Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Detroit: 3 Road at CLE; 4 Road at TB.
Florida: 4 Home vs. MIL; 3 Home vs. CHC.
Houston: 4 Home vs. SD; 3 Home vs. LAD.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Home vs. MIN; 4 Home vs. SEA.
Philadelphia: 4 Road at PIT; 3 Home vs. WAS.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 4 Home vs. STL; 3 Home vs. CIN.
Boston: 3 Road at TEX; 4 Road at BAL.
Cincinnati: 4 Road at SF; 3 Road at ARI.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. DET; 4 Road at NYY.
Colorado: 4 Home vs. LAD; 3 Home vs. SD.
Kansas City: 3 Home vs. SEA; 4 Home vs. MIN.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 4 Road at COL; 3 Road at HOU.
Minnesota: 3 Road at LAA; 4 Road at KC.
Pittsburgh: 4 Home vs. PHI; 3 Home vs. NYM.
San Diego: 4 Road at HOU; 3 Road at COL.
Seattle: 3 Road at KC; 4 Road at LAA.
St. Louis: 4 Road at ARI; 3 Road at SF.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Atlanta: 4 Home vs. CHC: 3 Home vs. CIN.
Chicago Cubs: 4 Road at ATL; 3 Road at FLO.
Milwaukee: 4 Road at FLO; 3 Road at ATL.
New York Mets: 4 Road at WAS; 3 Road at PIT.
Washington: 4 Home vs. NYM; 3 Road at PHI.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
San Francisco: 4 Home vs. CIN; 3 Home vs. STL.
Tampa Bay: 3 Road at CHW; 4 Home vs. DET.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Chicago White Sox: 3 Home vs. TB; 3 Home vs. OAK.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Baltimore: 2 Road at NYY; 4 Home vs. BOS.
New York Yankees: 2 Home vs. BAL; 4 Home vs. CLE.
Oakland: 3 Road at TOR; 3 Road at CHW.
Texas: 3 Home vs. BOS; 3 Home vs. TOR.
Toronto: 3 Home vs. OAK; 3 Road at TEX.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Brandon Backe: Tue:SD(D.Reyes or A.Earton); Sun:LAD(Od.Perez)
Josh Beckett: Tue:MIL(C.Capuano); Sun:CHC(G.Maddux)
Chris Capuano: Tue:@FLO(J.Beckett); Sun:@ATL(R.Colon)
Ryan Franklin: Mon:@KC(J.Howell); Sat:@LAA(J.Lackey)
Freddy Garcia: Tue:TB(M.Hendrickson); Sun:OAK(D.Haren)
Dan Haren: Tue:@TOR(J.Towers); Sun:@CHW(F.Garcia)
Randy Johnson: Tue:BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:CLE(J.Westbrook)
John Lackey: Mon:MIN(C.Silva); Sat:SEA(R.Franklin)
Cory Lidle: Mon:@PIT(D.Williams); Sat:WAS(J.Patterson)
Jon Lieber: Tue:@PIT(K.Wells); Sun:WAS(E.Loaiza)
Noah Lowry: Tue:CIN(E.Milton); Sun:STL(J.Suppan)
Greg Maddux: Tue:@ATL(R.Colon); Sun:@FLO(J.Beckett)
Mike Maroth: Tue:@CLE(J.Westbrook); Sun:@TB(M.Hendrickson)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:@WAS(E.Loaiza); Sun:@PIT(K.Wells)
Gil Meche: Tue:@KC(D.Carrasco); Sun:@LAA(Er.Santana)
Matt Morris: Mon:@ARI(B.Webb); Sat:@SF(K.Rueter) Scott Olsen: Mon:MIL(B.Sheets); Sat:CHC(K.Wood)
Roy Oswalt: Mon:SD(B.Lawrence); Sat:LAD(J.Weaver)
John Patterson: Mon:NYM(K.Ishii); Sat:@PHI(C.Lidle)
Esteban Loaiza: Tue:NYM(P.Martinez); Sun:@PHI(J.Lieber)
Ervin Santan: Tue:MIN(S.Baker); Sun:SEA(G.Meche)
Ben Sheets: Mon:@FLO(S.Olsen); Sat:@ATL(K.Davies)
Carlos Silva: Mon:@LAA(J.Lackey); Sat:@KC(J.Howell)
Jeff Suppan: Tue:@ARI(S.Estes); Sun:@SF(N.Lowry)
Brandon Webb: Mon:STL(M.Morris); Sat:CIN(B.Claussen)
Kip Wells: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:WAS(P.Martinez)
Jake Westbrook: Tue:DET(M.Maroth); Sun:@NYY(R.Johnson)
David Williams: Mon:PHI(C.Lidle); Sat:NYM(K.Ishii)
Kerry Wood: Mon:@ATL(K.Davies); Sat:@FLO(S.Olsen)

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Scott Baker?: Tue:@LAA(Er.Santana); Sun:@KC(D.Carrasco)?
D.J. Carrasco: Tue:SEA(G.Meche); Sun:MIN(S.Baker?)
Bruce Chen: Mon:@NYY(T.Sturtze): Sat:BOS(W.Miller)
Ramon Colon: Tue:CHC(G.Maddux); Sun:MIL(C.Capuano)
Kyle Davies: Mon:CHC(K.Wood); Sat:MIL(B.Sheets)
Scott Elarton: Mon:DET(Jas.Johnson); Sat:@NYY(T.Sturtze or K.Brown)
Shawn Estes: Tue:STL(J.Suppan); Sun:CIN(E.Milton)
Jeff Francis: Tue:LAD(Od.Perez); Sun:SD(A.Eaton or D.Reyes)
Mark Hendrickson: Tue:@CHW(F.Garcia); Sun:DET(M.Maroth)
J.P. Howell: Mon:SEA(R.Franklin); Sat:MIN(C.Silva)
Kaz Ishii: Mon:@WAS(J.Patterson); Sat:@PIT(D.Williams)
Jason Johnson: Mon:@CLE(S.Elarton); Sat:@TB(H.Nomo)
Byung-Hyun Kim?: Mon:LAD(J.Weaver); Sat:SD(B.Lawrence)?
Brian Lawrence: Mon:@HOU(R.Oswalt); Sat:@COL(B.Kim?)
Rod Lopez: Tue:@NYY(R.Johnson); Sun:BOS(T.Wakefield or C.Schilling)
Wade Miller: Mon:@TEX(Ric.Rodriguez); Sat:@BAL(B.Chen)
Tim Wakefield?: Tue:@TEX(C.Young); Sun:@BAL(Rod.Lopez)?
Eric Milton: Tue:@SF(N.Lowry); Sun:@ARI(S.Estes)
Hideo Nomo: Mon:@CHW(B.McCarthy); Sat:DET(Jas.Johnson)
Odalis Perez: Tue:@COL(J.Francis); Sun:@HOU(B.Backe)
Ricardo Rodriguez: Mon:BOS(W.Miller); Sat:TOR(P.Walker)
Kirk Rueter: Mon:CIN(Eli.Ramirez); Sat:STL(M.Morris)
Tanyon Sturtze?: Mon:BAL(B.Chen); Sat:CLE(S.Elarton)?
Josh Towers: Tue:OAK(D.Haren); Sun:@TEX(C.Young)
Jeff Weaver: Mon:@COL(B.Kim); Sat:@HOU(R.Oswalt)
Chris Young: Tue:BOS(T.Wakefield); Sun:TOR(J.Towers)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Johan Santana: Wed:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Jason Schmidt: Fri:STL(M.Mulder)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:@WAS(E.Loaiza); Sun:@PIT(K.Wells)
Roy Oswalt: Mon:SD(B.Lawrence); Sat:LAD(J.Weaver)
Roger Clemens: Fri:LAD(D.Houlton)
Mark Mulder: Fri:@SF(J.Schmidt)
Jake Peavy: Wed:@HOU(A.Pettitte)
Dontrelle Willis: Fri:CHC(C.Zambrano)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:MIL(T.Ohka)
Josh Beckett: Tue:MIL(C.Capuano); Sun:CHC(G.Maddux)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. OAK; 3 Road at TEX.

Strikeouts give Clemens and Burnett the advantage over Willis to join our four doubles.

With Buck and Iguchi facing questionable schedules, Mora still hurting, and Holliday still DL'd, our only move looks like a flip of Mench for Carl Crawford. We nearly added Grady Sizemore as a free agent but opted to wait on more moves until after the break, when we certainly might add Derrek Lee as a free agent.

Rotohelp.com(7th lg; 46th div; 1084th overall)
Week 14: July 4-July 10

 
C	Victor Martinez		860
C	Joe Mauer		440 
1B	Albert Pujols		1930
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310 
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Marcus Giles		950 
3B	Troy Glaus		830
3B	David Wright		800
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Jose Reyes		850 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Kevin Mench		580
OF	Jason Lane		400
UT	Justin Morneau		680
UT	Chase Utley		480
 
SP	Randy Johnson		1980 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450 
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 14: 	29860

Diamond Challenge 2nd Season

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Johan Santana: Wed:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:@WAS(E.Loaiza); Sun:@PIT(K.Wells)
Roy Oswalt: Mon:SD(B.Lawrence); Sat:LAD(J.Weaver)
Roger Clemens: Fri:LAD(D.Houlton)
Jake Peavy: Wed:@HOU(A.Pettitte)
Chris Carpenter: Wed:@ARI(J.Vazquez)
Dontrelle Willis: Fri:CHC(C.Zambrano)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:MIL(T.Ohka)
Josh Beckett: Tue:MIL(C.Capuano); Sun:CHC(G.Maddux)
Brett Myers: Thu:@PIT(Z.Duke)
Ryan Dempster: 4 Road at ATL; 3 Road at FLO.

An intriguing week for Dempster results in him joining our four doubles despite a severe need for wins. Clemens looks like a slightly better pick than Willis and Burnett.

With major cap problems thanks to Randy, Pedro, and Oswalt, Wright will sub for ARod and then Burrell replaces Brady Clark, who joins Posada, Morneau, and Counsell on our bench.

Rotohelp.com(4th lg; 32nd div; 213th overall)
Week 14: July 4-July 10

 
C	Joe Mauer		440
C	Yadier Molina		280
1B	Derrek Lee		1440 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
2B	Brian Roberts		960 
2B	Chase Utley		480
3B	David Wright		800
3B	Morgan Ensberg		690
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Jose Reyes		850
OF	Bobby Abreu		1860 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Pat Burrell		870
OF	Brad Hawpe		750
OF	Kevin Mench		580 
UT	Tadahito Iguchi		750
UT	Garrett Atkins		400

SP	Randy Johnson		1980 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450 
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Ryan Dempster		520
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270
RP	Chad Cordero		1000
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Dustin Hermanson	920

Total Salary for Week 14: 	27970

Internet Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:BAL(Rod.Lopez)
Johan Santana: Wed:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:@WAS(E.Loaiza)
Roy Oswalt: Mon:SD(B.Lawrence)
Roger Clemens: No start
Ben Sheets: Mon:@FLO(S.Olsen)
Mark Mulder: No start
Jake Peavy: Wed:@HOU(A.Pettitte)
Dontrelle Willis: No start
A.J. Burnett: Wed:MIL(T.Ohka)
Josh Beckett: Tue:MIL(C.Capuano)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. OAK

All of these starters might help, but we'll target wins for Randy, Pedro, Oswalt, Sheets, Burnett, and Beckett.

Flipping Mauer and Reed for Morneau and Podsednik should solve our cap problems as Iguchi, Mora, and Holliday remain benched.

Rotohelp.com(4th lg; 125th overall)
Week 14a: July 4-July 7

 
C	Victor Martinez		860 
C	John Buck		390
1B	Albert Pujols		1930 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Marcus Giles		950
3B	Troy Glaus		830
3B	Garrett Atkins		400
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Jose Reyes		850 
OF	Carl Crawford		1560 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110
OF	Adam Dunn		1110 
OF	Kevin Mench		580 
OF	Jeremy Reed		400
UT	Travis Hafner		810 
UT	Joe Mauer		440

SP	Randy Johnson		1980 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Ben Sheets		1200 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 14a: 	29890

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

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Jason Schmidt: Fri:STL(M.Mulder)
Pedro Martinez: Tue:@WAS(E.Loaiza); Sun:@PIT(K.Wells)
Johan Santana: Wed:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Roger Clemens: Fri:LAD(D.Houlton)
Ben Sheets: Mon:@FLO(S.Olsen); Sat:@ATL(K.Davies)
Dontrelle Willis: Fri:CHC(C.Zambrano)
Jake Peavy: Wed:@HOU(A.Pettitte)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:MIL(T.Ohka)
Josh Beckett: Tue:MIL(C.Capuano); Sun:CHC(G.Maddux)

Like most other leagues, Clemens and Burnett join our four doubles.

With Buck, Helton, Glaus, Kearns, and Holliday day largely useless, only swapping Drew and Reed for Crawford and Podsednik seems to make sense. Orlando Hudson, while hot, doesn't offer an obvious upgrade on anyone in our lineup.

Rotohelp.com(11th lg; 916th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(11th lg; 2226th overall)
Week 14: July 4-July 10

 
C	Victor Martinez		1800
C	Joe Mauer		1140 
1B	Albert Pujols		3700 
1B	Travis Hafner		1870
2B	Marcus Giles		1850
2B	Brian Roberts		1770 
3B	Eric Chavez		2740
3B	Morgan Ensberg		1530 
SS	Rafael Furcal		2430
SS	Khalil Greene		1410 
OF	J.D. Drew		2490 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420 
OF	Jason Bay		1680
OF	Kevin Mench		1660 
OF	Jason Lane		1000 
OF	Jeremy Reed		1000
UT	Hank Blalock		2240
UT	Justin Morneau		1780

SP	Randy Johnson		3330 
SP	Pedro Martinez		3140 
SP	Roger Clemens		3030
SP	Ben Sheets		2940 
SP	A.J. Burnett		1900
SP	Josh Beckett		1730 
RP	Brad Lidge		2510
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	2360
RP	Trevor Hoffman		2350
RP	B.J. Ryan		2060

Total Salary for Week 14: 	59860

Today's Fantasy Rx: The announcement of the All-Star teams this evening again presents the opportunity to correct the most egregious injustices of the fan and player voting. Please go cast your ballots in the All-Star Final Vote for Derek Jeter, the sixth best AL position player, and Roy Oswalt, the fifth best pitcher in the game this season.