Week 17: Saturday Roundup

Everyone thought Mike Scioscia was annoyed with the strike zone or upset because of how well Clayton Kershaw pitched.
But, actually, it was because umpire Chris Segal claimed that Chinese food was superior to Italian food.

Studs: Buster Posey (AL) was a triple shy of the cycle and drove in 2. Maikel Franco (FF) had 2 doubles, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Kyle Hendricks (Misfits) struck out 6 and allowed 1 earned run in a 7-inning win. Clayton Kershaw (R21) struck out 7 in 8 shutout innings. Lucas Duda (Bryce) continued his torrid run with two homers, a double and 3 RBIs.

Duds: Ryan Vogelsong (FF), now a reliever, allowed an earned run in 0.1 innings. Matt Wisler (Rookies) allowed 7 earned runs and struck out 3 in a 4.2-inning loss.

Scores

Already Zaun 154, Rookies 135

Soler Eclipse 151, Fresh Fish 149

Arbitration Losers 163, PYB 128

Retire 172, Chateau Marmol 150

Misfits 164, Bryce is Right 128

Week 17: Friday Roundup

Both commissioners were traveling Friday, so just a score update today. Back to the normal blog for Saturday's games.

Scores

Already Zaun 128, Rookies 122

Soler Eclipse 132, Fresh Fish 131

Arbitration Losers 111, PYB 103

Retire 123, Chateau Marmol 123

Bryce is Right 112, Misfits 93

Week 17: Thursday roundup

Brandon Phillips tried to singlehandedly lift the Fresh Fish out of last place. He didn't quite make it.

Studs: Brandon Phillips (FF) homered twice, singled twice, drove in 7 and stole 2 bases. That's a 17-point day if you're keeping score. Marlon Byrd (FF) was a triple shy of a cycle and drove in 3. Matt Carpenter (AZ) broke out of his 3-month slump with 2 homers, a double, a single, 4 RBIs, 4 runs — and an error. Derek Norris (SE) went 5 for 5 with a grand slam and scored 2 runs; he did make an error, though. Curtis Granderson (Misfits) hit a 3-run homer, doubled and scored twice. Nick Hundley (R21) homered, doubled, scored twice and drove in 2. Anthony Rizzo (CM) was a triple shy of a cycle and drove in 3. Max Scherzer (CM) got the win and struck out 6 in 7 shutout innings. Billy Hamilton (Rookies) stole 2 bases, scored 3 times, singled twice and drove in a run. 

Duds: Jeurys Familia (AZ) continued his post-break implosion by serving up a game-losing 3-run homer. A.J. Burnett (PYB) allowed 8 runs (7 earned) and fanned 4 in a 4.1-inning loss. 

Note: It's trade deadline time, which means many of your FBLG players are getting new homes. As always, you can keep your players who move to the American League, aka the "Junior Circuit," or "not real baseball because they use a player designated to not play defense." However, FBLG owners have the option of dropping such players and replacing them without burning a move. So if you're the owner of Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers, Cole Hamels, Troy Tulowitzki or anyone else who gets sent to an AL team before the deadline, let the commissioner's office know if you want to send them packing (as if). 

Scores

Already Zaun 87, Rookies 87 

Soler Eclipse 104, Fresh Fish 99 

Arbitration Losers 87, PYB 70

Retire 102, Chateau Marmol 96

Bryce is Right 81, Misfits 73

Week 17: Wednesday roundup

Leave it to the Mets to have a player hit 3 home runs — and lose 7-3.

Studs: Jon Lester (AL) allowed 2 runs and struck out 14 Rockies in an 8-inning win. Lucas Duda (Bryce) blasted 3 solo homers. Bryce Harper (Bryce) homered twice, singled, drove in 4 and scored 3 runs. Troy Tulowitzki (AZ) homered, doubled twice, drove in 3 and scored 3 runs as the Blue Jays' new leadoff hitter. Andrew McCutchen (Rookies) had a 2-run homer and an RBI single and scored twice. 

Dud: Curtis Granderson (Misfits) went 0 for 2 and was caught stealing. 

Scores

Rookies 63, Already Zaun 57

Soler Eclipse 88, Fresh Fish 58 

Arbitration Losers 75, PYB 54

Retire 74, Chateau Marmol 55

Bryce is Right 71, Misfits 51

Week 17: Tuesday roundup

Gerardo Parra is 6th in the National League in batting average and 8th in slugging percentage. 

Studs: Gerardo Parra (SE) was a homer short of a cycle and scored 3 runs. Joey Votto (R21) was a triple short of a cycle, drove in 3 and scored twice. D.J. LeMahieu (Rookies) was a homer short of a cycle, drove in a run and scored twice. Noah Syndergaard (AL) got the win and fanned 9 in 8 shutout innings. 

Duds: Yonder Alonso (PYB) went 1 for 3 with an error. Andre Ethier (FF) went 0 for 2 and was caught stealing.

Transactions: Retire 21 activates 2B Dee Gordon and benches Cesar Hernandez.

Scores

Rookies 37, Already Zaun 29

Soler Eclipse 43, Fresh Fish 25 

PYB 44, Arbitration Losers 40

Retire 51, Chateau Marmol 38

Misfits 38, Bryce is Right 30

Week 17: Monday roundup

Even Kris Bryant is excited about the
Jose Reyes-Troy Tulowitzki trade.

Studs: Lance Lynn (PYB) singled and struck out 5 while allowing 1 run in a 7-inning win. Carlos Gonzalez (FF) went 4 for 5 with 2 homers and 4 RBIs. Kris Bryant (CM) hit the game-winning 2-run homer, hit an RBI single and scored twice. D.J. LeMahieu (Misfits) doubled, singled twice, scored twice and drove in 2. 

Duds: Nolan Arenado (PYB) went 0 for 4 with an error. Brandon Belt (AL) drove in a run and made an error. 

Scores

Already Zaun 20, Rookies 11 

Soler Eclipse 24, Fresh Fish 17 

PYB 26, Arbitration Losers 8

Chateau Marmol 16, Retire 2

Misfits 20, Bryce is Right 8

Week 17 Transactions and Lineups

Heads up in the 10th row! Ian Desmond is back in FBLG!

Players acquired

• Misfits sign OF Ender Inciarte (July move #3).
• The Bryce is Right sign SP Aaron Nola (July move #3).
• Soler Eclipse sign SS Ian Desmond (July move #3).
• Chateau Marmol sign OF Michael Conforto (July move #3).
• Arbitration Losers sign 1B Stephen Piscotty (July move #1). 

Players released

• Carl Crawford
• Starlin Castro
• Wilin Rosario
• Brandon Barnes
• Juan Lagares
• Jeff Locke
• Addison Russell
• Gregor Blanco

Lineup changes

• Rookies: Activate SS Andrelton Simmons and bench SS Freddy Galvis.
• Retire 21: Move SP Tim Lincecum to the DL.
• Misfits: Activate SP Cole Hamels and OF Ender Inciarte. Bench SP Mike Fiers and OF Jeff Francoeur.
• Soler Eclipse: Activate SS Ian Desmond and SP Francisco Liriano. Bench SP Patrick Corbin.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Activate SP James Shields and bench SP Jason Hammel.
• The Bryce is Right: Move SP Chad Bettis to the DL. Activate SP Matt Garza and bench SP Manny Banuelos.
• Chateau Marmol: Activate SPs Jaime Garcia and Matt Cain. Bench SPs Andrew Cashner and Mat Latos.
• Arbitration Losers: Activate 2B Anthony Rendon and 1B Stephen Piscotty. Move Brandon Belt from 1B to OF. Bench 2B Howie Kendrick.
• Already Zaun: Activate SP Robbie Ray and OF Randal Grichuk. Bench SP Tyson Ross and OF David Peralta.
• Fresh Fish: None.

The Check Swing: Week 16

The Reds traded this man to the Royals in exchange for three lefties and a plate of Panda Express' Orange Chicken.

1. Already Zaun (13-3, 2,857 points, last week 1): The Zaunies were due for a down week, and it happened in Week 16. Troy Tulowitzki put up 4 points — none of them after Monday — and David Peralta chipped in with 6. Meanwhile, Randal Grichuk and Ben Paulsen put up big weeks on the bench. Whoops.

2. Retire 21 (11-5, 2,811 points, last week 3): Ray's team put up a whopping 236 points this week, and it's easy to see why. Clayton Kershaw, Jose Fernandez and Jacob deGrom combined for a whopping 84 points. Imagine if Justin Upton had been healthy all week...

3. Pitch You Blockhead (11-5, 2,750 points, last week 2): Scott's team, which has thrived on excellent starting pitching all season, laid a 137-point egg. That was due in part to mediocre starting pitching: PYB got only 38 points in 6 starts from Zack Greinke, Lance Lynn, A.J. Burnett and Jason Hammel. 

4. Arbitration Losers (9-7, 2,660 points, last week 4): Brandon Belt, Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner had strong weeks for Tim's team, but there wasn't much else to get excited about in a blowout loss to the Rookies. What will the Losers do with Anthony Rendon back in the mix? 

5. Chateau Marmol (9-6-1, 2,597 points, last week 5): Matt's team managed to eke out a 1-point win against Soler Eclipse. If you can win when you get only 8 points from your ace (Max Scherzer) and another starter suffers an injury and has his second outing of the week pushed back (Brett Anderson), count your blessings. 

6. Rookies (7-8-1, 2,558 points, last week 7t): How did the Rookies post a 237 this week? Ninety-six points from the starting pitchers is a good start. The low man on the team was Martin Prado, and he scored 9 points. Impressive work!

7. Soler Eclipse (5-11, 2,555 points, last week 6): Adam was on the receiving end of that previously mentioned 1-point loss, and he'll probably blame the enigmatic Starlin Castro. The wildly inconsistent shortstop posted only 3 points this week. Derek Norris, who scored 6, didn't help much either.

8. The Bryce is Right (5-11, 2,515 points, last week 7t): Bill's team thumped Already Zaun by 37 points. Every player scored in double figures except Manny Banuelos (1). Todd Frazier blew up with 32 points, and Gerrit Cole scored 28 across 2 starts. 

9. Misfits (6-10, 2,474 points, last week 9): Reid's team lost out on the no-hitter points because Cole Hamels was on the bench, but it didn't matter — the Misfits beat PYB anyway. Justin Turner, one of the biggest surprises in FBLG this year, led the way with 23 points.

10. Fresh Fish (3-13, 2,329 points, last week 10): Dan Haren, Doug Fister and Ryan Vogelsong combined for 12 points, and Andre Ethier scored 2. At least Freddie Freeman is back, and Johnny Cueto is now pitching for a contender. 

Week 16: Sunday roundup

Carlos Gonzalez had a 15-point day for the Fresh Fish. Teammate Ben Paulsen put up a 14 — on Already Zaun's bench.

Studs: Carlos Gonzalez (FF) scored 4 runs and hit a 3-run homer, a 2-run homer and an RBI single. Maikel Franco (AL) homered, doubled and drove in 3. Buster Posey (AL) threw out 2 baserunners and went 4 for 4 with a double and a run. Gerrit Cole (Bryce) struck out 8 and allowed 1 run in a 7.2-inning win. Jay Bruce (Rookies) was a triple short of a cycle, scored twice and drove in 4. Jacob deGrom (R21) drove in a run and struck out 8 in 7.2 shutout innings, but the Mets' bullpen blew his chance at a win. 

Duds: Jason Hammel (PYB) allowed 6 runs and took the loss in 3.2 innings. Joc Pederson (PYB) went 0 for 5 with an error. 

Transactions: Fresh Fish activate 1B Freddie Freeman from the DL and send Justin Bour to the bench.

Scores

Rookies 237, Arbitration Losers 179

Retire 236, Fresh Fish 161 

Misfits 155, PYB 137

Chateau Marmol 167, Soler Eclipse 166

Bryce is Right 194, Already Zaun 157