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The Schedule Advantage — Week of Sep 26, 2022

As we head toward the final week and a half of the season, we have one more full week for weekly transaction leaguers to ponder. While this current week included two teams with eight games and no teams with fewer than six, next week features teams playing between five and seven games. Let’s review which teams to more highly consider their players (seven gamers) and which teams you should consider alternatives (five gamers). Below are the teams in each group, plus a handful of players that should get a relative boost in value and aren’t heavily owned, along with borderline players who should see a relative reduction in value.

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Pick Up All the Padres

The Rockies finish out their seven game homestand with a three game series against the Padres beginning on Friday. If you’re in the a daily transaction league, now may be the time to load up on as many Padres as you can, if you haven’t already filled your roster with Rockies. Let’s discuss who might be available in your league.

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Pick Up All the Giants

Yeah, it’s a day late, as yesterday I was too busy demanding you pick up all the Rockies for their seven game homestand. But, if you’re in a daily transaction league, you still have three games to benefit from the Giants visiting Coors Field. So let’s have a look at some Giants hitters who might be available in your league and are owned in less than 50% of CBS leagues.

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Pick Up All the Rockies

With just about two and a half weeks to go in the season, using the schedule to gain any possible advantage could be the difference between first and second place. Amazingly, the Rockies have a seven game homestand this week! Not only are they playing seven games, while some teams are only playing six, but all of them come at Coors Field, one of the league’s most favorable hitting environments. So it’s time to stock up on Rockies still in your free agent pool!

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New Starting Pitchers — Sep 15, 2022

I’ve published a ton of posts highlighting new everyday players on the hitting side, but have ignored pitchers. So let’s now shift to rookie starting pitchers who have recently made their MLB debuts.

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New Everyday Players — Sep 13, 2022

Today’s group of new everyday players are no strangers to starting lineups. So this is a group that has been there before and is now returning to a starting role.

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New Everyday Players — Sep 12, 2022

Just when I thought I might be finished for a little while reviewing new everyday player, another crop appears! So let’s continue reviewing until the end of the world.

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New Everyday Players — Sep 8, 2022

Today we’ll finish our regular review of new everyday players as I get to the bottom of the list of teams. It’s an interesting group this time.

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New Everyday Players — Sep 7, 2022

Let’s continue running through the teams and discussing more new everyday players.

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New Everyday Players — Sep 6, 2022

September callups have arrived! That means there has been an influx of new names in box scores, many of whom now find themselves in the starting lineup on an everyday basis. Let’s meet four of those new starters.

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