Fantasy Today: April 5, 2013

FANTASY BASEBALL

THURSDAY’S BEST

HITTERS

1^st Star: C J.P. Arencibia TOR – 13 points (3-4, 2 HR (2), 2 RBI (2), 2 R)

2^nd Star: RF Chris Davis BAL – 12 points (2-3, HR (3), 4 RBI (11), 2B, R, HP)

3^rd Star: LF Josh Reddick OAK – 12 points (2-3, HR (1), 4 RBI (4), 2B, 2 R)

NOTABLES

3-RBI games: Davis BAL/Reddick OAK (4), LF Jose Bautista TOR (3 RBI, 9 pts, 1-4, HR, R, BB), RF Jayson Werth WSH (3 RBI, 9 pts, 2-4, HR, 2 R, K), 1B Edwin Encarnacion TOR (3 RBI, 8 pts, 1-4, R, BB, K)

4-hit games: 2B Gordon Beckham CHW (4 pts – 4-4, 4 1B)

3-run games: SS Jose Reyes TOR (8 pts – 1-3, 3 R, 2 BB, SB)

PITCHERS

1^st Star: SP Cliff Lee PHL – 38 points (8 innings of 2-hit baseball, 8 K, W (1-0))

2^nd Star: SP Travis Wood CHC – 27 points (6 innings of 1-hit baseball, 2 BB, 4 K, W (1-0))

3^rd Star: SP Jeremy Guthrie KCY – 25 points (6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, W (1-0))

NOTABLES

Top closer performances: RP Jonathan Papelbon PHL/RP Casey Janssen TOR – 13 points (2 K in perfect inning, SV (1))

Worst start: SP Brett Myers CLE – minus-19 points (5 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, L (0-1))

SERIES LEADERS (Sunday-Thursday)

HITTERS

RF Chris Davis BAL at TBY (34 pts – .636/.692/1.727, 7-11, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3 2B, 4 R, BB, K)

LF Michael Morse SEA at OAK (22 pts - .375/.412/1.125, 6-16, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 5 K)

C John Buck NYM vs SDG (21 pts - .500/.538/1.000, 6-12, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, BB, K)

PITCHERS

SP Yu Darvish TEX at HOU (47 pts – 8.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 14 K, W)

SP Clayton Kershaw LAD vs SFO (44 pts – CG ShO, 4 H, 0 BB, 7 K, W)

SP Cliff Lee PHL at ATL (38 pts – 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, W)

SP Jeff Samardzija CHC at PIT (38 pts – 8 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 9 K, W)

MLB.com: BEAT THE STREAK

Pick a player (or two) to get a hit. Repeat. See if you can outlast Joltin’ Joe.

Current Streak: 0

YESTERDAY’S PICKS

1B Joey Votto CIN (0-for-3), SS Jose Reyes TOR (1-for-3)

Season: Picks - 0 for 3 (.000), Batting (3-for-22, .136 AVG)

TODAY’S PICKS

RF Carlos Gonzalez COL vs. SP Jason Marquis SDG (3-for-6 in last 5 years)

CF Mike Trout LAA vs. SP Derek Holland TEX (5-for-14 in last 5 years)

ESPN.com BASEBALL CHALLENGE

Pick the best team you can with a $50 million salary cap, signing and releasing players who may be worth more or less based on their performance.

WEEKLY GAME UPDATE

Week 1: March 31-April 8

Slot	Player	Salary (in M)	Pts (thru Thu)	Next Series (4/5-4/7)
C	Yadier Molina STL	$4.9	16	at SFO (Zito, Vogelsong, Cain)
1B	Albert Pujols LAA	$5.3	7	at TEX (Holland, Harrison, Darvish)
2B	Rickie Weeks MIL	$4.5	19	vs ARZ (Miley, Corbin, Kennedy)
3B	Ryan Zimmerman WSH	$4.9	12	at CIN (Bailey, Leake, Cueto)
SS	Erick Aybar LAA	$4.6	8	at TEX (Holland, Harrison, Darvish)
LF	Jonny Gomes BOS	$3.5	6	at TOR (Johnson, Happ, Dickey)
CF	Andrew McCutchen PIT	$5.3	14	at LAD (Greinke, Kershaw, Ryu)
RF	Michael Cuddyer COL	$4.2	12	vs SDG (Marquis, Ross, Volquez)
DH	Billy Butler KCY	$4.9	3	at PHL (Kendrick, Lannon, Hamels)
PS	Washington Nationals	$7.9	88	at CIN (Bailey, Leake, Cueto)
TOTAL		$50.0	185	Percentile: 97.5%, Rank: 2,114

FanGraphs.com: THE GAME

Value picks for today’s games. Performance is based on the WAR (Wins Above Replacement) statistic.

YESTERDAY’S PICKS

C: John Buck NYM ($6) – 2-4, HR, RBI, K

1B: Gaby Sanchez PIT ($5) – 1-3, RBI, BB, K

2B: Danny Espinosa WSH ($6) – 0-4, 2 K

SS: Alcides Escobar KCY ($6) – 0-4, K

3B: Manny Machado BAL ($6) – 0-5, 2 K

OF: Vernon Wells NYY ($5 – auto-pick) – 0-4, K

SP: Wade LeBlanc MIA ($5 – auto-pick) – 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, L

RP: Steve Delabar TOR ($5 – auto-pick) – 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, W

SEASON-TO-DATE

Name	G	PA	H	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	Bat	Pos	WAR	WAR/$
gstatman (SS)	3	13	6	1	2	4	0	15.4 %	7.7 %	.818	.556	.545	.615	1.364	.788	461	4.8	0.1	0.6	28.9
gstatman (C)	3	11	4	2	2	2	0	0.0 %	27.3 %	.545	.333	.364	.364	.909	.555	291	2.1	0.2	0.3	12.4
gstatman (3B)	3	15	3	0	2	1	0	13.3 %	33.3 %	.154	.375	.231	.333	.385	.319	118	0.3	0.0	0.1	4.9
gstatman (SP)	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0.0 %	40.0 %	.000	.333	.200	.200	.200	.176	13	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-2.9
gstatman (1B)	3	13	1	0	0	2	0	23.1 %	23.1 %	.000	.143	.100	.308	.100	.222	48	-0.7	-0.2	-0.1	-5.1
gstatman (2B)	3	12	1	0	0	0	0	16.7 %	33.3 %	.000	.167	.100	.250	.100	.141	-12	-1.4	0.0	-0.1	-6.1
gstatman (OF)	3	13	1	1	1	1	0	0.0 %	30.8 %	.231	.000	.077	.077	.308	.167	7	-1.2	-0.1	-0.1	-6.1

FANTASY HOCKEY

THURSDAY’S BEST

FORWARDS

1^st Star: RW Michael Ryder MTL – 14 points (2 G (15), A (16), 3 PTS (31), +1, PPG, GWG)

2^nd Star: RW Justin Williams LAK – 12 points (2 G (10), 2 PTS (27), +2, GWG)

3^rd Star: RW Martin St. Louis TBY – 11 points (G (9), 2 A (37), 3 PTS (46), +3)

DEFENSEMEN

1^st Star: D Matt Carle TBY – 14 points (2 A (12), 2 PTS (15), +3)

2^nd Star: D Erik Gustafsson PHL – 14 points (2 A (4), 2 PTS (5), +3)

3^rd Star: D P.K. Subban MTL – 12.5 points (2 A (20), 2 PTS (30), +2, PPA)

Honorable mention: D Jason Garrison VAN – 12.5 points (2 A (5), 2 PTS (10), +2, PPA)

GOALTENDERS

1^st Star: G Ben Bishop TBY – 18 points (45-save shutout (2), W (9-5) in Lightning debut)

2^nd Star: G Tuukka Rask BOS – 17 points (40-save shutout (3), W (16-5))

3^rd Star: G Cory Schneider VAN – 13.6 points (23-save shutout (4), W (13-7))

Honorable mention: G Jonathan Bernier LAK – 13.6 points (23-save shutout (1), W (9-2))

NOTABLES

• Multi-goal games: Ryder MTL/Williams LAK (2), RW Adam Cracknell STL (2 goals, 9 pts, +1)
• Power Play goals: Ryder MTL (1), D Kevin Bieksa VAN (1 PPG, 9 pts, 1-0-1, +1), RW Brian Gionta MTL (1 PPG, 7.5 pts, 1-1-2), D James Wisniewski CLB (1 PPG, 5 pts, 1-0-1), RW Daniel Cleary DET (1 PPG, 4 pts, 1-0-1, -1), LW Valtteri Filppula DET (1 PPG, 3 pts, 1-0-1, -2)
• Fight of the Night: LW Evander Kane WPG vs. D Alexei Emelin MTL (5.0*)
• Other bouts:
•  D Jay Rosehill PHL vs. RW Colton Orr TOR (4.2*) 
• D Roman Polak STL vs. LW Viktor Stalberg CHI (4.0*)

* - Ratings provided by DropYourGloves.com

ESPN.com HOCKEY CHALLENGE

Pick the best team you can with a $100 million salary cap, signing and releasing players who may be worth more or less based on their performance.

WEEKLY GAME UPDATE

Week 11: April 1-April 7

Slot	Player	Salary (in M)	Pts (thru Thu)	Remaining Games (4/5-4/7)
G	Jacob Markstrom FLA	$10.5	2	vs WSH (Sat), vs OTT (Sun)
G	Pekka Rinne NSH	$11.5	2	vs CHI (Sat), at CHI (Sun)
D	Keith Yandle PHX	$7.2	4	vs COL (Sat)
D	Sergei Gonchar OTT	$6.9	0	at BUF (Fri), at FLA (Sun)
D	Duncan Keith CHI	$6.5	0	at NSH (Sat), vs NSH (Sun)
D	Tobias Enstrom WPG	$7.4	0	vs PHL (Sat)
F	John Tavares NYI	$8.4	3	vs TBY (Sat)
F	Patrick Kane CHI	$7.7	2	at NSH (Sat), vs NSH (Sun)
F	Steven Stamkos TBY	$9.0	2	at NYI (Sat), at WSH (Sun)
F	Matt Duchene COL	$7.1	2	vs DET (Fri), at PHX (Sat)
F	Zach Parise MIN	$8.2	1	at CLB (Sun)
F	Sidney Crosby PIT*	$9.5	0	vs NYR (Fri)
TOTAL		$99.9	18 (Season: 368)	Season: Percentile: 77.4%, Rank: 13,873

* - Injured

StatMan’s PICKS TO CLICK

Pick one forward, one defenseman, and one goaltender each day, not picking the same player more than once in the same calendar month.  Their fantasy performance

YESTERDAY’S PICKS

F: Jaromir Jagr BOS vs NJD (7 pts – 1-0-1, +1, GWG)

D: Niklas Kronwall DET at PHX (minus-5 pts – -2 +/-, 2 PIM)

G: Ben Bishop TBY at CAR (18 pts – 45-save shutout win)

PERFECT: 46 pts (F Michael Ryder MTL (14 pts), D Carle TBY/Gustafsson PHL (12), G Ben Bishop TBY (18))

SCORE: 20 pts

WEEK-TO-DATE: Week 11

FORWARDS: 23.5 points – 5 GP, 3-4-7, E +/-, 0 PIM, PPG, PPA, GWG

• C Jamie Benn DAL (3/31 – 4 pts)
• LW Zach Parise MIN (4/1 – minus-2 pts)
• RW Shane Doan PHX (4/2 – minus-1 pt)
• LW Taylor Hall EDM (4/3 – 15.5 pts)
• RW Jaromir Jagr BOS (4/4 – 7 pts)

DEFENSEMEN: 10 points – 5 GP, 1-2-3, +1, 8 PIM, 2 PPA

• D Mike Green WSH (3/31 – 3 pts)
• D P.K. Subban MTL (4/1 – 4.5 pts)
• D Shea Weber NSH (4/2 – 6.5 pts)
• D Francois Beauchemin ANA (4/3 – 2 pts)
• D Niklas Kronwall DET (4/4 – minus-5 pts)

GOALTENDERS: 42.8 points – 5 GP, 4-1, 2 ShO, 1.79 GAA, .944 SvPCT, 1-0 in shootouts

• G Anton Khudobin BOS (3/31 – 14.2 pts)
• G Corey Crawford CHI (4/1 – 7.6 pts)
• G Tomas Vokoun PIT (4/2 – minus-4.2 pts)
• G Antti Niemi SJS (4/3 – 7.2 pts)
• G Ben Bishop TBY (4/4 – 18 pts)

SEASON-TO-DATE

FORWARDS: 181.5 points – 76 GP, 21-38-59, +4, 12 PIM, 5-11-16 on PP, 0-1-1 while SH, 4 GWG

DEFENSEMEN: 179.5 points – 75 GP, 10-33-43, +4, 36 PIM, 5-15-20 on PP, 0-2-2 while SH, 2 GWG

GOALTENDERS: 334.9 points – 72 GP, 42-20-4, 2.42 GAA, .912 SvPCT, 7-5 in shootouts, 5 assists, 4 PIM

TODAY’S PICKS

F: Joe Thornton SJS (vs CGY)

D: Jay Bouwmeester STL (vs CLB)

G: Ryan Miller BUF (vs OTT)

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