Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Detroit: 1 Home vs, MIN; 3 Road at CLE; 3 Road at CHW.
Minnesota: 1 Road at DET; 3 Road at KC; 3 Home vs. ANA.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Atlanta: 3 Road at NYM; 3 Home vs. STL.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. DET; 3 Home vs. KC.
Houston: 3 Road at PIT; 3 Home vs. CHC.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Home vs. ARI; 3 Home vs. COL.
San Francisco: 3 Home vs. SD; 3 Road at PIT.
St. Louis: 3 Home vs. MIL; 3 Road at ATL.
Washington: 3 Home vs. PHI; 3 Home vs. NYM.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Baltimore: 3 Road at BOS; 3 Home vs. TB.
Boston: 3 Home vs. BAL; 3 Road at TEX.
Chicago Cubs: 3 Home vs. CIN; 3 Road at HOU.
Cincinnati: 3 Road at CHC; 3 Road at MIL.
Colorado: 3 Home vs. FLO; 3 Road at LA.
Florida: 3 Road at COL; 3 Road at PHI.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Road at NYY; 3 Road at MIN.
Milwaukee: 3 Road at STL; 3 Home vs. CIN.
New York Yankees: 3 Home vs. ANA: 3 Home vs. TOR.
Philadelphia: 3 Road at WAS; 3 Home vs. FLO.
Pittsburgh: 3 Home vs. HOU; 3 Home vs. SF.
Seattle: 3 Road at TEX; 3 Road at CHW.
Tampa Bay: 3 Road at TOR: 3 Road at BAL.
Texas: 3 Home vs. SEA; 3 Home vs. BOS.
Toronto: 3 Home vs. TB; 3 Road at NYY.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Road at LA; 3 Road at SD.
Chicago White Sox: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Home vs. DET.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. CHW; 3 Home vs. SEA.
San Diego: 3 Road at SF; 3 Home vs. ARI.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Kansas City: 3 Home vs. MIN; 3 Road at CLE.
New York Mets: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Road at WAS.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Bruce Chen: Mon:@BOS(D.Wells); Sun:TB(D.Brazelton)
Bartolo Colon: Tue:@NYY(C.Pavano); Sun:@MIN(J.Santana)
Doug Davis: Tue:@STL(C.Carpenter); Sun:CIN(P.Wilson)
Zach Day: Mon:PHI(C.Lidle); Sat:NYM(V.Zambrano)
Ryan Drese: Tue:SEA(J.Pineiro); Sun:BOS(D.Wells)
Jon Garland: Mon:@OAK(B.Zito); Sun:DET(N.Robertson)
Cory Lidle: Mon:@WAS(Z.Day); Sun:FLO(J.Beckett)
Ted Lilly: Tue:TB(D.Brazelton); Sun:@NYY(C.Pavano)
Derek Lowe: Mon:ARI(J.Vazquez); Sun:COL(Jam.Wright)
Noah Lowry: Mon:SD(W.Williams); Sat:@PIT(Da.Williams)
Pedro Martinez?: Tue:ATL(J.Smoltz); Sun:@WAS(J.Patterson)?
Roy Oswalt: Mon:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:CHC(M.Prior)
John Patterson: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:NYM(P.Martinez?)
Carl Pavano: Tue:LAA(B.Colon); Sun:TOR(T.Lilly)
Joel Pineiro: Tue:@TEX(R.Drese); Sun:@OAK(B.Zito)
Mark Prior: Mon:CIN(P.Wilson); Sun:@HOU(R.Oswalt)
Brad Radke: Mon:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sat:LAA(K.Escobar)
Nate Robertson: Tue:@CLE(J.Westbrook); Sun:@CHW(J.Garland)
Johan Santana: Tue:@KC(J.Lima); Sun:LAA(B.Colon)
Jason Schmidt?: Tue:SD(A.Eaton); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)?
John Smoltz?: Tue:@NYM(P.Martinez); Sun:STL(J.Suppan)?
Jeff Suppan: Mon:MIL(W.Obermueller); Sun:@ATL(J.Smoltz?)
Javier Vazquez: Mon:@LA(D.Lowe); Sun:@SD(W.Williams)
David Wells: Mon:BAL(B.Chen); Sun:@TEX(R.Drese)
Jake Westbrook: Mon:DET(N.Robertson); Sun:KC(J.Lima)
Woody Williams: Mon:@SF(N.Lowry); Sun:ARI(J.Vazquez)
Barry Zito: Mon:CHW(J.Garland); Sun:SEA(J.Pineiro)
Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Josh Beckett: Tue:@COL(Jam.Wright); Sun:@PHI(C.Lidle)
Jose Lima: Tue:MIN(J.Santana); Sun:@CLE(J.Westbrook)
Dewon Brazelton: Tue:@TOR(T.Lilly); Sun:@BAL(B.Chen)
Jason Johnson: Mon:MIN(B.Radke); Sat:@CHW(O.Hernandez)
Oliver Perez: Mon:HOU(R.Oswalt); Sun:SF(J.Schmidt?)
Paul Wilson: Mon:@CHC(M.Prior); Sun:@MIL(Do.Davis)
Jamey Wright: Tue:FLO(J.Beckett); Sun:@LA(D.Lowe)
Diamond Challenge

We obviously erred in not adding Miguel Batista and Brandon Lyon last week as the loss of those saves cost us perhaps ten spots in the division rankings, so we'll correct that mistake this week. As we like Jose Reyes and Clint Barmes at SS, we'll add Batista for Nomar, and then since we're not comfortable even running Oliver Perez for this double this week, we'll add Brandon Lyon for Perez. While we normally don't keep a reliever on the bench, we'll hold Dotel for now until we see how our new bullpen develops. Perez still intrigues us, but with awful command, little chance of winning even a dozen games, and an atrocious ground-fly, he doesn't belong on our roster in this league.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Fri:TOR(D.Bush)
Johan Santana: Tue:@KC(J.Lima); Sun:LAA(B.Colon)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:SD(A.Eaton); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)?
Pedro Martinez: Tue:ATL(J.Smoltz); Sun:@WAS(J.Patterson)?
Roy Oswalt: Mon:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:CHC(M.Prior)
Roger Clemens: Fri:CHC(G.Maddux)
Ben Sheets: Fri:CIN(B.Claussen?)?
Mark Mulder: Fri:@ATL(T.Hudson)
Jake Peavy: Fri:ARI(B.Webb)
Rich Harden: Tue:CHW(M.Buehrle)
A.J. Burnett: Thu:@COL(J.Jennings)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@COL(Jam.Wright); Sun:@PHI(C.Lidle)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. TB; 3 Road at NYY.

Batista will remain in our lineup indefinitely, accompanied this week by the doubles of Santana and Oswalt, the potential doubles of Schmidt and Pedro, and then Clemens, who appears as hot as any pitcher in the game. Beckett simply looks like too much of a risk in perhaps the two best hitters' parks in the league.

Offensively, Reyes replaces the cut Nomar, and then Podsednik and Mench return to the lineup for Reed and Wright, who join Morneau and Iguchi on our bench.

Rotohelp.com(2nd lg; 12th div; 234th overall)
Week 4: April 25-May 1

C	Victor Martinez		860
C	John Buck		390
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
1B	Travis Hafner		810
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Marcus Giles		950
3B	Melvin Mora		1270
3B	Troy Glaus		830 
SS	Jose Reyes		850
SS	Clint Barmes		400
OF	Carl Crawford		1560 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090
OF	Matt Holliday		630 
UT	Albert Pujols		1930 
UT	Kevin Mench		580

SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Jason Schmidt		1510
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Miguel Batista		840
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Guillermo Mota		950
RP	Brandon Lyon		750

Total Salary for Week 4: 	29900

Internet Challenge

With a need for cap room and more save opportunities, Brandon Lyon also will join this team as Oliver Perez departs. He'll send Dotel to the bench for now.

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Tue:@KC(J.Lima)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:SD(A.Eaton)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:ATL(J.Smoltz)
Roy Oswalt: Mon:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Rich Harden: Tue:CHW(M.Buehrle)
A.J. Burnett: Thu:@COL(J.Jennings)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@COL(Jam.Wright)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. TB.

No starts: Randy, Clemens, Sheets?, Mulder, and Peavy.

With the Marlins in Colorado, we'll opt for the other six pitchers here.

We need power here, so Teixeira and Mench return to our lineup, displacing Carl Crawford and Jeremy Reed, who join Morneau and Iguchi on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(7th lg; 181th overall)
Week 4a: April 25-April 28

C	Victor Martinez		860
C	John Buck		390 
1B	Albert Pujols		1930
1B	Travis Hafner		810
2B	Brian Roberts		960 
2B	Marcus Giles		950
3B	Melvin Mora		1270
3B	Troy Glaus		830
SS	Jose Reyes		850
SS	Clint Barmes		400 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250 
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090
OF	Matt Holliday		630 
OF	Kevin Mench		580
UT	Todd Helton		1740 
UT	Mark Teixeira		1310 

SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Jason Schmidt		1510 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450 
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Rich Harden		900 
SP	Miguel Batista		840
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Guillermo Mota		950
RP	Brandon Lyon		750

Total Salary for Week 4a 	29700

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

With Oliver Perez neither accumulating many innings nor wins, we're replacing him with Roger Clemens, who probably ranks as the most dominant pitcher not currently on this team. While our bullpen concerns us, we're not making a move here quite yet.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Fri:TOR(D.Bush)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:SD(A.Eaton); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)?
Pedro Martinez: Tue:ATL(J.Smoltz); Sun:@WAS(J.Patterson)?
Johan Santana: Tue:@KC(J.Lima); Sun:LAA(B.Colon)
Roger Clemens: Fri:CHC(G.Maddux)
Ben Sheets: Fri:CIN(B.Claussen?)?
Jake Peavy: Fri:ARI(B.Webb)
A.J. Burnett: Thu:@COL(J.Jennings)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@COL(Jam.Wright); Sun:@PHI(C.Lidle)
Dan Haren: Fri:SEA(A.Sele)

Clemens and Peavy look like good choices to join Schmidt, Pedro, Santana, and Beckett, who should have good value here thanks to the lack of any qualitative downside.

The pitching puts us into a particle cap bind, requiring the benching of Pujols and Drew for Podsednik and Mench. Buck, Morneau, Hudson, Ensberg, Greene, and Kearns remain seated.

Rotohelp.com(6th lg; 579th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(10th lg; 1456rd overall)
Week 4: April 25-May 1

C	Victor Martinez		1800 
C	J.D. Closser		1000
1B	Todd Helton		3460
1B	Travis Hafner		1870
2B	Brian Roberts		1850
2B	Orlando Hudson		1540
3B	Eric Chavez		2740
3B	Hank Blalock		2240
SS	Rafael Furcal		2430 
SS	Clint Barmes		1000 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420
OF	Carl Crawford		2120 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1990
OF	Matt Holliday		1470
OF	Jason Lane		1000 
OF	Jeremy Reed		1000
DH	Troy Glaus		2460 
DH	Kevin Mench		1660

SP	Johan Santana		3090
SP	Jason Schmidt		3180
SP	Pedro Martinez		3140 
SP	Roger Clemens		3030
SP	Jake Peavy		2090 
SP	Josh Beckett		1730 
RP	Octavio Dotel		2440
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	2630
RP	B.J. Ryan		2060
RP	Guillermo Mota		1940

Total Salary for Week 4: 	59370

Today's Fantasy Rx: With over ten percent of the season completed, you need to examine your teams to determine specific category weaknesses. Any qualitative problems need immediate addressing, however also feel free to burn a couple moves to improve any significant quantitative deficits since those problems only will compound each additional week you wait to take action.