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Old 04-23-2003, 03:16 PM
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Fantasy baseball help

I need to fill 4 spots (OF, OF, OF, UT) in my lineup today with the following 5 guys. Stats are for the last week. Players in parentheses are opposing pitchers season totals.

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                                                GP  R  HR  RBI SB  AVG
M. Ramirez   @Tex (Thomson, 2.27, 6 HR in 4 G)  7   5   2   4   0  .522
T. Nixon     @Tex (Thomson, 2.27, 6 HR in 4 G)  7   3   0   5   0  .333
G. Sheffield Stl  (Morris, 2.43, 4 HR in 4 G)   6   8   2   4   1  .333
B. Jordan    @Cin (Reitsma, 0 G)                6   5   0   3   0  .300
E. Durazo    Det  (Bonderman, 10.22, 3 HR 3 G)  6   5   2   9   0  .435
What to do what to do? I need to start all but one of these guys but I don't know who to cut. Sheffield is the only guy facing a decent pitcher, but he's posted one of the best statlines over the last week (and is the only guy really likely to steal a base). Nixon's probably the least dependable skills-wise of the group, but he's in a HR park facing a HR pitcher. Jordan's been having an up and down month but he was 2 for 4 yesterday and it's hard to pass up playing him at the GAB.

I guess I'm leaning towards sitting Nixon, but he's just the kind of player to bust out and knock in 5 on the day you don't play him.

Any input?
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Old 04-23-2003, 03:26 PM
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I think you sit Trot. It was between him and Jordan, but he's going to be in GAB against an unknown pitcher in a terrible rotation.

Oh, and you're up in the mock draft.
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Old 04-23-2003, 03:39 PM
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OK, so I'm about to be no help, but ... Nixon's only had 1 HR away so far all season and only 4 RBIs. If I had those guys, I'd sit him.
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Old 04-23-2003, 04:02 PM
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See, I hadn't looked at home/away splits. That is excellent help, thanks rockle.

Man -- over the weekend some nincompoop proposed Torii Hunter for Jordan, and I stupidly failed to rush to my league to accept the trade; when I got there this morning he had withdrawn the trade.

I pulled Jordan off the waiver wire in this league (yahoo public). Served me well so far, but turning him into Hunter would have been a coup.

(made my mock pick, thx Munch)
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Old 04-23-2003, 04:13 PM
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I think you should sit Ramirez. He won't be hot forever you know.

Deb

(Well I need to be able to move up in the standings and if giving bad advice is the way to do it, a person has to do what a person has to do I am thinking of having a meeting with my pitchers and kicking their butts, they aren't that bad on paper, but in actuality they suck so far and I am sure they haven't swallowed)
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Old 04-23-2003, 04:16 PM
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Different league, but I appreciate the thought Deb.
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Old 04-24-2003, 02:41 PM
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Update:
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          H/AB  R HR RBI
Ramirez   1/3   0  0  0
Jordan    1/3   0  0  0
Sheffield 2/3   1  1  2
Durazo    0/3   0  0  0
And Nixon didn't even play (dunno why, Thomson's a righty). All that hemming and hawing for nothing, eh? Thanks for the input though.
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