{"id":993,"date":"2013-09-23T11:19:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2013-09-23T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:19:28","slug":"week-25-fantasy-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/week-25-fantasy-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 25 Fantasy Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Goldschmidt<\/a>\u00a0is fantasy MVP for the penultimate week of the season, hitting .370 with 3 HR, 6 R, 9 RBI, and 1 SB, earning $58.97 in the 5×5 Mixed League<\/a> rankings, $50.59 in the deeper 4×4 NL Only<\/a>, and $48.67 in the 5×5 NL Only<\/a>, all comfortably the highest RotoValues in each format.
\nRays’ starter Alex Cobb<\/a>\u00a0was runner-up to\u00a0Goldschmidt in the 5×5 Mixed, earning $54.77 with 2 wins, a 1.65 ERA, 0.857 WHIP, and 22 Ks in 16.33 IP. While this was the top AL week in the shallower mixed league, the deeper AL-only formats,\u00a0Coco Crisp<\/a>\u00a0had the most value. Crisp hit .286 with 3 HR, 6 R, 8 RBI, and 1 SB, earning $46.18 in the 4×4 AL Only<\/a>, and $47.63 in the 5×5 AL Only<\/a>, and he ranked 3rd in the 5×5 Mixed League<\/a> at $51.39.\u00a0Cobb’s stats earned $38.34 in the 5×5, second best, but just $32.28 in the 4×4, where his league-leading 22 strikeouts aren’t an explicit category.
\nAlexi Ogando<\/a>\u00a0pitched even more effectively than Cobb in his two starts (0.500 WHIP, 0.75 ERA, 9 Ks in 12 IP), but he had just one win, as after beating the Rays Tuesday, he was locked in a pitchers’ duel with\u00a0James Shields<\/a>\u00a0Sunday. Neither factored in the decision, as Ogando tossed 7 scoreless innings, and Shields 8, in a game the Royals won in the 10th. Ogando’s week earned $25.39 in the 4×4 AL<\/a>, second-best among pitchers, and $23.71 in the 5×5 AL<\/a>, which was 3rd best, also behind\u00a0R.A. Dickey<\/a>\u00a0($24.31; 0.867 WHIP, 3.00 ERA, 1 win, 19 Ks). Dickey’s relatively high ERA hurt his 4×4 value ($16.73), where he ranked behind several relievers and one-start pitchers\u00a0John Lackey<\/a>\u00a0($21.29; 9 IP, 8 K, 0.444 WHIP, 1.00 ERA, 1 W) and\u00a0Hisashi Iwakuma<\/a>\u00a0($18.54; 8 IP, 6 K, 0.750 WHIP, 0.00 ERA, 1 W). The 5×5 format especially rewards 2-start pitchers in a weekly ranking, as they get not just another crack at a win, but usually a lot more strikeouts, as well as more innings of a good ERA and WHIP.
\nThe AL’s top reliever for the week was a close call between\u00a0Casey Janssen<\/a>\u00a0(0.375 WHIP, 0.00 ERA, 3 Sv, 5 Ks in 2.67 IP) and\u00a0Al Alburquerque<\/a>\u00a0(0.750 WHIP, 0.00 ERA, 2 Ws, 4 Ks in 4 IP). Janssen’s extra strikeout gave him a slight edge ($19.19 to $18.89) in the 5×5 AL<\/a>, while Albuquerque’s 2 relief wins gave him a little more value ($23.79 to $23.24) in the 4×4 AL<\/a>.
\nIn the NL-only leagues,\u00a0Matt Holliday<\/a>\u00a0was the runner-up to Goldschmidt in the 5×5 NL Only<\/a>\u00a0despite missing Sunday’s game with back spasms. His week earned $40.17 as he hit .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI, and a league-leading 8 runs scored, just ahead of\u00a0Jay Bruce<\/a>\u00a0($39.20; .333, 1 HR, 5 R, 1 SB, and a league-leading 14 RBI) and\u00a0Chase Utley<\/a>\u00a0($37.40; .400, 2 HR, 5 R, 10 RBI). Holliday’s RotoValue fell to $33.10 (8th best) in the 4×4 NL Only<\/a>, where runs scored don’t count, with Bruce ($41.57) and Utley ($38.95) ranking 2nd and 3rd.
\nThe NL’s most valuable fantasy pitcher was\u00a0Andrew Cashner<\/a>, whose two dominant starts (16 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0.312 WHIP, 14 Ks) netted just one win. He actually took the loss Sunday,\u00a0as he gave up one unearned run but the Padres didn’t score\u00a0against the Dodgers and\u00a0Zack Greinke<\/a>. Cashner’s week topped both the 4×4 NL<\/a>\u00a0($34.77) and the 5×5 NL<\/a>\u00a0easily, but he’s being shut down now, as the converted reliever rose from 46.33 IP in the majors last season to 175 this year.\u00a0Cliff Lee<\/a>\u00a0($29.04; 2.40 ERA, 1.067 WHIP, 1 W, 22 Ks in 15 IP) had the second-best 5×5 week, while\u00a0Trevor Cahill<\/a>\u00a0($28.62; 1.64 ERA, 1.273 WHIP, 2 Ws, 9 Ks in 11 IP) ranked second in 4×4 by virtue of winning both his starts.\u00a0Jordan Zimmermann<\/a>‘s 2-hit shutout of the Marlins was his only start (0.333 WHIP, 0.00 ERA, 9 Ks), earning $24.39 in 4×4 and $22.39 in 5×5.
\nNo reliever had a truly dominant week, with\u00a0Javier Lopez<\/a>,\u00a0LaTroy Hawkins<\/a>, and\u00a0Kenley Jansen<\/a>\u00a0in a virtual tie in the 4×4 NL<\/a> rankings. Lopez ($27.82; 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 3 Ks, 1 W, 1 Sv in 2 IP) wound up on top by a penny, while Hawkins ($27.81; 0.00 ERA, 0.667 WHIP, 3 Ks, 2 Sv in 3 IP) and Jansen ($27.81; 0.00 ERA, 0.667 WHIP, 5 Ks, 2 Sv in 3 IP) posted identical lines from a 4×4 league perspective. Lopez pitched one less inning, but also gave up 2 fewer baserunners, with his extra win offsetting their extra save. The extra 2 strikeouts gave Jansen ($21.43) the clear edge in 5×5 otoValue, with Lopez ($19.72) and Hawkins ($19.71) virtually identical.
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Paul Goldschmidt\u00a0is fantasy MVP for the penultimate week of the season, hitting .370 with 3 HR, 6 R, 9 RBI, and 1 SB, earning $58.97 in the 5×5 Mixed League rankings, $50.59 in the deeper 4×4 NL Only, and $48.67 in the 5×5 NL Only, all comfortably the highest RotoValues in each format. Rays’ starter… Continue reading Week 25 Fantasy Stars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rotovalue.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}