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Fantasy Baseball: The On Deck Circle 04/09/2012

Monday, April 9th, 2012

We’ve finally got one season in the books. What did we learn from the opening stanza to the 2012 fantasy baseball season?

Buster Posey is getting the day off Monday after starting all three games in Arizona. His slash line in those three games was immensely encouraging (.333/.429/.583). Did you see the way the ball jumped off his bat on that inside out swing that resulted in his first homer of the year, and first in 99 at-bats dating back to last year? I don’t know how a guy who is so normal in terms of his physical size, and one who swings so smoothly, can generate power like that. Guess that’s what makes him such an elite talent. It’s early, but those early returns are extremely encouraging.

Giancarlo Stanton, I still have a hard time writing that without thinking I’m talking about an actor in some 1970′s detective movie, will not play Monday because of left knee pain. The Marlins are listing the slugger as “day-to-day” – aren’t we all – and are not putting out there any type of panic whatsoever with Stanton. I on the other hand have some concerns. Let’s say I have a lot of concerns actually. As I mentioned all spring when people asked me, I just couldn’t fathom why Stanton was seemingly a lock for everyone in terms of being a top-25 overall fantasy player. In addition to concerns about his batting average and his lack of stolen base acumen, there was this troublesome knee issue. Now that we’re into the regular season and it’s still a worry I think everyone should be nervous. It’s pretty hard to play a 162 game season under the best of circumstances, and when you start out a year injured, that’s a steep hill to climb to greatness.

Mark Trumbo was being drafted a good 5-8 or so spots ahead of where I would have felt comfortable taking him on draft day in relation to other first baseman. Everyone saw the 29 homers and 87 RBI from his rookie season and was justifiably excited. At the same time I tried to point out that he hit only .254, that his OBP was .291, and that he walked all of 25 times in 149 games last season. I also kept mentioning two other salient points. (1) The Angels had too many hitters in their lineup. This situation was alleviated somewhat when the team chose to send Mike Trout to the minors, but the issue didn’t go away since Kendrys Morales seems intent on making the All-Star team this year. With Morales locked into the DH spot on a daily basis, at-bats could be somewhat hard to come by for Trumbo. (2) Everyone assumed he would make a smooth transition to third base and he’d be in the lineup every day. Not so fast. Trumbo has made three errors already on just six chances. Awful. As a result, he’s only been the teams starter at third base in two of four games this season (the other two starts have gone to Alberto Callaspo). Moreover, he even admitted that he’s unsure how things will go at third base. I’d be lying if I said otherwise,” Trumbo said. “I don’t think jitters played much of a part. The mistakes I made were purely physical. They weren’t due to a lack of preparation or planning.” Changing positions just isn’t as easy as so many people seem to think it is. Don’t forget that Mr. Trumbo had never played third base in a professional game before this season.

Everyone is smiling ear to ear when you talk to them about Adam Wainwright, everyone besides me that is. Wainwright is coming back from Tommy John surgery, though everyone seems to have forgotten that after he went out and had a dominating spring training (the fact that everyone seemed comfortable making him their #2 starter in mixed leagues just seemed odd to me and way to premature for a guy who missed a season). I continued to be non nonplussed. Wainwright had a successful first outing giving up three runs in 5.2 innings, but did you see the radar gun from that outing? The gun showed an average of 89 mph on his fastball in his first start, well below the 93-94 he hit early in spring. As the innings started to pile up this year, and we’re hardly talking about a lot of them at this point, that fastball speed has declined (he was 89-90 in his first outing in April). I’m not saying he’s going to be Jamie Moyer in two weeks, but this is one of the reasons why I felt too many people were putting the cart before the horse with Wainwright. Recovery from any injury is never linear, especially when surgery is involved in that story. Wainwright seems to understand that. “… Early on in spring I was throwing quite a bit harder and I had more life on the ball. As my arm gets strong as we go here, it will come.” Hopefully he is right or a lot of people are going to end up being terribly disappointed in his performance this season.

SLOW STARTS

Matt Holliday is 3-for-18 (.167) an I could care less.

Jacoby Ellsbury is 2-for-13 (.154) an I could care less.
Lorenzo Cain is 1-for-11 (.091) and I’m nervous.

Cain was over-drafted this year based on a hot spring. He certainly was productive last year in Triple-A hitting .312 with 16 homers, 81 RBI, 84 runs and 16 steals, but that’s Triple-A folks, and the jump from Triple-A to the big is a huge step. Moreover, so many elite players anymore seem to skip Triple-A, or at best have a cup of coffee there, that there might actually be situations in which Double-A competition is more telling. Regardless, Cain is an intriguing talent I’ll give everyone that, but at the same time I’ll never understand the fascination people have with unproven players. If everything breaks right for Cain this year he could turn in a Peter Bourjos (.271-12-43-72-22) type effort. If Cain does that will you be happy or disappointed?

Colby Rasmus is 1-for-15 (.067) and he’s another player I’m nervous about. Once thought of as a potential five category fantasy star, Rasmus has fallen to the point where he likely wasn’t even rostered in many 10 team leagues. A 23 homer, 85 run player in 2010, his 2011 effort was awful as he hit .225, only went deep 14 times, stole a mere five bases and posted a middling .688 OPS. What happened to the once dynamic player that the Cardinals thought they had? Questions about Rasmus’ makeup continue to dog him, and the constant presence of his father in the mix hasn’t helped, so tired of his act were the Cardinals sent Rasmus to the Blue Jays last season. After hitting .173 over his final 35 games with the Jays last season, Rasmus had better start to pick things up, and quickly, or his playing time could dry up. Rajai Davis an all his speed is waiting in the wings, and let’s not forget that Travis Snider is waiting in the wings in Triple-A. At this point it’s more a faith driven situation holding on to Rasmus because he certainly isn’t producing. Know though that he does have the talent to at least repeat his 2010 numbers, though with each passing week the sand in his hour glass is closer and closer to running out.

Ray Flowers can be heard daily on Sirius/XM Radio on The Fantasy Drive on Sirius 210 and XM 87 from 5-8 PM EDT, Monday through Friday. Ray’s baseball analysis can be found at BaseballGuys.com and his minute to minute musings can be located at the BaseballGuys’ Twitter account.

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Fantasy Baseball: Double Dippin’- Week 2 Two-Start Pitcher Rankings

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Now that the first full week of action is ready to take place starting on Monday we can now get back to the two-start pitcher rankings from here on out. There aren’t that many pitchers that are slated to start two games this week, but there are some really favorable matchups that need to get taken advantage of. After this week, the pitcher rankings will be back on track to where they will be for the remainder of the season.

1. Clayton Kershaw (LAD)–4/10 vs. PIT (Correia), 4/15 vs. SD (Stauffer)

2. C.J. Wilson (LAA)–4/9 @ MIN (Blackburn), 4/14 @ NYY (Hughes)

3. Cole Hamels (PHI)–4/9 vs. MIA (Sanchez), 4/14 vs. NYM (Niese)

4. Yu Darvish (TEX)–4/9 vs. SEA (Noesi), 4/13 @ MIN (Blackburn)

5. Brandon Beachy (ATL)–4/9 @ HOU (Happ), 4/15 vs. MIL (Narveson)

6. Matt Moore (TB)–4/10 @ DET (Porcello), 4/15 @ BOS (Doubront)

7. Shaun Marcum (MIL)–4/9 @ CHC (Volstad), 4/14 @ ATL (Minor)

8. Anibal Sanchez (MIA)–4/9 @ PHI (Hamels), 4/15 vs. HOU (Happ)

9. Neftali Feliz (TEX)–4/10 vs. SEA (Beavan), 4/15 @ MIN (TBD)

10. Tim Stauffer (SD)–4/10 vs. ARI (Cahill), 4/15 @ LAD (Kershaw)

11. Edwin Jackson (WAS)–4/9 @ NYM (Pelfrey), 4/14 vs. CIN (Leake)

12. Trevor Cahill (ARI)–4/10 @ SD (Stauffer), 4/15 @ COL (Pomeranz)

13. Chris Sale (CWS)–4/9 @ CLE (Tomlin), 4/15 vs. DET (Porcello)

14. Jhoulys Chacin (COL)–4/9 vs. SF (Zito), 4/14 vs. ARI (Collmenter)

15. Ivan Nova (NYY)–4/9 @ BAL (Hunter), 4/15 vs. LAA (TBD)

16. Tommy Milone (OAK)–4/9 vs. KC (Mendoza), 4/14 @ SEA (Noesi)

17. Henderson Alvarez (TOR)–4/9 vs. BOS (Doubront), 4/15 vs. BAL (Hunter)

18. Homer Bailey (CIN)–4/10 vs. STL (Lohse), 4/15 @ WAS (Detwiler)

19. Josh Tomlin (CLE)–4/9 vs. CWS (Sale), 4/15 @ KC (Mendoza)

20. Felix Doubront (BOS)–4/9 @ TOR (Alvarez), 4/15 vs. TB (Moore)

21. Rick Porcello (DET)–4/10 vs. TB (Moore), 4/15 @ CWS (Sale)

22. Hector Noesi (SEA)–4/9 @ TEX (Darvish), 4/14 vs. OAK (Milone)

23. Paul Maholm (CHC)–4/10 vs. MIL (Narveson), 4/15 @ STL (Westbrook)

24. Mike Leake (CIN)–4/9 vs. STL (Westbrook), 4/14 @ WAS (Jackson)

25. Chris Narveson (MIL)–4/10 @ CHC (Maholm), 4/15 @ ATL (Beachy)

26. Jake Westbrook (STL)–4/9 @ CIN (Leake), 4/15 vs. CHC (Maholm)

27. Ross Detwiler (WAS)–4/10 @ NYM (Gee), 4/15 vs. CIN (Bailey)

28. Blake Beavan (SEA)–4/10 @ TEX (Feliz), 4/15 vs. OAK (Godfrey)

29. Luis Mendoza (KC)–4/9 @ OAK (Milone), 4/15 vs. CLE (Tomlin)

30. Nick Blackburn (MIN)–4/9 vs. LAA (Wilson), 4/14 vs. TEX (Darvish)

31. Brian Matusz (BAL)–4/9 vs. NYY (Nova), 4/15 @ TOR (Alvarez)

32. Graham Godfrey (OAK)–4/10 vs. KC (Duffy), 4/15 @ SEA (Beavan)

33. Chris Volstad (CHC)–4/9 vs. MIL (Marcum), 4/14 @ STL (Lynn)

34. J.A. Happ (HOU)–4/9 vs. ATL (Beachy), 4/15 @ MIA (Sanchez)

35. Mike Pelfrey (NYM)–4/9 vs. WAS (Jackson), 4/15 @ PHI (Blanton)

36. Kevin Correia (PIT)–4/10 @ LAD (Kershaw), 4/15 @ SF (Vogelsong)

37. Barry Zito (SF)–4/9 @ COL (Chacin), 4/14 vs. PIT (TBD)

*All matchups as of April 7, 2012 and are subject to change due to injuries, postponements and managerial decisions.

Matthew Beck is a Fantasy Sports Columnist for Rotoinfo.com. If you have any questions or comments feel free to e-mail him at matthewbeck@rotoinfo.com.  Also follow him on Twitter @MatthewRBeck for up-to-date Q&A and fantasy information.

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Fantasy Baseball: The On Deck Circle 04/06/2012

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Thursday was kind of the unofficial start to the 2012 major league baseball season. Here are some of the lead stories from the start of the season including a rather in depth discussion about the men who toe the rubber for a living.

The Chicago White Sox lost the most controversial manager in the business this offseason when Ozzie Guillen took a job with the Marlins, but that doesn’t mean that they’ve streamlined everything to the point of boredom. Waiting for an official announcement as to who the club would employ as their 9th inning arm, well, that wait will have to continue for everyone. New manager Robin Ventura spoke to the matter on Friday and told the press that the team might play the match up game. Yippee. You’d think after years and years of this, and by “this” I mean teams trying to play the match up game in the ninth inning with less than ideal success, that teams would go with a set plan. I agree that match ups make a lot of sense on paper, but in the real world players really seem to thrive on the certainty of having a defined role. When you could pitch the 7th, 8th or 9th inning on any given day – some guys just can’t mentally deal with that. I’m still tossing my hat behind Matt Thornton here, but it’s clear that Jesse Crain, Addison Reed and Hector Santiago are all in the closer mix for the Sox.

We finally got an official update on the health status of Rays reliever Kyle Farnsworth. The Rays closer is going to miss 4-6 weeks with an elbow issue. It’s not awful news, though it’s clearly a bit worse than the ideal situation. As for what the Rays will do in his absence check out Relievers: Wild Wild West.

Roy Halladay was struggling with his velocity and people were a wee bit nervous there for a about a week during spring training. Pulled after 92 pitches Thursday, Halladay dominated the Pirates allowing two base runners in eight shutout innings. So much for the concerns.

Chipper Jones had knee surgery, the reason that the Braves added Juan Francisco which I wrote about earlier this week in The On Deck Circle. It remains to be seen when Chipper will return to action, but there is a hope that he’ll be ready a week from now for the Braves home opener on April 13th. However, Jones has reported that his knee still feels a bit “heavy” so you’re safe in weekly leagues with going with Francisco for at least another week at the hot corner for your club, that is if you weren’t smart enough to realize that Chipper had no chance of being a top-flight third basemen this year. Honestly, if you’re in a mixed league neither Chipper nor Francisco has much going for them at the moment, even as a corner infield option. You need to do better if you hope to win this year.

Clayton Kershaw love the fire, but you hosed your fantasy teams on Opening Day. Kershaw talked the Dodgers into starting him even though he had the flu. Unfortunately he had to remove himself after just three innings. “It’s not a real good sign when your starting pitcher was laying down,” said manager Don Mattingly (he was referring to the fact that Kershaw went to tunnel behind the dugout to lay down after the third inning). The Dodgers still won the game, and Kershaw did work three scoreless innings, but when you’re the reigning NL Cy Young winner people are expecting a lot more than three scoreless innings from you Mr. Kershaw. Get well, and don’t do this again.

For those of you in NL-only leagues, Chris Nelson will get first shot at starting at third base for the Rockies. The Rockies let Casey Blake go, and are awaiting the eventual call up of Nolan Arenado (maybe June, maybe after the All-Star break?), but in the meantime it will likely be Nelson and Jordan Pacheco for playing time. No matter which guy it is they figure to hit 8th in the order, but at-bats are at-bats in league specific setups. Nelson has hit only .254 with four homers and four steals in 205 big league at-bats, but the 26 year old has had a lot of success in the minors including hitting .321 with 23 homers, 120 RBI, 112 runs scored and 10 steals in 158 games at Triple-A. Clearly he shouldn’t be expected to develop into a mixed league weapon in 2012, but if he can hold off Pacheco for consistent playing time at the hot corner you could certainly do worse for a corner infield option. As for Pacheco, who can play third, first and catcher, he hit .286 with a couple of homers in 84 at-bats last season with the Rockies in his first exposure to the big league level. Also 26 years old, Pacheco has hit .303 during a 456 game minor league career though he has only 26 homers and 26 steals. He does do a good job at the dish though with an impressive 0.90 BB/K mark, so clearly he takes a disciplined approach at the plate. Both could have value in NL only leagues (Pacheco would be even more intriguing if he somehow qualified at catcher in your league).

Johan Santana looked pretty darn impressive on opening day for the Mets (two hits, two walks, five strikeouts, no runs in five innings). He’s always known how to pitch so it’s not a shock that he would have success, but let’s be honest here, this shouldn’t drastically chance expectations with Johan. First off, his fastball was mostly in the 86-89 mph range, a far cry from the 93 mph he averaged in 2006 or the 91 mph he averaged from 2007-09. He can still have success at that lower speed because like I wrote he knows how to “pitch,” but that puts a big damper on his strikeout potential. That’s hardly a shock though given the decline his his K/9 mark his last four seasons: 9.66, 7.91, 7.88 and 6.51. Second, and people seem to be ignoring this, the guy is coming back off major shoulder surgery and didn’t throw a single pitch that counted in 2011. That’s an entire year off. I don’t doubt that he will have some success in the first half, but what happens when all those innings start to add up as the weather warms up? Don’t forget that the last time he threw 200-innings was 2008. If he makes it to 30 starts and 180 innings this year that will qualify as a big time success in my book.

Stephen Strasburg looked fantastic on Opening Day. He hit 98 mph. He allowed only one run over seven innings. He walked one and struck out five. He was as dominating as everyone expected him to be in the 82 pitch effort. At the same time, I’m still nervous though about what we should be expecting this season. Not only is he going to have that 160-inning limit this season, but you can see just how careful the Nats are going to be with him when they pulled him after just 82 pitches. I’m also concerned about his mechanics. If you didn’t see it, Curt Schilling did a great job on Baseball Tonight on ESPN breaking down the mechanics of Strasburg clearly showing that his arm slot, when his front foot hits the ground, is not in an advantageous position. The bottom line is that Strasburg puts a tremendous amount of stress on his shoulder given his current mechanics, an unless he alters that moving forward further injuries are likely to crop up.

Ray Flowers can be heard daily on Sirius/XM Radio on The Fantasy Drive on Sirius 210 and XM 87 from 5-8 PM EDT, Monday through Friday. Ray’s baseball analysis can be found at BaseballGuys.com and his minute to minute musings can be located at the BaseballGuys’ Twitter account.

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Fantasy Baseball: The On-Deck Circle 04/05/2012

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

 

The games count. Finally. What are some of the main story lines as we get the 2012 season underway? So glad you asked.

Everyone is looking for saves, questions on the 9th inning probably make up a third of my daily queries, and now we have at least some clarity about the situation in Boston as Alfredo Aceves will be given the first shot to lock down the 9th inning (good luck with it lasting). As for the Nationals we have an answer to how they will handle the 9th in lieu of Drew Storen who hopes to be back in about two weeks. The Nationals will go with Brad Lidge and then Henry Rodriguez. Wait Ray, you said you had an answer as to how the 9th inning would play out, didn’t you? Yes I did, and yes I gave you an answer. That’s right, the Nationals plan is to alternate, daily, between Brad Lidge and Henry Rodriguez according to Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post. Well, at least you’ll know who to start on a daily basis though if you’re in a weekly league this situation pretty much ruins the value of each arm.

Speaking of the Nationals, they made a surprising move on Wednesday as they demoted John Lannan, who still had options left, to the minors. All along the assumption was that Lannan would handle the 5th spot in the Nationals’ rotation until Chien-Ming Wang was healthy enough to return (the Nats believe Wang will be read to take his turn in the rotation right around the first of May). However, the Nationals decided to go with youngster Ross Detwiler in the rotation instead of Lannan (obviously angered, Lannan has officially requested a trade, but given that the Nats tipped their hand and showed they had no need for him, and the fact that he’s also owed $5 million this season, let’s just say the market has been slow to develop for Lannan’s services). From a fantasy perspective this is a great move as Lannan was nothing other than the quintessential innings eater who offered nothing at all in NL-only leagues. Detwiler on the other hand, does offer something. Detwiler, a first round selection in 2007, throws hard and has a decent feel for pitching. However, he’s not enjoyed much success in the bigs with a 4.07 ERA and 1.46 WHIP over 172.1 innings, but at least he offers some “upside” whereas the dye had already been cast on the outlook of Lannan.

Tommy Hanson will have no restrictions placed on him when he starts Thursday. Seemingly recovered from his concussion, Hanson also seems to have a rather healthy wing after experiencing some shoulder woes. Some people seem to have forgotten that Hanson had 142 strikeouts last season in 130 innings, and that his WHIP was 1.17 (in three years his WHIP has been 1.18, 1.17 and 117. How is that for consistency?). People might look at the 3.60 ERA from last season and be nonplussed, but that would overlook the fact that before his shoulder started acting up last season that his ERA was 2.44 through 17 starts at the All-Star break (that number skyrocketed to 8.10 over his final five starts when he clearly wasn’t healthy). He’s a risk because of healthy concerns so I’ve been willing all preseason to drop him about five spots in my rankings, but at the same time if there’s a guy who was being taken in the late 20′s at the pitchers spot who has a better chance at being a fantasy ace this season I would be surprised.

Do not, let me repeat do not, go running to the waiver-wire to add Kyle Lohse after his masterful outing last night against the Marlins (7.1 innings, two hits, one run, no walks, three strikeouts). You might be saying to yourself ‘but Ray, I don’t need to run to the waiver-wire since I drafted him after his 3.39 ERA, 1.17 WHIP effort from last season.’ Let’s break things down with Lohse. Yes, his overall numbers last season were impressive, but he also posted a 4.55 ERA in June, a 5.53 mark in July and a 5.92 ERA in August giving him a 5.29 ERA over 15 starts in the middle of last season. Of course that means he was great over his other 15 starts, but the point is that is that he is not an elite arm, never has been, never will be. (1) For his career, and we’re talking about 323 games including 299 starts, Lohse owns a 4.62 ERA. (2) If we remove the “15 good games” he threw last season when he posted a 1.94 ERA, Lohse has posted a 4.80 ERA over 308 games (284 starts). (3) In an 11 year career he’s posted an ERA under 4.15 just twice. (4) In 2009 his ERA was 4.74. In 2010 his ERA was 6.55. I could keep going on an on, but I think the point should be fairly obvious, shouldn’t it? Lohse can be a decent stop gap option in the right match up, but he’s not a 3.00 ERA type of arm, not with a 1.12 GB/FB ratio for his career along with a mere 5.59 K/9 ratio.

Speaking of the Cardinals, how good was it to see that Rafael Furcal went 3-for-5 with an RBI on Wednesday? Sure it was only one game so it doesn’t make much sense to read anything into it, but it is heartening to see that Furcal may have some juice left after he looked lost at the dish during spring. Furcal is best served as a middle infield option right now in mixed leagues, but given that he’s failed to appear in 100 games in three of the past four years you would be best served to have another option on your roster that you could turn to as well. Still, the guy is one year removed from hitting .300 with 22 steals in just 97 games for the Dodgers, and he is just 34 years old so it’s not like he is ancient. Obviously there is no hope for him to return to his salad days of 2003-06, but if you added him late in your mixed league draft you might have gotten yourself a weapon that could aid you pretty substantially in 2012… if he can stay out of the doctor’s office.

It has nothing to do with fantasy baseball, but everyone has seen the new deal that Joey Votto signed with the Reds right? If you take the two years on his current deal, and then add in the 10 year deal he just signed, we arrive at a 12-year deal worth $251.5 million. That’s the third most money ever given to a player – both of Arod’s deals were for more – but the 12 years are an all-time record for any professional baseball player. (Albert Pujols got $240 over 10 years while Prince Fielder received $214 million over nine years). On yeah, the Reds also have the option of paying Votto $20 million in 2024 when he is 41 years old. I think they’ll probably buy him out for the $7 million that the contract includes. Votto is a great player, but paying a guy in his late 30′s and into his 40′s $25 million a year is, frankly, stupid. I realize the Reds needed to do something like this to keep Votto in the fold, but there are going to regret this deal, big time, in about six or seven years when Votto is no longer an elite force.

Ray Flowers can be heard daily on Sirius/XM Radio on The Fantasy Drive on Sirius 210 and XM 87 from 5-8 PM EDT, Monday through Friday. Ray’s baseball analysis can be found at BaseballGuys.com and his minute to minute musings can be located at the BaseballGuys’ Twitter account.

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Fantasy Baseball: Double Dippin. Week 1 Starting Pitcher Rankings 04/05/2012

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Due to the mid-week start to the season, Week 1 will only run from Wednesday April 4 through Sunday April 8. I will resume with the two-start pitcher rankings for next week once there is a full week of action.

1. Clayton Kershaw (LAD): 4/05 @ SD (Volquez)

2. Roy Halladay (PHI): 4/05 @ PIT (Bedard)

3. Jared Weaver (LAA): 4/06 vs. KC (Chen)

4. Justin Verlander (DET): 4/05 vs. BOS (Lester)

5. Cliff Lee (PHI): 4/07 @ PIT (Karstens)

6. Stephen Strasburg (WAS): 4/05 @ CHC (Dempster)

7. Yovani Gallardo (MIL): 4/06 vs. STL (Garcia)

8. CC Sabathia (NYY): 4/06 @ TB (Shields)

9. Felix Hernandez (SEA): 4/07 @ OAK (Colon)

10. Dan Haren (LAA): 4/07 vs. KC (Hochevar)

11. Matt Cain (SF): 4/07 @ ARI (Hudson)

12. James Shields (TB): 4/06 vs. NYY (Sabathia)

13. Tim Lincecum (SF): 4/06 @ ARI (Kennedy)

14. Cory Luebke (SD): 4/06 vs. LAD (Billingsley)

15. Zack Greinke (MIL): 4/07 vs. STL (Wainwright)

16. David Price (TB): 4/07 vs. NYY (Kuroda)

17. Madison Bumgarner (SF): 4/08 @ ARI (Collmenter)

18. Gio Gonzalez (WAS): 4/07 @ CHC (Garza)

19. Josh Johnson (MIA): 4/04 vs. STL (Lohse)

20. Jon Lester (BOS): 4/05 @ DET (Verlander)

21. Ian Kennedy (ARI): 4/06 vs. SF (Lincecum)

22. Matt Garza (CHC): 4/07 vs. WAS (Gonzalez)

23. Adam Wainwright (STL): 4/07 @ MIL (Greinke)

24. Hiroki Kuroda (NYY): 4/07 @ TB (Price)

25. Josh Beckett (BOS): 4/07 @ DET (Fister)

26. Mat Latos (CIN): 4/07 vs. MIA (Nolasco)

27. Francisco Liriano (MIN): 4/07 @ BAL (Chen)

28. Derek Holland (TEX): 4/07 vs. CWS (Peavy)

29. Ricky Romero (TOR): 4/05 @CLE (Masterson)

30. Brandon Morrow (TOR): 4/07 @ CLE (Lowe)

31. Dan Hudson (ARI): 4/07 vs. SF (Cain)

32. Tommy Hanson (ATL): 4/05 @ NYM (Santana)

33. Johan Santana (NYM): 4/05 vs. ATL (Hanson)

34. Ryan Demspter (CHC): 4/05 vs. WAS (Strasburg)

35. Colby Lewis (TEX): 4/06 vs. CWS (Danks)

36. Johnny Cueto (CIN): 4/05 vs. MIA (Buehrle)

37. Doug Fister (DET): 4/07 vs. BOS (Beckett)

38. Justin Masterson (CLE): 4/05 vs. TOR (Romero)

39. Max Scherzer (DET): 4/08 vs. BOS (Buchholz)

40. Vance Worley (PHI): 4/08 @ PIT (McDonald)

41. Mike Minor (ATL): 4/08 @ NYM (Niese)

42. Wandy Rodriguez (HOU): 4/06 vs. COL (Guthrie)

43. Jordan Zimmermann (WAS): 4/08 @ CHC (Samardzija)

44. Ervin Santana (LAA): 4/08 vs. KC (Sanchez)

45. Jon Niese (NYM): 4/08 vs. ATL (Minor)

46. Edinson Volquez (SD): 4/05 vs. LAD (Kershaw)

47. Clay Buchholz (BOS): 4/08 @ DET (Scherzer)

48. Jaime Garcia (STL): 4/06 @ MIL (Gallardo)

49. Brandon McCarthy (OAK): 4/06 vs. SEA (Vargas)

50. Erik Bedard (PIT): 4/05 vs. PHI (Halladay)

51. Mark Buehrle (MIA): 4/05 @ CIN (Cueto)

52. John Danks (CWS): 4/06 @ TEX (Lewis)

53. Jair Jurrjens (ATL): 4/07 @ NYM (Dickey)

54. Ricky Nolasco (MIA): 4/07 @ CIN (Latos)

55. Jeremy Hellickson (TB): 4/08 vs. NYY (Hughes)

56. Randy Wolf (MIL): 4/08 vs. STL (Lynn)

57. Phil Hughes (NYY): 4/08 @ TB (Hellickson)

58. Jason Vargas (SEA): 4/06 @ OAK (McCarthy)

59. Bud Norris (HOU): 4/08 vs. COL (Nicasio)

60. Chad Billingsley (LAD): 4/06 @ SD (Luebke)

61. R.A. Dickey (NYM): 4/07 vs. ATL (Jurrjens)

62. Chris Capuano (LAD): 4/07 @ SD (Richard)

63. Jonathan Sanchez (KC): 4/08 @ LAA (Santana)

64. Juan Nicasio (COL): 4/08 @ HOU (Norris)

65. Gavin Floyd (CWS): 4/08 @ TEX (Harrison)

66. Bruce Chen (KC): 4/06 @ LAA (Weaver)

67. Jake Peavy (CWS): 4/07 @ TEX (Holland)

68. Bartolo Colon (OAK): 4/07 vs. SEA (Hernandez)

69. Carl Pavano (MIN): 4/06 @ BAL (Arrieta)

70. Derek Lowe (CLE): 4/07 vs. TOR (Morrow)

71. Matt Harrison (TEX): 4/08 vs. CWS (Floyd)

72. Carlos Zambrano (MIA): 4/08 @ CIN (Arroyo)

73. Jeremy Guthrie (COL): 4/06 @ HOU (Rodriguez)

74. Dustin Moseley (SD): 4/08 vs. LAD (Harang)

75. Josh Collmenter (ARI): 4/08 vs. SF (Bumgarner)

76. Wei-Yin Chen (BAL): 4/07 vs. MIN (Liriano)

77. Clayton Richard (SD): 4/07 vs. LAD (Capuano)

78. Jason Hammel (BAL): 4/08 vs. MIN (Hendriks)

79. James McDonald (PIT): 4/08 vs. PHI (Worley)

80. Bronson Arroyo (CIN): 4/08 vs. MIA (Zambrano)

81. Lance Lynn (STL): 4/08 @ MIL (Wolf)

82. Luke Hochevar (KC): 4/07 @ LAA (Haren)

83. Jake Arrieta (BAL): 4/06 vs. MIN (Pavano)

84. Kyle Lohse (STL): 4/04 @ MIA (Johnson)

85. Jamie Moyer (COL): 4/07 @ HOU (Harrell)

86. Jeff Karstens (PIT): 4/07 vs. PHI (Lee)

87. Jeff Samardzija (CHC): 4/08 vs. WAS (Zimmermann)

88. Aaron Harang (LAD): 4/08 @ SD (Moseley)

89. Liam Hendriks (MIN): 4/08 @ BAL (Hammel)

90. Josh Tomlin (CLE): 4/08 vs. TOR (TBD)

91. Lucas Harrell (HOU): 4/07 vs. COL (Moyer)

*All matchups as of April 3, 2012 and are subject to change due to injuries, postponements and managerial decisions.

Matthew Beck is a Fantasy Sports Columnist for Rotoinfo.com. If you have any questions or comments feel free to e-mail him at matthewbeck@rotoinfo.com. Also follow him on Twitter @MatthewRBeck for up-to-date Q&A and fantasy information.

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