Fantasy Player's Edge

September 19, 2008

2008 Fantasy Football Player's Edge (regular season):

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Justin Duchscherer is probably done for the
season as he felt pain in his hip during a 10 pitch
simulated game.

Hanley Ramirez sat out last night with a sore
shoulder. There's no timetable for his return.

Yunel Escobar pinch hit on Wednesday and is
likely to return to action soon. He's day to day.

Johnny Damon left the club to be with his wife
for the birth of their 4th child.

Melvin Mora reinjured his hamstring and will
miss a few games at the minimum.

Ty Wigginton and Kaz Matsui have returned
to the Astros lineup.


Streamers: (tomorrow's probable starters available as free agents)

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Alfredo Acevas- has limited innings and no history vs.
the Orioles but has performed well. 1-0, 1.80/.90 with
12 k's in 20 innings this season.

Ramon Ramirez- had a decent start vs. the Brewers.
0-0, 1.50/.83 over 6 innings.

Spotties: (tomorrow's position players available as free agents)

Use these players to fill in for injured players and on off days.

Adam LaRoche- mauls Moehler. 8/21 with 4 extras.

Mark Teahen- bops Buehrle. 16/41 with 6 extras.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Ryan Theriot (start)- whacks Wainwright. 6/16, 2 extras.

Josh Willingham (start)- mashes Myers. 5/13, a jack.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Russell Martin (sit)- Zito prevails. 3/20 with 7 k's

Alphonso Soriano (sit)- Wainwright wins. 2/11, 4 k's.


Studs and Duds: (a recap of yesterday's picks and pans)

Josh Outman (stream)- L 4.1ip/3e/9w/4k

Tim Redding (stream)- L 3ip/4e/8w/2k

Rajai Davis(spot)- 1/4, stolen base

Jason Kubel (spot)- 1/4, 3 run homer

Cristian Guzman (start)- 2/4

Aaron Rowand (start)- 1/4

Vernon Wells (sit)- Cabrera-DNP

Chris Young (sit)- 0/3


How To: (this section is devoted to the fundamentals of daily play)


Head To Head: Player's Edge(PE) vs. Opposition(OP):

Championship: Friday

Weekly Tot: R-H-RB-SB -BA/ W--SV--K--ER--WH-SCORE

-------PE--19--2--07--1--.252/-2--3--46--3.21--1.33---4
-------OP--19--5--20--1--.330/-1--3--42--5.89--1.47---3

Offense: Lineups:

-----PE-----/----- OP

^B.Molina-----------^K. Shoppach
^Teixeira----------- ^P. Fielder
^Roberts------------^A. Cabrera
^Braun--------------^R. Zimmerman
^Escobar------------^E. Renteria
^Span----------------C. Hart
^C. Young-----------^N. Cruz
^Kemp--------------^N. Markakis
^Figgins-------------^R. Howard
Ellsbury--------------F. Lopez
---------------------^J. Werth

------PE------//-----OP
8/35-7-1-3-1 //8/29-3-0-5-0 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

-----PE----/------OP

Harang-------------C.C. Sabathia
Young--------------R. Oswalt
Weaver------------ C. Billingsley
Liriano------------^B. Myers
Harden-------------J. Shields
^F. Cordero-------^B. Lidge
^Broxton----------^J. Valverde
^Fuentes----------^M. Gonzalez
^Wood------------^J. Hanrahan
^Putz-------------^C. Qualls
^Scherzer
Duchscherer (DL)


-----PE--------//------OP
1W/1S, 8-1-11-11//1W/1S, 13.1-7-18-11 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (26/103) - OP (35/106)
Weekly Totals- ERA (15/(42/9) - OP ERA (29/(44.1/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (56/42) - OP WHIP (65/44.1) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---11-----OP-----9

^ -designates an active player on today's roster.

Daily Activity:

PE Danks(dropped)/Jimenez-Sun
OP Beltre(dropped)/Acevas-Sun
PE Jimenez(dropped)/Cain-Mon
PE Cain(dropped)/Purcey-Tues
OP Acevas(dropped)/Shields-Tues
OP Morrow(dropped)/Francis-Tues
PE Purcey(dropped)/Duchscherer-Wed
PE Duchsherer(DL)/Ayala-Wed
PE Escobar(dropped)/Theriot-Wed
PE Ayala(dropped)/Ellsbury-Thur
OP Litsch(dropped)/Qualls-Thur

Strategy: OP dropped Litsch for closer Qualls
electing to match PE with 5 closers. PE awaits
information on Figgins before deciding what to
do with Ellsbury. The options are to add stream
SP Acevas for either Ellsbury, Figgins or Young.
Ellsbury and Figgins are top of the order types
while OF Young has been hitting 5th. PE needs
to continue to play for Runs/SB. PE could stand
pat and simply counter OP moves going forward.

Game Keys: PE SP Harden and 2 closers were
able to aggregate 8 innings allowing 1 runs on 11
whip with 11 k's while earning 1 W and 1 Save.
OP SP's Shields/Litsch and 1 closer combined to
yield 7 runs on 18 whip with 11 k's in 13.1 innings.
OP also registered a W and a Save on the evening.
PE offense continued to stumble along going 8/35
with 7 runs, 1 homer, 3 rbi and 1 stolen base. OP
hitters cooled just a bit going 8/29 with 3 runs and
5 rbi enabling PE to tie Runs/SB. The championship
remains very close with PE leading 4-3.


Final Thoughts:

PE has won the league and enters the league championship.

The Player's Edge participates in many leagues but elected to
follow a team in a Public League to better approximate what might
be faced by a wide majority of players that use the Edge daily.
This team plays in a standard 5x5 scoring format and drafted 7th
of 12 teams in a 21 round on-line live event in late March. We will
follow this team throughout the entire 2008 fantasy campaign.


All Done!

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