Lineup Literacy: Week 16
Written by The GNUru   
Jul 15, 2007 at 11:52 PM

Hunter Pence has emerged as a must start!The first 15 weeks of the 2007 Fantasy Baseball season are in the books and we are now in the home stretch of the fantasy season.  For those still in contention for post-season fantasy play, this is the time of the year your roster and lineup decisions can make or break your season.   Lucky for you the GNUru is here to help you with your week 16 lineup decisions.

Week 16 - GNUru Batter Banter

With the first half of the season behind us, some players have settled down and have begun to hit their stride while other have faded into oblivion.  Player value at this point should pretty much represent their current level of production - that is those that are playing well have high value and those that aren’t, do not (regardless of what name is involved).  At this point in the season you can now safely bench or even drop some of your sluggish sluggers in favor of some the hot hitters.  Below is a list of the hottest hitters the past few weeks to aid your lineup decisions.  While some on the list are no-brainers (Justin Morneau, David Wright, Gary Sheffield, etc.) others are still scratching their way into fantasy lineups (Jose Guillen, Shane Victorino, Hunter Pence, Rob Mackowiak, etc.) and warrant lineup consideration. 

Who's Hot

Player
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
BA
Guillen, Jose RF SEA
42
10
19
2
10
2
0.452
Mackowiak, Rob CF CHW
29
7
13
2
8
0
0.448
Beltre, Adrian 3B SEA
38
6
17
4
14
1
0.447
Sheffield, Gary RF DET
36
11
16
4
10
3
0.444
Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA
37
6
16
3
6
3
0.432
Konerko, Paul 1B CHW
42
8
18
4
10
0
0.429
Rios, Alex RF TOR
37
6
15
1
10
2
0.405
Victorino, Shane CF PHI
38
8
15
3
4
5
0.395
Jones, Chipper 3B ATL
41
8
16
2
4
2
0.390
Morneau, Justin 1B MIN
45
8
17
4
14
1
0.378
Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN
44
15
16
5
14
1
0.364
Pence, Hunter CF HOU
50
10
18
3
8
0
0.360
Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM
42
5
15
2
6
0
0.357
LaRoche, Adam A. 1B PIT
34
8
12
3
6
0
0.353
Braun, Ryan J. 3B MIL
40
8
14
6
11
2
0.350
Jones, Andruw CF ATL
35
12
12
5
11
2
0.343
Stewart, Shannon LF OAK
44
6
15
0
2
1
0.341
Wright, David 3B NYM
47
5
16
2
7
3
0.340
Mauer, Joe C MIN
42
10
14
0
9
0
0.333
Pierre, Juan CF LA
48
11
16
0
4
6
0.333
Thome, Jim DH CHW
43
11
14
5
14
0
0.326
Thames, Marcus LF DET
31
4
10
3
7
1
0.323
Wells, Vernon CF TOR
42
8
13
4
7
0
0.310
Matsui, Hideki LF NYY
43
12
13
5
9
1
0.302

Also of interest are the teams that play a full schedule of games and those that play a light schedule.  Arizona, Boston, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Florida, L.A Dodgers, Milwaukee, N.Y. Mets, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Texas, Toronto and Washington all play 7 games this week. The New York Yankees play 8 games this week.

Week 16 - GNUru Rotation Ramblings

With the season well underway, pitchers have built up enough of a track record for owners to put their trust in certain pitcher regardless of the name involved. That said, this is the time of year teams begin calling up some youngsters to make starts.  If they pitch well they'll have a shot to stay in the rotation (especially on teams out of contention).  If not they'll be sent back down to the minors.  While the GNUru doesn't recommend starting unknown players that are double-starting, it's always wise to keep your eyes open.  You never know who the next Brandon Webb may be!

Probable Week 16 Double Starters

Pitcher 
 Start No. 1 
 Start No. 2
Andy Pettitte
vs. TOR Halladay
vs. TB Shields
Barry Zito
at CHC Marshall
at MIL Vargas
Bobby Livingston
vs. ATL Davies
at FLA Kim
Brad Penny
vs. PHI Moyer
vs. NYM Sosa
Brad Thompson
at FLA Vanden Hurk?
at ATL Davies
Braden Looper
at FLA Kim
at ATL Carlyle
Brian Bannister
at BOS Gabbard
at DET Robertson
Bronson Arroyo
at ATL Reyes
at FLA Vanden Hurk?
Byung-Hyun Kim
vs. STL Looper
vs. CIN Livingston
Claudio Vargas
vs. ARI Petit
vs. SF Zito
Cliff Lee
vs. CHW Danks
at TEX Wright
Dallas Braden?
vs. TEX Wright
vs. BAL Guthrie
Dave Bush
vs. ARI Owings
vs. SF Lincecum
David Wells
vs. NYM Sosa
vs. PHI Moyer
Ervin Santana
at TB Shields
at MIN Garza
Horacio Ramirez
vs. BAL Burres
at TOR Halladay
J.D. Durbin
at LAD Hendrickson
at SD Peavy
Jake Peavy
vs. NYM Hernandez
vs. PHI Durbin
James Shields
vs. LAA Santana
at NYY Pettitte
Jamey Wright
at OAK Braden?
vs. CLE Lee
Jamie Moyer
at LAD Penny
at SD Wells
Jeremy Guthrie
at SEA Hernandez
at OAK Braden?
John Danks
at CLE Lee
at BOS Gabbard
John Van BenSchoten
vs. COL Buchholz
vs. HOU Williams
Jon Garland
at CLE Byrd
at BOS Wakefield
Jorge Sosa
at SD Wells
at LAD Penny
Josh Fogg
at PIT Youman
at WAS Redding
Josh Towers
at NYY Igawa
vs. SEA Weaver
Kason Gabbard
vs. KC Bannister
vs. CHW Danks
Kei Igawa
vs. TOR Towers
vs. TB TBA
Kyle Davies
vs. CIN Livingston
vs. STL Thompson
Mark Hendrickson
vs. PHI Durbin
vs. NYM Hernandez
Matt Garza
vs. DET Robertson
vs. LAA Santana
Micah Owings
at MIL Bush
at CHC Hill
Mike Bascik
vs. HOU Williams
vs. COL Buchholz
Nate Robertson
at MIN Garza
vs. KC Bannister
Orlando Hernandez
at SD Peavy
at LAD Hendrickson
Paul Byrd
vs. CHW Garland
at TEX Tejeda
Rich Hill
vs. SF Lincecum
vs. ARI Owings
Rick Vanden Hurk?
vs. STL Thompson
vs. CIN Arroyo
Robinson Tejeda
at OAK Gaudin
vs. CLE Byrd
Roy Halladay
at NYY Pettitte
vs. SEA Ramirez
Sean Marshall
vs. SF Zito
vs. ARI Petit?
Taylor Buchholz
at PIT Van BenSchoten
at WAS Bacsik
Tim Lincecum
at CHC Hill
at MIL Bush
Tim Redding
vs. HOU Sampson
vs. COL Fogg
Tim Wakefield
vs. KC Thomson
vs. CHW Garland
Woody Williams
at WAS Bacsik
at PIT Van BenSchoten?
Yusmeiro Petit
at MIL Vargas
at CHC Marshall

In weekly head-to-head (H2H) leagues, it's often the better strategy to avoid weak double starters and go with pitcher with proven track records (or at least look to be in mid-season form).  Here is a list of which starting pitchers have been impressive of late and warrant rotation consideration regardless of how many starts they will make in week 16. Numbers are compiled during the last 14 days.

Player
GS
QS
W
K
BBI
ERA
WHIP
Rodriguez, Wandy SP HOU  
2
2
2
12
3
0.00
0.63
Young, Chris R. SP SD 
2
2
0
17
0
0.69
0.54
Lohse, Kyle SP CIN  
1
1
1
5
2
1.00
0.67
Lilly, Ted SP CHC 
3
3
3
18
5
1.21
0.90
Santana, Johan SP MIN 
2
2
2
13
3
1.29
0.79
Lowry, Noah SP SF  
1
1
1
5
5
1.50
1.50
Hernandez, Felix SP SEA 
3
3
2
13
5
1.61
0.99
Millwood, Kevin SP TEX 
3
3
2
15
6
1.71
1.00
Bonderman, Jeremy SP DET 
3
3
2
21
4
1.96
1.00
Lincecum, Tim SP SF 
2
2
2
17
3
2.08
0.92
Carlyle, Buddy RP ATL  
2
1
1
9
1
2.45
0.91
Bedard, Erik SP BAL 
3
2
2
27
6
2.49
0.74
Kendrick, Kyle P PHI 
3
3
2
6
5
2.75
1.37
Lackey, John SP ANA 
3
3
2
21
4
2.95
0.94
Vazquez, Javier SP CHW 
3
2
2
21
2
3.04
0.85
Carmona, Fausto SP CLE  
2
1
2
13
5
3.18
1.50
De La Rosa, Jorge RP KC  
2
1
2
9
5
3.55
1.42
Arroyo, Bronson SP CIN 
2
2
1
7
3
3.95
1.32
Maine, John SP NYM 
2
1
1
12
5
4.38
1.38
McGowan, Dustin RP TOR 
2
1
1
8
4
4.50
1.33
Baker, Scott SP MIN 
3
2
2
12
3
4.74
1.05
Gorzelanny, Tom SP PIT 
2
1
1
12
3
4.85
1.00
Shields, James SP TB 
3
1
1
18
1
4.95
1.15
Gaudin, Chad RP OAK 
2
1
1
5
9
5.40
1.97
Sampson, Chris RP HOU 
1
0
0
4
1
5.68
1.42
Guthrie, Jeremy RP BAL 
3
1
0
13
6
6.11
1.36
Hernandez, Orlando SP NYM 
2
1
1
9
9
6.30
1.80
Thompson, Brad RP STL
1
0
0
4
2
7.00
1.89
Jackson, Edwin RP TB  
1
0
0
5
2
11.81
2.06

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