Playoffs Week 5: The Check Swing

1. Fresh Fish (4,011 points): Rick's team took a 46-point lead after the first week of the three-week championship series against the Misfits. With Clayton Kershaw, Buster Posey and Giancarlo Stanton leading the way, the Fish are going to be tough to beat.

2. Danger Zaun (3,988 points): Oh, NOW the Rich/Brian team picks up some wins, improving to 3-0 in the consolation round. Too little, too late, guys. Anyway, forget about Stephen Strasburg; Zack Wheeler is the ace of this team. 

3. Ryan's Rangers (3,789 points): The Steroid Bunch is down 48 points after the first week of the three-week third-place series against the Tailpipers. Can Carlos Gomez and Ryan Braun pull their weight and get this team in gear before it's too late? 

4. Tanana in the Tailpipe (3,784 points): A 195-point week has Matt's team in command of the third-place matchup. Of course, much of that point total can be attributed to double starts for Tyson Ross, Cole Hamels and Adam Wainwright this week. 

Clayton Kershaw and Johnny Cueto are tied for the lead in FBLG
points (441), and Kershaw missed a month because of injury.

5. Arbitration Losers (3,761 points): Tim's team is one of five teams battling for third place in the points race, but the Losers will need more production from Yadier Molina and Matt Holliday than the 15 points they offered this week. 

6. E-3 (3,743 points): Andrew McCutchen is the top-scoring hitter on Adam's team, which is no surprise. Bet you didn't think Jimmy Rollins would be No. 2, though. They're both well behind Johnny Cueto, who would probably win the Cy Young if not for that Kershaw guy.

7. Pitch You Blockhead (3,733 points): Scott's team is 3-0 in the consolation round, and next week's duel against Danger Zaun should be a good one. This would be a good time for Hanley Ramirez to play like 2013 Hanley Ramirez. 

8. Misfits (3,674 points): Reid's five pitchers supplied only 34 points as the Misfits dug themselves a hole in the championship series. Can Aaron Hill and Chris Johnson chip in, or will Rick's team win this thing in a runaway? 

9. Rocky Mountain High (3,496 points): Anthony Rizzo is out. Troy Tulowitzki is out. Carlos Gonzalez is out. The pitching is wildly inconsistent. It's not going well for Jon's team. 

10. Rookies (3,443 points): Only three players (Ervin Santana, Jason Heyward and Jordan Zimmermann) reached double digits in points for Henry's team in a 72-point disaster. Most of the blame can be directed at Atlanta.