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Two Start Pitchers - May 7 - May 13

Let's Play Two will be something we'll be doing every Saturday throughout the year which will be highlighting all pitchers projected to make two starts in the upcoming fantasy week, running Monday through Sunday each week. This can be a particularly useful tool for those of you either in leagues that use weekly transactions and for those of you in head to head leagues. To play along, we'll select a starter from each league and keep track of our statistics based on our Start of the Week. All home games are in CAPS.

American League

Steve Trachsel - CLEVELAND, Boston
Jeremy Guthrie - TAMPA BAY, Boston
Josh Beckett - Toronto, BALTIMORE
Javier Vazquez - Minnesota, KANSAS CITY
Fausto Carmona - Baltimore, Oakland
Cliff Lee - Los Angeles Angels, Oakland
Nate Robertson - SEATTLE, Minnesota
Jorge De la Rosa - OAKLAND, Chicago White Sox
Ervin Santana - CLEVELAND, Texas
Boof Bonser - CHICAGO WHITE SOX, DETROIT
Matt DeSalvo - SEATTLE, Seattle
Andy Pettitte - TEXAS, Seattle
Chad Gaudin - Kansas City, CLEVELAND
Miguel Batista - New York Yankees, NEW YORK YANKEES
Horacio Ramirez - Detroit, NEW YORK YANKEES
Jae Seo - Baltimore, Toronto
Robinson Tejeda - New York Yankees, LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Victor Zambrano - BOSTON, TAMPA BAY

Start of the Week

Just to switch things up, we're going to avoid the AL Central like the plague this week. Instead, we'll go with a different hotbed for injured pitchers so far this season. Andy Pettitte has already missed some time this season, but he's slated for two next week against a Rangers squad he shut down in Texas this past week and a Mariner lineup that hasn't proven they can hit anyone (until they dinged up Kei Igawa and Co. for fifteen runs Friday night) in Safeco. Lifetime, he hasn't done much of anything against either team, but since that hasn't been working out for us anyway this season, we'll go with the fact that he's facing one offense that's looking horrible right now (Texas) and another that should look horrible for most of the season (Seattle).

Last Week's Selection: Jeremy Bonderman - 1-0, 5.0 IP, 9 H, 1 BB, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 K... at least, for the first time all season, our pick in the AL will make his second start. Next up: at Royals

On the Year: 2-3, 23.1 IP, 31 H, 9 BB, 18 R, 17 ER, 15 K (6.56 ERA, 1.72 WHIP)... the AL is getting embarassing...

National League

Doug Davis - PHILADELPHIA, Houston
Chuck James - SAN DIEGO, Pittsburgh
Ted Lilly - PITTSBURGH, Philadelphia
Kyle Lohse - HOUSTON, Los Angeles
Eric Milton - HOUSTON, Los Angeles
Jeff Francis - St. Louis, SAN FRANCISCO
Taylor Buchholz - St. Louis, SAN FRANCISCO
Ricky Nolasco - LOS ANGELES, Washington
Wes Obermueller - LOS ANGELES, Washington
Roy Oswalt - Cincinnati, ARIZONA
Wandy Rodriguez - Cincinnati, ARIZONA
Brad Penny - Florida, CINCINNATI
Mark Hendrickson - Florida, CINCINNATI
Chris Capuano* - WASHINGTON, New York Mets
Oliver Perez - San Francisco, MILWAUKEE
Tom Glavine - San Francisco, MILWAUKEE
Freddy Garcia - Arizona, CHICAGO CUBS
Ian Snell - Chicago Cubs, ATLANTA
Chris Young - Atlanta, ST. LOUIS
Barry Zito - NEW YORK METS, Colorado
Matt Cain - NEW YORK METS, Colorado
Anthony Reyes - COLORADO, San Diego
Matt Chico - Milwaukee, FLORIDA

Start of the Week

The funny thing is, we make sure to take advantage of this once a year in the National League. Though his lone career loss against the Reds came against them last season, Roy Oswalt is 18-1 lifetime against Cincinnati with a 2.46 ERA and 1.06 WHIP. The scary thing is, he might actually be better against the Diamondbacks. In six lifetime starts against Arizona, Oswalt has gone 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA and 1.00 WHIP. Expect Oswalt to try and give the rest of his teammates a kick in the rear with his starts this week.

Last Week's Selection: Brandon Webb - 1-1, 13 IP, 10 H, 7 BB, 7 R, 6 ER, 5 K

On the Year: 4-2, 65.0 IP, 34 H, 25 BB, 14 R, 13 ER, 47 K (1.80 ERA, 0.91 WHIP)

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