M.Prior); Sun:FLO(M.Redman)
Jeff D'Amico: Tue:CIN(D.Graves); Sun:Hou(W.Miller)
Brian Lawrence: Tue:@LA(H.Nomo); Sun:SF(D.Moss)
Jamie Moyer: Mon:@OAK(A.Harang); Sat:@TEX(J.Thomson)
Gil Meche: Tue:@OAK(T.Hudson); Sun:@TEX(I.Valdes)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@STL(D.Haren); Sat:@SD(K.Jarvis)
Woody Williams: Tue:SF(J.Brower); Sun:@CHC(M.Prior)
Cory Lidle: Mon:@DET(M.Maroth); Sun:@BAL(S.Ponson)
Mark Hendrickson: Tue:@DET(M.Roney); Sun:@BAL(Rod.Lopez)

Only deploy in Fantasy Baseball and other leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Elmer Dessens: Mon:@COL(D.Oliver); Sat:@LA(Od.Perez)
Andrew Good: Tue:@COL(D.Stark); Sun:@LA(H.Nomo)
Rod Lopez: Tue:NYY(M.Mussina); Sun:TOR(M.Hendrickson)
John Burkett: Tue:@TB(J.Standridge); Sun:@NYY(M.Mussina)
Danny Graves: Tue:@PIT(J.D'Amico); Sun:NYM(S.Trachsel)
Brian Anderson: Mon:@KC(K.Snyder); Sat:@MIN(J.Mays)
Ricardo Rodriguez: Tue:@KC(J.Lima); Sun:@MIN(B.Radke)
Darren Oliver: Mon:ARI(E.Dessens); Sat:@MIL(M.Ford)
Dennis Stark: Tue:ARI(A.Good); Sun:@MIL(B.Sheets)
Matt Roney: Tue:TOR(M.Hendrickson); Sun:@KC(J.Lima)
Sun-Woo Kim: Tue:@NYM(A.Heilman); Sun:@ATL(M.Hampton)
Aaron Harang: Mon:SEA(J.Moyer); Sat:ANA(Ra.Ortiz)
Jason Standridge: Tue:BOS(J.Burkett); Sun:CHW(M.Buehrle)
John Thomson: Mon:@ANA(Ra.Ortiz); Sat:SEA(J.Moyer)
Ismael Valdes: Tue:@ANA(J.Washburn); Sun:SEA(G.Meche)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: DL(No start)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@TB(R.Bell)
Curt Schilling: DL(No start)
Tim Hudson: Tue:SEA(G.Meche); Sun:ANA(J.Washburn)
Matt Morris: Sat:SF(J.Schmidt)???
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@PIT(J.Suppan)???
Mike Mussina: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:BOS(J.Burkett)
Kevin Millwood: Fri:FLO(C.Pavano)
Kerry Wood: Fri:STL(B.Tomko)
Kevin Brown: Thu:SD(A.Eaton)
Roy Halladay: Wed:@DET(A.Bernero)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@STL(D.Haren); Sat:@SD(K.Jarvis)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PHI(R.Wolf); Sun:STL(W.Williams)

While we see seven starts we absolutely love, Brown faces the best overall opposition in our opinion, so we'll deploy Pedro, Hudson, Mussina, Halladay, Schmidt, and Prior.

With Vlad and Kearns injured, Hernandez no longer playable, and Everett struggling, we also don't have a tough decision in picking our offense.

Interview with the Umpire(7th lg; 42nd div; 1021st overall),
Shadow of the Umpire(5th lg; 51th div; 1022nd overall), &
Dance of the Umpires(8th lg; 45th div; 1095th overall)
Week 14: June 30-July 5

C	Ivan Rodriguez		1070
C	Toby Hall		460
1B	Aubrey Huff		610
1B	Frank Thomas		920
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1460
2B	Luis Castillo		1210
3B	Aaron Boone		1010
3B	Hank Blalock		500
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	1330
OF	Lance Berkman		1640
OF	Manny Ramirez		1610
OF	Ichiro Suzuki		1480
OF	Preston Wilson		1220
OF	Hideki Matsui		750
OF	Dave Roberts		620
DH	Aramis Ramirez		820
DH	Erubiel Durazo		520

SP	Pedro Martinez		1700
SP	Tim Hudson		1340
SP	Mike Mussina		1210
SP	Roy Halladay		890
SP	Jason Schmidt		790 
SP	Mark Prior		750
RP	Eric Gagne		1430
RP	Scott Williamson	960
RP	Mike MacDougal		750
RP	Tim Worrell		740

Total Salary for Week 14: 	29800

Diamond Challenge 2nd Season

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@TB(R.Bell)
Curt Schilling: DL(No start)
Tim Hudson: Tue:SEA(G.Meche); Sun:ANA(J.Washburn)
Matt Morris: Sat:SF(J.Schmidt)???
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@PIT(J.Suppan)???
Mike Mussina: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:BOS(J.Burkett)
Mark Mulder: Fri:ANA(A.Sele)
Kevin Millwood: Fri:FLO(C.Pavano)
Kerry Wood: Fri:STL(B.Tomko)
Kevin Brown: Thu:SD(A.Eaton)
Roy Halladay: Wed:@DET(A.Bernero)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@STL(D.Haren); Sat:@SD(K.Jarvis)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PHI(R.Wolf); Sun:STL(W.Williams)

As in DC, the Pedro and Halladay singles look slightly better than Brown's start, so we'll deploy the two American Leaguers along with our four doubles.

However we need to add speed and we're running into cap problems on offense, so we've decided to replace Gary Sheffield, who never seems to fit into our lineup. Milton Bradley(430) continues to play great, and his salary makes him particularly attractive.

Bradley immediately enters our lineup as we're benching Griffey and Kearns. We can't find cap room to run Pierre, and as we like Orlando Cabrera and Mike Lowell better this week than Furcal and Ramirez, we'll deploy the former two while the latter sit.

Umpire The Masquerade(3rd lg; 13th div; 150th overall)
Week 14: June 30-July 5

C	Mike Lieberthal		650
C	Toby Hall		460
1B	Carlos Deglado		1420
1B	Aubrey Huff		610
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1460
2B	Bret Boone		1360
3B	Mike Lowell		1190
3B	Hank Blalock		500
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	1330
SS	Orlando Cabrera		1030
OF	Albert Pujols		1750
OF	Preston Wilson		1220
OF	Vernon Wells		750
OF	Dave Roberts		620
OF	Corey Patterson		500
OF	Milton Bradley		430
DH	Todd Helton		1850
DH	Erubiel Durazo		520

SP	Pedro Martinez		1700
SP	Tim Hudson		1340
SP	Mike Mussina		1210 
SP	Roy Halladay		890
SP	Jason Schmidt		790
SP	Mark Prior		750
RP	Eric Gagne		1430
RP	Joe Borowski		750
RP	Rocky Biddle		750
RP	Tim Worrell		740

Total Salary for Week 14: 	28000

Internet Challenge

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@TB(R.Bell)
Mike Mussina: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez)
Kevin Brown: Thu:SD(A.Eaton)
Roy Halladay: Wed:@DET(A.Bernero)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@STL(D.Haren)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PHI(R.Wolf)

No starts: Randy, Schilling, Morris, Oswalt, Millwood, Wood, Loaiza, and Ainsworth.

As our pitchers only make six starts, we have easy decisions this week, especially with Vlad and Kearns also injured. We need to sit either Orlando Cabrera or Aaron Boone to make a cap work, and since Boone plays one less game and has started slumping, he'll take a seat at the end of our bench.

The Umpire Hunter(13th lg; 300th overall)
Week 14a: June 30-July 5

C	Jorge Posada		1120
C	Toby Hall		460
1B	Todd Helton		1850
1B	Aubrey Huff		610
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1460
2B	Luis Castillo		1210 
3B	Aramis Ramirez		820
3B	Hank Blalock		500
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	1330
OF	Lance Berkman		1640
OF	Manny Ramirez		1610
OF	Preston Wilson		1220 
OF	Carl Everett		850
OF	Hideki Matsui		750
OF	Dave Roberts		620
DH	Orlando Cabrera		1030 
DH	Erubiel Durazo		520

SP	Pedro Martinez		1700
SP	Mike Mussina		1210
SP	Kevin Brown		990
SP	Roy Halladay		890
SP	Jason Schmidt		790
SP	Mark Prior		750
RP	Eric Gagne		1430
RP	Scott Williamson	960
RP	Mike MacDougal		750
RP	Tim Worrell		740

Total Salary for Week 14a: 	29820

Fantasy Baseball & Budget Baseball
(Same rules = same rosters and moves for both teams)

SP(6)
Curt Schilling: DL(No start)
Mike Mussina: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:BOS(J.Burkett)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@TB(R.Bell)
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@PIT(J.Suppan)???
Kerry Wood: Fri:STL(B.Tomko)
Kevin Millwood: Fri:FLO(C.Pavano)
Roy Halladay: Wed:@DET(A.Bernero)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@STL(D.Haren); Sat:@SD(K.Jarvis)
Kevin Brown: Thu:SD(A.Eaton)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PHI(R.Wolf); Sun:STL(W.Williams)

With three doubles and starts from Pedro, Halladay, and Brown against terrible offensive teams, we'll sit Schilling, Oswalt, Wood, and Millwood.

We just can't quite fit Helton into our lineup while running Mussina and Pedro, so he'll stay benched, along with Marrero, Phelps, Ellis, J.Hernandez, and Kearns. Hinske looks better than Crede this week, and we also prefer Larry Walker deployed with Burrell sitting.

The Umpire Chronicles(5th lg; 241st overall)
& Umpire with a Soul(4th lg; 562nd overall)
Week 14: June 30-July 5

C	Jason Varitek		1400
C	Toby Hall		1070
1B	Carlos Delgado		2850
1B	Frank Thomas		2030
2B	Alfonso Soriano		2570
2B	Orlando Hudson		1000
3B	Scott Rolen		2660
3B	Eric Hinske		1750
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	2300 
SS	Orlando Cabrera		1820
OF	Albert Pujols		3150
OF	Lance Berkman		2850
OF	Manny Ramirez		2690 
OF	Juan Gonzalez		1980
OF	Vernon Wells		1780
OF	Hideki Matsui		1500
DH	Larry Walker		2500
DH	Preston Wilson		2410

SP	Mike Mussina		2920
SP	Pedro Martinez		2900
SP	Roy Halladay		2010 
SP	Jason Schmidt		1990
SP	Kevin Brown		1910
SP	Mark Prior		1800
RP	Eric Gagne		2560
RP	Keith Foulke		2330
RP	Mike MacDougal		1500
RP	Tim Worrell		1370

Total Salary for Week 14: 	59600

Today's Fantasy Rx: While I have a feeling at least one of the pitchers we're running seems likely to get shelled, this looks like the best week for starters in a month or two. The Mussina, Schmidt, and Prior doubles all look excellent, and Pedro, Halladay, and Brown each face terrible offensive teams. If you need a starting pitcher, add one of these guys to your roster if you don't already own all of them.