It's a tough spot in which to be, or at least I think so since I'm not so cavalier as to regard lineup-picking as simply "Oh, I'm over the limit, I'll just take the next-highest-priced guy in right field." That's not a winning strategy; I'd rather pick the guys I want for maximum point potential, leaving eight bucks (or eight thousand, or million, or whatever) on the table, than using up my entire $50.0 cap.

That's especially true in a week like this, the last one in Segment 1 of the BBC. That's right; after this week a champion will be crowned, salaries will be reset (though be forewarned not to Opening Day prices per se) and we'll start anew. To that end, I might be out of the title race for this segment, but "deasyjj," make no mistake, I'm coming to getcha in Segment 2.

Still, behind in the race in this segment or not, I'm not about to play dead this final week. So with that in mind, here are some of the juiciest tidbits I discovered while attempting to address the dollar-over problem. Hopefully they'll help you in your title run as much as they did me:

• Derrek Lee has batted .325 with eight home runs, 25 RBIs and a 1.049 OPS in his past 22 games. Six of the homers and 16 of the RBIs have come in the past five of those that were played at Wrigley Field … and the Cubs play all seven of their games at home this week. … MORE