MLB Weekly Cheat Sheet: July 2-8, 2012
What is the Weekly Cheat Sheet?
The Cheat Sheet, it’s a beautiful thing, a lovely assistant that got me through countless tests, projects, and homework on every level of school. To win consistently in Daily Fantasy Sports you certainly need to do your homework, so why not have the cheat sheet that helped so much in school help again in Daily Fantasy Sports?
The MLB Weekly Cheat Sheet is your friend, a quick reference tool saving you time when assembling your line-ups and assisting you in your Daily Fantasy success. This cheat sheet is certainly more work friendly than the old school cheat sheets consisting of writing information on your arms in pen, unless explaining to your boss why Joey Votto hits over .400 at home is written on your forearm, is something you think is good for your career.
Weekly Forecast: Home, R, L Splits for July 2nd-8th
There are plenty of stats to sort through and everyone has their own ways to build their line up, the MLB Weekly Forecast focuses on players that play exceptionally well in 3 different areas of split stats and meet a minimum set of criteria:
- At Home
- Against Right Handed Pitchers
- Against Left Handed Pitchers
How do you qualify to make this list?
These players have over .950 OPS or are hitting over .350 for the 2012 season in these situations. They must also have a minimum of 50 at bats to qualify.
This list is updated on Monday and again the Thursday prior to the upcoming week. Occasionally you will get a nice double dip with both home and the correct pitching hand and that’s what you want to pounce on. Other stats such as Batter vs Pitcher can be used to fill in the holes of your line up after getting a nice start courtesy of the cheat sheet.
This brings us to the best part, the Daily Targets to keep an eye on for the upcoming week! These are the first players you should check the salaries on, the hitters to build your line up around. It won’t be possible to afford everyone, but this is a great way to start building your line up. From here you can use the RotoGrinders MLB Splits page to fill out the bottom of your lineup.
Weekly Forecast: Top Targets
| Hitter to Target | Opposing Starter (Reason) | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 7/2 | ||
| Aaron Hill | Richard (Home, Left) | |
| Paul Goldschmidt | Richard (Left) | |
| Austin Jackson | Hendricks (Right) | |
| Corey Hart | Zambrano (Home) | |
| Russell Martin | Moore (Left) | |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Matsuzaka (Home) | |
| Yadier Molina | Outman (Home, Left) | |
| Carlos Quentin | Cahill (Right) | |
| Derek Jeter | Moore (Left) | |
| Tuesday 7/3 | ||
| Jason Heyward | Volstad (Right) | |
| Adam Dunn | Oswalt (Right) | |
| Carlos Gonzalez | Kelly (Right) | |
| Miguel Cabrera | Blackburn (Home) | |
| Billy Butler | Cecil (Left) | |
| Mark Trumbo | McAllister (Right) | |
| Matt Holliday | Francis (Left) | |
| David Freese | Francis (Left) | |
| Wednesday 7/4 | ||
| Jason Kubel | Marquis (Home) | |
| Martin Prado | Maholm (Left) | |
| Paul Konerko | Feldman (Home, Right) | |
| Joey Votto | Harang (Right) | |
| Mike Trout | Lowe (Right) | |
| Giancarlo Stanton | Wolf (Left) | |
| Andrew McCutchen | Keuchel (Home, Left) | |
| Yadier Molina | Friendrich (Home, Left) | |
| David Wright | Kendrick (Right) | |
| Thursday 7/5 | ||
| Jason Kubel | Evoldi (Home) | |
| Ryan Braun | Buerhle (Home, Left) | |
| Matt Holliday | Pomeranz (Left) | |
| David Freese | Pomeranz (Left) | |
| Yadier Molina | Pomeranz (Home, Left) | |
| Allen Craig | Pomeranz (Home, Left) | |
| Buster Posey | Detwiller (Left) | |
| Friday 7/6 | ||
| David Ortiz | Kuroda (Home, Right) | |
| Austin Jackson | Hochevar (Right) | |
| Miguel Cabrera | Hochevar (Home) | |
| Billy Butler | Smyly (Left) | |
| Andre Ethier | Collmenter (Right) | |
| Joe Mauer | Perez (Left) | |
| Robinson Cano | Cook (Home, Right) | |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Millwood (Home) | |
| Andrew McCutchen | Zito (Home, Left) | |
| Ian Kinsler | Liriano (Home, Left) | |
| Saturday 7/7 | ||
| Jason Heyward | Blanton (Right) | |
| Mike Trout | Hammel (Home, Right) | |
| Mark Trumbo | Hammel (Home, Right) | |
| Carlos Beltran | Zambrano (Home, Right) | |
| Josh Hamilton | Hendricks (Home, Right) | |
| Adrian Beltre | Hendricks (Home, Right) | |
| Jose Bautista | Floyd (Right) | |
| Sunday 7/8 | ||
| Aaron Hill | Capuano (Home, Left) | |
| David Wright | Volstad (Right) | |
| Robinson Cano | Matsuzaka (Home, Right) | |
| Carlos Ruiz | Jurrjens (Home, Right) | |
| Carlos Beltran | Sanchez (Home, Right) | |
| Josh Hamilton | Blackburn (Home, Right) | |
Remember this Weekly Forecast is based on the projected starters for the week, the starters you are looking to attack with hitters in their best possible situations. The opposing projected starter is listed next to the hitting target so be sure to confirm that same projected starter is actually making the start on each given day.
See You Next Week!