Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: July 9

Author:
Braden Gall
Publish date:
Jul 9, 2012

Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday.

Top 25 fantasy baseball hitters of last week (7/2-7/08):


	Name	Team	Pos	R	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
1.	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF	11	3	9	0	.517	1.479
2.	Ian Desmond	WAS	SS	5	4	8	3	.409	1.390
3.	Mike Trout	LAA	OF	6	3	7	4	.364	1.180
4.	Tyler Colvin*	COL	1B/OF	6	5	10	1	.308	1.280
5.	Kevin Youkilis	CWS	1B/3B	7	3	10	0	.478	1.484
6.	Justin Ruggiano*	MIA	OF	5	4	8	1	.393	1.290
7.	Brian McCann	ATL	C	5	4	11	0	.364	1.284
8.	Neil Walker*	PIT	2B	8	2	7	0	.481	1.474
9.	Mark Teixeira	NYY	1B	7	2	10	1	.348	1.247
10.	Garrett Jones*	PIT	1B/OF	9	2	7	0	.385	1.101
11.	Miguel Carbrea	DET	1B/3B	6	2	9	0	.440	1.248
12.	Michael Bourn	ATL	OF	8	0	3	3	.423	1.199
13.	Logan Morrison*	MIA	1B/OF	5	3	9	0	.391	1.332
14.	Alex Rios	CWS	OF	7	2	7	0	.435	1.328
15.	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF	7	2	6	2	.286	.983
16.	Matt Holliday	STL	OF	4	2	7	1	.423	1.198
17.	Prince Fielder	DET	1B	5	3	10	0	.292	1.122
18.	Michael Brantley*	CLE	OF	5	2	7	1	.370	1.081
19.	Delmon Young*	DET	OF	5	4	7	0	.308	1.090
20.	Anthony Rizzo*	CHC	1B	5	3	5	0	.414	1.207
21.	Rickie Weeks*	MIL	2B	7	2	7	0	.346	1.125
22.	Mike Moustakas	KC	3B	4	2	9	1	.310	.945
23.	Andruw Jones*	NYY	OF	4	4	6	0	.333	1.238
24.	Casey Kotchman*	CLE	1B	5	2	6	0	.450	1.300
25.	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE	OF	6	2	4	0	.414	1.192

* - less than 70% owned in Yahoo! leagues

The All-Star Break DL Update

Take a breath. Just past the half-way mark, fantasy leagues are still very much up for grabs. Names like Rickie Weeks are finally starting to come around. Drew Stubbs is next, I promise. And others are finally coming off the DL. Reports are that Carl Crawford will likely need surgery on his elbow but will forego any procedures in an effort to return to the line-up. He may never return to his Rays form (until surgery) but he can certainly help a fantasy outfield over the second half. Ryan Howard was 2-for-8 in his return to the Phillies line-up. Don't expect big numbers from Howard, as he will likely be limited in his playing time, but his power threat should help someone in need of pop. Jayson Werth is swinging a bat and will be back by August. It might be time to stash him away on the DL. The break couldn't come at a better time for guys like Dustin Pedroia and Dan Haren, as both hit the DL on Friday. Giancarlo Stanton owners awoke Monday morning to bad news as his "loose bodies" had been removed from his knee. Recovery time is listed as four-to-six weeks.

Waiver Wire Adds

Tyler Colvin is just too hot to ignore. And his situation is obvsiouly very fantasy friendly. He has been solid through most splits (righty-lefty, home-road) and should he keep getting at-bats there is no reason why the 1B/OFer can't help your line-up. Tigers' speedster Quintin Berry is worth a look if you need some speed, as is Milwuakee's Norichika Aoki. Both could provide plenty of run and stolen base support, each without hurting the other categories too much at all. I need more time before adding names like Justin Ruggiano or Alexi Amarista just yet.

Top 20 fantasy Starting Pitchers of last two weeks:

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	Name	Team	IP	W	K	ERA	WHIP
1.	Mat Latos	CIN	25.0	2	28	0.72	0.56
2.	Jered Weaver	LAA	21.2	3	13	0.42	0.88
3.	Travis Wood*	CHC	20.2	3	13	0.87	0.87
4.	Jason Vargas*	SEA	23.2	1	22	1.52	0.85
5.	Mark Buehrle*	MIA	14.2	2	15	1.23	0.95
6.	Felix Hernandez	SEA	22.0	1	27	2.05	1.05
7.	Tommy Milone*	OAK	19.0	1	20	0.95	1.05
8.	Kyle Lohse	STL	21.2	3	13	2.49	0.97
9.	Paul Maholm*	CHC	15.1	2	11	0.59	1.04
10.	Bronson Arroyo*	CIN	22.2	1	14	1.99	0.75
11.	Freddy Garcia*	NYY	15.1	2	12	1.76	0.85
12.	Ricky Nolasco*	MIA	19.2	2	14	0.92	1.17
13.	Michael Fiers*	MIL	13.1	1	19	1.35	0.98
14.	Max Scherzer	DET	13.0	2	14	2.08	0.92
15.	James McDonald	PIT	19.2	3	17	3.20	1.07
16.	Drew Pomeranz*	COL	12.1	1	7	0.00	0.65
17.	Chris Sale	CWS	14.1	2	9	1.88	0.91
18.	David Price	TB	14.0	1	15	1.93	0.86
19.	Gavin Floyd*	CWS	20.0	2	15	1.80	1.20
20.	Hiroki Kuroda	NYY	19.2	2	21	3.20	1.12

* - less than 70% owned in Yahoo! leagues

Top 5 Spot Starts for the Week (Tues. - Sun.):

Since this week is only three games long, I will simply toss out my favorite available SPs on my waiver wire:

1. Michael Fiers, MIL: 46.0 IP, 3 W, 50 K, 2.31 ERA, 1.07 WHIP (season)
2. Jair Jurrjens, ATL: 25.1 IP, 3 W, 10 K, 2.13 ERA, 1.14 WHIP (last month)
3. Travis Wood, CHC: 33.1 IP, 4 W, 21 K, 1.62 ERA, 1.08 WHIP (last month)
4. Ubaldo Jimanez, CLE: 39.1 IP, 2 W, 40 K, 3.20 ERA, 1.22 WHIP (last month)
5. Scott Diamond, MIN: 79.0 IP, 7 W, 45 K, 2.62 ERA, 1.18 WHIP (season)

Top 20 fantasy Relief Pitchers of last month:


	Name	Team	IP	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP
1.	Craig Kimbrel	ATL	11.0	0	8	20	0	0.82	0.18
2.	Huston Street	SD	13.1	1	9	18	0	1.35	0.75
3.	Tyler Clippard	WAS	12.0	1	8	14	0	0.75	0.75
4.	Casey Janssen*	TOR	12.2	0	7	16	0	0.71	0.55
5.	Rafael Soriano	NYY	13.2	0	12	15	0	1.32	1.24
6.	Kenley Jansen	LAD	10.2	0	6	19	0	1.69	0.38
7.	Fernando Rodney	TB	11.0	0	8	12	0	0.82	0.73
8.	Joe Nathan	TEX	12.2	1	6	17	0	1.42	1.03
9.	Ryan Cook*	OAK	12.1	1	8	14	0	2.92	0.97
10.	Ernesto Frieri	LAA	12.0	0	7	15	3	0.00	1.08
11.	Charlie Furbush*	SEA	16.2	2	0	23	2	1.08	0.96
12.	Jim Johnson	BAL	11.1	0	8	6	0	0.79	0.79
13.	Jason Motte	STL	13.2	0	10	15	0	3.29	1.10
14.	Tom Wilhelmsen*	SEA	12.1	1	4	15	0	0.00	1.14
15.	Joel Hanrahan	PIT	11.0	1	7	7	0	1.64	1.09
16.	Darren Oliver*	TOR	11.2	2	0	14	5	0.77	0.77
17.	Brayan Villarreal*	DET	15.2	2	0	20	4	1.72	0.96
18.	Robbie Ross*	TEX	17.1	1	0	9	3	0.00	0.81
19.	Clay Rapada*	NYY	10.0	1	0	14	3	0.00	0.60
20.	Addison Reed*	CWS	11.1	1	6	11	0	3.18	1.06