Jon Lieber: Tue:@HOU(R.Oswalt); Sun:@COL(J.Francis)
Jose Lima: Tue:CHW(M.Buehrle); Sun:@TB(M.Hendrickson)
Rodrigo Lopez: Tue:TEX(K.Rogers); Sun:CHW(F.Garcia)
Noah Lowry: Tue:@CHC(G.Maddux); Sun:@MIL(C.Capuano)
Kenny Rogers???: Tue:@BAL(Rod.Lopez); Sun:@TOR(G.Chacin)???
Doug Waechter: Mon:BOS(D.Wells); Sat:KC(Z.Greinke)
Brandon Webb: Mon:@MIL(B.Sheets); Sat:@CHC(G.Rusch?)
Diamond Challenge
SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:MIN(B.Radke); Sun:LAA(P.Byrd)
Johan Santana: Wed:@NYY(A.Leiter)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@CHC(G.Rusch?); Sat:@MIL(B.Sheets)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:@HOU(B.Backe)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:NYM(K.Ishii)
Roger Clemens: Wed:PHI(V.Padilla)
Mark Mulder: Tue:@SD(W.Williams); Sun:@LAD(Od.Perez)
Jake Peavy: Wed:STL(J.Marquis)
Dontrelle Willis: Thu:PIT(K.Wells)
A.J. Burnett: Sat:WAS(J.Patterson)???
Josh Beckett: Fri:WAS(T.Armas)
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. LAA; 3 Home vs. TEX.
The inexpensive choices of Peavy and Beckett will join our four doubles here.
Despite our team reeling down the standings, we see no obvious moves this week, so we'll leave Buck, Pujols, Iguchi, and Morneau benched while subbing Glaus for Crawford to hit the cap exactly.
Rotohelp.com(6th lg; 60th div; 1492rd overall)
Week 17: July 25-July 31
C Victor Martinez 860
C Joe Mauer 440
1B Derrek Lee 1440
1B Mark Teixeira 1310
2B Brian Roberts 960
2B Marcus Giles 950
3B Melvin Mora 1270
3B David Wright 800
SS Miguel Tejada 1800
SS Jose Reyes 850
OF Jim Edmonds 1250
OF Adam Dunn 1110
OF Miguel Cabrera 1110
OF Scott Podsednik 1090
OF Kevin Mench 580
OF Jason Lane 400
UT Troy Glaus 830
UT Chase Utley 480
SP Randy Johnson 1980
SP Jason Schmidt 1510
SP Roy Oswalt 1320
SP Mark Mulder 1060
SP Jake Peavy 1030
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 17: 30000
Diamond Challenge 2nd Season
The recent problems of Hermanson and Ryan lead us to add Huston Street, dropping Hawpe, who shouldn't return for a few more weeks and faces a playing time crunch once he fully recovers.
SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:MIN(B.Radke); Sun:LAA(P.Byrd)
Johan Santana: Wed:@NYY(A.Leiter)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:@HOU(B.Backe)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:NYM(K.Ishii)
Roger Clemens: Wed:PHI(V.Padilla)
Jake Peavy: Wed:STL(J.Marquis)
Chris Carpenter: Thu:@SD(T.Stauffer)
Dontrelle Willis: Thu:PIT(K.Wells)
A.J. Burnett: Sat:WAS(J.Patterson)???
Josh Beckett: Fri:WAS(T.Armas)
Brett Myers: Fri:@COL(S.Chacon)
Ryan Dempster: 3 Home vs. SF; 4 Home vs. ARI.
Deploying Randy, Oswalt, Clemens, Carpenter, Beckett, and Dempster looks good for the week. Street and KRod replace Ryan and Hermanson.
Offensively, Atkins subs for ARod, nearly bringing us to the cap, and then flipping David Wright and Craig Counsell for Morneau and Iguchi finishes this roster.
Rotohelp.com(5th lg; 28th div; 161st overall)
Week 17: July 25-July 31
C Jorge Posada 930
C Joe Mauer 440
1B Derrek Lee 1440
1B Mark Teixeira 1310
2B Brian Roberts 960
2B Chase Utley 480
3B David Wright 800
3B Morgan Ensberg 690
SS Miguel Tejada 1800
SS Jose Reyes 850
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 Craig Counsell 620
UT Garrett Atkins 400
SP Randy Johnson 1980
SP Roy Oswalt 1320
SP Roger Clemens 1280
SP Jake Peavy 1030
SP Chris Carpenter 930
SP Josh Beckett 820
SP Ryan Dempster 520
RP Trevor Hoffman 1270
RP Francisco Rodriguez 1250
RP Chad Cordero 1000
RP Huston Street 750
Total Salary for Week 17: 27890
Internet Challenge
SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:MIN(B.Radke)
Johan Santana: Wed:@NYY(A.Leiter)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:@HOU(B.Backe)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber)
Roger Clemens: Wed:PHI(V.Padilla)
Ben Sheets: Mon:ARI(B.Webb)
Mark Mulder: Tue:@SD(W.Williams)
Jake Peavy: Wed:STL(J.Marquis)
Dontrelle Willis: Thu:PIT(K.Wells)
A.J. Burnett: No start
Josh Beckett: No start
Miguel Batista: 3 Home vs. LAA
An unimpressive group of singles from our top starters results in deploying Oswalt, Clemens, Sheets, Mulder, Peavy, and Batista.
Holliday and Atkins replace Reed and Crawford while Buck, Hafner, and Morneau stay benched.
Rotohelp.com(6th lg; 163rd overall)
Week 17a: July 25-July 28
C Victor Martinez 860
C Joe Mauer 440
1B Albert Pujols 1930
1B Mark Teixeira 1310
2B Brian Roberts 960
2B Marcus Giles 950
3B Melvin Mora 1270
3B Troy Glaus 830
SS Miguel Tejada 1800
SS Jose Reyes 850
OF Jim Edmonds 1250
OF Miguel Cabrera 1110
OF Adam Dunn 1110
OF Scott Podsednik 1090
OF Matt Holliday 630
OF Kevin Mench 580
UT Tadahito Iguchi 750
UT Garrett Atkins 400
SP Roy Oswalt 1320
SP Roger Clemens 1280
SP Ben Sheets 1200
SP Mark Mulder 1060
SP Jake Peavy 1030
SP Miguel Batista 840
RP Brad Lidge 1280
RP Trevor Hoffman 1270
RP Francisco Rodriguez 1250
RP B.J. Ryan 950
Total Salary for Week 17a: 29600
Fantasy Baseball & Budget Baseball
(Same game = same rosters and moves for both teams)
SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:MIN(B.Radke); Sun:LAA(P.Byrd)
Jason Schmidt: Mon:@CHC(G.Rusch?); Sat:@MIL(B.Sheets)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:@HOU(B.Backe)
Johan Santana: Wed:@NYY(A.Leiter)
Roger Clemens: Wed:PHI(V.Padilla)
Ben Sheets: Mon:ARI(B.Webb); Sat:SF(J.Schmidt)
Dontrelle Willis: Thu:PIT(K.Wells)
Jake Peavy: Wed:STL(J.Marquis)
A.J. Burnett: Sat:WAS(J.Patterson)???
Josh Beckett: Fri:WAS(T.Armas)
With Pedro and Santana facing tough road starts, Willis struggling, and Burnett very likely to start somewhere else this week, the remaining six starters look like our best bets.
Several offensive changes then appear necessary, with Buck, Helton, Holliday, Podsednik, and Hudson deploying for Martinez, Chavez, Glaus, Crawford, and Reed, who join Morneau, Kearns, and Drew on the bench.
Rotohelp.com(9th lg; 809th overall)
& Rotohelp.com(11th lg; 2073rd overall)
Week 17: July 25-July 31
C John Buck 1030
C Joe Mauer 1140
1B Albert Pujols 3700
1B Travis Hafner 1870
2B Marcus Giles 1850
2B Brian Roberts 1770
UT Hank Blalock 2240
3B Morgan Ensberg 1530
SS Rafael Furcal 2430
SS Khalil Greene 1410
OF Miguel Cabrera 2420
OF Carl Crawford 2120
OF Jason Bay 1680
OF Kevin Mench 1660
OF Matt Holliday 1470
OF Jason Lane 1000
UT Todd Helton 3460
UT Orlando Hudson 1540
SP Randy Johnson 3330
SP Jason Schmidt 3180
SP Roger Clemens 3030
SP Ben Sheets 2940
SP Josh Beckett 1730
SP Jake Peavy 2090
RP Brad Lidge 2510
RP Francisco Rodriguez 2360
RP Trevor Hoffman 2350
RP B.J. Ryan 2060
Total Salary for Week 17: 59900
Mid-Season Fantasy Baseball
SP(6)
Randy Johnson: Tue:MIN(B.Radke); Sun:LAA(P.Byrd)
Pedro Martinez: Thu:@HOU(B.Backe)
Johan Santana: Wed:@NYY(A.Leiter)
Roger Clemens: Wed:PHI(V.Padilla)
Roy Oswalt: Tue:PHI(J.Lieber); Sun:NYM(K.Ishii)
Matt Clement: Tue:@TB(M.Hendrickson)
Dontrelle Willis: Thu:PIT(K.Wells)
Jake Peavy: Wed:STL(J.Marquis)
Chris Carpenter: Thu:@SD(T.Stauffer)
Dan Haren: Wed:CLE(S.Elarton)
Betting on probable wins leads us to take Clemens, Clement, Carpenter, and Haren to join our two doubles.
The Colorado homestand returns Atkins to the lineup for the hurting Hafner as Reyes and Cabrera also deploy for Crosby and Griffey.
Rotohelp.com(3rd lg; 369th overall)
Week 17: July 25-July 31
C Joe Mauer 1140
C Gregg Zaun 1090
1B Derrek Lee 3010
1B Mark Teixeira 2820
2B Brian Roberts 1770
2B Chase Utley 1050
3B Hank Blalock 2240
3B Morgan Ensberg 1530
SS Jose Reyes 1590
SS Jhonny Peralta 1050
OF Hideki Matsui 2820
OF Miguel Cabrera 2420
OF Carl Crawford 2120
OF Jason Bay 1680
OF Grady Sizemore 1000
OF Jason Lane 1000
DH David Ortiz 2890
DH Garrett Atkins 1000
SP Randy Johnson 3330
SP Roger Clemens 3030
SP Roy Oswalt 2970
SP Matt Clement 2610
SP Jake Peavy 2090
SP Chris Carpenter 2020
SP Dan Haren 1070
RP Felix Rodriguez 2360
RP Dustin Hermanson 2130
RP Chad Cordero 2000
RP Huston Street 1000
Total Salary for Week 17: 54740
Today's Fantasy Rx: Deploying all your hitters on the Astros, Mets, Phillies, and Rockies should pay welcome dividends as all these teams spend the week playing in either Minute Maid or Coors. Conversely, limiting the exposure of your pitchers from these teams, with the obvious exception for the red hot Astros' aces, should prevent any qualitative disaster.
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