Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
San Francisco: 1 Road at COL; 3 Road at TB; 3 Road at BAL.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Chicago Cubs: 4 Home vs. STL; 3 Road at ANA.
Colorado: 1 Home vs. SF; 3 Road at NYY; 3 Road at TB.
St. Louis: 4 Road at CHC; 3 Road at TEX.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Anaheim: 3 Home vs. MIL; 3 Home vs. CHC.
Atlanta: 3 Road at DET; 3 Road at CHW.
Baltimore: 3 Home vs. ARI; 3 Home vs. SF.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. FLO; 3 Home vs. CIN.
Houston: 3 Road at SEA; 3 Road at MIL.
Kansas City: 3 Home vs. MON; 3 Home vs. NYM.
Minnesota: 3 Home vs. NYM; 3 Home vs. PHI.
New York Yankees: 3 Home vs. COL; 3 Home vs. SD.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. CIN; 3 Home vs. PIT.
Tampa Bay: 3 Home vs. SF; 3 Home vs. COL.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Road at BAL; 3 Road at TOR.
Chicago White Sox: 3 Home vs. PHI; 3 Home vs. ATL.
Los Angeles: 3 Road at TOR: 3 Road at BOS.
Milwaukee: 3 Road at ANA; 3 Home vs. HOU.
Philadelphia: 3 Road at CHW; 3 Road at MIN.
Pittsburgh: 3 Road at TEX; 3 Road at OAK.
Texas: 3 Home vs. PIT; 3 Home vs. STL.
Toronto: 3 Home vs. LA; 3 Home vs. ARI.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Boston: 3 Home vs. SD; 3 Home vs. LA.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Home vs. FLO.
Montreal: 3 Road at KC; 3 Road at SEA.
New York Mets: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Road at KC.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Cincinnati: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Road at CLE.
Florida: 3 Road at CLE; 3 Road at DET.
San Diego: 3 Road at BOS; 3 Road at NYY.
Seattle: 3 Home vs. HOU; 3 Home vs. MON.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Tony Armas: Tue:@KC(Z.Greinke); Sun:@SEA(C.Nageotte)
Mark Buehrle: Tue:PHI(R.Madson); Sun:ATL(M.Hampton)
Chris Carpenter: Mon:@CHC(G.Rusch); Sat:@TEX(R.Drese)
Matt Clement: Tue:STL(W.Williams); Sun:@ANA(K.Escobar)
R.A. Dickey: Mon:PIT(K.Wells); Sun:STL(W.Williams)
Brandon Duckworth: Mon:@SEA(C.Nageotte); Sun:@MIL(B.Sheets)
Kelvim Escobar: Tue:MIL(B.Sheets); Sun:CHC(M.Clement)
Tom Glavine: Tue:@MIN(B.Radke); Sun:@KC(Z.Greinke)
Zach Greinke: Tue:MON(T.Armas); Sun:NYM(T.Glavine)
Mike Hampton: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Jason Johnson: Tue:ATL(M.Hampton); Sun:FLO(D.Willis)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@BAL(S.Ponson); Sun:@TOR(T.Lilly)
Cliff Lee: Tue:FLO(D.Willis); Sun:@CIN(C.Lidle)
Cory Lidle: Mon:@OAK(M.Mulder); Sun:@CLE(Cl.Lee)
Ted Lilly: Tue:LA(H.Nomo); Sun:ARI(R.Johnson)
Ryan Madson: Tue:@CHW(M.Buehrle); Sun:@MIN(B.Radke)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:SD(D.Wells); Sun:LA(H.Nomo)
Mark Mulder: Mon:CIN(C.Lidle); Sun:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Clint Nageotte: Mon:HOU(B.Duckworth); Sun:MON(T.Armas)
Oliver Perez: Tue:@TEX(J.Benoit); Sun:@OAK(M.Mulder)
Sidney Ponson: Tue:ARI(R.Johnson); Sun:SF(Jer.Williams)
Brad Radke: Tue:NYM(T.Glavine); Sun:PHI(R.Madson)
Ben Sheets: Tue:@ANA(K.Escobar); Sun:HOU(B.Duckworth)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:COL(J.Fassero); Sun:SD(D.Wells)
Doug Waechter: Tue:SF(Jer.Williams); Sun:SF(J.Fassero)
Kip Wells: Mon:@TEX(R.Dickey); Sat:@OAK(M.Redman)
Jerome Williams: Tue:@TB(D.Waechter); Sun:@BAL(S.Ponson)
Dontrelle Willis: Tue:@CLE(Cl.Lee); Sun:@DET(Jas.Johnson)

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Shawn Estes: Mon:SF(B.Tomko); Sat:@TB(D.Brazelton)
Jeff Fassero: Tue:@NYY(J.Vazquez); Sun:@TB(D.Waechter)
Glendon Rusch: Mon:STL(C.Carpenter); Sun:@ANA(B.Colon)
Brett Tomko: Mon:@COL(S.Estes); Sat:@BAL(Rod.Lopez)
David Wells: Tue:@BOS(P.Martinez); Sun:@NYY(J.Vazquez)
Woody Williams: Tue:@CHC(M.Clement); Sun:@TEX(R.Dickey)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:SD(D.Wells); Sun:LA(H.Nomo)
Curt Schilling: Thu:SD(D.Tankersley)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@BAL(S.Ponson); Sun:@TOR(T.Lilly)
Mike Mussina: Fri:SD(I.Valdez)
Roy Halladay: Sat:ARI(S.Sparks)
Tim Hudson: Thu:PIT(K.Benson)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:COL(J.Fassero); Sun:SD(D.Wells)
Mark Mulder: Mon:CIN(C.Lidle); Sun:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@MIL(C.Capuano?)
Kerry Wood: No start(DL)
Kevin Brown: Wed:COL(J.Kennedy)
Josh Beckett: No start(DL)
Shawn Chacon: 1 Home vs. SF; 3 Road at NYY; 3 Road at TB.

In addition to the four doubles and Chacon, we'll deploy Hudson, who looks like a slightly safer bet than Schilling or Brown.

Fullmer, Hudson, Roberts, and Beltran all stay seated, and after our inexplicably poor decision to sit Dunn, he returns to our lineup for Crede.

Shadow of the Umpire(17th lg; 155th div; 3993rd overall)
Week 10: June 7-June 13

C	Javy Lopez		940
C	Jason Varitek		680
1B	Mark Teixeira		760
1B	Lyle Overbay		400
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1930
2B	Mark Loretta		820
3B	Mike Lowell		1230
3B	Hank Blalock		850
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010 
SS	Alex Cintron		450 
OF	Juan Pierre		1470 
OF	Vernon Wells		1150
OF	Scott Podsednik		980
OF	Melvin Mora		740
OF	Brad Wilkerson		690 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		570 
DH	Carl Crawford		1040 
DH	Adam Dunn		690

SP	Randy Johnson		1550 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1800
SP	Tim Hudson		1320 
SP	Javier Vazquez		1280 
SP	Mark Mulder		1200 
SP	Shawn Chacon		630
RP	Eric Gagne		1890
RP	Octavio Dotel		1250
RP	Arthur Rhodes		800
RP	Matt Herges		670

Total Salary for Week 10: 	29790

Diamond Challenge 2nd Season

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:SD(D.Wells); Sun:LA(H.Nomo)
Curt Schilling: Thu:SD(D.Tankersley)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@BAL(S.Ponson); Sun:@TOR(T.Lilly)
Roy Halladay: Sat:ARI(S.Sparks)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:COL(J.Fassero); Sun:SD(D.Wells)
Jason Schmidt: Wed:@TB(M.Hendrickson)
Mark Mulder: Mon:CIN(C.Lidle); Sun:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@MIL(C.Capuano?)
Roger Clemens: Tue:@SEA(J.Pineiro)
Brad Penny: Sat:@DET(N.Robertson)
Ben Sheets: Tue:@ANA(K.Escobar); Sun:HOU(B.Duckworth)
Jon Lieber: Fri:SD(A.Eaton)
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Home vs. MON; 3 Home vs. NYM.

With five doubles and Affeldt, we're fine here even though we're missing Schmidt and the small chance of a Clemens double.

Our three Rockies stay benched for another week. To fit under the cap, we'll deploy Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay while sitting Berkman and Crawford.

Umpire: The Masquerade
(23rd lg; 225th div; 1959th overall)
Week 10: June 7-June 13

C	Jason Varitek		680
C	Victor Martinez		450
1B	David Ortiz		800
1B	Craig Wilson		620
2B	Jeff Kent		1450
2B	Mark Loretta		820
3B	Scott Rolen		1460
3B	Hank Blalock		850 
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010 
SS	Juan Uribe		600
OF	Manny Ramirez		1420 
OF	Vernon Wells		1150
OF	Melvin Mora		740
OF	Ken Griffey		700 
OF	Matt Lawton		720
OF	Miguel Cabrera		570 
DH	Bobby Abreu		1630
DH	Lyle Overbay		400

SP	Pedro Martinez		1800
SP	Randy Johnson		1550 
SP	Javier Vazquez		1280
SP	Mark Mulder		1200
SP	Ben Sheets		870
SP	Jeremy Affeldt		650
RP	Danny Graves		1070
RP	Danny Kolb		940 
RP	Arthur Rhodes		800
RP	Joe Nathan		720

Total Salary for Week 10: 	27950

Internet Challenge

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:SD(D.Wells)
Curt Schilling: Thu:SD(D.Tankersley)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@BAL(S.Ponson)
Tim Hudson: Thu:PIT(K.Benson)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:COL(J.Fassero)
Kevin Brown: Wed:COL(J.Kennedy)
Shawn Chacon: 1 Home vs. SF; 3 Road at NYY.

No starts: Mussina, Halladay, Oswalt, Wood, Beckett.

We'll deploy the six expensive starters since we need wins and strikeouts, not to mention a qualitative boost.

Fullmer, Hudson, Crede, and Ichiro stay benched, and to squeeze under the cap, Beltran and Crawford hit our bench in favor of Podsednik and Cintron.

The Umpire Hunter(16th lg; 549th overall)
Week 10a: June 7-June 10

C	Mike Piazza		990
C	Jason Varitek		680
1B	Lyle Overbay		400
1B	Mark Teixeira		760
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1930
3B	Eric Hinske		990
3B	Hank Blalock		850
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010 
SS	Kazuo Matsui		750 
OF	Vernon Wells		1150 
OF	Carl Crawford		1040 
OF	Scott Podsednik		980
OF	Brad Wilkerson		690 
OF	Adam Dunn		690
OF	Miguel Cabrera		570 
DH	Victor Martinez		450 
DH	Alex Cintron		450

SP	Pedro Martinez		1800 
SP	Curt Schilling		1610
SP	Randy Johnson		1550 
SP	Tim Hudson		1320 
SP	Javier Vazquez		1280  
SP	Kevin Brown		1180
RP	Eric Gagne		1890
RP	Octavio Dotel		1250
RP	Arthur Rhodes		800
RP	Matt Herges		670

Total Salary for Week 10a: 	29980

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

Since Jeremy Affeldt is cheaper than Shawn Chacon and outperforming him significantly, we're going to make that switch this week.

SP(6)
Curt Schilling: Thu:SD(D.Tankersley)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@BAL(S.Ponson); Sun:@TOR(T.Lilly)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:COL(J.Fassero); Sun:SD(D.Wells)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:SD(D.Wells); Sun:LA(H.Nomo)
Kerry Wood: No start(DL)
Tim Hudson: Thu:PIT(K.Benson)
Roy Halladay: Sat:ARI(S.Sparks)
Kevin Brown: Wed:COL(J.Kennedy)
Josh Beckett: No start(DL)
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Home vs. MON; 3 Home vs. NYM.

Along with the three doubles, Schilling, Hudson, and Affeldt easily look like the best choices.

Wilkerson and Dunn return to our lineup as injured Albert Pujols and Austin Kearns hit the bench. Derrek Lee also replaces Tony Batista as Lowell shifts to third.

The Umpire Chronicles(15th lg; 1543rd overall)
& Umpire with a Soul(19th lg; 3063rd overall)
Week 10: June 7-June 13

 
C	Matt LeCroy		1100 
C	Johnny Estrada		1000 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1550
1B	Lyle Overbay		1000
2B	Alfonso Soriano		3060 
2B	Mark Loretta		1650 
3B	Mike Lowell		2380
3B	Hank Blalock		2020 
SS	Orlando Cabrera		2460
SS	Brian Roberts		1260 
OF	Carlos Beltran		3060
OF	Manny Ramirez		2960 
OF	Vernon Wells		2260 
OF	Adam Dunn		1950
OF	Hideki Matsui		1800 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1600 
DH	Derrek Lee		2690
DH	Brad Wilkerson		1870 

SP	Pedro Martinez		2890
SP	Curt Schilling		3090 
SP	Randy Johnson		2900 
SP	Javier Vazquez		2890
SP	Tim Hudson		2840 
SP	Jeremy Affeldt		1520
RP	Armando Benitez		2490
RP	Octavio Dotel		2400
RP	Matt Herges		1610
RP	Arthur Rhodes		1580

Total Salary for Week 10: 	59880

Today's Fantasy Rx: Due to the start of interleague play, many hitters this week will face a pitcher that they've never previously seen almost every day this week. When in doubt, deploy your pitchers since they'll generally hold a slight advantage over opponents during initial confrontations.