Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Washington: 4 Home vs. MIL; 3 Road at TOR.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Milwaukee: 4 Road at WAS; 3 Road at MIN.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Baltimore: 3 Road at KC; 3 Home vs. PHI.
Chicago White Sox: 3 Home vs. TEX; 3 Road at CHC.
Cincinnati: 3 Road at NYM; 3 Home vs. CLE.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. TB; 3 Home vs. ARI.
Minnesota: 3 Home vs. TOR; 3 Home vs. MIL.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Road at HOU; 3 Road at DET.
Atlanta: 3 Road at SD; 3 Road at BOS.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. ANA; 3 Road at CIN.
Colorado: 3 Home vs. SF; 3 Road at PIT.
Houston: 3 Home vs. ARI; 3 Road at TEX.
New York Mets: 3 Home vs. CIN; 3 Home vs. NYY.
Philadelphia: 3 Home vs. STL; 3 Road at BAL.
San Francisco: 3 Road at COL; 3 Home vs. OAK.
St. Louis: 3 Road at PHI; 3 Home vs. OAK.
Texas: 3 Road at CHW; 3 Home vs. HOU.
Toronto: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Home vs. WAS.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Boston: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Home vs. ATL.
Florida: 3 Road at LAD; 3 Home vs. TB.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Home vs. FLO; 3 Home vs. LAA.
San Diego: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Road at SEA.
Seattle: 3 Home vs. NYY; 3 Home vs. SD.
Tampa Bay: 3 Road at DET; 3 Road at FLO.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Kansas City: 3 Home vs. BAL; 3 Home vs. STL.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Road at CLE; 3 Road at LAD.
New York Yankees: 3 Road at SEA; 3 Road at NYM.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. BOS: 3 Road at SF.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 5 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Pittsburgh: 2 Home vs. CHC; 3 Home vs. COL.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Chicago Cubs: 2 Road at PIT; 3 Home vs. CHW.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Kris Benson: Mon:CIN(Ra.Ortiz); Sun:NYY(C.Pavano?)
Paul Byrd: Mon:@CLE(Cl.Lee); Sun:@LAD(D.Lowe?)
Matt Clement: Tue:@OAK(B.Zito); Sun:ATL(J.Thomson)
Doug Davis: Mon:@WAS(T.Armas); Sat:@MIN(B.Radke)
Casey Fossum: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@FLO(B.Moehler?)
Orlando Hernandez: Mon:TEX(B.Zito): Sun:@CHC(M.Prior)
Cliff Lee: Mon:LAA(P.Byrd); Sun:@CIN(Ra.Ortiz?)
Derek Lowe?: Tue:FLO(D.Willis); Sun:LAA(P.Byrd)?
Roy Oswalt: Tue:ARI(J.Vazquez); Sun:@TEX(C.Park)
Carl Pavano?: Tue:@SEA(J.Mateo); Sun:@NYM(K.Benson)?
Brad Penny: Mon:FLO(B.Moehler); Sat:LAA(J.Washburn)
Sidney Ponson: Tue:@KC(J.Lima); Sun:PHI(C.Lidle)
Mark Prior: Tue:@PIT(J.Fogg); Sun:CHW(O.Hernandez)
Johan Santana: Tue:TOR(J.Towers); Sun:MIL(W.Obermueller?)
Tim Stauffer: Mon:ATL(J.Thomson); Sun:@SEA(A.Sele)
Jeff Suppan: Tue:@PHI(C.Lidle); Sun:@KC(J.Lima)
John Thomson: Mon:@SD(T.Stauffer); Sun:@BOS(M.Clement)
Josh Towers: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana); Sun:WAS(C.Vargas)
Barry Zito: Tue:BOS(M.Clement); Sun:@SF(N.Lowry)?

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Tony Armas: Mon:MIL(D.Davis); Sat:@TOR(T.Lilly?)
Josh Fogg?: Tue:CHC(M.Prior); Sun:COL(J.Kennedy)?
Jason Johnson: Tue:TB(C.Fossum); Sun:ARI(J.Vazquez)
Joe Kennedy: Tue:SF(B.Lowry); Sun:@PIT(J.Fogg?)
Cory Lidle: Tue:STL(J.Suppan); Sun:@BAL(S.Ponson)
Jose Lima: Tue:BAL(S.Ponson); Sun:STL(J.Suppan)
Noah Lowry: Tue:@COL(J.Kennedy); Sun:OAK(B.Zito)
Brian Mohler: Tue:@LAD(D.Lowe); Sun:TB(C.Fossum)
Ramon Ortiz?: Tue:@NYM(V.Zambrano?); Sun:CLE(Cl.Lee)
Chan Ho Park: Mon:@CHW(O.Hernandez); Sun:HOU(R.Oswalt)
Aaron Sele: Mon:NYY(C.Wang); Sun:SD(T.Stauffer)
Claudio Vargas: Tue:MIL(W.Obermueller); Sun:@TOR(J.Towers)
Javier Vazquez: Tue:@HOU(R.Oswalt); Sun:@DET(Jas.Johnson)
Paul Wilson: Mon:@NYM(K.Benson); Sat:CLE(C.Sabathia)

Diamond Challenge

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Sat:@NYM(A.Heilman?)
Johan Santana: Tue:TOR(J.Towers); Sun:MIL(W.Obermueller?)
Jason Schmidt: DL
Pedro Martinez: Fri:NYY(K.Brown)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:ARI(J.Vazquez); Sun:@TEX(C.Park)
Roger Clemens: Thu:ARI(B.Halsey)
Mark Mulder: Fri:@KC(Z.Greinke)
Jake Peavy: Fri:@SEA(R.Franklin)
Rich Harden: DL
A.J. Burnett: Sat:TB(M.Hendrickson)
Josh Beckett: Wed:@LAD(J.Weaver)
Miguel Batista: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Home vs. WAS.

Focusing on strikeouts and home starts leave us with Pedro, Clemens, Burnett, and Beckett to join our two doubles.

To slide under the cap, we'll deploy Lane for Hafner, leaving Buck, Giles, Wright, Reyes, and Mench benched. Both Holliday and Mench seem down, but with Holliday at home for a couple, hopefully his production finally will rebound.

Rotohelp.com(2nd lg; 69th div; 58th overall)
Week 7: May 16-May 22

C	Victor Martinez		860
C	Joe Mauer		440
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310 
1B	Justin Morneau		680
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Tadahito Iguchi		750
3B	Melvin Mora		1270
3B	Troy Glaus		830 
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800
SS	Clint Barmes		400
OF	Carl Crawford		1560 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Matt Holliday		630 
DH	Albert Pujols		1930 
DH	Jason Lane		400

SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Pedro Martinez		1450
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830
SP	Josh Beckett		820
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	Octavio Dotel		1240
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Brandon Lyon		750

Total Salary for Week 7: 	29980

Internet Challenge

With three starters injured, we desperately need another pitcher and will add Dontrelle Willis, cutting Jason Schmidt, who lacks the immediate upside of Sheets or Harden when they return.

SP(6)
Johan Santana: Tue:TOR(J.Towers)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:ARI(J.Vazquez)
Roger Clemens: Thu:ARI(B.Halsey)
Dontrelle Willis: Tue:@LAD(D.Lowe)
Josh Beckett: Wed:LAD(J.Weaver)
Miguel Batista: 3 Road at MIN.

No starts: Randy, Schmidt, Pedro, Sheets, Mulder, Peavy, Harden, Burnett.

With Colorado still at home, we see no reason to deploy any of our bench players, so Buck, Giles, Reyes, Mench, and Reed will keep sitting.

Rotohelp.com(2nd lg; 41st overall)
Week 7a: May 16-May 19

 
C	Victor Martinez		860
C	Joe Mauer		440 
1B	Albert Pujols		1930 
1B	Justin Morneau	680
2B	Brian Roberts		960 
2B	Tadahito Iguchi		750
3B	Melvin Mora		1270
3B	Troy Glaus		830
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800
SS	Clint Barmes		400 
OF	Carl Crawford		1560
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250 
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Matt Holliday		630
UT	Mark Teixeira		1310 
UT	Travis Hafner		810
 
SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Miguel Batista		840
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250 
RP	Octavio Dotel		1240
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Brandon Lyon		750

Total Salary for Week 7a: 	29820

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

With Dontrelle Willis guaranteed three starts in the next two weeks, we're adding him here for the relatively useless Haren as we believe Schmidt and Sheets eventually will contribute much more than Haren. J.D. Closser's persistent worthlessness also caused us to dump him for Joe Mauer.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Sat:@NYM(A.Heilman?)
Jason Schmidt: DL
Pedro Martinez: Fri:NYY(K.Brown)
Johan Santana: Tue:TOR(J.Towers); Sun:MIL(W.Obermueller?)
Roger Clemens: Thu:ARI(B.Halsey)
Ben Sheets: DL
Dontrelle Willis: Tue:@LAD(D.Lowe)
Jake Peavy: Fri:@SEA(R.Franklin)
A.J. Burnett: Sat:TB(M.Hendrickson)
Josh Beckett: Wed:@LAD(J.Weaver)

Pedro, Clemens, Willis, Burnett, and Beckett join Santana in the most cost-efficient pitching staff; the lack of doubles allows us to focus on our offense here.

Aside from Mauer for Closer, the red hot Ensberg subs for Hafner while Hudson, Kearns, and Lane enter our lineup for Giles, Holliday, and Reed. Buck, Chavez, Greene, and Mench stay benched.

Rotohelp.com(8th lg; 647th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(10th lg; 1606th overall)
Week 7: May 16-May 22

C	Victor Martinez		1800 
C	Joe Mauer		1140 
1B	Albert Pujols		3700
1B	Justin Morneau		1780
2B	Brian Roberts		1770 
2B	Orlando Hudson		1540
3B	Troy Glaus		2460
3B	Hank Blalock		2240
SS	Rafael Furcal		2430 
SS	Clint Barmes		1000 
OF	J.D. Drew		2490
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420
OF	Carl Crawford		2120 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1990 
OF	Austin Kearns		1540
OF	Jason Lane		1000 
DH	Todd Helton		3460
DH	Morgan Ensberg		1530

SP	Pedro Martinez		3140
SP	Johan Santana		3090 
SP	Roger Clemens		3030 
SP	Dontrelle Willis		2170 
SP	A.J. Burnett		1900 
SP	Josh Beckett		1730
RP	Octavio Dotel		2440
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	2630
RP	B.J. Ryan		2060
RP	Brandon Lyon		1500

Total Salary for Week 7: 	59860

Today's Fantasy Rx: With interleague play beginning next weekend and the weather remaining relatively cool in much of the country, feel free to deploy some of your riskier pitchers, especially rookies with decent skills. The comparative unfamiliarity of the other league's veterans with these youngsters provides a decided disadvantage to offenses in the initial series.