Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Detroit: 4 Home vs. TB; 3 Road at CHC.
Los Angeles Angels: 4 Home vs. KC; 3 Home vs. SD.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Baltimore: 4 Road at TOR; 3 Road at NYM.
Chicago White Sox: 4 Road at TEX; 3 Road at CIN.
Texas: 4 Home vs. CHW; 3 Home vs. ARI.
Toronto: 4 Home vs. BAL; 3 Road at FLO.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Washington: 4 Home vs. COL; 3 Home vs. NYY.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Kansas City: 4 Road at LAA; 3 Road at HOU.
Tampa Bay: 4 Road at DET; 3 Road at PHI.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Houston: 3 Road at CHC; 3 Home vs. KC.
Minnesota: 3 Home vs. BOS: 3 Road at PIT.
St. Louis: 3 Road at PIT; 3 Home vs. COL.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Home vs. SF; 3 Road at TEX.
Atlanta: 3 Road at FLO; 3 Home vs. BOS.
Boston: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Road at ATL.
Cincinnati: 3 Home vs.MIL; 3 Home vs. CHW.
Cleveland: 3 Road at NYY; 3 Road at MIL.
Florida: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Home vs. TOR.
Milwaukee: 3 Road at CIN; 3 Home vs. CLE.
New York Mets: 3 Road at PHI; 3 Home vs. BAL.
New York Yankees: 3 Home vs. CLE: 3 Road at WAS.
Philadelphia: 3 Home vs. NYM; 3 Home vs. TB.
Pittsburgh: 3 Home vs. STL; 3 Home vs. MIN.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Chicago Cubs: 3 Home vs. HOU; 3 Home vs. DET.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Road at SD; 3 Road at OAK.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. SEA; 3 Home vs. LAD.
San Diego: 3 Home vs. LAD; 3 Road at LAA.
Seattle: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Home vs. SF.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
San Francisco: 3 Road at ARI; 3 Road at SEA.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Kris Benson: Mon:@TOR(C.Janssen); Sat:NYM(T.Glavine)
Joe Blanton: Tue:SEA(J.Moyer); Sun:LAD(A.Sele)
Paul Byrd: Tue:@NYY(C.Wang); Sun:@MIL(Z.Jackson)
Chris Carpenter: Tue:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:COL(J.Fogg)
Brandon Duckworth: Tue:@LAA(Jer.Weaver); Sun:@HOU(A.Pettitte)
Jeff Francis: Mon:@WAS(Ra.Ortiz); Sat:@STL(J.Suppan)
Tom Glavine: Tue:@PHI(R.Madson); Sun:BAL(A.Loewen)
Roy Halladay: Tue:BAL(A.Loewen); Sun:@FLO(Jo.Johnson)
Aaron Harang: Mon:MIL(Z.Jackson); Sun:CHW(J.Garland)
Casey Janssen: Mon:BAL(K.Benson); Sat:@FLO(B.Moehler)
Josh Johnson: Tue:ATL(J.Smoltz); Sun:TOR(R.Halladay)
Scott Kazmir: Mon:@DET(J.Verlander); Sat:@PHI(E.Brito?)
Bob Keppel: Mon:@LAA(Er.Santana); Sat:@HOU(W.Rodriguez)
John Koronka: Mon:CHW(J.Contreras); Sat:ARI(Ru.Ortiz)
Ryan Madson: Tue:NYM(T.Glavine); Sun:TB(S.McClung)
Sean Marshall: Tue:HOU(A.Pettitte); Sun:DET(K.Rogers)
Jamie Moyer: Tue:@OAK(J.Blanton); Sun:SF(Jam.Wright)
Ramon Ortiz: Mon:COL(J.Francis); Sat:NYY(Jar.Wright)
Chan Ho Park: Tue:LAD(A.Sele); Sun:@LAA(B.Colon?)
Andy Pettitte: Tue:@CHC(S.Marshall); Sun:KC(B.Duckworth)
Kenny Rogers: Tue:TB(S.McClung); Sun:@CHC(S.Marshall)
Ervin Santana: Mon:KC(B.Keppel); Sat:SD(J.Peavy)
Johan Santana: Tue:BOS(C.Schilling); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Curt Schilling: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana); Sun:@ATL(J.Smoltz)
Aaron Sele: Tue:@SD(C.Park); Sun:@OAK(J.Blanton)
John Smoltz: Tue:@FLO(Jo.Johnson); Sun:BOS(C.Schilling)
Justin Verlander: Mon:TB(S.Kazmir); Sat:@CHC(C.Marmol)
Chien-ming Wang: Tue:CLE(P.Byrd); Sun:@WAS(M.O'Connor)

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Jose Contreras: Mon:@TEX(J.Koronka); Sat:@CIN(E.Milton)
Josh Fogg: Tue:@WAS(M.O'Connor); Sun:@STL(C.Carpenter)
Jon Garland: Tue:@TEX(K.Loe); Sun:@CIN(A.Harang)
Enrique Gonzalez: Tue:SF(Jam.Wright); Sun:@TEX(K.Loe)
Zach Jackson: Mon:@CIN(A.Harang); Sun:CLE(P.Byrd)
Kameron Loe: Tue:CHW(J.Garland); Sun:ARI(En.Gonzalez)
Adam Loewen: Tue:@TOR(R.Halladay); Sun:@NYM(T.Glavine)
Seth McClung: Tue:@DET(K.Rogers); Sun:@PHI(R.Madson)
Mike O'Connor: Tue:COL(J.Fogg); Sun:NYY(C.Wang)
Oliver Perez: Tue:STL(C.Carpenter); Sun:MIN(J.Santana)
Jamey Wright: Tue:@ARI(En.Gonzalez); Sun:@SEA(J.Moyer)

Diamond Challenge

We almost certainly will add Joe Mauer as a free agent next week, but with our bullpen finally saving games and four decent starts, we're not burning anything this week.

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Tue:BOS(C.Schilling); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Roy Oswalt: No start(DL)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:BAL(K.Benson)
Chris Carpenter: Tue:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:COL(J.Fogg)
Randy Johnson: Wed:CLE(Jas.Johnson)
Jake Peavy: Sat:@LAA(Er.Santana?)
Roy Halladay: Tue:BAL(A.Loewen); Sun:@FLO(Jo.Johnson)
Mark Buehrle: Thu:@TEX(J.Rheinecker)
Curt Schilling: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana); Sun:@ATL(J.Smoltz)
Felix Hernandez: Sat:SF(J.Schmidt)
John Lackey: Thu:KC(M.Wood)
Dan Haren: Wed:SEA(J.Pineiro)

To give us the most room on offense, Lackey and Haren will join the four doubles. Dempster also will replace Jenks with the Sox heading to Texas and Cincinnati.

Thome returns to the lineup for Hawpe, who joins Pujols, Edwin Encarnacion, Gathright, and Barmes on the bench. Holliday stays active given his slightly greater upside than Hawpe due to his lack of a platoon.

Rotohelp.com(5th lg; 85th div; 1620th overall)
Week 11: June 12-June 18

C	Victor Martinez		1020
C	Josh Willingham		340 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1470
1B	Ryan Howard		880
2B	Chase Utley		1190
2B	Rickie Weeks		620
3B	David Wright		1210 
3B	Garrett Atkins		610 
SS	Felipe Lopez		1070
SS	Jose Reyes		1030 
OF	Jason Bay		1380 
OF	Chone Figgins		1350 
OF	Pat Burrell		1040 
OF	Matt Holliday		1040 
OF	Chad Tracy		1020
OF	Nick Swisher		620 
DH	Travis Hafner		1180 
DH	Jim Thome		1070

SP	Johan Santana		1960 
SP	Chris Carpenter		1550 
SP	Roy Halladay		1230 
SP	Curt Schilling		1070
SP	John Lackey		940 
SP	Dan Haren		860
RP	Huston Street		1300 
RP	Ryan Dempster		1180
RP	Jon Papelbon		890
RP	Chris Ray		820

Total Salary for Week 11: 	29940

Diamond Challenge - 2nd Season

Johan Santana: Tue:BOS(C.Schilling); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:BAL(K.Benson)
John Smoltz: Tue:@FLO(Jo.Johnson); Sun:BOS(C.Schilling)
Jake Peavy: Sat:@LAA(Er.Santana?)
Roy Halladay: Tue:BAL(A.Loewen); Sun:@FLO(Jo.Johnson)
Curt Schilling: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana); Sun:@ATL(J.Smoltz)
Brandon Webb: Fri:@TEX(K.Millwood)
C.C. Sabathia: Fri:@MIL(C.Capuano)
Mike Mussina: Thu:CLE(Cl.Lee)
John Lackey: Thu:KC(M.Wood)
Chris Capuano: Fri:CLE(C.Sabathia)
Dan Haren: Wed:SEA(J.Pineiro)
Brad Penny: Wed:@SD(M.Thompson)
Tom Glavine: Tue:@PHI(R.Madson); Sun:BAL(A.Loewen)
Scott Kazmir: Mon:@DET(J.Verlander); Sat:@PHI(E.Brito?)

Running all six doubles should give us a chance to improve our qualitative stats here, providing the Schilling double doesn't blow up in our face.

We need to leave Hawpe in for cap reasons as even deploying Lackey over Schilling doesn't get our salary sufficiently low. Alexis Rios will join Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols on our bench as Hawpe should see six starts this week.

Rotohelp.com(14th lg; 63rd div; 373rd overall)
Week 11: June 12-June 18

C	Joe Mauer		770
C	Ramon Hernandez		690
1B	Travis Hafner		1180
1B	Ryan Howard		880
2B	Chase Utley		1190
2B	Rickie Weeks		620
3B	David Wright		1210 
3B	Morgan Ensberg		1010
SS	Jose Reyes		1030 
SS	Hanley Ramirez		400
OF	Jason Bay		1380 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1370 
OF	Corey Patterson		910
OF	Austin Kearns		700 
OF	Nick Swisher		620
OF	Brad Hawpe		440
DH	Alfonso Soriano		1830 
DH	Jim Thome		1070

SP	Johan Santana		1960 
SP	John Smoltz		1240
SP	Roy Halladay		1230 
SP	Curt Schilling		1070 
SP	Tom Glavine		820
SP	Scott Kazmir		820
RP	Bobby Jenks		1150
RP	Jon Papelbon		890
RP	Chris Ray		820
RP	Akinori Otsuka		690

Total Salary for Week 11: 	27990

Internet Challenge

With Colorado heading on the road and our bench in shambles, we're dumping Joey Gathright and Elmer Dessens to buy Joe Mauer and Jermaine Dye. Corey Patterson also might join our team by the second half of the week depending on Willingham's health.

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Tue:BOS(C.Schilling)
Roy Oswalt: No start(DL)
Pedro Martinez: No start.
Chris Carpenter: Tue:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Randy Johnson: Wed:CLE(Jas.Johnson)
Jake Peavy: No start.
Roy Halladay: Tue:BAL(A.Loewen)
Mark Buehrle: Thu:@TEX(J.Rheinecker)
Curt Schilling: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana)
Felix Hernandez: No start.
John Lackey: Thu:KC(M.Wood)
Dan Haren: Wed:SEA(J.Pineiro)

With Buehrle in Texas and Schilling against Santana, we'll take the other six starts without a second thought.

Mauer subs for Helton at DH while the addition of Dye lets us bench Holliday, who joins Pujols, Edwin Encarnacion, and Cory Sullivan on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(12th lg; 349th overall)
Week 11a: June 12-June 15

C	Victor Martinez		1020
C	Josh Willingham		340 
1B	Travis Hafner		1180
1B	Ryan Howard		880
2B	Chase Utley		1190
2B	Rickie Weeks		620
3B	David Wright		1210 
3B	Garrett Atkins		610
SS	Felipe Lopez		1070
SS	Jose Reyes		1030 
OF	Jason Bay		1380
OF	Chone Figgins		1350 
OF	Pat Burrell		1040
OF	Chad Tracy		1020
OF	Jermaine Dye		840
OF	Nick Swisher		620 
DH	Mark Teixeira		1470
DH	Joe Mauer		770

SP	Johan Santana		1960 
SP	Chris Carpenter		1550
SP	Roy Halladay		1230
SP	Randy Johnson		1360 
SP	John Lackey		940 
SP	Dan Haren		860
RP	Huston Street		1300 
RP	Ryan Dempster		1180
RP	Jon Papelbon		890
RP	Chris Ray		820

Total Salary for Week 11a:	29730

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

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Tue:BOS(C.Schilling); Sun:@PIT(Ol.Perez)
Roy Oswalt: No start(DL)
Chris Carpenter: Tue:@PIT(Ol.Perez); Sun:COL(J.Fogg)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:BAL(K.Benson)
Randy Johnson: Wed:CLE(Jas.Johnson)
Javier Vazquez: Wed:@TEX(V.Padilla)
John Lackey: Thu:KC(M.Wood)
Mike Mussina: Thu:CLE(Cl.Lee)
Roy Halladay: Tue:BAL(A.Loewen); Sun:@FLO(Jo.Johnson)
Dan Haren: Wed:SEA(J.Pineiro)

With the three doubles, we'll deploy Lackey, Mussina, and Haren to give us more cap room on offense, narrowly leaving Pedro on the bench.

Willingham, Pujols, Ellis, Edwin Enarnacion, and Cory Sullivan stay glued to our bench. Sizemore and Gomes replaces Holliday and Hermida, and then after nearly leaving Bobby Crosby deployed, we're flipping him with the healthy and suddenly productive Clint Barmes.

Rotohelp.com(FB: 7th lg; 475th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(BB: 9th lg; 1049th overall)
Week 11: June 12-June 18

 
C	Victor Martinez		1940 
C	Joe Mauer		1710
1B	Lance Berkman		2860
1B	Ryan Howard		1950
2B	Chase Utley		2270
2B	Rickie Weeks		1300
3B	David Wright		2480 
3B	Garrett Atkins		1330
SS	Felipe Lopez		1800 
SS	Clint Barmes		1610
OF	Jason Bay		2550 
OF	Grady Sizemore		2200 
OF	Chad Tracy		2100 
OF	Jonny Gomes		1570
OF	Nick Swisher		1550 
OF	Curtis Granderson	1000 
DH	Mark Teixeira		3220
DH	Travis Hafner		2680

SP	Johan Santana		3310 
SP	Chris Carpenter		3140 
SP	John Lackey		2760
SP	Mike Mussina		2480
SP	Roy Halladay		2480 
SP	Dan Haren		1940
RP	Huston Street		2320 
RP	Ryan Dempster		2150 
RP	Jon Papelbon		1590
RP	Chris Ray		1580

Total Salary for Week 11:	59870

Today's Fantasy Rx: Interleague play begins in earnest next weekend, so remember to deploy your AL lineups accordingly. We expect the following AL players to lose a few starts to NL parks: Jeff Conine, Kevin Youkilis, Jim Thome, Ben Broussard & Eduardo Perez, Marcus Thames, Matt Stairs, Tim Salmon, Rondell White, Andy Phillips, Frank Thomas, Carl Everett, Damon Hollins, Jason Botts, and Shea Hillenbrand.