Saturday, May 9, 2009

Friday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 900 -- Hardy 24 pts entering week; 26 this week alone
2. WWJB 865 -- They have a friend in Jesus
3. Chico's Chuggers 829 -- HanRam playing like No. 1 overall pick
4. Misfits 816 -- Ankiel "heads" to the disabled list
5. Arbitration Losers 802 -- Upton only Loser producing
6. VC Appraisers 791 -- Headley 0 pts for week, one more than Uggla
7. Goatwhisperers 784 -- Jayson is proving this Werth
8. Triple-A's 780 -- Nolasco to bench for Arroyo didn't work out so well
9. Boondock Saints 775 -- Zimmerman continues his hit parade
10. Pickle Bugs 683 -- Cueto and Zito gives Bugs some more hope

Head-to-head scores

Fresh Fish 151, Misfits 125
Chico's Chuggers 156, Arbitration Losers 121
Goatwhisperers 174, Pickle Bugs 151
VC Appraisers 133, Triple-A's 107
Boondock Saints 154, WWJB 125

Player acquistions

Misfits acquired OF Juan Pierre (May #1)
Arbitration Losers acquired 2B Luis Castillo (May #1)

Mid-week replacements

On Friday, Misfits placed OF Rick Ankiel on disabled list, activated OF Cameron Maybin
On Saturday, Boondock Saints benched C David Ross, activated C Brian McCann from disabled list

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 842 -- Santana is like Supernatural
2. WWJB 804 -- Imagine where they'd be if they kept Upton
3. Chico's Chuggers 790 -- Peavy scores 14 points ... and loses!
4. Misfits 774 -- Tip for the day: Don't run into a wall Ankiel yourself!
5. Arbitration Loser 763 -- When did Randy become Tom Glavine? (5.2 IP, 0 Ks)
6. Boondock Saints 740 -- McCann's return from DL is in sight
7. VC Appraisers 735 -- Lowe scores 11 points ... and wins!
8. Triple-A's 724 -- Arroyo: Last week good (on bench); this week not so good (-11 and starting)
9. Goatwhisperers 708 -- Chris Young is hitting like Chris Young (the pitcher)
10. Pickle Bugs 607 -- Hitters starting to show signs of life

Head-to-Head scores

Fresh Fish 93, Misfits 83
Chico's Chuggers 117, Arbitration Losers 81
Goatwhisperers 98, Pickle Bugs 75
VC Appraisers 77, Triple-A's 51
Boondock Saints 119, WWJB 64

Monday, May 4, 2009

Week 5 roster moves

Players acquired/released

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Acquired Casey Blake/released none (April #2)
Fresh Fish: Acquired 3B Bill Hall/released none (April #2)
Misfits: Acquired 3B Pedro Feliz/released 2B Luis Castillo (April #4)
WWJB: Acquired OF Jody Gerut/released OF Scott Hairston (April #4)
Pickle Bugs: Acquired OF Dexter Fowler/released OF Lastings Milledge (April #4)
Pickle Bugs: Acquired SP Todd Wellemeyer/released SP Jeff Karstens (May #1)
Pickle Bugs: Acquired SP Barry Zito/SP Kenshin Kawakami (May #2)
Chico's Chuggers: Acquired Jorge De La Rosa/OF Willy Taveras (May #1)

Week 5 roster moves

Chico's Chuggers: Benched 1B Adam LaRoche, C Yadier Molina and SP Wandy Rodriguez; activated 1B Jorge Cantu, C Geovany Soto and SP Jorge De La Rosa

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Jeff Franceour; placed SP Carlos Zambrano on DL; activated OF Cody Ross and SP Jamie Moyer

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched SP Micah Owings and SP Cole Hamels; activated SP Doug Davis and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC Appraisers: No changes

WWJB: Benched OF Kosuke Fukudome and SP Joe Blanton; activated OF Jody Gerut and SP Ian Snell

Triple-A's: Benched SP Ricky Nolasco and OF Connor Jackson; activated SP Bronson Arroyo and OF Nate McLouth

Pickle Bugs: Released SP Jeff Karstens; benched SP Oliver Perez; activated SP Todd Wellemeyer and SP Barry Zito

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Ryan Braun; activated OF Justin Upton

Misfits: Benched SP Braden Looper; activated SP Ryan Dempster

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

Top scoring players

Batters

1. Orlando Hudson (Goatwhisperers) 99
2. Albert Pujols (WWJB) 95
3. Raul Ibanez (Triple-A's) 92
4. Andre Ethier (Misfits) 85
5. Shane Victorino (Chico's Chuggers) 77
5. Adrian Gonzalez (Arbitration Losers) 77
7. Alfonso Soriano (WWJB) 76
8. Matt Kemp (VC Appraisers) 75
8. Joey Votto (Boondock Saints) 75
10. Chase Utley (Triple-A's) 74
10. Mike Cameron (Arbitration Losers) 74

Starting pitchers

1. Chad Billingsley (WWJB) 101
2. Dan Haren (Misfits) 95
3. Johan Santana (Fresh Fish) 85
4. Yovani Gallardo (Goatwhisperers) 82
5. Carlos Zambrano (Fresh Fish) 78

Relievers

1. Jonathan Broxton (WWJB) 69
2. Brian Wilson (Arbitration Losers) 46
3. Chad Qualls (Goatwhisperers) 40

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 749 -- Delgado's 0 is better than Hardy's -3 for week
2. WWJB 740 -- When it rains, it pours: Billingsley scores 21 of 23 Sunday points
3. Misfits 691 -- Haren turning out to be beast (50 pts for week)
4. Arbitration Losers 681 -- Big week runs out steam, but they hang on for win
5. Triple-A's 673 -- Harden: 1 point as pitcher; 1 point as pinch-runner
5. Chico's Chuggers 673 -- Hurting HanRam only scores 1 point for week
7. VC Appraisers 658 -- Helton's 22 points for week were best on team
8. Boondock Saints 621 -- Rainouts wipe out half of the team
9. G. Goatwhisperers 610 -- Chris Young post five straight 0-point days
10. Pickle Bugs 532 -- Cueto (22) only bright spot on team

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 143, VC Appraisers 136
Fresh Fish 158, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 137
Arbitration Losers 180, WWJB 179
Misfits 211, Pickle Bugs 130
Triple-A's 184, Boondock Saints 160

Player acquisitions

Pickle Bugs acquired SP Todd Wellemeyer (May #1)
Pickle Bugs acquired SP Barry Zito (May #2)

Player news

Randy Winn, of, SF: Sat out Sunday with strained side, expected back Monday

Manny Ramirez, of, LA: Sat Sunday with strained hamstring; expected back Monday

Carlos Zambrano, sp, Chi: Left Sunday early with strained hamstring

Oliver Perez, sp, NY: May be headed to DL with sore knee

Ryan Braun, of, Mil: Missed 2nd straight game with stiff upper back