Fantasy Player's Edge

June 30, 2008


Roster Shuffle:

Chipper Jones missed his 8th straight game and is still
feeling pain in his quad. The prevailing notion is that
he'll play on Tuesday or he'll go on the DL.

Juan Pierre injured his left leg sliding into 2nd base. He's
scheduled for an MRI today.

Saturday's walking wounded, Magglio Ordonez, Lastings
Milledge and Michael Cuddyer all ended the day on the
DL.

Dan Uggla sat with a swollen ankle. He's day to day but
likely will miss a couple of games. Adjust accordingly by
considering a spot play at 2B for a few games.

Ryan Church was finally activated by the Mets and all
systems are go as he went 2/4.

Carlos Zambrano had a painfree bullpen session and
expects to be activated July 4th for a start vs. the
Cards.

Chris Young threw a simulated 3 inning game and felt it
went okay. He'll undergo surgery today on his septum.
He's likely to return to the Padres after the All Star break.

Eric Gagne was activated by the Brewers and has been
deemed a "reliever" by Yost. Thanks Ned for the insight.

Contrary to reports Brad Penny is doing well as evidenced
by a 70 pitch bullpen session. He intends to return before
the All Star break.

Jason Isringhausen is avoiding the DL for now but is sporting
a knee brace. That can't be a good thing for a pitcher!!

Felix Hernandez next start on Tuesday has been skipped due
to a sore ankle. King Felix will either pitch later in the week or
become a prospect for the DL. Stay tuned.

Oliver Perez is off until next Sunday. He'll work out of the pen.

Brett Myers is unlikely to make his start on Thursday as the
Phillies are going to pull him from the rotation.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Tim Redding- travels well and loves to pitch against the
Fish. 4-2, 3.40/1.30 in 42 frames vs. Florida and 3-0,
3.22/1.02 in 36 innings away from home this season.

Scott Baker- has a solid track record vs. the Tigers. 2-3,
3.42/1.08 in 55 innings and 2-0, 2.28/1.01 in 28 frames
at the Metrodome this year.


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

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

Dmitri Young- Meathook impales Hendrickson. 8/11, 4 extras
and a jack.

Akinori Iwamura- hits the soft stuff real well. 8/19, 3 extras
and 3 steals with 0 k's vs. Wakefield.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Aaron Rowand (start)- takes his measure of Ted Lilly. 6/16
with a homer, 3 rbi and a swipe.

Todd Helton (start)- 2nd day in a row on the "start" list. I'll
bet he's honored. 18/52, 4 extras, 7 rbi vs. Maddux.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Nate McLouth (sit)- harassed by Harang. 1/13 with 5 k's.

Kevin Youkilis (sit)- falls on his Shields when facing James.
0/14 with 5 k's vs. the Rays righthander.


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

Brian Bannister (stream)- L 4.2ip/7e/13w/1k

Aaron Laffey (stream)- L 5ip/5e/9w/2k

Ty Wigginton (spot)- 1/3

Dmitri Young (spot)- DNP- pinch hit, run

Casey Kotchman (start)- 0/4

Todd Helton (start)- 0/3

Bobby Abreu (sit)- DNP

Lance Berkman (sit)- 1/4, rbi


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


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

Week 14: Monday


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

-------PE--20--4-18-5--.236/-4-5--71--3.97--1.22---6
-------OP--17--2-16-5--.294/-3-3--40--2.45--1.03---3

Offense: Lineups:

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

^B.Molina-----------^Pierzynski
Teixeira------------ ^Berkman
^Roberts----------- ^B.J Upton
^Braun------------- ^Blake
Escobar-------------^O. Cabrera
^Griffey-------------^Bradley
^C. Young-----------^Fukodome
^Kemp--------------^Nady
^Figgins-------------^Reyes
^Helton-------------- C. Jones
-----------------------Posada
-----------------------Cano
-----------------------Konerko (DL)


------PE------//-----OP
3/29-1-0-1-0 //8/31-2-0-1-1 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

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

^Harang------------Lee
^Shields------------E. Santana
Weaver------------ Duchscherer
Cain----------------Wellemeyer
Harden-------------Matsuzaka
^F. Cordero-------^Papelbon
^Saito-------------^Capps
^Fuentes----------^C.J. Wilson
^Wood--------------Kershaw
Martinez
^Morrow



-----PE--------//------OP
0W/0S, 0-0-0-0//0W/1S, 1-0-0-2 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE(43/182) - OP (47/160)
Weekly Totals- ERA (34/(77/9) - OP ERA (9/(33/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (94/77) - OP WHIP (34/33) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---0-----OP----0

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

Daily Activity:

PE Francis(drop)/Masterson-Mon
PE Masterson(drop)/Danks-Wed
PE Danks(drop)/Nolasco-Thur
PE Nolasco(drop)/Byrd-Fri
PE Byrd(drop)/Bannister-Sat
PE Bannister(drop)/Pierre-Sat
PE Pierre(drop)/Helton-Sun

Strategy: Juan Pierre was released for Todd Helton
who will be spotted for Teixeira whose Braves have
the day off. Helton gives PE the potential to have 8
active on offense to 9 for OP. PE will send Harang/
Shields and 5 closers vs. 3 closers for OP. OP has
4 SP's going on Tuesday against 2 for PE which will
give both clubs 4 starts by the end of the night. PE
will then be able to assess if any form of streaming
needs to be initiated. Helton will likely be used for a
SS as insurance for Escobar who's still dealing with a
sore shoulder.

Game Keys: OP could not capitalize on a 3/29, 1 run,
1 rbi day by the PE offense. PE was just plain lucky.
Hamilton did steal a base to allow OP to tie the point.
All other points remained status quo as PE survived
to score a 6-3 victory to move into 2nd place.

Final Thoughts:

PE is in 2nd place .5 point out of 1st heading into a Week
14 meeting with the 3rd place team.

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'll follow this team throughout the entire 2008 fantasy
campaign.


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