Friday, September 26, 2008

Fantasy Player's Edge

September 26, 2008

2008 Fantasy Football Player's Edge:

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Joe Saunders
will make a start on Sunday. He was
dealing with kidney stones.

Johan Santana will not pitch Sunday on short rest.

Ben Sheets is questionable for his start tomorrow.

Mariano Rivera has been sent back to New York for
his season ending physical. There's no need to risk an
injury in meaningless games.

Mike Lowell will probably sit out the weekend with a
sore hip.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Alfredo Acevas- no history vs. Boston but has been
solid in limited starts. 1-0, 1.38/1.00 in 26 frames this
season.

Greg Smith- generally has had a good rookie campaign.
1-0, 0.00/1.00 in 12 innings against Seattle.

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

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

Hank Blalock- socks Santana. 10/26 with 3 blasts.

John Bowker- clocks Kuroda. 3/6 with an extra.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Andre Ethier (start)- hammers Hennessey. 5/10, 3 extras.

Garret Anderson (start)- pops Padilla. 8/21, 2 rbi.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Corey Hart (sit)- ducks Dempster. 0/12, 5 k's.

Bobby Abreu (sit)- Dice-K dazzles. 1/12, 5 k's.


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

Dustin Moseley (stream)- ND 5ip/2e/7w/3k

Kevin Slowey (stream)- ND 3.2ip/4e/6w/3k

Brian Giles (spot)- 2/5, 2 run homer

Rich Aurilia (spot)- 1/4

J. J. Hardy
(start)- 0/4

Travis Hafner (start)- 0/3

Magglio Ordonez (sit)- 0/3

Johnny Damon (sit)- (Burnett-DNP)


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--65--10--44--8--.310/-5--12-129--3.59--1.41---7
-------OP--43--13--49--3--.269/-5--11-111--5.35--1.52---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
12/36-9-2-8-0 //2/10-0-0-0-0 (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
^Saito--------------^J. Valverde
^Fuentes-----------^M. Gonzalez
^Wood------------- ^C. Qualls
^Putz-------------- ^S. Lewis
^Morrow-----------^B. Arroyo
Duchscherer (DL)


-----PE--------//------OP
0W/1S, 14-7-21-13//1W/1S, 6.2-1-6-5 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (106/342) - OP (83/309)
Weekly Totals- ERA (51/(128/9) - OP ERA (69/(116/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (180/128) - OP WHIP (176/116) - (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
OP Hanrahan(dropped)/Lewis-Thur
OP Balester(dropped)/Arroyo-Thur
PE Harden(dropped)/Jimenez-Fri
PE Morrow(dropped)/Litsch-Fri
PE Liriano(dropped)/Cain-Fri

Strategy: PE will ride SP's Liriano/Morrow today
SP's Harang/Young on Saturday and SP's Jimenez/
Litsch on Sunday if necessary. PE has Volstad who's
facing a rain out and Cain on the roster as possible
stream opportunities over the weekend. OP dropped
Balester/Hanrahan for streamers Arroyo/Lewis for
today.

Game Keys: PE SP Harden/Moseley and 3 closers
combined to throw 14 innings allowing 7 runs on 21
whip with 13 k's earning 1 Save. OP SP Oswalt and
1 closer tossed 6.2 frames yielding 1 run on 6 whip
with 5 k's with 1 W and 1 Save. PE offense kept the
pressure on OP going 12/36 with 9 runs, 2 homers,
and 8 rbi. OP had only 3 hitters active going 2/10
with no production. PE leads Runs by 22, SB by 5
and BA by .41. OP has smaller leads RBI/HR. PE
leads in 4 pitching categories with W's tied. The
match is still very much up for grabs with Saves/
W/K/WHIP in play and BA at risk every day. PE
leads 7-2 with 3 play dates remaining.


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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