Fantasy Player's Edge

September 18, 2008

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

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Conor Jackson returned to action last night.

Chris Young sat out Tuesday night due to a
sore wrist but was back in the lineup last night.

Mike Lowell was scratched last night with a
bad hip. He's likely to miss several games.

Hanley Ramirez injured his shoulder after
hitting 2 homers. The severity of this injury
should be available today.

Chone Figgins will miss today's action as he's
back in L.A. having his sore elbow checked by
Dr. Yocum. Stay tuned.

Michael Young had to leave his game with
an injured finger.

Vlad Guerrero's return has been pushed
back until tomorrow. Check the Angels box
this afternoon to be sure that he's inactive.

Torii Hunter was a late scratch as he was
hit in the face by a ball in batting practice.

Ben Sheets had to leave his start last night
with forearm tightness.

Justin Duchscherer will throw a bullpen
session today and may start on Sunday.

Jeremy Guthrie may be activated from the
DL to make a start on Tuesday.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Paul Byrd- historically tough against the Blue Jays. 5-5,
3.80/1.06 over 69 innings.

Matt Harrison- had one good start vs. the Angels. 1-0,
2.57/.86 in 7 innings.

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

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

Felipe Lopez- zaps Zambrano. 11/34 with 2 jacks.

Nomar Garciaparra- zaps Zito. 11/31 with 2 extras.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Cristian Guzman (start)- jars Johan. 6/10 with an extra.

Aaron Rowand (start)- raps Randy. 8/22 with 5 extras.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Vernon Wells (sit)- Cabrera's fave. 3/28 with 8 k's

Chris Young (sit)- Tiny Tim's toy. 2/16 with 6 k's


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

David Purcey (stream)- ND 5ip/6e/12w/5k

Matt Garza (stream)- ND 4.2ip/3e/7w/3k

Dustin Nippert (stream)- L 4.1ip/5e/10w/6k

Hank Blalock (spot)- 0/1

Gary Matthews Jr. (spot)- 0/4

Kevin Kouzmanoff (start)- 1/3

Akinori Iwamura (start)- 1/4, run, stolen base

Carlos Pena (sit)- 1/3, 2 rbi

Adrian Gonzalez (sit)- 0/4


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--12--1--04--0--.265/-1--2--35--3.71--1.32---4
-------OP--16--5--15--1--.351/-0--2--31--6.39--1.52---5

Offense: Lineups:

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

^B.Molina------------K. Shoppach
^Teixeira----------- ^P. Fielder
^Roberts-------------A. Cabrera
^Braun--------------^R. Zimmerman
^Escobar------------^E. Renteria
^Span---------------^C. Hart
^C. Young------------N. Cruz
^Kemp--------------^N. Markakis
^Figgins-------------^R. Howard
----------------------^F. Lopez
----------------------^J. Werth

------PE------//-----OP
12/29-9-1-3-0 //12/32-5-0-5-0 (daily totals: H/AB,R,HR,RBI)

Pitching: Rotation-Closers

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

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

-----PE--------//------OP
1W/1S, 21-7-27-19//0W/0S, 4.2-6-10-5 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (18/68) - OP (27/77)
Weekly Totals- ERA (14/(34/9) - OP ERA (22/(31/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (45/34) - OP WHIP (47/31) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---10-----OP-----9

^ -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
OP Francis(dropped)/Litsch-Wed
PE Ayala(dropped)/Ellsbury-Thur

Strategy: PE spot closer Ayala was used for spot
play Ellsbury for tomorrow as insurance for Chone
Figgins who is having his sore elbow examined. PE
feels that SB is a pivotal category. OP used Francis
for SP stream Litsch for today. PE sends Harden
and 5 closers vs. OP SP's Shields/Litsch & 4 closers.
PE Figgins is out today so only 8 possible hitters are
active for today vs. 7 for OP.

Game Keys: PE SP's Harang/Weaver/Purcey &
1 closer combined to throw 21 innings allowing 7
runs on 27 whip with 19 k's while earning 1 W
and 1 Save. OP SP Bilingsley had a rough outing
allowing 6 runs on 10 whip with 5 k's in 4.2 frames.
PE offense finally got hot going 12/29 with 9 runs,
1 homer and 3 rbi. OP hitters easily kept pace going
12/32 with 5 runs, 5 rbi and 1 stolen base. PE has
closed the gap in the critical Runs category to 4 and
continues to target SB. OP is certain to take HR/
RBI. PE trails 5-4.


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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