An early move

Forgot to mention this earlier, but on Sunday night -- in an extended draft move (meaning it didn't cost him a monthly move) -- Bill dumped SP Dave Bush and acquired SP Jeff Suppan.

Thursday's results

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 153 -- Even J.J. Hardy gets involved with scoring

2. Chico's Chuggers 123 -- Not much to chug today; most of team idle

3. VC Appraisers 111 -- Furcal enters late as defensive replacement ... and makes an error

4. WWJB 108 -- Actually retreated one point from Wednesday

5. Boondock Saints 101 -- Orale! Votto scores nine.

6. Goatwhisperers 98 -- NOW, the Giants decide to give Cain some run support

7. Misfits 86 -- Skip Schumaker scores 1 point; back to 0 for season

8. Pickle Bugs 74 -- Chris Carpenter: What a brilliant draft pick!

9. Triple-A's 71 -- No worries: Win for Arroyo!

10. Arbitration Losers 63 -- A whopping 11 points in four pitching starts

Head-to-head scores

Fresh Fish 153, Chico's Chuggers 123

VC Appraisers 111, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 98

WWJB 108, Triple-A's 71

Pickle Bugs 74, Arbitration Losers 63

Boondock Saints 101, Misfits 86

Injury report

Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3b, SD: Sat out Thursday with strained groin; day-to-day

Geovany Soto, c, Chi: Chicago Sun-Times reports the Cubs are bracing for possibility of Soto going on the DL

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 138 Volstad gives Fresh Fish their fourth pitching win of week

2. Chico's Chuggers 117 On day with no hurlers, they get Taveras back from flu

3. WWJB 109 Apparently, on the third day, this Jesus rests

4. VC Appraisers 106 Seven of eight hitters score points

5. Boondock Saints 80 Positive points from Zimmerman

6. Misfits 79 Schumaker skips another start at 2B

7. G. Goatwhispers 62 First pitching start nets 22 points

8. Triple-A's 56 Finally get contribution from Utley (6)

9. Arbitration Losers 55 Whopping 12 points from 3 pitching starts

10. Pickle Bugs 52 Milledge won't be lasting if he doesn't hit

Head-to-head scores

Fresh Fish 138, Chico's Chuggers 117

VC Appraisers 106, G. Goatwhisperers 62

WWJB 109, Triple-A's 56

Arbitration Losers 55, Pickle Bugs 52

Boondock Saints 80, Misfits 79

Injury report

Willy Taveras (flu): Returned as pinch-hitter Wedneday; could start Thursday

Geovany Soto (shoulder): Felt better, but sat as a precaution. Considered day-to-day for weekend series

Brandon Webb (shoulder): Will miss his scheduled start on Saturday; further tests possible

Jorge Cantu (hand): Left early with bruised hand; should return Friday

Tuesday's results

Day 2 and the Chuggers (Shawn) and Fish (Rick) continue to set the pace. And wouldn't you know it, they're playing each other in the Week 1 head-to-head matchup.

And the big reason of their early success is simple: pitching.

The Chuggers are the one of two FBLG teams who have had all four of their starting pitchers pitch so far. The Chuggers got another solid outing, this time for Wandy Rodriguez. But again, this did not result in a win, so things could be a lot better for them. Still their Fish (Cantu and Bonafacio) are leading the hitting.

The Fish have had three starters pitch so far, but all three have victories. On Tuesday, it was Chris Young putting up a nice 15 points.

The Ventura County Appraisers (Kevin & Dave) also have had four starters pitch. But unlike the Chuggers, the VCAs have received four wins from their starters. On Tuesday, Jair Jurrjens and Kyle Lohse got the job done. Of their 83 points, 56 have come from their starters.

The rest of the league continues to post modest early returns. The Gladstone Goatwhisperers only have 29 points, but they are the only team not to have pitching start yet. The Boondock Saints have 44 points, more than half of which came from Josh Johnson's 23-point outing Tuesday.

Opening Day

Opening (night and) Day was kindest to the meek from last season.

Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) and Fresh Fish (Rick) both enjoyed 64-point opening days. And it could have been better for the Chuggers. They had three pitchers going and all pitched well. But Peavy and Harang got little offensive support and the bullpen bailed on Wainwright. But the Chuggers got offensive support from Hanley Ramirez (expected) and Emilio Bonafacio (unexpected). Bonafacio put up a huge 12 points. In fact, the Chuggers had three Marlins in the infield and even Jorge Cantu had big day.

Fish got big bats from Felipe Lopez and Adam Dunn. And they got pitching from Johan Santana and Carlos Zambrano.

And the VC Appraisers had a solid 39-point day despite getting nothing from Uggla, Wright, Hernandez and both Lees (Derrek and Carlos). But they did get two wins from Derek Lowe and Hiroki Kuroda.

Everyone else had modest opening days.

Big opening days from players who went undrafted on Sunday:

Seth Smith, of, Col (HR)

Chad Tracy, 1b-3b, Arz (3 for 4, HR)

Tony Clark, 1b, Arz (2 for 4, 2 HR)

Nyger Morgan, of, Pit (3 for 5, 2 BI, SB)

Cristian Guzman, ss, Was (2 for 4)

Mike Fontenot, 2b, Chi (3 for 4)