Fantasy MLB Spot Starting 08.16.11

Welcome back to Spot Starting.

For games on Wednesday August 17th  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:

Mark Buehrle 47% / 50% (CWS) vs. CLE

Bud Norris 34% / 35% (HOU) vs. ChC

Dillon Gee 27% / 26% (NYM) @ SD

John Lackey 27% / 20% (BOS) vs. TB

Carl Pavano 13% / 6% (MIN) @ DET

Brandon McCarthy 7% / 10% (OAK)  vs. BAL

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting 08.10.11

Welcome back to Spot Starting.

For games on Thursday August 11th  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% / 43% (NYY) vs. LAA

Jeff Niemann 44% / 73% (TB) vs. KC

Mark Buehrle 37% / 32% (CWS) @ BAL

Cory Luebke 33% / 34% (SD) @ NYM

Brett Myers 32% /26 % (HOU) @ ARI

Joe Saunders 14% / 13% (ARI) vs. HOU

Killin’ the Odds & the Regular Season

Welcome back to Killin’ the Odds & the Regular Season! In the “Today’s Games” section, you will see my picks to win for the day. I will post either the “Money Line” or the “Run Line”. The money line is always a “straight up” bet which means your team will never need to win or lose by a specific amount of runs. The money line odds represent what amount has to be wagered or what can be won. For example, if there is a minus sign (-) next to an amount, you have to wager that amount to win 100. If there is a plus sign (+) next to an amount, you will receive that amount for every 100 wagered. When you see a “Run Line”, that means a spread is involved. In Baseball, the spread is always 1.5 runs but you can find alternate run lines on some websites. When I post a run line of -1.5, that means our team must win by two runs. When you see a run line of +1.5, that means our team can lose by one run and still win the wager. Listen to our show from April 5th, 2011 for more explanation and tips.

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting: 06.08.11

Welcome back to Spot Starting.  Not to toot my own horn too much or jinx things, but my picks haven’t lost in over a month now (Bud Norris on 5/7/11).  I picked ole Bud yesterday so hopefully he does not bookend the streak.

For games on Thursday June 9th 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:

Josh Collmenter 42% /55 % (ARI) @ PIT

Aaron Harang 42% / 32% (SD) vs. WAS

Derek Holland 23% / 8% (TEX) @ MIN

Mark Buehrle 17% / 10% (CWS) vs. OAK

Jonathon Niese 14% /5% (NYM) @ MIL

J.A. Happ 10% / 5% (HOU) vs. StL

Doug Fister 7% / 4% (SEA) @ DET

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting: 06.02.11

Welcome back to Spot Starting.  We’re starting to see some new names show up on the list of readily available starters as teams are starting to call up prospects or are dipping into their 6th/7th men to fill injuries.  The rookies of course, make for much more fashionable pickups than the ole journeyman but are they really your best bet, let’s take a look.

For games on Friday June 3rd 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:

Bronson Arroyo 38% /  40% (CIN) vs. LAD

Josh Collmenter 26% / 21% (ARI) vs. WAS

Randy Wolf 24% / 24% (MIL) @ FLA

Carl Pavano 22% / 6% (MIN) @ KC

Mark Buehrle 17% / 12% (CWS) vs. DET

Jonathon Niese 11% / 3% (NYM) vs. ATL

Danny Duffy 3% / 1% (KC) vs. MIN

Josh Outman 2% / 1% (OAK) @ BOS

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting: 05.17.11

Welcome to another week of Spot Starting!  Every week of picks should start off this easy as you’ll see below.

For games on Tuesday May 17th 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:

Jordan Zimmermann 49% / 51% (WAS) vs. PIT

Tim Stauffer 39% / 7% (SD) @ ARI

John Lackey 30% / 16% (BOS) vs. BAL

Randy Wolf 28% / 26% (MIL) @ LAD

Matt Harrison 26% / 13% (TEX) @ CWS

Rick Porcello 10% / 11% (DET) vs. TOR

Charlie Morton 8% / 8% (PIT) @ WAS

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting: 04.27.11

The pickings were slim yesterday and yet another great start was made by a pitcher on absolutely no one’s radar as Phil Humber pitched a gem against the Yankees taking a no hitter into the 7th inning.  Humber is owned in 1% of Yahoo! leagues and a slim 0.1% of ESPN (basically his dad owns him).  You just never know when a great start will come out of nowhere, but we can look at the match ups and stats and continue to do our best.

For games on Wednesday April 27th 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:

Derek Holland 34% / 23% (TEX) vs. TOR

Anibal Sanchez 33% / 40% (FLA) vs. LAD

Jeremy Guthrie 33% / 17% (BAL) vs. BOS

Josh Tomlin 26% / 27% (CLE) vs. KC

R.A. Dickey 20% / 5% (NYM) vs. WAS

Mark Buehrle 15% / 10% (CWS) @ NYY

Bartolo Colon 8% / 3% (NYY) vs. CWS

Sam LeCure 4% / 3% (CIN) @ MIL

My Pick: Anibal Sanchez vs. Dodgers

Alternate: Josh Tomlin vs. Royals

Deep League Special: Bartolo Colon vs. White Sox

Fantasy MLB Spot Starting: 04.22.11

Welcome to the Earth Day edition of Spot Starting.  We’ll have you know that no trees are cut down to make this blog and our carbon footprint is pretty darn low.  After two shaky showings, we’re back on track after picks Wade Davis and Bartolo Colon delivered good starts last night.  Let’s keep things rolling in the right direction with a bunch of potentially good spot starts for Friday.

For games on Friday April 22nd 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:

Kyle McClellan 37% / 20% (StL) vs. CIN

Derek Holland 33% / 18% (TEX) vs. KC

Clayton Richard 31% / 8% (SD) vs. PHL

Anibal Sanchez 29% / 39% (FLA) vs. COL

Fausto Carmona 21% / 9% (CLE) @ MIN

Mark Buehrle 18%/18% (CWS) @ DET

Brian Duensing 18% / 7% (MIN) vs. CLE

My Pick: Kyle McClellan

Alternate: Clayton Richard

Deep League Special: Mark Buehrle

If you’ve been following 4th and Home.com and listening to The 4th and Home Show – you know we love us some Kyle McClellan, especially Mike.  He was my alternate pick in his last start which he won against the Dodgers 7IP, 6H, 1ER, 2K, 0BB.  He’s held the Reds to a .217 BAA in over 18IP for his career with 16Ks.

Clayton Richard is an interesting play, as any Lefty is against the Phillies, especially in pitcher heaven Petco Park.  Mark Buehrle is our Deep League Special based on his career dominance of the Tigers 16-8, 3.01 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, .249 BAA and he has just as good numbers at Comerica Park.

Michael Pineda was our pick five days ago and based on his solid outing is now up to 56/63% owned, if he is still unowned in your league – pounce NOW!

Results from Wednesday 04.20.11:

Wade Davis – W, 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2K, 2BB… Solid outing for Davis

R.A. Dickey – L, 8 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 K, 2 BB – live by the knuckler, die by the knuckler

Bartolo Colon – W, 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7K, 2 BB – if you picked up Colon you have to love this line

Season Results (my pick only):

34 IP, 3-2, 32 H, 17 ER, 27 K, 12 BB, 4.50 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

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