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2010 Two Start Pitchers – Week 10

Posted by Todd Lammi on June 4th, 2010

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.

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2010 Seattle Mariners Team Preview

Posted by Todd Lammi on March 14th, 2010

This is the third part our series of 2010 fantasy baseball team previews looking at the American League West. The team previews will include the projected batting order, projected rotation, rookies that could make an impact in 2010 as well as each players current ADP for a 15 team mixed fantasy baseball league.

2010 Seattle Mariners Projected Batting Order:

1.  RF Ichiro Suzuki (ADP 40)
2.  2B Chone Figgins (ADP 77)
3.  LF Milton Bradley (ADP 309)
4.  DH Ken Griffey Jr. (ADP 486)
5.  3B Jose Lopez (ADP 117)
6.  1B Casey Kotchman (ADP 430)
7.  CF Franklin Gutierrez (ADP 245)
8.  C Rob Johnson / Adam Moore (ADP ND)
9.  SS Jack Wilson (ADP ND)

2010 Seattle Mariners Projected Rotation & Bullpen:

1.  Felix Hernandez (ADP 33)
2.  Cliff Lee (ADP 55)
3.  Ryan Rowland-Smith (ADP 374)
4.  Ian Snell (ADP 495)
5.  Doug Fister (ADP 411/ND)

Closer – David Aardsma (ADP 159)
Handcuff – Brandon League

2010 Seattle Mariners Prospects with potential impact this year:

1.  Carlos Triunfel – SS


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2010 Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft – First Two Rounds

Posted by Todd Lammi on February 28th, 2010

Here are the results from 10 fantasy baseball mock drafts I have participated in over the last week in 15 team mixed league formats. The list below shows the order of players selected, the percent of time they were drafted in the top 30 players and their high and low number in the top 30 picks.

One player on the rise is Matt Holliday who has gone from a mid second round pick to someone that has been appearing late in the first round in my most recent drafts.

15 Team Mixed Draft
Rank Name % Drafted High Low
1 Albert Pujols 100% 1 2
2 Hanley Ramirez 100% 1 2
3 Alex Rodriguez 100% 3 4
4 Chase Utley 100% 3 7
5 Ryan Braun 100% 4 6
6 Mark Teixeira 100% 5 10
7 Prince Fielder 100% 3 18
8 Matt Kemp 100% 3 13
9 Ryan Howard 100% 4 12
10 Evan Longoria 100% 8 13
11 Miguel Cabrera 100% 8 14
12 Joe Mauer 100% 5 19
13 Tim Lincecum 100% 10 17
14 David Wright 100% 8 21
15 Carl Crawford 100% 12 19
16 Ian Kinsler 100% 9 19
17 Troy Tulowitzki 100% 13 21
18 Matt Holliday 100% 10 27
19 Jacoby Ellsbury 100% 15 25
20 Jimmy Rollins 100% 16 26
21 Mark Reynolds 100% 17 28
22 Jose Reyes 100% 19 27
23 Justin Upton 90% 12 30
24 Roy Halladay 90% 16 30
25 Victor Martinez 80% 22 30
26 Brandon Phillips 60% 25 30
27 Grady Sizemore 50% 20 26
28 Joey Votto 50% 18 28
29 Felix Hernandez 50% 20 29
30 Ryan Zimmerman 50% 21 29

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The Daily Dirt for Wednesday

Posted by Todd Lammi on June 10th, 2009

by Todd Lammi

Chase Utley delivered two solo home runs, including the game winning home run in the 11th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 win over the New York Mets. Utley now has 15 home runs on the season with 41 RBI. Ryan Madson picked up his third save of the season, in place of the injured Brad Lidge. David Wright went 3-for-5 for the Mets with two stolen bases. Wright is now batting .354 with 16 stolen bases on the season. In other fantasy baseball news around the diamond on Wendesday…

Hitters:

Mark Teixeira went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and delivered his 19th home run of the season. Teixeira is up to .296 on the season with 52 RBI, including 12 in his last 10 games.

Jose Lopez belted two home runs and collected three RBI, to give him 35 runs batted in on the season. Lopez has homered three times in his last four games, giving him eight home runs on the year.

Colby Rasmus went 2-for-5 with three RBI and slugged his 7th home run of the season. Rasmus has a nine game hitting streak that has raised his batting average 40 points during that time. Teammate Rick Ankiel went 3- for-5 with three runs scored and his fourth home run of the year. Ankiel has now driven in six runs in his last six games.

Alberto Callaspo went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs on a grand slam, giving him three home runs on the year. The home run ended an RBI drought for Callaspo going back to May 16th.

Willy Aybar went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including his fifth home run of the season. Aybar has homered twice with six RBI over his last three starts.

Bengie Molina went 2-for-5 with three RBI and hit his ninth home run of the season. It might be tough for Molina to get his batting average above .260 the rest of the season unless he turns his strikeout rate around. Molina’s strikeout total is currently on pace to double from 2008.

Catcher Chris Ianetta returned from the disabled list and went 0-for-2 for the Colorado Rockies. He should be safe to activate for your fantasy baseball lineup next week.

Pitchers:

Justin Verlander earned his seventh win of the season, tossing a complete game with one run allowed while striking out seven. Verlander, who has not lost a start in almost two months, currently leads the major leagues with 106 strikeouts.

Gil Meche hurled seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts to pick up his third win of the year. For Meche, it was his first victory in his last seven starts. He has now allowed three runs in his last 20 innings of work.

Felix Hernandez allowed one run in seven innings with five strikeouts to up his record to 6-3 on the season. Hernandez has allowed three runs in his last 28 2/3 innings.

Carlos Zambrano allowed one run in eight innings with three strikeouts in a no decision. Zambrano has allowed two earned runs in his last 21 innings. His counterpart Wandy Rodriguez allowed one run in seven innings with six strikeouts.

Aaron Harang pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings with two strikeouts in a no decision. The outing marked a second consecutive good start for Harang, as he had previously allowed 14 runs in his previous 17 1/3 innings.

Jair Jurrjens allowed two runs in six innings with seven strikeouts, but suffered his fourth loss of the season. It is the second loss already for the month of June for Jurrjens. who was a perfect 3-0 in May.

Recently traded Charlie Morton got the start against his old team the Atlanta Braves, making it through only one inning before being removed with tightness in his hamstring.

Closers:

Francisco Cordero blew his first save of the season, allowing two runs in the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals.

Chris Sampson is someone to keep an eye on in National League only fantasy baseball leagues. After picking up his third win Wednesday, Sampson is a perfect 3-0 with three saves and a 1.70 ERA. With the possiblity of Jose Valverde and or LaTroy Hawkins getting traded if the Houston Astros don’t improve their position in the standings, Sampson, could be in line for some saves the second half of the year.

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