Friday's report

With two days left in the season, there's not a lot of expected change in the overall standings.

Positions 1-6 should not change. The Fresh Fish, down 36 points to the VC Appraisers, could move up to seventh with good pitching performances Sunday from Tim Hudson and Jason Marquis. The Appraisers lost out on a start from Maholm because of Thursday's cancelled game.

The other issue at stake is who will finish in last. The Pickle Bugs take 24-point lead over the Boondock Saints into the weekend. If the Saints do not overtake the Bugs, then we will not only have the first worst-to-first finish in league history, but we'll also have a first-to-worst finish. Hurting the Saints' chances is the fact that it appears their starting pitching is done for the season.

The most dramatic finish is in the consolation final. The Bugs lead the Triple-A's by 3 points. Today may be the deciding day. The Bugs have Johnny Cueto on the mound, while the Triple-A's counter with Max Scherzer. Both teams haven't done much with their hitters this week, so these starts may be pivotal.

Overall standings
1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 4671
2. WWJB (Scott) 4573
3. Misfits (Reid) 4473
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 4382
5. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4296
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4218
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 4144
8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 4108
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 4015
10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3991

Consolation head-to-head
Pickle Bugs 92, Triple-A's 89

Week 26 moves

Week 26 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: No changes

Fresh Fish: No changes

Goatwhisperers: Benched RP Franklin Morales; activated RP Hudson Street

VC Appraisers: Benched OF Aaron Rowand; activated OF Chase Headley

WWJB: Benched SP Joe Blanton; activated SP Anibal Sanchez

Triple-A's: No changes

Pickle Bugs: Benched SP Barry Zito; activated SP Tommy Hanson

Arbitration Losers: Benched 3B Scott Rolen and OF Ryan Ludwick; activated 3B Andy LaRoche and OF Mike Cameron

Misfits: Benched 2B Skip Schumaker and SP Braden Looper; moved OF Eugenio Velez to 2B; activated OF Garrett Jones and SP Jonathan Sanchez

Boondock Saints: Benched SP Dave Bush; activated SP Josh Hammel

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 4589 -- Three pitching wins over weekend cements hold on first
2. WWJB (Scott) 4488 -- 206-point week seals win of third-place in head-to-head
3. Misfits (Reid) 4349 -- Take 56-point lead over Triple-A's into final week
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 4293 -- Advances to consolation final despite loss to Losers
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4150 -- Cain's 21-point outing puts Goatwhisperers back in upper division
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4148 -- Nearly posts 200-point week despite modest pitching
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 4059 -- Huge 44-point week for Votto
8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 4020 -- Loads of DNPs from Hardy, Molina
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3923 -- Working to avoid yet another last-place finish
10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3906 -- Derrek Lee's neck spasm is a pain in neck for Bill

Head-to-head scores

Third-place
WWJB 206, Fresh Fish 151 (WWJB wins 2-1)

Consolation round-robin
Arbitration Losers 196, Triple-A's 138
Pickle Bugs 210, VC Appraisers 187
Goatwhisperers 142, Boondock Saints 123
Standings
x-Pickle Bugs 4-1
x-Triple-A's 3-2
Boondock Saints 3-2
VC Appraisers 2-3
Arbitration Losers 2-3
Goatwhisperers 1-4
Consolation final
Pickle Bugs vs. Triple-A's
(Triple-A's beat Boondock Saints in tiebreaker: Total points during round-robin 833-804)


Emergency pitchers used
Goatwhisperers started SP Clayton Kershaw in place of SP Yovani Gallardo
WWJB started SP Joel Pineiro in place of SP Ted Lilly
Arbitration Losers started SP Nelson Figueroa in place of SP Pedro Martinez