Fantasy Player's Edge

September 23, 2008

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

http://fantasyfootballplayersedge.blogspot.com


Roster Shuffle:

Jake Peavy will start on Thursday which will be
his final start of the season.

Rich Harden's final start of the season has been
pushed back until Thursday.

Howie Kendrick returned to action and will be
useful for the stretch run.

Chipper Jones was back in the Braves lineup last
night as a pinch hitter. He's day to day.

Carlos Beltran hurt his knee crashing into the wall
last night on a catch. He stayed in the game but may
sit tonight if there's swelling. Keep an eye on this.

Miguel Cabrera had to leave due to back tightness.
The Tigers are likely to be cautious and give him a
day or 2 off.


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

Use these players to gain advantage in wins and strikeouts.

Max Scherzer- is still searching for his 1st win of
the season. 0-3, 3.00/1.18 with 62 k's in 51 innings.

Paul Byrd- has an impressive stat line vs. his old
club. 5-0, 1.60/1.18 in 45 frames vs. the Indians.

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

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

Jeremy Hermida- takes a ride on the Redding. 5/12.

Mike Cameron- mashes Maholm. 10/15 with 3 jacks.


Start/Sit: (today)

Guide to using bench players when matchups are favorable.

Troy Glaus (start)- jacks Jason Johnson. 4/8, 2 blasts.

Kevin Millar (start)- slugs Shields. 10/30, 4 extras.

Guide to sit starters when matchups are unfavorable.

Normally sit these players in Roto formats only

Magglio Ordonez (sit)- cranky with Greinke. 4/24, 5 k's.

Jim Thome (sit)- fried by Baker. 2/14, 8 k's.


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

J. A. Happ (stream)- ND 6.2ip/2e/7w/5k

Zach Miner (stream)- L 6ip/4e/10w/2k

Chad Tracy (spot)- 1/1 rbi, pinch hit

Wes Helms (spot)- 1/4

Carlos Delgado (start)- 2/3, run

Jorge Cantu (start)- 0/1, pinch hit

Victor Martinez (sit)- DNP

Jose Guillen (sit)- 1/2


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


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

Championship: Tuesday

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

-------PE--43--06--25--4--.299/-5--8--97--3.02--1.34---7
-------OP--34--10--39--2--.273/-2--9--83--5.68--1.49---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
-------------------- ^A. Iwamura

------PE------//-----OP
9/23-3-0-1-0 //6/31-2-0-2-1 (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
Scherzer
Duchscherer (DL)


-----PE--------//------OP
1W/2S, 14.2-6-21-14//0W/1S, 7.2-2-8-5 (W/S,IP,ER,WH,K)

Weekly Totals- Batting Avg. PE (70/234) - OP (65/238)
Weekly Totals- ERA (32/(95.1/9) - OP ERA (53/(84/9) -(er/(ip/9)
Weekly Totals- Whip (128/95.1) - OP WHIP (125/84) - (w+h/ip)
Weekly Starts(est/week to date) PE---6-----OP-----7

^ -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

Strategy: PE dropped SP Weaver for SP stream
Byrd for Wednesday and closer Broxton for Saito.
Torre suggested that Saito was ready to resume
closing for the Dodgers. Beginning tomorrow PE
will have maximum roster flexibility as SP's make
their final starts of the season and can be used for
streaming opportunities. OP was quiet yesterday
but is likely to make several moves today.

Game Keys: PE SP's Harang/Price and 3 closers
combined to throw 14.2 innings allowing 6 runs on
21 whip with 14 k's while earning a W and 2 Saves.
OP SP Happ and 1 closer tossed 7.2 frames yielding
2 runs on 8 whip with 5 k's while picking up 1 Save.
PE offense continues to hit going 9/23 with 3 runs,
and an rbi. OP offense staggered a bit going 6/31
with 2 runs, 2 rbi and 1 stolen base. PE continues
to control Runs and maintains slight leads in SB/BA.
OP has big leads RBI/HR. PE leads in W/K/ERA/
WHIP with W/K/WHIP in play. PE maintains a
solid cushion in ERA while OP leads Saves by 1.
The match stands at 7-3 in favor of PE.


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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