Welcome to Week 13. Interleague play continues this week. The White Sox will be in NL parks meaning Jim Thome will see few AB's this week. Other AL Teams losing DH's of note this week are Minnesota(Jason Kubel), Tampa Bay(Cliff Floyd), Los Angeles Angels(Garrett Anderson) and New York Yankees(Hideki Matsui).
Sports Buff Contest
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the Sports Buff contest.
1.Ben Sheets($43) - ATL Away, MIN Away
2.Felix Hernandez($47) - NYM Away, SD Away
3.Johann Santana($55) - SEA Home, NYY Away
4.John Lackey($52) - WAS Away, LAD Away
5.Dan Haren($44) - BOS Away, FLA Away
6.Josh Beckett($54) - ARZ Home, HOU Away
7.Jake Peavy($54) - MIN Home, SEA Home
8.Jonathan Sanchez($34) - CLE Away, OAK Away
9.Zach Greinke($34) - COL Home, STL Home
10.Justin Masterson($30) - ARZ Home, HOU Away
I personally like Lackey, Greinke, and Peavy.
CDM Diamond Challenge
I would recommend these two start pitchers in the CDM Challenge.(Dollar amount in Millions)
1.Ben Sheets($930) - ATL Away, MIN Away
2.Johann Santana($1800) - SEA Home, NYY Away
3.John Lackey($1210) - WAS Away, LAD Away
4.Dan Haren($1190) - BOS Away, FLA Away
5.Josh Beckett($1240) - ARZ Home, HOU Away
6.Jake Peavy($1480) - MIN Home, SEA Home
7.Zach Greinke($620) - COL Home, STL Home
Team Schedules
Everybody plays six games.
Injuries
1.Shaun Marcum(SP TOR) - Went on the DL with a sore elbow.
2.Carlos Zambrano(SP CHC) - Cubs ace is out with a sore shoulder.
3.Paul Konerko(1B CHW) - Strained Oblique has him out till next week.
4. Chien-Ming Wang(SP NYY) - Out till September with a foot injury. This injury really hurts the Yankees.
Players on the Rise
1.JD Drew(OF BOS) - Hitting .326 with 14 HR's.
2.Jermaine Dye(OF CHW) - Ripped 6 HR's last week with 15 RBI's.
3.Jason Bay(OF PIT) - Now up to 15 HR's for the season.
4.Chase Headley(OF SD) - Rookie got the call and has hit .350 with 2 HR's.
Players on the Decline
1.Jay Bruce(OF CIN) - Rookie is scuffling going 3-28 in his last 7 games.
2.Chase Utley(2B PHI) - Went 0-24 before getting a 2B on Sunday.
3.Carlos Gonzalez(OF OAK) - Rookie is only hitting .211 since being called up.
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luck.