Welcome to Week 10. Just in case you were down in Brazil this past week discovering that lost tribe, Jay Bruce(OF CIN), got the call to the show. Bruce is only $400 in the CDM Challenge, and is a must pick-up in this contest. He goes for $40 in the Sportsbuff contest, and seeing that the Reds play 7 games this week, he is worth a start. He got on base his first 6 times to the plate and is currently hitting .571 with 2 SB's.
Sports Buff Contest
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the Sports Buff contest.
1.Adam Wainwright($40) - PIT Home, HOU Away
2.Carlos Zambrano($47) - SD Away, LAD Away
3.Oliver Perez($46) - SF Away, SD Away
4.Ervin Santana($38) - SEA Away, OAK Away
5.Rich Harden($37) - DET Home, LAA Home
6.Aaron Harang($49) - PHI Away, FLA Away
7.Roy Halladay($49) NYY Away, BAL Home
8.Joba Chamberlain($35) - TOR Home, KC Home
9.Matt Garza($36) - BOS Away, TEX Away
10.Zack Greinke($34) - CHW Away, NYY Away
11.Gavin Floyd($33) - KC Home, MIN Home
12.Joe Saunders($38) - SEA Away, OAK Away
13.Eric Bedard($52) - LAA Home, BOS Away
I personally like Floyd, Harden, and Saunders.
CDM Diamond Challenge
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the CDM Challenge.(Dollar amount in Millions)
1.Adam Wainwright($870) - PIT Home, HOU Away
2.Carlos Zambrano($1160) - SD Away, LAD Away
3.Ervin Santana($770) - SEA Away, OAK Away
4.Rich Harden($730) - DET Home, LAA Home
5.Roy Halladay($1180) NYY Away, BAL Home
6.Matt Garza($540) - BOS Away, TEX Away
7.Zack Greinke($620) - CHW Away, NYY Away
8.Gavin Floyd($400) - KC Home, MIN Home
9.Joe Saunders($530) - SEA Away, OAK Away
10.Eric Bedard($1070) - LAA Home, BOS Away
Team Schedules
Seven Games - Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Florida, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota, New York Mets, New York Yankees,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, St. Louis, Texas.
Everybody else plays six games.
Injuries
1. Chone Figgins(3B LAA) - Back on the DL with a bad hamstring.
2. Mark Kotsay(OF ATL) - Balky back has him on the DL.
3. Eric Byrnes(OF ARZ) - Not one, but two bad hamstrings have him out indefinitely.
4. Travis Hafner(DH CLE) - Sore shoulder has him on the 15 Day DL.
5. Troy Percival(RP TB) - On the 15 Day DL with a left hamstring strain.
6. Gary Sheffield(OF DET) - Went on the DL with a strained oblique.
Players on the Rise
1. Albert Pujols(1B STL) - Making people forget about that elbow problem. Hitting .363 with 14 HR's.
2. Chase Utley(2B PHI) - Amazing season continues, as he now has 20 HR's for the year.
3. Jacoby Ellsbury(OF BOS) - Leads the Majors with 27 SB's.
4. Chipper Jones(3B ATL) - Batting .405 on June 2nd.
5. Adrian Gonzalez(1B SD) - He has 16 HR's and 50 RBI's.
Players on the Decline
1. Corey Patterson(OF CIN) - Banished to the minors with the arrival of Jay Bruce.
2. Jason Kendall(C MIL) - Making people forget his hot start by going 1-16 last week.
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e-mail at mikek@creativesports.com. Until next week, I wish you the best of
luck.