Week 11: Saturday's Roundup

Remember when Trevor Rosenthal was a
top-notch closer? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Studs: Wil Myers (PYB) homered, doubled twice, drove in 3, scored twice and stole a base. J.T. Realmuto (R21) went 4 for 5 with a homer, a double and 3 RBIs. Zack Greinke (AL) allowed 1 run and struck out 6 in an 8-inning win. Justin Turner (M) hit a 3-run homer, singled and scored twice. 

Duds: Brandon Belt (M) and Matt Adams (HE) each went 0 for 4 with an error. Wei-Yin Chen (GH) allowed 6 runs and struck out 1 in 2.1 innings. Trevor Rosenthal (HE) faced 3 batters, didn't retire any of them, was charged with 2 runs and took the loss. 

Scores

Arbitration Losers 200, Rookies 158

The Lumbar Yard 158, Hundley Eyes 113

Lawyers, Guns & Money 154, Goldschmidt Happens 116

Fresh Fish 187, Misfits 147

Pitch You Blockhead 149, Retire 21 136

Week 11: Friday's Roundup

Justin Turner's hair rounds the bases after his second homer of the game. 

Studs: Jake Arrieta (R) improved to 11-1 by striking out 11 Pirates in 6 shutout innings. The guy might just be pretty good. Justin Turner (M) was the entire Los Angeles offense, homering twice and driving in the winning run with an RBI single in a 3-2 win. Daniel Murphy (LY) had a 2-run double, homered and scored twice. Paul Goldschmidt (GH) was a triple short of a cycle and scored twice. Jon Jay (PYB) doubled twice, scored twice and had an RBI single. 

Duds: Jeremy Jeffress (GH) got 1 out, allowed 1 run and took 1 loss. It's nice to see the Phillies managed to replace their overpriced, error-prone, whiff-happy, homer-hitting first baseman with an underpriced, error-prone, whiff-happy, homer-hitting first baseman. Tommy Joseph (LGM) went 0 for 3 with a run and an error. 

Scores

Arbitration Losers 163, Rookies 140

The Lumbar Yard 133, Hundley Eyes 102

Lawyers, Guns & Money 111, Goldschmidt Happens 100

Fresh Fish 163, Misfits 101

Pitch You Blockhead 111, Retire 21 102

Week 11: Thursday's Roundup

Bartolo Colon chooses the cow he'll be eating for dinner (not pictured).

Studs: Bartolo Colon (FF) struck out 8 and allowed 2 earned runs in a 7.2-inning win, adding a double and a run for good measure. (Well, "run" might be a stretch. We'll call it a double and a waddle.) Jonathan Villar (Rookies) hit the game-winning 2-run homer and added a single, steal and a run. Trayce Thompson (LY) hit a 3-run homer and doubled. Matt Wisler (GH) struck out 5 and allowed 2 runs in a 6.2-inning win. Neil Walker (Misfits) homered, doubled and drove in 3. He now has 14 homers and 5 doubles this year because the world doesn't make any sense. Freddie Freeman (R21) continued his torrid stretch with a homer, 2 singles, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. He has 39 points this week through 4 games, and one of those was a 0.

Duds: Aaron Nola (LGM) was pounded by the Blue Jays, allowing 8 runs (6 earned) and striking out 5 in 3 innings. Yangervis Solarte (GH) was 0-for-5 with an error.

Transaction: Goldschmidt Happens place OF Gerardo Parra on DL retroactive to Wednesday, sign and activate Ryan Raburn.

Scores

Arbitration Losers 146, Rookies 99

The Lumbar Yard 100, Hundley Eyes 89

Fresh Fish 148, Misfits 78
Lawyers, Guns & Money 97, Goldschmidt Happens 66

Pitch You Blockhead 93, Retire 21 85

Week 11: Wednesday's Roundup

Something finally went right for the Braves this year! 

Studs: Freddie Freeman (R21) hit for the cycle and scored twice. That's a 21-point day for the Sons of Clemente; fitting, right? Noah Syndergaard (HE) struck out 11 and allowed 2 runs — 1 earned — in an 8.1-inning victory. Rick's dual aces did their usual thing: Johnny Cueto (FF) fanned 9 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. Clayton Kershaw (FF) struck out 11 and allowed 2 runs in a 7.1-inning win. He did make an error, though. D.J. LeMahieu (AL) was a homer short of a cycle, scored twice and drove in 2. 

Duds: Corey Seager (LY) went 0 for 4 with 3 Ks and an error. Trevor Rosenthal (HE) was a human gas can, striking out 1 but allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk in 0.1 inning. 

Transaction: Arbitration Losers place RP Jonathan Papelbon on the DL and sign Shawn Kelley.

Scores

Arbitration Losers 131, Rookies 78

Hundley Eyes 89, The Lumbar Yard 64

Lawyers, Guns & Money 86, Goldschmidt Happens 44

Fresh Fish 108, Misfits 58

Pitch You Blockhead 73, Retire 21 67

Week 11: Tuesday's Roundup

Tens of fans showed up to watch Brandon Finnegan mow down the Braves in Atlanta.

Studs: Hector Rondon (Misfits) lost the battle but won the war, blowing a save by allowing an inherited runner to score, then notching the vulture win with a strikeout in 1.2 "scoreless" innings. Madison Bumgarner (AL) continued to roll, striking out 8 and allowing 2 earned runs in an 8-inning win. He also singled. Brandon Finnegan (Rookies) struck out 5 and allowed a run in a 6-inning win. Carlos Gonzalez (LGM) homered, doubled, singled twice and scored three runs. Special mention needs to be made for Buster Posey (LGM), who despite falling just short of stud standards did manage to both steal a base AND throw out a base-stealer. And hit four singles! Helluva day for Gerald Dempsey Posey.

Duds: Tommy Joseph (LGM) went 0-for-4 with an error.

Scores

Arbitration Losers 93, Rookies 52

Hundley Eyes 52, The Lumbar Yard 35

Misfits 54, Fresh Fish 37

Lawyers, Guns & Money 71, Goldschmidt Happens 28

Pitch You Blockhead 48, Retire 21 34

Week 11: Monday's Roundup

Denard Span has been on a FBLG roster the whole season? Who knew?

Studs: Three players emerged from bench duty to put up nice days for their respective teams. Adeiny Hechavarria (FF) had a 3-run triple and an RBI double, and scored twice. Jerad Eickhoff (HE) got the win and struck out 5 in 6 scoreless innings in Toronto. Denard Span (HE) homered, singled twice and scored 3 runs. Beyond that, Max Scherzer (M) allowed 1 run and fanned 11 in a 7-inning win. Martin Prado (FF) homered, singled twice and drove in 3. Zack Greinke (AL) singled and allowed 2 runs while striking out 6 in a 7-inning win. Freddie Freeman (R21) was a triple short of a cycle, drove in 3 and scored twice. 

Duds: Colin Rea (PYB) allowed 8 runs — 6 earned — and fanned 4 in a 2.2-inning loss. Dexter Fowler (R21) went 0 for 4 with 3 Ks and an error. 

Scores

Arbitration Losers 39, Rookies 20

Hundley Eyes 26, The Lumbar Yard 15

Lawyers, Guns & Money 34, Goldschmidt Happens 18

Misfits 33, Fresh Fish 24

Pitch You Blockhead 23, Retire 21 13

Week 11 Transactions and Lineups

Julio Urias is FBLG's first teenage pitcher since...?

Players acquired

• Goldschmidt Happens sign SP Julio Urias (June move #1).
• Lawyers, Guns & Money sign 1B Tommy Joseph (June move #1).
• Arbitration Losers steal OF Joc Pederson (June move #1) from Lawyers, Guns & Money.
• Hundley Eyes sign 3B Jhonny Peralta (June move #2).
• Retire 21 sign RP Fernando Rodney (June move #1).

Players released

• SP Ross Stripling
• SS Jordy Mercer
• 1B Mark Reynolds
• 1B Justin Bour

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• OF Michael Taylor (Fresh Fish)
• C Tony Wolters (Rookies)
• OF/SS Chris Owings (The Lumbar Yard)
• none on Goldschmidt Happens
• 2B Kelby Tomlinson (Misfits)
• none on LG&M
• C Derek Norris (PYB)
• SP Tom Koehler (Arbitration Losers)
• IF/OF Brandon Drury (Hundley Eyes)
• none on Retire 21

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

• OF Billy Hamilton (Rookies), OF Nick Markakis (R21) and 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) are also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: Bench SS Trea Turner and SP James Shields; activate SS Adeiny Hechavarria and SP Bartolo Colon.
• Rookies: Bench SP Jon Niese; activate SP Brandon Finnegan.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Robbie Ray and OF Melvin Upton, Jr.; activate SP Tanner Roark and OF Ben Revere.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench 2B Cesar Hernandez and SP Gerrit Cole; place OF Jorge Soler and SP Vincent Velasquez on DL; move Yangervis Solarte from 3B to 2B; activate 3B Javier Baez, SP Matt Wisler and SP Julio Urias.
• Misfits: None.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench SP Adam Conley; activate 1B Tommy Joseph and SP Aaron Nola.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Jimmy Nelson, SP Christian Friedrich and SP Jeff Samardzija; activate SP Colin Rea, SP Matt Cain (from DL) and SP Anthony DeSclafani (from DL).
• Arbitration Losers: None
• Hundley Eyes: Bench 3B Maikel Franco, OF Brandon Drury and SP Jon Gray; activate 3B Jhonny Peralta, OF Denard Span and SP Jerad Eickhoff.
• Retire 21: Bench RP Santiago Casilla; activate RP Fernando Rodney.

Week 10: The Check Swing

Pretty good week for the second-best pitcher on the North Side. 

1. Fresh Fish (1,860 points, 7-3, last week 1): The Fish posted the lowest winning score of the week (156) and barely got past the Rookies. The recently stolen Jayson Werth led the offense with 25 points. 

2. Hundley Eyes (1,854 points, 5-5, last week 2): Two years ago, these guys finished the regular season second in points but missed the playoffs because of bad luck in head-to-head matchups. Will it happen again? 

3. Lawyers, Guns & Money (1,764 points, 6-4, last week 3): Just when it looked like the Fightin' Zevons were on a roll, they posted 142 points in a loss to the Misfits. Addison Russell and Derek Dietrich combined for only 7 points. 

4. Pitch You Blockhead (1,746 points, 5-5, last week 5): Christian Friedrich and Wil Myers combined for 58 points, but it wasn't enough for PYB in a loss to the Losers. Blame the rest of the pitching staff — no one else reached double figures. 

5. Rookies (1,737 points, 5-5, last week 4): Cameron Rupp, Eugenio Suarez and Jaime Garcia combined for only 6 points in a 14-point loss to the Fish. Would you believe Stephen Strasburg is only 8 points behind Jake Arrieta? 

6. Arbitration Losers (1,734 points, 5-5, last week 6): D.J. LeMahieu and Curtis Granderson combined for 50 points in the victory against PYB. AL put up 179 points with only 4 starts from its pitchers, so look out next week. 

Trea Turner got sent to the minors and posted a 0
for the Fish, so he's our Dud of the Week. 

7. Misfits (1,676 points, 6-4, last week 7): The Misfits took down LGM thanks to a monster 47-point week from Jon Lester. On the other hand, the slumping Neil Walker (-3) was brutal, and Yasmani Grandal (4) is still doing nothing with the bat this year. 

8. Retire 21 (1,667 points, 4-6, last week 8): The Sons of Clemente bopped along to a 20-point win against Hundley Eyes, with everyone reaching double figures except Drew Pomeranz (5) and Santiago Casilla (3). 

9. The Lumbar Yard (1,636 points, 5-5, last week 9): Well, well, well. Look which team put up FBLG's biggest point total in Week 10. Tyler Chatwood and Robbie Ray combined for 57 points in the win against GH. 

10. Goldschmidt Happens (1,502 points, 2-8, last week 10): Gerrit Cole and Vincent Velasquez got hurt, but at least Paul Goldschmidt put up 27 points. Small victories, right? 

Week 10: Sunday's Roundup

Arizona pitchers haven't been very Studly this year, but Robbie Ray sure was today.

Studs: Robbie Ray (LY) singled twice and got the win while striking out 6 in 7.2 shutout innings. Anthony Rizzo (LY) doubled, drove in 3, singled twice and scored twice. Jon Lester (M) drove in a run and got the win while allowing an unearned run and striking out 7 in 7 innings. Matt Holliday (FF) homered, singled twice, drove in 2 and scored twice. 

Duds: Dexter Fowler (R21) singled and erred. Jeanmar Gomez (PYB) allowed 2 runs in a 0.2-inning loss. Adam Conley (LGM) allowed 6 runs — 5 earned — and fanned 2 in a 5-inning loss. Jon Niese (R) gave up 8 runs and fanned 5 in a 5.1-inning loss.  J.T. Realmuto (R21), Cesar Hernandez (GH), Justin Turner (M) and Chris Carter (R) all went 0-fer with an error. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 156, Rookies 142

The Lumbar Yard 183, Goldschmidt Happens 143

Misfits 162, Lawyers, Guns & Money 142

Arbitration Losers 179, Pitch You Blockhead 155
Retire 21 173, Hundley Eyes 153