Congratulations to Rick and his Fresh Fish for winning the playoff title over the Misfits. Third place goes to Tanana in the Tailpipe, which took down Ryan's Rangers. But there's much more going on in FBLG than just that. With one week left, there's much intrigue.
1. Danger Zaun (4,365 points, up one spot): By going 4-1 in the consolation round, DZ advanced to the consolation finals to face PYB for the second time in three weeks. But the big news here is that DZ motored past FF into first place in the points race on the strength of 119 points from its starting pitchers — Stephen Strasburg, Andrew Cashner, Alfredo Simon and Zack Wheeler.
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Will Rick add Ryan Zimmerman or Mike Morse to his lineup
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2. Fresh Fish (4,361 points, down one spot): The Fish won the playoff title, but their work isn't done. We can't remember the last time someone pulled off the double dip — winning the playoff title as well as the overall points title. With Ryan Zimmerman back, will Rick pull off some lineup-shuffling magic to overtake DZ in the final week?
3. Arbitration Losers (4,119 points, up two spots): A 199-point week, including 101 from starting pitchers, vaulted Tim's team up the rankings. Will AL be able to stay ahead of Tanana and other foes? It'll probably need more than a combined 3 points from Jean Segura and Pablo Sandoval — unless Michael Cuddyer goes off for another 36-point outburst.
4. Tanana in the Tailpipe (4,115 points): Matt's team is in position to take over third place in the points race and might just get double starts out of Cole Hamels and Adam Wainwright. Also, Jonathan Papelbon will be back from his suspension, but will he get his job back from rookie Ken Giles?
5. Pitch You Blockhead (4,080 points, up one spot): Scott's team has an outside chance of moving into third place in points and can win the consolation title by taking down DZ in the final week. Shame on every other FBLG owner if a team with multiple Padres accomplishes either of those feats (again, sorry Scott).
6. Ryan's Rangers (4,068 points, down three spots): Weren't these guys running away with the points title at one point in the season? It would be inaccurate to say the Rangers crapped the bed; they've been sleeping on the couch for weeks. In this week's 87-point disaster, only three players reached double digits.
7. Misfits (4,000 points, up one spot): Welcome to the party, Wilin Rosario! The catcher posted 34 points as Reid's bunch cracked the 200-point barrier. It didn't matter much because the Misfits still finished second in the playoff bracket, but it's nice to see things finally coming together for these guys.
8. E-3 (3,994 points, down one spot): Here's another team that's fallen on hard times since the playoffs started. The pitchers are still getting roughed up, the closer never pitches because the Braves stink, and Jimmy Rollins and David Wright are broken. There's always next year!
9. Rocky Mountain High (3,821 points): How would things have been different if Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Pedro Alvarez, Mat Latos and Matt Garza been healthy all season?
10. Rookies (3,644 points): How bad did it get for the Rookies? Ike Davis was the leading scorer, with 14 points. But that barely canceled out the minus-8 posted by Addison Reed.
