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Two Start Pitchers - July 2 - July 8

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

Erik Bedard - Chicago White Sox, Texas
Daniel Cabrera - Chicago White Sox, Texas
Kason Gabbard - TEXAS, Detroit
Daisuke Matsuzaka - TAMPA BAY, Detroit
Mark Buehrle - BALTIMORE, MINNESOTA
Javier Vazquez - BALTIMORE, MINNESOTA
Fausto Carmona - TAMPA BAY, Toronto
Paul Byrd - Detroit, Toronto
Nate Robertson - CLEVELAND, BOSTON
Gil Meche - SEATTLE, TAMPA BAY
Ervin Santana - Texas, New York Yankees
Boof Bonser - New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox
Carlos Silva - New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox
Roger Clemens - MINNESOTA, LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Chien-Ming Wang - MINNESOTA, LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Lenny Dinardo - TORONTO, SEATTLE
Joe Blanton - TORONTO, SEATTLE
Felix Hernandez - Kansas City, Oakland
Jarrod Washburn - Kansas City, Oakland
Andrew Sonnanstine - Cleveland, Kansas City
Scott Kazmir - Cleveland, Kansas City
Willie Eyre - Boston, BALTIMORE
Kevin Millwood - LOS ANGELES ANGELS, BALTIMORE
Josh Towers - Oakland, CLEVELAND

Start of the Week

Sure... I feel we put him on the DL the last time that we selected him, but we're going to go for it and try the King again. Felix Hernandez has struggled to find much in the way of consistency since his early-season injury, but the upcoming schedule certainly bodes well. In the Royals and A's, he'll face two bottom ten offensive ballclubs, each of whom he's already beaten this season. Hernandez struck out twelve in eight dominant shutout innings against Oakland earlier this season and gave up just two runs in 5.1 solid innings in a win against the Royals last month.

Last Week's Selection: Jeremy Bonderman - 0-1, 7 IP, 7 H, 4 BB, 4 R, 2 ER, 9 K... Next up: vs. Minnesota

On the Year: 6-6, 89.1 IP, 95 H, 35 BB, 52 R, 47 ER, 67 K (4.74 ERA, 1.46 WHIP)

National League

Brandon Webb - St. Louis, Cincinnati
Randy Johnson - St. Louis, Cincinnati
John Smoltz - Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego
Kyle Davies - Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego
Ted Lilly - Washington, Pittsburgh
Carlos Zambrano - Washington, Pittsburgh
Aaron Harang - SAN FRANCISCO, ARIZONA
Jason Hirsh - NEW YORK METS, PHILADELPHIA
Sergio Mitre - San Diego, Los Angeles Dodgers
Scott Olsen - San Diego, Los Angeles Dodgers
Woody Williams - PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK METS
Roy Oswalt - PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK METS
Derek Lowe - ATLANTA, FLORIDA
Randy Wolf - ATLANTA, FLORIDA
Jeff Suppan - Pittsburgh, Washington
Chris Capuano - Pittsburgh, Washington
Tom Glavine - Colorado, Houston
Orlando Hernandez - Colorado, Houston
Jamie Moyer - Houston, Colorado
Adam Eaton - Houston, Colorado
John Van Benschoten - MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO CUBS
Zach Duke - MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO CUBS
David Wells - FLORIDA, ATLANTA
Greg Maddux - FLORIDA, ATLANTA
Barry Zito - Cincinnati, St. Louis
Anthony Reyes - ARIZONA, SAN FRANCISCO
Adam Wainwright - ARIZONA, SAN FRANCISCO
Mike Bacsik - CHICAGO CUBS, MILWAUKEE
Micah Bowie - CHICAGO CUBS, MILWAUKEE

Start of the Week

As much as I'm tempted by that Pittsburgh/Washington daily double by the four pitchers who get to face it next week, we're going to take a pass. Instead, we'll take Derek Lowe of the Dodgers, who has dominated the young Marlins in each of the last two seasons (2-1, 1.61 ERA, 0.85 WHIP) and threw seven shutout innings against the Braves in his lone start against them this season. Both starts will come at home, where Lowe currently sports a 2.34 ERA and 1.11 WHIP.

Last Week's Selection: Brandon Webb - 1-0, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 5 BB, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K... Webb will on longer make two starts this week, but is slated to do so next week.

On the Year: 9-6, 124.2 IP, 113 H, 48 BB, 57 R, 54 ER, 81 K (3.90 ERA, 1.29 WHIP)

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