Fantasy Baseball:

Daily Pitcher Rankings (July 7th)

By Muntradamus

You Can see my Pitcher Rankings From Yesterday by clicking here.

 

BEAST DOME NATION.

Each day I will give my daily thoughts of Fantasy Baseball, and something we can all take away.

It is entirely possible your fantasy baseball team is seeing a terrible performance to end the 1st half.  You know what, the timing could not be better.

Teams go through slumps. Today we should analyze the slump of the, “TEXAS RANGERS.” The Rangers were the best team in MLB by the end of June. Everyone felt this team could do no wrong.  Then July has happened and the team is on a 5 game losing streak.  They failed to score more than 1 run against Francisco Liriano Friday, and Travis Blackley last Sunday. They were just murdered 19-2 on Wednesday.  Yet if most of you had $100 to put on one team you thought was going to win the World Series (even-money).  Most of you would have put Texas.

And that is what makes Fantasy Baseball so beautiful..

Because more often than not, usually after the All-Star Break those Mike Napoli (.140 avg) 3/23 slumps come to an end.  Every player goes through cold streaks, the All-Star Break is the best time to get everything together.  First example that comes to my head from last season was Dan Uggla.

Dan Uggla (Before ASB 2011) : (92 Games) 15 HR. 31 RBI. 185 Average.

Dan Uggla (After ASB 2011) : (69 Games) 21 HR. 48 RBI. 296 Average.

He still ended up with 36 HR’s even though his pace had him for 25 Max.  So that is why you should never give up on your fantasy baseball season, no matter what place you are in.  Players do have Fantasy Baseball Market Corrections, and that article will be coming out this weekend.  So Stay Tuned!

 

HR PICKS OF THE DAY (July 7th):

These picks are going to be Spot ON.

Week 13= 22.8%

Week 14= 12/74= 16.2%

 

SELECTIONS:

ADRIAN GONZALEZ

DAVID ORTIZ

ALEX RODRIGUEZ

DELMON YOUNG

MIKE MOUSTAKAS

RYAN BRAUN

RICKIE WEEKS

RYAN ZIMMERMAN

MICHAEL MORSE

PAUL KONERKO

DAYAN VICIEDO

ADAM LIND

IKE DAVIS

ANTHONY RIZZO

LUKE SCOTT

JOSH HAMILTON

NELSON CRUZ

JOSH WILLINGHAM

TREVOR PLOUFFE

RYAN HOWARD

BRIAN MCCANN

FREDDIE FREEMAN

JASON HEYWARD

MIKE TROUT

JASON KUBEL

 

 

DAILY DRAFTSTREET TEAM (July 7th):

*Warning: This is a dangerous time to be playing.  Most players are gearing into cool down mode before the All-Star Break.  A lot of players who are on slumps will probably finish that way as they are already looking ahead.  Keep that in mind.

C:  Miguel Montero
1B: Anthony Rizzo
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Michael Young
SS: Jhonny Peralta
OF: Nelson Cruz
OF: Justin Upton
OF: Jason Kubel
UTI: Adrian Gonzalez
UTI: Jason Heyward

SP: Jarrod Parker
SP: Homer Bailey
RP: James Russell
SP: Clayton Richard

 

 

 

BET OF THE DAY (July 7th):

Week 12: 6-1

Week 13: 5-2

Week 14: 2-3

Texas Money Line

Not a lot of great games out there, but this one seems to be a great choice.  Derek Holland is coming off the DL and you can bet he is amped to do what he can to make the Rangers a winning ball team to close out the 1st Half of the season.  Historically he has not been great against Minnesota, but going up against Sam Deduno is not a promising matchup for him.  Texas should get their bats all sharpened up for one last hoorah before we hit the mid-summer classic.

 

 

Daily Pitcher Rankings (July 7th):

 

ELITE STARTS:

1. ZACK GREINKE @ HOU

GOOD STARTS:

2. JARROD PARKER VS. SEA

3. JERED WEAVER VS. BAL

4. CLAYTON RICHARD VS. CIN

5. TREVOR CAHILL VS. LAD

6. JASON VARGAS @ OAK

7. HOMER BAILEY @ SD

8. MATT MOORE @ CLE

9. KYLE LOHSE VS. MIA

10. UBALDO JIMENEZ VS. TB

11. DEREK HOLLAND VS. MIN

RISKY:

12. TOMMY HANSON @ PHI

13. GAVIN FLOYD VS. TOR

14. FRANKLIN MORALES VS. NYY

15. GIO GONZALEZ VS. COL

16. JAMES MCDONALD VS. SF

17. RYAN VOGELSONG @ PIT

18. JASON HAMMEL @ LAA

19. JEFF SAMARDZIJA @ NYM

20. JEFF FRANCIS @ WAS

21. JOE BLANTON VS. ATL

22. BRUCE CHEN @ DET

23. CHAD BILLINGSLEY @ ARI

24. DILLON GEE VS. CHC

25. DOUG FISTER VS. KC

26. WANDY RODRIGUEZ VS. MIL

27. CARLOS ZAMBRANO @ STL

28. FELIX DOUBRONT VS. NYY

29. PHIL HUGHES @ BOS 

30. RICKY ROMERO @ CWS

 

BAD STARTS:

31. SAM DEDUNO @ TEX

32. FREDDY GARCIA @ BOS