Week 1: The Check Swing

Jean Segura played on the FBLG championship team in 2015. Will it happen again in 2016? 

We're back for another season of weekly wrap-ups, folks! Let's take a look back at the opening week and see how the teams stack up.

1. Pitch You Blockhead (211 points, 1-0): First-round pick Nolan Arenado had a nice week with 15 points, but the real stars were Jean Segura (31) and Yasiel Puig (27). Joe Panik (23) also had a good week but might have to ride the pine with Segura eligible only at second base. The question mark for Scott is the health of ace Jacob deGrom, who has a lat injury and will miss a start.

2. Hundley Eyes (189 points, 1-0): A.J. Pollock went down before the season started, but replacement Denard Span came through with an 18-point week for the commissioners. But the bigger news was the 7-homer week for rookie shortstop Trevor Story, who supplied 33 points to the cause and was the league's top-scoring position player.

3. Lawyers, Guns & Money (185 points, 1-0): Matt used an interesting draft approach, selecting hitters with 8 of his first 9 picks. It worked in Week 1, as Carlos Martinez (18 points), Kyle Hendricks (16) and Aaron Nola (14) provided enough pitching points for LGM to win.

4. Arbitration Losers (177 points, 0-1): Madison Bumgarner did his usual thing for Tim, homering and scoring 31 points across 2 starts. D.J. LeMahieu led the way offensively with 27 points, helping to make up for a pitching staff that includes a guy on the DL (Matt Garza), a guy in Reno (Archie Bradley) and a guy who didn't appear (Gio Gonzalez). Also, Zack Greinke pitched twice and totaled 5 points.

5. Fresh Fish (174 points, 1-0): Rick might become a Dodgers fan if this keeps up. The Fish got 34 points from Clayton Kershaw and 28 from Adrian Gonzalez in Week 1. That helped the team overcome an injury to Howie Kendrick — and his subsequent zero — and James Shields' 8 points across 2 outings.

6. Misfits (164 points, 0-1): What was it with aces coming out flat in the season's opening week? Matt Harvey was a disappointment for Reid/Jon, scoring 5 points across a pair of appearances. David Peralta erupted for 26 points, but it wasn't enough in a loss to the Fightin' Zevons.

Mike Leake is the winner of the inaugural Dud of the Week
award. Congratulations, Mike! You win a T-shirt (or six).

7. Rookies (154 points, 0-1): Jake Arrieta led the way with 38 points and Matt Kemp supplied 24, but Tyson Ross (0 points and an injury) and much of the infield let Henry down. Erick Aybar (5), Aaron Hill (5) and Devin Mesoraco (3) need to help shoulder the load.

8. Retire 21 (152 points, 0-1): It was a rough opening week for our defending champion, Ray, who got putrid efforts from Mike Leake (-4 points), Freddie Freeman (4), Travis d'Arnaud (4) and Josh Harrison (7). Francisco Liriano (32) and Dexter Fowler (26) were awesome, though.

9. Goldschmidt Happens (150 points, 1-0): In a fluke of scheduling, Bill faced the only team he could have beaten in Week 1. Not even the error-prone Kolten Wong could keep GH from edging The Lumbar Yard. Having Paul Goldschmidt (24 points) didn't hurt, either.

10. The Lumbar Yard (148 points, 0-1): Adam burned two early moves replacing the injured Hyun-Jin Ryu and Jung-Ho Kang, and things went downhill when Ben Revere and Kyle Schwarber got hurt. The Week 1 loss can be blamed on the pitching staff, which set fire to the Lumbar Yard: Adam Wainwright, Shelby Miller, Matt Cain and Tanner Roark combined for 19 points in 6 starts.