August 2010
Know Your Opponent
Make sure that you know the person you are facing in the week. There are 3 types of fantasy players. There’s the guy who forgot he even had a fantasy team, the guy who occasionally checks, and the guy who checks almost every day. If they never check, notice who is on their bench. If they have sluggers then don’t worry about hitting many home runs. Start your speedsters instead. The same goes for if speedsters are on their bench just start your sluggers. The same goes for every other type of ball player. If they check their team every day then you should stay alert for them to move around their players to help in other categories.
When to send the pitchers out
Everyone has some good pitchers. The only question is should you start them or not? Many people are probably thinking why wouldn’t you start them. Well suppose you are dominating in the wins and strikeouts category and you have a slight lead in ERA and WHIP. Then would you risk a bad start that would make you losing in those categories? I wouldn’t. Or suppose the week has just started and you have A.J. Burnett pitching. If he is facing a team like the red sox would you start him. He could get you maybe 5 ks and possibly a win. But his last start his ERA was around 10.
Not a happy face is it.
Is it worth it to get those 5 ks and if he pitches like that probably not a win. Also he was facing the blue jays that time. Now he is facing the red sox, a much better hitting team.
He may pie people
But won’t get you many good fantasy numbers
So should you start him or not? That is up to you but remember to think about it.
The Value of Lance Berkman
So what is the value of Lance Berkman?
First of all what is his real nickname?
Fat Elvis
or the Big Puma
Well call him whatever you like but should you have him on your fantasy team? I am a yankees fan so I have not seen him play much until he was just recently traded. Well so far I do not like him very much. I just saw him go 0 for 4 the day A-rod hit 600th and is 2 for 11 total as a Yankee, both are singles. He started one game at first and messed up twice. He almost caught a blooper and dropped a throw by Robinson Cano. He has done pretty bad but I believe that he will get more comfortable in the Bronx and hit better during the season. He is very underrated right now. He is 94% owned in fantasy right now. If you do not have a good first baseman, 1b/3b, or utility player, I would reccomend that you try to get him because he will play better. The only down side to having him on your team is that he may not play every day. Mark Teixeira will get many of the starts at first and they have many other players that can be the DH.
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