aceeight
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Yeah, I settled in at #81 & #70 after all the games were finished yesterday. I'm still OK with that, though, because I think I am in position to make some gains today and tomorrow...particularly tomorrow, when I have 5 SPs going. (Have two going today.) Also, fewer than 25% of the other teams have nine of my hitters: Pujols, Bruce, Gordon, Mauer, Santana, Marte, Brown, Pedroia & Zimmerman. So if those guys start hitting...particularly Pujols & Bruce, whom almost nobody else has...I could gain ground rather quickly. Also, only 27% of the teams have Felix Hernandez....so a good game from him in chilly Chicago today would be a big help, too.
I checked the Vegas odds on Kershaw tonight. The Dodgers are -240 with a total of 6 under. Both of those numbers bode well for a great game from Kershaw. It is very, very, very unusual to see a MLB game with a 6 under total. (That means that if you want to bet under the 6 total, you have to lay -120 rather than the usual -110, with those going over the 6 total getting even odds with no juice.)
(The total on the Seattle/White Sox game, by comparison, is 7.5 under......which is a low total, itself.)
I have been somewhat lucky with my hitters. Still not doing well, but other than CarGo, my other 4 bench players haven't done anything. I have tried to work on next weeks roster. Hopeful, more at bats will give me a better idea of who needs to start. The Rockies have games at SF/SD next week. At the same time Tulo/CarGo are both off to a great start. Those big pitcher's parks can also be a hitters park for a guy like CarGo. Hits lots of line-drives and has good speed. I'll have to go back and look at his road stats from last year. I think that he improved them from earlier years. Cano has 7 games next week. I'm not happy having to make so many hitting changes. May have to put a cheap pitcher in to work things out. Don't like doing that unless its a good start.
I said I was going to leave 3 closers in as much as possible. That has worked well so far, but putting in Teheran for Chapman would free up 670k. I could really use that until i get some separation of my pitchers. I have done well with saves even though Chapman just has 1.
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