Fantasy Baseball Super Stuffed Weekly Recap: Week II

Travis Rand by Correspondent Written on April 20, 2009
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 15:  Ian Kinsler #5 of the Texas Rangers celebrates a solo homerun with manager Ron Washington while wearing jersey #42 to commemorate Jackie Robinson day during a game against the Baltimore Orioles on April 15, 2009 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.  (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Doug Davis, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks: 16.0 IP, 1-1, 11 K's, 1.13 ERA, 1.06 WHIP

I originally had Chad Billingsley in line for this award, but he is currently owned in 99 percent of ESPN Fantasy Leagues, while Davis is owned in a...wait for it...1.9 percent.

Though Davis as you can see lost one of his two starts this past week, he went eight strong innings against the St. Louis Cards and only gave up two earned runs while striking out eight.

Davis' win had roughly the same stat line as his loss, though included the all important 'W'. Going once again an eight strong innings against the Giants, Davis got the runs he needed to get his first of hopefully many wins this season.

Next Scheduled Start: Interestingly enough, Doug Davis takes the hill on Thursday against the team he beat on Sunday, the San Francisco Giants.

Now don't be too quick to toss him in the lineup yet. San Fran has surprisingly hit a combined .346 off David, which is incredibly high. Keep an eye on this start, and if he impresses yet again, make a roster spot.

Waiver Wire Wonders

I will now be putting a little more into this section, because it is what I feel to be a very big part of fantasy play. Anyone can go and add the guy who just hit three home runs while sitting on the free agent list, but sometimes we all need to find this guy BEFORE he does that. Hopefully this helps.

Ricky Romero (SP, TOR): Romero was a top 10 draft pick for the Jays a few years back, and in his first three starts this year, has gone a total of 21 innings with only four earned runs crossing the plate. Romero may not help to much in the K category, his ERA and WHIP are sure to make up for that.

Chris Duncan (1B/OF, StL): Duncan is currently owned in only 40 percent of ESPN Fantasy leagues, why wouldn't you want someone who usually hits after King Albert? Chris is hitting .389 and has improved against lefties this season. After going 5-for-36 against southpaws last year, Duncan has 11 hits already and continues to hit off of them very well.

Nyjer Morgan (OF, Pit): I was very close to including him on last years list, but decided to give it another week to see if he was for real. Well, Morgan earned his way onto the list after hitting .340 thus far in the season. 

An extra-base threat as well, Nyjer has wo doubles, and two triples as well. Though not a home-run machine (zero), he makes up for it by giving you stolen bases (three). 

 

Random Ramblings

What's better than completely random thoughts that offer some twisted form of assistance? You guessed it. Nothing.

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