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Week Eight Results – About all I can say about my offense is that I do not have Kendry Moronless (actually, I am truly sorry for those teams who have him as we can all accept injuries caused when the ball is in play, but breaking the leg due to the inability to jump up and down is hard to stomach). Aside from that the lack of AB is killing me. AmRam (7 AB), "Stiff Neck" Votto (7 AB), "DL" Bard (4 AB), and part-timers Andruw Jones (13 AB) and Hinske (NOW Melky Cabrera hits more than his weight and Hinske gets 11 AB) left me with only 217 AB (I wanted 300) with only 20 Runs, 27 RBI's, 5 HR, and 2 SB. And to add insult to injury a pedestrian .263 BA caused me to drop uncomfortably into the second division. I did have a couple of guys with empty BA (DeJesus and Victorino). Only Willingham and Jason Donald were worth carrying last week.



As to pitching, last week Jared Weaver had his expected blow-up/correction and this week Garza, Danks, and Shields had theirs. Their three combined "Corrections" generated 14.3 IP, a 12.558 ERA, a 2.302 WHIP with only 8 K's. Strangely enough and to the overall credit of my pitching staff, the other seven starts plus Soria and Villanueva generated a 1.376 ERA, 0.803 WHIP, 39 K's, a 3.25:1 K to BB ratio, with five wins and two saves. So my pitching week ended up actually pretty good (total 3.780 ERA and 1.125 WHIP).



Week Nine Free Agents - In my opinion, the FA pool was picked as clean as a rack of ribs around me. I would like to have had a decent option to pick up a SP, but none were better than what I had still off the DL. I did pick up Hundley (another part-timer) to replace Bard. Despite my troubles, I am basically standing pat rather than toss good "money" after bad.



Week Nine Plans - My pitching could be in for a rough week with two games in TEX, one in TOR, one against NYY, and one against PHI. One against CIN could be trouble too. However, I do not have enough options to cover all the risks. Just one of those weeks where you have to trust that your best starts are that way for a reason.



I get Guillen and Ethier back. While Ethier is a no brainer, until Guillen gets 2B eligibility (if he plays all seven games this week which is unlikely he could get the dual eligibility by the end of this week), in order to get Guillen into my line up I have to sit down Andruw Jones (CWS six home games against all right handers), or DeJesus (seven home games with only one left hander planned). DeJesus is not a star but he is pretty consistent, although last week except for the two SB, his BA was pretty empty. I just do not know what I will get out of Jones and even with the abundance of RHers, he will start maybe five games. If I sit Jones, he is guaranteed to go off, however. Right now I am leaning on benching DeJesus.



Getting Furcal back last week is a step in the right direction for my decimated MI. Jason Donald has so far been a decent little find, so when I finally get Roberts back, I can regulate Guzman back where he belongs...the bench.



CM is a mess as Votto has a stiff neck (I can only hope that is all) and Ramirez has been a waste. Tejada is serving as my CM but would be more valuable as a MI. It would be nice if there was an upgrade out there.



Week Ten Planning - Since Quahogs asked, I will give a little insight into my planning a little early...for the next several weeks, I plan on not sucking so bad.

Wayne, since you take the time to write a weekly I will try to offer a weekly "insider" feedback since we're in the same league ...



Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

Week Nine Free Agents - In my opinion, the FA pool was picked as clean as a rack of ribs around me. I would like to have had a decent option to pick up a SP, but none were better than what I had still off the DL. PJ Walters from last week's faab looks like a nice pickup. Not sure why you keep trotting out Villanueva ... I thought there were about a half-dozen better P's added this week. The rest of your staff looks solid although I did bench Shields @tex and Cecil vs nyy on my teams where I had options. If those guys bring their "A" game you'll be ok but danger lurks if they don't.



Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

I did pick up Hundley (another part-timer) to replace Bard. Despite my troubles, I am basically standing pat rather than toss good "money" after bad. Hundley was a nice cheap grab, class of the C's this week.



Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

Week Nine Plans - My pitching could be in for a rough week with two games in TEX, one in TOR, one against NYY, and one against PHI. One against CIN could be trouble too. However, I do not have enough options to cover all the risks. Just one of those weeks where you have to trust that your best starts are that way for a reason.

You'll probably have a so-so, but not horrible pitching week - odds are you'll get at least one starter blow-up for playing with fire.



Originally posted by Edwards Kings:



I just do not know what I will get out of Jones and even with the abundance of RHers, he will start maybe five games. If I sit Jones, he is guaranteed to go off, however. Right now I am leaning on benching DeJesus. I see you started Jones, I sat him on another team - Ozzie hasnt been playing him much as he's no longer the hot hand - he should be starting everyday but I'm thinking its another slow week for Andruw with maybe 3 starts and not much production.



Originally posted by Edwards Kings:



CM is a mess as Votto has a stiff neck (I can only hope that is all) and Ramirez has been a waste. Tejada is serving as my CM but would be more valuable as a MI. It would be nice if there was an upgrade out there. It would've been tough to sit Votto, when he's come back from injuries he's usually come back with a bang. I think Aramis is getting close to catching fire.



[ May 31, 2010, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: KJ Duke ]

That is a tough offense week.I benched Votto in all my leagues but have some good options like Glaus in one league and not as good Macier Izturis who could start to get more atbats.

I also sat ManRam in my nfbc main for Izturis again.I PICKED up Mad Max S in a satellite LEAGUE for 188 hoping i can get lucky with him.

I remember you paid over 50 for Bard just wondering how much Hundley cost you,i actually picked him up in a league my self for 22 with a runnerup bid of 20. good luck Wayne.

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I remember you paid over 50 for Bard just wondering how much Hundley cost you,i actually picked him up in a league my self for 22 with a runnerup bid of 20. good luck Wayne. Yup, I was really hoping to catch a hot run by Bard, but instead wasted $51. Can't predict when injuries hit.



I got Hundley for $11. Runner up bid was $3. Looks like Hundley has been starting about every other day and pinch hitting when he is not. He only got 10 AB last week. With a little luck maybe I can get an extra start out of him.

Thanks, KJ. You have struck gold several times with your FA picks (Hart, Wigginton, and Aviles come to mind) and it shows in the standings. Even Frenchy got hot for you last week! How close were you to dropping him before this last run?

Originally posted by eddiejag:

I PICKED up Mad Max S in a satellite LEAGUE for 188 hoping i can get lucky with him.I was PMing with someone last week and was wondering how long they were going to stick with Maxy while he was in the minors. I was just not too high on him, but his last start made me a believer. I think he will be well worth the price for you.

Originally posted by Edwards Kings:

Thanks, KJ. You have struck gold several times with your FA picks (Hart, Wigginton, and Aviles come to mind) and it shows in the standings. Even Frenchy got hot for you last week! How close were you to dropping him before this last run? Unfortunately not enough depth to consider dropping him. He's too consistently inconsistent to drop him at a low point anyway ... I'd need a little mean reversion first.