Week 11: Saturday's Roundup

Continuing our car themes week, here's Shelby Miller's namesake.
This is also probably the first blog picture that's faster than Billy Hamilton.

Studs: Marcell Ozuna (PYB) homered, tripled and drove in 3. Buster Posey (FF) doubled, homered and drove in 3. Martin Prado (PYB) was a triple shy of the cycle and drove in 2. Shelby Miller (Rookies) struck out 7 and allowed 1 run in 6.2 innings, and added a double and run at the plate.

Duds: We are one game away from officially renaming this the Sergio Romo category. A day after his minus-8 implosion, Romo (Misfits) gave up a 2-run, go-ahead, inside-the-park home run and took the loss to bring his 2-day total to an amazing minus-12. David Wright (E-3) made an E-5 and was 0 for 2. Junior Lake (AL) was 0 for 4 with 2 Ks and an error, leading the Arbitration Losers to a 2-point day. Jay Bruce (PYB) was 0 for 3 and was caught stealing.

Transaction: Ryan's Rangers activate 3B Mark Reynolds and send Chase Headley to the bench. 

Scores

Rookies 167, Arbitration Losers 98

Fresh Fish 139, Misfits 129

Danger Zaun 159, Tanana in the Tailpipe 156

Pitch You Blockhead 123, Ryan's Rangers 80
E-3 166, Rocky Mountain High 166

Week 11: Friday's Roundup

Romo blew the game? I feel like I've heard that before.

Studs: Lance Lynn (RMH) allowed only 2 hits while striking out 8 in 8 shutout innings to beat the Nationals. Jake Arrieta (AL) allowed 2 hits and no runs while striking out 9 in a 7-inning win. Clayton Kershaw (FF) singled, struck out 7 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning victory. Bartolo Colon (FF) shut down the Padres — shocking, I know. He allowed 2 runs and struck out 7 in a 7.1-inning win. 

Duds: Sergio Romo (Misfits) got only one out, allowed 5 runs and took the loss for the rare minus-8. Matt Holliday (AL) went 0 for 3 with an error. Drew Stubbs (RMH) went 1 for 4 with an error. 

Transaction: Ryan's Rangers activate 1B Matt Adams and send Mark Reynolds to the bench. 

Scores

Rookies 131, Arbitration Losers 96

Misfits 114, Fresh Fish 104

Danger Zaun 140, Tanana in the Tailpipe 134

Pitch You Blockhead 91, Ryan's Rangers 60

E-3 148, Rocky Mountain High 123

Week 11: Thursday's Roundup

Surprisingly, this was the first photo that came up in a
Google image search for "old Hudson."

Studs: Tim Hudson (AL) struck out 5 and allowed an unearned run in a 7-inning win. Charlie Blackmon (Misfits) homered, doubled twice, drove in 3 and scored twice. 

Duds: None today. Seriously.

Transactions: Ryan's Rangers place C Wilson Ramos on the DL and add Anthony Recker. Pitch You Blockhead places 2B Neil Walker on the DL and adds Josh Rutledge. 

Scores

Rookies 101, Arbitration Losers 74

Misfits 86, Fresh Fish 48

Tanana in the Tailpipe 121, Danger Zaun 100

Pitch You Blockhead 70, Ryan's Rangers 38

E-3 133, Rocky Mountain High 82

Week 11: Wednesday's Roundup

Did you hear the one about the Colorado outfielders who
tore it up Wednesday? Sorry, Charlie Blackmon, it's not you.
It's not you, either, Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer.

Studs: Johnny Cueto (E-3) struck out 12 and didn't allow a run in a 6-inning win. Cole Hamels (Tanana) struck out 11 in 8 shutout innings and singled. Drew Stubbs (RMH) doubled twice, scored twice and drove in 2. Corey Dickerson (DZ) doubled, tripled and drove in 3. Andrew McCutchen (E-3) homered, doubled, drove in 2 and stole a base. Jonathan Papelbon (Tanana) struck out 1 in a perfect inning and got the win.

Duds: Michael Wacha (Misfits) allowed 4 runs and somehow didn't strike out anyone in a 5-inning loss. Baseball experts refer to this as an "Aaron Cook." Marlon Byrd (FF) struck out in all four at-bats and left 3 men on base. Matt Kemp (Misfits) struck out in his only at-bat and got ejected for mouthing off. 

Transaction: Rocky Mountain High activated SP Mat Latos and sent Matt Garza to the bench. That'll teach Garza for having too many T's in his name. 

Scores

Rookies 74, Arbitration Losers 53

Misfits 59, Fresh Fish 41

Tanana in the Tailpipe 110, Danger Zaun 80

Pitch You Blockhead 47, Ryan's Rangers 23

E-3 117, Rocky Mountain High 72

Week 11: Tuesday's Roundup

Anthony Rizzo got a lot of high-fives on Tuesday.

Studs: Josh Beckett (E-3) got the win, struck out 7 in 6 shutout innings, singled and scored. Anthony Rizzo (RMH) homered, doubled twice, drove in 3 and scored 3 runs. Evan Gattis (Rookies) homered, singled twice, scored 4 runs and drove in 2. Paul Goldschmidt (Rookies) homered, doubled, scored twice and stole a base. Christian Yelich (Tanana) had 2 singles, 2 doubles, 4 RBIs and a run.

Duds: Chris Owings (RR) went 0 for 3 with an error. Miguel Montero (E-3) went 0 for 3 and was caught stealing. Really, Miggy?

Transactions: Misfits activate 1B Joey Votto from the DL and send Ike Davis to the bench. Arbitration Losers place OF Michael Cuddyer on the DL and replace him with Junior Lake.

Scores

Rookies 66, Arbitration Losers 42

Misfits 38, Fresh Fish 27

Danger Zaun 55, Tanana in the Tailpipe 54

Pitch You Blockhead 32, Ryan's Rangers 15

E-3 70, Rocky Mountain High 50

Week 11: Monday's Roundup

With 3 homers, a double, a single and 9 RBIs (plus an error),
Lonnie Chisenhall would have posted 19 points in FBLG. 

Studs: Ian Desmond (DZ) was a homer short of the cycle and drove in 5. Denard Span (AL) tripled, doubled twice and scored twice. Stephen Strasburg (DZ) struck out 7 and allowed 1 run in a 6-inning win. Andrew McCutchen (E-3) homered, doubled and drove in 3. Starlin Castro (Tanana) was a triple short of the cycle and drove in 2. 

Duds: Mike Morse (FF), Troy Tulowitzki (RMH) and Aaron Hill (DZ) all went 0-fer with an error. Tony Cingrani (RR) allowed 6 runs, made an error and took the loss. 

Scores

Arbitration Losers 16, Rookies 11

Misfits 14, Fresh Fish 2

Danger Zaun 30, Tanana in the Tailpipe 10

Pitch You Blockhead 8, Ryan's Rangers 5

Rocky Mountain High 24, E-3 17

Week 11 Transactions and Lineups

Before we start, a special thank you to Bill for filling in on the scoring document and the blog last week. As our way of saying thanks, we're going to dock 100 points from his team's total... no, really, thanks Bill!

Trade

Danger Zaun trade OF Gerardo Parra and 3B Aramis Ramirez to Rookies for C Devin Mesoraco.

Players acquired

Fresh Fish sign 2B Danny Espinosa (June move #2).

Rocky Mountain High sign OF Drew Stubbs (June move #1).

Tanana in the Tailpipe sign OF Nate Schierholtz (June move #3).

Arbitration Losers sign SP Josh Collmenter (June move #1).

Players released

1B Garrett Jones

3B Mike Olt

2B Derek Dietrich

Lineup changes

E-3: none.

Fresh Fish: Bench OF Jayson Werth and SP Mike Leake; activate OF Ryan Zimmerman, SP Yovani Gallardo and 2B Danny Espinosa.

Rookies: Bench SP Ervin Santana and OF B.J. Upton; activate SP Doug Fister, OF Gerardo Parra and 3B Aramis Ramirez.

Rocky Mountain High: Place OF Carlos Gonzalez on the DL; activate OF Drew Stubbs.

Pitch You Blockhead: none.

Tanana in the Tailpipe: Bench SP Alfredo Simon; place OF Juan Lagares on the DL; activate SP Cole Hamels and OF Nate Schierholtz.

Ryan's Rangers: Bench SP Wily Peralta; activate SP Tony Cingrani.

Misfits: Bench OF Oscar Taveras, SS Everth Cabrera and SP Travis Wood; activate OF Matt Kemp, SS Adeiny Hechavarria and SP Tanner Roark.

Arbitration Losers: Place SP Gerrit Cole on the DL; activate SP Josh Collmenter.

Danger Zaun: Bench SP Jaime Garcia and OF Starling Marte; place C Jarrod Saltalamacchia on DL; activate SP Andrew Cashner (from DL), OF Corey Dickerson and C Devin Mesoraco.

Week 10: The Check Swing

It's time to check in at the FBLG regular season's midpoint (a week late, anyway) and take a look at the midseason MVPs. 

1. Ryan's Rangers (1,819 points, 7-3): Gio Gonzalez, Matt Adams and Nolan Arenado are on the DL, but so what? Bill's team just keeps rolling along, as evidenced by the 32-point week posted by Chase Anderson. MVP: The team is named for Ryan Braun, but Carlos Gomez (187 points) is the best performer here.

Frank Tanana led the league in strikeouts in 1975 and in ERA
and shutouts in 1977. But in 1976, he was 15th in the MVP voting.
His mustache finished in spots 1 through 14.

2. E-3 (1,730 points, 6-4): Adam's team wet the bed this week thanks to a combined 8 points from Johnny Cueto, A.J. Burnett and Josh Beckett. But at least his Mets and Phillies hitters keep producing. MVP: Andrew McCutchen was the No. 1 overall pick, but Cueto (187 points) has been the No. 1 player on E-3.

3. Fresh Fish (1,706 points, 4-6): Rick's attempts to collect every Marlins player on his team hit a snag when second baseman Derek Dietrich was sent to Triple-A. That didn't stop the Fish from putting up a 190-point week thanks to a 40-pointer from Clayton Kershaw. MVP: Has anyone been better than Giancarlo Stanton (202 points)? 

4t. Danger Zaun (1,700 points, 3-7): The Rich/Brian team cracked the 200-point barrier behind a ton of pitching power and offense from Todd Frazier and Khris Davis. Too bad Adrian Gonzalez hasn't hit anything in a month and Jarrod Saltalamacchia has been even worse. MVP: It was looking like Jose Fernandez's year, but now the pressure is on Stephen Strasburg (167 points) to lead the way. 

4t. Pitch You Blockhead (1,700 points, 6-4): Is Scott's quartet of Zack Greinke, Jeff Samardzija, Ryan Vogelsong and Ian Kennedy the best in FBLG? It sure looked like it this week. If Hanley Ramirez heats up this summer, watch out for PYB. MVP: It would be fun to say Jonathan Lucroy, but it's definitely Greinke (190 points). 

6. Tanana in the Tailpipe (1,675 points, 6-4): Matt's team clearly leads the league in DL stints and crippled outfielders. Welington Castillo joined Bryce Harper, Mark Trumbo, A.J. Pollock and Dillon Gee on the disabled list this week, and Juan Lagares is hurt too. Jonathan Papelbon posted 1 point in his lone appearance to put the cherry on top of this 115-point dud week. MVP: Adam Wainwright (207 points) has been FBLG's top pitcher. 

7. Arbitration Losers (1,655 points, 5-5): Tim's best performers in a blowout loss to DZ were Denard Span and Jake Arrieta. That says it all, but we'll add more: Matt Holliday and Michael Cuddyer are dealing with injuries, and Gerrit Cole is headed to the disabled list. Ouch. MVP: The return of Cliff Lee (118 points) is greatly anticipated.

8. Rocky Mountain High (1,633 points, 5-5): Are the wheels coming off Jon's team? Carlos Gonzalez went to the disabled list, and Yasiel Puig missed time with an injury. Better hope Troy Tulowitzki can stay healthy. MVP: Tulowitzki (196 points) had another big week and is among FBLG's top scorers. 

9t. Misfits (1,563 points, 4-6): Daniel Murphy's 24-point outburst was the lone bright spot for Reid's team this week. Poor performances included those by Ike Davis (-1), Michael Wacha (1), Aaron Harang (4), Chris Johnson (4) and Everth Cabrera (6). MVP: Madison Bumgarner (192 points) hasn't been the best pitcher in FBLG, but it's closer than you might think.

9t. Rookies (1,563 points, 4-6): A 43-point week from Jordan Zimmermann helped Henry's team get past RMH and climb into a tie for ninth in the rankings. On the down side, Mike Olt posted a zero and Andrelton Simmons and B.J. Upton combined for only 14. MVP: No surprise here. Paul Goldschmidt (195 points) has been worthy of being the No. 3 overall pick. 

Week 10: Sunday's Roundup

Pitching against the Padres is a darn good way to collect points.

Studs: Curtis Granderson (E-3) homered twice, doubled and drove in 3. Clayton Kershaw (FF) struck out 9 and allowed 1 run in a rain-shortened, 5-inning win. Jordan Zimmermann (Rookies) fanned 12 in a 2-hit shutout of the Padres. Homer Bailey (DZ) struck out 7 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. He also had a 2-run single and scored. Chase Anderson (RR) singled, struck out 8 and allowed 2 runs in a 7-inning win. 

Duds: Jean Segura (AL) went 0 for 4 with an error. 

Scores

Danger Zaun 206, Arbitration Losers 141
Ryan's Rangers 198, Misfits 127
Pitch You Blockhead 213, Tanana in the Tailpipe 115
Rookies 167, Rocky Mountain High 155
Fresh Fish 192, E-3 160 

Week 10: Saturday's Roundup

Ike Davis made this many errors Saturday.

Studs: Shelby Miller (Rookies) threw a shutout to beat the mighty Blue Jays, striking out 5 and allowing only 3 hits. Jeff Samardzija (PYB) picked up his second win, striking out 8 and allowing 2 runs in 7 innings. He also singled and scored. Todd Frazier (DZ) homered, singled twice, scored twice and stole a base. 

Duds: Ike Davis (Misfits) went 0 for 3 with a pair of errors. Adrian Gonzalez (DZ) went 0 for 5 and left 7 runners on base. 

Scores

Danger Zaun 142, Arbitration Losers 115
Ryan's Rangers 174, Misfits 108
Pitch You Blockhead 190, Tanana in the Tailpipe 101
Rocky Mountain High 135, Rookies 128
Fresh Fish 154, E-3 150