Today's Fantasy Rx

Colorado: 7 games: 4 Road at Arizona; 3 Home vs. San Diego
Houston: 7 Road games: 3 at San Francisco; 4 at Milwaukee
Cincinnati: 7 Road games: 4 at Chicago Cubs; 3 at Montreal

7 Home games
Milwaukee: 3 vs. St. Louis; 4 vs. Houston
Montreal: 1 vs. New York Mets; 3 vs. Atlanta; 3 vs Cincinnati

7 games
Anaheim: 4 Road at Texas; 3 Home vs. Seattle
Arizona: 4 Home vs. Colorado; 3 Road at St. Louis
Chicago Cubs: 4 Home vs. Cincinnati; 3 Road at Pittsburgh
Cleveland: 1 Home vs. Kansas City; 3 Home vs. Baltimore;
    3 Road at Chicago White Sox
Kansas City: 1 Road at Cleveland; 3 Road at Chicago White Sox
    3 Home vs. Detroit
New York Mets: 1 Road at Montreal; 3 Road at Pittsburgh;
    3 Home vs. Florida
New York Yankees: 4 Home vs. Toronto; 3 Road at Minnesota
Oakland: 4 Road at Seattle; 3 Home vs. Texas
Philadelphia: 4 Home vs. Florida; 3 Road at Atlanta
Seattle: 4 Home vs. Oakland; 3 Road at Anaheim
Texas: 4 Home vs. Anaheim; 3 Road at Oakland

7 Road games
Florida: 4 at Philadelphia; 3 at New York Mets
Toronto: 4 at New York Yankees; 3 at Boston

Teams with six home games Boston, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh.

All other teams play six games with at least three on the road.

Pitchers of interest with two starts(whom we'd start if we owned them):
Byung-Hyun Kim: Mon:COL(N.Cruz); Sat:@STL(B.Tomko)
John Patterson: Tue:COL(S.Chacon); Sun:@STL(G.Stephenson)
Casey Fossum: Tue:TB(N.Bierbrodt); Sun:TOR(R.Halladay)
Mark Buehrle: Tue:KC(M.Asencio); Sun:CLE(J.Davis)
Mark Prior: Mon:CIN(J.Anderson); Sat:@PIT(K.Wells)
A.J. Burnett: Mon:@PHI(V.Padilla); Sat:@NYM(S.Trachsel)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@PHI(J.Roa); Sun:@NYM(T.Glavine)
Wade Miller: Mon:@SF(D.Moss); Sat:@MIL(T.Ritchie)
Hideo Nomo: Tue:SD(J.Peavy); Sun:SF(K.Ainsworth)
Ben Sheets: Tue:STL(G.Stephenson); Sun:HOU(J.Robertson)
Kyle Lohse: Tue:DET(M.Maroth); Sun:NYY(M.Mussina)
Javier Vazquez: Mon:NYM(S.Trachsel); Sat:CIN(J.Anderson)
Tony Armas: Tue:ATL(S.Reynolds); Sun:CIN(D.Graves)
Steve Trachsel: Mon:@MON(J.Vazquez); Sat:FLO(A.J.Burnett)
Tom Glavine: Tue:@PIT(J.Fogg); Sun:FLO(J.Beckett)
Andy Pettitte: Mon:TOR(T.Sturtze); Sat:@MIN(J.Mays)
Mike Mussina: Tue:TOR(R.Halladay); Sun:@MIN(K.Lohse)
Mark Mulder: Mon:@SEA(J.Pineiro); Sat:TEX(I.Valdes)
Ted Lilly: Tue:@SEA(R.Franklin); Sun:TEX(C.Lewis)
Vincente Padilla: Mon:FLO(A.J.Burnett); Sat:@ATL(M.Hampton)
Josh Fogg: Tue:NYM(T.Glavine); Sun:CHC(S.Estes)
Joel Pineiro: Mon:OAK(M.Mulder); Sat:@ANA(K.Appier)
Ryan Franklin: Tue:OAK(T.Lilly); Sun:@ANA(J.Washburn)
Damian Moss: Mon:HOU(W.Miller); Sat:@LA(D.Dreifort)
Kurt Ainsworth: Tue:HOU(J.Robertson); Sun:@LA(H.Nomo)
Brett Tomko: Mon:@MIL(); Sat:ARI(B-H.Kim)
Roy Halladay: Tue:@NYY(M.Mussina); Sun:@BOS(C.Fossum)

Only deploy in Fantasy Baseball and other leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Kevin Appier: Mon:@TEX(I.Valdes); Sat:SEA(J.Pineiro)
Jarrod Washburn: Tue:@TEX(C.Lewis); Sun:SEA(R.Franklin)
Shane Reynolds: Tue:@MON(T.Armas); Sun:PHI(J.Roa)
Omar Daal: Tue:@CLE(J.Davis); Sun:TB(N.Bierbrodt)
Shawn Estes: Tue:CIN(D.Graves); Sun:@PIT(J.Fogg)
Jimmy Anderson: Mon:@CHC(M.Prior); Sat:@MON(J.Vazquez)
Danny Graves: Tue:@CHC(S.Estes); Sun:@MON(T.Armas)
Brian Anderson: Mon:KC(J.Affeldt); Sat:@CHW(J.Stewart)
Jason Davis: Tue:BAL(O.Daal); Sun:@CHW(J.Davis)
Nelson Cruz: Mon:@ARI(B-H.Kim); Sat:SD(C.Condrey)
Shawn Chacon: Tue:@ARI(J.Patterson); Sun:SD(J.Peavy)
Mike Maroth: Tue:@Min(K.Lohse); Sun:@KC(M.Asencio)
Jeriome Robertson: Tue:@SF(K.Ainsworth); Sun:@MIL(B.Sheets)
Jeremy Affeldt: Mon:@CLE(Br.Anderson); Sat:DET(G.Knotts)
Miguel Asencio: Tue:@CHW(M.Buehrle); Sun:DET(M.Maroth)
Todd Ritchie: Mon:STL(B.Tomko); Sat:HOU(W.Miller)
Joa Roa: Tue:FLO(J.Beckett); Sun:@ATL(S.Reynolds)
Jake Peavy: Tue:@LA(H.Nomo); Sun:@COL(S.Chacon)
Garrett Stephenson: Tue:@MIL(B.Sheets); Sun:ARI(J.Patterson)
Nick Bierbrodt: Tue:@BOS(C.Fossum); Sun:@BAL(O.Daal)
Ismael Valdes: Mon:ANA(K.Appier); Sat:@OAK(M.Mulder)
Colby Lewis: Tue:ANA(J.Washburn); Sun:@OAK(T.Lilly)
Tanyon Sturtze: Mon:@NYY(A.Pettitte); Sat:@BOS(D.Lowe)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Wed:COL(D.Oliver)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:TB(J.Kennedy)
Curt Schilling: Thu:COL(J.Jennings)
Matt Morris: Wed:@MIL(W.Franklin)
Roy Oswalt: Fri:@MIL(G.Rusch)
Kevin Millwood: Thu:@FLO(C.Pavano)
Kerry Wood: Thu:CIN(J.Haynes)
Wade Miller: Mon:@SF(D.Moss); Sat:@MIL(T.Ritchie)
Tim Wakefield: Fri:TOR(M.Hendrickson)
Roy Halladay: Tue:@NYY(M.Mussina); Sun:@BOS(C.Fossum)
Jason Schmidt: Fri:@LA(K.Brown)
Mark Prior: Mon:CIN(J.Anderson); Sat:@PIT(K.Wells)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@PHI(J.Roa); Sun:@NYM(T.Glavine)

We're pleased with the doubles from Miller, Halladay, Prior, and Beckett, and given Kerry's pitched superbly lately, we'll happily run him at home against Jimmy Haynes. Arizona's weak offense makes Randy and Schilling slightly riskier plays this week, so we'll employ Pedro to complete our rotation for the week.

Our catching also has suffered badly thanks to Marrero's health problems and Hall's ineffectiveness, so we're going to drop Jesus Colome and add IRod to try to keep pace with the over 50% of owners that opened the year with the Florida starter. IRod will enter our lineup for Marrero

Deploying only one ace this week gives us enough offensive room to run both Vlad and ARod, and Phelps will sit since Huff faces a notably weaker schedule.

We essentially have one DH spot left for either Ichiro, Larry Walker, Preston Wilson, or Jose Hernandez. As Colorado only plays three games at home this week, we'll deploy Ichiro in our last spot in the hope he can help us with steals.

Interview with the Umpire(19th lg; 203th div; 4472nd overall),
Shadow of the Umpire(22nd lg; 197th div; 4470th overall), &
Dance of the Umpires(22nd lg; 193rd div; 4471st overall)
Week 3: April 14-April 20

C	Ivan Rodriguez		1070
C	Toby Hall		460
1B	Frank Thomas		920
1B	Aubrey Huff		610
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1460
2B	Luis Castillo		1210
3B	Aaron Boone		1010
3B	Aramis Ramirez		820
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	1330
SS	Orlando Cabrera		1030
OF	Vlad Guerrero		2010
OF	Lance Berkman		1640
OF	Manny Ramirez		1610
OF	Hideki Matsui		750
OF	Austin Kearns		650
OF	Dave Roberts		620
DH	Alex Rodriguez		2010
DH	Ichiro Suzuki		1480

SP	Pedro Martinez		1700
SP	Kerry Wood		990
SP	Wade Miller		990
SP	Roy Halladay		890
SP	Mark Prior		750
SP	Josh Beckett		700
RP	Scott Williamson	960
RP	Mike MacDougal		750
RP	Matt Anderson		700
RP	Matt Mantei		700

Internet Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Wed:COL(D.Oliver)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:TB(J.Kennedy)
Curt Schilling: Thu:COL(J.Jennings)
Matt Morris: Wed:@MIL(W.Franklin)
Kevin Millwood: Thu:@FLO(C.Pavano)
Kerry Wood: Thu:CIN(J.Haynes)
Wade Miller: Mon:@SF(D.Moss)
Roy Halladay: Tue:@NYY(M.Mussina)
Mark Prior: Mon:CIN(J.Anderson)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@PHI(J.Roa)
Kurt Ainsworth: Tue:HOU(J.Robertson)

No starts: Oswalt and Schmidt.

The home starts of Wood, Prior, and Ainsworth look good, but we're reluctant to run Miller, Halladay, or Beckett in road singles. We'll hope that last week's struggles of our three aces were a temporary problem and deploy Randy, Pedro, and Schilling.

Our three Rockies sit on the road, and we still can't find budgetary room for Ichiro, forget about adding IRod here.

The Umpire Hunter(17th lg; 620th overall)
Week 3a: April 14-April 17

C	Eli Marrero		580
C	Toby Hall		460
1B	Frank Thomas		920
1B	Josh Phelps		670
2B	Alfonso Soriano		1460
2B	Luis Castillo		1210
3B	Aaron Boone		1010
3B	Aramis Ramirez		820
SS	Alex Rodriguez		2010
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	1330
OF	Vlad Guerrero		2010
OF	Lance Berkman		1640
OF	Manny Ramirez		1610
OF	Hideki Matsui		750
OF	Austin Kearns		650
OF	Dave Roberts		620
DH	Orlando Cabrera		1030
DH	Aubrey Huff		610

SP	Randy Johnson		2010
SP	Pedro Martinez		1700
SP	Curt Schilling		1610
SP	Kerry Wood		990
SP	Mark Prior		750
SP	Kurt Ainsworth		430
RP	Scott Williamson	960
RP	Mike MacDougal		750
RP	Matt Anderson		700
RP	Matt Mantei		700

Fantasy Baseball & Budget Baseball
(Same game = same rosters and moves for both teams)

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Wed:COL(D.Oliver)
Curt Schilling: Thu:COL(J.Jennings)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:TB(J.Kennedy)
Roy Oswalt: Fri:@MIL(G.Rusch)
Kerry Wood: Thu:CIN(J.Haynes)
Kevin Millwood: Thu:@FLO(C.Pavano)
Roy Halladay: Tue:@NYY(M.Mussina); Sun:@BOS(C.Fossum)
Jason Schmidt: Fri:@LA(K.Brown)
Mark Prior: Mon:CIN(J.Anderson); Sat:@PIT(K.Wells)
Kurt Ainsworth: Tue:HOU(J.Robertson); Sun:@LA(H.Nomo).

Halladay, Prior, and Ainsworth remain easy calls, and out of our four single home starts, Randy, Pedro, and Wood probably possess the best shot for wins.

These moves leave us with significant available cap room since we have no intention of deploying Marrero, any of our four Blue Jays given their tough schedule, and we'd prefer to sit our three Rockies. However we need an upgrade at 1B, and while we're not dropping Carlos Pena since we can just release Griffey, we need an alternative to running Phelps and Thomas every week. The best 1B on the board is Helton, so we'll add him for Griffey and deploy him over Phelps and Pena.

As we're not quite ready to use a third move this early in the year just to add another expensive player, Preston Wilson will complete our lineup since he's looked better than Larry Walker thus far. While we're leaving almost 1000 on the table, we wouldn't have this lineup flexibility without deploying Ainsworth, so we see no need to add a pricey player when he would sit whenever we didn't use Ainsworth.

The Umpire Chronicles(15th lg; 1653rd overall)
& Umpire with a Soul(20th lg; 3121st overall)
Week 3: April 13-April 20

C	Jason Varitek		1400
C	Toby Hall		1070
1B	Todd Helton		3320	
1B	Frank Thomas		2030
2B	Alfonso Soriano		2570
2B	Mark Ellis		1100
3B	Aramis Ramirez		1800
3B	Joe Crede		1150
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	2300
SS	Orlando Cabrera		1820
OF	Albert Pujols		3150
OF	Manny Ramirez		2690
OF	Pat Burrell		2420
OF	Preston Wilson		2410
OF	Austin Kearns		1600
OF	Hideki Matsui		1500
DH	Vlad Guerrero		3440
DH	Lance Berkman		2850

SP	Randy Johnson		4000
SP	Pedro Martinez		2900
SP	Kerry Wood		2470
SP	Roy Halladay		2010
SP	Mark Prior		1800
SP	Kurt Ainsworth		1000
RP	Keith Foulke		2330
RP	Matt Anderson		1260
RP	Matt Mantei		1200
RP	Mike MacDougal		1500

Today's Fantasy Rx: Including the two-player September roster expansion, owners possess 18 moves in DC and another 16 in FB, so since the season only lasts about 26 weeks, you can freely burn two moves every three weeks. Please remember that player additions early in the season will have a far more significant effect on your team than anyone rostered a couple months later, so we certainly encourage you to quickly address any currently obvious problems on your teams.