Thursday, September 25, 2008

Fantasy Player's Edge

September 25, 2008

2008 Fantasy Football Player's Edge:

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Ben Sheets
will not pitch again, if at all, until Saturday
as he deals with forearm and elbow issues.

Yovani Gallardo is a surprise starter for the Brewers
today.

Cliff Lee, Edinson Volquez and Zach Greinke will
be shut down for the year. Adjust your rotations.

Andy Pettitte has been shut down for this season.

John Maine was activated and is likely to work out
of the bullpen.

Jeremy Guthrie will make his final start of the season
on Sunday.

J.D. Drew returned to action for the Red Sox going 1/2
but left for a pinch runner in the 3rd inning.

Rafael Furcal may get a start over the weekend for
the Dodgers. He's a decent spot play for 1 game.

Chipper Jones pinch hit a 3 run homer last night. He
is day to day.

Mark DeRosa left last night's game with a calf injury.

Willy Taveras is done for the season due to a stress
fracture in his right lower leg.

Cristian Guzman and Ryan Zimmerman were out
last night with the flu. They're day to day in a season
with 4 days remaining. Adjust accordingly.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Scott Lewis- basically unscathed this season. He
has no history vs. the White Sox. 3-0, 1.42/1.00
with 14 k's in 19 innings this season.

Chris Volstad- wraps up a solid rookie campaign.
0-0, 1.42/1.26 with 5 k's in 6 innings vs. the Mets
and 3-1, 2.32/1.16 in 31 frames on the road this year.

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

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

Jason Kubel- driving Mr. Davies. 5/9, 3 rbi.

Gary Matthews Jr.- pounds Padilla. 8/21, 2 rbi.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

J.J. Hardy (start)- disses Duke. 10/17 with 4 blasts.

Travis Hafner (start)- likes Lester. 3/8, 3 rbi.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Magglio Ordonez (sit)- k'd by Kaz. 1/9, 3 k's.

Johnny Damon (sit)- burned by Burnett. 4/22, 4 k's.


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

Max Scherzer (stream)-L 5ip/2e/9w/4k

Paul Byrd (stream)- ND 5ip/4e/12w/4k

Phil Hughes (stream)- ND 8ip/2e/5w/6k

Jeremy Hermida (spot)- 3/5, 2 solo homers

Mike Cameron (spot)- 1/3, run

Troy Glaus
(start)- DNP

Bill Hall (start)- 0/3, run

Aaron Rowand (start)- 1/3

Dan Uggla (sit)- 1/4, run

Carlos Beltran (sit)- 1/3


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


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

Championship: Thursday

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

-------PE--56--08--36--8--.307/-5--11-116--3.47--1.39---8
-------OP--43--13--49--3--.271/-4--10-106--5.60--1.55---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
16/40-6-1-6-2 //9/27-5-2-8-1 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

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

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


-----PE--------//------OP
0W/1S, 11-6-21-9//0W/0S, 9.1-11-23-7 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (94/306) - OP (81/299)
Weekly Totals- ERA (44/(114/9) - OP ERA (68/(109.1/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (159/114) - OP WHIP (170/109.1) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---7-----OP-----5

^ -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
OP Eveland(dropped)/Balester-Wed
PE Moseley(dropped)/Morrow-Thur
PE Harden(dropped)/Acevas-Thur

Strategy: PE SP's Harden/Moseley, who are on the
bump today, were used for SP streams Morrow and
Acevas. PE has all 5 closers active today. SP Morrow
will team with Volstad/Liriano and 4 closers on Friday.
Putz will sit to create an active roster spot for Morrow.
Acevas will pitch on Saturday. OP added Balester for
Eveland and he will team with Oswalt and 3 closers for
OP today. PE has a full dance on offense today vs. 5
possible actives for OP.

Game Keys: PE SP's Scherzer/Byrd & 1 closer were
able to accumulate 11 innings allowing 6 runs on 21
whip with 9 k's earning 1 Save. OP SP's Eveland &
Myers tossed 9.1 frames yielding 11 runs on 23 whip
with 7 k's. PE offense was hot last night going 16/40
with 6 runs, 1 homer, 6 rbi and 2 stolen bases. OP's
hitters tried to keep pace going 9/27 with 5 runs, 2
homers, 8 rbi and a swipe. PE leads Runs by 13, SB
by 5 and BA by .36. OP has big leads RBI/HR. PE
leads in all 5 pitching categories. PE heads into play
today leading 8-2.


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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