Fantasy Player's Edge

August 26, 2008

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Roster Shuffle:

Chris Carpenter threw a bullpen session yesterday
and is scheduled for a more rigorous bullpen session
on Wednesday. He's tracking for a return by early
September.

Chris Young will throw a simulated game today and
could be activated this week if all goes well.

Johnny Cueto has a strained elbow and will miss his
next start. He'll be reevaluated on Friday.

John Maine was placed on the DL with bone spurs
in his throwing shoulder.

Eddie Guardado has been traded to the Twins. He
has no fantasy value behind Nathan. The Rangers
will turn to Frank Francisco or Joaquin Benoit
as their closer. If you must jump now try Francisco.

Francisco Cordero has left the team to attend to an
undisclosed personal matter. There's no word regarding
his return this evening.

Victor Martinez could return to active duty later this
week.

Travis Hafner had a setback during his rehab stint
when he experienced pain in his right shoulder. He's
been shutdown for a couple of days.

Garret Anderson had an MRI and sat out last night
but did pinch hit implying that he's day to day.

Carlos Guillen was forced out with back spasms last
night. He's likely to sit out today.

Luis Castillo was added to the active roster by the
Mets.

Joe Crede was activated yesterday by the White Sox.

Mike Lowell should be activated by the Red Sox today.

Nelson Cruz has been called up by the Rangers. The
slugging OF was hitting .342 with 37 homers and 99
rbi in the minors. He's worth a waiver if you need OF
or Util power.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Matt Garza- has been amazing at Tropicana Field. 2-2,
2.77/1.04 in 26 frames vs. the Blue Jays and 6-2, 2.72/
1.16 with 56 k's in 76 innings at home this year.

John Danks- does his best work away from home. 1-1,
4.97/.95 in 13 innings against the Orioles and 6-1, 2.54/
1.20 with 61 k's in 74 frames on the road this season.

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

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

Brandon Inge- clocks Carmona. 4/11 with 2 extras.

Luis Gonzalez- hits Hampton hard. 14/39 with 5 homers.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Carlos Delgado (start)- mashes Moyer. 30/77 with 8 jacks.

Edgar Renteria (start)- loves Lee. 4/11 with 3 extra base raps.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Pat Burrell (sit)- Pedro's puzzling. 1/23 with 9 k's.

Torii Hunter (sit)- has yet to hit Greg Smith. 0/9, 3 k's.


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

Clayton Richard (stream)- W 6ip/3e/7w/4e

Brett Myers (stream)- W 7ip/0e/12w/8k

Jody Gerut (spot)- 1/5, 2 run homer

Shin-Soo Choo (spot)- 1/5, run

Mark DeRosa (start)- (Snell-today)

Aaron Rowand (start)- 0/4

Milton Bradley (sit)- 3/4, 3 rbi

Brad Hawpe (sit)- DNP


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


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

Week 22: Tuesday


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

-------PE--1--0--1--1--.161/-0--1--17---2.45--0.95---5
-------OP--5--0--0--2--.333/-0--0--01-27.00--4.50---3

Offense: Lineups:

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

^B.Molina------------- ^Mauer
^Teixeira--------------^Huff
^Roberts--------------^Iwamura
^Braun--------------- ^Reynolds
^Escobar------------- ^H. Ramirez
^Span---------------- ^C. Jackson
^C. Young-------------^Guerrero
^Kemp--------------- ^Winn
^Figgins--------------^Damon
Cruz-------------------Headley
----------------------- R. Vazquez
------------------------Schumaker
------------------------I. Rodriguez
------------------------Kinsler (DL)

------PE------//-----OP
5/31-1-0-1-1 //8/24-5-0-0-2 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

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

Harang--------------------Wainwright
^Shields------------------^Halladay
Weaver--------------------Nolasco
Cain-----------------------Volstad
Harden-------------------^Kuo
^F. Cordero--------------^Soria
^Broxton---------------- ^B. Wilson
^Fuentes---------------- ^Rauch
^Wood
^Putz
Liriano
Carpenter (DL)



-----PE--------//------OP
0W/1S,22-6-21-17//0W/0S, .2-2-3-1 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (5/31) - OP (8/24)
Weekly Totals- ERA (6/(22/9) - OP ERA (2/(.2/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (21/22) - OP WHIP (3/.2) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---7-----OP-----5

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

Daily Activity:

OP J.D. Drew(drop)/Schumaker-Sun
PE Dickerson(drop)/Rowand-Sun
PE Rowand(drop)/Cruz-Mon

Strategy: PE will send SP Shields and 5 closers, assuming
Cordero has returned to the club, against OP Halladay and
4 relievers. There's no real strategy for this week except
to evaluate each day and use the Rowand spot to either
stream or spot play if appropriate. Minor league slugger
Nelson Cruz was added as a spot play for Thursday. PE
is playing to win this week but not at all costs.

Game Keys: PE SP's Liriano/Cain/Weaver and 3 closers
combined to pitch 22 innings allowing 6 runs on 21 whip
with 17 k's while earning only 1 Save. PE offense sputtered
going 5/31 but because of the early pitching advantage PE
leads 5-3.


Final Thoughts:

PE increased the 1st place lead to 16 points over the 2nd place
club and 19 ahead of the 3rd place team heading into Week 22.
PE has won the league and earned a 1st round bye in the playoffs.

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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