Saturday, the 18th

Good morning, everyone. Today's edition will be somewhat abridged as I am hung the hell over and low on time. Sorry, but there aren't many other options.

YESTERDAY

I saw nothing last night, but see this morning that Lincy and the boys went 13 and gave me 37 points while McCann, Chase and Thome combined for 42. By the end of the night my 89 total points was enough to bump me up to #1163 overall and 21 points off the Leaderboard pace. Sounds pretty good to me.

TODAY

The summary is not up at this time, but I think the pitching will be pretty diverse today. I went with Haren myself, partly in hope that he is the majority pick. Fortunately, Pujols went deep twice last night and hopefully does not have much left for today - yeah right. Anyway, here's my final again...

C: Varitek
1B: Prince
2B: Pedroia
3B: Sandoval
SS: Hanley
LF: Braun
CF: Kemp
RF: Dye
DH: Thome
PS: Haren of the Desert

TOMORROW

Weather:
None worth mentioning.

Teams Facing Lefty Starters:
Indians, Mariners, Blue Jays, Marlins, Phillies, Giants, Angels, Rangers

Teams Facing Rookie Starters:
Twins vs. Hunter (1-1 2.35 in 4 starts)

Bats to Avoid:
Sizemore (0-12 vs. starter)
Hill (0-10)
Lind (1-10)
Pedroia (5-31)
Hardy (2-12)
Braun (2-11)
Rollins (1-15)
Howard (1-12)
Swisher (6-35, 3HR)
Tex (1-10)
Bartlett (2-11)
Sheff (10-54, 2HR)

Pitchers:
Bedard (5-2 2.63, 78 K in 75 IP, 1.14 WHIP, 2 R or less in last 8 starts,but 6.1 IP max, at Cle)
Lester (8-6 3.87, 131 K in 114 IP, 2 R or less in 7 of 8, 2-0 1.46 vs. Tor this season)
Halladay (10-3 2.85, 110 WHIP, 0-1 5.14 in July, 6-2 3.00 at home, vs. Bos)
Gallardo (8-7 3.22, 123 K in 114 IP, 0-3 5.29 in July, 1-1 6.97 in 2 starts vs. Cin)
Marquis (11-6 3.65, Low K’s, 1-1 1.93 July, 1-0 0.00 vs. SD)
Happ (6-0 2.90, 1.17 WHIP, 1-0 2.57 in July, 3-0 1.81 on road, vs. Fla)
Cain (10-2 2.38, 1-0 1.17 in July, 4-1 2.53 on road, at Pit)
Vazquez (6-7 2.95, 136 K in 119 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 1-0 2.19 in July, 2-5 2.98 home, 0-1 8.10 vs. NyM)
Verlander (10-4 3.38, 149 K in 122 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 2-1 3.32 in July, 4-4 4.98 on road, 1-0 0.00 vs. NYY)
Wells (4-4 2.72, 1.12 WHIP, 2-1 2.04 on road, at Was)
There are good arms everywhere tomorrow. I am going to go with Gallardo. I know his numbers vs. Cincy are not too good, but I think he is the safest pick.

First:
Youk (15-45, HR vs. good starter)
Huff (8-24, 2HR)
Giambi (13-34. 3HR)
Pujols (5-8, HR)
Pena (4-11, HR vs. good starter)
Pujols - none others considered

Second:
Scutaro (6-16 vs. good lefty)
Phillips (3-10, HR vs. good starter)
Utley (4-12, HR vs. lefty)
Sanchez (7-13 vs. good starter)
Roberts (11-34, 2HR)
Zobrist (1-2, HRvs. good starter)
For no real reason, I think I will take Zobrist against Hochevar. There is not too much of a reason for this, just a hunch.

Third:
Beltre (5-7 vs.lefty)
Longoria (3-5 vs. good starter)
Figgins (2-3 vs. lefty)
Chipper (2-4, HR)
Wright (3-6, HR vs. good starter)
Again, sorry to be brief, but I am going to take Reynolds, for no particular reason at all.

Short:
Jeter (4-11 vs. good starter)
Betancourt (5-8 vs. good starter)
Drew (3-9, HR vs. good starter)
Furcal (7-22)
I'm working on alot of hunches today - Jeter.

Left:
Manny (1-3)
Damon (4-13, HR vs. good starter)
DeJesus (6-16 vs. good starter)
Hermida (3-4 vs. good lefty)
Abreu (2-3 vs. lefty)
Bay (4-11, HRvs. good starter)
Ortiz sucks, let's go with Manny.

Center:
Ellsbury (6-17, 2 HR vs. good starter)
Victorino (8-15, 2HR vs. lefty)
Upton (4-10 vs. good starter)
Kemp (1-2)
The numbers are too good not to take Shane-O

Right:
Ichiro (4-9 vs. lefty)
Hawpe (1-3)
Ethier (2-5)
Rios (6-19)
Cake (6-18)
Luddy (2-5, 2HR)
Easy pick - Ludwick

DH:
Hafner (4-13 vs. good lefty)
Ortiz (24-88, 5 HR vs. good starter)
Scott (3-7)
Matsui (4-9 vs. good starter)
I'm in a hurry, so a rush decision says Kubel.

Catcher:
Kendall (4-9 vs. good starter)
Schneider (3-5 vs. good starter)
Napoli (3-3 vs. lefty)
Yadi (2-5, HR)
McCann (3-3)
I think I'll take Mauer, just because I can andhe is playing in Texas

FINAL LINEUP

C: Mauer
1B: Pujols
2B: Zobrist
3B: Reynolds
SS: Jeter
LF: Manny
CF: Victorino
RF: Ludwick
PS: Gallardo

STAT CORNER

The Top Home Batting Averages (150 AB Min)
Miggy .393
Sandoval .390
Ichiro .364
Tejada .360
Pujols .358
Ad LaRoche .357
Lind .351
Castillo .349
M Young.341
Morneau .341

The Worst Home Batting Averages (150 AB Min)
Wells .172
Davis .193
Swisher .200
J Lopez .205
Dunn .209
C Young .216
Kouz .220
Cust .221
Granderson.222
Sizemore .222

DISCLAIMER

My picks are exactly that, my picks. If you choose to follow my lead, you are welcome to do so at your own risk. Thanks as always for reading, please come again, pass the word and……

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