Friday, the 21st

Good morning, everyone. I am sorry for the delayed post, but it has been a little hectic today. Please remember, that everything will pretty much be the same on her for the rest of the season. The only difference is that my personal lineups will be a lot diferent. If you read yestarday, you know that today I start my "around the league" trip where I will take every staff andload up on every teams bats once and once only for the next 30 days. Keep an eye out for this, as I will track my succes or lack thereof. Aside from that, everything you are used to seeing will stay the same. Finally, sorry for the shitty layout. It does this when I save drafts and come back to it. Tomorrow will be better.

YESTERDAY

It was surely a disappointing day for pitching as the top two starters, Johan and Johnson, combined for only 20 points. If you were in the minority with Lester, you should be very happy with his 29 point effort. I had Johan of course. My bats were not too good themselves, once again. They were led by Longoria (7), VMart (6), and Tulo (5). The rest pretty much stunk it up and they totalled only 22. My 33 total points left me #29 overall and #596 in the half. These rankings will alos mark the starting point of my trip around the league.

TODAY

Vazquez is the top pick of the day with over 40% of the take. He is followd by Jackson (20%) and Wold at around 15%. 7 different teams were represented on the leaderboard as well, so this could be a good moving day. I have Jackson, myself. Below is the most popular lineup of the day, followed by what I have, including my Mariner's loadup...

TOP PICKS
C: Mauer
1B: Pujols
2B: Utley
3B: Sandoval
SS: Tulo
LF: Bay
CF: Victorino
RF: Werth
DH: Ortiz
PS: Vazquez

MY LOAD
C: Johjima (s)
1B: Branyan (s)
2B: Lopez (s)
3B: Hannahan (s)
SS: Tulo
LF: Bay
CF: Guttierez (s)
RF: Ichiro (s)
DH: Griffey (s)
PS: Jackson

TOMORROW

Weather:
Yanks/Bosox scattered t-storms
Reds/Bucs pn thundershowers
Brewers/Nats t-showers
Mariners/Indians pm showers
Phills/Mets t-storms

Teams Facing Lefty Starters:
Dodgers, O's, Mariners, Brewers, Reds, Royals, Mets, Giants

Teams Facing Rookie Starters:
Yanks vs. Tazawa (1-2 5.40 in 2 starts)
Indians vs. Fister (1-0 1.93 in 2)
Rocks vs. Martinez 93-1 4.76 in 3)

Possible Load-ups:
Yanks vs. Tazawa (1-2 5.40)
Twins vs. Davies (4-8 5.92)

Bats You May Want to Avoid:
Morneau (1-16)
Rowand (2-15)
Rollins (6-35)
RyHo (3-24)
Scutaro (2-16)
Barajas (2-13)
Hill (2-12)
Ad Jones (1-10)
Phillips (1-14)
Young (2-15)

Pitchers:
AJ (10-6 3.69, 6-5 4.01 road, 0-2 4.44 August, 0-1 6.46 at Bos)
Lilly (9-7 3.42, 1.14 WHIP, 3-6 4.91 road, 0-0 0.00 August, 1-0 1.29 at LAD)
Hanson (8-2 3.05, 3-0 2.41 August, vs. Fla)
Danks (10-8 3.96, 4-5 4.23 home, 2-1 4.23 August, 2-0 3.00 vs. Bal)
Laffey (7-3 3.38, 4-0 1.51 home, 3-0 1.35 August, 1-0 2.08 .333 BAA vs. Sea)
Lannan (8-9 3.68, Low K's, 5-1 1.98 home, 1-1 6.06 August, vs. Mil)
Garza (7-8 3.73, 0-0 4.11 August, 0-1 9.00 vs. Tex)
Duke (9-11 3.42, 0-2 4.58 August, 0-1 1.29 .333 BAA vs. Cin)
Hunter (6-2 2.64, 1.14 WHIP, 2-0 0.87 road, 5-1 2.82 post break, 1-0 1.69 at Tam)
Happ (9-2 2.66, 1.16 WHIP, 5-1 1.77 road, 2-0 1.19 August, 0-0 3.27 at NYM)
Carp (13-3 2.27, 0.97 WHIP, 6-2 2.65 road, 4-0 2.53 August, at SD)
I think both Happ and carp are wise picks. But with the weather possibly an issue on the east coast, I would probably go with Carp.

First:
Branyan (2-5, HR vs. Laffey)

Votto (4-6 vs. Duke)

Pujols (3-8)
Tex, Lee and RyHo are also worth a look.

Second:
Roberts (5-14 vs. Danks)
Sanchez (6-11, HR vs. lefty)
Schumaker (2-4)
Utley (9-21, 2HR)

Third:
ARod (1-1, HR)
Beltre (5-7 vs. Laffey)
Zimmerman (3-5)
DeRosa (2-6)
Feliz (7-19, HR)
Reynolds (2-3, HR)
Sandoval and Beckham are also worth a look.

Short:
Drew (1-3, HR)
Cabrera (5-14)
Tulo and Jeter are also worth a look.

Left:
Bay (6-18, HR vs. AJ)

D Murphy (5-12, HR vs. Garza)
R Sweeney (5-9, HR)

Braun and Lee are also worth a look.

Center:
Wells (5-12)
Ellsbury (6-20, HR vs. AJ)

Kemp (2-5, HR vs. Lilly)

Morgan (5-8, HR)

Taveras (7-20 vs. Duke)

Victorino (6-19)

Hunter is also worth a look.

Right:

Cake (5-15, HR vs. Danks)

Ichiro (6-14 vs. Laffey)

Willingham (3-7)
Hart (2-4, HR vs. Lannan)
Abreu, Werth and Pence are also worth a look.

DH:
Scott (3-9, HR vs. Danks)
Kubel (6-14)
Cust (4-7, HR)
Lind and Vlad are also worth a look.

Catcher:
Martin (2-4 vs. Lilly)
Johjima (3-9 vs. laffey)
Pudge (4-13 vs. Garza)
Olivo (2-2, HR vs. lefty)
Mauer (8-19)
Benji (5-15 vs. lefty)
Montero is also worth a look.

FINAL LINEUP (League-Wide Trek - Day 2)

Starting with my staff, of course I would like Happ, but the Phils have a DH coming up and I have to save them for that. Carp is a good option as well, but I would rather take him at home. This leaves me with Laffey. Now take a close look at his stats. He has been as solid as anyone lately, but we never give him credit for it. He is also at home. What better time is there going to be to take an Indians pitcher? Yeah, I know. MF'n Wood is on the team. But with this trek, I am going to have to do it sometime. The bats are going to be quite a ride as well. I want to go with the DBacks, but I think I will hold off on them until Upton is back. This leaves me with the Royals. They are facing a pitcher in Duensing who is 4-8 with a 5.92 and they are in a good park for hitting if you can get the bat on the ball. Now, since I only have to take 7 of them, I will pass on right (where they have no one anyway) and catcher. Here it is, in all it's naked glory...

C: Mauer

1B: Butler (k)

2B: Callaspo (k)

3B: Teahen (k)

SS: Bettancourt (k)

LF: DeJesus (k)

CF: Maier (k)

RF: Werth

DH: Jacobs (k)

PS: Laffey

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, and pass the word if you will.

FU HALL OF FAME

Kerry MF'n Wood (Founder, -14, -11, -7, -6)

Nick MF'n Blackburn (record holder at -43)

Jake MF'n Peavy (2 time offender at -8 and -2)

Houston MF'n Astros Staff(-4)

Los Angeles MF'n Dodgers Staff (-11)

Zach MF'n Greinke (-4)