{"id":946,"date":"2007-05-22T10:08:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T15:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=946"},"modified":"2007-05-22T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2007-05-22T15:08:14","slug":"fantasy-baseball-waiver-pickups-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2007\/05\/22\/fantasy-baseball-waiver-pickups-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball Waiver Pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" width=\"133\" src=\"http:\/\/jetnation.com\/graphics\/header\/jnlogo.gif\" height=\"102\" style=\"width: 133px; height: 102px\" \/>Welcome back to our weekly fantasy baseball article.\u00c2\u00a0 All statistics are taken from the last two\u00c2\u00a0weeks of play.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are my favorite pickups for the week:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hideki Okajima<\/strong> 0.00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c He has been dominating and there are whispers about Papelbon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health, he could be a top 5 closer if given the chance.<br \/>\n<strong>Damien Easley<\/strong> .400 5 Hrs &#8211; He has produced and if you need to fill a middle spot for 2 <!--more-->weeks he is your guy.<br \/>\n<strong>Andrew Miller <\/strong>&#8211; The 6th pick of the draft last year is up and has the stuff to be successful.<br \/>\n<strong>Jon Rauch<\/strong> 3Svs &#8211; He has been great as the closer in the last week and I can see a Cordero trade coming up as the Nationals need offensive prospects.<br \/>\n<strong>Kiki Calero <\/strong>&#8211; Duchscherer should be the choice but with his arthritic hip this job could fall to Calero.<br \/>\n<strong>Justin Germano<\/strong> 1-0 0.69 &#8211; He will now have a spot every turn and will be successfull in Petco Park.<br \/>\n<strong>Mark Reynolds<\/strong> .333 &#8211; He will play everyday for Chad Tracy and hit 23 Hr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in 270 AB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last year in the minors.<br \/>\n<strong>Carlos Gomez<\/strong> .417 &#8211; He will play almost every day for the next couple of weeks and if you need SB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this is the guy to get.<br \/>\n<strong>Chad Billingsley\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>12K\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 0.00- He is about to go into the Dodger rotation.\u00c2\u00a0 This could finally be the time he breaks out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hot<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Al Reyes\/Jose Valverde &#8211; <\/strong>Basically the same guys and the real reason you do not draft for saves early.<br \/>\n<strong>Jack Cust<\/strong> .270 7-15 &#8211; Ride the Cust wave as long as you can.\u00c2\u00a0 He will play LF everyday over the next few\u00c2\u00a0weeks.<br \/>\n<strong>Reggie Willits<\/strong> .333 5 SB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211; He is a machince he can hit and run.<br \/>\n<strong>Carlos Lee<\/strong> .420-4-14 &#8211; Despite what you read on <a href=\"http:\/\/jetnation.com\/\">http:\/\/JetNation.com <\/a>size does matter.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0He can hit as well.<br \/>\n<strong>Hunter Pence<\/strong> .383. 4-13 &#8211; This spring training sensation is doing it for real now.<br \/>\n<strong>Tim Linecum<\/strong> 21K\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211; Living up to the hype in Barry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shadow.\u00c2\u00a0 And Barry&#8217;s head does cast a rather large shadow.<br \/>\n<strong>Jorge Sosa<\/strong> 3-0 2.25 -\u00c2\u00a0Rick Peterson works his magic once\u00c2\u00a0again.<br \/>\n<strong>Fausto Carmona<\/strong> 3-0 1.17-No hype but all production.<br \/>\n<strong>Cole Hamels<\/strong> 3-0 27K\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211; I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t imagine what he would do in a pitchers park.\u00c2\u00a0 He is the real deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chone Figgins<\/strong> .116 &#8211; Further proof that hitting with broken fingers is never a good thing.<br \/>\n<strong>Jimmy Rollins<\/strong> .200 0-5 &#8211; I wonder if the Mets are still worried.<br \/>\n<strong>Pudge Rodriquez<\/strong> .190 &#8211; This was due to happen.\u00c2\u00a0 He isn&#8217;t the same player that he used to be.\u00c2\u00a0 Playing at 130 pounds has impacted his game.\u00c2\u00a0 He is done.<br \/>\n<strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong> .160 &#8211; If there ever was a buy low time, here it is.<br \/>\n<strong>Barry Bonds<\/strong> .160 2-2 &#8211; How does that head stay on that body?<br \/>\n<strong>Adam Wainright<\/strong> 6.75 &#8211; It was long ago it is far away (last October).<br \/>\n<strong>Ervin Santana<\/strong> 5.58 &#8211; Another sophomore slump.<br \/>\n<strong>Mike Mussina<\/strong> 5.60 &#8211; There are kids in high school who throw harder than him.<\/p>\n<p>On the injury front; <strong>BJ Ryan<\/strong> is out for the year but who knows who the closer is since they cannot win a game.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Roy Halladay<\/strong> is out for 4-6 weeks as well for the Blue Jays.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Dave Roberts<\/strong> is also out for 4-6 weeks.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Have a great week and thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to our weekly fantasy baseball article.\u00c2\u00a0 All statistics are taken from the last two\u00c2\u00a0weeks of play.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are my favorite pickups for the week: Hideki Okajima 0.00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c He has been dominating and there are whispers about Papelbon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health, he could be a top 5 closer if given the chance. 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