2018 Season Roundup: Arbitration Losers

Looking a little like David Wells there, isn't he?

FINAL POINTS: 4253

FINISH: 5th

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 12-6

PLAYOFFS: First round: beat Project Mayhem 394.5-354.5; semifinals: lost to BodySuit Man 394.2-319.8.

MVP: Bryce Harper (473 points). The batting average didn't impress, but 34 homers, 99 RBIs, 130 walks and 103 runs added up for the Losers. Note: this is three straight teams who have had a National as their top scorer, and yet I don't recall the Nationals in the playoffs this year. Weird.

CY YOUNG: Jon Lester (335.7) won 18 games for the Cubbies, with 149 strikeouts in 181.2 innings. And he whined about every single pitch that wasn't called a strike... must've learned that from John Lackey.

PLEASANT SURPRISE: Corey Dickerson lost a bit of the power stroke he used to have (13 homers), but had 34 doubles and 63 runs for the often-anemic Pirates offense.

GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Matt Carpenter (10th round) put up 437 points after a terrible start. JT Realmuto (9th) was great after returning from injury.

LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Corey Seager (2nd) got hurt early and missed most of the season. Johnny Cueto (6th) did something similar.

OVERALL: A strong draft and a ton of pitching wins got Tim off to a hot start, and he tied for the lead league with 12 wins in the regular season. But injuries were an issue all season, as a huge chunk of his team missed major time and the replacements weren't enough to keep him near the top of the standings at the end. The Losers will draft 6th in the 2019 FBLG Draft.

2018 Season Roundup: Stable Geniuses

Stay off Twitter, Trea.

FINAL POINTS: 4236

FINISH: 6th

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 9-9

PLAYOFFS: First round: lost to Misfits 378.2-310.8

MVP: Trea Turner (457.5 points). Matt's first-round pick delivered as hoped, playing 162 games while racking up 19 homers, 73 RBIs, 34 steals and 102 runs.

CY YOUNG: Twenty-four (24!) pitchers made this roster at one point or another, and only one (1!) scored more than 135.3 points for Matt. So, by default, this slot goes to Sean Newcomb (231.3), who went 11-8 with 122 strikeouts in 133.1 innings. Seriously, this list is one of the funniest/saddest lists of pitchers ever. I'm sorry you can't all enjoy it with me.

PLEASANT SURPRISE: Jesus Aguilar was undrafted but ended up making a huge impact on the lineup, swatting 23 bombs in 92 games for SG.

GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Turner (1st), Odubel Herrera (13th).

LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Carlos Martinez (3rd) and Luke Weaver (7th) both disappointed for the Cardinals. Cody Bellinger (2nd) was fine but probably not second-round quality.

OVERALL: Matt's bunch hung around the top of the leaderboard all year before crashing the last 6 weeks.  The offense was consistently good but the pitching gave up the ghost down the stretch, and then the offense phoned it in too. Stable Geniuses used all 40 of their waiver moves this season, mostly on pitchers - will they continue this strategy in 2019, when they will draft fifth?

OK, SCREW IT: Here's all the SG pitchers, ranked by innings thrown for SG: Sean Newcomb, Tanner Roark, Tyler Anderson, Dereck Rodriguez, Ross Stripling, Carlos Martinez, Jhoulys Chacin, Brad Boxberger, Matt Harvey, Zach Wheeler, Chris Stratton, Caleb Smith, Luke Weaver, Nick Pivetta, Vince Velaquez, Junior Guerra, Kyle Freeland, Derek Holland, Brent Suter, Kenley Jansen, Joe Musgrove, Wade Miley, Max Fried and Hyun-Jin Ryu. There's like 27 different Brewers in there.