Welcome back to Spot Starting. Yankees-Red Sox showdown in Boston this weekend and the Phillies seek revenge in San Francisco in an NLCS rematch – that’s some good baseball. Spot Starting will return next Tuesday as I slide over and fill in for on the Box Score Breakdown while he is out of town.
For games on Friday August 5th these selected pitchers might be had in your league (less than 50% owned in Yahoo! or ESPN) with percent owned Yahoo/ESPN, (team), and opponent:
Bartolo Colon 46% / 46% (NYY) @ BOS
Derek Holland 46% / 41% (TEX) vs. CLE
Jeff Niemann 35% / 54% (TB) vs. OAK
Aaron Harang 35% / 19% SD) @ PIT
Josh Collmenter 34%/ 26% (ARI) vs. LAD
Mark Buehrle 28% / 22% (CWS) @ MIN
Mike Leake 20% / 10% (CIN) @ ChC
Juan Nicasio 5% / 3% (COL) vs. WAS
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