Monday, June 7, 2010

Week 10 roster moves

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

SS Rafael Furcal, by Goatwhisperers (May #3)
3B Scott Rolen, by Chico's Chuggers (May #3)
OF Angel Pagan, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #3)
SP Kris Medlen, by Misfits (June #1)
2B Neil Walker, by Upton No Good (June #1)
SS Felipe Lopez, by Chico's Chuggers (June #1)
SP Dontrelle Willis, by Arbitration Losers (June #1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

2B Skip Schumaker, by Upton No Good
SP Carlos Zambrano, by Goatwhisperers
3B Andy LaRoche, by Chico's Chuggers
OF Dexter Fowler, by Arbitration Losers
OF Connor Jackson, by Pitch You Blockhead
SP John Lannan, by Misfits

WEEK 10 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

Upton No Good: Released 2B Skip Schumaker, benched OF Manny Ramirez; activated 2B Neil Walker and OF Chris Young

Pickle Bugs: Benched OF Brad Hawpe and SP Anibal Sanchez; activated OF Corey Hart and OF Wandy Rodriguez

Fresh Fish: Benched SP Barry Zito and SP Jaime Garcia; activated SP Stephen Strasburg and SP Derek Lowe

VC Appraisers: Benched SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SP Jeff Francis

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched SS Cristian Guzman, 1B Garrett Jones, SP John Ely; activated 1B Lance Berkman, SS Rafael Furcal and SP Ian Kennedy.

Aribtration Losers: Benched 2B Juan Uribe; activated 2B Freddy Sanchez

Triple-A's: Benched 3B Casey Blake; activated 3B Placido Polanco

Misfits: Released SP John Lannan; benched SP Kevin Correia; activated SP Kris Medlen and SP Hiroki Kuroda

Pitch You Blockhead: Benched OF Lastings Milledge and SP Aaron Harang; activated OF Angel Pagan and SP Carlos Silva

Chico's Chuggers: Benched SS Ryan Theriot and 3B Aramis Ramirez; activated SS Felipe Lopez and 3B Scott Rolen

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1632
    Lincecum didn't get a win, but did get quality start
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1629
    Ubaldo gives up some runs, but still wins
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1627
    Second-worst week in the league, and a win .... they'll take it.
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1567
    Good hitting week, but pitching was weak
5. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1563
    Huge week for Colby Rasmus (35)
6. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1551
    Bengie Molina's 1-point week didn't help Fish's league-low week
7. Misfits (Reid) 1515
   Castro's 4-point week a highlight among Cub infielders
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 1476
    If they had replaced Blake on Sunday, they may have more than a tie
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1465
   If not for 8-point Saturday, two Cubs IFs would have been scoreless for week
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1438
    Three consecutive wins for PYB!
Head-to-head finals

Misfits 196, Chico Chuggers 190
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 178, Pickle Bugs 170
Pitch You Blockhead! 198, VC Appraisers 179
Triple-A's 183, Upton No Good 183, tie
Arbitration Losers 167, Fresh Fish 150

Emergency pitchers

Pitch You Blockhead useds SP Wade LeBlanc as emergency pitcher in place of SP Carlos Silva

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Saturday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1595
    Could really uses a Lincecum-like outing
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1595
    Looking for another bid day from Ubaldo on Sunday
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1588
    Myers could make win-saving start today
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1540
   Losses by Billingsley, Oswalt may sink shot at win
5. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1528
    Another big outing from Leake
6. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1512
    Strasburg can't arrive in bigs quickly enough
7. Misfits (Reid) 1478
    Dismal week gets a spark on Friday & Saturday
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 1462
    Moyer goes the distance for victory
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1444
   A-Ram posts first points of week (8), Theriot takes away (-2)
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1408
    Rainout will cost Silva a start this week; LeBlanc gets emergency call

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 169, Misfits 159
Pickle Bugs 143, Goatwhisperers 141
Pitch You Blockhead! 168, VC Appraisers 144
Triple-A's 169, Upton No Good 149
Arbitration Losers 128, Fresh Fish 111

Players acquired

SS Rafael Furcal, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (May #3)
2B Neil Walker, by Upton No Good (June #1)
SP Kris Medlen, by Misfits (June #1)

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1554
    Star of week? Nearly steal-eligible Chris Coghlan
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1546
    Strong pitching sparks UNG's surge back toward top
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1524
    Hitters have gone on vacation this week
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1471
    Very quiet Wednesday
5. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1468
    Desmond's 3-error game makes bad really worse
5. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1468
    Santana scores 10; VCA scores 11
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 1400
    After 106-point Week 8, TA's already have 107 in three days of Week 9
8. Misfits (Reid) 1383
    Misfits need to spark to avoid slipping into ninth
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1379
   Bad news for Chuggers: Apparently Cubs are going to platoon Theriot at 2B
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1323
   Holliday, Wright heating up, while Kelly Johnson cools down

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 104, Misfits 64
Goatwhisperers 100, Pickle Bugs 74
VC Appraisers 84, Pitch You Blockhead! 83
Triple-A's 107, Upton No Good 100
Fresh Fish 67, Arbitration Losers 64

Top scorers in FBLG

Batters

1. Ryan Braun (FF) 174
2. Matt Kemp (TA) 159
2. Albert Pujols (PB) 159
4. Martin Prado (PB) 154
5. Shane Victorino (Mis) 149
6. Jason Bay (AL) 148
6. Joey Votto (VCA) 148
8. Jayson Werth (TA) 147
9. James Loney (UNG) 143
10. Troy Tulowitzki (AL) 140

Pitchers

1. Ubaldo Jimenez (UNG) 208
2. Roy Halladay (AL) 183
3. Adam Wainwright (Mis) 165
4. Chris Carpenter (TA) 160
5. Dan Haren (CC) 158
5. Tim Lincecum (GG) 158

Relievers

Jonathan Broxton (PYB) 111
Heath Bell (PB) 105
Billy Wagner (GG) 100

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1539
    Cueto's run of stellar outings ends
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1503
    Myers scores 16 in no-decision
3. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1499
    Jimenez tallies 23 of team's 58 points for week
4. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1464
    Rain delay costs Hamels for -4 outing
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1460
    Billingsley posts victory for Bugs
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 1457
    Votto returns to lineup in big way
7. Misfits (Reid) 1369
    Home run for Howard
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 1362
    Solid outing for Nolasco
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1353
    Haren finally pitches well, and gets no support
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 1298
    Wright might just be turning right

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 78, Misfits 50
Goatwhisperers 85, Pickle Bugs 63
VC Appraisers 94, Pitch You Blockhead 58
Triple-A's 86, Upton No Good 53
Fresh Fish 63, Arbitration Losers 43

Player acquisitions

2B Neil Walker, by Upton No Good (June #1)
OF Angel Pagan, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #3)
3B Scott Rolen, by Chico's Chuggers (May #3)