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  Date / Time: 6/13/2009 7:35 PM UTC

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  $0Note:  Ownershipis based in Yahoo! Leagues.$0$0 $0$0Three to Buy$0$0 $0$0Lyle Overbay (.286/.388/.539, 11% Ownership)$0$0 $0$0Often overlooked because he doesn’t produce the typicalpower numbers that are usually associated with other first basemen, Overbay isputting up solid numbers once again. He provides reliable statistics in runs, RBI, and batting average.  For those that play in daily leagues,Overbay is subject to a platoon against left-handers.  But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing as he has a OPS over 1.000versus right handers this year. Overbay wont single handily win your league for you, but he will providesolid production for your roster throughout the year.$0$0 $0$0Rick Ankiel (.261/.329/.483, 31% Ownership)$0$0 $0$0A nasty crash into an outfield wall pretty much derailed thefirst two months of the season for Ankiel.  Now healthy, he is starting to get his timing back.  Ankiel has put together a five gamehitting streak, with four extra base hits during that span.  It may take some time for the battingaverage to come around, but Ankiel is a good source of power goingforward.      $0$0 $0$0Jordan Zimmerman (2-3, 5.71 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 52 IP, 54 K, 12%Ownership)$0$0 $0$0The hyped preseason rookie has had some struggles so farthis year for the Nationals.  But,then again, what National pitcher hasn’t struggled this season?  Despite the potholes there are actuallysome positives for Zimmerman.  Hehas a healthy K/9 rate of 9.35 and a solid G/F rate of .85.  What is really telling is his .329BABIP, which shows that he has been pitching in a bit a bad luck so far.  This isn’t that surprising as theNational outfield defense is one of the worst in baseball, meaning there are alot of fly balls dropping in for hits when the likes of Josh Willingham andAdam Dunn can’t get to them.  Lookfor Zimmerman to post substantial numbers throughout the season.$0$0 $0$0 $0$0Three to Sell$0$0 $0$0Chris Davis(.207/.266/.434, 75% Ownership)$0$0 $0$0The preseason hot pick for the hot corner, Davis hasstruggled mightily to find any consistency this season.  Granted, the power has been there, butat what cost as he is on pace to shatter the single season strike outrecord.  But the difference betweenDavis, and say Jack Cust, is that Cust draws his share of walks to go along withhis strikeouts.  This leads to Custhelping out in other categories. Davis has walked a whopping twelve times to go along with his 88strikeouts.  Throw in the fact thatthe Rangers have openly discussed sending Davis back to the minor leagues, itstime to sell on Davis before his value is nonexistent.  $0$0 $0$0Trevor Hoffman (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.47 WHIP, 17.0 IP, 15 K, 90%Ownership)$0$0 $0$0The all time saves leader is having a resurgence inMilwaukee.  This is very surprisingbecause most pitchers don’t go from struggling at spacious PETCO Park todominating at a very hitter friendly Miller Park.  But certainly, Hoffman has found the fountain of youth sofar.  The question is, will hecontinue at this pace?  I tend tothink that he can’t.  His BABIP isextremely low at this point and I doubt that he will end the season with an ERAof 0.00.  Hoffman may still rack upsome saves due to the Brewers not having any other relief pitchers that can dothe job.  But those saves may comeat a cost to your ERA and WHIP.    $0$0 $0$0Russell Branyan (.319/.419/.628, 72% Ownership)$0$0 $0$0So far this season, Branyan has hit more like Lou Gehrigthan the fringe major leaguer that Branyan has been for most of hiscareer.   What looks mostsuspect is that he is hitting over .300 against left handers this season afteraccumulating a .219/.303/.462 line for his career.  This tells me that there is a steep drop off coming.  Branyan will still get at bats becausethe Mariners don’t have anyone else to play first base and he might still pop afew home runs, but look for the batting average to fall significantly.  $0$0 $0$0 $0$0 $0$0Name to remember…Scott Podsednik, CHIW.-OF. ScottyPods has returned to the South Side and has began to contribute like it was2005 again.  He may not steal fiftybases like in the past, but he could still produce 20-25 stolen bases, which isvery helpful to a fantasy roster. Look for White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen to continue to give Podsednikthe green light on the base paths as the summer rolls on.   $0
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