Today's Fantasy Rx

Schedule recommendations for teams with 7 games

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Atlanta: 3 Road at TEX; 4 Road at CIN.
Cincinnati: 3 Road at BOS: 4 Home vs. ATL.

Schedule recommendations for teams with 6 games

Good for hitters / Good for pitchers
Baltimore: 3 Home vs. HOU; 3 Home vs. COL.
Boston: 3 Home vs. CIN; 3 Home vs. PIT.
Chicago White Sox: 3 Home vs. ARI; 3 Home vs. LAD.
Cleveland: 3 Home vs. COL; 3 Home vs. ARI.
Detroit: 3 Home vs. SD: 3 Home vs. SF.
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 Road at KC; 3 Road at CHW.
Minnesota: 3 Home vs. SF; 3 Home vs. SD.
New York Yankees: 3 Home vs. PIT; 3 Home vs. CHC.

Good for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Arizona: 3 Road at CHW; 3 Road at CLE.
Florida: 3 Road at CHC; 3 Road at LAA.
Houston: 3 Road at BAL; 3 Road at KC.
Milwaukee: 3 Road at TB; 3 Road at TOR.
Pittsburgh: 3 Road at NYY; 3 Road at BOS.
St. Louis: 3 Road at TOR; 3 Road at TB.
Tampa Bay: 3 Home vs. MIL; 3 Home vs. STL.
Texas: 3 Home vs. ATL; 3 Home vs. WAS.
Toronto: 3 Home vs. STL; 3 Home vs. MIL.
Washington: 3 Road at LAA; 3 Road at TEX.

Bad for hitters / Good for pitchers
Kansas City: 3 Home vs. LAD; 3 Home vs. HOU.
Los Angeles Angels: 3 Home vs. WAS; 3 Home vs. FLO.
New York Mets: 3 Road at OAK; 3 Road at SEA.
Oakland: 3 Home vs. NYM; 3 Home vs. PHI.
San Diego: 3 Road at DET; 3 Road at MIN.
Seattle: 3 Home vs. PHI; 3 Home vs. NYM.
San Francisco: 3 Road at MIN; 3 Road at DET.

Bad for hitters / Bad for pitchers
Chicago Cubs: 3 Home vs. FLO; 3 Road at NYY.
Colorado: 3 Road at CLE; 3 Road at BAL.

Pitchers with 2 starts(to deploy everywhere you own them):
Brandon Backe: Mon:@BAL(H.Penn); Sun:@KC(Run.Hernandez)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@CHC(S.Mitre); Sun:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Joe Blanton: Tue:NYM(T.Glavine); Sun:PHI(J.Lieber)
Paul Byrd: Mon:WAS(E.Loaiza); Sun:FLO(J.Beckett)
Matt Clement: Mon:CIN(E.Milton); Sun:PIT(K.Wells)
Jose Contreras: Mon:ARI(S.Estes); Sun:LAD(J.Weaver)
Roy Halladay: Mon:STL(J.Suppan); Sun:MIL(C.Capuano)
Jason Johnson: Tue:SD(J.Peavy); Sun:SF(N.Lowry)
Jon Lieber: Tue:@SEA(G.Meche); Sun:@OAK(J.Blanton)
Esteban Loaiza: Mon:@LAA(P.Byrd); Sun:@TEX(C.Young)
Noah Lowry: Tue:@MIN(J.Santana); Sun:@DET(Jas.Johnson)
Gil Meche: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:NYM(T.Glavine)
Mike Mussina: Tue:PIT(K.Wells); Sun:CHC(J.Koronka?)
Jake Peavy: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@MIN(J.Santana)
Hayden Penn: Mon:HOU(B.Backe); Sun:COL(J.Francis)
Johan Santana: Tue:SF(N.Lowry); Sun:SD(J.Peavy)
Jeff Suppan: Mon:@TOR(R.Halladay); Sun:@TB(D.Waechter)
Jake Westbrook: Tue:COL(J.Francis); Sun:ARI(S.Estes)
Dontrelle Willis: Mon:@CHC(J.Koronka); Sat:@LAA(J.Lackey)
Chris Young: Mon:ATL(T.Hudson); Sun:WAS(E.Loaiza)

Pitchers with 2 starts to deploy only in leagues that don't count qualitative stats:
Chris Capuano: Mon:@TB(D.Waechter); Sun:@TOR(R.Halladay)
Shawn Estes: Mon:@CHW(J.Contreras); Sun:@CLE(J.Westbrook)
Jeff Francis: Tue:@CLE(J.Westbrook); Sun:@BAL(H.Penn)
Tom Glavine: Tue:@OAK(J.Blanton); Sun:@SEA(G.Meche)
Runelvys Hernandez: Tue:LAD(J.Weaver); Sun:HOU(B.Backe)
Luke Hudson: Tue:@BOS(D.Wells); Sun:ATL(Jo.Sosa)
Tim Hudson: Mon:@TEX(C.Young); Sat:@CIN(E.Milton)
John Koronka?: Mon:FLO(D.Willis); Sun:@NYY(M.Mussina)?
Eric Milton: Mon:@BOS(M.Clement); Sat:ATL(T.Hudson)
Jorge Sosa: Tue:@TEX(P.Astacio); Sun:@CIN(L.Hudson)
Doug Waechter: Mon:MIL(C.Capuano); Sun:STL(J.Suppan)
Kip Wells: Tue:@NYY(M.Mussina); Sun:@BOS(M.Clement)

Diamond Challenge

With Barmes out for the year, we don't see a logical SS replacement, so we'll stick with Tejada and Reyes while adding Chase Utley as a free agent now that he no longer faces any playing time questions. Yes, that move gives us four 2B, but with Roberts, Iguchi, Utley, and even Giles still good values, we don't mind the excess at one position for now.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Thu:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Johan Santana: Tue:SF(N.Lowry); Sun:SD(J.Peavy)
Jason Schmidt: Thu:@MIN(J.Mays)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SEA(R.Franklin)?
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@KC(D.Carrasco)
Roger Clemens: Fri:@KC(J.Howell)
Mark Mulder: Fri:@TB(S.Kazmir)
Jake Peavy: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@MIN(J.Santana)
Dontrelle Willis: Mon:@CHC(J.Koronka); Sat:@LAA(J.Lackey)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:@CHC(G.Maddux)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@CHC(S.Mitre); Sun:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. STL; 3 Home vs. MIL.

With strikeouts and wins growing more important than saves, we'll deploy Oswalt and Clemens alongside our four doubles.

Offensively, Reyes replaces the cut Barmes while Edmonds, Lane, Morneau, and Utley sub for Victor Martinez, Dave Wright, Mench, and the injured Holliday, who all join Giles on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(3rd lg; 12th div; 181st overall)
Week 11: June 13-June 19

C	Joe Mauer		440 
C	John Buck		390 
1B	Albert Pujols		1930
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310 
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Tadahito Iguchi		750
3B	Melvin Mora		1270 
3B	Troy Glaus		830
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Jose Reyes		850
OF	Carl Crawford		1560 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Jason Lane		400
UT	Justin Morneau		680
UT	Chase Utley		480
 
SP	Johan Santana		1710
SP	Roy Oswalt		1320 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Jake Peavy		1030
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	Josh Beckett		820
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 11: 	30000

Diamond Challenge 2nd Season

With no backup 2B here, we'll take the opportunity to add Utley for Barmes.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Thu:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Johan Santana: Tue:SF(N.Lowry); Sun:SD(J.Peavy)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SEA(R.Franklin)?
Roy Oswalt: Sat:@KC(D.Carrasco)
Roger Clemens: Fri:@KC(J.Howell)
Jake Peavy: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@MIN(J.Santana)
Chris Carpenter: Sat:@TOR(C.Gaudin)
Dontrelle Willis: Mon:@CHC(J.Koronka); Sat:@LAA(J.Lackey)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:@CHC(G.Maddux)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@CHC(S.Mitre); Sun:@LAA(P.Byrd)
Brett Myers: Thu:@SEA(J.Pineiro)
Ryan Dempster: 3 Home vs. FLO; 3 Road at NYY.

Running the same six starters here, Santana, Clemens, Oswalt, Peavy, Willis, and Beckett, looks good to us, however Dempster remains solid and we could use the cap room for offense, so Oswalt will sit for Dempster.

Offensively, Counsell shifts to replace the dumped Barmes while ARod replaces Wright. Mauer and Utley will cover DH while Brady Clark replaces Hawpe, who joins Dellucci and the others on the bench.

Rotohelp.com(5th lg; 75th div; 584th overall)
Week 11: June 13-June 19

C	Jorge Posada		930
C	Yadier Molina		280
1B	Derrek Lee		1440 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Tadahito Iguchi		750 
3B	Alex Rodriguez	1880
3B	Morgan Ensberg		690
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Craig Counsell		620
OF	Bobby Abreu		1860
OF	Miguel Cabrera		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Pat Burrell		870 
OF	Kevin Mench		580 
OF	Brady Clark		540 
UT	Chase Utley		480
UT	Joe Mauer		440

SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Roger Clemens		1280 
SP	Jake Peavy		1030 
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
SP	Ryan Dempster		520
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270
RP	Chad Cordero		1000
RP	B.J. Ryan		950
RP	Dustin Hermanson	920

Total Salary for Week 11: 	30000

Internet Challenge

With no moves jumping out at us for Barmes, he remains on our roster, along with Holliday.

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Thu:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Johan Santana: Tue:SF(N.Lowry))
Jake Peavy: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson)
Dontrelle Willis: Mon:@CHC(J.Koronka)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:@CHC(G.Maddux)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@CHC(S.Mitre)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. STL.

No starts: Pedro, Oswalt, Clemens, Sheets, Mulder.

Six solid starts allows us to sit Batista.

With Miguel Cabrera in a mild slump, he hits our bench for a couple days, joining Victor Martinez, Marcus Giles, and the two injured Rockies as Hafner and Roberts also return to the lineup.

Rotohelp.com(3rd lg; 67th overall)
Week 11a: June 13-June 16

 
C	Joe Mauer		440
C	John Buck		390
1B	Albert Pujols		1930 
1B	Mark Teixeira		1310
2B	Brian Roberts		960
2B	Tadahito Iguchi		750
3B	Melvin Mora		1270
3B	Troy Glaus		830
SS	Miguel Tejada		1800 
SS	Jose Reyes		850
OF	Carl Crawford		1560 
OF	Jim Edmonds		1250
OF	Adam Dunn		1110 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1090 
OF	Kevin Mench		580 
OF	Jeremy Reed		400 
UT	Travis Hafner		810
UT	Justin Morneau		680 

SP	Randy Johnson		1980 
SP	Johan Santana		1710 
SP	Jake Peavy		1030 
SP	Dontrelle Willis	870 
SP	A.J. Burnett		830
SP	Josh Beckett		820 
RP	Brad Lidge		1280
RP	Trevor Hoffman		1270 
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	1250
RP	B.J. Ryan		950 

Total Salary for Week 11a: 	30000

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

SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Thu:PIT(Ol.Perez)
Jason Schmidt: Thu:@MIN(J.Mays)
Pedro Martinez: Sat:@SEA(R.Franklin)?
Johan Santana: Tue:SF(N.Lowry); Sun:SD(J.Peavy)
Roger Clemens: Fri:@KC(J.Howell)
Ben Sheets: Sat:@TOR(J.Towers)
Dontrelle Willis: Mon:@CHC(J.Koronka); Sat:@LAA(J.Lackey)
Jake Peavy: Tue:@DET(Jas.Johnson); Sun:@MIN(J.Santana)
A.J. Burnett: Wed:@CHC(G.Maddux)
Josh Beckett: Tue:@CHC(S.Mitre); Sun:@LAA(P.Byrd)

Randy and Clemens will join our four doubles.

A multitude of offensive changes result in Morneau, Giles, Furcal, Lane, Blalock, and Hafner replacing Helton, Hudson, Barmes, Holliday, Reed, and Victor Martinez, who join Glaus and Kearns on our bench. Perhaps we should make a move to replace Barmes or Kearns, but we're pleased with our lineup right now.

Rotohelp.com(12th lg; 1119th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(17th lg; 2601st overall)
Week 11: June 13-June 19

 
C	Joe Mauer		1140 
C	John Buck		1030
1B	Albert Pujols		3700 
1B	Justin Morneau		1780
2B	Marcus Giles		1850
2B	Brian Roberts		1770 
3B	Eric Chavez		2740
3B	Morgan Ensberg		1530 
SS	Rafael Furcal		2430
SS	Khalil Greene		1410
OF	J.D. Drew		2490
OF	Miguel Cabrera		2420
OF	Carl Crawford		2120 
OF	Scott Podsednik		1990 
OF	Kevin Mench		1660 
OF	Jason Lane		1000
UT	Hank Blalock		2240
UT	Travis Hafner		1870

SP	Randy Johnson		3330 
SP	Johan Santana		3090 
SP	Roger Clemens		3030
SP	Dontrelle Willis	2170 
SP	Jake Peavy		2090
SP	Josh Beckett		1730
RP	Brad Lidge		2510
RP	Francisco Rodriguez	2360
RP	Trevor Hoffman		2350
RP	B.J. Ryan		2060

Total Salary for Week 11: 	59620

Today's Fantasy Rx: Take advantage of a week in AL parks to deploy your best NL pinch-hitters. Employing the DH opens regular playing time to several nominal part-timers, and the quantitative boost from six starts certainly could boost many teams over the next week.