The Pirates are the type of team that helps fantasy teams when a couple of its hitters are plugged in as supporting players. It is also the kind of team that augers a bottom-half finish if you have too many of them. There starting pitchers are much more valuable to real life baseball than to fantasy. Their ratios are mediocre, at best, and, outside of Ian Snell (my favorite), offer too few strikeouts to offset the high innings ratios.

The Diamondbacks look like a team whose hitters offer upside value even in the high teens. A few gambles could work out very well, and, even if the players get off to a slow start i.e Chris Young and Stephen Drew, they should hold trade value on potential alone.