Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Chicago White Sox: 3 Road at FLO; 3 Road at MON.
Los Angeles: 3 Home vs. BAL; 3 Home vs. NYY.
San Diego: 3 Home vs. TB; 3 Home vs. TOR.
Toronto: 3 Road at SF: 3 Road at SD.
Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Detroit: 3 Road at PHI; 3 Road at NYM.
Kansas City: 3 Road at ATL; 3 Road at PHI.
Montreal: 3 Home vs. MIN; 3 Home vs. CHW.
San Francisco: 3 Home vs. TOR: 3 Home vs. BOS.
Tampa Bay: 3 Road at SD; 3 Road at ARI.
Texas: 3 Road at CIN; 3 Road at FLO.
Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Jose Acevedo: Mon:@PHI(E.Milton); Sat:@STL(W.Williams)
Miguel Batista: Tue:@SF(J.Schmidt); Sun:@SD(B.Lawrence)
Jeremy Bonderman: Tue:@PHI(B.Powell); Sun@NYM(S.Trachsel)
A.J. Burnett: Tue:CHW(J.Garland); Sun:TEX(K.Rogers)
Roger Clemens: Mon:CHC(M.Prior); Sat:ANA(Ra.Ortiz?)
Jose Contreras: Tue:@ARI(B.Webb); Sun:@LA(J.Lima)
Jason Davis: Tue:@NYM(S.Trachsel); Sun:@ATL(Ru.Ortiz)
Zach Day: Tue:MIN(J.Santana); Sun:CHW(J.Garland)
Freddy Garcia: Tue:@MIL(V.Santos); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Jon Garland: Tue:@FLO(A.Burnett); Sun@MON(Z.Day)
Mark Hendrickson: Tue:@SD(B.Lawrence); Sun:@ARI(B.Webb)
Brian Lawrence: Tue:TB(M.Hendrickson); Sun:TOR(M.Batista)
Jose Lima: Tue:BAL(D.Cabrera); Sun:NYY(J.Contreras)
Wade Miller: Tue:CHC(C.Zambrano); Sun:ANA(J.Washburn)
Eric Milton: Mon:CIN(Jo.Acevedo); Sat:KC(Z.Greinke)
Matt Morris: Tue:OAK(B.Zito); Sun:CIN(J.Bong)
Russ Ortiz: Tue:KC(D.Reyes); Sun:CLE(Ja.Davis)
Oliver Perez: Tue:ANA(J.Washburn); Sun:SEA(Fr.Garcia)
Mark Prior: Mon:@HOU(R.Clemens); Sat:OAK(M.Mulder)
Dennys Reyes: Tue:@ATL(Ru.Ortiz); Sun:@PHI(B.Powell)
Kenny Rogers: Tue:@CIN(J.Bong); Sun:@FLO(A.Burnett)
Johan Santana: Tue:@MON(Z.Day); Sun:@MIL(V.Santos)
Victor Santos: Tue:SEA(J.Schmidt); Sun:MIN(J.Santana)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:TOR(M.Batista); Sun:BOS(B.Arroyo)
Steve Trachsel: Tue:CLE(Ja.Davis); Sun:DET(J.Bonderman)
Brandon Webb: Tue:NYY(J.Contreras); Sun:TB(M.Hendrickson)
Jake Westbrook: Mon:BAL(E.DuBose); Sat:@ATL(Tr.Smith)
Carlos Zambrano: Tue:@HOU(W.Miller); Sun:OAK(B.Zito)
Barry Zito: Tue:@STL(M.Morris); Sun:@CHC(C.Zambrano)
Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Bronson Arroyo: Tue:@COL(J.Kennedy); Sun:@SF(J.Schmidt)
Jung Bong: Tue:TEX(K.Rogers); Sun:@STL(M.Morris)
Daniel Cabrera: Tue:@LA(J.Lima); Sun:@COL(J.Kennedy)
Eric DuBose: Mon:@CLE(J.Westbrook); Sat:@COL(J.Fassero)
Joe Kennedy: Tue:BOS(B.Arroyo); Sun:BAL(D.Cabrera)
Brian Powell: Tue:DET(J.Bonderman); Sun:KC(D.Reyes)
Jarrod Washburn: Tue:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:@HOU(W.Miller)
Diamond Challenge
A poor week of starting selections prompted us finally to add Jeremy Affeldt for Shawn Chacon. While that leaves us with only four moves until September expansion, we need the cap room and the extra saves.
SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SF(N.Lowry?)
Curt Schilling: Wed:@COL(J.Jennings)
Randy Johnson: Fri:TB(R.Bell)
Mike Mussina: Sat:@LA(H.Nomo)???
Roy Halladay: Thu:@SF(D.Hermanson)
Tim Hudson: Thu:@STL(J.Suppan)
Javier Vazquez: Fri:@LA(J.Weaver)
Mark Mulder: Sat:@CHC(M.Prior)
Roy Oswalt: Thu:CHC(G.Rusch)
Kerry Wood: No start(DL)
Kevin Brown: Sat:@LA(H.Nomo)???
Josh Beckett: Thu:@FLO(E.Loaiza)?
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Road at ATL; 3 Road at PHI.
Along with Affeldt, Pedro, Randy, Halladay, and Oswalt look like good calls, and then Mulder seems a safer call than Vazquez due to the Yankees' uncertain rotation.
With Fullmer finally picking it up, we'll run him instead of Crawford, and then Roberts returns to the lineup for Cintron. Hudson, Crede, and the injured Beltran stay benched.
Shadow of the Umpire(14th lg; 130th div; 3364th overall)
Week 11: June 14-June 20
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 Brian Roberts 610
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 Brad Fullmer 700
DH Adam Dunn 690
SP Randy Johnson 1550
SP Pedro Martinez 1800
SP Roy Halladay 1350
SP Mark Mulder 1200
SP Roy Oswalt 1200
SP Jeremy Affeldt 650
RP Eric Gagne 1890
RP Octavio Dotel 1250
RP Arthur Rhodes 800
RP Matt Herges 670
Total Salary for Week 11: 29580
Diamond Challenge 2nd Season
SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SF(N.Lowry?)
Curt Schilling: Wed:@COL(J.Jennings)
Randy Johnson: Fri:TB(R.Bell)
Roy Halladay: Thu:@SF(D.Hermanson)
Javier Vazquez: Fri:@LA(J.Weaver)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:TOR(M.Batista); Sun:BOS(B.Arroyo)
Mark Mulder: Sat:@CHC(M.Prior)
Roy Oswalt: Thu:CHC(G.Rusch)
Roger Clemens: Mon:CHC(M.Prior); Sat:ANA(Ra.Ortiz?)
Brad Penny: Fri:TEX(R.Dickey)
Ben Sheets: Fri:MIN(B.Radke)
Jon Lieber: Thu:@ARI(S.Sparks)?
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Road at ATL; 3 Road at PHI.
Schmidt, Clemens, and Affeldt are easy calls, and Randy also appears quite strong. While we debated between Pedro, Halladay, Penny, and Sheets, Pedro and Sheets seems slightly safer to us then the alternatives.
We're deploying the three members of our Colorado platoon, Castilla, Clayton, and Burnitz, while sitting Craig Wilson, Blalock, and Uribe. Carl Crawford stay seated since we need to leave Ortiz, Manny, and Mora active with Baltimore and Boston heading to Coors. Lastly, Toronto's six games in the pitchers' paradise of San Diego and San Francisco forces the otherwise red hot Vernon Wells to the bench.
Since these moves leave us slightly over the cap, we'll switch Halladay for Pedro since they face the same opponent and should post similar numbers.
Umpire: The Masquerade
(2nd lg; 38th div; 369th overall)
Week 11: June 14-June 20
C Jason Varitek 680
C Victor Martinez 450
1B David Ortiz 800
1B Lyle Overbay 400
2B Jeff Kent 1450
2B Mark Loretta 820
3B Scott Rolen 1460
3B Vinny Castilla 760
SS Alex Rodriguez 2010
SS Royce Clayton 610
OF Manny Ramirez 1420
OF Lance Berkman 1390
OF Melvin Mora 740
OF Ken Griffey 700
OF Matt Lawton 720
OF Miguel Cabrera 570
DH Bobby Abreu 1630
DH Jeromy Burnitz 810
SP Randy Johnson 1550
SP Roy Halladay 1350
SP Jason Schmidt 1240
SP Roger Clemens 1130
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 11: 27740
Internet Challenge
We're going to cut Chacon in the last league where we own him, again replacing him with Jeremy Affeldt.
In an attempt to improve our offense, we're also adding Scott Rolen and dropping Eric Hinske, who finally started producing but isn't a better bet than Crede considering their respective salaries.
SP(6)
Curt Schilling: Wed:@COL(J.Jennings)
Roy Halladay: Thu:@SF(D.Hermanson)
Tim Hudson: Thu:@STL(J.Suppan)
Roy Oswalt: Thu:CHC(G.Rusch)
Josh Beckett: Thu:@FLO(E.Loaiza)?
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Road at ATL.
No starts: P.Martinez, R.Johnson, Mussina, J.Vazquez, K.Wood, K.Brown.
We're not running Schilling in Coors, especially considering his injury, so we'll deploy Brown with the other four since he's our cheapest benched starter.
Victor Martinez and Carlos Beltran join Joe Crede, Alex Cintron, and Carl Crawford on the bench as Fulmer and Rolen enter our lineup.
The Umpire Hunter(14th lg; 473rd overall)
Week 11a: June 14-June 17
C Mike Piazza 990
C Jason Varitek 680
1B Lyle Overbay 400
1B Mark Teixeira 760
2B Alfonso Soriano 1930
3B Scott Rolen 1460
3B Hank Blalock 850
SS Alex Rodriguez 2010
SS Kazuo Matsui 750
OF Ichiro Suzuki 1560
OF Vernon Wells 1150
OF Scott Podsednik 980
OF Brad Wilkerson 690
OF Adam Dunn 690
OF Miguel Cabrera 570
DH Juan Pierre 1470
DH Brad Fullmer 700
SP Roy Halladay 1350
SP Tim Hudson 1320
SP Roy Oswalt 1200
SP Kevin Brown 1180
SP Josh Beckett 990
SP Jeremy Affeldt 650
RP Eric Gagne 1890
RP Octavio Dotel 1250
RP Arthur Rhodes 800
RP Matt Herges 670
Total Salary for Week 11a: 29760
Fantasy Baseball & Budget Baseball
(Same game = same rosters and moves for both teams)
SP(6)
Curt Schilling: Wed:@COL(J.Jennings)
Randy Johnson: Fri:TB(R.Bell)
Javier Vazquez: Fri:@LA(J.Weaver)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SF(N.Lowry?)
Kerry Wood: No start(DL)
Tim Hudson: Thu:@STL(J.Suppan)
Roy Halladay: Thu:@SF(D.Hermanson)
Josh Beckett: Thu:@FLO(E.Loaiza)?
Kevin Brown: Thu:@ARI(S.Sparks)???
Jeremy Affeldt: 3 Road at ATL; 3 Road at PHI.
Randy, Pedro, Hudson, Halladay, and Affeldt look like our best choices with Schilling in Colorado, Wood hurting, and Brown possibly missing the week. While Vazquez might be better than Beckett, we'll take the latter since we need the cap room on offense.
Brian Schneider, Marcus Giles, Orlando Hudson, and Austin Kearns stay benched. With Colorado home, Helton enters the lineup for the injured Beltran, Tony Batista and Orlando Cabrera replace the slumping Mike Lowell and Alex Cintron, and then we have enough cap room to run Pujols over the slumping Hideki Matsui.
The Umpire Chronicles(14th lg; 1432nd overall)
& Umpire with a Soul(16th lg; 2895th overall)
Week 11: June 14-June 20
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 Hank Blalock 2020
3B Tony Batista 1640
SS Orlando Cabrera 2460
SS Brian Roberts 1260
OF Albert Pujols 3350
OF Manny Ramirez 2960
OF Vernon Wells 2260
OF Adam Dunn 1950
OF Brad Wilkerson 1870
OF Miguel Cabrera 1600
DH Todd Helton 3450
DH Derrek Lee 2690
SP Randy Johnson 2900
SP Pedro Martinez 2890
SP Tim Hudson 2840
SP Roy Halladay 2800
SP Josh Beckett 2000
SP Jeremy Affeldt 1520
RP Armando Benitez 2490
RP Octavio Dotel 2400
RP Matt Herges 1610
RP Arthur Rhodes 1580
Total Salary for Week 11: 59900
Today's Fantasy Rx: Since this week looks incredibly good for most hitters other than the Blue Jays, exercise extreme caution when deploying normally safe middle relievers. We expect to see many hitters enjoying very productive weeks, and the soft underbelly of teams' bullpens will absorb most of that damage.
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