Fantasy Player's Edge

September 24, 2008

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

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Geovany Soto is not likely to play again until the
weekend.

Yunel Escobar's balky hamstring has not gotten
better. It's unlikely that we'll see him again this
season.

Mike Lowell is still not ready and may be able to
DH before the end of the year.

Chipper Jones hopes to return to active duty this
evening.

Jeremy Guthrie should make a start this weekend.

Justin Duchscherer has been shutdown for the
year.

Aaron Cook has made his last start of the season
as well.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Dustin Moseley- has pitched well against the
Mariners. 1-1, 2.93/.98 in 15 innings and 0-0,
0.00/.41 in 7 innings at Safeco Field.

Kevin Slowey- is fair vs. the White Sox but solid
at home. 2-2, 4.39/1.09 with 24 k's in 27 innings
vs. Chicago and 7-4, 3.04/.90 in 71 frames at the
Metrodome.

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

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

Brian Giles- mauls Maddux. 14/38 with 6 extras.

Rich Aurilia- douses DeLaRosa. 5/9 with an extra.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Bill Hall (start)- owns Maholm. 14/23 with 2 blasts.

Aaron Rowand (start)- loves Livan. 6/10, a jack.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Dan Uggla (sit)- Redding rules. 1/11, 6 k's.

Carlos Beltran (sit)- zapped by Zambrano. 1/13, 6 k's.


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

Ubaldo Jimenez (stream)- W 6ip/3e/8w/4k

Phil Hughes (stream)- (today)

Michael Cuddyer (spot)- DNP

David DeJesus (spot)- 1/3, RUN

Troy Glaus (start)- (J. Johnson-today)

Kevin Millar (start)- DNP

Magglio Ordonez (sit)- 0/4

Jim Thome (sit)- 1/4, run


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


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

Championship: Wednesday

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

-------PE--50--07--30--6--.293/-5--10-107--3.32--1.34---7
-------OP--38--11--41--2--.265/-4--10--99--5.13--1.47---2

Offense: Lineups:

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

^B.Molina------------^K. Shoppach
^Teixeira------------ ^P. Fielder
^Roberts------------^A. Iwamura
^Braun--------------^M. Teahen
^Theriot------------ ^E. Renteria
^Span---------------- C. Hart
^C. Young-----------^N. Cruz
^Kemp--------------^N. Markakis
Figgins--------------^R. Howard
^Ellsbury-----------^ J. Werth


------PE------//-----OP
9/23-3-0-1-0 //6/31-2-0-2-1 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

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

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


-----PE--------//------OP
1W/2S, 14.2-6-21-14//0W/1S, 7.2-2-8-5 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (70/234) - OP (65/238)
Weekly Totals- ERA (32/(95.1/9) - OP ERA (53/(84/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (128/95.1) - OP WHIP (125/84) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---7-----OP-----6

^ -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
OP Lopez(dropped/Kuroda-Fri
PE Scherzer(dropped)/Acevas-Fri
OP Kuroda/(dropped)/Arroyo-Sat
PE Acevas(dropped)/Gallagher-Sat
PE Gallagher(dropped)/Price-Sun
OP Zimmerman(dropped)/Teahen-Sun
OP Arroyo(dropped)/Happ-Sun
OP Happ(dropped)/Iwamura-Mon
PE Price(dropped)/Scherzer-Mon
PE Broxton(dropped)/Saito-Mon
PE Weaver(dropped)/Byrd-Tue
OP Cabrera(dropped)/Eveland-Tue
PE Byrd(dropped)/Moseley-Wed
PE Scherzer(dropped)/Volstad-Wed

Strategy: PE SP's Scherzer/Byrd were used for
SP streams Moseley/Volstad. OP 2B Cabrera was
dropped for SP stream Eveland giving OP 3 SP's
and 4 closers going today. PE counters with 2 SP's
and 5 closers. Moseley goes tomorrow and Volstad
will pitch on Friday. SP Morrow is available to be
picked up tomorrow and a priority waiver using
Moseley has been applied.


Game Keys: PE SP Weaver and 2 closers were
able to accumulate 7.2 innings allowing 6 runs on
10 whip with 10 k's earning 2 Saves. OP Shields/
Billingsley and 3 closers tossed 16 frames yielding
4 runs on 22 whip with 16 k's while picking up 2 W's
and 1 Save. PE offense went 8/32 with 7 runs, 1 jack
5 rbi and 2 stolen bases. OP offense struggled again
going 7/34 with 4 runs, a homer and 2 rbi. PE leads
Runs by 12, SB by 4 and BA by .28. OP has big leads
RBI/HR. PE leads in W/K/ERA/WHIP with W/K/
WHIP in play. PE tied Saves last night. The match
stands at 7-2 in favor of PE.


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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