Pitch

Joe Sauders

Jair Jurrjens

Dice K- His last start was bad,lets hope he can return to form.

C.C.-He at least 5 more starts as a Indian!

Nate Robertson-Taking a Chance!

Jose Contreras-Against the Northsiders on the Southside!

Gil Meche

Chad Billingsley- This Guy just strikes out alot of guys!

Andy Pettitte

Dana Eveland

Scott Kazmir- Every Five days this is one Guy you always start!

Dustin McGowan

Couple Things

Just a couple things I would like to go over today. First I would like to say to Kerry Wood, GREAT JOB, Mr Wood got his 20th save of the season last night against Baltimore. Three straight batters went down on strikes, Wood looked like a closer who had been in this role his whole life. He finally has the fans, city, and the team behind him. In my league draft this season, I decided to throw out Kerry Wood for a dollar, thinking that the Cubs fans in the draft would jump on him. No one did and I ended up with Kerry Wood for a dollar. For the first couple of weeks of the season I was very upset that I had him on my team, I was convinced that he was going to explode and the cubs had placed there closing faith on a injury stricken pitcher as there closer. Well was I wrong 13 weeks into the season I still have Kerry Wood and have 20 saves to show for it. Since a blown save against Milwaukee on May 1, Wood is 12-for-13 in save chances with a 0.98 ERA and 23 strikeouts to three walks.

Next, Kyle Skipworth the young 18 year old prospect from Florida Marlins signed a 2.3 million dollar signing bonus. What makes this kid special he is a left-hander who can hit with some power and he is a catcher. He gets lot of comparisons to Twin catcher Joe Mauer. He took batting practice last night with the Marlin, he looked a little nervous up there for his first couple at bats but once he got going he was putting the ball into play according to FSN Florida .From the Interview that I saw this kid looks like he is ready to get his career started. As a fantasy player it should be at least a year before we see him behind the plate of any games.

Pitchers for Wednesday for June 25

Pitch
James Shields- His strikeout rate is down from last year. But the rays are a different team.

Ervin Santana
Gavin Floyd
Ted Lilly
Aaron Harang-with the 2-7 record and the huge era I still have confidence.
Jeremy Sowers-Giants have been the best hitting team in the month of June can it continue!
Greg Maddux-Has such control of the pitchers he throws. Hope SD can get him a run or two!
Aaron Cook- Good ground ball pitcher
Armando Galarraga
Roy Oswalt
Eric Stults-Last Week I ripped this kid, well he looked pretty good. Lets see if he can keep it up against the First Place CHICAGO WHITE SOX
John Main- I am a little nervous about this pick the way the Mets played against the Mariners last night!
Joba Chamberlain
Roy Halladay- The Reds are just bad.
Ditch
Randy Johnson- Has not looked Sharp his last two Starts
Jorge Campillo
Brian Burres-Against the Best team in Baseball-not tonight
Tim Wakefield- I think Arizona is going to use him as batting practice!
Ryan Tucker- I know nothing about him, but he is play the Rays
Luke Hochevar
Jeff Suppan-This was a tough one for me.
Glen Perkins
Greg Smith-Not against the Phillies
Kyle Kendrick
Zach Duke
M. Batasta
Barry Zito-He has been working on his Delivery, we will have to wait and see.
Scott Feldman
Tim Redding

Trade offer

I have been offered a trade in my ESPN 5x5 head to head league. I would be trading away Joe Mauer and Josh Becket and getting Johan Santana and injury stricken Milton Bradley . My outfield is pretty solid with both Uptons, Bruce, Pence, Drew, Ludwick and Luke Scott. I also have Geovany Soto as my catcher and have not been using Mauer much. But I do think that I would get a Upgrade from Beckett to Santana. I think I should make this trade. What do you think.

Two Start Pitchers for Week 13 for NL

National League
Jake Peavy, Dan Haren, JoJo Reyes, Sean Marshall, Bronson Arroyo, Jeff Francis, Scott Olsen, Brian Moehler, Derek Lowe, Ben Sheets, Johan Santana, Oliver Perez, Jamie Moyer, Tom Gorzelanny, Jonayan Sanchez, Braden Looper, Jason Bergmann.

Two Start Pitchers for Week 13 for AL

American League
Aaron Laffey, John Lackey, Jeremy Guthrie, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Kenny Rogers, Brian Bannister, Kevin Slowey, Darrel Rasner, Joe Blanton, Felix Hernandez, Andrew Sonnanstine, Eric Hurley, A.J Burnett.

To Throw or not to Throw

Throw

John Lackey

Dan Haren

Jo-Jo Reyes-For some reason I like this guy even with a 3-4 record and 4.05 era, there is something about this guy.

Josh Beckett

Jeff Francis

Johan Santana-

Felix Hernandez

Not To Throw

Brian Bannister-Black Listed

Jason Bergmann-Washington is starting to hit the ball.

Jeff Francis-

Rays Fans Look Out

David Price has been moved up to double A. He has been mowing down batters in class A. I do not see him staying the minors all season. If the Rays continue to win they will need some strong pitchers down the strech. With Kazmir and Shields as the Aces, and Edwin Jackson and Andy Sonnanstine holding up the end of that rotation. The Rays are going to be looking for a strong fifth starter to close out this great season. With all the talent in this young organization and the strong management team that the rays have built in their front office. I think with the division that the Rays are in, is the toughest in Major League Baseball. With teams like Baltimore, Toronto, Boston and Yankees all fighting it out each year makes it really tough to make the playoffs or wild card. Over the last 5 years I can remember that no one wanted any of the Rays on there fantasy teams. Now with the emergence of young players like BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, Evan Longora, and Carolos Pena this team is one of the hottest around.

Sleeper Pick of the Day

Today is a big pitching day for me. I will have three top starters going this afternoon, Scott Kazmir, Tim Hudson and Tim Lincucum.

My Sleeper Pick of the Day is going to be red hot lefthander Manny Parra against Baltimore. Manny threw 7 shutout innings on Tuesday to get his 6th win of the season. At times he looked to dominate the Jay's hitters striking out five and only allowing 4 walks. He has only had two terrible starts all season. With the Brew Crew final hitting the ball I think Manny Parra is your Sleeper Pick of the Day.