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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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Double Dipping Two-Start Pitchers, Week 12

June 20, 2010 By Rick Leave a Comment

Cameron Maybin’s fall from the elite prospects of fantasy baseball has been rather surprising. Anyone who grabbed the young outfielder expecting him to fulfill his destiny as a five tool Major League stud has to be a little disappointed. He has high strikeout and ground ball rates, meaning he will likely never blossom into a power hitter or a high average guy. His speed and ability to swipe bases will always make him a very useful piece to a Major League team, but to keep him as a centerpiece to your fantasy squad is a waste of a valuable bench spot. Cut bait.

Interleague play continues this week so pay attention to American League designated hitters taking a seat on the bench in National League parks and some National League hitters getting extra at bats as designated hitters if they are playing in American League parks.

Also, all 30 Major League teams play exactly six 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 Jeremy Guthrie
BOS Jon Lester
CWS John Danks
CLE Mitch Talbot
DET Justin Verlander
KC Bruce Chen
LAA Ervin Santana
MIN Scott Baker
NYY A.J. Burnett
OAK Gio Gonzalez
SEA Jason Vargas
TB Wade Davis
TEX Tommy Hunter
TOR Brett Cecil
  
National League
ARI Rodrigo Lopez
ATL Tommy Hanson
CHC Ryan Dempster
CIN Mike Leake
COL Jhoulys Chacin
FLA Anibal Sanchez
HOU Roy Oswalt
LAD Clayton Kershaw
MIL David Bush
NYM Jon Niese
PHI Jamie Moyer
PIT Zach Duke
SD Mat Latos
SF Joe Martinez
STL Jaime Garcia
WAS Livan Hernandez


Rick’s Picks

Five best bets for double-start pitchers this week

1. Tommy Hanson is struggling a little in his sophomore campaign, but most pitchers would like to struggle through a 7-3, 3.38 season. A road matchup against the clueless White Sox followed by a home tilt against the Tigers looks like a very productive week for this young phenom.

2. Roy Oswalt is a little miffed over Houston’s desire to trade him and has plans to show them that he’s not done. With matchups at home versus San Francisco and at Texas, he should be good this week to up his trade value.

3. Mike Leake gets the Athletics in Oakland and then the Indians at home. These two weak offenses should be overmatched by Cincinnati’s young righty.

4. Tommy Hunter is off to a fast start and home matchups against the Pirates and Astros are the kind of thing that most pitchers dream about. Play this kid with confidence.

5. Wade Davis gets two home matchups against the Padres and Diamondbacks. Neither team is especially good away from home, and Davis is better at home than on the road. A hot Rays offense will give Davis all he needs this week.

Not with a ten foot pole—Randy Wells threw 130 pitches on Thursday. Look for him to be tired in his Wednesday outing and do not to use him. This kind of abuse from a Chicago Cubs manager is something we grew accustomed to when Dusty Baker ran Kerry Wood and Mark Prior into the ground, but with Lou Piniella? No, Wells is not a double-start pitcher, but don’t use him this week even though he is pitching against a weak Seattle offense at spacious Safeco Field.

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