Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3139 -- Magic touch: Take De La Rosa out of lineup and he gets shelled

2. WWJB (Scott) 3079 -- A whole lot of nothing on Wednesday

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3053 -- Guzman remains on a tear

4. Misfits (Reid) 3026 -- Looper's 16 won't "officially" count until Oswalt misses week.

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 3018 -- Theriot still not producing in starting lineup

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2919 -- Gaudin continues to stink up the place

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2796 -- Hardy helping of 0-point games

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2794 -- Lohse adds to strikeout-less showing by Cards pitchers

9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2616 -- Happ has last-place team beating first-place team

10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2607 -- NOW, they fall into last place

Week 18 head-to-head scores

Fresh Fish (10-7) 70, Arbitration Losers (9-8) 68

Pickle Bugs (6-11) 74, VC Appraisers (8-9) 72

Goatwhisperers (9-8) 80, Triple-A's (9-8) 59

Misfits (10-7) 96, WWJB (9-8) 69

Boondock Saints (5-12) 106, Chico's Chuggers (10-7) 41

Tuesday's results

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3125 -- Not results they were hoping for from Harang, Duke

2. WWJB (Scott) 3069 -- At least Pineiro didn't get charged with the loss

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3029 -- Still leads weekly matchup despite pitches so far 0-3 this week

4. Misfits (Reid) 2994 -- Almost halway to last week's total

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2993 -- Theriot in lineup, so he goes cold

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2907 -- Castillo says "Oh Lordy Jesus, I'm fallin' down the steps. Help me, Lord Jesus, please."

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2780 -- Blown save cheats Santana of victory

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2776 -- Kemp a one-man scoring machine

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2581 -- Milledge's return to lineup has not produced points

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2570 -- Best hitter? Pitcher Josh Johnson

Week 18 head-to-head scores

Arbitration Losers (9-8) 56, Fresh Fish (10-7) 54

VC Appraisers (8-9) 54, PickleBugs (6-11) 48

Goatwhisperers (9-8) 56, Triple-A's (9-8) 34

Misfits (10-7) 64, WWJB (9-8) 59

Boondock Saints (5-12) 60, Chico's Chuggers (10-7) 27

 

Top scoring players

BATTERS

1. Albert Pujols (WW) 341

2. Prince Fielder (GG) 316

3. Shane Victorino (CC) 304

4. Chase Utley (TA) 300

5. Matt Kemp (VC) 297

6. Hanley Ramirez (CC) 294

7. Ryan Braun (AL) 285

8. Jayson Werth (GG) 281

9. Orlando Hudson (GG) 278

9. Raul Ibanez (TA) 278

STARTING PITCHERS

1. Tim Lincecum (AL) 375

2. Dan Haren (Mis) 318

3. Adam Wainwright (CC) 307

4. Ryan Howard (Mis) 290

5. Matt Cain (GG) 286

RELIEF PITCHERS

1. Jonathan Broxton (WW) 214

2. Heath Bell (CC) 172

3. Francisco Rodriguez (BS) 162

Week 18 roster moves

Players acquired

SP Cliff Lee, by Boondock Saints (free to replace)

SP Matt Latos, by Boondock Saints (August No. 1)

OF Garret Anderson, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (July #2)

OF Lastings Milledge, by Pickle Bugs (August No. 1)

3B Scott Rolen, by Arbitration Losers (August No. 1)

Players released

SP Jake Peavy, by Chico's Chuggers (traded to AL; receives free move to replace)

OF Scott Hairston, by Goatwhisperers

SP Edinson Volquez, by Arbitration Losers

3B Garrett Atkins, by Arbitration Losers

OF Rick Ankiel, by Misfits

2B Joe Thurston, by Boondock Saints

SS Khalil Greene, by Boondock Saints

Week 18 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched SP Kevin Correia and SP Jorge De La Rosa; activated SP Zach Duke and SP Aaron Harang

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Cody Ross and SP Carlos Zambrano; activated OF Jeff Francoeur and SP Chris Volstad

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Jeremy Hermida; activated OF Garret Anderson

VC Appraisers: No changes

WWJB: Benched 2B Clint Barmes; activated SP Freddy Sanchez

Triple-A's: Benched SS Stephen Drew, SP Bronson Arroyo and SP Randy Wolf; activated SS Ryan Theriot, SP Max Scherzer and SP Rich Harden.'

Pickle Bugs: Placed OF Corey Hart on disabled list; benched SP Oliver Perez; activated OF Lastings Milledge and SP Johnny Cueto

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Ryan Ludwick; activated OF Mike Cameron

Misfits: Released OF Rick Ankiel; benched SP Braden Looper; activated OF Andrew McCutchen; activated SP Ryan Dempster from disabled list

Boondock Saints: Placed SP Jeff Suppan on disabled list; benched SP Ross Ohlendorf; moved SS Alex Gonzalez from DL to bench; activated SP Cliff Lee and SP Matt Latos.

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3098 -- Just another 200-point week for the Chuggers

2. WWJB (Scott) 3010 -- Billingsley's early hook sunk hopes for late rally

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2973 -- Hamels -2 on Sunday killed hopes for weekly win

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2959 -- Had 3 pitchers making two starts, but only Nolasco shined

5. Misfits (Reid) 2930 -- What happened??? 213 last week, 113 this week

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2851 -- Lincecum is God (52-point week)

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2726 -- Fish can finish with No. 1 head-to-head seed or No. 6

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2722 --

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2533 -- Ironically, solid pitching over weekend sunk hopes of getting Cliff Lee

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2510 -- Get a nice win ... and Cliff Lee!

Week 17 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 206, Misfits 113

Fresh Fish 197, WWJB 188

Pickle Bugs 203, Triple-A's 161

Arbitration Losers 211, Fresh Fish 197

Boondock Saints 209, VC Appraisers 167

Players acquired

SP Cliff Lee, by Boondock Saints (free to replace 1B Casey Kotchman)

SP Matt Latos, by Boondock Saints (August No. 1)