Another season is winding down and now is the time for that final push to secure the ultimate prize, your league championship. I want to thank all our loyal readers and hope over the past six months with my weekly waiver wire column that I’ve been able to provide some help to you as you’ve shaped and moulded your Fantasy squads into winners. I wish good fortunes to all our readers as you wrap up the final month of the 2010 season.

It’s time to briefly discuss a little year-end Fantasy strategy. For those Fantasy owners playing in leagues with an inning cap for pitching, it’s important to remember that stat service providers do in fact allow you to exceed that maximum. On the day your team exceeds the maximum, all stats accrued on that day will count. If you have points to gain on that last weekend in both wins and strikeouts, loading up on your starting pitching can be a difference maker. It can be a long winter when you come up one win or a handful of strikeouts short of a league title.

Norris has four wins in his past six starts — an amazing feat for a Houston starter — and has gone at least six innings in each of those starts. Don’t expect a repeat of that 14-strikeout performance against the Pirates any time soon, but Norris has turned into a viable option in all formats. Those playing in H2H formats should seriously consider him as an option as a two-start pitcher this coming week.