FANTASY BASEBALL: BEASTS OF WEEK 18

July 30, 2012

FANTASY BASEBALL: BEASTS OF WEEK 18

By Muntradamus

BEAST DOME NATION.

I will be around a lot this week to help anyone out in the chat room. Also a reminder all of my DRAFTSTREET TEAMS will be posted in Daily Pitcher Rankings.

*Coming at 1:00PM pacific.

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)

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.

This week in DRAFTSTREET, I will be giving ALL OF MY PICKS. Article will be out before 1:00pm pacific time.

(You can play for Free if you don’t want to risk cash)

BEASTS OF (17) Who are ready for Week (18):

*Ranked in order.

C:

RUSSELL MARTIN

MIGUEL MONTERO

CARLOS SANTANA

MATT WIETERS

CARLOS RUIZ

JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA

MICHAEL MCKENRY

1B/DH:

IKE DAVIS

BILLY BUTLER

JUSTIN MORNEAU

EDWIN ENCARNACION

ANTHONY RIZZO

ADAM LAROCHE

ADAM DUNN

PAUL KONERKO

CHRIS CARTER

CHRIS DAVIS

2B:

RICKIE WEEKS

CHASE UTLEY

BRANDON PHILLIPS

IAN KINSLER

DUSTIN PEDROIA

DANNY ESPINOSA

BEN ZOBRIST

NEIL WALKER

3B:

HANLEY RAMIREZ

MIGUEL CABRERA

RYAN ZIMMERMAN

ARAMIS RAMIREZ

CHRIS JOHNSON

DAVID FREESE

SCOTT ROLEN

BRANDON INGE

SS:

JOSE REYES

EMILIO BONIFACIO

JOSH RUTLEDGE

ALEXEI RAMIREZ

OF:

YOENIS CESPEDES

DREW STUBBS

MATT KEMP

MATT HOLLIDAY

JOSH WILLINGHAM

MICHAEL MORSE

MICHAEL CUDDYER

JASON HEYWARD

RYAN BRAUN

BEN REVERE

CARLOS GOMEZ

JUSTIN RUGGIANO

COREY HART

RYAN LUDWICK

SHANE VICTORINO

ALEX PRESSLEY

HOTTEST HITTING TEAMS ENTERING WEEK 18:

*Number in “(#)” is their ranking from week 17.

1 (8). Chicago White Sox

2 (11). Oakland Athletics

3 (6). New York Yankees

4 (16). Los Angeles Dodgers

5 (13). Washington Nationals

6 (4). St. Louis Cardinals

7 (21). Cincinnati Reds

8 (5). Texas Rangers

9 (19). Milwaukee Brewers

10 (9). Minnesota Twins

11 (12). Kansas City Royals

12 (7). Boston Red Sox

13 (2). Detroit Tigers

14 (3). Toronto Blue Jays

15 (15). Atlanta Braves

16 (14). Pittsburgh Pirates

17 (10). Philadelphia Phillies

18 (1). Los Angeles Angels

19 (18). Baltimore Orioles

20 (24). Miami Marlins

21 (20). Arizona Diamondbacks

22 (17). San Francisco Giants

23 (26). Colorado Rockies

24 (28). Chicago Cubs

25 (27). New York Mets

26 (23). Cleveland Indians (Cannot hit lefties)

27 (29). Tampa Bay Rays

28 (25). Seattle Mariners

29 (22). San Diego Padres

30 (30). Houston Astros

TWO START SLEEPERS:

*NEW.NEW.NEW. Only listed are pitchers I would consider putting in my lineup.

1. HOMER BAILEY (VS. SD, VS. PIT)

2. A.J. GRIFFIN (VS. TB, VS. TOR)

3. MATT HARVEY (@SF, @ SD)

4. ERIK BEDARD (@CHC, @ CIN,

5. JOSE QUINTANA (@MIN, VS. LAA)

6. FREDDY GARCIA (VS. BAL, VS. SEA)

POWER SCHEDULE:

*NEW.NEW. This is great to determine those tough lineup decisions by looking at the most favorable schedules.