AL Platoon Situations

Here is a quick list of platoon ideas that would benefit players, teams, and especially the fantasy baseball community in 2012. Information, preparation, and research can take you far in fantasy baseball drafts. You need to know every team’s possible platooning strategy. If you don’t know, you lose valuable ABs thus lose counting stats in fantasy. Gotta know your lefty/righty matchups.

Platoons likely to occur:

AL EAST

NEW YORK YANKEES
LF: Brett Gardner vs. RHP, Andruw Jones vs. LHP

BOSTON RED SOX
RF: Ryan Sweeney vs. RHP, Cody Ross vs. LHP

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
CF: Colby Rasmus vs. RHP, Rajai Davis vs. LHP

BALTIMORE ORILOES

LF: Nolan Reimold vs. LHP, Endy Chávez vs. RHP

TAMPA BAY RAYS

SS: Sean Rodriguez vs. LHP, Reid Brignac vs. RHP

AL CENTRAL

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
RF: Kosuke Fukudome vs. RHP, Dayan Viciedo vs. LHP

CLEVELAND INDIANS
1B: Casey Kotchman vs. RHP, Carlos Santana  vs. LHP     

MINNESOTA TWINS

1B: Justin Morneau & Chris Parmelee Due to Morneau’s concussion symptoms

DETROIT TIGERS

RF: Brennan Boesch vs. LHP, Don Kelly vs. RHP

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

2B: Chris Getz vs. RHP, Johnny Giavotella vs. LHP

AL WEST

SEATTLE MARINERS
C-DH: John Jaso/Jesus Montero vs. RHP, Miguel Olivo/Jesus Montero vs. LHP

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
DH: Seth Smith vs. RHP, Jonny Gomes vs. LHP

TEXAS RANGERS

CF: Craig Gentry vs. LHP, Julio Borbón vs. RHP

ANAHEIM ANGLES

DH: Kendrys Morales & Bobby Abreu