Today's Fantasy Rx

For reference, here are the tables which spurred yesterday's column:

AL	BB:K	BB/9	CT%	SB%	BA/OBP/SLG
2000	.61	.11	.82	69%	.276/.349/.443
2001	.50	.09	.81	71%	.267/.344/.428
2002	.51	.09	.82	68%	.264/.329/.424
2003	.52	.09	.82	70%	.267/.333/.428
2004	.52	.10	.82	69%	.270/.336/.433

NL	BB:K	BB/9	CT%	SB%	BA/OBP/SLG
2000	.56	.11	.80	69%	.266/.342/.432
2001	.48	.10	.80	66%	.261/.331/.425
2002	.52	.10	.80	68%	.259/.328/.410
2003	.51	.10	.81	69%	.262/.332/.417
2004	.51	.10	.80	72%	.263/.329/.423

AL	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB
2000	78547	11995	2688	11418	1297
2001	78164	11013	2506	10508	1647
2002	77788	10892	2464	10271	1236
2003	78311	11033	2499	10505	1279
2004	78731	11358	2605	10814	1253

NL	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB
2000	88743	12976	3005	12317	1626
2001	88100	12186	2952	11580	1456
2002	87794	11516	2595	10961	1514
2003	88426	11945	2708	11381	1293
2004	88622	12018	2846	11434	1336

Today's Fantasy Rx: My predictions for today's games(all times CDT):

12:00 on ESPN: Los Angeles@St. Louis
3:00 on ESPN: Boston@Anaheim
7:00 on Fox: Minnesota@New York Yankees

Expecting the two best starting pitchers in baseball to win their first games makes sense. St. Louis' offense certainly could trump Odalis Perez, but with neither Perez nor Woody Williams pitching particularly well over the last month, Game 1 gives the Dodgers a surprisingly good chance to sneak a win from the majors' best team.