Last December 3, I was invited to participate in an “Expert Mock Draft” with 11 other fantasy baseball experts. Well, it’s hit the stands and you can read USA Today’s discussion of that magazine here. The participants included:
Mock draft
Rob McQuown, Baseball Prospectus
Tom Kephart, BaseballHQ.com
Tim Heaney, KFFL.com
Ryan Hallam, Fighting chance Fantasy
Mike Podhorzer, FantasyPros911.com
Doug Anderson, RotoExperts.com
Derek Carty, [...]
Thanks for reading until we discontinued the daily posts on Roto Lunch. I hope all your seasons went well, and would be interested in hearing any stories about teams which have used the waiver wire to their benefit this year. I know I used it a lot! Feel free to send email to robmcquown@yahoo.com. Suggestions [...]
Starting Pitchers:
Tommy Hunter could be the poster boy for Nolan Ryan’s “new”/”old school” pitching philosophy in Texas. How many people know his ERA is under 3 (2.95), and his WHIP under 1.2 (1.17)? Toronto’s not bad, but Hunter’s been good enough to play him anyway.
Ubaldo Jimenez is still available in over 20% of leagues. He’s [...]
Two games in Texas – look for Toronto and Texas hitters today. The pitching is low enough quality that almost anyone should be “okay” or better, some should be great.
Starting Pitchers:
Joel Pineiro
Jorge De La Rosa
Marc Rzepczynski
Batters:
1b Lyle Overbay
of Travis Snider
1b Chris Davis
of Marlon Byrd
of Randy Ruiz
ss Elvis Andrus
c A.J. Pierzynski
of Lastings Milledge
of Kosuke Fukudome
ss/3b [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday’s results – Fister allowed a lot of runs, but only a 1.0 WHIP, while Roto Lunch was certainly the only place that was suggesting for people to play Yusmiero Petit, who also had a 1.0 WHIP, and didn’t allow any runs in 6 IP. Hitters were a mixed bag, with the top 3 going [...]
Well, I stopped with the Luke French experimentation, but Brian Joseph picked him up for yesterday’s “W”. Anything to get an SP against the A’s! :> Despite allowing just 1 run through 7 IP, Doug Davis (who got roughed up somewhat in the 8th) didn’t get the “W” as our one recommendation from yesterday, but [...]
Well, the Brett Anderson and Ryan Rowland-Smith matchup didn’t quit turn in a dual-no-hitter, but if RRS hadn’t been brought out for a 7th inning and the A’s usually-solid bullpen blown the win for Anderson, it would have been even better than the 13 solid innings it provided. Just shows that knowing your opponent (and [...]
Starting Pitchers:
Joe Blanton in Pittsburgh probably won’t result in a shutout, since he’s a smart pitcher and will “coast” once his offense gives him a 5-run lead, but otherwise, it’s a great pickup.
An A’s/M’s matchup in Seattle? Sign up up for both guys! Brett Anderson’s as good-looking of a SP prospect as there is, and [...]
After a week away, we’re back for the stretch run. Would we have foreseen Jake Fox’s four hits, or Charlie Haeger’s far-from-horrible outing? Probably not, but we can remind you that San Diego’s “Everth Quest” is maintaining a .360 OBP and stealing at an Ellsburian pace, while Seth Smith is going to get more AB [...]
