Playoffs, Week 6: Thursday and Friday's Roundup

Buster Posey went exactly 2 months between homers. And then Jaime Garcia came along.
This is why so many are thankful for crappy lefties.

Studs: Johnny Cueto (FF) tossed a complete game, striking out 7 and allowing 1 run in the win. Bartolo Colon (FF) struck out 6 in 7 shutout innings to win. Buster Posey (LGM) homered, singled twice and drove in 4. Trea Turner (LY) had a homer, double, 2 singles, 4 runs, 2 steals and an error. DJ Lemahieu (AL) doubled twice, singled, drove in 3 runs and stole a base. Aroldis Chapman (HE) struck out the side in a scoreless inning to earn the vulture win. Kenta Maeda (HE) struck out 6 and allowed 1 run in a 5-inning win. Max Scherzer (M) struck out 8 and allowed 2 runs in a 7-inning win. Andrew McCutchen (R21) homered twice and drove in 3.

Duds: AJ Ramos (LGM) allowed 5 hits and the game-losing run, striking out 1. Chris Carter (R) had a hit and an error. Addison Russell (GH) singled and scored but made 2 errors.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 153 (376), Hundley Eyes 135 (289)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 139 (318), Misfits 132 (304)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 161, Rookies 76

Goldschmidt Happens 114, Pitch You Blockhead 77

Retire 21 105, Arbitration Losers 81

Playoffs, Week 6: Wednesday's Roundup

"Jean, smile if you'd like to play the Rockies 80 games per year."

Studs: Jean Segura (HE) was 5-for-6 with 2 homers, 3 runs and 3 RBIs. He has 4 homers in his past 2 games. Jon Lester (M) had an RBI single and struck out 8 in 8 shutout innings to beat the Cardinals. Marcell Ozuna (HE) had a 3-run homer and an RBI single. Junior Guerra (GH) struck out 5 and allowed no runs in a 6-inning win. Charlie Blackmon (GH) was a double shy of the cycle and scored twice. Tanner Roark (LY) had a single and struck out 7 in 7 shutout innings to beat the Mets. Chris Owings (LY) homered, doubled, scored twice and drove in 2. Anthony Rizzo (LY) homered twice and drove in 3. Brandon Drury (LGM) homered for the 3rd straight game, doubled, scored 2 and drove in 2.

Duds: Aledmys Diaz (M) and Bryce Harper (LY) were each 0-for-2 with a caught stealing. Adam Duvall (LGM) was 0-for-4 with an error.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 120 (343), Hundley Eyes 83 (237)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 68 (247), Misfits 64 (236)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 114, Rookies 62

Goldschmidt Happens 87, Pitch You Blockhead 54

Retire 21 56, Arbitration Losers 45

Playoffs, Week 6: Tuesday's Roundup

Look! It's successful Thurston High School graduate Dan Straily!

Studs: Paul Goldschmidt (GH) had a double, 2 singles, 3 runs, an RBI and a steal. Jean Segura (HE) had two solo homers and also singled and scored. Noah Syndergaard (HE) struck out 10 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning no-decision, adding a single at the plate. Joey Votto (AL) had a homer, 2 singles, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Dan Straily (R) struck out 8 and allowed 1 run in an 8-inning win. Ivan Nova (FF) struck out 11 and allowed one earned run in a 6-inning no-decision.

Duds: Drew Pomeranz (R21) allowed 5 runs and struck out 3 in a 2-inning loss. Hernan Perez (HE) scored a run and made an error. Jose Reyes (HE) was 0-for-5 with an error. Mark Melancon (R) allowed a game-losing homer to Rene Rivera and took the loss. Jeanmar Gomez (PYB) allowed 3 earned runs and took the loss without getting an out. Adeiny Hechavarria (FF) went 0-fer with an error.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 71 (294), Hundley Eyes 42 (196)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 48 (227), Misfits 31 (203)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 93, Rookies 52

Goldschmidt Happens 41, Pitch You Blockhead 34 

Retire 21 39, Arbitration Losers 29 

Playoffs, Week 6: Monday's Roundup

No-hitter, schmo-hitter. The most entertaining part of this game was Cowboy Joe tossing Crazy Joe.

Studs: Kyle Hendricks (LGM) was throwing a no-hitter until he allowed a solo homer to lead off the 9th. He finished with 7 Ks and 1 run allowed in an 8-inning win. Carlos Gonzalez (LGM) went 4 for 5 with 3 doubles, 3 RBIs and 2 runs. Brandon Drury (LGM) went 4 for 5 with a homer, a double and 3 runs. Jeremy Hellickson (LY) scored a run an allowed only an unearned run while fanning 6 in a 6.1-inning win. Freddie Freeman (R21) went 3 for 4 with a double, an RBI and 3 runs. 

Duds: Gerrit Cole (GH) allowed 5 runs in a 2-inning loss. He did strike out 3 and get a hit, though. Jose Peraza (HE) went 0 for 4 with an error. Jean Segura (HE) also went 0 for 4 with an error, which is a pretty sad result for a guy who played in a 12-9 game. Jedd Gyorko (AL) went 0 for 2 with an error. 

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 41 (264), Hundley Eyes 11 (165)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 22 (201), Misfits 18 (190)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 41, Rookies 14

Pitch You Blockhead 21, Goldschmidt Happens 12

Retire 21 22, Arbitration Losers 8 

Week 24 (Playoffs, Week 6) Transactions and Lineups

See ya in 2017, Vince Velasquez.

Players acquired

• Lawyers, Guns & Money sign OF Brandon Drury (September move #4).
• Hundley Eyes steal 3B Jose Reyes (September move #3) from Arbitration Losers.

Players released

• SP Vincent Velasquez
• C Travis d'Arnaud
• SP Braden Shipley
• SP Alex Reyes

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• OF Melvin Upton, Jr. (The Lumbar Yard)
• OF Jorge Soler (Goldschmidt Happens)
• C Derek Norris (Misfits)
• 2B Dee Gordon (LG&M)
• SP Jimmy Nelson (PYB)
• none on Arbitration Losers
• OF Billy Hamilton (Hundley Eyes)
• none

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

• SP Jeff Locke (Rookies), C Francisco Cervelli (LY) and OF Nick Markakis (R21) are also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: None.
• Rookies: None.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Luke Weaver; activate SP Robbie Ray.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Activate SP Gerrit Cole.
• Misfits: Bench 1B Brandon Moss; activate 1B Brandon Belt.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench OF Yasiel Puig; activate OF Brandon Drury.
• Pitch You Blockhead: None
• Arbitration Losers: Bench OF Jay Bruce; activate OF Joc Pederson.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Jon Gray and 2B Ben Zobrist; move Hernan Perez from 3B to 2B; activate SP Kenta Maeda and 3B Jose Reyes.
• Retire 21: Place 2B Josh Harrison on season-ending DL; move Matt Carpenter from 3B to 2B and Kris Bryant from OF to 3B; activate OF Keon Broxton.

Playoffs, Week 5: The Check Swing

Trea Turner was FBLG's leading scorer this week with 34 points. 

Alleged ace Zack Greinke scored a total of 3 points in a
pair of starts. That's the recipe to be our Dud of the Week. 

1. Fresh Fish (4,006 points, last week 1)

2. Hundley Eyes (3,972 points, last week 2)

3. The Lumbar Yard (3,932 points, last week 4)

4. Rookies (3,896 points, last week 3)

5. Lawyers, Guns & Money (3,859 points, last week 5)

6. Arbitration Losers (3,837 points, last week 6)

7. Retire 21 (3,758 points, last week 7)

8. Misfits (3,757 points, last week 8)

9. Pitch You Blockhead (3,749 points, last week 9)

10. Goldschmidt Happens (3,452 points, last week 10)

Playoffs, Week 5: Sunday's Roundup

Jonathan Villar has perfected his Jose Offerman impression. 

Studs: Matt Moore (M) struck out 11 and allowed 2 runs in a 7-inning win. Tyler Thornburg (GH) got the win and struck out 3 in 1.2 innings. Addison Russell (GH) went 3 for 4 with a 2-run homer and 3 runs. Gio Gonzalez (AL) struck out 5 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. Brandon Phillips (R) went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, 3 runs and 1 RBI. Brandon Finnegan (R) got the win and fanned 7 in 5 shutout innings. Yoenis Cespedes (FF) had a grand slam and an RBI groundout. 

Duds: Andrew McCutchen (R21) went 0 for 1 with an error. Corey Seager (LY) and Josh Reddick (PYB) each went 1 for 4 with an error. Jonathan Villar (R) went 0 for 4 with 3 Ks and another error. 

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 223, Hundley Eyes 154 

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 179, Misfits 172 

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 174, Goldschmidt Happens 139

Rookies 171, Retire 21 135

Pitch You Blockhead 170, Arbitration Losers 155