Week 4: Friday's Roundup

Justin Bour homered twice, doubled and drove in 5. Guess he didn't like being benched by LGM. 

Studs: Matt Kemp (R) hit a 3-run homer, doubled and scored twice. Stephen Strasburg (R) allowed 2 runs and fanned 9 in a 7-inning victory. Nick Hundley (M) homered, doubled, drove in 3 and threw out a base-stealer. Jon Lester (M) allowed 1 run and struck out 10 in a 7-inning win. 

Duds: LGM lost out on 35 points by having Adam Conley and Justin Bour on the bench, and FF missed Yoenis Cespedes' 11-point performance. Ouch. Adrian Gonzalez (FF) went 0 for 2 with an error. Bryce Harper (LY) went 0 for 3 and was caught stealing. 

Transactions: Goldschmidt Happens activates OF Charlie Blackmon from the DL and benches Jeremy Hazelbaker. LGM placed 2B Dee Gordon on the PED/DL and signs Chase Utley to replace him. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 124, Goldschmidt Happens 113

Retire 21 117, Arbitration Losers 86

Pitch You Blockhead 115, The Lumbar Yard 83

Misfits 155, Hundley Eyes 118

Rookies 111, Lawyers, Guns & Money 103

Week 4: Thursday's Roundup

Steroids — not just for home-run hitters anymore.

Studs: Jose Fernandez (HE) struck out 8 and allowed 2 runs in a 6-inning win. Jake Arrieta (R) allowed 1 run and fanned 6 in a 5-inning victory. Jonathan Villar (R) doubled, singled twice, scored twice and stole 3 bases. 

Duds: A.J. Pierzynski (R) went 0 for 5 with an error. Dee Gordon (LGM) was suspended 80 games for using performance-enhancing drugs.

Note: The Pirates-Rockies game was rained/snowed out. 

Transactions: Goldschmidt Happens acquires 2B Cesar Hernandez and moves C Miguel Montero to the disabled list. Retire 21 acquires SS Jordy Mercer. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 111, Goldschmidt Happens 93

Retire 21 89, Arbitration Losers 73

Pitch You Blockhead 104, The Lumbar Yard 67

Misfits 122, Hundley Eyes 105

Lawyers, Guns & Money 95, Rookies 76

Week 4: Wednesday's Roundup

Brandon Belt was one of three Studs who tripled for the Giants. 

Studs: Brandon Belt (M) was a homer short of a cycle, drove in 5 and scored twice. Hunter Pence (FF) tripled, singled twice, drove in 2 and scored twice. Matt Duffy (AL) tripled, singled twice and scored 3 runs. Jeff Samardzija (PYB) allowed 5 runs in a 5.2-inning win, but he had an RBI single and struck out 7. Stephen Piscotty (HE) went 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs, a run and a steal. Aledmys Diaz (M) homered, singled, drove in 2 and scored 3 runs. Matt Harvey (M) struck out 7 and allowed 2 runs in a 6-inning win. Nolan Arenado (PYB) was a triple short of a cycle and scored twice. 

Duds: Patrick Corbin (HE) walked 5 and allowed 7 runs while fanning 2 in a 5.2-inning loss. 

Note: The Cubs-Brewers game was rained out.

Scores

Fresh Fish 101, Goldschmidt Happens 89

Retire 21 73, Arbitration Losers 68

Pitch You Blockhead 95, The Lumbar Yard 45

Misfits 120, Hundley Eyes 70

Lawyers, Guns & Money 83, Rookies 52

Week 4: Tuesday's Roundup

Ray might have to change his team's name to Retire 22.

Studs: Andrew McCutchen (R21) hit a 3-run homer and a pair of solo homers at Coors Field. Stephen Piscotty (HE) homered, doubled, scored twice and drove in 3. Carlos Martinez (LGM) got the win and fanned 4 in 8 shutout innings. Johnny Cueto (FF) threw a shutout and struck out 11 Padres. 

Duds: None.

Transaction: Retire 21 places C Travis d'Arnaud on the DL and activates J.T. Realmuto.

Scores

Fresh Fish 84, Goldschmidt Happens 71

Retire 21 54, Arbitration Losers 44

Pitch You Blockhead 54, The Lumbar Yard 27

Misfits 59, Hundley Eyes 49

Lawyers, Guns & Money 74, Rookies 35

Week 4: Monday's Roundup

Go ahead, Michael Conforto. Bite the big apple (don't mind the maggots).

Studs: Michael Conforto (PYB) was a triple short of a cycle and scored 3 times. Jeremy Hazelbaker (GH) came off the bench to hit a 2-run homer and an RBI triple. Madison Bumgarner (AL) struck out 9 and allowed 2 runs in a 6.2-inning win. Jean Segura (PYB) went 4 for 6 with a homer, a double and 3 RBIs. Welington Castillo (HE) doubled, singled twice, drove in 2 and scored twice. Yasmany Tomas (FF) doubled twice, drove in a run and scored 3 times.  

Duds: A.J. Pierzynski (R) went 0 for 4 with an error. Adonis Garcia (R) went 1 for 4 with an error. 

Scores

Goldschmidt Happens 36, Fresh Fish 24

Arbitration Losers 35, Retire 21 33

Pitch You Blockhead 33, The Lumbar Yard 9

Hundley Eyes 29, Misfits 28

Lawyers, Guns & Money 22, Rookies 13

Week 4 Transactions and Lineups

It's an annual tradition here at the FBLG Blog to post a terrible picture of A.J. Pierzynski as soon as someone signs him.

Players acquired

• Rookies sign C A.J. Pierznyski (April move #3).
• Misfits sign SS Aledmys Diaz (April move #1).
• Lawyers, Guns & Money sign 1B John Jaso (April move #3).
• Hundley Eyes sign 1B Ben Paulsen (April move #2) and OF Brandon Drury (April move #3).
• Retire 21 sign SP Drew Pomeranz (April move #1).

Players released

• C Devin Mesoraco
• SP Jeremy Hellickson
• SP Juan Nicasio
• OF Mallex Smith

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• SP Jarred Cosart (Fresh Fish)
• C Tony Wolters (Rookies)
• OF Juan Lagares (Lumbar Yard)
• 2B Kolten Wong (Goldschmidt Happens)
• SP Alex Wood (Misfits)
• SP Adam Conley (LG&M)
• SP Taylor Jungmann (PYB)
• C Wilson Ramos (Arbitration Losers)
• 3B Eugenio Suarez (Hundley Eyes)
• 2B/SS Trea Turner (Retire 21)

Please email the commish by first pitch Saturday to change your unprotected player.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: Bench OF Yoenis Cespedes; activate OF Matt Holliday.
• Rookies: Bench C Tony Wolters; activate C A.J. Pierzynski.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Matt Cain and SP Joe Ross; activate SP Shelby Miller and SP Jon Niese.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench C Miguel Montero, SP Michael Wacha and OF Jorge Soler; activate C Cameron Rupp, SP Wei-Yin Chen and OF Jeremy Hazelbaker.
• Misfits: Bench C Yasmani Grandal, SS Alexei Ramirez and 3B Justin Turner; activate C Nick Hundley (from DL), SS Aledmys Diaz and 3B Jake Lamb.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench 1B Justin Bour, SP Adam Conley and SP Aaron Nola; activate 1B John Jaso, SP Andrew Cashner and SP Kyle Hendricks.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Colin Rea and 2B Joe Panik; activate SP Jacob deGrom and 2B Jean Segura.
• Arbitration Losers: None.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Jerad Eickhoff, 1B Ryan Zimmerman and OF Denard Span; activate SP Patrick Corbin, 1B Ben Paulsen and OF Brandon Drury.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Francisco Liriano and C J.T. Realmuto; place SP Charlie Morton on DL; activate SP Drew Pomeranz, SP Steven Matz and C Travis d'Arnaud.

Week 3: The Check Swing

Welington Castilllo hit 5 homers and drove in 9 runs this week for Hundley Eyes. And David Freese is a zombie.

1. Hundley Eyes (569 points, 2-1, last week 3): It was a complete team effort from the commissioners, as everyone reached double figures except Trevor Story (7) in a win against the Rookies. Welington Castillo (30) and Maikel Franco (23) finally broke out, and Kenta Maeda (19) dazzled again.

2. Pitch You Blockhead (560 points, 3-0, last week 1): Scott squeaked past LGM to become our league's only undefeated team. Jeff Samardzija (23) and Wil Myers (22) led the scoring, and the only players in single digits were Dodgers: Ross Stripling (6) and Yasiel Puig (7). 

3. The Lumbar Yard (550 points, 2-1, last week 7): Who needs Kyle Schwarber, Adam Wainwright and Shelby Miller? Adam sure didn't, as the Yard posted a 225-point outburst led by Tanner Roark (28), Anthony Rizzo (26) and Bryce Harper (25). 

4. Rookies (538 points, 1-2, last week 5): Monster weeks from Stephen Strasburg (40), Jake Arrieta (33 in a no-hitter) and Chris Carter (28) nearly helped Henry topple Hundley Eyes. The 199-point effort would have been better if Brandon Finnegan (-4) and Tony Wolters (-1) hadn't aided the enemy.

5. Fresh Fish (535 points, 2-1, last week 2): Jason Hammel (39) and Adrian Gonzalez (20) led the charge for Rick, but it wasn't enough in a loss to The Lumbar Yard. Howie Kendrick (5), Adeiny Hechavarria (4), Johnny Cueto (5) and James Shields (5) didn't do much to help the cause.

6. Lawyers, Guns & Money (527 points, 1-2, last week 4): Matt fell 3 points short of defeating PYB, but there's no obvious scapegoat. John Lackey (27) and Odubel Herrera (21) were the scoring leaders for the Fightin' Zevons, and closer A.J. Ramos was the low man (7). 

Brandon Finnegan got roughed up, but Tony Wolters
earned Dud of the Week honors by going 0 for 14 in 5 games.

7. Arbitration Losers (500 points, 1-2, last week 8): Ryan Braun (33) paced Tim's offense thanks to some lousy Philadelphia and Minnesota pitching. Archie Bradley (1) came up from the minors and "contributed," and Joey Votto (8) had an off week.

8. Misfits (486 points, 1-2, last week 6): The Misfits got past the defending champs despite scoring only 158 points. Neil Walker (23) led the way, but Max Scherzer (0) and Justin Turner (1) were disappointments. On the bright side, Matt Harvey posted a 14 in his best outing so far. 

9. Goldschmidt Happens (464 points, 2-1, last week 9): Jason Heyward (25) was one of Bill's strong performers, but there were far too many weak performances in a loss to the Arbitration Losers. We'll point the blame mostly at Vincent Velasquez (3), Jorge Soler (3) and Miguel Montero (3). 

10. Retire 21 (442 points, 0-3, last week 10): Dexter Fowler (30) had another huge week and looks like a monster this season for Ray. But the pitching staff let him down again, posting 37 points across 6 starts and 2 relief appearances in a 5-point loss to the Misfits. 

Week 3: Sunday's Roundup

Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo sure took advantage of Cincinnati pitching. 

Studs: Randal Grichuk (M) doubled, singled twice, drove in 3, scored and stole a base. Gerardo Parra (GH) had a double, 3 singles, 4 RBIs, a steal and a run. Jason Heyward (GH) had a double, 3 singles, 3 RBIs, a run and a stolen base. David Freese (GH) had 3 doubles, 2 runs and an RBI. Anthony Rizzo (LY) blased a pair of 2-run homers. Corey Seager (LY) tripled, doubled, drove in 3 and scored. Starling Marte (R) had a double, 3 singles, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Jason Hammel (FF) singled, scored, struck out 7 and got the win in 6 scoreless innings. Welington Castillo (HE) hit a 3-run homer, singled twice, scored twice and stole a base. J.T. Realmuto (R21) went 4 for 4 with a homer and a double. 

Dud: Trevor Story (HE) went 0 for 5 with a run and an error.

Scores

Arbitration Losers 181, Goldschmidt Happens 155

The Lumbar Yard 225, Fresh Fish 182

Misfits 158, Retire 21 153

Hundley Eyes 219, Rookies 199

Pitch You Blockhead 190, Lawyers, Guns & Money 187

Week 3: Saturday's Roundup

If you had three guesses for which Washington pitcher struck out 15 batters in a game...

Studs: Tanner Roark (LY) got the win and struck out 15 Twins in a 7-inning win. Yes, you read that correctly. Fifteen strikeouts for Tanner Roark. Get it together, Twinkies. The Phillies seem to like facing Milwaukee pitching: Odubel Herrera (LGM) stole 2 bases, hit a 2-run homer, singled twice and scored 4 runs; and Maikel Franco (HE) homered, singled twice and drove in 4. Kenta Maeda (HE) got the win and fanned 8 in 6.1 shutout innings at Coors Field. Dexter Fowler (R21) doubled twice, scored twice, stole a base and drove in a run. 

Duds: Heck of a performance by the aptly named Goldschmidt Happens. David Freese (GH) went 0 for 3 with an error. Jorge Soler (GH) came off the bench to go 0 for 1 with an error. Jeremy Jeffress (GH) allowed 3 runs in 1 inning. 

Scores

Arbitration Losers 160, Goldschmidt Happens 108

The Lumbar Yard 175, Fresh Fish 142

Misfits 129, Retire 21 109

Hundley Eyes 196, Rookies 160

Pitch You Blockhead 164, Lawyers, Guns & Money 153