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Week 7: Hot or Not Players
May 24, 2006 — Another week, another breakdown off players who were red hot or ice cold last week (some repeat performers). From sleepers coming into their own to undroppable fantasy studs suffering through slumps, the Week 7 Snapshot unveils an even quicker read to help you manage your fantasy team in the coming week, offering up ideas for free agent pick ups, bench moves and potential trade targets/bait.
As always, we'll focus on guys who may be available in your league or prime trade targets/bait, though you’ll notice from last week is that, instead of highlighting just 1 outfielder and starting pitcher on each Hot/Not list, we’re including 3 per list.
American League — Hot
Like every week, players appear in this list for 2 reasons — they’ re the guys who’ve both risen to the top in the Last Week (LW) MOTY rankings AND, more than likely, are available in your league.
Stats for Week 7: May 15 - May 21, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Zaun, Greg | TOR | c | 10.37 | 7.10 | 3.87 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.571 | 1.500 |
| Youkilis, Kevin | BOS | 1b | 14.49 | 8.49 | 2.74 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.278 | 1.101 |
| Polanco, Placido | DET | 2b | 4.80 | 2.79 | 1.99 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.450 | 1.079 |
| Batista, Tony | MIN | 3b | 7.41 | 3.56 | 2.33 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.263 | 0.943 |
| Betancourt, Yuniesky | SEA | ss | 8.56 | 5.35 | 2.35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.350 | 0.764 |
| Matthews Jr., Gary | TEX | of | 11.52 | 9.66 | 4.01 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.344 | 1.025 |
| Cuddyer, Michael | MIN | of | 12.77 | 11.45 | 3.85 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.273 | 0.933 |
| Nixon, Trot | BOS | of | 13.20 | 4.90 | 2.68 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.304 | 0.866 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Bonser, Boof | MIN | sp | 32.29 | 32.29 | 32.29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.33 | 1.50 | 2.67 |
| Janssen, Casey | TOR | sp | 19.67 | 19.67 | 11.33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Garland, Jon | CWS | sp | 16.94 | -0.94 | 6.69 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.86 | 2.57 | 5.00 |
| Timlin, Mike | BOS | mr | 21.59 | 12.24 | 4.39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Street, Huston | OAK | cl | 21.44 | 13.15 | 3.89 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
American League — Not
Key to the “Not” lists is that these guys are almost certainly on a roster in your league, possibly yours. And based on sluggish or declining Last Week (LW) MOTY#s, may be down trending … toward the bench for a while, (maybe) as trade bait or (gulp) dropped to the wire.
Stats for Week 7: May 15 - May 21, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Martinez, Victor | CLE | c | 14.91 | 10.24 | 0.14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.182 | 0.693 |
| Giambi, Jason | NYY | 1b | 25.91 | 8.94 | -0.60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.222 | 0.701 |
| Castillo, Luis | MIN | 2b | 11.25 | 6.94 | -0.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.241 | 0.594 |
| Glaus, Troy | TOR | 3b | 14.45 | 5.08 | -0.42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.154 | 0.599 |
| Peralta, Jhonny | CLE | ss | 1.84 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.182 | 0.606 |
| Wells, Vernon | TOR | of | 14.31 | 7.57 | -3.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.1.74 | 0.424 |
| Monroe, Craig | DET | of | 12.77 | 11.45 | -0.34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.174 | 0.391 |
| Ramirez, Manny | BOS | of | 12.77 | 11.45 | -0.28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.182 | 0.671 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Contreras, Jose | CWS | sp | 43.86 | 5.25 | -11.09 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.82 | 4.91 | 4.00 |
| Bonderman, Jeremy | DET | sp | 20.93 | 4.70 | -7.19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| Escobar, Kelvim | LAA | sp | 30.02 | 4.66 | -5.34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.00 | 3.86 | 2.50 |
| Zumaya, Joel | DET | mr | 10.50 | -1.99 | -6.65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.25 | 10.12 | 0.50 |
| Francisco, Rodriguez | LAA | cl | 18.83 | 8.02 | -4.65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 20.25 | 2.00 |
National League — Hot
Like the guys highlighted in the AL list, these players are pulled from the masses because of the up tick in their Last Week MOTY#s.
Stats for Week 7: May 15 - May 21, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Bard, Josh | SD | c | 7.35 | 6.93 | 6.33 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | 1.526 |
| Jacobs, Mike | FLA | 1b | 7.77 | 4.10 | 3.03 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.348 | 1.053 |
| Durham, Ray | SF | 2b | 4.74 | 2.75 | 2.67 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.360 | 0.974 |
| Sanchez, Freddy | PIT | 3b | 13.86 | 10.01 | 6.12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.462 | 1.214 |
| Counsell, Craig | ARI | ss | 10.00 | 4.61 | 2.08 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.864 |
| Byrnes, Eric | ARI | of | 15.01 | 12.98 | 7.63 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.440 | 1.440 |
| Diaz, Matt | ATL | of | 8.85 | 8.34 | 5.16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.636 | 2.091 |
| Ethier, Andre | LAD | of | 5.94 | 5.94 | 4.27 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.368 | 1.034 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Cain, Matt | SF | sp | 1.12 | -1.38 | 6.65 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Reyes, Anthony | STL | sp | 6.28 | 6.28 | 6.28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Maholm, Paul | PIT | sp | 4.04 | 8.88 | 6.27 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1.03 | 2.13 | 3.75 |
| Paronto, Chad | ATL | mr | 20.81 | 20.81 | 14.95 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Lidge, Brad | HOU | cl | 8.23 | -3.21 | 1.68 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
National League — Not
When the “Last Week” MOTY# goes down, the player’s name goes up … on this list.
Stats for Week 7: May 15 - May 21, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Miller, Damian | MIL | c | 9.96 | 4.70 | -2.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.143 |
| Johnson, Nick | WAS | 1b | 18.90 | 3.29 | -2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.118 | 0.495 |
| Biggio, Craig | HOU | 2b | 10.37 | -0.23 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.263 | 0.838 |
| Cabrera, Miguel | FLA | 3b | 22.18 | 14.16 | -0.97 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.267 | 0.700 |
| Ramirez, Hanley | FLA | ss | 18.25 | 9.55 | -0.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.111 | 0.422 |
| Edmonds, Jim | STL | of | 10.69 | 7.32 | -1.58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.136 | 0.376 |
| Lee, Carlos | MIL | of | 23.56 | 9.42 | -1.24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.158 | 0.384 |
| Wilson, Preston | HOU | of | 7.41 | 4.59 | -0.55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.150 | 0.367 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Maddux, Greg | CHC | sp | 24.08 | -36.22 | -9.74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.47 | 9.53 | 0.20 |
| Harang, Aaron | CIN | sp | 26.33 | 6.51 | -8.61 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.22 | 2.92 | 4.25 |
| Bronson, Arroyo | CIN | sp | 37.37 | 0.78 | -6.84 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.83 | 6.00 | 2.00 |
| Cassidy, Scott | SD | mr | 11.89 | -5.90 | -13.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 16.20 | 0.00 |
| Borowski, Joe | FLA | cl | 6.91 | 1.04 | -4.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8.10 | 0.25 |
