Season review: Chico's Chuggers

Owner: Shawn Perov

Final points, placing: 4708, 1st place

Drafted team: 1B Jorge Cantu; 2B Brandon Phillips; SS Hanley Ramirez; 3B Emilio Bonafacio; C Geovany Soto; OF Shane Victorino; OF Brad Hawpe; OF Willy Taveras; SP Jake Peavy; SP Adam Wainwright; SP Aaron Harang; SP Wandy Rodriguez; RP Heath Bell; B: Ubaldo Jimenez, Michael Bourn, Aaron Cook

Players added (16): OF Nyger Morgan (W2), C Yadier Molina (W2), 1B Adam LaRoche (W4), SP Jorge De La Rosa (W5, W11 and W15), 2B David Eckstein (W8), SP Zach Duke (W9), SP John Lannan (W11), SP Kevin Correia (W13); 3B Ryan Roberts (W19), OF Johnny Gomes (W20), 3B Pedro Feliz (W20), OF Carlos Gonzalez (W22), SP Jon Garland (W23), OF Drew Stubbs (W25)

Players dumped (15): OF Michael Bourn (W2), SP Aaron Cook (W2), SP Ubaldo Jimenez (W4), OF Willy Taveras (W5), 2B David Eckstein (W9), SP Jorge De La Rosa (W9 and W13), 1B Adam LaRoche (W10-stolen), SP John Lannan (W19), SP Jake Peavy (W19), SP Aaron Harang (W20-x), 3B Emilio Bonafacio (W20), C Geovany Soto (W22), OF Nyger Morgan (W22-x), SP Zach Duke (W25)

Players on DL: SP Jake Peavy (W11-18), C Geovany Soto (W13-21)

Time lost to players on DL: 29 weeks

Points/ranking by position: 1B-346/2; 2B-395/2; SS-468/1; 3B-280/9; C-245/5; OF-384/3; SP-387/1; RP-271/2

Final analysis: The Chico's Chuggers had a very low DL-time number. However, each player lost to the DL were significant players: Peavy, Harang, Morgan, Soto. But in all cases, the Chuggers were able to find suitable replacements. The Chuggers hit big with mid-round pitching picks with Wainwright and Wandy Rodriguez. Then they twice picked up and dumped Jorge De La Rosa before picking him up a third time. De La Rosa helped carry the Chuggers to the finish when Peavy and Harang were out of commission. The Week 2 add of Nyger Morgan was huge, as was the Week 2 add of Yadier Molina. While the Chuggers spent most of the season with a bench that was comprised of pitchers and a backup catcher, they did not endure a significant injury to any of their other positions players all season under Morgan was lost for the season in Week 22.

Season review: WWJB

Owner: Scott Phillips

Final points, placing: 4608, second

Drafted team: 1B Albert Pujols; 2B Freddy Sanchez; SS Troy Tulowitzki; 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff; C Jesus Flores; OF Alfonso Soriano; OF Justin Upton; OF Milton Bradley; SP Chad Billingsley; SP Javier Vazquez; Ted Lilly; SP Joe Blanton; RP Jonathan Broxton. B: Anibal Sanchez; Ian Snell; Ryan Church

Players added (15): OF Kosuke Fukudome (W2), OF Scott Hairston (W3 and W9), OF Jody Gerut (W5), C Wil Nieves (W6), 3B Omar Infante (W7), OF Michael Bourn (W7), SS Clint Barmes (W9), C Josh Bard (W13), SP Joel Pineiro (W15), SP Josh Hammel (W17), C Carlos Ruiz (W20), OF Will Venable (W22), 3B Martin Prado (W24), SP Hiroki Kuroda (W25)

Players dumped (14): OF Justin Upton (W2), OF Milton Bradley (W3), OF Scott Hairston (W7), OF Jody Gerut (W7), C Wil Nieves (W13), SP Ian Snell (W13), OF Scott Hairston (W14-stolen), 3B Omar Infante (W19), C Josh Bard (W20), SP Josh Hammel (W20), C Jesus Flores (W23-x), OF Alfonso Soriano (W24-x), OF Ryan Church (W24), SP Chad Billingsley (W25)

Players on DL: C Jesus Flores (W6-22), SP Anibal Sanchez (W6-20), 3B Omar Infante (W7-18) OF Scott Hairston (W9-12), SP Ted Lilly (W17-19), 2B Freddy Sanchez (W21-22)

Time lost by players on DL: 60 weeks

Points/ranking by position: 1B-525/1; 2B-319/6; SS-416/3; 3B-379/5; C-198/10; OF-321/10; SP-368/3; RP-304/1.

Final analysis: The second-place finish was the best for owner Scott Phillips. WWJB was the one team that was able to keep some sort of presure on Chico's Chuggers. It was a good season, but there was room for regret. The 60 weeks of DL is high, but a bit misleading. Most of that time was comprised of long DL stints by players who were not likely to make huge impacts. The biggest downfall for WWJB was their outfield. Top outfielder Alfonso Soriano was either injured or struggling all season long. Scott played with fire by drafting Milton Bradley and got burned. All of this was compounded by the early cut-and-run of Justin Upton. But there were good moves, too. The Week 7 add of Michael Bourn and Week 9 add of Clint Barmes pay big dividends.