We have now completed the first seven weeks of the fantasy baseball season and I am currently sitting in second place at 39-26-5, 6.5 games back of Gus who is in first, but more importantly I have about a 6 game lead on the fifth place team. While I would love to stay in second, or take first, it is far more important to make the playoffs and only the top four teams make it. Looking at the season stats I am currently top three in runs, on base, ERA and WHIP and middle of the pack in every other category. Getting zero power out of Ortiz and having Aramis go down and basically having no catcher all year is contributing to my weakness in HR/RBI. Once Wieters and Aramis start playing my offense should right itself, and if Ortiz can figure something out it will be gravy. I am very happy that I have been able to stay in the top three so far this year with the problems my team has had thus far. Ortiz, Wieters, and Price have all contributed nothing all year so far, though Price makes his first start today and he will be able to throw 100 pitches.
On the pitching end I recently traded shaky closer Mike Gonzalez for Lester who should bolster my wins and Ks where I am lacking so far in pitching. I also was able to pick up Chris Young who has had back to back great starts. Porcello and Ubaldo have also been fantastice since I picked them up. My staff is definitely shaping up, and once Price starts contributing it should be pretty overwhelming. Escobar is also looking good for his early June return, just adding further depth. I've also added Tim Hudson who says he is feeling fantastice post Tommy John, and the Atlanta announcers say he looks better than ever, he is due to return in August.
Overall my team is progressing nicely and is looking to peak in August/September right when I need it to. Importantly I am getting amazing production out of Grienke($11), Weaver($1), Jurrjens($1) and Adam Jones($1) which has kept me afloat thus far and is allowing me to be very patient with Ortiz, Wieters, Price, Hudson, and others that I might have had to drop in this 10 team league if I was off to a bad start. It is pretty exciting to see three of my dollar buys be home runs in the early going. Jones in particular is looking like he could be a three year keeper as he has been nigh unstoppable at the plate.
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