Welcome to Week 7. This week the Cubs and Rays have seven game schedules. You should try and get Derek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto, Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton into your starting lineups, as both of these clubs are playing well right now. Interleague Play also starts this week. So, some American League teams will lose their DH. Most notably, Travis Hafner, Billy Butler, and Frank Thomas will be affected.
Sports Buff Contest
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the Sports Buff contest.
1.Cliff Lee($33) - TOR Home, CIN Away
2.Edinson Volquez($27) -FLA Home, CLE Home
3.John Maine($44) - WAS Home, NYY Away
4.Adam Wainwright($40) - MIL Away, TB Home
5.Zach Greinke($34) - DET Home, FLA Away
6.Eric Bedard($52) - TEX Away, SD Home
7.Felix Hernandez(47) - TEX Away, SD Home
8.Josh Beckett($54) - BAL Away, MIL Home
9.Chien-Ming Wang($44) - TB Away, NYM Home
10.Brad Penny($44) - MIL Away, LAA Away
11.Matt Cain($36) - HOU Home, CHW Home
12.Brett Myers($40) - ATL Home, TOR Home
I personally like Volquez, Greinke and Lee.
CDM Diamond Challenge
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the CDM Challenge.(Dollar amount in Millions)
1.Cliff Lee($750) - TOR Home, CIN Away
2.Edinson Volquez($400) -FLA Home, CLE Home
3.John Maine($810) - WAS Home, NYY Away
4.Adam Wainwright($870) - MIL Away, TB Home
5.Zach Greinke($620) - DET Home, FLA Away
6.Eric Bedard($1070) - TEX Away, SD Home
7.Felix Hernandez($1040) - TEX Away, SD Home
8.Josh Beckett($1240) - BAL Away, MIL Home
9.Brad Penny($1010) - MIL Away, LAA Away
Team Schedules
Seven Games - Atlanta, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Florida, Houston, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New York Mets, New York Yankees,Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Washington
Five Games - Baltimore
Everybody else plays six games.
Injuries
1. Chone Figgins(3B LAA) - Bad Hamstring has him on the 15 Day DL.
2. Vernon Wells(OF TOR) - Out for 2 months with a broken wrist.
3. Kevin Millwood(SP TEX) - On the 15 Day DL with a strained groin.
Players on the Rise
1. Ryan Franklin(RP STL) - Will take over for Jason Isringhausen.
2. Guillermo Mota(RP MIL) - Could get the Closers role now that Eric Gagne has been demoted.
Players on the Decline
1. Eric Gagne(RP MIL) - Has been removed from the Closers role.
2. Jason Isringhausen(RP STL) - He has also stepped down as a closer, unitl he gets things straightened out.
Got a fantasy question you would like answered in my column? Send it to me via
e-mail at mikek@creativesports.com. Until next week, I wish you the best of
luck.