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Fantasy Baseball Stock Watch – Lowrie, Granderson, Sandoval

April 22, 2011 By Rick Leave a Comment

Stock Up

Jed Lowrie, 2B/SS, BOS – Lowrie has been red hot in the last week. With .429BA/3HR/11RBI/9R, the Red Sox have to play him as often as possible. The multi-position flexibility is nice for your team and Marco Scutaro needs to be looking over his shoulder as Lowrie is attempting to put a claim on the shortstop job full-time.

Curtis Granderson, OF, NYY – Granderson has found his groove in the Bronx and is hitting a stout .429/4/6/7 over the last week. He hasn’t done much base stealing this season, but that should come with time. Enjoy the average and power for now.

Placido Polanco, 3B, PHI – Polanco is hitting just when the Phillies need someone to step up. He’s never been known for power, but he’s producing in all categories with very nice efficiency: .360/2/4/4 with 3 SB. Ride him while he’s hot.

Pablo Sandoval, 3B, SF – Plenty of fantasy players were hopeful Sandoval would bounce back this season after a disappointing 2010, and the big guy isn’t letting us down. Though the average isn’t as high as one would like, you can’t argue with the .250/3/7/6 he’s posted in the last week. If nothing else, you’ll get good power from Panda.

Jeff Francoeur, OF, KC – This is the kind of thing we expected from Francoeur about five years ago. When his game went into the toilet, most people wrote him off. Now he’s back hitting .409/2/8/4 for the week. Don’t expect anything like this to continue, but enjoy the ride as long as Frenchy is in the zone.

Kyle Lohse, SP, STL – Just when you thought the Cardinals were out of it without Adam Wainwright fronting the rotation, along comes a stellar start from Lohse. In the last week, Lohse has tossed 16.3 innings while winning two, striking out 12 and giving his owners a 1.10 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP. Will it last? Probably not, but take it for now.

Scott Baker, SP, MIN – Did Baker just fan 15 hitters in the last week? Yes he did. He’s also putting up ratios of 0.64 ERA and 0.71 WHIP. This might finally be the breakthrough season for Baker.

Jose Contreras, RP, PHI – Contreras has three saves and no earned runs in the last week. Add in five K and a 1.00 WHIP and you’ve got a great fill-in for the injured Brad Lidge.

 
Stock Down

Hanley Ramirez, SS, FLA – Ramirez is still stinking up the joint. He hit .133 last week with only 3 RBI and 2 SB to show for it. Make a push to his owner that Han-Ram is wilting and he would do well to except whatever generous offer you are proposing.

David Wright, 3B, NYM – Wright’s poor week was the result of a 0-for-20 streak. That anemic output led to .095/1/3/2. This guy will hit, so play him and wait it out until he comes around. He’s another good buy-low candidate if his owner is getting antsy.

Carl Crawford, OF, BOS – The Red Sox thought they were buying Carl Crawford, not Cindy Crawford. Pitchers have made Carl look as bad as if Cindy was swinging the bat instead. Last week saw Crawford post a .125/0/2/1 line and a drop in the Red Sox batting order down to the seventh slot. He’ll get it going, but it might be wise to sit him for a week until he gets that confidence back.

Nelson Cruz, OF, TEX – Cruz was always known for being a great hitter who can’t stay healthy. Right now, he’s healthy and just can’t hit. He hit a paltry .136/0/0/1 for the week and doesn’t have Josh Hamilton around for the next six weeks to help him out. It might be time to put him on the trading block and see if someone is willing to pay you full price for Cruz. Don’t sell him for a discount, but jump if the price is right.

Roy Halladay, SP, PHI – Halladay put up a real clunker this week against Milwaukee. Don’t worry, this isn’t a trend. Maybe you can convince his owner that he’s lost it by throwing out the 8.10 ERA and 1.80 WHIP.

Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD – Kershaw had one bad game and one good game that fell apart in the ninth as he was attempting to put up a CG. The ERA for the week was a dismal 5.40 and the WHIP was almost as bad at 1.50. But the 12 K shows he’s still getting hitters out on his own. He’s fine, just ride out the bumpy patch.

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2011 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings

March 16, 2011 By Bodhizefa 1 Comment

Last week we posted the Tiers of Starting Pitching, including rankings for the top 89 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball this season.

Lost in the 19,000 words of starting pitcher profiles, was the thought to summarize the pitcher rankings in a nice looking cheatsheet format. That is, until one of our readers suggested it to us. Great suggestion, and here it is presented below.

Note these rankings were compiled before recent news of Neftali Feliz more than likely moving to the Texas Rangers’ starting rotation, although there is a profile on Feliz as a projected starter (some time in the future) and speculative play in Part 4 of the Tiers.

[Editor’s Note: Rankings updated March 21st. They now go to 90 thanks to Neftali Feliz moving up from an unranked “speculative play” in the first edition Tiers of SP to 58th in the updating rankings.]

Rank Player Team
1 Felix Hernandez SEA
2 Roy Halladay PHI
3 Tim Lincecum SF
4 Clayton Kershaw LAD
5 Cliff Lee PHI
Tier 2
6 CC Sabathia NYY
7 Mat Latos SD
8 Justin Verlander DET
9 Jon Lester BOS
10 Josh Johnson FLA
11 Tommy Hanson ATL
12 Jered Weaver LAA
Tier 3
13 David Price TB
14 Ubaldo Jimenez COL
15 Chris Carpenter STL
16 Dan Haren LAA
17 Cole Hamels PHI
18 Francisco Liriano MIN
19 Yovani Gallardo MIL
20 Matt Cain SF
21 Daniel Hudson ARI
22 Wandy Rodriguez HOU
23 Max Scherzer DET
24 Roy Oswalt PHI
25 Chad Billingsley LAD
26 Shaun Marcum MIL
27 Madison Bumgarner SF
28 Colby Lewis TEX
29 Clay Buchholz BOS
30 Brett Anderson OAK
  
Rank Player Team
Tier 4
31 Hiroki Kuroda LAD
32 Jonathan Sanchez SF
33 Ryan Dempster CHC
34 C.J. Wilson TEX
35 Johnny Cueto CIN
36 Jaime Garcia STL
37 Ted Lilly LAD
38 Ricky Romero TOR
39 Gio Gonzalez OAK
40 John Danks CHW
41 Javier Vazquez FLA
42 Josh Beckett BOS
43 Ricky Nolasco FLA
44 Ian Kennedy ARI
45 John Lackey BOS
46 Gavin Floyd CHW
47 Brett Myers HOU
48 Brian Matusz BAL
49 Zack Greinke MIL
50 James Shields TB
51 Phil Hughes NYY
52 Jeremy Hellickson TB
  
Rank Player Team
Tier 5
53 Brandon Morrow TOR
54 Edinson Volquez CIN
55 Homer Bailey CIN
56 Jhoulys Chacin COL
57 Mike Minor ATL
58 Neftali Feliz TEX
59 Ervin Santana LAA
60 James McDonald PIT
61 Tim Hudson ATL
62 Scott Baker MIN
63 Edwin Jackson CHW
64 Kyle Drabek TOR
65 Matt Garza CHC
66 Randy Wolf MIL
67 Travis Wood CIN
68 Carlos Zambrano CHC
69 Brett Cecil TOR
70 Clayton Richard SD
71 Aaron Harang SD
72 Cory Luebke SD
73 Derek Holland TEX
74 Brad Penny DET
75 Bronson Arroyo CIN
76 Kevin Slowey MIN
77 Jon Niese NYM
78 Jair Jurrjens ATL
79 Jake Peavy CHW
80 Jorge de la Rosa COL
81 Bud Norris HOU
82 Anibal Sanchez FLA
83 Derek Lowe ATL
84 Joel Pineiro LAA
85 Jeff Niemann TB
86 Jordan Zimmermann WAS
87 Michael Pineda SEA
88 Mark Buehrle CWS
89 Randy Wells CHC
90 Wade Davis TB

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Double Dipping Two-Start Pitchers, Week 26

September 27, 2010 By Rick Leave a Comment

In the last week of the season, you will see a lot of things happening that didn’t happen over the first 25 weeks. You will see teams who have already locked up playoff berths sit their starters to make sure they are fresh for the playoffs. Starting rotations will be jumbled as aces will be bumped a day or two to position them for specific days of playoff action. Rookies will get more playing time and vets will sit as teams out of contention look to the future. There is no rhyme or reason to some of the decisions made, just be prepared to watch your pitching matchups vanish into thin air or your stud hitter watch more games from the bench then from his usual fielding position.

This week, Cleveland, New York (AL), Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles (NL), Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington are all on the docket for six. All others are scheduled for seven games this week.

Now, the projected 2-start pitchers for this week. For those of you in leagues who require you to set your lineup at the beginning of the week, these are guys you should strongly consider:

American League
BAL Brain Matusz, Brad Bergeson
BOS Clay Buchholz, John Lackey
CWS Mark Buehrle, Edwin Jackson
CLE Carlos Carrasco
DET Armando Galarraga, Max Scherzer
KC Kyle Davies, Sean O’Sullivan
LAA Ervin Santana, Dan Haren
MIN Kevin Slowey, Nick Blackburn
NYY A.J. Burnett
OAK Brett Anderson, Dallas Braden
SEA David Pauley, Felix Hernandez
TB Wade Davis, David Price
TEX C.J. Wilson, Cliff Lee
TOR Marc Rzepczynski, Kyle Drabek
  
National League
ARI Rodrigo Lopez
ATL Tommy Hanson
CHC Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster
CIN Edinson Volquez
COL Ubaldo Jimenez, Jeff Francis
FLA Alex Sanabia, Anibal Sanchez
HOU Wandy Rodriguez
LAD Ted Lilly
MIL David Bush, Randy Wolf
NYM Mike Pelfrey, Jon Niese
PHI Roy Halladay
PIT Charlie Morton, Brian Burres
SD Tim Stauffer, Mat Latos
SF Jonathan Sanchez
STL Kyle Lohse, Jeff Suppan
WAS John Lannan


Rick’s Picks

Five best bets for double-start pitchers this week

1. David Price gets Baltimore on the road then Kansas City at home. He will most likely start two games this week as the Rays are in contention for the division title and top record in the American League. The opponents are already making off-season plans, so Price should be in for a big week.

2. Wade Davis’ week looks just like Price’s above. Davis problem has been a sore shoulder that landed him on the disabled list last month. He has been very good since returning, so it looks like the rest did him good.

3. Jonathan Sanchez gets two weak offenses at home (vs ARZ, vs SD) as the Giants look to lock up the division and head for the playoffs. Since Sanchez is unlikely to be on the front end of the Giants playoff rotation, he will almost assuredly get both starts this week.

4. Edinson Volquez is trying ot prove that he belongs in the playoff rotation and will have two home games (vs HOU, vs MLW) this week to show his stuff. Look for Volquez to have a big week.

5. Tommy Hanson has scuffled in his sophomore season, but is still a good pitcher. With the Braves fighting for their playoff lives, they get the Marlins and Phillies at home. The Marlins are playing out the streak and the Phillies will be resting their starters for the upcoming playoffs, so Hanson is a good bet this week.

Note: If Roy Halladay gets two starts this week, he is easily the #1 choice for the list. But since the Phils will likely bump him from his second start to allow him to start game 1 of the NLDS, don’t count on him taking the mound twice this week.

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