Week 10: The Check Swing

Robbie Ray is striking out 11.7 batters per 9 innings and allowing 5.8 hits per 9. That's just absurd. 

1. Clemente’s Bucs (1845.2 points, 7-3, last week, 2): Ray didn't have anyone put up a monster week, but most of his players were strong performers. Our favorite Southern gentleman, Dansby Swanson, led the way with 25 points, and 4 other hitters scored 20 or more points to overcome the loss of Justin Bour. Ivan Nova (22) guided a pitching staff that posted 78.3 points as the Bucs scored 219.3 points to beat The Rookies. 

2. Bodysuit Man (1813.3 points, 7-3, last week 1): It was an odd week for Adam, who fell from the top spot in the rankings despite scoring 177.3 points in a loss to PYB. Charlie Blackmon (33.5), Matt Carpenter (20.5), Aaron Altherr (18.5), Chase Anderson (26.7) and Gio Gonzalez (28) were great. Unfortunately, no one else did anything of note. Well, that's not entirely true. Gerrit Cole's outing (-0.3) was noteworthy for how terrible it was. 

Mark Reynolds hitting .314 doesn't
make sense to us, either.

3. The Rookies (1782.2 points, 6-4, last week 4): Henry's team scored an impressive 208.8 points, but the matchup gods were unkind — Clemente's Bucs were the wrong opponent to face. Max Scherzer (38.3) was incredible, as usual, but Jon Lester (3) and Tony Watson (-1) underperformed. Eduardo Nunez (27.5) continued his strong fantasy campaign, and every Rookies hitter reached double figures.  

4. Lawyers Guns and Money (1757.3 points, 8-2, last week 3): Matt's team dropped in the rankings but now has the best record in the league. Joey Votto (30) homered 4 times and somehow walked only twice. Marcell Ozuna (22.5) and Bryce Harper (19) remain rock-solid out there, and Corey Knebel (18.5) had a great showing in his first week as a FBLG contributor. Meanwhile, Jhoulys Chacin (16) surprised us all. 

5. Pitch! You Blockhead (1728.7 points, 4-6, last week 5): Scott's pitching staff was phenomenal in a win against Bodysuit Man, scoring 95.7 points and picking up 4 wins. Robbie Ray was the true definition of a Stud, striking out 23 batters in 13.1 innings and allowing 1 run. That was good for 45.3 points. Imagine if Jacob deGrom (-5) had done anything. Mark Reynolds (31) did plenty of stuff, such as homering 3 times, doubling 3 times, walking 6 times and driving in 8 runs. 

6. Project Mayhem (1676.7 points, 5-5, last week 6): The greatest hitter known to man, Ryan Zimmerman, posted a disappointing 7 points for Bill this week. Still, PM got a lot of nice outings from Aaron Nola (23), Antonio Senzatela (18.3) and Rich Hill (14) to beat The Misfits. Kris Bryant (21) and Ian Desmond (18) led the way offensively. 

7. Arbitration Losers (1672.8 points, 6-4, last week 8): How did Tim's team pull this one out? Carlos Martinez (32.3) and 5 potent bats. Well played, Paul Goldschmidt (28.5), Buster Posey (25), Jay Bruce (24), Hernan Perez (22.5) and D.J. LeMahieu (20). You all helped make up for Ryan Braun not doing a damn thing for another week. 

Despite his crazy eyes, Ryan Braun is our Dud
of the Week because he doesn't seem to actually
play baseball anymore. 

8. Quirkin’ For a Livin’ (1644.8 points, 3-7, last week 9): The good news for the commissioners is that the pitching staff allowed only 1 earned run. The bad news is that they pitched only 19 innings and totaled 1 win in a loss to the Losers. The hitting was pretty darn good, with Corey Seager (28.5) and David Peralta (26.5) leading the charge as the Quirkers mashed 11 homers.

9. Fresh Fish (1642.8 points, 4-6, last week 7): Anthony Rizzo (26.5) finally showed up, and Edinson Volquez (20) showed his no-hitter the previous week was no fluke. The bad news for Rick is that the rest of his team was pretty lousy. Adam Wainwright and Dan Straily combined for 14.7 points in 4 starts, and Daniel Murphy's 7 singles led to just 8 points. 

10. The Misfits (1343.2 points, 0-10, last week 10): Reid's team is bound to pick up a W one of these weeks, but it didn't happen in Week 10. The pitching staff went 0-3, and Stephen Piscotty (19) was the top performer on the team. To make matters worse, Giancarlo Stanton (16.5) got plunked on the wrist. Oy.