Fantasy Sports Friday

It's time for another fantasy sports update. Not a whole lot going on this week, so this should be pretty brief.

Fantasy Football

It's the final week of the regular season and, after a tough loss to Vincenzo last week, I STILL have not clinched a playoff spot. Nevertheless, only a loss and a very bizarre scenerio will keep me out of the playoffs, and I'm playing the worst team in the league, Blood Quencher, this week as well. As for my lineup, changes could be made as Steve Slaton and Reggie Bush are both quesitonable and look to be game-time decisions. For Slaton, I have Chris Brown to replace him, though I feel as though Slaton will play. For Bush, I can switch him out with either Brown or wide receiver Johnny Knox.

QB- Matt Schaub vs. Kyle Orton
RB- Steve Slaton vs. Ricky Williams
RB- Rashard Mendenhall vs. Jerious Norowood
RB/WR- Reggie Bush vs. Mohammad Massaquoi
WR- Wes Welker vs. Larry Fitzgerald
WR- Steve Smith vs. Davone Bess
WR- Kevin Walter vs. Dennis Northcutt
TE- Kellen Winslow vs. Dallas Clark
K- Lawerence Tynes vs. Ryan Longwell
D/ST- Philadelphia Eagles vs. Pittsburgh Steelers


Fantasy Baseball

I kicked off the 2010 Free Agent draft just a couple hours ago by taking highly touted prospect Matt Wieters from Baltimore. There is no way I couldn't have taken Wieters, he might be one of the best catchers to come along in a while and with Posada nearing the end, it made perfect sense.

Speaking of Posada, I am still in negotiations to trade him. Right now, it appears likely I will deal him to Portland, for either a first round pick next year or Franklin Gutierrez of Seattle. I'm leaning towards the latter since Gutirrez can fill a weakness in center field and allow me to dispose of Willy Taveras, who has been a bust for me since I drafted him first round in 2006. A deal will certainly be done by next week.


Fantasy Tennis

Due to a time zone mix-up and too much school work this week, I withdrew from the Prerov ITF Challenger this week. I might take next week off as well, though I have nto made a final decision as of yet.

As for the upcomign 2010 season, I have finialized a preliminary schedule, the season is set to begin January 4, 2010. Here is the prliminary schedule below.

January
Week 1- Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia
Week 2- Medibank International, Sydney, Australia
Week 3 and 4- Australian Open, Melbourne, Asutralia (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)

February
Week 5- Federation Cup, TBD (If selected)
Week 6- Open GDF Suez, Paris, France
Week 7- Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Week 8- Off

March
Week 9- Off
Week 10 and 11- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)
Week 12 and 13- Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, United States (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)

Apriil
Week 14- MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, United States
Week 15- Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States
Week 16- Federation Cup, TBD (if selected)
Week 17- Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany

May
Week 18- Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome Italy
Week 19- Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain
Week 20- Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland
Week 21 and 22- French Open, Paris France (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)

June
Week 23- AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England
Week 24- AEGON International, Eastbourne, England
Week 25 and 26- Wimbledon, London, England (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)

July
Week 27- Off
Week 28- Off
Week 29- Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia
Week 30- Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States

August
Week 31- San Diego Open, San Diego, United States
Week 32- W&S Finanical Group Open, Cincinnati, United States
Week 33- Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada
Week 34- Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, Untied States
Week 35- U.S. Open, New York, United States

Septmeber
Week 36- U.S. Open ctd., New York, United States (ITF Challenger if eliminated in first week)
Week 37- Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada
Week 38- Off
Week 39- Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan

October
Week 40- China Open, Beijing, China
Week 41- Off
Week 42- Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
Week 43- Sont Ericcson Championships, Doha, Qatar (if qualified)

November
Week 44- Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali Indonesia (if qualified) AND/OR Federation Cup, TBD (if selected)


This schedule may flunctuate depending on how the season is going, but I've decided to take some weeks off as rest breaks. Playing 52 weeks a year is just too much for me at this stage with other life responsibilites. My season will also end with the WTA season, I am no longer playing in November/DEcember ITFs and will take that time off.