Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Boston: 3 Road at DET; 4 Road at LAA.
Cincinnati: 4 Home vs. SF: 3 Home vs. ARI.
Houston: 3 Home vs. CHC; 4 Home vs. MIL.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Home vs. TOR; 4 Home vs. BOS.
Milwaukee: 3 Road at COL; 4 Road at HOU.
Philadelphia: 4 Home vs. WAS; 3 Home vs. PIT.
San Francisco: 4 Road at CIN; 3 Road at STL.
Washington: 4 Road at PHI; 3 Road at NYM.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Minnesota: 3 Road at CHW; 4 Home vs. SEA.
Seattle: 3 Home vs. KC; 4 Road at MIN.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Atlanta: 3 Home vs. LAD; 3 Home vs. SD.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. TEX; 3 Home vs. BAL.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. BAL; 3 Home vs. KC.
St. Louis: 3 Home vs. ARI; 3 Home vs. SF.
Toronto: 3 Road at LAA; 3 Road at DET.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Road at STL; 3 Road at CIN.
Chicago Cubs: 3 Road at HOU; 3 Road at COL.
Chicago White Sox: 3 Home vs. MIN; 3 Home vs. NYY.
Colorado: 3 Home vs. MIL; 3 Home vs. CHC.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. BOS; 3 Home vs. TOR.
New York Yankees: 3 Road at TB; 3 Road at CHW.
Pittsburgh: 3 Road at NYM; 3 Road at PHI.
Tampa Bay: 3 Home vs. NYY; 3 Home vs. TEX.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Florida: 3 Home vs. SD; 3 Home vs. LAD.
Kansas City: 3 Road at SEA; 3 Road at OAK.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Road at ATL; 3 Road at FLO.
New York Mets: 3 Home vs. PIT; 3 Home vs. WAS.
San Diego: 3 Road at FLO; 3 Road at ATL.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Baltimore: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Road at CLE.
Texas: 3 Road at CLE; 3 Road at TB.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Bronson Arroyo: Mon:@DET(N.Robertson); Sat:@LAA(Er.Santana)
Kris Benson: Tue:PIT(M.Redman): Sun:WAS(R.Drese)
Joe Blanton?: Tue:BAL(B.Chen); Sun:KC(Run.Hernandez)?
Paul Byrd: Tue:TOR(S.Downs); Sun:BOS(J.Papelbon)
Gustavo Chacin: Mon:@LAA(Er.Santana); Sun:@DET(S.Douglass)?
Bruce Chen: Tue:@OAK(J.Blanton); Sun:@CLE(C.Sabathia)
Sean Douglass: Mon:BOS(B.Arroyo); Sun:TOR(G.Chacin)
Ryan Drese: Tue:@PHI(C.Lidle); Sun:@NYM(K.Benson)
Casey Fossum: Mon:NYY(Jar.Wright); Sun:TEX(K.Rogers)
Freddy Garcia: Tue:MIN(B.Radke); Sun:NYY(Jar.Wright)
Aaron Harang: Mon:SF(K.Correia); Sat:ARI(J.Vazquez)
Felix Hernandez: Mon:KC(Run.Hernandez); Sat:@MIN(K.Lohse)
Livan Hernandez: Mon:@PHI(B.Myers); Sat:@NYM(J.Seo?)
Runelvys Hernandez: Mon:@SEA(F.Hernandez); Sun:@OAK(J.Blanton?)
Brian Lawrence: Tue:@FLO(J.Vargas); Sun:@ATL(J.Smoltz)
Cory Lidle: Tue:WAS(R.Drese); Sun:PIT(M.Redman)
Kyle Lohse: Mon:@CHW(J.Contreras); Sat:SEA(F.Hernandez)
Rodrigo Lopez: Mon:@OAK(B.Zito); Sat:@CLE(Cl.Lee)
Derek Lowe: Tue:@ATL(J.Smoltz); Sun:@FLO(J.Vargas)
Brett Myers: Mon:WAS(L.Hernandez); Sat:PIT(Da.Williams)
Andy Pettite: Tue:CHC(G.Maddux); Sun:MIL(V.Santos)
Joel Pineiro: Tue:KC(Z.Greinke); Sun:@MIN(B.Radke)
Brad Radke: Tue:@CHW(F.Garcia); Sun:SEA(J.Pineiro)
Mark Redman: Tue:@NYM(K.Benson); Sun:@PHI(C.Lidle)
Kenny Rogers: Tue:@CLE(C.Sabathia); Sun:@TB(C.Fossum)
C.C. Sabathia: Tue:TEX(K.Rogers); Sun:BAL(B.Chen)
Ervin Santana: Mon:TOR(G.Chacin); Sat:BOS(B.Arroyo)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:@CIN(E.Milton); Sun:@STL(J.Suppan)
Ben Sheets: Mon:@COL(A.Cook); Sat:@HOU(W.Rodriguez)
John Smoltz: Tue:LAD(D.Lowe); Sun:SD(B.Lawrence)
Jason Vargas: Tue:SD(B.Lawrence); Sun:LAD(D.Lowe)
Barry Zito: Mon:BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sat:KC(J.Lima)?

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Jose Contreras: Mon:MIN(B.Sheets); Sat:NYY(S.Chacon)
Aaron Cook: Mon:MIL(B.Sheets); Sat:CHC(M.Prior)
Kevin Correia: Mon:@CIN(A.Harang); Sat:@STL(M.Morris)
Jeff Francis: Tue:MIL(V.Santos); Sun:CHC(G.Maddux?)
Brad Halsey: Tue:@STL(J.Suppan); Sun:@CIN(E.Milton)
Greg Maddux?: Tue:@HOU(A.Pettitte); Sun:@COL(J.Francis)?
Eric Milton: Tue:SF(J.Schmidt); Sun:ARI(B.Halsey)
Jon Papelbon: Tue:@DET(N.Robertson); Sun:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Wandy Rodriguez: Mon:CHC(G.Rusch); Sat:MIL(B.Sheets)
Victor Santos: Tue:@COL(J.Francis); Sun:@HOUT(A.Pettitte)
Jaret Wright: Mon:@TB(C.Fossum); Sun:@CHW(F.Garcia)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@TB(D.Waechter)?
Johan Santana: Wed:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Jason Schmidt: Tue:@CIN(E.Milton); Sun:@STL(J.Suppan)
Pedro Martinez: Fri:WAS(J.Patterson)?
Roy Oswalt: Wed:CHC(C.Zambrano)
Roger Clemens: Thu:MIL(T.Ohka)
Mark Mulder: Wed:ARI(B.Webb)
Jake Peavy: Thu:@FLO(J.Beckett)
Dontrelle Willis: Wed:SD(W.Williams)
A.J. Burnett: Fri:LAD(B.Penny)
Josh Beckett: Thu:SD(J.Peavy)
Miguel Batista: 3 Road at LAA; 3 Road at DET.

Deploying Schmidt, Clements, and our four least expensive starters works here.

Podsednik's potential DL trip allows us to deploy Mauer, Utley, and Mench while Pods, Buck, and Iguchi join Morneau and Mora on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(10th lg; 66th div; 1632nd overall)
Week 20: August 15-August 21

 
C	Victor Martinez		860 
C	Joe Mauer		440
1B	Derrek Lee		1440
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	Carl Crawford		1560
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Kevin Mench		580
OF	Jason Lane		400 
UT	Albert Pujols		1930 
UT	Chase Utley		480 
 
SP	Jason Schmidt		1510 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830 
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Miguel Batista		840
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 20: 	29560

Diamond Challenge 2nd Season

The injury problems of Podsednik and Hermanson lead us to purchase Adam Dunn while cutting Hermanson.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@TB(D.Waechter)?
Johan Santana: Wed:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Pedro Martinez: Fri:WAS(J.Patterson)?
Roy Oswalt: Wed:CHC(C.Zambrano)
Roger Clemens: Thu:MIL(T.Ohka)
Jake Peavy: Thu:@FLO(J.Beckett)
Chris Carpenter: Fri:SF(B.Hennessey)
Rich Harden: Fri:KC(M.Wood)
Dontrelle Willis: Wed:SD(W.Williams)
A.J. Burnett: Fri:LAD(B.Penny)
Josh Beckett: Thu:SD(J.Peavy)
Brett Myers: Mon:WAS(L.Hernandez); Sat:PIT(Da.Williams)
Ryan Dempster: 3 Road at HOU; 3 Road at COL.

Running our six least expensive starters leaves plenty of room to deploy all our best hitters, leaving Yadier Molina, Morneau, Iguchi, and the injured Podsednik on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(6th lg; 52nd div; 329th overall)
Week 20: August 15-August 21

 
C	Jorge Posada		930
C	Joe Mauer		440
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	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Pat Burrell		870
OF	Kevin Mench		580 
OF	Brady Clark		540 
UT	Alex Rodriguez	1880 
UT	Garrett Atkins		400
 
SP	Chris Carpenter	930 
SP	Rich Harden		900
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Brett Myers		630
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	Chad Cordero		1000
RP	Huston Street		750

Total Salary for Week 20: 	27300

Internet Challenge

With some cap flexibility this week and a desperate need for everything on offense save perhaps steals, Manny Ramirez, who ranks among the top few players since the ASB in HR, RBI, BA, and R, will join our team for Jeremy Reed.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@TB(D.Waechter)?
Johan Santana: Wed:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Pedro Martinez: No start.
Roy Oswalt: Wed:CHC(C.Zambrano)
Roger Clemens: Thu:MIL(T.Ohka)
Ben Sheets: Mon:@COL(A.Cook)
Mark Mulder: Wed:ARI(B.Webb)
Jake Peavy: Thu:@FLO(J.Beckett)
Dontrelle Willis: Wed:SD(W.Williams)
A.J. Burnett: No start.
Josh Beckett: Thu:SD(J.Peavy)
Miguel Batista: 3 Road at LAA

A rotation of Oswalt, Clemens, Mulder, Willis, Beckett, and Batista looks good considering Randy's uncertainty and Santana's bad matchup.

Ramirez heads to OF for Podsednik while Mauer, Utley, and Mench also rejoin the lineup for Buck, Roberts, and Iguchi. Hafner and Morneau remain benched.

Rotohelp.com(6th lg; 229th overall)
Week 20a: August 15-August 18

 
C	Victor Martinez		860 
C	Joe Mauer		440
1B	Albert Pujols		1930 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
2B	Marcus Giles		950 
2B	Chase Utley		480
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	Matt Holliday		630 
UT	Melvin Mora		1270 
UT	Kevin Mench		580

SP	Roy Oswalt		1320
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Mark Mulder		1060
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Miguel Batista		840  
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 20a: 	29830

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

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:@TB(D.Waechter)?
Pedro Martinez: Fri:WAS(J.Patterson)?
Johan Santana: Wed:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Roger Clemens: Thu:MIL(T.Ohka)
Ben Sheets: Mon:@COL(A.Cook); Sat:@HOU(W.Rodriguez)
Dontrelle Willis: Wed:SD(W.Williams)
Jake Peavy: Thu:@FLO(J.Beckett)
A.J. Burnett: Fri:LAD(B.Penny)
Rich Harden: Fri:KC(M.Wood)
Josh Beckett: Thu:SD(J.Peavy)

Clemens, Sheets, Willis, Burnett, Harden, and Beckett all look fine here.

Offensively, only Mench for Podsednik makes much sense as Buck, Hafner, Morneau, Hudson, Drew, Kearns, and Reed all fail to impress.

Rotohelp.com(8th lg; 759th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(10th lg; 1954th overall)
Week 20: August 15-August 21

 
C	Victor Martinez		1800
C	Joe Mauer		1140 
1B	Albert Pujols		3700 
1B	Todd Helton		3460
2B	Marcus Giles		1850
2B	Brian Roberts		1770 
3B	Hank Blalock		2240
3B	Morgan Ensberg		1530 
SS	Rafael Furcal		2430
SS	Khalil Greene		1410 
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420 
OF	Carl Crawford		2120 
OF	Jason Bay		1680 
OF	Kevin Mench		1660
OF	Matt Holliday		1470
OF	Jason Lane		1000 
UT	Eric Chavez		2740 
UT	Troy Glaus		2460

SP	Roger Clemens		3030 
SP	Ben Sheets		2940
SP	Dontrelle Willis	2170 
SP	A.J. Burnett		1900
SP	Rich Harden		1820
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 20: 	59750

Mid-Season Fantasy Baseball

We need to keep this team active due to our comparatively favorable performance, so we'll add Albert Pujols, the best player since the break, and Todd Jones, respectively dropping Brad Hawpe and Dustin Hermanson.

SP(6)
Pedro Martinez: Fri:WAS(J.Patterson)?
Johan Santana: Wed:@CHW(M.Buehrle)
Roger Clemens: Thu:MIL(T.Ohka)
Roy Oswalt: Wed:CHC(C.Zambrano)
Matt Clement: Fri:LAA(J.Lackey)
Dontrelle Willis: Wed:SD(W.Williams)
Jake Peavy: Thu:@FLO(J.Beckett)
Chris Carpenter: Fri:SF(B.Hennessey)
Rich Harden: Fri:KC(M.Wood)
Dan Haren: Wed:BAL(D.Cabrera)

While Pedro remains strong, deploying Clemens, Oswalt, Willis, Carpenter, Harden, and Haren provides the necessary room to run the offense we want.

Ben Molina, Hafner, Blalock, Crosby, and Lane stay benched, but activating Utley, Griffey, and Pujols for the slumping Roberts, Podsednik, and Crawford could really help here.

Rotohelp.com(3rd lg; 409th overall)
Week 20: August 15-August 21

C	Joe Mauer		1140
C	Gregg Zaun		1090
1B	Derrek Lee		3010 
1B	Mark Teixeira		2820
2B	Marcus Giles		1850
2B	Chase Utley		1050
3B	Morgan Ensberg		1530 
3B	Garrett Atkins		1000
SS	Jose Reyes		1590
SS	Jhonny Peralta		1050
OF	Hideki Matsui		2820 
OF	Carlos Lee		2770
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420
OF	Jason Bay		1680 
OF	Ken Griffey, Jr.		1530
OF	Grady Sizemore		1000
UT	Albert Pujols		3700
UT	David Ortiz		2890 

SP	Roger Clemens		3030
SP	Roy Oswalt		2970 
SP	Chris Carpenter		2020
SP	Dontrelle Willis		2170
SP	Rich Harden		1820
SP	Dan Haren		1070
RP	Francisco Rodriguez		2360
RP	Chad Cordero		2000
RP	Todd Jones		1550
RP	Huston Street		1000

Total Salary for Week 20: 	54930

Today's Fantasy Rx: Merely seven weeks remain in the season while CDM September expansion occurs in only two weeks. If you still possess more than six remaining moves, strongly consider spending no less than a move each week beginning now since anyone added now will contribute nearly double the stats of players purchased in a few weeks.