Fantasy Player's Edge

September 22, 2008

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

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Jay Bruce was out of the lineup after being hit
on the hand by a pitch. He's day to day.

B. J. Upton returned to action yesterday going
3/3.

Hanley Ramirez took BP yesterday and could
be back as early as today.

Chone Figgins started last night for the Angels.

Michael Young had to sit due to a finger injury.
He's day to day.

Hideki Matsui opted for season ending surgery
on his knee.

Matt Garza will be skipped today to recover from
a start on short rest. David Price gets the ball.

Joe Saunders will have his start skipped leaving
his owners with only 1 start left in the season.

Takashi Saito is likely to resume closing for the
Dodgers this week. Broxton owners will need to
adjust accordingly.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Ubaldo Jimenez- pitches well against the Giants.
0-1, 1.85/.99 in 24 innings.

Philip Hughes- pitched well in one start at the
Rogers Centre. 1-0, 1.50/1.00 in 6 frames against
the Blue Jays.

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

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

Michael Cuddyer- hits Vazquez. 12/35 with 2 blasts.

David DeJesus- gets Garcia. 11/27 with a swipe.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Carlos Delgado (start)- marks Marquis. 5/9 with a clout.

Jorge Cantu (start)- hits Harang. 4/6 with an extra.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Victor Martinez (sit)- Beckett too much. 2/11, 4 k's.

Jose Guillen (sit)- Miner problems. 1/12, 3 k's.


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

Scott Lewis (stream)- W 5ip/3e/11w/6k

Sean Gallagher (stream)- ND 6.2ip/3e/7w/5k

Mike Cameron (spot)- 0/4

Gregor Blanco (spot)-0/3, run

Aaron Rowand (start)- 2/4

Andre Ethier (start)- 2/5

Dan Uggla (sit)-1/3

Mark DeRosa (sit)- DNP


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


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

Championship: Monday

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

-------PE--40--06--24--4--.289/-4--6--83--2.90--1.33---7
-------OP--32--10--37--1--.285/-2--8--78--6.01--1.53---3

Offense: Lineups:

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

B.Molina------------^K. Shoppach
^Teixeira------------ P. Fielder
^Roberts------------^A. Cabrera
Braun---------------^M. Teahen
^Theriot------------^E. Renteria
Span-----------------C. Hart
^C. Young-----------^N. Cruz
Kemp---------------^N. Markakis
^Figgins------------ ^R. Howard
^Ellsbury-----------^ J. Werth


------PE------//-----OP
12/36-10-2-8-1 //11/33-6-3-7-0 (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-------------^C. Qualls
^Price--------------B. Arroyo
Duchscherer (DL)


-----PE--------//------OP
1W/0S, 14.2-4-17-12//1W/2S, 14-8-20-17 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (61/211) - OP (59/207)
Weekly Totals- ERA (26/(80.2/9) - OP ERA (51/(76.1/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (107/80.2) - OP WHIP (117/76.1) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---9-----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
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)/Arroyo-Mon
PE Price(dropped)/Scherzer-Mon

Strategy: PE SP Price was used for stream SP
Max Scherzer for a start on Wednesday. OP was
very active dropping Zimmerman and Arroyo for
Teahen and Happ for today & Happ for Iwamura
for tomorrow. OP is making intelligent moves as
he increases AB's and innings today while using
Iwamura, who's likely to play both ends of a twin
bill tomorrow, as a possible source of Runs/BA/SB.

Game Keys: PE SP's Liriano/Gallagher & 1 closer
combined to throw 14.2 innings allowing 4 runs on
17 whip with 12 k's while earning a W. OP Oswalt/
Arroyo and 2 closers tossed 14 frames yielding 8
runs on 20 whip with 17 k's while earning a W and
2 Saves to lead the point by 2. PE offense kept up
a brisk pace going 12/36 with 10 runs, 2 homers, 8
rbi and 1 stolen base. OP offense continues to display
power going 11/33 with 6 runs, 3 homers and 7 rbi.
PE continues to control Runs and maintains slight
leads in SB/BA. PE leads 7-3 heading into the final
week of play.


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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