Thursday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1011
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 874
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 859
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 849
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 833
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 831
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 821
8. Misfits (Reid) 771
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 763
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 736

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 67, Pitch You Blockhead 60
VC Appraisers 131, Ubaldo Spots 73
Misfits 93, Goatwhisperers 93
Holliday Road 75, Arbitration Losers 71
Pickle Bugs 124, Chico's Chuggers 73

League notes

Owners looking for a dent in the VC Appraisers' armor are still looking. VCA has pushed their overall lead to 137 points. Teams in spots 2 through 7 are fairly tightly bunched, so we can expect a competitive league if the VCA's ever do actually falter. Owners lookings for something to hang their hopes on, it has to be the VCA's bench. The Appraisers were the only FBLG team not to burn at least three April moves (they burned only one and that was to retain a DL'd player who was acquired in the supplemental draft). Their bench currently consists of a player in the minors (Domonic Brown), a No. 4 outfielder (John Jay), and a pretty good pitcher (Jonathan Sanchez). So if something happens to one of their pitchers, they'll be fine. If something happens to a position player, they could be hurting.


Also, last-place Pitch You Blockhead are approaching the dreaded "Bandito Line." PYB is 275 points out of first. The biggest deficit overcome by an FBLG champion was 299 points in 1997 by the Beezabol Banditos.

The first FBLG trade of the season was finalized Wednesday night, with the Pickle Bugs sending 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa to the Holliday Road for RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante

Midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs, On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on the disabled list; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).

Holliday Road, on Thursday, benched 1B Lyle Overbay and traded 2B Omar Infante; activated 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa (both acquired in trade).

Players acquired

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1) 

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 964
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 839
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 812
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 792
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 790
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 774
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 745
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 732
9. Misfits (Reid) 706
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 701

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 32, Pitch You Blockhead 25
VC Appraisers 84, Ubaldo Spots 26
Goatwhisperers 52, Misfits 28
Holliday Road 34, Arbitration Losers 24
Chico's Chuggers 42, Pickle Bugs 20

Midweek moves

Pitch You Blockhead acquires 3B Ian Stewart (May #3); placed 3B Ty Wigginton on disabled list; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers placed 2B Orlando Hudson on disabled list; moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco.

Week 6 roster changes

Week 5 midweek replacements

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday, placed 3B Casey Blake on disabled list; activated 3B Ty Wigginton

PICKLE BUGS: On Sunday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Ryan Roberts

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

SP Jason Marquis, by Triple-A's (April #4)

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pickle Bugs (April #4)

C Ramon Hernandez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #4)

SP Tim Stauffer, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)

1B Brett Wallace, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #2)

3B Greg Dobbs, by Misfits (May #1)


Players released

SP Kevin Correia, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

1B Adam LaRoche, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Pat Burrell, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Chris Narveson, by Triple-A's

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitratrion Losers


Week 6 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP Chris Narveson; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated OF Max Venable, SP Jason Marquis and SP Carlos Zambrano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Moved OF Corey Hart from DL to bench; released 1B Adam LaRoche; benched SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP SP Jake Westbrook; activated 1B Brett Wallace, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC APPRAISERS: Moved OF Domonic Brown from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP R.A. Dickey

MISFITS: Placed 3B David Freese on disabled list; benched 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Esmil Rogers; activated 3B Greg Dobbs, 1B James Loney, OF Nate McLouth and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched C Carlos Ruiz, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Ted Lilly; activated C Ramon Hernandez, OF Jayson Werth and SP Anibal Sanchez

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Cody Ross; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated 3B Juan Uribe.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SP Jon Garland; activated SP Shawn Marcum

Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin)  880
    Rest of league waiting for VCA's first injury
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 807
   T-A's go cold and suffer first  loss of season
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 786
    Solid hitting, but pitching takes week off
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 758
    Stellar outfield, pitching carry team
5. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 750
    Get win despite Tulo's quiet week
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 738
    Ruiz's 0-point week does not cost them weekly win
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 726
    There are better options at catcher
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 690
     McGehee's error Sunday cost them weekly win
9. Misfits (Reid) 678
    Kimbrel could in risk of losing closer job
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 676
    Pitching fuels solid week despite more frustration at 3B

Week 5 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 167, Pickle Bugs 140
Ubaldo Spots 168, Chico's Chuggers 167
VC Appraisers 166, Misfits 151
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 180, Holliday Road 179
Arbitration Losers 157, Triple-A's 135

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco (Arbitration Losers)
SP Jason Marquis (Triple-A's)
3B Ryan Roberts (Picke Bugs)
C Ramon Hernandez (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)
SP Tim Stauffer (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Brett Wallace (Pitch You Blockhead)