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Fantasy Baseball Bests, Busts and Waiver Wire: Sept. 3

Athlon Sports takes a look at what took place this past weekend on the fantasy baseball diamond.

By: Braden Gall | 9/4/12, 11:24 AM EDT

Athlon Sports takes a look at what took place this past weekend on the fantasy baseball diamond.

Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday.

Top 25 fantasy baseball hitters of last week (8/27-9/3):

  Name Team Pos. R HR RBI SB BA OPS
1. Pedro Alvarez* PIT 3B 7 4 8 0 .417 1.545
2. Rickie Weeks* MIL 2B 9 1 2 4 .423 1.146
3. Torri Hunter* LAA OF 8 1 6 1 .536 1.281
4. Chase Headley SD 3B 3 2 12 1 .407 1.096
5. Josh Donaldson* OAK C/3B 5 4 8 1 .304 1.277
6. Delmon Young* DET OF 5 3 10 0 .385 1.314
7. Bryce Harper WAS OF 7 3 8 0 .333 1.042
8. Chris Heisey* CIN OF 6 2 6 1 .500 1.500
9. Ryan Braun MIL OF 5 2 6 2 .379 1.128
10. Carlos Gomez* MIL OF 6 2 6 3 .261 .901
11. Chris Carter* OAK 1B 6 3 6 0 .421 1.429
12. David Murphy* TEX OF 6 2 5 0 .524 1.535
13. Mark Reynolds* BAL 1B/3B 6 4 7 0 .280 1.200
14. Martin Prado ATL 2/3/OF 4 2 6 2 .375 1.093
15. Josh Reddick OAK OF 5 2 10 0 .355 .977
16. B.J. Upton TB OF 5 2 4 3 .308 .910
17. Coco Crisp* OAK OF 7 2 2 3 .280 1.078
18. Brandon Moss* OAK 1B/OF 6 2 7 0 .412 1.326
19. Jimmy Rollins PHI SS 5 2 5 2 .310 .996
20. Garrett Jones PIT 1B/OF 6 2 4 0 .455 1.318
21. Cliff Pennington* OAK 2B/SS 5 1 3 2 .444 1.111
22. George Kottaras* OAK C 4 2 8 0 .444 1.722
23. Adrian Beltre TEX 3B 5 3 4 0 .375 1.275
24. John Mayberry* PHI 1B/OF 5 2 5 0 .393 1.148
25. Angel Pagan* SF OF 8 1 4 2 .258 .859

* - less than 70% owned in Yahoo! leagues

Oakland A's

Of the top 25 hitters of last week, seven of them were Oakland Athletics. This means that seven of the nine hitters in the batting order landed on this Top 25 list and Josh Reddick is the only one owned by more than 70 percent of leagues. So which ones should you add? Chris Carter at first is a must-add for anyone who needs some pop in their line-up. He has 14 homers in 166 at-bats this season. Coco Crisp is No. 2 on the must-add list with his roto friendly stat line (55 R, 10 HR, 39 RBI, 31 SB in 383 at-bats). The sneaky add would be "C-1B" Josh Donaldson. He has been on a major kick of late and as a catcher, brings major value to most line-ups. He might also be the one most likely to cool off. Proceed with caution. 

Top 20 fantasy Starting Pitchers of last two weeks:

  Name Team IP W K ERA WHIP
1. Kris Medlen ATL 24.0 3 28 0.00 0.75
2. Max Scherzer DET 22.0 3 26 0.82 0.82
3. Brett Anderson* OAK 20.0 3 15 0.90 0.70
4. Marco Estrada* MIL 18.0 2 27 0.50 0.94
5. Hisashi Iwakuma* SEA 19.0 2 16 0.47 1.00
6. James Shields TB 22.0 2 20 2.78 0.84
7. Bronson Arroyo* CIN 20.0 2 9 2.25 0.65
8. Eric Stults* SD 13.0 2 9 0.00 0.85
9. R.A. Dickey NYM 16.0 2 9 0.56 0.88
10. Cliff Lee PHI 20.2 2 19 1.31 1.11
11. Yu Darvish TEX 14.0 2 16 1.96 0.86
12. Zach Britton* BAL 14.2 2 16 1.84 0.89
13. Felix Hernandez SEA 24.0 2 17 1.88 1.04
14. Zack Greinke LAA 14.2 2 12 1.84 0.95
15. Jhoulys Chasin* COL 18.0 2 9 1.50 1.00
16. Chris Tillman* BAL 16.2 2 14 2.70 0.96
17. Ryan Dempster TEX 12.0 2 14 1.50 1.25
18. Miguel Gonzalez* BAL 7.0 1 9 0.00 0.71
19. Edwin Jackson* WAS 14.0 1 18 1.93 1.07
20. Gio Gonzalez WAS 15.0 1 15 1.80 1.00

* - less than 70% owned in Yahoo! leagues

Top 5 Spot Starts for the Week (Mon. - Sun.):

1. Brett Anderson, OAK: at Sea (Sat.) 54% owned
The former ace of the staff is finally back on the mound after two years of injuries and he has been effective. He has allowed two earnies in 20.0 innings with 15 strikeouts and only three walks.

2. Jeff Samardzjia, CHC: at Pit (Sat.) 52% owned
The Shark has been downright nasty of late. He has 41 strikeouts in his last five starts (33.0 IP) and has allowed two or fewer earned runs in four of those five starts. 

3. Ross Detwiler, WAS: Mia (Sat.) 36% owned
Since returning to the rotation at the end of June, Detwiler has been strong by not allowed more than four runs in any start since. He tossed seven scoreless innings for his third win in four starts on Monday.

4. Tommy Milone, OAK: at Sea (Sun.) 44% owned
The soft tosser got hit around a bit by the Angels on Labor Day but he should bounce back against the Mariners this weekend. He had two awesome starts before Monday and has been lights out against Seattle.

5. Patrick Corbin, ARI: at SD (Sun.) 10% owned
This one is a bit of a flier but the match-up feels right and Corbin has provided big strikeout numbers all year long. Take the risk against the Padres this weekend.

Top 20 fantasy Relief Pitchers of last month:

  Name Team IP W SV K HLD ERA WHIP
1. Greg Holland* KC 13.1 2 9 15 0 0.68 1.05
2. Jim Johnson BAL 10.2 0 10 9 0 0.00 0.38
3. Aroldis Chapman CIN 11.1 1 9 15 0 0.79 0.71
4. Jason Motte STL 13.0 0 10 18 0 2.77 0.85
5. Joe Nathan TEX 9.0 0 7 14 0 0.00 0.56
6. Fernando Rodney TB 12.2 0 9 12 0 0.71 0.95
7. Rafael Soriano NYY 12.2 0 9 14 0 2.13 0.79
8. Sergio Romo SF 10.0 1 4 11 6 0.90 0.50
9. Jonathan Papelbon PHI 12.2 1 7 14 0 2.84 0.87
10. Ernesto Frieri LAA 9.1 2 4 14 0 2.89 0.64
11. Grant Balfour OAK 9.1 0 8 11 0 2.89 0.54
12. Tyler Clippard WAS 11.0 0 8 11 0 1.64 0.91
13. Jake McGee* TB 8.2 2 0 9 2 0.00 0.35
14. Glen Perkins* MIN 10.0 0 4 8 0 0.00 0.50
15. Rafael Betancourt COL 11.0 0 10 5 0 1.64 1.18
16. Casey Janssen* TOR 11.0 0 6 12 0 2.45 0.73
17. Wilton Lopez* HOU 13.2 3 1 14 0 2.63 1.02
18. J.J. Putz ARI 12.0 0 8 16 0 2.25 1.25
19. Ryan Cook* OAK 10.0 2 2 15 2 1.80 1.00
20. Luke Gregerson* SD 13.0 0 3 12 8 1.38 0.69

* - less than 70% owned in Yahoo! leagues

Keep up to date all season long with Athlon Sports' Fantasy Baseball Closer Grid

- by Braden Gall

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