- Philadelphia -- 7 G, 4 at home vs. CIN
- Texas -- 7 home games, CLE, TB
- Oakland -- 6 home games, DET, LAA
- Boston -- 7 G, 6 home games
- Atlanta -- 7 home games, FLA, PHI
- L.A. Dodgers -- 7 home games, COL, CHC
- L.A. Angels -- 6 road games, @SEA, @OAK
- Tampa Bay -- 6 road games, @BOS, @TEX
- Kansas City -- 6 road games, @CHW, @NYY
- San Diego --7 g, vs. CHC, 4vs. NYM
- Arizona -- 6 road games, @MIL, @PIT, 25th in road scoring
- Pittsburgh -- 6 home games, HOU, ARI
- Cincinnati -- 7 road games, PHI, FLA
- Chicago Cubs -- 7 road games, SD, LAD
Good Player Starts
- C Miguel Olivo, KC: Seeing most of the starts in KC, 11 RBI in May.
- 1B Jason Giambi, NYY: Eligible at 1B and batting over .400 in the past two weeks.
- 2B Alexi Casilla, MIN: Only Ian Kinsler and Chase Utley have more RBI at this position since May 15.
- SS Bobby Crosby, OAK: He has 17 RBI in 30 home games this season -- and he has six home games this week.
- 3B Evan Longoria, TB: Leads third basemen in RBI (13) since mid-May.
- OF David Murphy, TEX: The other top AL rookie hitter is batting over .300 recently, and he has an RBI in nine of his past 13 games.
- C A.J. Pierzynski, CHW: After batting .300 in April, he's hitting just .250 in May, without any homers.
- 1B Both White Sox first basemen: Nick Swisher and Paul Konerko have six RBI between them over the past couple weeks, hitting around .200 combined. Sure, Konerko homered Thursday, but it was his first since late April.
- 2B Aaron Hill, TOR: After banging heads in a collision on Thursday, Hill is questionable for the weekend, and he has just two RBI in recent weeks anyway.
- SS Julio Lugo, BOS: Just one stolen base since mid-May, and he's batting under .260 in that span.
- 3B Aubrey Huff, BAL: Six road games ahead, along with Monday's start at home vs. knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
- OF Luke Scott, BAL: The other former-Astro-turned-Oriole is dealing with Achilles', knee and hamstring problems -- as well as a sub-.200 average
Good Player Starts
- C Jesus Flores, WAS: Still has a couple weeks with the job until Paul Lo Duca and Johnny Estrada return from injury. Flores has hit safely in 10 of 14 games since starting. Owned in just 7 pct.
- 1B Adam LaRoche, PIT: Has six home games and he's hitting .320 over past two weeks.
- 2B Kelly Johnson, ATL: After slumping in recent weeks, he's batting around .340 in his past 40-plus at-bats.
- SS Cristian Guzman, WAS: Getting a ton of extra-base hits and only Michael Young is scoring more lately among shortstops.
- 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, SD: Leads third basemen in homers in the past couple weeks, and he has five bombs in his past seven games. He also has seven home games ahead (only one of his homer runs this year have come on the road).
- OF Shane Victorino, PHI: Six steals recently, along with a 10-game hitting streak.
- C J. R. Towles, HOU: Batting below .100 in May, with just four hits in 17 games.
- 1B Mike Jacobs, FLA: He has four games against the Braves pitching, and he's batting under .230 over the past couple weeks.
- 2B Felipe Lopez, WAS: No homers, no RBI and a sub-.200 batting average since May 15.
- SS Stephen Drew, ARI: Streaky hitter this season, on the downswing now with six road games ahead.
- 3B Edwin Encarnacion, CIN: Struggling at the plate and he has seven games away from Great American Ball park this week.
- OF Kosuke Fukudome, CHC: Hitting under .240 in recent weeks, and the Cubs are at San Diego and Los Angeles this week. He's batting just .207 away from Wrigley