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Week 9: Hot or Not Players
June 8, 2006 — This week, the MOTY Scope (TM) really separates the wheat from the chaff … some of that wheat sprouting in the Arizona outfield, while some continues maturing around the Pittsburgh diamond. And, woof, was there a surplus of chaff in the NL bullpens.
You'll also see that some guys who started hot and cooled off are heating back up.
As always, we pinpoint a few guys who may be available in your league or prime trade targets/bait. To check out even more fantasy baseball players heating up or cooling off — 88 total players (42 AL, 46 NL) — log in to your MOTY account for the complete Week 9 Hot and Not 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 9: May 29 - June 4, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Laird, Gerald | TEX | c | 10.48 | 7.37 | 5.92 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | 2.292 |
| Phillips, Andy | NYY | 1b | 5.63 | 5.21 | 4.56 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0.462 | 1.179 |
| Johnson, Reed | SEA | of | 17.39 | 11.48 | 4.24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | 1.324 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
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| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Rheinecker, John | TEX | sp | 37.48 | 34.71 | 34.71 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.73 | 1.10 | 10.00 |
| Dessens, Elmer | KC | mr | 9.55 | 1.15 | 6.29 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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American League — Not
Key to the “Not” list 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 9: May 29 - June 4, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Shelton, Chris | DET | 1b | 17.03 | 2.16 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.056 |
| Blalock, Hank | TEX | 3b | 21.55 | 8.15 | 0.55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.182 | 0.462 |
| Blake, Casey | CLE | of | 23.59 | 6.69 | 1.90 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.200 | 0.511 |
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| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Buehrle, Mark | CWS | sp | 21.53 | 4.00 | 11.80 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.69 | 6.92 | 1.20 |
| Jones, Todd | DET | cl | 10.64 | 5.12 | 5.08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.62 | 23.62 | 1.00 |
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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 9: May 29 - June 4, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Jacobs, Mike | FLA | 1b | 10.90 | 7.97 | 2.64 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.364 | 1.028 |
| Castillo, Jose | PIT | 2b | 16.81 | 14.60 | 8.61 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.478 | 1.587 |
| Byrnes, Eric | ARI | of | 22.07 | 16.64 | 5.48 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.296 | 1.107 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
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| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Ortiz, Ramon | WAS | sp | 11.27 | 14.34 | 5.08 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.05 | 2.70 | 7.00 |
| Geary, Geoff | PHI | mr | 11.89 | 7.07 | 4.07 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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National League — Not
When the “Last Week” MOTY# goes down, the player’s name goes up … on this list.
Stats for Week 9: May 29 - June 4, 2006 |
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| Batter | MOTY# | ||||||||||
| YTD | MTD | LW | r | hr | rbi | sb | avg | ops | |||
| Fielder, Prince | MIL | 1b | 19.48 | 5.71 | 1.49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.130 | 0.514 |
| Ensberg, Morgan | HOU | 3b | 24.87 | 9.73 | 0.23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.211 | 0.687 |
| Beltran, Carlos | NYM | of | 23.06 | 7.48 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.596 |
| Pitcher | |||||||||||
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| YTD | MTD | LW | w | sv | K | whip | era | bb/K | |||
| Mulder, Mark | STL | sp | 15.13 | 4.21 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.10 | 6.75 | 0.50 |
| Benitez, Armando | SF | cl | 21.95 | 2.72 | 19.86 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.67 | 6.00 | 1.50 |
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