Check your lineups! Interleague play next week

06/12/2010 4:59 PM -  Perry Van Hook

Next week – June 14-20 will be the first of two consecutive weeks of Interleague play. Here are the factors to consider and schedules for your fantasy teams.

Hitting factors:

1) AL DHs who are forced to either miss at bats when their clubs visit National league cities/teams or play games in the field for a game or two;

2) National league hitters who will gain at bats visiting American league cities/teams. The problem here is that we don’t know which player will get the most at bats on most clubs, but if you have a player on your fantasy team who is a strong fourth outfielder or platoons based on pitching matchups you may want them in your lineup.

Pitching factors:

1) The biggest plus is for American league starting pitchers visiting NL parks that will get to face opposing pitchers instead of the DHs they normally see. This can add several strikeouts per game;

2) On the flip side, it may be time to bench marginal NL starters if they are visiting AL cities/teams unless they are in Cleveland, Seattle, or perhaps Kansas City.

NL teams at AL parks gaining AB

Arizona Diamondbacks          @ Boston        @Detroit

NY Mets                                 @Cleveland    @NY Yankees

AL teams losing the DH in NL parks

Chicago White Sox                 @Pittsburgh                @Washington

Texas Rangers                         @Florida                     @Houston

Oakland Athletics                   @Chicago Cubs          @St. Louis

Baltimore Orioles                    @San Francisco          @San Diego

Tampa Bay Rays                     @Atlanta                    @Florida

Teams with split schedules

Philadelphia Phillies                @NY Yankees            home vs Minnesota

Washington Nationals             @Detroit                     home vs White Sox

Colorado Rockies                   @Minnesota                home vs Milwaukee               

Houston Astros                       @Kansas City             home vs Texas

Milwaukee Brewers                @LA Angels               @Colorado

San Francisco Giants              home vs Baltimore      @Toronto

Los Angeles Dodgers             @Cincinnati                @Boston

Cincinnati Reds                      home vs Dodgers        @Seattle

Cleveland Indians                   home vs NY Mets       @Pittsburgh

Kansas City Royals                 home vs Houston        @Atlanta

LA Angels of Anaheim          home vs Milwaukee   @Chicago Cubs

Minnesota Twins                     home vs Colorado       @Philadelphia

Seattle Mariners                      @Chicago Cubs          home vs Cincinnati

Toronto Blue Jays                   @San Diego                home vs San Francisco

Teams with no change for lineups

Boston Red Sox                      home vs Arizona         home vs LA Dodgers

Detroit Tigers                          home vs Washington  home vs Arizona

NY Yankees                           home vs Philadelphia  home vs NY Mets

Atlanta Braves                                    home vs Tampa Bay    home vs Kansas City

Chicago Cubs                          home vs Oakland        home vs LA Angels

Florida Marlins                        home vs Texas             home vs Tampa Bay

Pittsburgh Pirates                    home vs White Sox     home vs Cleveland

St. Louis Cardinals                 home vs Seattle           home vs Oakland

San Diego Padres                    home vs Toronto         home vs Baltimore