Fantasy Baseball: The Roundtable's Top Fives of May

It's that time of month again! Let's take a look at some of the things we have learned and what looks to be ahead.

Top 5 Players of the Month

1. Lance Berkman
2. Dan Uggla
3. Josh Hamilton
4. Carlos Quentin
5. Hunter Pence

Top 5 Pitchers of the Month

1. Shaun Marcum
2. Roy Halladay
3. Scott Kazmir
4. Edinson Volquez
5. Chad Billingsley

Top 5 Surprises at the One-Third Point

1. Jesse Litsch is 7-1
2. Carlos Quentin leads the AL in homeruns
3. Nate McLouth continues to impress with stats .311-12-39 as of May 30
4. Cliff Lee is the highest ranked pitcher in standard Yahoo! leagues
5. Johan Santana isn't in the top 25

Top 5 Players Ready to Return to Earth (Sell High)

1. Jesse Litsch
2. Joe Saunders
3. Xavier Nady
4. Ryan Ludwick
5. Ryan Dempster

Top 5 Men on the Way Up (Buy Low)

1. Ryan Howard
2. Erik Bedard
3. Josh Beckett
4. Mark Teixeira
5. Prince Fielder

Top 5 Names to Know for June

1. Chris Davis
2. Chris Perez
3. David Price
4. Ian Stewart
5. Chase Headley/Gio Gonzalez

Yes, I know that's TECHNICALLY six.

Top 5 Players Ready to Breakout in June

1. Joba Chamberlain (Because he'll be starting)
2. Jay Bruce (Next Big Thing)
3. Jimmy Rollins (Just because of the injury)
4. Travis Hafner (Just have a feeling)
5. Victor Martinez (Heats up with the weather)

Notes for Sunday:

• Mark Buehrle struggles on the road (2-4, 5.71 ERA) and hasn't handled Tampa very well in the past. Tampa hits .336 against him as a team.
• If I told you the Royals hit .366 as a team against any pitcher, you'd probably laugh. But they do very well against Paul Byrd. Byrd has struggled on the road all season, sporting an ERA over six and an opponents batting average of .296. While Brian Bannister has struggled, he's very good at home and pitched well in his last outing against Cleveland.
• Jon Garland has been better, but he doesn't have success against Toronto. Leave him alone this time out. AJ Burnett, on the other hand, owns Anaheim. Vlad Guerrero is 7-37 lifetime, but does have two home runs against him. Torii Hunter hits only .100. Burnett is a good option here, especially given his relative success on the road (3.08, .227 BAA)
• I'm a big Hiroki Kuroda guy, but he didn't have much success against the Mets his last time out. I'd be careful with him here and use another option if you have one available. He goes up against Johan Santana, and that's a match up I'd want to avoid.
• The Tigers all have good numbers against Miguel Batista.
• Spot starts? Andrew Miller, Braden Looper, Jamie Moyer, and Sidney Ponson in that order

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