Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Boston: 1 Home vs. PHI; 3 Home vs. NYN; 3 Home vs. FLO.
Chicago Cubs: 4 Home vs. MIL; 3 Home vs. CHW.
Milwaukee: 4 Road at CHC; 3 Road at MIN.
Philadelphia: 1 Road at BOS; 3 Road at BAL; 3 Road at TOR.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
San Diego: 3 Home vs. OAK; 4 Home vs. SF.
San Francisco: 3 Home vs. TEX; 4 Road at SD.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Chicago White Sox: 3 Road at PIT; 3 Road at CHC.
New York Yankees: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Home vs. NYM.
St. Louis: 3 Home vs. CLE; 3 Home vs. KC.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Home vs. SEA; 3 Road at OAK.
Atlanta: 3 Road at NYY; 3 Home vs. BAL.
Baltimore: 3 Home vs. PHI; 3 Road at ATL.
Cincinnati: 3 Home vs. KC; 3 Home vs. CLE.
Cleveland: 3 Road at STL; 3 Road at CIN.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. HOU; 3 Road at PIT.
Florida: 3 Home vs. TB: 3 Home vs. BOS.
Houston: 3 Road at DET; 3 Road at TEX.
Kansas City: 3 Road at CIN; 3 Road at STL.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Home vs. COL; 3 Home vs. LAD.
New York Mets: 3 Road at BOS; 3 Road at NYY.
Pittsburgh: 3 Home vs. CHW; 3 Home vs. DET.
Texas: 3 Road at SF; 3 Home vs. HOU.
Toronto; 3 Home vs. WAS; 3 Home vs. PHI.
Washington: 3 Road at TOR; 3 Home vs. TB.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Road at LAA.
Minnesota: 3 Home vs. LAD; 3 Home vs. MIL.
Oakland: 3 Road at SD; 3 Home vs. ARI.
Seattle: 3 Road at ARI; 3 Home vs. COL.
Tampa Bay: 3 Road at FLO; 3 Road at TB.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Colorado: 3 Road at LAA; 3 Road at SEA.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Erik Bedard: Tue:PHI(C.Hamels); Sun:@ATL(T.Hudson)
Chad Billingsley: Mon:@MIN(C.Capuano); Sat:@LAA(K.Escobar)
Mark Buehrle: Tue:@PIT(I.Snell); Sun:@CHC(C.Zambrano)
A.J. Burnett: Tue:WAS(Ra.Ortiz); Sun:PHI(C.Hamels)
Chris Capuano: Mon:@CHC(G.Maddux); Sat:@MIN(C.Silva)
Tim Hudson: Mon:@NYY(R.Johnson); Sun:BAL(E.Bedard)
Randy Johnson: Mon:ATL(T.Hudson); Sun:NYM(A.Soler)
John Lackey: Mon:COL(J.Jennings); Sun:LAD(D.Lowe)
Cliff Lee: Mon:@STL(J.Marquis); Sun:CIN(E.Milton)
Jon Lester: Tue:NYM(A.Soler); Sun:@FLO(Jo.Johnson)
Francisco Liriano: Tue:LAD(D.Lowe); Sun:MIL(Z.Jackson)
Derek Lowe: Tue:@MIN(F.Liriano); Sun:@LAA(J.Lackey)
Greg Maddux: Mon:MIL(C.Capuano); Sat:CHW(J.Vazquez)
Jason Marquis: Mon:CLE(C.Lee); Sat:KC(M.Redman)
Kevin Millwood: Tue:@SF(M.Morris); Sun:HOU(W.Rodriguez)
Matt Morris: Tue:TEX(K.Millwood); Sun:@SD(C.Young)
Ramon Ortiz: Tue:@TOR(A.Burnett); Sun:TB(J.Shields)
Anthony Reyes: Tue:CLE(C.Sabathia); Sun:KC(M.Wood)
James Shields: Mon:@FLO(Jo.Johnson); Sun:@WAS(Ra.Ortiz)
Ian Snell: Tue:CHW(M.Buehrle); Sun:DET(Z.Miner)
Tim Wakefield: Mon:PHI(C.Lidle); Sat:@FLO(D.Willis)
Jarrod Washburn: Tue:@ARI(B.Webb); Sun:COL(J.Jennings)
Brandon Webb: Tue:SEA(J.Washburn); Sun:@OAK(B.Zito)
Chris Young: Tue:OAK(B.Zito); Sun:SF(M.Morris)
Carlos Zambrano: Tue:MIL(Z.Jackson); Sun:CHW(M.Buehrle)
Barry Zito: Tue:@SD(C.Young); Sun:ARI(B.Webb)

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that do not count qualitative stats:
Cole Hamels: Tue:@BAL(E.Bedard); Sun:@TOR(A.Burnett)
Zach Jackson: Tue:@CHC(C.Zambrano); Sun:@MIN(F.Liriano)
Jason Jennings: Mon:@LAA(J.Lackey); Sun:@SEA(J.Washburn)
Josh Johnson: Mon:TB(J.Shields); Sun:BOS(J.Lester)
Cory Lidle: Mon:@BOS(T.Wakefield); Sat:@TOR(J.Towers)
Eric Milton: Tue:KC(M.Wood); Sun:CLE(C.Lee?)
Zach Miner: Mon:HOU(W.Rodriguez); Sun:@PIT(I.Snell)
Wandy Rodriguez: Mon:@DET(Z.Miner); Sat:@TEX()
Carlos Silva: Mon:LAD(C.Billinglsey); Sat:MIL(C.Capuano)
Alay Soler: Tue:@BOS(J.Lester); Sun:@NYY(Ra.Johnson)
Mike Wood: Tue:@CIN(E.Milton); Sun:@STL(An.Reyes)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Wed:LAD(Od.Perez?)
Roy Oswalt: Fri:@TEX(V.Padilla)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@BOS(J.Beckett)
Chris Carpenter: Wed:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Randy Johnson: Mon:ATL(T.Hudson); Sun:NYM(A.Soler)
Jake Peavy: Thu:OAK(D.Haren)
Roy Halladay: Thu:WAS(J.Patterson)
Mark Buehrle: Tue:@PIT(I.Snell); Sun:@CHC(C.Zambrano)
Curt Schilling: Thu:@NYM(T.Glavine)
Brandon Webb: Tue:SEA(J.Washburn); Sun:@OAK(B.Zito)
Felix Hernandez: Wed:@ARI(Ed.Gonzalez)
John Lackey: Mon:COL(J.Jennings); Sun:LAD(D.Lowe)
Dan Haren: Thu:@SD(J.Peavy)

Santana and Carpenter look like strong bets, so they will join the four doubles. Street also flips for Dempster, who faces Jenks.

Offensively, Willingham subs for Mauer, Pujols for Tex, and then Figgins and Encarnacion stay benched.

Rotohelp.com(3rd lg; 74th div; 1375th overall)
Week 13: June 26-July 2

C	Victor Martinez		1020 
C	Josh Willingham		340
1B	Albert Pujols		2060
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	Pat Burrell		1040 
OF	Matt Holliday		1040 
OF	Chad Tracy		1020
OF	Nick Swisher		620 
OF	Brad Hawpe		440
DH	Travis Hafner		1180 
DH	Jim Thome		1070

SP	Johan Santana		1960
SP	Chris Carpenter		1550
SP	Randy Johnson		1360 
SP	Mark Buehrle		1120 
SP	John Lackey		940 
SP	Brandon Webb		1030 
RP	Huston Street		1300 
RP	Bobby Jenks		1150
RP	Jon Papelbon		890
RP	Chris Ray		820

Total Salary for Week 13: 	29940

Diamond Challenge - 2nd Season

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Wed:LAD(Od.Perez?)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@BOS(J.Beckett)
John Smoltz: Wed:@NYY(C.Wang)?
Jake Peavy: Thu:OAK(D.Haren)
Roy Halladay: Thu:WAS(J.Patterson)
Curt Schilling: Thu:@NYM(T.Glavine)
Brandon Webb: Tue:SEA(J.Washburn); Sun:@OAK(B.Zito)
C.C. Sabathia: Tue:@STL(An.Reyes)
Mike Mussina: Fri:NYM(O.Hernandez)
John Lackey: Mon:COL(J.Jennings); Sun:LAD(D.Lowe)
Chris Capuano: Mon:@CHC(G.Maddux); Sat:@MIN(C.Silva)
Dan Haren: Thu:@SD(J.Peavy)

Brad Penny: Fri:@LAA(B.Colon)
Tom Glavine: Thu:BOS(C.Schilling)
Scott Kazmir: Tue:@FLO(R.Nolasco)

With cap room to run only one of our top starters, we chose Santana to join Penny, Kazmir, and our three doubles.

Offensively, Kearns and Rios replace our two Rockies, and then Pujols flips for Soriano.

Rotohelp.com(16th lg; 137th div; 822nd overall)
Week 13: June 26-July 2

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	Alex Rios		860 
OF	Austin Kearns		700
OF	Nick Swisher		620 
DH	Albert Pujols		2060
DH	Jim Thome		1070

SP	Johan Santana		1960
SP	Brandon Webb		1030 
SP	John Lackey		940
SP	Chris Capuano		870
SP	Brad Penny		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 13: 	27940

Internet Challenge

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Wed:LAD(Od.Perez?)
Roy Oswalt: No start.
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@BOS(J.Beckett)
Chris Carpenter: Wed:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Randy Johnson: Mon:ATL(T.Hudson)
Jake Peavy: Thu:OAK(D.Haren)
Roy Halladay: Thu:WAS(J.Patterson)
Mark Buehrle: Tue:@PIT(I.Snell)
Curt Schilling: Thu:@NYM(T.Glavine)
Felix Hernandez: Wed:@ARI(Ed.Gonzalez)
John Lackey: Mon:COL(J.Jennings)
Dan Haren: Thu:@SD(J.Peavy)

Santana, Carpenter, Randy, Halladay, Felix, and Lackey all look fairly strong.

Pujols and Willingham sub for current DHs Helton and Tex. Bay also replaces Holliday while Encarnacion and Figgins remain benched.

Rotohelp.com(10th lg; 319th overall)
Week 13a: June 26-June 29

C	Victor Martinez		1020 
C	Joe Mauer		770
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	Pat Burrell		1040 
OF	Chad Tracy		1020 
OF	Corey Patterson		910
OF	Jermaine Dye		840
OF	Nick Swisher		620 
DH	Albert Pujols		2060
DH	Josh Willingham		340

SP	Johan Santana		1960 
SP	Chris Carpenter		1550 
SP	Randy Johnson		1360
SP	Roy Halladay		1230 
SP	Felix Hernandez		960 
SP	John Lackey		940
RP	Huston Street		1300
RP	Ryan Dempster		1180 
RP	Jon Papelbon		890
RP	Chris Ray		820

Total Salary for Week 13a:	29980

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

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Wed:LAD(Od.Perez?)
Roy Oswalt: Fri:@TEX(V.Padilla)
Chris Carpenter: Wed:CLE(J.Westbrook)
Pedro Martinez: Wed:@BOS(J.Beckett)
Randy Johnson: Mon:ATL(T.Hudson); Sun:NYM(A.Soler)
Javier Vazquez: Sat:@CHC(G.Maddux)
John Lackey: Mon:COL(J.Jennings); Sun:LAD(D.Lowe)
Mike Mussina: Fri:NYM(O.Hernandez)
Roy Halladay: Thu:WAS(J.Patterson)
Dan Haren: Thu:@SD(J.Peavy)

With Oswalt, Pedro, Vazquez, and Haren all quite questionable, our other six seem the safest bets.

On offense, Willingham, Tracy, and Pujols respectively replace Mauer, Bay, and Tex while Ellis, Encarnacion, Barmes, Sullivan, and Gomes stay glued to our bench.

Rotohelp.com(FB: 13th lg; 658th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(BB: 14th lg; 1486th overall)
Week 13: June 26-July 2

 
C	Victor Martinez		1940 
C	Josh Willingham		1000
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	Bobby Crosby		1640 
OF	Grady Sizemore		2200 
OF	Chad Tracy		2100 
OF	Nick Swisher		1550
OF	Curtis Granderson	1000 
OF	Jeremy Hermida		1000 
DH	Albert Pujols		3870
DH	Travis Hafner		2680

SP	Johan Santana		3310 
SP	Chris Carpenter		3140 
SP	Randy Johnson		2910
SP	John Lackey		2760 
SP	Roy Halladay		2480
SP	Mike Mussina		2480 
RP	Huston Street		2320 
RP	Ryan Dempster		2150 
RP	Jon Papelbon		1590
RP	Chris Ray		1580

Total Salary for Week 13:	59830

Today's Fantasy Rx: This week's interleague games appear fairly evenly split between AL and NL parks, so exercise extreme care to maximize your likely at-bats when setting your lineup in standard leagues with the goal of gaining a short-term quantitative advantage over your opponents.