Fantasy Baseball Beasts:

NowOrNever Vol. II

By Muntradamus
BEAST DOME NATION.

Only three days left in the regular season.  This is a must-read if your team is still competing.  I am going to go over the same material in the Usual BEASTS.  But gear it towards the final days of your regular season.

THIS WILL TAKE YOU HOME TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!

– IF YOUR TEAM IS OVER THE STARTING PITCHER LIMIT.  ADD CLOSERS and RELIEF PITCHERS.

– IF YOUR TEAM HAS A FEW INN LEFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR A START and you need wins.  ADD RELIEF PITCHERS (DELABAR/PESTANO/D.HERNANDEZ)

Feel Free to Leave Testimonials throughout the Playoffs.

Playoff Strategy #1 – Pitching
Playoff Strategy #2 – Hitting

Use this article for:

1) Hottest Hitters. (Helps with lineup decisions/Free Agent Plug-In Options)

Each week I will start off with all the hot hitters, based off of how I have seen the player play over this past week. If you look at the stats of each player, you will see the potential I see. This is good tool for that tough lineup dilemma, or a possible plug-in-play for your fantasy team off the waiver wire.

2) Hottest Hitting Teams. (Helps with Pitching match-ups)

After I rank the hottest hitters by position, I then do the power-rankings of the hottest teams. You should use that tool to figure out which pitchers to use in this upcoming week.

3) Two Start Sleepers. (If you are looking for a Big Time Sleeper) *DAILY STREAMERS *NEW*NEW.

In weekly leagues the advantage of having a pitcher pitch twice could give you an extra Win, more K’s, and possibly a lower ERA and WHIP if he gets the job done. I will only list two start pitchers I would consider putting in my weekly lineup.

4) Power Schedule. (Teams that have very favorable offensive matchups with pitchers and ballparks)

Have a tough lineup decision to make. This section breaks down a few possible breakout candidates.

 

BEASTS OF (#NowOrNever Vol.I) Who are ready for Week (#NowOrNever Vol. II)

*Ranked in order.

C:

MIKE NAPOLI

J.P. ARENCIBIA

RYAN DOUMIT

A.J. ELLIS

YADIER MOLINA

RUSSELL MARTIN

KURT SUZUKI

1B/DH:

CHRIS DAVIS

BRANDON MOSS

MICHAEL MORSE

PRINCE FIELDER

GARRETT JONES

IKE DAVIS

NICK SWISHER

EDWIN ENCARNACION

JUSTIN SMOAK

BILLY BUTLER

2B:

JASON KIPNIS

PETE KOZMA

ROBINSON CANO

DANNY ESPINOSA

DONOVAN SOLANO

JEFF KEPPINGER

RYAN FLAHERTY

3B:

CHASE HEADLEY

BRETT LAWRIE

ERIC CHAVEZ

DAVID WRIGHT

ADRIAN BELTRE

ARAMIS RAMIREZ

RUSS CANZLER

SS:

ASDRUBAL CABRERA

HANLEY RAMIREZ

EVERTH CABRERA (SB)

JJ HARDY

STEPHEN DREW

MARCO SCUTARO

MANNY MACHADO

IAN DESMOND

STARLIN CASTRO

ERIK AYBAR

OF:

MATT KEMP

CARLOS BELTRAN

BJ UPTON

BRYCE HARPER

TORII HUNTER

YOENIS CESPDES

CARLOS GOMEZ

MIKE TROUT

HUNTER PENCE

JUSTIN UPTON

GIANCARLO STANTON

ADAM JONES

SHANE VICTORINO

COCO CRISP

NATE MCLOUTH 

 

HOTTEST HITTING TEAMS ENTERING WEEK #NowOrNever Vol. II

*Number in “(#)” is their ranking from week #NowOrNever Vol. I.

1 (1). Baltimore Orioles

2 (2). Tampa Bay Rays

3 (3). Detroit Tigers

4 (8). Texas Rangers

5 (11). Oakland Athletics

6 (13). Milwaukee Brewers

7 (21). Los Angeles Dodgers

8 (4). New York Yankees

9 (7). Los Angeles Angels

10 (12). St. Louis Cardinals

11 (10). Washington Nationals

12 (9). Chicago White Sox

13 (5). Arizona Diamondbacks

14 (17). Minnesota Twins

15 (6). San Francisco Giants

16 (14). Cincinnati Reds

17 (23). Kansas City Royals

18 (20). Atlanta Braves

19 (16). San Diego Padres

20 (15). Chicago Cubs

21 (10). Colorado Rockies

22 (18). Philadelphia Phillies

23 (26). Pittsburgh Pirates

24 (27). Miami Marlins

25 (22). Toronto Blue Jays

26 (24). Cleveland Indians

27 (30). Seattle Mariners

28 (28). New York Mets

29 (25). Houston Astros

30 (29). Boston Red Sox

 

DAILY STREAMERS (Week #NowOrNever Vol. II)

 

DAILY STREAMERS:

 

MONDAY: HECTOR SANTIAGO @ CLE

TUESDAY: CARLOS VILLANUEVA @ MIN

TUESDAY: BUD NORRIS @ CHC

WEDNESDAY: TRAVIS WOOD VS. HOU

WEDNESDAY: BRANDON MORROW VS. MIN

POWER SCHEDULE (#NowOrNever Vol. II)

*NEW.NEW. This is great to determine those tough lineup decisions by looking at the most favorable schedules. Players that are borderline starts you should start.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX @  CLE

*DAYAN VICIEDO/GORDON BECKHAM

 

ARIZONA DIAMOND BACKS VS. COL

*PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT/CHRIS YOUNG

TORONTO BLUE JAYS VS. MIN

*BRETT LAWRIE/J.P. ARENCIBIA

NEW YORK YANKEES VS. BOS

*NICK SWISHER/RUSSELL MARTIN/ ERIC CHAVEZ

CHICAGO CUBS VS. HOU

*ALFONSO SORIANO/ANTHONY RIZZO

HOUSTON ASTROS @ CHC

*BRETT WALLACE/JED LOWRIE/JUSTIN MAXWELL

Muntradamus is a Fantasy Sports Expert who specializes in Fantasy Football/Baseball/Basketball. He is currently in his first season as a Pro on FantasyPros where he is the only expert to have Adam Dunn, Mike Aviles, Mark Trumbo, Ian Desmond, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Wilin Rosario in his top 20 at each position. Muntradamus not only leads many to championships with his great advice, and outlooks into the future. He is also consistently on the top of leaderboards in DraftStreet. He was also the #1 Fantasy Football Expert of IDP & Overall Rankings in one week, first time in Fantasy Sports History.