The end of May is upon us, and you fantasy geeks know what that means. We’re 1/3 of the way through the baseball season. (I break it down into months, not games, the season consisting of April-May, June-July & August-September) With that in mind, we’ve seen enough games to uncover some trends.

In our latest installment of Fantasy Island we’ll take a look at 5 early season surprises who won’t be able to maintain the pace, 5 disappointments who can’t possibly be as bad as they’ve looked and 5 former studs, who while they might be available on the waiver wire, should be avoided like the bird flu:

Ti-i-i-i-i-mber!
Casey Blake-Yeah, right! He’ll keep hitting .329. Sure!
Brandon Phillips-Reds revolving door will get him eventually
Tom Glavine-No way he’s the 2nd best pitcher in baseball over a full season
Bronson Arroyo-Simply not this good, regardless of shift to NL
Kenny Rogers-Only Matt Clement is worse when the pressure’s on

Elevator up!
Todd Helton-3-HR & 16-RBI in Coors Field? Only one way to go
Victor Martinez-Check out last year’s 2nd half splits
Aubrey Huff-Not a stud, but trade to contender will only help the .158 AVG.
Andy Pettitte-Simply too good for 5.76 ERA & 1.63 WHIP
Brad Radke-See Pettitte, only substitute 7.01 & 1.80 figures

Flu Shot, Please!
Barry Bonds-Fear factor is gone. Teams don’t even walk him anymore
Mike Piazza-More “Dunn� than Reds slugger Adam
Adrian Beltre-Lucky for him he had a contract year for the ages.
John Garland-2005 All-Star game seems like ages ago, doesn’t it?
A.J. Burnett-Elbow’s more fragile than cheap china

If you have one of the first five, see what you can get. The middle group you should try to sucker one of your opponents into giving up for cheap. The last group…well…don’t say I didn’t warn you!

All right fantasy phanatics…who else belongs on these lists? Who doesn’t?