Posted by Rob McQuown on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10:30 am

Starting Pitchers:

• Randy Wolf is available in almost 50% of leagues still.  He’s a great play against Arizona today.
• We wouldn’t trust Joe Saunders just yet against most teams, but at Seattle is one such team, and should be a good one-day pickup.
• Gio Gonzalez against KC, and Derek Holland against Toronto should be okay plays today, but come with the young pitcher risk.

Batters:

• of Andrew McCutchen might play in both games today, and he’d be a great pickup with just one.
• of Lastings Milledge is every bit as good of a play as McCutchen, though he probably won’t steal as much.
• 3b/1b Casey Blake should be “okay” today, even though Doug Davis is good.
• c A.J. Pierzynski
• 3b Scott Rolen almost certainly won’t play both games, but both PIT pitchers are bad.
• c Kurt Suzuki
• of Rajai Davis if you need steals.
• 1b Billy Butler – you guessed it, another LHP.
• 3b/of Chris Coghlan – no disrespect to Tim Hudson, but first game back off the DL, and you just never know.  Combine that with a platoon advantage and Coghlan being red-hot, and it’s a “go”.
• ss Erick Aybar – don’t expect steals today, though.
• c Ivan Rodriguez
• c John Baker
• 2b/3b Adam Kennedy