Saturday, May 2, 2009

Friday's report

Overall standings

Fresh Fish 708 -- Too bad Bill Hall can't play both 3B AND 1B
WWJB 678 -- Fukudome and Church combine for 2 pts this week
Arbitration Losers 661 -- He's just so freakin' Randy!
Chico's Chuggers 643 -- Jake is Peaved about lack of run support
VC Appraisers 629 -- Helton proving to be supersub
Misfits 621 -- 84 points on Monday; 57 since
Triple-A's 614 -- Missed out on good start from Arroyo
G. Goatwhisperers 583 -- Hudson almost outscoring Fielder & Reyes combined
Boondock Saints 567 -- Khalil Greene playing every other day
Pickle Bugs 479 -- At some point, Berkman, J-Roll, Chipper and Martin will start scoring

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 113, VC Appraisers 107
Fresh Fish 117, G. Goatwhisperers 110
Arbitration Losers 160, WWJB 117
Misfits 141, Pickle Bugs 77
Triple-A's 125, Boondock Saints 106

Player acquisitions

Fresh Fish acquired 3B Bill Hall (April No. 2)WWJB acquired OF Jody Gerut (April No. 4)

Mid-week replacement

On Friday, Fresh Fish benched 3B Aramis Ramirez (missed 3 games), activated 3B Bill Hall

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 642 --Back-to-back DNPs for Delgado, A-Ram
2. WWJB 613 -- Broxton blows Billingsley's win, then gets it himself
3. Chico's Chuggers 591 -- Wandy gets nice win ... over Harang
4. Misfits 587 -- Sandoval beginning to produce consistently
5. VC Appraisers 574 -- Lohse solid, but gets no help or win
6. Triple-A's 563 -- Utley and Ibanez -- full-Phil-ment
7. Arbitration Losers 558 -- Braun still flexing his muscles
8. Boondock Saints 517 -- Sanchez returns to starting rotation
9. Goatwhisperers 510 -- Four zeros, two DNPs and one hurt Hamels = bad day
10. Pickle Bugs 455 -- Matsui enters week with 11 pts; scores 9 Tuesday

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 61, VC Appraisers 52
Fresh Fish 51, Goatwhisperers 37
Arbitration Losers 57, WWJB 52
Misfits 107, Pickle Bugs 53
Triple-A's 74, Boondock Saints 56

Player acquistion

Misfits acquired 3B Pedro Feliz

Midweek replacement

Gladstone Goatwhisperers placed 3B Edwin Encarnacion on disabled list; activated 3B Casey Blake

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Monday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 598 -- Delgado, A-Ram hurting; If only they had moves to burn and dead-weight on the bench ...
2. WWJB 579 -- Tulowitzki struggling; may be time to go shortstop hunting
3. Misfits 564 -- Huge 84-point day would have been bigger if Astros had scored earlier
4. Chico's Chuggers 554 -- Breathing sigh of relief than HanRam didn't break hand
5. VC Appraisers 546 -- Helton and Headley pay dividends in return to lineup
6. Arbitration Losers 541 -- Every Loser who plays Monday scores
7. Triple-A's 527 -- Raul's salami powers 11-point day
8. Goatwhisperers 498 -- Chris Young the hitter had a good day (8 pts)
9. Boondock Saints 497 -- 36 points on Monday is best day since April 12
10. Pickle Bugs 438 -- Cueto only good news Bugs are getting from pitchers

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 24, VC Appraisers 24
Goatwhisperers 25, Fresh Fish 7
Arbitration Losers 40, WWJB 18
Misfits 84, Pickle Bugs 36
Triple-A's 38, Boondock Saints 36

Player acquisitions

Pickle Bugs acquired OF Dexter Fowler (April #4)
Gladstone Goatwhisperers claimed 3B Casey Blake off waivers (April #2)

Player news

Brad Hawpe, of, Col (neck contusion): Day-to-day after beaned in neck by pickoff throw
Carlos Delgado, 1b, NY (sore hip): Will have hip examined by a specialist; says he expects to avoid DL
Derrek Lee: 1b, Chi (stiff neck): Doesn't expect to return to lineup until Wednesday
Brad Lidge, rp, Phi (sore knee): Considered day-to-day
Troy Tulowitzki, ss, Col (general suckiness): May be held out of lineup for a while as coaches trying to break him out of season-long slump
Hanley Ramirez, ss, Fla (bruised hand): X-rays show no breaks; day-to-day

Monday, April 27, 2009

Week 4 roster moves

Player adds/drops

Chico's Chuggers acquired 1B Adam LaRoche; released SP Ubaldo Jimenez (April #3)
Fresh Fish acquired OF Colby Rasmus; released no one (April #1)
Triple-A's acquired RP Ryan Franklin; released RP Matt Lindstrom (April #2)
Triple-A's acquired SS Ryan Theriot; released no one (April #3)
Pickle Bugs acquired SP Jeff Karstens; released 3B Casey Blake (April #3)
Arbitration Losers acquired OF Justin Upton; released OF Brian Giles (April #3)
Arbitration Losers acquired 2B Clint Barmes; released SP Manny Parra (April #4)
Misfits acquired SP Braden Looper; released SP Todd Wellemeyer (April #2)
Boondock Saints acquired SP Dave Bush; released SP Livan Hernandez (April #3)
Boondock Saints acquired C David Ross; released no one (April #4)

Week 4 roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Released SP Ubaldo Jimenez; benched 1B Jorge Cantu; activated SP Wandy Rodriguez and 1B Adam LaRoche

Fresh Fish: Placed OF Garret Anderson on disabled list

Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Jeremy Hermida, SP Doug Davis and SP Clayton Kershaw; activated OF Chris Young, SP Cole Hamels and Micah Owings

VC Appraisers: Benched 1B Derrek Lee and OF Aaron Rowand; activated 1B Todd Helton and OF Chase Headley

WWJB: Benched SP Anibal Sanchez; activated SP Joe Blanton

Triple-A's: Placed SS Stephen Drew on disabled list; benched OF Nate McLouth and SP Bronson Arroyo; released RP Matt Lindstrom; acquired/activated SS Ryan Theriot and RP Ryan Franklin; activated OF Conor Jackson and SP Max Scherzer

Pickle Bugs: Benched 2B Mike Fontenot and SP Kenshi Kawakami; activated 2B Kaz Matsui and SP Jeff Karstens

Arbitration Losers: Released SP Manny Parra; benched 2B Kelly Johnson; activated SP Jordan Zimmermann and 2B Clint Barmes

Misfits: Released SP Todd Wellemeyer; benched 2B Luis Castillo; moved OF Skip Schumaker to 2B; activated SP Braden Looper and OF Ryan Spilborghs

Boondock Saints: Benched OF Chris Duncan and SP Jeff Suppan; activated OF Fred Lewis and SP Dave Bush

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 591 -- Six-point day allows rest of the pack to close gap
2. WWJB 561 -- Scott has a friend in Jesus .. and Kosuke
3. Chico's Chuggers 530 -- Jimenez scores -1 to go back to 0 for season
4. VC Appraisers 522 -- Carlos Lee starts to heat up
5. Arbitration Losers 501 -- Wishing they had started Zimmermann last week
6. Triple-A's 489 -- Hurting at SS and OF
7. Misfits 480 --Sandoval has kind of day to warrant draft position
8. Goatwhisperers 473 -- Back-to-back negative starts for Kershaw
9. Boondock Saints 461 -- Marquis performance to cap the week
10. Pickle Bugs 402 --Bruce almighty gives Bugs hopes of promise

Head-to-head scores

WWJB 187, Chico's Chuggers 141
Fresh Fish 157, Triple-A's 155
Misfits 159, Goatwhisperers 155
Arbitration Losers 160, VC Appraisers 150
Boondock Saints 148, Pickle Bugs 147

Player acquisitions

Fresh Fish acquired OF Colby Rasmus (April #1)
Boondock Saints acquired C David Ross (April #4)
Arbitration Losers acquired OF Justin Upton (April #3)
Chico's Chuggers acquired 1B Adam LaRoche (April #3)
Misfits acquired SP Braden Looper (April #2)
Pickle Bugs acquired SP Jeff Karstens (April #3)