Week 24 Hitting Planner

The Fantasy Baseball Hitting Planner is the essential guide to setting your lineup for the upcoming week. Every Saturday, we provide you with favorable hitting matchups for teams, as well as which hitters are hot or not. The Pitching Planner, complete with upcoming two-start pitchers, will be posted on Sunday.

Taking BP: With many teams going to six-man rotations down the stretch and rookie pitchers throwing an inning or two in relief, pitching staffs are being downgraded left and right in Fantasy play. Hitters should be able to take advantage of these matchups more than pitchers facing rookie hitters for pinch-hit at-bats and random starts. If your Fantasy team is hitting heavy this season, you should be able to get away with mediocre pitching, as opposed to someone with great pitching and subpar hitting ... Garret Anderson leads all outfielders in Head-to-Head points over the past two weeks. He's hitting .444 with seven homers and 22 RBI in that span. His RBI streak was at 12 consecutive games through Friday, which was two shy of the AL record ... Adrian Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games, going 14-for-42 with two doubles, three homers and 12 RBI in that span. He also has 86 RBI on the season, which is the third-highest total by a Padre since pitching-friendly Petco Park opened ... Orlando Hudson might need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. He still hopes to come back in a couple days, without surgery, but he could be sidelined for at least six weeks if he goes under the knife. Alberto Callaspo could see playing time in his absence ... When rookie 1B Joey Votto starts, he has been able to hit. In two starts through Friday, the slugger has two walks, two singles, a double and a home run.

Projections are for Sept. 10-16 games. All stats are through Friday's games.

Taking into account all games with at least a 50 percent chance of precipitation according to the Weather.com, the following might be threatened by poor weather: N.Y. Yankees at Boston (60 percent chance) on Saturday.

Five other favorable hitter schedules

1. L.A. Angels -- at BAL (3), at CHW (3)

• The Angels draw the two worst pitching staffs since the All-Star break in the O's and the White Sox. And the Angels are the fifth-best offense since the break.

• The Rockies get seven games at homer-friendly Citizens Bank Park and Coors Field, and three games against the homer-friendly Marlins' pitching staff.

• The BoSox have six home games this week, and three are against the worst pitching staff in baseball (TB).

• The Pirates and Reds both rank among the bottom-three NL pitching staffs in ERA since the All-Star break.

• The Jays are one of a few teams with seven games, and they have six home games against inconsistent staffs.

Five other below-average hitter schedules

1. San Diego Padres -- at LAD (3), vs. SF (3)

• The Padres have six games against NL West foes. Both opponents have had solid seasons on the mound this year.

• The Royals have six games this week, against two AL Central teams that rank among the top 12 in ERA since the break.

• Normally, seeing the Nats and Rockies on your schedule is good. But both pitching staffs rank in the top three in the NL in ERA since the All-Star break.

• Six road games -- against two of the best pitching staffs in the majors since the All-Star break, make some of the Yankees' secondary hitters poor choices this week.

• The D-Backs are the lowest-scoring team in the majors on the road this season -- and they have two road series.

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