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1. Clemente’s Bucs (2943.8 points, 11-4, last week, 1): The Sons of Stargell rolled to another win, putting up 209.2 points against the Arbitration Losers. The big worry for Ray is that Clayton Kershaw could miss 6 weeks with back pain, and Stephen Strasburg's status is unknown after the righty exited his last start with forearm stiffness.
2. Bodysuit Man (2872.8 points, 10-5, last week 3): We here at the FBLG blog are getting tired of the same guys putting up huge numbers for T-Bone/Koko/Vandelay week after week. Blah blah Blackmon (my favorite nursery rhyme), something something Chris Taylor, yakety yak Wil Myers. Those guys combined for 9 homers, 15 RBIs and 25 runs in a win against The Rookies.
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| Alex Wood is our Dud of the Week because of this play alone. |
3. Lawyers Guns and Money (2831.5 points, 10-5, last week 2): What's that smell? Oh, it's just the LGM pitching staff rotting in the garbage can. Like a pumpkin in late November, the clock ran out for Corey Knebel (5), Luis Castillo (6), Jimmy Nelson (3) and Trevor Cahill (-0.3). No wonder the London Werewolves took the "L" against The Misfits.
4. The Rookies (2816.3 points, 9-6, last week 4): Ian Happ (5) and Chris Owings (2) stunk up the joint as Henry's club got whacked by Bodysuit Man. But the big disappointment for the Rookies came from the pitching staff, where Zack Greinke (5) was mediocre and Alex Wood (-1.3) got knocked around for the first time this season. Jon Lester (38) was amazing in 2 starts, though.
5. Pitch! You Blockhead (2748.8 points, 7-8, last week 5): Charlie Brown slipped past Project Mayhem thanks to the efforts of 3 offensive studs. Nolan Arenado (38.5) homered 4 times, drove in a whopping 13 runs and scored 9 times. Mark Reynolds (24) homered thrice himself, and Zack Cozart (24) — the NL's starting all-star shortstop, in case Rich forgot — added 2 of his own.
6. Quirkin’ For a Livin’ (2630.7 points, 5-10, last week 6): We'd love to build a chart of the Fightin' Hueys' scores for Week 15. Other than outlier David Peralta (25), everyone was pretty average. The low scorer was Brandon Drury (9), and the second-leading scorer was Corey Seager (18). Way to meet expectations and not go beyond that, guys.
7. Fresh Fish (2595.2 points, 8-7, last week 7): Simply put, Rick's bats fell asleep in a loss to QFL. Billy Hamilton was the Fish's leading scorer, with 21 points, followed by Adam Wainwright (20.3) and Matt Kemp (14). That's a pretty steep drop-off. Anthony Rendon, Anthony Rizzo and Daniel Murphy combined for only 34 points, so expect Coach Rick to overturn some tables in the locker room.
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| German Marquez was THIS close to beating out Nolan Arenado as the Rockies' top scorer in Week 15. |
8. Arbitration Losers (2557 points, 8-7, last week 8): Tim's pitching was pretty good in the loss to CB, but the offense was nothing to write home about. Martin Prado pulled a Ryan Braun, posting a 0 after getting hurt and hitting the DL. Braun, meanwhile, led the bats with 19.5 points and hit one of the Losers' 2 homers for the week. Sam Dyson (15) was good for a change, too.
9. Project Mayhem (2479.3 points, 5-10, last week 9): Project Mayhem is living up to its name after losing its 5th in a row. It wasn't a bad week, though; Bill's team still scored 180.2 points in a loss to PYB. Michael Conforto (32.5) homered 4 times for the lolMets, and the pitching staff was impressive: PM got 70.7 points from only 4 guys, as Taijuan Walker didn't pitch because he was giving birth or something.
10. The Misfits (2292.5 points, 2-13, last week 10): Wow! Look at all those big numbers posted by Reid's guys, who just happened to record a league-high 221.8 points against LGM. German Marquez (36.7), Tommy Pham (27), Josh Harrison (25.5), Josh Bell (23.5), Giancarlo Stanton (22.5) and Gerardo Parra (20) got the job done — and Rich's favorite lefty, Madison Bumgarner (4.3), is back!
