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2010 Two Start Pitchers – Week 10

Here is a complete look at the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers for week 10. Obviously the top tier pitchers are going to be left in your line up, but here is a look at some of the more border line pitchers for mixed league starts and who they face in those starts.

Two-start pitchers week 10: remember again that the list below is more focused on mixed leagues since in AL or NL only leagues in most cases you do not have the option to rotate too many starting pitchers with the smaller player pool. The pitchers below are listed in alphabetical order by team name per category.

American League:

Start them:

Zack Greinke (KC) ~ @MIN (Slowey), @CIN (LeCure)
Jered Weaver (LAA) ~ @OAK (Open), @LAD (Kuroda)
Phil Hughes (NYY) ~ @BAL (Bergesen), HOU (Moehler)
Cliff Lee (SEA) ~ @TEX (Feldman), @SD (LeBlanc)
Felix Hernandez (SEA) ~ @TEX (Lewis), @SD (Richard)
Jeff Niemann (TB) ~ TOR (Marcum), FLA (Volstad)
Colby Lewis (TEX) ~ SEA (Hernandez), @MIL (Gallardo)
Shaun Marcum (TOR) ~ @TB (Niemann), @COL (Francis)

Roll the Dice:

Gavin Floyd (CHW) ~ DET (Galarraga), @CHC (Lilly)
Fausto Carmona (CLE) ~ BOS (Matsuzaka), WAS (Stammen)
Armando Galarraga (DET) ~ @CWS (Floyd), PIT (Karstens)
Kevin Slowey (MIN) ~ KC (Greinke), ATL (Medlen)
Ben Sheets (OAK) ~ LAA (Kazmir), @SF (Zito)

Floyd has been wildly inconsistent this season as opposing hitters are betting 60 points higher against him than in 2009. He had two good starts at the end of May before allowing six runs in 2 2/3 innings against Texas in his last start.  Slowey has been on a roll and hasn’t loss in his last four starts, while allowing a total of seven runs during that time frame. He allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings against Kansas City back on April 25th. Sheets was a much different pitcher in May once the team determined he was tipping his pitches. Sheets has a 3.31 ERA over his last six starts with 36 strikeouts in 38 innings.

Sit Them:

Tim Wakefield (BOS) ~ @CLE (Huff), PHI (Kendrick)
Brad Bergesen (BAL) ~ NYY (Hughes), NYM (Pelfrey)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (BOS) ~ @CLE (Carmona), PHI (Hamels)
David Huff (CLE) ~ BOS (Wakefield), WAS (Strasburg)
Scott Kazmir (LAA) ~ @OAK (Sheets), @LAD (Ely)
Scott Feldman (TEX) ~ SEA (Lee), @MIL (Bush)

Wakefield has been bombed his last two starts, allowing 15 runs in 9 2/3 innings. He did throw nine shutout innings against the Phillies on May 23rd so if you feel lucky…I don’t think you can ever spot start Dice-K because he is just so inconsistent. Either you ride him in your line up all year long when healthy or leave him on the bench. If you try to pick the times when you decide to start him, you are going to guess wrong more often than not.

National League:

Start them:

Kris Medlen (ATL) ~ @ARI (Lopez), @MIN (Slowey)
Ted Lilly (CHC) ~ @MIL (Gallardo), CWS (Floyd)
Johnny Cueto (CIN) ~ SF (Zito), KC (Bannister)
Yovani Gallardo (MIL) ~ CHC (Lilly), TEX (Lewis)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM) ~ SD (Richard), @BAL (Bergesen)
Cole Hamels (PHI) ~ SD (LeBlanc), @BOS (Matsuzaka)
Clayton Richard (SD) ~ @NYM (Pelfrey), SEA (Hernandez)
Barry Zito (SF) ~ @CIN (Cueto), OAK (Sheets)
Matt Cain (SF) ~ @CIN (LeCure), OAK
Chris Carpenter (STL) ~ @LAD (Monasterios), @ARI (Lopez)
Stephen Strasburg (WAS) ~ PIT (Karstens), @CLE (Huff)

Roll the Dice:

Edwin Jackson (AZ) ~ ATL (Lowe), STL (Garcia)
Derek Lowe (ATL) ~ @ARI (Jackson), @MIN (Blackburn)
Jeff Francis (COL) ~ HOU (Moehler), TOR (Marcum)
Chris Volstad (FLA) ~ @PHI (Kendrick), @TB (Niemann)
Wade LeBlanc (SD) ~ @PHI (Hamels), SEA (Lee)

Lowe has won 4 of his last 5 starts since allowing seven runs against Philadelphia back on May 7th. In that stretch, he has allowed three runs or fewer in all of those starts. Volstad has lost four of his last five starts despite not surrendering more than three runs in any of them. His ERA of 3.43 in May was 2 1/2 runs lower then what is was in April. LeBlanc is on the fence for me with a road start against Philadelphia and a home start against Cliff Lee. He gave up eight runs in three innings when he faced Seattle almost three weeks ago.

Sit Them:

Rodrigo Lopez (AZ) ~ ATL (Lowe), STL (Carpenter)
Sam LeCure (CIN) ~ SF (Cain), KC (Greinke)
Jason Hammel (COL) ~ HOU (Rodriguez), TOR (Morrow)
Brian Moehler (HOU) ~ @COL (Francis), @NYY (Hughes)
Wandy Rodriguez (HOU) ~ @COL (Hammel), @NYY (Vazquez)
Kyle Kendrick (PHI) ~ FLA (Volstad), @BOS (Wakefield)
Zach Duke (PIT) ~ @WAS (Strasburg), @DET (Galarraga)

Lopez was much better in May than in April with a 4.17 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP. With two home starts at Coors Field, I would steer clear of Hammel this week. Kendrick is a tough call, with two good decent starts in a row. He tossed six scoreless innings against the Marlins on 5/28 and allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings against Boston on 5/22. Wandy Rodriguez has two tough road starts, where his ERA is 1.70 higher than at home. His strikeout rate on the road also has taken a hit this year at 4.7 per nine vs. 8.7 at home.

The Daily Dirt from Friday

Rick Porcello picked up the win for the Detroit Tigers allowing two runs in five innings with three strikeouts. It is a little disappointing to see management still coddling him as he was removed after a batter reached in the sixth inning despite being at only 87 pitches. If that continues to happen, it is going to end up costing him a few wins this season. In other fantasy baseball news around the diamond on Friday…

Hitters:

Brian Roberts left the game after the first inning after straining his abdominal muscle after stealing second base.

Drew Stubbs hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 8th inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Rafael Furcal continues to turn back the clock, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and his third stolen base of the season.

Who said that Citi Field is not a home run ballpark? Jeff Francoeur and Rod Barajas both tested that theory on Friday night, by each blasting two home runs.

Chris Young went 3-for-4 with five RBI and delivered his second home run of the season. More importantly he has struck out only one time so far in 15 at bats this season.

Pitchers:

Jorge De La Rosa was stellar for the Colorado Rockies, allowing one hit in seven scoreless innings while striking out nine. He helped his cause by tossing first-pitch strikes to 18 out of the 24 hitters he faced.

Hiroki Kuroda worked eight innings, allowing one unearned run with seven strikeouts. As always, the key to his performance going forward will be his health. If you can get 180+ innings out of him on your staff, he is going to be a big help to your team ERA and WHIP.

Colby Lewis worked seven strong innings, allowing one run while striking out three. It was his first win in the major leagues since April 7, 2004.

Rodrigo Lopez looks like he has found a home in the National League, working six innings, allowing one run with five strikeouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Gio Gonzalez picked up a win, allowing two runs in six innings with six strikeouts for the Oakland A’s.

There was nothing to like about the performance by Bud Norris on Friday night. Yes, he can throw hard, in the 94-95 mph range at times, but he could not locate his fastball in the strike zone on a consistent basis. He still has not shown the ability to develop a change up as a solid third pitch so until he does, he his going to have nights like these. He walked four in 2 2/3 innings while allowing six hits and four runs.

Closers:

It was another bad day for Mike Gonzalez of the Baltimore Orioles as he blew his second save of the season. The only save he converted this season came after he loaded the bases and escaped out of the jam. It might be a good time to grab Jim Johnson if you own Gonzalez just to hedge your bets.

Billy Wagner surrendered a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to Edgar Renteria to blow the win for Tim Hudson.

Trevor Hoffman gave up a two-run home run on a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to Nick Stavinoha as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4.

Jon Rauch is making it easier for Twins fans to forget about Joe Nathan as  he picked up his third save of the season.

Kevin Gregg picked up a save for the Toronto Blue Jays with Jason Frasor given the night off after working the two previous games.

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