Thursday, September 21, 2006
Fantasy Baseball Finals
This is the second and final week in my money league's championship series, and I'm down by 61 points. It ain't looking good. Felix the Kat kicked my ass last week, finishing 100 points up. I'm giving some back thus far, but the odds are stacked against me. Today will make or break my entire season. I have four starts left this week, and five guys are going today. I'll definitely be starting Johan Santana and CC Sabathia, but I'm not sure which two of the other three guys I should start today. Your thoughts?
1. Pedro Martinez: Most likely a Hall of Famer, true, and was excellent through the All-Star Break. He was awful in his last start, although he's always awful his first game after a DL stint. Today he's going against Florida and fellow former Red Sox Anibal Sanchez.
2. Rich Harden: I was expecting an ace, and all I got was six starts. Maybe seven, depending on what I do today. After four months he's finally off the DL. He's starting against Cleveland and CC Sabathia, which is a knock against him, as I would prefer not to start both pitchers in a game. But Cleveland's been punchless without Hafner, so perhaps Harden would have an easy go. Still, he's not expected to throw more than five innings, so I might have to keep him on the bench.
3. Dave Bush: He's been a sleeper for three years now, meaning he's been frustrating as hell all along. Dude had five great starts in a row before completely fucking up last week. I had high hopes for his '06, drafting him in all three leagues, and he hasn't done much of anything to help out. Still, he was great for a month, and could easily have a good game against San Francisco today.
Shit, what a dilemma. I could always start only one of these three, then use Clay Hensley against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Could make the week more dramatic, having a start on the very last day. Hensley's been solid, but I don't have much confidence in him.
Anyway, what do you guys think? Elliott, Crews, SA, LD, Bounds, etc. I gotta make my decision by 1 pm eastern time.
This is the second and final week in my money league's championship series, and I'm down by 61 points. It ain't looking good. Felix the Kat kicked my ass last week, finishing 100 points up. I'm giving some back thus far, but the odds are stacked against me. Today will make or break my entire season. I have four starts left this week, and five guys are going today. I'll definitely be starting Johan Santana and CC Sabathia, but I'm not sure which two of the other three guys I should start today. Your thoughts?
1. Pedro Martinez: Most likely a Hall of Famer, true, and was excellent through the All-Star Break. He was awful in his last start, although he's always awful his first game after a DL stint. Today he's going against Florida and fellow former Red Sox Anibal Sanchez.
2. Rich Harden: I was expecting an ace, and all I got was six starts. Maybe seven, depending on what I do today. After four months he's finally off the DL. He's starting against Cleveland and CC Sabathia, which is a knock against him, as I would prefer not to start both pitchers in a game. But Cleveland's been punchless without Hafner, so perhaps Harden would have an easy go. Still, he's not expected to throw more than five innings, so I might have to keep him on the bench.
3. Dave Bush: He's been a sleeper for three years now, meaning he's been frustrating as hell all along. Dude had five great starts in a row before completely fucking up last week. I had high hopes for his '06, drafting him in all three leagues, and he hasn't done much of anything to help out. Still, he was great for a month, and could easily have a good game against San Francisco today.
Shit, what a dilemma. I could always start only one of these three, then use Clay Hensley against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Could make the week more dramatic, having a start on the very last day. Hensley's been solid, but I don't have much confidence in him.
Anyway, what do you guys think? Elliott, Crews, SA, LD, Bounds, etc. I gotta make my decision by 1 pm eastern time.
