Fantasy Weekly Planner 9/14/20-9/20/20

This article is going to be a weekly planner/FAAB piece. It will come out each Sunday morning for those of you looking for ideas for that night’s pick-up.

Things to Consider
The Giants had both their games on Friday and Saturday postponed due to a player testing positive for COVID-19. At the time of writing, there is no confirmation on when they will start playing again.

The Orioles, Tigers, Astros, Angels, Mariners, Cubs, Reds, and Brewers play all their games at home this week!

The Blue Jays, Indians, Royals, Twins, Rangers, Braves, Nationals, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, and Giants play all their games on the road this week.

The Royals, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Rockies, and Giants only play five games this week.

The Cardinals play three double headers this week.

The Pirates, Brewers, Phillies, Mets, and Nationals play two double headers this week.

 

Pickups to Consider By Position
Catchers:
Sean Murphy– Murphy has finally gotten hot at the plate after a slow start to the season and should move up the lineup with Matt Chapman out.

Infielders:
Jeimer Candelario– Candelario is hitting .400 with three home runs and 13 RBI so far in September.

Bobby Dalbec– Dalbec is a three true outcome player, but has already hit six home runs in 11 games and the average has actually been good.

Ty France– France has had a great year and now is playing everyday now that he has been traded to Seattle.

Jasrado Chisholm– Chisholm has power and speed and the Marlins will give him run. The average will likely continue to be a negative.

Outfielders:
D.J. Stewart– With Anthony Santander on the IL, Stewart should get plenty of run and there is a ton of power in that bat.

Victor Reyes– He has power and speed and is leading off for the Tigers.

Manuel Margot– Margot has 11 stolen bases on the year. Seven in the month of September.

Starting Pitchers:
Trevor Rogers– Has a nice start this week versus the Red Sox and a two-start week after that.

Mitch Keller– Keller is almost back from the IL and should be stashed.

Relievers:
Jeremy Jeffress– Jeffress appears to be the lead candidate for saves in Chicago moving forward and is still widely available.

Greg Holland– Holland will get the majority of the saves in Kansas City, though that won’t be a lot.

Tony Watson– I don’t trust Watson, but he is getting the saves in San Francisco and there is no one else in that bullpen worth trusting.

Two-Start Pitchers Worth Considering (Under 50% on CBS)
Julio Teheran vs ARI, vs TEX
Michael Wacha at PHI, vs ATL
Josh Lindblom vs STL, vs KC

 

Starting Pitching Schedule

Starting Pitching Schedule 9/14/20-9/20/20
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
BAL TBD Jorge Lopez Alex Cobb Keegan Akin* Dean Kremer John Means* Jorge Lopez
BOS OFF Chris Mazza Mike Kickham* Nathan Eovaldi Martin Perez* TBD Chris Mazza
NYY OFF Deivi Garcia Gerrit Cole Masahiro Tanaka Jordan Montgomery* J.A. Happ* Deivi Garcia
TBR OFF Ryan Yarbrough* Josh Fleming* Blake Snell* Tyler Glasnow Charlie Morton Ryan Yarbrough*
TOR OFF Taijuan Walker Tanner Roark Chase Anderson R. Ray*/R. Stripling Hyun-Jin Ryu*/TBD OFF
CHW Dylan Cease Dane Dunning Lucas Giolito Dallas Keuchel* Reynaldo Lopez Dylan Cease Dane Dunning
CLE OFF Carlos Carrasco Aaron Civale Shane Bieber Zach Plesac Triston McKenzie Carlos Carrasco
DET OFF Matthew Boyd* Jordan Zimmermann Tarik Skubal* Casey Mize Michael Fulmer Matthew Boyd*
KCR OFF Jakob Junis Danny Duffy* OFF Brady Singer Kris Bubic* Brad Keller
MIN Jose Berrios Randy Dobnak Kenta Maeda Rich Hill* Michael Pineda Jose Berrios Randy Dobnak
HOU OFF Cristian Javier Luis Garcia Jose Urquidy Framber Valdez* Zack Greinke Cristian Javier
LAA OFF Julio Teheran Dylan Bundy Griffin Canning Jaime Barria Andrew Heaney* Julio Teheran/TBD
OAK Jesus Luzardo*/TBD Sean Manaea* Mike Fiers OFF Chris Bassitt Frankie Montas Jesus Luzardo*
SEA Marco Gonzales*/TBD Ljay Newsome Nick Margevicius* OFF Yusei Kikuchi* Justus Sheffield* Justin Dunn
TEX OFF Kyle Cody Kyle Gibson Jordan Lyles Kolby Allard* Lance Lynn Kyle Cody/TBD
ATL TBD Touki Toussaint Cole Hamels* OFF Max Fried* Ian Anderson Kyle Wright
MIA Pablo Lopez Sandy Alcantara Trevor Rogers* Jose Ureña Sixto Sanchez/TBD Pablo Lopez Sandy Alcantara/TBD
NYM OFF Michael Wacha Jacob deGrom Rick Porcello Seth Lugo David Peterson* Michael Wacha
PHI Vince Velasquez Jake Arrieta Aaron Nola TBD Z. Eflin/TBD Z. Wheeler/V. Velasquez OFF
WSN OFF Anibal Sanchez Austin Voth OFF Erick Fedde/TBD Patrick Corbin* Max Scherzer/TBD
CHC OFF Yu Darvish Jon Lester* OFF Kyle Hendricks Alec Mills Yu Darvish
CIN T. Bauer/A. DeSclafani Sonny Gray Luis Castillo Tejay Antone Tyler Mahle Trevor Bauer Sonny Gray
MIL Josh Lindblom/TBD Corbin Burnes Brandon Woodruff/TBD Brett Anderson* Adrian Houser Josh Lindblom Corbin Burnes
PIT Joe Musgrove/TBD JT Brubaker Steven Brault* Trevor Williams Chad Kuhl/TBD Joe Musgrove OFF
STL TBD/TBD Jack Flaherty Adam Wainwright/TBD Dakota Hudson Carlos Martinez/TBD TBD OFF
ARI OFF Taylor Clarke Madison Bumgarner* OFF Caleb Smith* Zac Gallen Luke Weaver
COL OFF Antonio Senzatela German Marquez OFF Kyle Freeland* Ryan Castellani Antonio Senzatela
LAD Clayton Kerhsaw* Tony Gonsolin TBD Julio Urias* TBD Clayton Kerhsaw* Tony Gonsolin
SDP TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
SFG OFF TBD TBD OFF TBD TBD TBD
*=Left Handed Pitcher
Red=TBD
Blue=2-Start Pitcher
Yellow=Double Header

 

Schedule

Weekly Schedule 9/14/20-9/20/20
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
BAL ATL ATL ATL TBR TBR TBR TBR
BOS OFF @MIA @MIA @MIA NYY NYY NYY
NYY OFF TOR TOR TOR @BOS @BOS @BOS
TBR OFF WSN WSN @BAL @BAL @BAL @BAL
TOR OFF @NYY @NYY @NYY @PHI-2 @PHI-2 OFF
CHW MIN MIN MIN MIN @CIN @CIN @CIN
CLE OFF @CHC @CHC @DET @DET @DET @DET
DET OFF KCR KCR CLE CLE CLE CLE
KCR OFF @DET @DET OFF @MIL @MIL @MIL
MIN @CHW @CHW @CHW @CHW @CHC @CHC @CHC
HOU OFF TEX TEX TEX ARI ARI ARI
LAA OFF ARI ARI ARI TEX TEX TEX-2
OAK @SEA-2 @COL @COL OFF SFG SFG SFG
SEA OAK-2 SFG SFG OFF SDP SDP SDP
TEX OFF @HOU @HOU @HOU @LAA @LAA @LAA-2
ATL @BAL @BAL @BAL OFF @NYM @NYM @NYM
MIA PHI BOS BOS BOS WSN-2 WSN WSN-2
NYM OFF @PHI @PHI @PHI ATL ATL ATL
PHI @MIA NYM NYM NYM TOR-2 TOR-2 OFF
WSN OFF @TBR @TBR OFF @MIA-2 @MIA @MIA-2
CHC OFF CLE CLE OFF MIN MIN MIN
CIN PIT-2 PIT PIT OFF CHW CHW CHW
MIL STL-2 STL STL-2 OFF KCR KCR KCR
PIT @CIN-2 @CIN @CIN STL STL-2 STL OFF
STL @MIL-2 @MIL @MIL-2 @PIT @PIT-2 @PIT OFF
ARI OFF @LAA @LAA @LAA @HOU @HOU @HOU
COL OFF OAK OAK LAD LAD LAD LAD
LAD @SDP @SDP @SDP @COL @COL @COL @COL
SDP LAD LAD LAD OFF @SEA @SEA @SEA
SFG OFF @SEA @SEA OFF @OAK @OAK @OAK
Yellow=Double Header

HUGE Thanks to Jason Martinez for allowing me to use his schedules and starting pitching matchups from Roster Resource!!!





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