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Week 27 roster moves

2011-09-26T20:54:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SP Tom Millone, by Holliday Road (Sept. #2)

SP Anthony Bass, by Holliday Road (Sept. #3)

SP Wade LeBlanc, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #3)

Players released

OF Jason Heyward

SP Chris Narveson

SS Troy Tulowitzki

Week 27 moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Corey Luebke; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PY BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Clayton Kershaw and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated SP Tim Stauffer and SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Bud Norris; activated SP Roy Oswalt

MISFITS: Benched SP Roy Halladay; activated SP Hiroki Kuroda

GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Angel Pagan; activated OF Jayson Werth

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Chris Young and SP Ian Kennedy; activated OF Raul Ibanez and SP Wade LeBlanc

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP Chris Narveson; benched OF Jason Heyward; activated SP Brett Myers and OF Matt Holliday

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 26 roster moves

2011-09-21T17:18:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

1B James Loney, by Misfits (Sept. #2)

SS Ruben Tejada, by Misfits (Sept. #3)

1B Chris Marrero, by Goatwhisperers (Sept. #3)

SP Mike Minor, by Ubaldo Spots (Sept. #3)

OF Brandon Belt, by VC Appraisers (Sept. #3)

Players released

RP Javy Guerra, by Holliday Road

SS Yuniesky Betancourt, by Misfits

OF Marlon Byrd, by Misfits

SP Mike Leake, by Ubaldo Spots

OF Will Venable, by VC Appraisers

1B Ryan Howard, by Goatwhisperers

Week 26 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 3B Casey McGehee; moved 1B Albert Pujols to 3B; activated 1B Carlos Pena

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Dillon Gee; activated SP Wandy Rodriguez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Tim Stauffer and SP Jake Westbrook; activated SP Ricky Nolasco and SP Stephen Strasburg

VC APPRAISERS: Released OF Will Venable; benched OF Carlos Gonzalez; activated OF Colby Rasmus and OF Brandon Belt

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP Mike Leake; benched SP Roy Oswalt and SP Dontrelle Willis; activated SP Tim Hudson, SP Mike Minor; SP Bud Norris

MISFITS: Released SS Yuniesky Betancourt; benched 1B Freddie Freeman and SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated 1B James Loney, SS Ruben Tejada and SP Homer Bailey

GOATWHISPERERS: Released 1B Ryan Howard; benched SP Johnny Cueto; activated 1B Chris Marrero and SP Jhoulys Chacin

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SP Aaron Harang; activated SP Jaime Garcia

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released RP Javy Guerra; benched SP Brett Myers; activated SP Chris Narveson; activated RP Brian Wilson from disabled list

PICKLE BUGS: No changes.

Week 25 roster moves

2011-09-12T15:48:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

1B Paul Goldschmidt, by Ubaldo Spots (Sept. #1)

SS Dee Gordon, by Ubaldo Spots (Sept. #2)

SP Brett Myers, by Holliday Road (Sept. #1)

OF Alex Presley, by Triple-A's (Sept. #2)

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #2)

SS Clint Barmes, by Chico's Chuggers (Sept. #2)

OF Angel Pagan, by Goatwhisperers (Sept. #1)

RP Ryan Madson, by Goatwhisperers (Sept. #2)

3B Matt Dominguez, by VC Appraisers (Sept. #2)

Players released

OF Drew Stubbs, by Ubaldo Spots

SS Willie Bloomquist, by Ubaldo Spots

SS Wilson Valdez, by Triple-A's

SS Ryan Theriot, by Chico's Chuggers

SS Clint Barmes, by Pickle Bugs (stolen)

OF Angel Pagan, by Pickle Bugs (stolen)

OF Garrett Jones, by Goatwhisperers

1B Aubrey Huff, by Arbitration Losers

3B Brandon Wood, by VC Appraisers

RP Bobby Parnell, by Goatwhisperers

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road

2B Justin Turner, by Misfits

Midweek replacements

TRIPLE-A'S: On Tuesday, placed SS Jimmy Rollins on disabled list; acquired and activated SS Wilson Valdez

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Friday, placed OF Andre Ethier on disabled list; activated OF Ryan Ludwick from disabled list

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Sunday, benched 2B Chase Utley (missed 3 games); moved 3B Emilio Bonafacio to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Raul Ibanez

Week 25 moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Released SS Ryan Theriot; activated SS Clint Barmes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SS Wilson Valdez; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Wandy Rodriguez; activated SS Jimmy Rollins, OF Alex Presley and SP Corey Luebke

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Stephen Strasburg; activated SP Tim Stauffer

VC APPRAISERS: Released 3B Brandon Wood; activated 3B Matt Dominguez

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SS Willie Bloomquist; benched 1B Todd Helton, SP Bud Norris and SP Tim Hudson; activated 1B Paul Goldschmidt, SS Dee Gordon, SP Mike Leake and SP Roy Oswalt

MISFITS: Benched 2B Omar Infante; activated 2B Rickie Weeks from disabled list

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released OF Garrett Jones and RP Bobby Parnell; benched SP James McDonald; activated OF Angel Pagan, SP Anibal Sanchez and RP Ryan Madson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Raul Ibanez; activated OF Jon Jay

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched RP Chris Narveson; activated SP Brett Myers

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

2011-09-11T23:24:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 4044
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4035
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4035
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3960
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3947
6. Misfits (Reid) 3917
7. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3834
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3712
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3644
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3222

Head to Head

Championship, Game 1

Arbitration Losers 198, Goatwhisperers 151 (Losers lead 1-0)

Third-place Game 1

Holliday Road 176, Triple-A's 174 (Holliday Road lead 1-0)

Consolation

VC Appraisers 165, Pickle Bugs 149
Pitch You Blockhead 202, Ubaldo Spots 118
Misfits 257, Chico's Chuggers 114

Notes

Two-and-a-half weeks in the season and we're headed to the closest possible finish in FBLG history. The Triple-A's hold a 9-point overall lead over both the Goatwhisperers and Losers, who after 24 weeks are tied. Holliday Road (86 points back) and the Ubaldo Spots (97) have their work cut out for them. A furious late charge has left the Misfits 127 points back and still in the run to finish in the money.

The Losers and Holliday Road won the first games of the the championship and third-place series.

The winner of this week's VC Appraisers-Chico's Chuggers matchup will clinch one spot in the consolation final. The Misfits are virtually assured of gaining the other spot.

Saturday's report

2011-09-10T22:47:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 4031
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4021
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3997
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3942
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3926
6. Misfits (Reid) 3855
7. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3822
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3670
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3632
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3200

Head to head

Championship, Game 1

Arbitration Losers 160, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 137

Consolation, Game 1

Triple-A's 161, Holliday Road 158

Consolation round

VC Appraisers 153, Pickle Bugs 137

Pitch You Blockhead 160, Ubaldo Spots 97

Misfits 195, Chico's Chuggers 92

Notes

A big 67-point day shot the Triple-A's back into the overall lead. The Goatwhisperers and Losers remain very much in the thick of things, while Holliday Road and Ubaldo Spots need a big charge. ... The Arbitration Losers nurse a 23-point lead heading into Sunday in hopes of winning Game 1 of the head-to-head final. Both teams have one pitcher each throwing on Sunday.

Week 24 roster moves

2011-09-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SP Stephen Strasburg, by Pitch You Blockhead (Sept. #1)

SP Javier Vazquez, by Misfits (Sept. #1)

OF Gerardo Parra, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #1)

SP Josh Collmenter, by VC Appraisers (Sept. #1)

Players released

SP Casey Blake, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Jeff Karstens, by Misfits

SP R.A. Dickey, by Arbitration Losers

3B Pedro Alvarez, by VC Appraisers

Week 24 roster moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: SP Tim Stauffer and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated SP Stephen Strasburg and SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Roy Oswalt; activated SP Dontrelle Willis

MISFITS: Benched SP Homer Bailey; activated SP Javier Vazquez

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Anibal Sanchez; activated SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released SP R.A. Dickey; benched OF Aubrey Huff; activated OF Gerardo Parra and SP Aaron Harang

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched 3B Placido Polanco, OF Jason Heyward, SP Charlie Morton; moved 1B Mike Morse to OF; activated 1B Derrek Lee from disabled list; activated 3B Chipper Jones and SP Chris Narveson.

Week 23 roster moves

2011-08-29T21:38:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

2B Omar Infante, by Misfits (August #1)

3B Aaron Miles, by Pitch You Blockhead (August #1)

SP RA Dickey, by Arbitration Losers (August #3)

RP: Bobby Parnell, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (August #2)

Players released

1B James Loney, by Chico's Chuggers

SP Jordan Zimmerman, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers

RP Leo Nunez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

Week 23 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed OF Nate Schierholtz on disabled list; activated OF Jose Tabata

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released SP Jordan Zimmerman; benched 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Jake Westbrook; activated 3B Aaron Miles, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Ricky Nolasco.

VC APPRAISERS: Placed SP Jonathan Sanchez on disabled list; benched SS Alex Gonzalez; activated SS Jose Reyes and SP Cole Hamels from disabled list

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched OF Drew Stubbs and SP Mike Leake; activated OF Logan Morrison and SP Ubaldo Jimenez

MISFITS: Placed SP Jonathan Niese on disabled list; benched 2B Justin Turner and SP Jeff Karstens; activated 2B Omar Infante and SP Hiroki Kuroda

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released RP Leo Nunez; benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated RP Bobby Parnell and SP Anibal Sanchez.

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released OF Jon Jay; benched OF Aubrey Huff and SP Jaime Garcia; activated 3B Emilio Bonafacio; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated OF Chris Young and SP R.A. Dickey

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Bench 3B Chipper Jones and SP Chris Narveson; activated 3B Placido Polanco and SP Charlie Morton

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 22 roster moves

2011-08-22T23:04:00.000-07:00

Player acquired

RP Javy Guerra, by Holliday Road (Aug. #3)

OF Jon Jay, by Aribtration Losers (Aug. #2)

OF Cody Ross, by Chico's Chuggers (Aug. #1)

Players released

2B Omar Infante, by Triple-A's

SS Miguel Tejada, by Misfits

OF Laynce Nix, by Triple-A's

OF Allen Craig, by VC Appraisers

OF Jason Bourgeois, by Arbitration Losers

Week 22 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Placed OF Carlos Beltran on disabled list; activated OF Cody Ross

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Corey Luebke; activated SP Dylan Gee

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Tim Stauffer; activated SP Matt Garza

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Jonathan Sanchez; activated SP Jair Jurrjens from disabled list

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP Bud Norris

MISFITS: Benched SP Jonathan Niese; activated SP Jeff Karstens

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jayson Werth, SP James McDonald and SP Anibal Sanchez; activated OF Garrett Jones, SP Jhoulys Chacin and SP Daniel Hudson.

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released OF Jason Bourgeois; benched 3B Emilio Bonafacio and SP Aaron Harang; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B and 1B Aubrey Huff to OF; activated 1B Jesus Guzman, OF Jon Jay and SP Jaime Garcia

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Placed RP Brian Wilson on disabled list; benched SP Charlie Morton; moved 1B Derrek Lee to disabled list; activated SP Chris Narveson from disabled list; activated RP Javy Guerra

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 21 roster changes

2011-08-15T17:33:00.001-07:00

Players acquired

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road (Aug. #2)

OF JD Martinez, by Ubaldo Spots (Aug. #3)

SP Ted Lilly, by Pickle Bugs (Aug. #1)

Players released

C David Ross, by Triple-A's

Week 20 midweek replacements

Holliday Road placed SP Chris Narveson on disabled list; activated SP Charlie Morton; on Sunday, benched 1B Derrek Lee (missed 3 games), moved OF Mike Morse to 1B; activated OF Ryan Ludwick

Week 21 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 1B James Loney, moved 3B Albert Pujols to 1B; activated 3B Casey McGehee

TRIPLE-A'S: Released C David Ross; activated C Brian McCann from disabled list

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Matt Garza; activated OF Corey Hart and SP Jake Westbrook

MISFITS: Benched SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jon Niese

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched TBA; activated SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 1B Jesus Guzman and SP Jaime Garcia; activated 1B Aubrey Huff and SP Aaron Harang.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed SP Jason Marquis on disabled list; benched OF Logan Morrison and SP Dontrelle Willis; activated OF JD Martinez, SP Mike Leake and SP Roy Oswalt

PICKLE BUGS: Placed SP Tommy Hanson; benched OF Angel Pagan; activated SP Ted Lilly and OF Seth Smith

Sunday's report

2011-08-15T16:51:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 3396
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3362
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3344
4. Pickle Bugs (Bill-Cliff) 3313
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3296
6. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3239
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3222
8. Misfits (Reid) 3095
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3064
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2814

Head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 222, Ubaldo Spots 175 (Triple-A's win series 2-0)
Holliday Road 122, VC Appraisers 104 (Holliday Road win series 2-0).

Semifinal matchups

Gladstone Goatwhisperers vs. Holliday Road
Arbitration Losers vs. Triple-A's

Players acquired

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road (Aug. #2)

OF JD Martinez, by Ubaldo Spots (Aug. #3)

Week 20 roster changes

2011-08-09T15:48:00.001-07:00

Players acquired

SP Dontrelle Willis, by Ubaldo Spots (August #2)

OF Garrett Jones, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (August #1)

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)

2B Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)

RP Drew Stroen, by Arbitration Losers (August #1)

Players released

SP Paul Maholm, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road

RP Francisco Cordero, by Arbitration Losers

Trade

Ubaldo Spots traded 3B Chipper Jones to Holliday Road for SP Roy Oswalt.

Week 20 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Joe Saunders; activated SP Edwin Jackson

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Conditionally placed SS Hanley Ramirez on disabled list; acquired/activated SS Jason Bartlett; benched OF Corey Hart and SP Ricky Nolasco; moved 3B Ty Wigginton to OF; activated 3B Casey Blake and SP Jordan Zimmermann

VC APPRAISERS: Placed SS Jose Reyes and SP Jair Jurrjens on disabled list; benched OF Will Venable and SP Kevin Correia; activated OF Carlos Gonzalez and SP Jonathan Sanchez from disabled list; activated SS Alex Gonzalez and SP Randy Wolf

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP Paul Maholm; traded SP Hiroki Kuroda; benched SP Bud Norris; activated SP Tim Hudson, SP Ubaldo Jimenez and SP Dontrelle Willis

MISFITS: Released SS Ronnie Cedeno; benched OF Carlos Lee, SP Jonathan Niese and SP Jeff Karstens; activated SS Yuniesky Betancourt, OF Dexter Fowler, SP Hiroki Kuroda and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Daniel Hudson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released RP Francisco Cordero; benched OF Raul Ibanez; activated RP Drew Storen and OF Jason Bourgeois

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP Kyle Lohse; placed 3B Chase Headley on disabled list; benched OF Ryan Ludwick and SP Kyle Lohse; moved 1B Mike Morse to OF; activated 3B Chipper Jones, 1B Derrek Lee and SP Chris Narveson

PICKLE BUGS: Moved C Ryan Doumit from disabled list to bench

Sunday's report

2011-08-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3216
2. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3191
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 3174
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3161
5. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3135
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3121
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3044
8. Misfits (Reid) 2938
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2904
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2649

Head-to-Head scores

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 198, Pitch You Blockhead 190 (Goatwhisperers win series, 1-0)
Arbitration Losers 196, Misfits 152 (Arbitration Losers win series, 1-0)
Triple-A's 183, Ubaldo Spots 120 (Triple-A's lead series 1-0 with a +63 aggregate)
Holliday Road 239, VC Appraisers 131 (Holliday Road leads series 1-0 with a +108 aggregate)

Players acquired

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)
IF Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, by Misfits (August #1)

Notes

Bolstered by three solid pitching outings, the Arbitration Losers finished the week strong to recapture the overall lead and lock down the first-round win in the head-to-head playoffs. The Losers will take a week off from head-to-head competition and get ready to likely face the Triple-A's. Pitch You Blockhead put up a good fight, but losing Hanley Ramirez for the weekend really hurt, so the Gladstone Goatwhisperers advance to the semifinals, where they likely will face Holliday Road. The Triple-A's and Holliday Road easily won their playoff openers by such large margins that they are in good standing to claim the win on aggregate points. The Triple-A's have a 63-point advantage, while Holiday Road leads by 108 points. Big deficits indeed.

Saturday's report

2011-08-06T22:22:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3169
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 3166
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3165
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3140
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3114
6. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3110
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3003
8. Misfits (Reid) 2923
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2885
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2628

Head-to-head scores

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 177, Pitch You Blockhead 171
Arbitration Losers 145, Misfits 137
Holliday Road 217, VC Appraisers 106
Triple-A's 175, Ubaldo Spots 113

Notes

The Arbitration Losers' weeklong hold on the overall lead was broken. The Holliday Road is enjoying a huge week thanks to guys like Mike Morse, Starlin Castro and Matt Holliday. Pitch You Blockhead remains in its must-win game in the head-to-head playoff, trailing the Goatwhisperers by just six points. PYB hopes for big things Sunday from Clayton Kershaw, while the GGs countered with Zach Greinke. The Misfits trail the Losers by only eight points heading into Sunday. But the Losers will have three pitchers on the mound, so the Misfits face an uphill challenge. Holliday Road and Triple-A's will get head-to-head wins. The VC Appraisers and Ubaldo Spots need big days Sunday to cut the margin of victory down, so their hopes of advancing on aggregate points aren't out of reach.

Friday's update

2011-08-05T22:51:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3148
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 3124
3. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3102
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3101
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3098
6. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3077
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2968
8. Misfits (Reid) 2892
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2847
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2602

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 138, Pitch You Blockhead 133
Arbitration Losers 128, Misfits 106
Triple-A's 133, Ubaldo Spots 97
Holliday Road 150, VC Appraisers 73

Players acquired

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)
2B Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)

Trade

Ubaldo Spots traded SP Hiroki Kuroda to Misfits for 3B David Freese

Notes

Remember when the VC Appraisers were in first place every day from April to last Saturday? Well, now they're in sixth place, 71 points back. And they're trailing Holliday Road in the head-to-head playoffs, they're in bad position to win the two-week aggregate. The Misfits can't catch a break. First Yadier Molina sprayed it, instead saying it, and that cost him a suspension. Then Jeff Karstens got lit up by the Padres, of all teams. Still the Misfits are not out of their head-to-head must win game with the Arbitration Losers, trailing 128-106. Pitch You Blockhead is hanging tough with the Gladstone Goatwhisperers. And the Ubaldo Spots can't catch a break at 3B. First, Scott Rolen got hurt and went on the DL. Then Chipper Jones got hurt and didn't go on the DL. Then they traded for David Freese and in his first game since he was acquired, he got plunked in the head.

Leading scorers

2011-08-03T01:30:00.000-07:00

Top scoring players thru Sunday's games

Batters
1. Matt Kemp (TA) 337
2. Ryan Braun (US) 322
3. Justin Upton (TA) 305
4. Jose Reyes (VCA) 295
4. Michael Bourn (GG) 295
6. Troy Tulowitzki (AL) 289
7. Prince Fielder (PB) 278
7. Hunter Pence (PB) 278
9. Ryan Howard (GG) 276
10. Chris Young (AL) 273

Pitchers
1. Roy Halladay (Mis) 329
2. Clayton Kerhaw (PYB) 319
3. Cliff Lee (HR) 309
4. Cole Hamels (VCA) 298
5. Ian Kennedy (AL) 280

Relievers
1. Craig Kimbrel (Mis) 209
2. John Axford (US) 196
3. Brian Wilson (HR) 183

Tuesday's report

2011-08-03T01:18:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3085
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 3060
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3059
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3047
5. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3023
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3002
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2905
8. Misfits (Reid) 2830
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2774
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2536

Week 19 scores

Goatwhisperers 84, Pitch You Blockhead 60
Arbitration Losers 65, Misfits 44
Triple-A's 69, Ubaldo Spots 58
Holliday Road 50, VC Appraisers 19

Week 19 roster changes

2011-08-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SP Edwin Jackson, by Chico's Chuggers (July #2)

OF Jason Bourgeois, by Arbitration Losers (July #2)

1B Jesus Guzman, by Arbitration Losers (July #3)

1B Lucas Duda, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #3)

C David Ross, by Triple-A's (August #1)

2B Omar Infante, by Triple-A's (August #2)

SP Paul Maholm, by Ubaldo Spots (August #1)

2B Justin Turner, by Misfits (August #1)

Players released

SP Edinson Volquez, by Chico's Chuggers

2B Mark Ellis, by Triple-A's

2B Omar Infante, by Pickle Bugs (stolen by Triple-A's)

3B Chris Johnson, by Ubaldo Spots

1B Brett Wallace, by Pitch You Blockhead

C Wilson Ramos, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Cody Ross, by Arbitration Losers

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers

Week 19 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 1B Carlos Pena; activated 1B James Loney

TRIPLE-A'S: Released 2B Mark Ellis; placed C Brian McCann on disabled list; benched SP Dylan Gee; activated 2B Omar Infante, C David Ross and SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released 1B Brett Wallace and C Wilson Ramos; moved 3B Casey Blake from disabled list to bench; benched SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP Jake Westbrook; activated 1B Lucas Duda, C Chris Iannetta; SP Tim Stauffer and SP Matt Garza.

VC APPRAISERS: Benched 3B Brandon Wood; activated 3B Pedro Alvarez

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez, SP Mike Leake and SP Tim Hudson; activated SP Paul Maholm, SP Hiroki Kuroda and SP Jason Marquis

MISFITS: Placed 2B Rickie Weeks on disabled list; benched OF Dexter Fowler and SP Madison Bumgarner; activated 2B Justin Turner, OF Marlon Byrd and SP Jeff Karstens.

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP James McDonald; activated SP Jhoulys Chacin

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 1B Aubrey Huff and SP Aaron Harang; activated 1B Jesus Guzman and SP Mat Latos.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Placed SP Rubby De La Rosa on disabled list; moved 3B Placido Polanco from disabled list to bench; benched SP Chris Narveson and OF Jason Heyward; activated SP Kyle Lohse, SP Matt Cain and OF Ryan Ludwick.

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

2011-08-01T12:42:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3020
2. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3004
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3001
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2991
5. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2963
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 2952
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2847
8. Misfits (Reid) 2786
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2714
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn 2515

For the first time in three months, there is a new overall leader in the FBLG. For weeks, the VC Appraisers have struggled with injuries. Some other teams have appeared ready to challenge the overall lead, but would fade back. Now, the entire pack has closed the gap on the VCA's. The league actually has been very competitive in the 2 through 6 spots all season. Now, that the VC Appraisers have fallen back to the pack, we expect a very exciting final two months of the season. Teams from first to fourth are separated by 29 points. The first-to-sixth spread is 68 points.

Head-to-Head playoffs begin

2011-08-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

Week 18 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 195, Holliday Road 179
Triple-A's 168, Pickle Bugs 166
Goatwhisperers 219, VC Appraisers 143
Ubaldo Spots 171, Pitch You Blockhead 162
Arbitration Losers 199, Misfits 173

Here are the seedings and pairings for the playoffs. Ties were broken by overall point standings. Remember, the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds only need to win games in Week 19 or 20 to advance. Nos. 7 and 8 seeds must win both games to advance. If series between No. 3 vs. 6 or No. 4 vs. 5 teams ends tied 1-1, aggregate scores from Week 19 and 20 break ties.

No. 1 Gladstone Goatwhisperers (12-6) vs. No. 8 Pitch You Blockhead (9-9)
Goatwhisperers earned No. 1 seed by winning last four games and six of last seven. GGs won both meetings with PYB this season.

No. 2 Arbitration Losers (10-8) vs. No. 7 Misfits (9-9)
A rematch of Week 18 game. A loss by Holliday Road last week opened the door for the Losers to claim No. 2 seed. Losers won both matchups with Misfits this season.

No. 3 Triple-A's (10-8) vs. No. 6 Ubaldo Spots (9-9)
Triple-A's won their final three games, while Spots come in having won 3 of last 4. Triple-A's took both meetings this season with the Spots.

No. 4 Holliday Road (10-8) vs. No. 5 VC Appraisers (9-9)
VCA's come into playoffs on serious skid, having lost last four in a row. They have not scored more than 178 in a week since week 11. Holliday Road got bumped from No. 2 spot by spoiler-playing Chico's Chuggers. Two teams split their meetings this season.

Week 18 roster changes

2011-07-25T16:58:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

OF-IF Willie Bloomquist, by Ubaldo Spots (July #2)

3B Chris Johnson, by Holliday Road (July #1)

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers (July #1)

Players released

OF Dominic Brown, by Goatwhisperers

C Dioner Navarro, by Pickle Bugs

OF Garrett Jones, by Arbitration Losers

Trades

On Saturday, Ubaldo Spots traded OF Andre Ethier and SP Rubby De La Rosa to Holliday Road for 3B Chris Johnson and OF Drew Stubbs

Week 17 midweek replacements

UBALDO SPOTS: On Thursday, placed SS Stephen Drew on the disabled list; activated SS Willie Bloomquist; On Saturday, traded OF Andre Ethier; activated OF Drew Stubbs (acquired in trade); placed 3B Scott Rolen on disabled list; activated 3B Chris Johnson

MISFITS: On Wednesday, benched OF Andres Torres; activated OF Shane Victorino from disabled list

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Saturday, traded OF Drew Stubbs; activated OF Andre Ethier

Week 18 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes.

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Chris Capuano; activated SP Wandy Rodriguez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Tim Stauffer; activated SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SS Alex Gonzalez; activated SS Jose Reyes from disabled list.

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched 3B Chris Johnson and SP Jason Marquis; activated 3B Chipper Jones from disabled list; activated SP Mike Leake

MISFITS: Placed SS Miguel Tejada and SS Zack Cozart on disabled list; benched OF Marlon Byrd and SP Jeff Karstens; activated SS Ronnie Cedeno from disabled list; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP Homer Bailey.

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released OF Dominic Brown; benched 3B Daniel Murphy and SP Daniel Hudson; activated 3B David Wright from disabled list; activated OF Jayson Werth and SP Johnny Cueto

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched SP Matt Cain; activated SP Rubby De La Rosa

PICKLE BUGS: Released C Dioner Navarro; activated C Rod Barajas from disabled list

Overall standings

2011-07-25T16:56:00.000-07:00

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 2861
2. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 2830
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 2823
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2821
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 2773
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2744
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2681
8. Misfits (Reid) 2606
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2552
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2320

Head-to-head update

2011-07-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

Week 17 head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 222, Holliday Road 151
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 172, Pitch You Blockhead 137
Misfits 210, Chico's Chuggers 96
Arbitration Losers 205, VC Appraisers 163
Ubaldo Spots 189, Pickle Bugs 126

Last week's results have clinched head-to-head playoff spots for seven of the eight teams. And the Ubaldo Spots (8-9) have all but clinched the final playoff spot. The Spot could still be tied by the Pickle Bugs (7-10), but the tiebreaker is overall points so the Bugs would need to tie the Spot AND outscore them by 150 point this week. Unlikely.

The Gladstone Goatwhisperers (11-6) have clinched one of the top two seeds and the advantages that go with that. Holliday Road (10-7) need a win this week to clinch the second top-two seed. Five other teams are tied at 9-8 (Pitch You Blockhead, VC Appraisers, Arbitration Losers, Triple-A's and Misfits) are hoping to maybe claim a top-two spot, but also trying to avoid qualifying as a No. 7 or 8 seed.

Week 17 roster changes

2011-07-24T20:37:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SS Zach Cozart, by Misfits (July #2)

SP Joe Saunders, by Chico's Chuggers (July #1)

SP Jason Marquis, by Ubaldo Spots (July #1)

SP Corey Luebke, by Triple-A's (July #3)

Players released

IF Darwin Barney, by Chico's Chuggers

OF Dexter Fowler, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

SP Brett Myers, by Misfits

SP Carlos Zambrano, by Triple-A's

RP Ryan Madson, by Arbitration Losers

IF Juan Uribe, by Arbitration Losers

Week 17 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Edinson Volquez; activated SP Joe Saunders

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP Carlos Zambrano; benched SP Wandy Rodriguez; activated SP Corey Luebke and SP Ryan Vogelsong

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Jake Westbrook and SP Matt Garza; activated SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP Tim Stauffer

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jason Marquis

MISFITS: Benched SS Miguel Tejada, SP Homer Bailey; released SP Brett Myers; activated SS Zack Cozart, SP Jonathan Niese and SP Roy Halladay

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Johnny Cueto; activated SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released RP Ryan Madson; benched SP Mat Latos; activated SP Jaime Garcia and RP Francisco Cordero

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched OF Ryan Ludwick; activated OF Drew Stubbs

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 16 roster moves

2011-07-14T20:52:00.000-07:00

Week 15 midweek replacements

MISFITS: On Friday, placed OF Shane Victorino; activated OF Andres Torres

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Friday, benched SS Troy Tulowitzki (missed 3 games); activated SS Juan Uribe.

VC APPRAISERS: On Friday, placed SS Jose Reyes on disabled list; activated SS Alex Gonzalez

Players acquired

SS Alex Gonzalez, by VC Appraisers (July #1)

C Wilson Ramos, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #1)

SP Jeff Karstens, by Misfits (July #1)

RP Fernando Salas, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #2)

SP Kevin Correia, by VC Appraisers (July #2)

OF Nate Schierholtz, by Triple-A's (July #1)

2B Mark Ellis, by Triple-A's (July #2)

Players released

RP Francisco Rodriguez, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Jon Jay, by Chico's Chuggers

OF Kosuke Fukudome, by Arbitration Losers

Week 6 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 3B Casey McGehee; activated 3B Albert Pujols from disabled list

TRIPLE-A'S: Released 2B Jamey Carroll; benched SP Bronson Arroyo and OF Laynce Nix; activated SP Carlos Zambrano for disabled list; activated 2B Mark Ellis and OF Nate Schierholtz.

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched C Chris Iannetta, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Jordan Zimmermann; activated C Wilson Ramos, SP Matt Garza and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Randy Wolf; activated SP Kevin Correia; moved 3B Pedro Alvarez from DL to bench.

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed 3B Chipper Jones on disabled list; benched SP Rubby De La Rosa; activated SP Hiroki Kuroda

MISFITS: Benched SP Roy Halladay; activated SP Jeff Karstens

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Anibal Sanchez

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SS Juan Uribe, OF Garrett Jones and SP Jaime Garcia; activated SP Aaron Harang from disabled list; activated SS Troy Tulowitzki and OF Raul Ibanez.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SS Clint Barmes; activated SS Rafael Furcal

Midseason report

2011-07-12T22:34:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 2632
2. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 2542
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 2530
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2524
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2524
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2478
7. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2460
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2287
9. Misfits (Reid) 2279
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2157

The VC Appraisers continue to nurse a comfortable lead, thanks to three 200+ point weeks in four from Weeks 3 to 6. They have five 200+ weeks in total, but none since Week 11. Yet they still hold a 90-point lead because none of the challengers have been able to sustain enough constant pressure.

Yet from places No. 2 to No. 7, things are very competitive. The Ubaldo Spots are 102 point back. The Triple-A's and Arbitration Losers are 108 points off the pace. Buoyed by a huge 240-point week last week, the Pickle Bugs moved within 154 points of the top spot, while the Goatwhisperers are still reeling from a 93-point week in Week 14. They're 172 points back.

Pitch You Blockhead and Misfits are still looking for a second-half spark, while Chico's Chuggers are trying to avoid finished dead last for a second consecutive season.

Head to Head

While the overall standings hasn't seen a lead change in weeks, the head-to-head battle is going right down to the wire.

Three weeks left in the head-to-head regular season, and no one has clinched anything.

The three teams with 9-6 records (VC Appraisers, Goatwhisperers and Holliday Road) are in good position to advance to the playoffs. It's not impossible, but very hard to imagine a 9-9 team not moving on to the postseason.

The Arbitration Losers and Pitch You Blockhead (8-7) can seriously improve their chances with a win this week, especially PYB because their overall standing is not so hot (overall points is a head-to-head tiebreaker).

The four 7-8 teams (Triple-A's, Pickle Bugs, Misfits and Ubaldo Spots) won't be eliminated with one more loss, but it doesn't help. It's especially true for the Misfits because their low overall standings. The Misfits meet Ubaldo Spots in Week 16, so (barring a tie) one team will be 7-9 after Week 16.

And then there's Chico's Chuggers, who need three wins and a whole lot of help.

Week 15 roster changes

2011-07-05T10:53:00.000-07:00

Trades

On Wednesday, Arbitration Losers traded SP Ryan Dempster to Chico's Chuggers for OF Garrett Jones

Week 14 midweek replacements

CHICO's CHUGGERS: Benched SP Travis Wood; activated SP Ryan Dempster (acquired in trade)

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 3B Juan Uribe; moved OF Emilio Bonafacio to 3B; activated OF Garrett Jones (acquired in trade).

Players acquired

SP Vance Worley, by VC Appraisers (June #1)

IF Daniel Murphy, by Goatwhisperers (June #2)

OF Kosuke Fukudome, by Arbitration Losers (June #3)

SP Rubby De La Rosa, by Ubaldo Spots (June #3)

SP Chris Narveson, by Holliday Road (June #3)

Players released

SP Charlie Morton, by Ubaldo Spots

2B Justin Turner, by Goatwhisperers

1B Anthony Rizzo, by Misfits

SP J.A. Happ, by Pickle Bugs

SP Chris Volstad, by Pickle Bugs

Week 15 roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed SP Carlos Zambrano on disabled list; bench SP Ryan Vogelsong; activated SP Dillon Gee and SP Bronson Arroyo.

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Placed 3B Casey Blake on disabled list; Benched SP Clayton Kerhsaw and SP Matt Garza; activated SP Ricky Nolasco and SP Jake Westbrook.

VC APPRAISERS: Placed SP Jonathan Sanchez on disabled list; activated SP Vance Worley

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Mike Leake; activated SP Rubby De La Rosa

MISFITS: Placed SS Ronnie Cedeno on disabled list; benched 3B Ryan Zimmerman, OF Andres Torres and SP Jonathan Niese; activated 3B David Freese and OF Marlon Byrd from disabled list; activated SP Homer Bailey.

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released 3B Justin Turner; benched OF Jayson Werth and SP Anibal Sanchez; activated 3B Daniel Murphy, OF Domonic Brown and SP Daniel Hudson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched OF Drew Stubbs and SP Kyle Lohse; activated OF Ryan Ludwick and SP Chris Narveson

PICKLE BUGS: Released SP J.A. Happ; activated SP Tommy Hanson from disabled list

Week 14 roster changes

2011-06-27T22:59:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

1B James Loney, by Chico's Chuggers (June #3)

Released

SP Randy Wells, by Misfits

2B Orlando Hudson, by Arbitration Losers

Trade

Chico's Chuggers traded SP Chris Carpenter to Holliday Road for 1B Carlos Pena

Week 13 midweek replacements

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: On Tuesday, placed 1B Albert Pujols on disabled list; activated 1B James Loney

Week 14 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 1B James Loney; traded SP Chris Carpenter; activated 1B Carlos Pena; activated SP Brandon Beachy from disabled list.

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Dylan Gee; activated SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched 3B Casey Blake; moved 1B Ty Wigginton to 3B; activated 1B Brett Wallace

VC APPRAISERS: No changes.

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Charlie Morton and SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Mike Leake and SP Ubaldo Jimenez

MISFITS: Moved SP Homer Bailey from DL to bench; benched SS Ronnie Cedeno; activated SS Miguel Tejada

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Raul Ibanez and RP Ryan Madson; moved 3B Emilio Bonafacio to OF; activated 3B Juan Uribe and RP Francisco Cordero

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Placed SP Roy Oswalt on disabled list; activated SP Chris Carpenter

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 13 roster changes

2011-06-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

2B Jeff Keppinger, by Chico's Chuggers (June #2)

3B Scott Rolen, by Ubaldo Spots (June #3)

C Dioner Navarro, by Pickle Bugs (June #1)

SP Chris Volstad, by Pickle Bugs (June #2)

3B Emilio Bonafacio, by Arbitration Losers (June #2)

SP J.A. Happ, by Pickle Bugs (June #3)

Released

OF Nate McLouth, by Misfits

SP Josh Collmenter, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Kyle McClellan, by Ubaldo Spots

1B Lyle Overbay, by Holliday Road

SP Rubby De La Rosa, by Holliday Road

SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Holliday Road

SS Jason Bartlett, by Pitch You Blockhead

Week 12 midweek replacements

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: On Friday, placed 2B Darwin Barney on disabled list; activated 2B Jeff Keppinger

PICKLE BUGS: On Sunday, placed C Rod Barajas and SP Tommy Hanson on disabled list; activated C Dioner Navarro and Chris Volstad

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Friday, benched 1B Carlos Pena; moved OF Mike Morse to 1B; activated OF Matt Holliday from disabled list

Week 13 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SS Alex Gonzalez, OF Garrett Jones and SP Travis Wood; activated OF Alfonso Soriano from disabled list; activated SP Edison Volquez and SS Ryan Theriot

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF Laynce Nix; activated OF Jose Tabata

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released SS Jason Bartlett; placed OF Chris Coghlan on disabled list; benched 1B Brett Wallace and SP Ricky Nolasco; moved OF Ty Wigginton to 1B; activated SS Hanley Ramirez and OF Cameron Maybin from disabled list; activated OF Jason Bay and SP Matt Garza

VC APPRAISERS: No changes:

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP Josh Collmenter; benched 3B Chipper Jones; activated SP Tim Hudson and 3B Scott Rolen

MISFITS: Benched 1B Anthony Rizzo, SS Miguel Tejada and SP Randy Wells; activated 1B Freddie Freeman, SS Ronnie Cedeno and SP Brett Myers

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 3B Juan Uribe and SP Ryan Dempster; activated 3B Emilio Bonafacio and SP Mat Latos

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched OF Ryan Ludwick; activated OF Jason Heyward from disabled list

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 2B Omar Infante and SP Chris Volstad; moved 3B Ryan Roberts to 2B; activated 3B Pablo Sandoval from disabled list; activated SP J.A. Happ

Week 12 roster changes

2011-06-13T18:27:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SP Rubby De La Rosa, by Holliday Road (June #1)

SP Jon Niese, by Misfits (June #2)

1B Anthony Rizzo, by Misfits (June #3)

SP Josh Collmenter, by Ubaldo Spots (June #2)

SP Dylan Gee, by Triple-A’s (June #1)

RP Ryan Madson, by Arbitration Losers (June #1)

Players released

OF Eric Hinske, by Misfits

3B Greg Dobbs, by Misfits

1B James Loney, by Misfits

3B Scott Rolen, by Ubaldo Spots

OF Jerry Sands, by Holliday Road

SP Jason Marquis, by Triple-A’s

Midweek replacements from Week 11

TRIPLE-A’S: On Saturday, placed 2B Freddy Sanchez on disabled list; activated 2B Jamey Carroll.

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Friday, placed 3B Martin Prado on disabled list; activated 3B Juan Uribe

Week 12 active roster changes

CHICO’S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A’S: Benched OF Laynce Nix, SP Bronson Arroyo and SP Chris Capuano; activated SP Wandy Rodriguez from disabled list; activated OF Jose Tabata and SP Dylan Gee.

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Jake Westbrook and SP Matt Garza; activated SP Ricky Nolasco and SP Tim Stauffer

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez and SP Mike Leake; activated SP Josh Collmenter and SP Hiroki Kuroda

MISFITS: Released 3B Greg Dobbs; benched 1B Freddie Freeman, SS Roger Cedeno and SP Brett Myers; activated 3B Ryan Zimmerman from disabled list; activated 1B Anthony Rizzo, SS Miguel Tejada and SP Jon Niese

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Jhoulys Chacin

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SP Mat Latos and RP Francisco Cordero; placed SP Aaron Harang on disabled list; activated SP Ryan Dempster and RP Ryan Madson

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched 3B Placido Polanco; activated 3B Chase Headley

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Leading scorers

2011-06-13T13:13:00.000-07:00

Batters

1. Matt Kemp (TA) 220

2. Ryan Braun (US) 215

3. Jose Reyes (VCA) 211

4. Prince Fielder (PB) 203

5. Joey Votto (TA) 193

6. Hunter Pence (PB) 191

6. Jay Bruce (PB) 191

8. Drew Stubbs (HR) 188

9. Michael Bourn (GG) 184

10. Chris Young (AL) 177

Pitchers

1. Roy Halladay (Mis) 224

2. Cole Hamles (VCA) 198

3. Cliff Lee (HR) 191

4. Clayton Kershaw (PYB) 185

5. Tommy Hanson (PB) 176

Relievers

1. John Axford (US) 122

2. Brian Wilson (HR) 110

3. Craig Kimbrel (Mis) 109

Sunday's report

2011-06-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1983
    Uh-oh, CarGo is heating up

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1884
    GGs get six pitching starts of 15 points or better

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1856
    Going to need a hot Tulo with Prado on the DL

4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1821
    Acquisition of Leake is proving to be quite a steal

5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1812
   Bugs get 223-point week despite 1 total point in two Lincecum starts

6. Triple-A's (Ken) 1803
    Jamey Carroll's weekend makes loss of Freddy Sanchez easier to bear

7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1786
    Nothing more aggravating than a 200-point week and a loss

8. Misfits (Reid) 1636
    Can't wait to get Zimmerman back

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1588
    Zimmerman scored 17 Sunday, but team only had 18

10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1551
    A rough week for Heath Bell (-3 in three appearances)

Week 11 head-to-head

VC Appraisers 221, Chico's Chuggers 122

Ubaldo Spots 229 Holliday Road 214

Triple-A's 185, Misfits 141

Pickle Bugs 223, Goatwhisperers 214

Arbitration Losers 161 Pitch You Blockhead 151

Week 11 roster changes

2011-06-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SP Kevin Correia, by Chico's Chuggers (June #1)

SP Zach Duke, by Chico's Chuggers (May #1)

SS Ryan Theriot, by Chico's Chuggers (May #2)

OF Jon Jay, by Chico's Chuggers (May #3)

SS Jason Bartlett, by Pitch You Blockhead (June #1)

SP Mike Leake, by Ubaldo Spots (June #1)

OF Andres Torres, by Misfits (June #1)

OF Mike Morse, by Holliday Road (June #1)

Players released

SP Jorge De La Rosa, by Chico's Chuggers

SP Zach Duke, by Chico's Chuggers

OF Jon Jay, by VC Appraisers (stolen by Chico's Chuggers)

Week 10 midweek replacements

MISFITS: On Wednesday, placed OF Shane Victorino on disabled list; acquired and activated OF Andres Torres; On Friday, benched OF Eric Hinske; activated OF Shane Victorino from disabled list

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Wednesday, placed OF Matt Holliday on disabled list; acquired and activated OF Mike Morse

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SS Hanley Ramirez (missed 3 games); acquired and activated SS Jason Barlett

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Placed SP Jorge De La Rosa on disabled list; acquired and activated SP Zach Duke.

Week 11 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Released SP Zach Duke; benched OF Garret Jones; activated OF Jon Jay and SP Kevin Correia

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Jason Marquis and OF Jose Tabata; activated SP Bronson Arroyo and OF Laynce Nix.

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Conditionally placed SS Hanley Ramirez on disabled list; placed OF Cameron Maybin on disabled list; benched OF Jason Bay and SP Tim Stauffer; activated OF Ty Wigginton; activated SP Matt Garza from disabled list

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed SP Kyle McClellan; benched SP Tim Hudson and 3B Scott Rolen; activated SP Mike Leake, SP Ubaldo Jimenez and 3B Chipper Jones

MISFITS: No changes.

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP James McDonald; activated SP Daniel Hudson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Placed SS Rafael Furcal and SP Jon Garland on disabled list; benched OF Seth Smith; activated SS Clint Barmes and OF Angel Pagan

Sunday's report

2011-06-06T12:32:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1762
    VCA's hope to get Josh Johnson back soon

2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1695
    Posey-less Losers get boost from other Giants

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1668
    Werth is GG's third-best outfielder

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 1630
    Huge 242-point week despite 0 from Capuano

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1592
    McClellan tallies -4 before going on DL

6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1589
    Bugs may soon get Kung Fu Panda back

7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1574
     Holliday Road leads back to the DL for namesake

8. Misfits (Reid) 1495
    Misfits break away from rest of bottom feeders

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1437
    HanRam appears to be DL-bound

10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1429
     Pujols' 42 points prevent disastrous week

Week 10 head-to-head

Triple-A's 242, VC Appraisers 162

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 182, Ubaldo Spots 175

Misfits 199, Pickle Bugs 169

Arbitration Losers 216, Chico's Chuggers 175

Holliday Road 166, Pitch You Blockhead 127

Top scorers

2011-06-05T23:14:00.000-07:00

Batters

1. Matt Kemp (TA) 189
1. Ryan Braun (US) 189
3. Jose Reyes (VCA) 184
4. Joey Votto (TA) 178
5. Jay Bruce (PB) 173
6. Hunter Pence (PB) 172
7. Prince Fielder (PB) 167
7. Drew Stubbs (HR) 167
9. Michael Bourn (GG) 166
10. Chris Young (AL) 162

Pitchers

1. Roy Halladay (Mis) 203
2. Cole Hamels (VCA) 176
3. Clayton Kershaw (PYB) 175
4. Yovani Gallardo (AL) 167
5. Tim Lincecum (PB) 160

Relievers

1. John Axford (US) 104
2. Brian Wilson (HR) 96
3. Craig Kimbrel (Mis) 96

Tuesday's report

2011-06-01T10:29:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1637
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1580
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1537
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1485
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1476
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 1471
7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1454
8. Misfits (Reid) 1354
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1342
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1314

Head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 83, VC Appraisers 37
Goatwhisperers 94, Ubaldo Spots 59
Pickle Bugs 65, Misfits 58
Chico's Chuggers 60, Arbitration Losers 58
Holliday Road 46, Pitch You Blockhead 32

Player acquisitions
SP Zach Duke, by Chico's Chuggers (May #1)

SS Ryan Theriot, by Chico's Chuggers (May #2)

OF Jon Jay, by Chico's Chuggers, stolen from VC Appraisers (May #3)

OF Andres Torres, by Misfits (June #1)

Midweek replacements

Chico's Chuggers placed SP Jorge De La Rosa on disabled list, activated SP Zach Duke

Misfits placed OF Shane Victorino on disabled list, activated OF Andres Torres

Monday's report

2011-05-30T22:11:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1625
    Just when we thought they were faltering, they post 221-point week

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1510
    23-point outings from Greinke and Sanchez

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1509
    Hard to celebrate win while mourning loss of Posey

4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1473
     Doumit going on DL might have best thing for Bugs

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1465
    Hanging tough despite minimal contribution from namesake

6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1429
    Happy to get win with nothing from Holliday

7. Triple-A's (Ken) 1415
    Wandy Rodriguez, Arroyo, Marquis combine for -9 in the week

8. Misfits (Reid) 1335
    Waiting for Wednesday to replace Victorino

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1315
    Kershaw's 29-point game helps save solid week

10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1287
    Volquez sent to minors, De La Rosa done for year

Week 9 finals

Holliday Road 162, Chico's Chuggers 108

Pickle Bugs 158, Triple-A's 137

VC Appraisers 221, Goatwhisperers 167

Pitch You Blockhead 180, Ubaldo Spots 159

Arbitration Losers 193, Misfits 125

Week 10 scores

Triple-A's 27, VC Appraisers 25

Ubaldo Spots 48, Goatwhisperers 24

Pickle Bugs 53, Misfits 39

Chico's Chuggers 33, Arbitration Losers 30

Holliday Road 21, Pitch You Blockhead 5

Week 10 roster changes

2011-05-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

Week 9 midweek replacements

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Thursday, placed C Buster Posey on disabled list; acquired and activated C Carlos Ruiz (May #3)

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Friday, benched OF Matt Holliday (missed 3 games); acquired and activated OF Jerry Sands (May #3)

Players acquired

SP Ryan Vogelsong, by Triple-A's (May #2)

SP Chris Capuano, by Triple-A's (May #3)

3B Justin Turner, by Goatwhisperers (May #3)

C Rod Barajas, by Pickle Bugs (May #2)

Players released

OF Max Venable, by Triple-A's

3B Chris Johnson, by Goatwhisperers

C Chris Snyder, by Holliday Road

Week 10 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed SP Wandy Rodriguez on disabled list; benched SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SP Ryan Vogelsong and SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Cameron Maybin, 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Ricky Nolasco; placed SP Matt Garza on disabled list; activated 3B Chris Blake from disabled list; activated OF Chris Coughlan and SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: No changes.

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Tim Hudson

MISFITS: Placed SP Homer Bailey on disabled list; benched SS Miguel Tejada; activated SP Randy Wells from disabled list; activated SS Ronny Cedeno

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released 3B Chris Johnson; benched SP Daniel Hudson; activated 3B Justin Turner and SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SP Ryan Dempster; activated SP Mat Latos

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released C Chris Snyder; benched OF Jerry Sands; placed SP Tom Gorzelanny on disabled list; activated C Geovany Soto from disabled list; activated OF Matt Holliday and SP Roy Oswalt

PICKLE BUGS: Placed C Ryan Doumit on disabled; activated C Rod Barajas

Week 9 roster changes

2011-05-23T17:49:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

OF Eric Hinske, by Misfits (May #3)

OF Laynce Nix, by Triple-A's (May #1)

C Jonathan Lucroy, by Goatwhisperers (May #1)

3B Brandon Wood, by VC Appraisers (May #1)

Players released

SP Mike Leake, by Triple-A's

IF Willie Bloomquist, by Pickle Bugs

SS Ryan Theriot, by Pickle Bugs

C Ramon Hernandez, by Goatwhisperers

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers

Week 9 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Edinson Volquez; activated SP Travis Wood

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF Will Venable and 2B Jamey Carroll; activated OF Jose Tabata and 2B Freddy Sanchez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Matt Garza and OF Chris Coughlan; activated SP Clayton Kershaw and OF Corey Hart

VC APPRAISERS: Placed 3B Pedro Alvarez and SP Josh Johnson on disabled list; activated 3B Brandon Wood and SP Randy Wolf

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP Kyle McClellan

MISFITS: Placed OF Marlon Byrd and OF Nate McLouth on disabled list; benched SS Roger Cedeno; activated OF Eric Hinske, OF Shane Victorino and SS Miguel Tejada

GOATWHISPERERS: Released C Ramon Hernandez; activated C Jonathan Lucroy

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed 2B Juan Uribe on disabled list; benched SP Mat Latos; moved 2B Orlando Hudson from DL to bench; activated 2B Chase Utley from disabled list; activated SP Ryan Dempster

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Released IF Willie Bloomquist from disabled list; released SS Ryan Theriot; benched SS Clint Barmes; activated SS Rafael Furcal from disabled list

Leading scorers

2011-05-22T21:19:00.001-07:00

Hitters

1. Ryan Braun (US) 150
2. Joey Votto (TA) 142
3. Matt Kemp (TA) 138
3. Jose Reyes (VCA) 138
3. Prince Fielder (PB) 138
6. Drew Stubbs (HR) 130
7. Hunter Pence (PB) 127
7. Lance Berkman (VCA) 127
9. Matt Holliday (HR) 127
10. Martin Prado (AL) 126

Pitchers

1. Roy Halladay (Mis) 162
2. Tim Lincecum (PB) 136
2. Jaime Garcia (AL) 136
4. Josh Johnson (VCA) 130
4. Cole Hamels (VCA) 130

Relievers

1. Francisco Rodriguez (PYB) 95
2. Huston Street (VCA) 77
3. Carlos Marmol (TA) 74

Sunday's report

2011-05-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1379
     News we've all been waiting for: Two players go on DL

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1319
     Ace of the staff? Daniel Hudson

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1286
     Snap losing skid, and Utley's coming back

4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1262
    Three 20-point pitching outings during week

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1258
    Losing with 2nd best scoring week ... sucks, doesn't it?

6. Triple-A's (Ken) 1251
   If Venable had doubled weekly output, TA's would have won and not tied.

7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1244
     If Snyder had doubled his weekly output, still would have tied

8. Misfits (Reid) 1171
     Byrd becomes seventh player on Misfits' DL

9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1146
     You can't spell Thole without hole (2-pt week)

10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1130
    Hoped for four double starts, got only one

Week 8 head-to-head

Triple-A's 169, Arbitration Losers 169
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 170, Pitch You Blockhead 117
Misfits 177, Chico's Chuggers 133
Arbitration Losers 169, VC Appraisers 140
Pickle Bugs 216, Ubaldo Spots 184

Wednesday's report

2011-05-19T01:11:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1322
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1204
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1199
4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1171
5. Triple-A' (Ken) 1170
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1162
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1122
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1170
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1065
10. Misfits (Reid) 1061

Head-to-head

Triple-A's 88, Holliday Road 87
Pitch You Blockhead 52, Goatwhisperers 50
Chico's Chuggers 67, Misfits 67
Arbitration Losers 87, VC Appraisers 83
Ubaldo Spots 97, Pickle Bugs 76

Notes

Ubaldos Spots' conditional DL for Chipper Jones is voided. Jones goes to the bench. Emilio Bonafacio is released.

Goatwhisperers' conditional DL of David Wright is confirmed.

Week 8 roster changes

2011-05-16T17:05:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

SS Clint Barmes, by Pickle Bugs (May #1)

SP Ryan Dempster, by Arbitration Losers (May #2)

SP Charlie Morton, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

SS Ronnie Cedeno, by Misfits (May #2)

3B Chris Johnson, by Goatwhisperers (May #1)

Players released

1B Brandon Belt, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Jason Hammel, by Ubaldo Spots

C Carlos Ruiz, by Goatwhisperers

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead

Week 8 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Placed SP Brandon Beachy on disabled list; benched SP Travis Wood; activated SP Edinson Volquez and SP Derek Lowe

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched 2B Freddy Sanchez; activated 2B Jamey Carroll

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Clayton Kershaw; activated SP Jordan Zimmermann

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Conditionally placed 3B Chipper Jones on disabled list; benched SP Tim Hudson; activated 3B Scott Rolen from disabled list; activated SP Charlie Morton

MISFITS: Benched SS Miguel Tejada and OF Shane Victorino; activated SS Ronnie Cedeno and OF Nate McLouth

GOATWHISPERERS: Conditionally place 3B David Wright on disabled list; benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Daniel Hudson and 3B Chris Johnson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched OF Jason Heyward; activated OF Ryan Ludwick

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SS Ryan Theriot; activated SS Clint Barmes

Updates on DL players

2011-05-16T13:38:00.000-07:00

SS Rafael Furcal: Has started rehab stint; could return by the end of this week

OF Angel Pagan: Resumed baseball activities; expected back late May or early June

IF Willie Bloomquist: Had setback on rehab; status uncertain right now

3B Pablo Sandoval: Started taking groundballs last week, but still won't be back until early June

RP Jonathan Broxton: Manager Don Mattingly thinks Broxton could be out another six weeks, putting his return at mid June.

3B Casey Blake: Hoping to begin rehab assignment late this week, putting on course for return in early June

2B Chase Utley: Played first nine-inning game Sunday; should be moved to Double-A or Triple-A this week, on track to return by late May

2B Orlando Hudson: On rehab assignment; expected back this week

2B Skip Schumaker: Hopes to begin rehab assignment this week and could be back by end of the month

SP Johan Santana: Has begun throwing off mound; still not expected back until July

RP Randy Wells: Will make rehab start Tuesday; if all goes well, expected back in a couple of weeks

3B Ryan Zimmermann: Started jogging; expected return still look like mid-June

3B David Freese: Expected back anywhere from mid July to early August

SP Esmil Rogers: Mild lat strain; no timetable for return yet

SP Chris Young: Set for shoulder surgery, out for the rest of the season

Sunday's report

2011-05-16T09:52:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1239
    First sub-par week of season gives rest of league hope

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1149
     Big week gets GGs back within 100 points of lead

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1117
     Nothing like 200-point week ... and a loss

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 1082
     Sticky-fingers Leake sent to Triple-A

5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1075
    A week of nothing from ailing Heyward

6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1074
    Six weeks into season and team's namesake has 15 total points

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1046
    Lucky to get win on sub-par week

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1013
     Four zeros, a DNP and rainout for Garret Jones

8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1013
    Hoping for big week with tons of double starts

10. Misfits (Reid) 994
     Longing to be able to replace Tejada

Week 7 head-to-head
Chico's Chuggers 167, Triple-A's 148
Pitch You Blockhead 185, VC Appraisers 156
Misfits 166, Ubaldo Spots 154
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 222, Arbitration Losers 212
Pickle Bugs 153, Holliday Road 148

Tuesday's report

2011-05-11T08:39:00.000-07:00

Overall standings
1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1128
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 992
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 989
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 972
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 960
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 955
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 954
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 913
9. Misfits (Reid) 883
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 861

Week 7 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 67, Triple-A's 55
VC Appraisers 45, Pitch You Blockhead 33
Misfits 55, Ubaldo Spots 40
Goatwhisperers 65, Arbitration Losers 49
Pickle Bugs 79, Holliday Road 28

Conditional move

Arbitration Losers conditionally placed 1B Ike Davis on disabled list; moved OF Aubrey Huff to 1B; activated OF Cody Ross

Leading scorers

2011-05-09T19:51:00.000-07:00

BATTERS

1. Lance Berkman, VCA 113

2. Ryan Braun, US 105

3. Matt Kemp, TA 103

4. Matt Holliday, HR 102

5. Joey Votto, TA 102

6. Prince Fielder, PB 99

7. Drew Stubbs, HR 99

8. Ryan Howard, GG 98

9. Colby Rasmus, VCA 97

10. Chris Young, AL 96

PITCHERS

1. Roy Halladay, Mis 122

2. Josh Johnson, VCA 104

3. Cole Hamels, VCA 103

4. Clayton Kershaw, PYB 101

5. Jaime Garcia, AL 99

RELIEVERS

1. Huston Street, VCA 65

2. Francisco Rodriguez, PYB 63

3. Carlos Marmol, TA 58

Week 7 roster changes

2011-05-09T16:33:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #3)

SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Holliday Road (May #1)

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)

SP Homer Bailey, by Misfits (May #1)

Players released

SP RA Dickey, by Ubaldo Spot

SP Ted Lilly, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

Week 6 midweek replacements

Pitch You Blockhead: On Wednesday, placed 3B Ty Wigginton on DL; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers: On Wednesday, placed 2B Orlando Hudson on DL, moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B and OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco

Holliday Road: On Monday, placed SP Roy Oswalt on DL; activated RP Joel Hanrahan as emergency pitcher; On Thursday, traded RP Joel Hanrahan, leaving vacant spot on roster; traded 2B Omar Infante; benched 1B Lyle Overbay; activated 1B Carlos Pena (acquired in trade) and 2B Danny Espinosa (acquired in trade)

Pickle Bugs: On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on DL; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan (acquired in trade) and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).

Week 7 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Alfonso Soriano, SP Derek Lowe and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Garrett Jones, SP Travis Wood and SP Brandon Beachy

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Mike Leake; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Randy Wolf; activated SP Jonathan Sanchez

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP R.A. Dickey; benched SP Kyle McClellan, SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jason Hammel, Ubaldo Jimenez and Bud Norris.

MISFITS: Placed SP Chris Young and SP Esmil Rogers on disabled list; benched 1B James Loney and OF Nate McLouth; activated 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Homer Bailey

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Placed C Carlos Ruiz on disabled list; benched SP James McDonald and SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Zach Greinke and SP Johnny Cueto

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Ben Francisco and SP Aaron Harang; activated OF Raul Ibanez and SP Mat Latos

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Activated SP Tom Gorzelanny to fill roster spot vacated by traded Joel Hanrahan

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

2011-05-09T15:25:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1083
     Rumors of VCA's demise were greatly exaggerated

2. Triple-A's (Ken) 934
     Too bad he didn't get jail time for stealing T-shirts, otherwise Ken would have had to spring Leake

3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 927
    GG's gets Greinke and Cueto off the DL

3. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 927
    To honor Brian Wilson's 31-point week, Bill and Cliff growing beards

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 920
     Four-point week for Braun fuels poor week for team

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 905
     Really hoping Chase Utley is ready to play soon

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 893
     Four stellar pitching starts make up for week hitting

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 846
     Just looking for a little consistency from players

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 828
     Just praying no one else gets hurt

9. Misfits (Reid) 828
     Leads league in players on DL with six

Week 6 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 152, Triple-A's 127

VC Appraisers 203, Ubaldo Spots 134

Goatwhisperers 189, Misfits 150

Holliday Road 169, Arbitration Losers 155

Pickle Bugs 168, Chico's Chuggers 156

Thursday's report

2011-05-06T12:42:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1011
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 874
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 859
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 849
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 833
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 831
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 821
8. Misfits (Reid) 771
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 763
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 736

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 67, Pitch You Blockhead 60
VC Appraisers 131, Ubaldo Spots 73
Misfits 93, Goatwhisperers 93
Holliday Road 75, Arbitration Losers 71
Pickle Bugs 124, Chico's Chuggers 73

League notes

Owners looking for a dent in the VC Appraisers' armor are still looking. VCA has pushed their overall lead to 137 points. Teams in spots 2 through 7 are fairly tightly bunched, so we can expect a competitive league if the VCA's ever do actually falter. Owners lookings for something to hang their hopes on, it has to be the VCA's bench. The Appraisers were the only FBLG team not to burn at least three April moves (they burned only one and that was to retain a DL'd player who was acquired in the supplemental draft). Their bench currently consists of a player in the minors (Domonic Brown), a No. 4 outfielder (John Jay), and a pretty good pitcher (Jonathan Sanchez). So if something happens to one of their pitchers, they'll be fine. If something happens to a position player, they could be hurting.

Also, last-place Pitch You Blockhead are approaching the dreaded "Bandito Line." PYB is 275 points out of first. The biggest deficit overcome by an FBLG champion was 299 points in 1997 by the Beezabol Banditos.

The first FBLG trade of the season was finalized Wednesday night, with the Pickle Bugs sending 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa to the Holliday Road for RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante

Midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs, On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on the disabled list; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).

Holliday Road, on Thursday, benched 1B Lyle Overbay and traded 2B Omar Infante; activated 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa (both acquired in trade).

Players acquired

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)

Tuesday's report

2011-05-04T15:34:00.001-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 964
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 839
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 812
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 792
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 790
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 774
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 745
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 732
9. Misfits (Reid) 706
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 701

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 32, Pitch You Blockhead 25
VC Appraisers 84, Ubaldo Spots 26
Goatwhisperers 52, Misfits 28
Holliday Road 34, Arbitration Losers 24
Chico's Chuggers 42, Pickle Bugs 20

Midweek moves

Pitch You Blockhead acquires 3B Ian Stewart (May #3); placed 3B Ty Wigginton on disabled list; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers placed 2B Orlando Hudson on disabled list; moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco.

Week 6 roster changes

2011-05-02T16:14:00.000-07:00

Week 5 midweek replacements

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday, placed 3B Casey Blake on disabled list; activated 3B Ty Wigginton

PICKLE BUGS: On Sunday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Ryan Roberts

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

SP Jason Marquis, by Triple-A's (April #4)

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pickle Bugs (April #4)

C Ramon Hernandez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #4)

SP Tim Stauffer, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)

1B Brett Wallace, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #2)

3B Greg Dobbs, by Misfits (May #1)

Players released

SP Kevin Correia, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

1B Adam LaRoche, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Pat Burrell, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Chris Narveson, by Triple-A's

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitratrion Losers

Week 6 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP Chris Narveson; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated OF Max Venable, SP Jason Marquis and SP Carlos Zambrano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Moved OF Corey Hart from DL to bench; released 1B Adam LaRoche; benched SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP SP Jake Westbrook; activated 1B Brett Wallace, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC APPRAISERS: Moved OF Domonic Brown from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP R.A. Dickey

MISFITS: Placed 3B David Freese on disabled list; benched 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Esmil Rogers; activated 3B Greg Dobbs, 1B James Loney, OF Nate McLouth and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched C Carlos Ruiz, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Ted Lilly; activated C Ramon Hernandez, OF Jayson Werth and SP Anibal Sanchez

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Cody Ross; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated 3B Juan Uribe.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SP Jon Garland; activated SP Shawn Marcum

Sunday's report

2011-05-02T12:02:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 880
    Rest of league waiting for VCA's first injury
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 807
   T-A's go cold and suffer first loss of season
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 786
    Solid hitting, but pitching takes week off
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 758
    Stellar outfield, pitching carry team
5. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 750
    Get win despite Tulo's quiet week
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 738
    Ruiz's 0-point week does not cost them weekly win
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 726
    There are better options at catcher
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 690
     McGehee's error Sunday cost them weekly win
9. Misfits (Reid) 678
    Kimbrel could in risk of losing closer job
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 676
    Pitching fuels solid week despite more frustration at 3B

Week 5 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 167, Pickle Bugs 140
Ubaldo Spots 168, Chico's Chuggers 167
VC Appraisers 166, Misfits 151
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 180, Holliday Road 179
Arbitration Losers 157, Triple-A's 135

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco (Arbitration Losers)
SP Jason Marquis (Triple-A's)
3B Ryan Roberts (Picke Bugs)
C Ramon Hernandez (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)
SP Tim Stauffer (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Brett Wallace (Pitch You Blockhead)

Week 5 moves

2011-04-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

1B Todd Helton, by Ubaldo Spots (April #3)
OF Emilio Bonafacio, by Ubaldo Spots (April #4)
2B Darwin Barney, by Chico Chuggers (April #3)
1B Freddie Freeman, by Misfits (April #4)
SP Mike Leake, by Triple-A's (April #3)
2B Jamey Carroll, by Triple-A's (April #4)
OF Cody Ross, by Arbitration Losers (April #3)
SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road (April #4)
SP Jon Garland, by Pickle Bugs (April #2)
SS Ryan Theriot, by Pickle Bugs (April #3)

Players released

SP John Lannan, by Holliday Road
SP Javier Vazquez, by Pitch You Blockhead
SP Ryan Dempster, by Triple-A's
2B Wilson Valdez, by Chico's Chuggers
3B Chris Johnson, by Arbitration Losers
1B Freddie Freeman, by VC Appraisers (stolen, received bonus move)
SS Angel Sanchez, by Misfits

Week 4 midweek replacements

UBALDO SPOTS: On Friday, placed OF Logan Morrison on disabled list; activated OF Emilio Bonafacio; On Sunday, benched 1B Brandon Belt (missed 3 games), activated 1B Todd Helton

PICKLE BUGS: On Friday, placed OF Angel Pagan on disabled list; activated OF Seth Smith

Week 5 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Released 2B Wilson Valdez; benched OF Garrett Jones and SP Travis Wood; activated OF Andrew McCutchen and SP Edinson Volquez

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed 2B Skip Schumaker on disabled list; benched SP Carlos Zambrano; activated SP Mike Leake

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Pat Burrell and SP Clayton Kershaw; activated OF Jason Bay from disabled list; activated SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Jonathan Sanchez; activated SP Jair Jurrjens

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed 3B Scott Rolen on disabled list

MISFITS: Benched SP Madison Bumgarner and 1B James Loney; activated SP Chris Young from disabled list; activated 1B Freddie Freeman

GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jayson Werth and SP Kevin Correia; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released 3B Chris Johnson; benched SP Mat Latos; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Cody Ross and SP Aaron Harang

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP John Lannan; activated SP Kyle Lohse

PICKLE BUGS: Placed SS Willie Bloomquist on disabled list; activated SS Ryan Theriot

Leading scorers

2011-04-25T16:28:00.000-07:00

Batters

1. Matt Kemp (TA) 83
2. Ryan Braun (US) 80
3. Prince Fielders (PB) 77
4. Joey Votto (TA) 76
5. Troy Tulowitzki (AL) 72
6. Jose Reyes (VCA) 70
6. Colby Rasmus (VCA) 70
8. Lance Berkman (VCA) 69
9. Starlin Castro (HR) 67
10. Andre Ethier (US) 66
10. David Wright (GG) 66

Starting pitchers

1. Josh Johnson (HR) 83
2. Roy Halladay (Mis) 81
3. Tim Lincecum (PB) 66
4. Clayton Kershaw (PYB) 66
5. Randy Wolf (HR) 63

Relievers

1. Huston Street (HR) 45
2. Carlos Marmol (TA) 40
3. Craig Kimbrel (Mis) 39

Sunday's report

2011-04-25T16:17:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 714
    Just imagine how well team would be doing if CarGo was hitting
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 672
    Another win leaves them as lone 4-0 team
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 618
    In third place with two guys on DL, one in minors
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 593
    Ike Davis has been hitting like Ike Turner
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 586
    Still searching for solution at SS
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 579
    Get a win despite getting just 7 total from Lee, Cain
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 558
    First two starts of week net 35 points; last four net 2
8. Misfits (Reid) 527
    Halladay's 27 on Sunday gave them SP total for week of 26
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 523
    Starting to hope Pujols plays some games at 2B soon
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 509
    Scoring points at 3B leads to first win of season

Week 4 head-to-head finals

Pitch You Blockhead 177, Chico's Chuggers 132
Triple-A's 184, Goatwhisperers 155
Ubaldo Spots 193, Arbitration Losers 147
Holliday Road 145, Misfits 119
VC Appraisers 223, Pickle Bugs 168

Thursday report

2011-04-22T09:53:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 610
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 596
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 529
4. Holliday Road (Rich) 520
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 500
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 496
7. Ubaldo Spots (Bill-Cliff) 490
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 456
9. Misfits (Reid) 440
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 439

Week 4 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 107, Chico's Chuggers 65
Triple-A's 108, Goatwhisperers 93
Arbitration Losers 83, Ubaldo Spots 65
Holliday Road 86, Misfits 32
VC Appraisers 119, Pickle Bugs 82

Players acquired

OF Emilio Bonafacio, by Ubaldo Spots (April #4)
SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road (April #4)

Mid-week replacement

On Friday, Ubaldo Spots placed OF Logan Morrison on disabled list, activated OF Emilio Bonafacio

Wednesday's report

2011-04-20T21:44:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 594
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 584
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 517
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 494
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 486
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 479
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 476
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 446
9. Misfits (Reid) 431
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 410

Week 4 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 78, Chico's Chuggers 55
Triple-A's 96, Goatwhisperers 73
Arbitration Losers 71, Ubaldo Spots 54
Holliday Road 52, Misfits 23
VC Appraisers 103, Pickle Bugs 76

Steal date warning

2011-04-20T09:21:00.000-07:00

This is your early-season warning. The following players will be eligible to be stolen NEXT MONDAY if they are not placed on active roster for Week 5. To check steal dates, go to "FBLG Scoring" document on Google docs.

OF Will Venable (Chico's Chuggers)
SP Javier Vazquez (Pitch You Blockhead)
SP Jake Westbrook (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Freddie Freeman (VC Appraisers)
OF John Jay (VC Appraisers)
SP Jair Jurrjens (VC Appraisers)
1B Carlos Pena (Pickle Bugs)
OF Dexter Fowler (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)

Wednesday's report

2011-04-20T09:13:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 561
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 556
3. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 470
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 469
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 462
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 460
7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 455
8. Misfits (Reid) 419
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 404
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 349

Head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 17, Chico's Chuggers 13
Triple-A's 68, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 57
Ubaldo Spots 37, Arbitration Losers 23
Holliday Road 21, Misfits 11
VC Appraisers 70, Pickle Bugs 52

Player acquisitions

1B Todd Helton, by Ubaldo Spots

League notes

With a limited schedule Monday and pair of rainouts Tuesday, scoring has been limited this week. Basically, if you've had a pitcher throw -- and throw well -- you're scoring this week. If not, you're not. ... Bad news for Pitch You Blockhead: They are more than 200 points off the lead and it's only Week 4. Good news: They're winning this week.

Week 4 roster changes

2011-04-18T20:40:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

3B Casey Blake, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #3)

OF Cameron Maybin, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #4)

SP Anibal Sanchez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #3)

SP Aaron Harang, by Arbitration Losers (April #2)

Players released

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Gerardo Parra, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Mike Morse, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

SP Tim Stauffer, by Arbitration Losers

SP Clayton Richard, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Joe Blanton, by Holliday Roads

Week 4 roster moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Andrew McCutchen and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Garrett Jones and SP Derek Lowe

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Ryan Dempster; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released OF Gerardo Parra; benched 3B Ty Wigginton; activated 3B Casey Blake and OF Cameron Maybin

VC APPRAISERS: Moved SP Jair Jurrjens from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched 3B Scott Rolen and SP Jason Hammel; activated 3B Chipper Jones; activated SP Ubaldo Jimenez from disabled list

MISFITS: Benched SS Angel Sanchez; activated SS Miguel Tejada

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP Joe Blanton; benched 3B Chase Headley and RP Joel Hanrahan; activated 3B Placido Polanco and SP SP John Lannan; activated RP Brian Wilson from disabled list

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 2B Jose Lopez and OF Seth Smith; activated 2B Danny Espinosa and OF Angel Pagan

Sunday's report

2011-04-17T22:01:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 491
    Huge week for their Cardinal outfielders
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 488
     Wandy scores 1; now even for season
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 446
    If only they had seven more Tulowitzkis
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 434
    Holliday's 30 sure a lot better than Ludwick's 6
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 425
    Namesake returns this week
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 418
    67-point Sunday delivers first weekly win
7. Misfits (Reid) 408
    They were hoping for more from than MadBum than this
8. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 403
     Chacin scores 22 this week; other 3 pitchers? 11
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 391
     Hey, this Pujols guys is pretty good
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 332
    Things going bad ... then their best player gets hurt

Week 3 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 175, Goatwhisperers 142
Triple-A's 191, Ubaldo Spot 151
Misfits 181, Pitch You Blockhead 108
VC Appraisers 227, Holliday Road 190
Pickle Bugs 192, Arbitration Losers 161

Players acquired

OF Cameron Maybin, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #4)
SP Anibal Sanchez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #3)

Wednesday's report

2011-04-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

Overall

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 385
2. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 377
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 354
4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 338
5. Misfits (Reid) 332
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 311
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 303
8. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 291
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 279
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 267

Head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 63, Goatwhisperers 43
Triple-A's 88, Ubaldo Spots 64
Misfits 105, Pitch You Blockhead 43
VC Appraisers 113, Holliday Road 47
Pickle Bugs 85, Arbitration Losers 69

Daily report

Given-and-take from Zambrano: 5 ER, 1 HR ... Johnson, Sanchez, Rasmus, Berkman combine for 59 points for VCA's. ... Losers reeling after Kennedy's -8 ... Another Halladay complete game ... SP Shawn Marcum doubles season output in one start (19 pts) ... Chico Chuggers and Pitch You Blockhead slip more than 100 points out of first place

Tuesday's report

2011-04-13T01:23:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 348
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 340
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 324
4. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 309
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 299
6. Misfits (Reid) 286
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 281
8. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 275
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 255
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 244

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 38, Chico's Chuggers 28
Triple-A's 51, Ubaldo Spots 50
Misfits 59, Pitch You Blockhead 31
VC Appraisers 45, Holliday Road 31
Arbitration Losers 55, Pickle Bugs 55

Week 3 roster changes

2011-04-11T17:56:00.000-07:00

Players acquired

2B Wilson Valdez, by Chico's Chuggers (April #2)
SP Chris Narveson, by Triple-A's (April #1)
SP Jason Hammel, by Ubaldo Spots (April #1)
SP R.A. Dickey, by Ubaldo Spots (April #2)
1B Lyle Overbay, by Holliday Road (April #1)
SP Esmil Rogers, by Misfits (April #1)
3B David Freese, by Misfits (April #2)

Players released

2B Darwin Barney, by Chico's Chuggers
SP Jon Niese, by Triple-A's
SP Mike Pelfrey, by Ubaldo Spots
1B Brad Hawpe, by Holliday Road
SP Anibal Sanchez, by Holliday Road

Week 2 midweek replacements

VC Appraisers: SP Randy Wolf, in place of SP Jair Jurrjens (DL)

Ubaldo Spots: SP Clayton Richard, in place of SP Ubaldo Jimenez (DL)

Week 3 roster moves

Chico's Chuggers: Released 2B Darwin Barney; benched SP Derek Lowe and SP Brandon Beachy and OF Garrett Jones; activated 2B Wilson Valdez, SP Travis Wood, SP Edinson Volquez and OF Carlos Beltran

Triple-A's: Released SP Jon Niese; benched SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SP Wandy Rodriguez and SP Chris Narveson

Pitch You Blockhead: Benched 3B Ian Stewart; activated 3B Ty Wigginton.

VC Appraisers: No changes

Ubaldo Spots: Benched 3B Chipper Jones and SP Clayton Richard; activated 3B Scott Rolen and SP Jason Hammel

Misfits: Placed SP Randy Wells on disabled list; benched OF Nate McLouth, 3B Ryan Zimmerman and SS Miguel Tejada; activated SP Esmil Rogers, OF Shane Victorino, 3B David Freese and SS Angel Sanchez

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched SP James McDonald; activated SP Kevin Correia

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Raul Ibanez and SP Tim Stauffer; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated 3B Chris Johnson and SP Mat Latos

Holliday Road: Released SP Anibal Sanchez and 1B Brad Hawpe; moved RP Brian Wilson from DL to bench; benched OF Ryan Ludwick; activated OF Matt Holliday, SP Joe Blanton and 1B Lyle Overbay

Pickle Bugs: Benched 2B Danny Espinosa and OF Angel Pagan; activated 2B Jose Lopez and OF Seth Smith

Sunday's report

2011-04-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 297
     Leading the league despite league-low starting pitching
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 285
    Hoping for more save opps from Cordero
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 274
    Friday rain delay cheats Richard out of full start
4. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 264
    Closer Street is team's top-scoring pitcher
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 261
    Ruiz doubles season output in one day
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 244
    Holliday returns to help team get back on track
7. Misfits (Reid) 227
    Stars of the team: Roy Halladay and Marlon Byrd
8. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 226
    Two starts, -2 points from Hanson
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 224
    Blockheads are pitching, but not hitting much
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 216
     This Pujols guy sucks! Time to cut him loose

Week 2 head-to-head

VC Appraisers 172, Chico's Chuggers 105
Ubaldo Spots 172, Holliday Road 113
Triple-A's 183, Misfits 144
Goatwhisperers 185, Pickle Bugs 147
Arbitration Losers 199, Pitch You Blockhead 128

Players acquired

2B Wilson Valdez, by Chico's Chuggers (April #2)

Thursday's report

2011-04-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 191
2. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 184
3. Misfits (Reid) 178
4. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 175
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 175
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 169
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 167
8. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 166
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 158
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 158

Week 2 head-to-head

VC Appraisers 74, Chico's Chuggers 64
Ubaldo Spots 67, Holliday Road 53
Misfits 95, Triple-A's 61
Goatwhisperers 91, Pickle Bugs 79
Arbitration Losers 105, Pitch You Blockhead 62

Daily notes

The Arbitration Losers moved into the overall lead after nice games from Troy Tulowitzki and Raul Ibanez. ... Roy Halladay's 20-point game breathes life into Misfits' week. ... Another solid outing for Josh Joshnson (VC Appraisers) still doesn't earn a win. ... Pitch You Blockhead may change name to 'Play' You Blockhead in honor of Ian Stewart.

Note to owners

"Probables" document has been updated with next week's probable pitchers.

Wednesday's report

2011-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 182
     Hawpe, Ludwick both went to Tijuana to get Golden Sombreros
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 174
     Hitters finally wake up and make big contributions
3. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 172
     Very hard to pick right side of 3-person platoon
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 167
     Hitting keeps team afloat while pitching struggles
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 159
     Ubaldo goes on DL with owie on finger
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 148
     Nothing this week from Ruiz, Werth, Stanton
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 147
     When in doubt, draft someone with same last name
7. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 147
     Best pitcher is closer Huston Street; not a good sign
9. Misfits (Reid) 140
     Misfits lose Wells to DL
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 138
     Lincecum's 24 points help Bugs get back into it

Week 2 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 61, VC Appraisers 55
Ubaldo Spots 57, Holliday Road 51
Misfits 57, Triple-A's 53
Goatwhisperers 72, Pickle Bugs 59
Arbitration Losers 88, Pitch You Blockhead 51

Players acquired

SP Jason Hammel, by Ubaldo Spots (April #1)
SP R.A. Dickey, by Ubaldo Spots (April #2)
1B Lyle Overbay, by Holliday Road (April #1)

Commissioner's note

Holliday Road had points removed for Ryan Ludwick in Week 1 because of projected DL of Matt Holliday

Tuesday's report

2011-04-06T12:33:00.000-07:00

Overall standings

1. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 172
    Could get Holliday back by next week
2. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 157
    Still search for 2B who actually plays everyday
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 136
     Still looking for first pitching win of season
4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 133
    Still waiting on something from Drew
5. Misfits (Reid) 126
    Pitching start of first weeK: Randy Wells?
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 124
    Back-to-back complete game shutouts
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 120
    Stewart, Wigginton combine for -1 at 3B
8. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 118
     Chacin, Wright save day from a load of zeros
9. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 111
    Hamels' -3 is not a great start
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 84
    Bugs' resting on last year's laurels

Week 2 Head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 46, VC Appraisers 19
Holliday Road 33, Ubaldo Spots 31
Misfits 43, Triple-A's 22
Goatwhisperers 42, Pickle Bugs 5
Arbitrations Losers 38, Pitch You Blockhead 24

Week 2 roster changes

2011-04-04T11:20:00.000-07:00

Week 1 midweek changes

Holliday Road: On Saturday, conditionally placed OF Matt Holliday on DL; activated OF Ryan Ludwick

VC Appraisers: On Sunday, started Randy Wolf as emergency starter in place of Jair Jurrjens

Additions/subtractions

Chico Chuggers: Acquired 2B Darwin Barney (April #1); released 2B Blake DeWitt

Misfits: Acquired SS Angel Sanchez (April #1)

Week 2 active roster changes

Chico Chuggers: Released 2B Blake DeWitt, benched SP Edinson Volquez, activated 2B Darwin Barney and SP Brian Beachy

Pitch You Blockhead: Benched 3B Ty Wigginton, activated 3B Ian Stewart

Triple-A's: Benched SP Wandy Rodriguez, activated SP Bronson Arroyo

VC Appraisers: Placed SP Jair Jurrjens on disabled list

Ubaldo Spots: Benched SP Mike Pelfrey, activated SP Kyle McClellan

Misfits: Benched OF Shane Victorino, activated OF Nate McLouth

Goatwhisperers: Benched SP Kevin Correia, activated SP James McDonald

Arbitration Losers: Benched 2B Juan Uribe and 3B Chris Johnson; moved 1B Aubrey Huff to OF and OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated 2B Orlando Hudson and 1B Ike Davis

Holliday Road: Benched OF Matt Holliday (if not placed on DL); activated OF Ryan Ludwick

Pickle Bugs: No changes.

Thursday's report

2011-03-31T21:16:00.000-07:00

Overall Standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 39
     Three pitchers on opening day is always nice
2. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 26
     Not much to talk about until Kershaw's 21
3. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 19
     Someone should tell Heyward that every day is Opening Day
4. Misfits (Reid) 17
     Kimbrel paying instant dividends
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 17
     7 IPs + 0 ERs = 1 loss for Lincecum
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 14
     Two quality starts, but no wins on Thursday
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 13
     Only four players active Thursday, but they all scored
8. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 8
     Friday figures to be better with loads of idles Thursday
8. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 8
     Braun giveth, Axford taketh away
10. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2
    Kind of a boring Opening Day when all your players are done by 1 p.m.

Head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 13, VC Appraisers 8
Ubaldo Spots 8, Goatwhisperers 2
Misfits 17, Pickle Bugs 17
Chico's Chuggers 39, Arbitration Losers 14
Pitch You Blockhead 26, Holliday Road 19

Opening day roster moves

2011-03-31T10:28:00.000-07:00

Chico's Chuggers released SP R.A. Dickey

Pitch You Blockhead placed OF Corey Hart and OF Jason Bay on disabled list; charged April move No. 1 to retain OF Pat Burrell; charged April move No. 2 to retain OF Gerardo Parra; conditionally placed 3B Ian Stewart on disabled list, replacing him with 3B Ty Wigginton

VC Appraisers placed OF Domonic Brown on disabled list; charged April move No. 1 to retain OF Domonic Brown

Ubaldo Spots released 1B Lyle Overbay

Misfits placed SP Johan Santana on disabled list; released SP J.A. Happ

Gladstone Goatwhisperers placed SP Zach Greinke and SP Johnny Cueto on disabled list; charged April move No. 1 to retain SP Johnny Cueto; charged April move No. 2 to retain SP Kevin Correia; released SP Bud Norris and RP Brad Lidge

Arbitration Losers placed 2B Chase Utley on disabled list; charged April move No. 1 to retain SP Tim Stauffer; released OF Andres Torres

Holliday Road placed RP Brian Wilson on disabled list; charged April move No. 1 to retain RP Joel Hanrahan; released SS Yuniesky Betancourt

Pickle Bugs released SP Mike Minor and OF Cody Ross

Small adjustment to head-to-head format

2011-03-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

Because MLB expanded its regular-season schedule to include an extra weekend, we've decided to count the games from March 31-April 3 as Week 1 in the FBLG head-to-head schedule.

What this will allow us to do is play an 18-game regular season and return the semifinal playoff round to a best-of-3 series while eliminating Week 27 from the head-to-head format.

So it's a win-win-win situation.

Well, almost. The one drawback is the short week 1.

So as you set your Week 1 lineup, be aware that if any of your pitchers are the No. 4 or 5 pitchers in the teams' rotation, they won't pick in Week 1 (unless they pitch for the Dodgers or Giants, who actually play 4 games in Week 1).

This list of pitchers may include the likes of Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, Madison Bumgarner, Jair Jurrjens, Randy Wolf among others.

We'll try to put up a post of projected pitching rotation orders sometime next week before Week 1 rosters need to be set on March 31.

Reviewing rules on position eligibility

2011-03-23T10:24:00.000-07:00

One of the bigger issues that owners have to deal with in the FBLG is position eligibility.

Unlike other fantasy baseball leagues, in the FBLG position eligibility is based on the current season.

In other words, players are eligible to play positions that they have played in 2011.

Week 1 of the FBLG season is March 31-April 3.

To set your Week 1 roster, you can use a player at any position that player has played during spring training.

For example, if I wanted to start Juan Uribe at second base in Week 1, I could.

However, for setting my Week 2 roster on Monday, April 4, Uribe would only be eligible at positions he played during Week 1 of the season.

Here's the rule on position eligibility:

A player is eligible to be played at any position that he has played at least five games at during the current season.

However, if a player has not played at least five games at any one position, he's eligible to be played at any position at which he's played at least one game at.

So if in Week 1, Uribe plays three games at 3B and one at 2B, I could play Uribe at 2B or 3B in Week 2.

But if by the start of Week 3, Uribe has played seven games at 3B and two games at 2B, Uribe would only be eligible at 3B for Week 3. He would need to play three more games at 2B to gain full-season eligibility there.

So keep this rule in mind while making your final roster decisions and before setting your Week 1 roster.

Injuries you need to be concerned about

2011-03-12T16:23:00.000-08:00

Ian Stewart, 3B, Rockies: Strained MCL, bone bruise; expected to open season on DL; expected ready by mid-April; Ty Wigginton will fill in at third base

Aaron Cook, SP, Rockies: Broke his finger after shutting it in a door; he'll be out a month, then must start over to get ready; a late April return might be pushing it; Esmil Rogers is leading candidate to fill spot in rotation.

Mike Stanton, OF, Marlins: Strained a quad early in spring training; taking BP now; hoping to return to play final 7-10 spring training games to be ready for opener.

Jason Castro, C, Astros: Underwent surgery for torn ACL; likely done for season.

Jeff Keppinger, 2B, Astros: Offseason foot surgery; out of protective boot, but still not expected back until some time in May.

Jon Garland, SP, Dodgers: Suffered strained oblique; expected to miss 4-6 weeks; aiming for mid-to-late April return.

Zack Greinke, SP, Brewers: Expected out 4-6 weeks after suffering fracture ribs, which could cost him 3 starts in April.

Corey Hart, OF, Brewers: Recovering from strained oblique; isn't expected to keep him out for opening day, but it's worth watching.

Jonathan Lucroy, C, Brewers: Will have pins removed from surgically-repaired finger on March 21; still hopeful to be ready for opener, but be wary.

Carlos Beltran, OF, Mets: On track to start season despite sore knee; worth keeping an eye on.

Johan Santana, SP, Mets: Recovering from shoulder surgery; aiming for late June or early July return.

Domonic Brown, OF, Phillies: Expected back in mid-to-late April after suffering a broken hand.

Chase Utley, 2B, Phillies: Continues to make progress from sore knee, but opening stint on DL appears likely.

Kyle Blanks, 1B-OF, Padres: Recovering from Tommy John surgery; won't begin playing in games in minors until late May at earliest; return to majors will be some time after that.

Adam Wainwright, SP, Cardinals: Had Tommy John surgery on elbow; done for 2011.

David Freese, 3B, Cardinals: Working his way back from ankle surgery; playing in games now; worth watching.

Stephen Strasburg, SP, Nationals: Recovering from elbow surgery; Chance he could return some time in 2011, but Nationals likely will take conservative approach.

2011 Relievers

2011-03-09T23:35:00.001-08:00

1. Heath Bell (SD) 309
2. Carlos Marmol (Chi) 309
3. Brian Wilson (SF) 303
4. Francisco Cordero (Cin) 236
5. John Axford (Mil) 224
6. Leo Nunez (Fla) 212
7. Francisco Rodriguez (NY) 199
8. Jonathan Broxton (LA) 188
9. Ryan Franklin (StL) 187
10. Hong-Chih Kuo (LA) 170

2011 Starting Pitchers

2011-03-09T23:32:00.001-08:00

1. Roy Halladay (Phi) 501
2. Adam Wainwright (StL) 477
3. Ubaldo Jimenez (Col) 453
4. Tim Lincecum (SF) 426
5. Chris Carpenter (StL) 398
6. Yovani Gallardo (Mil) 396
7. Cole Hamels (Phi) 394
8. Clayton Kershawn (LA) 393
9. Brett Myers (Hou) 388
10. Jonathan Sanchez (SF) 385
11. Ryan Dempster (Chi) 384
12. Tim Hudson (Atl) 381
13. Roy Oswalt (Phi) 377
14. Josh Johnson (Fla) 369
15. Mat Latos (SD) 369
16. Matt Cain (SF) 366
17. Cliff Lee (Phi) 355
18. Wandy Rodriguez (Hou) 336
19. Clayton Richard (SD) 335
20. Tommy Hanson (Atl) 331
21. Chad Billingsley (LA) 328
22. Randy Wolf (Mil) 327
23. Shawn Marcum (Mil) 326
24. Johan Santana (NY) 323
24. Bronson Arroyo (Cin) 323
26. Ian Kennedy (Arz) 316
27. Anibal Sanchez (Fla) 314
27. Jon Garland (LA) 314
29. Matt Garza (Chi) 311
30. Derek Lowe (Atl) 309
31. Jaime Garcia (StL) 308
32. Zack Greinke (Mil) 307
33. Hiroki Kuroda (LA) 301
34. Ted Lilly (LA) 300
35. Johnny Cueto (Cin) 298
36. Mike Pelfrey (NY) 294
37. Ricky Nolasco (Fla) 286
38. R.A. Dickey (NY) 278
39. Jon Niese (NY) 275
40. Livan Hernandez (Was) 270

2011 Outfielders

2011-02-23T10:35:00.000-08:00

1. Carlos Gonzalez (Col) 527
2. Ryan Braun (Mil) 469
3. Matt Holliday (StL) 457
4. Jayson Werth (Was) 434
5. Corey Hart (Mil) 421
6. Hunter Pence (Hou) 414
7. Chris Young (Arz) 402
8. Shane Victorino (Phi) 393
9. Martin Prado (Atl) 391
9. Angel Pagan (NY) 391
11. Andrew McCutchen (Pit) 387
12. Matt Kemp (LA) 380
13. Andres Torres (SF) 376
14. Marlon Byrd (Chi) 373
15. Raul Ibanez (Phi) 372
16. Drew Stubbs (Cin) 366
17. Andre Ethier (LA) 361
18. Jason Heyward (Atl) 349
19. Jay Bruce (Cin) 346
19. Carlos Lee (Hou) 346
21. Jonny Gomes (Cin) 341
22. Michael Bourn (Hou) 337
23. Alfonso Soriano (Chi) 334
24. Garrett Jones (Pit) 333
25. Colby Rasmus (Stl) 330
26. Justin Upton (Arz) 329
27. Cody Ross (SF) 324
28. Ryan Ludwick (SD) 295
29. Dexter Fowler (Col) 280
30. Jose Tabata (Pit) 260

Notes: Normally a deep position, this year's list tails off dramatically down towards the bottom. ... Rockies' CarGo tops the list. Two things to note about this: 1) the wide gap between No. 1 and No. 2; 2) CarGo did this in 145 games. His 3.63 PPG was huge in 2010. ... Lots of younger players you might expect bounce-back year or big step forward: Ethier, Heyward, Bruce, Upton. ... And there are players not on this list who are worth considering: Mike Stanton, Jason Bay, Carlos Beltran, Logan Morrison, Nate McLouth

2011 Catchers

2011-02-15T16:13:00.000-08:00

1. Brian McCann (Atl) 290
2. Buster Posey (SF) 278
3. John Buck (Fla) 269
4. Yadier Molina (StL) 237
5. Carlos Ruiz (Phi) 233
6. Geovany Soto (Chi) 217
7. Ryan Doumit (Pit) 207
8. Ivan Rodriguez (Was) 202
9. Ramon Hernandez (Cin) 190
10. Miguel Montero (Arz) 186
10. Rod Barajas (LA) 186

Note: The question at catcher, as it is most seasons, is when do you draft your catcher? Do make a reach, move early and get the cream of the catching crop, even if it's for a player who MIGHT score 300 in a season. Or do you just wait until Round 10, 11 or 12 and see what's left. One player not to overlook is Montero, who is a top 4 catcher who missed significant time last season with a knee injury. Also there are some younger catchers who are ready to become the No. 1 catcher on their team.

2011 Third basemen

2011-02-15T16:05:00.000-08:00

1. David Wright (NY) 395
2. Casey McGehee (Mil) 377
3. Ryan Zimmerman (Was) 357
4. Chase Headley (SD) 328
5. Scott Rolen (Cin) 326
6. Placido Polanco (Phi) 325
7. Pablo Sandoval (SF) 303
8. Ty Wigginton (Col) 293
9. Aramis Ramirez (Chi) 272
10. Casey Blake (LA) 259

Notes: Wright and Zimmerman are the class of this position, with McGehee maybe a notch below because he doesn't have the same track record. After that, it drops off into a mass of uncertainty. Can Headley produce any more than he did in 2010? Are Rolen and A-Ramirez simply too injury-prone? Will Sandoval bounce back anywhere near 2009 form? What will be Wigginton's role on the Rockies? Is Chipper Jones even worth drafting? But there are some younger players who didn't break the top 10 who are worth considering (Chris Johnson of the Astros and Pedro Alvarez of the Pirates).

2011 Shortstops

2011-02-15T15:50:00.000-08:00

1. Troy Tulowitzki (Col) 386
2. Hanley Ramirez (Fla) 374
3. Stephen Drew (Arz) 358
4. Jose Reyes (NY) 346
5. Alex Gonzalez (Atl) 343
6. Miguel Tejada (SF) 320
7. Yuniesky Betancourt (Mil) 294
8. Ryan Theriot (StL) 277
9. Jason Bartlett (SD) 257
10. Ian Desmond (Was) 254

Note: At first glance, it looks like this is a thin position. But when you consider that injuries limited three of the top four scorers to 142 games or fewer last season, the top scorers have more scoring potential. And there are three players who didn't make the top 10 because injuries limited their time on the field (LA's Rafael Furcal and Phi's Jimmy Rollins) or was a midseason callup (Cubs' Starlin Castro). Given those facts, there are a few 400-point potential players at shortstop and 10 solid 300-point potential players. But there are also players with inherent risks.

2011 Second Basemen

2011-02-02T08:36:00.000-08:00

1. Rickie Weeks (Mil) 416
2. Dan Uggla (Atl) 405
3. Kelly Johnson (Arz) 392
4. Brandon Phillips (Cin) 390
5. Juan Uribe (LA) 311
6. Jeff Keppinger (Hou) 302
7. Chase Utley (Phi) 286
8. Neil Walker (Pit) 281
9. Orlando Hudson (SD) 281
10. Omar Infante (Fla) 279

Note: At first glance, this position looks very bleak. Topping the list is Weeks, who finally showed what he could do if he could stay healthy for a full season. Uggla, Johnson and Phillips are solid picks, but then the numbers drop off. Yet, several players had their 2010 numbers held down by injury. Pro-rated over a full season, Utley and Walker would have easily had finished with numbers of that of the top 4. Hudson and Infante would have been just a notch behind. Keppinger could find himself in a platoon with Bill Hall. Freddy Sanchez is also a top-10 2B if his numbers are pro-rated. Jose Lopez and Skip Schumaker are also worth considering.

2011 First Baseman

2011-01-31T23:11:00.000-08:00

1. Albert Pujols (StL) 501
2. Joey Votto (Cin) 474
3. Aubrey Huff (SF) 423
4. Ryan Howard (Phi) 383
5. Prince Fielder (Mil) 378
6. Adam LaRoche (Was) 364
6. James Loney (LA) 364
8. Gaby Sanchez (Fla) 358
9. Lyle Overbay (Pit) 322
10. Ike Davis (NY) 319

Notes: First base used to be a very deep position, almost ensuring each FBLG owner of a quality player. But the trade of Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox and Adam Dunn's signing with the White Sox has thinned out the position. Pujols and Votto remain first-round players, with Howard and Fielder solid 2nd-rounders. Huff's lack of a track record may allow him to be a later-round bonus. Then comes a series of solid but unspectacular veterans (LaRoche and Loney), veterans looking for rebound (Carlos Pena, Todd Helton), or young players looking for a breakout (Sanchez, Davis). If Brett Wallace fails to win the job in Houston, Carlos Lee may be moved to 1B. Braves rookie Freddie Freeman is an intriguing option. Padres and Dbacks are looking at platoon situations.

Postseason report: Fresh Fish

2010-10-06T09:25:00.000-07:00

Points, place -- 3967, 10th

Batting (rank) -- 2450, 10th

Pitching (rank) -- 1517, 8th

Moves used -- 7 of 19

Breakdown by position (rank)

1B -- 319 (9th)
D. Lee 287, P. Sandoval 17, T. Glaus 15

2B -- 252 (10th)
F. Sanchez 64, C. Barmes 188

SS-- 288 (7th)
J. Rollins 166, R. Furcal 57, I. Desmond 65

3B -- 300 (7th)
P. Sandoval 236, P. Alvarez 64

C -- 180 (10th)
J. Lucroy 90, B. Molina 90

OF -- 376 avg. (4th)
R. Braun 469, S. Smith 72, J. Heyward 340, J. Willingham 223, N. McLouth 24

SP -- 321 (8th)
J. Niese 11, J. Garcia 244, B. Zito 203, D. Lowe 196, S. Strasburg 153, C. Hamels 112, J. Francis 3, J. Johnson 365

RP -- 230 (6th)
F. Cordero 230

Top scoring players of 2010

2010-10-03T22:29:00.000-07:00

BATTERS

1. Albert Pujols (PB) 502
2. Carlos Gonzalez (UNG) 498
3. Joey Votto (VCA) 473
4. Ryan Braun (FF) 469
5. Matt Holliday (PYB) 445
6. Jayson Werth (TA) 432
7. Hunter Pence (GG) 418
8. Rickie Weeks (Mis) 413
9. Adrian Gonzalez (TA) 412
10. Dan Uggla (CC) 407
11. Kelly Johnson (PYB) 397
12. David Wright (PYB) 395
13. Brandon Phillips (GG) 389
14. Adam Dunn (AL) 386
15. Shane Victorino (Mis) 386
16. Andrew McCutchen (PB) 386
17. Troy Tulowitzki (AL) 384
18. Martin Prado (PB) 382
19. Ryan Howard (Mis) 380
20. Prince Fielder (CC) 378

PITCHERS

1. Roy Halladay (AL) 512
2. Adam Wainwright (Mis) 467
3. Ubaldo Jimenez (UNG) 464
4. Tim Lincecum (GG) 406
5. Chris Carpenter (TA) 392
6. Clayton Kershaw (GG) 384
7. Dan Haren (CC) 381
8. Yovani Gallardo (UNG) 372
9. Roy Oswalt (PB) 372
10. Josh Johnson (FF) 365

RELIEVERS

1. Billy Wagner (GG) 303
2. Brian Wilson (AL) 302
3. Carlos Marmol (UNG) 282
4. Heath Bell (PB) 280
5. Francisco Cordero (FF) 230

2010 season ends

2010-10-03T22:08:00.000-07:00

With the Giants beating the Padres, there will be no Game 163 or 164, meaning the 2010 season ends.

And the 2010 FBLG overall championship goes to the Pickle Bugs, who finished the season with a 39-point Sunday and 190-point week to give Jon his first FBLG championship since 2001.

The Bugs took a 2-point lead into the final day and got a big 20-point outing from Ted Lilly. Upton No Good got a 15-point outing from Edwin Jackson, but UNG got little else on the day.

The end result was a 22-point margin of victory by the Bugs over UNG, the fourth closest finish in FBLG history behind Bill Kelm (7 points) in 2004, Noelle Martinez (13) in 1993, and Reid English (17) in 1998.

The 4697 winning total is the smallest winning total since Tim Martinez (4618) in 2002.

Also decided on Sunday, the Arbitration Losers secured third place, outdistancing the Gladstone Goatwhisperers 4579-4556. The Goatwhisperers were hoping for that playoff game and a bonus start for Tim Lincecum.

The Fresh Fish locked up last place and the No. 1 overall draft spot in 2011 (if they come back). It was Rick Ingebritson's first last-place finish since 2000. And the Fish were the first team to fail to score 4,000 points in a season since 2006.

Also Sunday, UNG locked up the consolation prize by beating the VC Appraisers 172-148

Here's how the standings shook out.

1. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 4697
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 4675
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4579
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4556
5. Misfits (Reid) 4459
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 4260
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 4192
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 4173
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 4089
10. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3967

The Final Weekend

2010-10-01T14:09:00.000-07:00

As the 2010 FBLG season heads into its final weekend, there are still storylines to follow:

The Pickle Bugs are nursing a four-point lead over Upton No Good (4603-4599) for the overall championship.

UNG will get one more start this season from Ubaldo Jimenez on Saturday against the Cardinals and Edwin Jackson on Sunday against the Indians.

The Pickle Bugs will counter with three more scheduled pitching starts: Chad Billingsley Saturday vs. the D-backs; Ted Lilly Sunday vs. the D-backs; and Wandy Rodriguez Sunday vs. the Cubs.

The race for third place remains interesting, with the Arbitration Losers holding a 14-point lead over the Gladstone Goatwhisperers (4511-4497). The Misfits (4407) have faded from contention.

The Losers will get a start from Carlos Zambrano on Saturday vs. the Astros. They'll also pick up 14 points from Jon Garland in an emergency start if Jair Jurrjens doesn't pitch this weekend.

The GGs might get a start this weekend from Cole Hamels. But if he does pitch, it may just be for four innings. Should Clayton Kershaw not pitch this weekend, they'll pick up a 3-point start from Ian Kennedy in the emergency role. There's also the hope that Tim Lincecum could pitch Sunday or Monday (tiebreaker), if needed.

And in the consolation final, UNG leads the VC Appraisers 96-83.

This will be the final blog update until the end of the season. Good luck to all.

Final week of 2010 season

2010-09-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

As the FBLG moves deeper into its final week of the season, there are still races left.

But one race that is over is the head-to-head championship. The Gladstone Goatwhisperers wrapped up the head-to-head championship with a 150-118 win over the Arbitration Losers. Both teams struggled with keeping healthy players in the lineup every day. The killer for the Losers was their hope of two pitching starts for Jair Jurrjens turned into zero starts. They ended up with a six-point emergency start from Jon Garland.

The Goatwhisperers won the series 2-1. So here's how the head-to-head season ended (almost)

1st, Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik)
2nd, Arbitration Losers (Tim)
3rd, Pickle Bugs (Jon)
4th, Misfits (Reid)

The only spot left undetermined is for fifth-place or the consolation championship. Upton No Good faces the VC Appraisers. So far into the final week, UNG leads 52-36.

The bigger races this week are in the overall standings, and that starts with the overall championship.

After Tuesday, the Pickle Bugs lead the overall battle by 21 points over Upton No Good. The big victory was Ted Lilly's win over Ubaldo Jimenez on Monday.

But it's not all good news for the Bugs. They learned Tuesday that Martin Prado is done for the season. However, as per league rules, they cannot replace Prado in their lineup until he's missed 3 games. That means Saturday, at the earliest. They also lost 3B Ryan Zimmerman for the season. With the Phillies clinching, it's unlikely they'll get another start from Roy Oswalt. But they should get one more start each from Lilly, Wandy Rodriguez and Chad Billingsley.

UNG has already lost their No. 1 overall pick for the season -- Hanley Ramirez. But they will almost certainly get one more start from Jimenez, who is still searching for his 20th win of the season. They'll also get starts from Jhoulys Chacin and Yovani Gallardo, and possibly Edwin Jackson.

The other race is for third, fourth and fifth place overall.

The Arbitration Losers got solid starts from Roy Halladay and Carlos Zambrano, helping them surge out to a 42-point advantage over the Goatwhisperers. Hallday likely won't get another start, as he gets ready for the postseason. But Zambrano should get another start.

The Goatwhisperers should get one more start from each of their four starters. However, Cole Hamels' final start figures to be short, perhaps not long enough to qualify for a win. But if the Giants need a tiebreaker game, Tim Lincecum could be in line for two starts.

The Goatwhispers are trying to fend off the Misfits for fourth place. The Misfits trail the GGs by 69 points. That margin could insurmountable considering the Misfits won't get a Week 26 start from ace Adam Wainwright, and Phillies Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino figure to get a lot of rest this weekend.

Week 26 roster moves

2010-09-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

Late moves from last week

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Acquired C Ivan Rodriguez and activated him in place of C Yadier Molina (missed 3 games)

UPTON NO GOOD: Acquired SS Emilio Bonifacio, activated him in placed of SS Hanley Ramirez (missed 3 games)

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Activated SS Yunel Escobar in place of SS Jerry Hairston Jr. (missed 3 games)

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Acquired and activated SS Rafael Furcal in place of SS Felipe Lopez (missed 3 games)

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Activated SP Jon Garland as emergency starter for SP Jair Jurrjens

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

3B Aramis Ramirez, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #3)

PLAYERS RELEASED

SP Barry Enright, by Arbitration Losers
3B Aramis Ramirez, by Chico's Chuggers (stolen)

WEEK 26 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

UPTON NO GOOD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 3B Ryan Zimmerman and SP Randy Wells; activated 3B Migel Tejada and SP Ted Lilly

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

FRESH FISH: Benched 3B Pablo Sandoval; activated 3B Pedro Alvarez

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 3B Mark Reynolds, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Jon Garland; activated 3B Aramis Ramirez, OF Andres Torres and SP Jair Jurrjens

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

MISFITS: Benched SP Homer Bailey; activated SP Daniel Hudson

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

FBLG near-end update

2010-09-20T23:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry, owners for the lack of blog updates. It's been busy for the Commish. But we've been working hard to keep the score sheet updated.

Here's where we stand, heading into Week 25.

For the third consecutive year, the head-to-head finals goes to a deciding third game. The Arbitration Losers squeaked out a Week 24 win of the Gladstone Goatwhisperers, thanks in large part to Troy Tulowitzki.

The third game got off to a good start Monday for the GGs, however, with Cole Hamels getting a win and Jair Jurrjens skipping his Monday start with knee problems. Jurrjens could pitch later this week for the Losers. If not, Jon Garland becomes the emergency starter.

The Pickle Bugs scored another win over the Misfits to claim third-place in the head-to-head with a 2-0 sweep. After winning in the first round, the Misfits dropped four straight head-to-head games.

In the head-to-head consolation, the VC Appraisers scored a win over the Upton No Good, as UNG had a run a three straight 200+ weeks end. But on the strength of those weeks, UNG is a virtual lock to claim one of the two spots in the head-to-head consolation final.

The VC Appraisers can claim the other spot with a win over Chico's Chuggers this week. But even with a loss, VCA can also claim a spot with a solid scoring week.

Teams tied after Round 5 of the round robin will have ties broken with aggregate scoring over the five weeks of the round robin. Heading into Week 25, here are the aggregate totals: UNG 813, VCA 684, Triple-A's 656, Chico's Chuggers 647, Pitch You Blockhead 616.

The overall race still remains very entertaining, with four teams divided by 42 points, through Monday's games.

Here are the standings

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 4337
2. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 4322
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4302
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4295
5. Misfits (Reid) 4227
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3988
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 3914
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3865
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3796
10. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3753

Week 25 moves

2010-09-20T22:04:00.000-07:00

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

OF Johnny Gomes, by Upton No Good (Sept. #2)
SP Randy Wells, by Pickle Bugs (Sept. #1)
OF Roger Bernardina, by Triple-A's (Sept. #1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

OF Manny Ramirez, by Upton No Good
SP Anibal Sanchez, by Pickle Bugs
OF Scott Podsednik, by Triple-A's

WEEK 25 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

UPTON NO GOOD: Benched OF Justin Upton and SP Travis Wood; activated OF Johnny Gomes and SP Jhoulys Chacin

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SS Miguel Tejada, released SP Anibal Sanchez; activated SS Orlando Cabrera and SP Randy Wells.

FRESH FISH: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jose Tabata, activated OF Jay Bruce

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched C Geovany Soto; released OF Scott Podsednik; activated C Koyie Hill and OF Roger Bernardina

MISFITS: Benched SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Ryan Dempster

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

Week 24 roster moves

2010-09-14T01:01:00.000-07:00

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

SP Travis Wood, by Upton No Good (September No. 1)
OF Mike Stanton, by Misfits (September No. 1)
SP Carlos Zambrano, by Arbitration Losers (September No. 2)

PLAYERS RELEASED

SP Mike Minor, by Upton No Good
SP Jordan Zimmermann, by Arbitration Losers
OF Ryan Ludwick, by Misfits
SP Aaron Harang, by Pitch You Blockhead
SP Carlos Silva, by Pitch You Blockhead

Active roster changes

UPTON NO GOOD: Benched SP Jhoulys Chacin and OF Manny Ramirez; activated SP Travis Wood and OF Justin Upton.

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

FRESH FISH: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SS Ryan Theriot; activated SS Jose Reyes

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Ian Kennedy; activated SP Cole Hamels

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released SP Jordan Zimmermann; activated SP Carlos Zambrano

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

MISFITS: Benched OF Tyler Colvin; activated OF Mike Stanton

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released SP Aaron Harang and SS Yunel Escobar; activated SP Clayton Richard and SS Jerry Hairston Jr.

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

Tuesday's report

2010-08-31T23:08:00.000-07:00

The Misfits threw everything they had at trying to rally back into their semifinal series with the Arbitration Losers, sitting their ace Adam Wainwright to get dual starts from J.A. Happ. When Happ threw a shutout, the move looked to work, as the Misfits scored 70 points. But the Losers countered with a 61-point Monday. After Ryan Dempster delivered a -3 outing Tuesday, the Misfits and Losers find themselves tied at 84-84... not where the Misfits had hoped to be.

The other semifinal remains tight. Both the Pickle Bugs and Gladstone Goatwhisperers are off to a quiet start, with the Bugs leading 47-42. The Goatwhisperers are battling injuries. Adam LaRoche, Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce are all nursing injuries, costing them starts. But the GGs can be thankful that the Bugs didn't start Wandy Rodriguez or Anibal Sanchez this week. Both pitchers delivered shutout outings.

Meanwhile, another stellar outing from Edwin Jackson has powered Upton No Good into the overall lead as August comes to close. While just a few days ago, the top five teams were separated by 15 points. Now, UNG leads the fifth-place Misfits by 102 points. The second-place Losers are 35 points off UNG's overall pace.

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3860
    A big 13-point game from 2B Walker
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3825
    D-backs hitters making big contributions
3. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3787
   If Bugs are lucky, one of their starting pitchers won't pitch this week
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3771
    Injuries may undermine late-season push
5. Misfits (Reid) 3752
    Looking for silver lining? A home run from Howard
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3513
    Stewart on DL, Reyes also on shelf, and Theriot is beat up
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 3461
    Soto is ailing again
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3460
   Running thin of healthy shortstops
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3369
    Despite Uggla's ailings, Chuggers escape cellar
10. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3366
    Back in the cellar, again

Head-to-head scores

Semifinals

Misfits 84, Arbitration Losers 84 (Losers lead aggregate +54)
Pickle Bugs 47, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 42 (Goatwhisperers lead aggregate +11)

Consolation

Upton No Good 94, Pitch You Blockhead 30
VC Appraisers 47, Triple-A's 33
Chico's Chuggers 56, Fresh Fish 41

Week 22 roster moves

2010-08-31T15:56:00.000-07:00

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

2B Freddy Sanchez by Fresh Fish (Aug. #1)

SP Jonathan Niese by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Aug. #3)
C Josh Thole by Upton No Good (Aug. #2)
SP Mike Minor by Upton No Good (Aug. #3)
SP J.A. Happ, by Misfits (Aug. #3)

PLAYERS RELEASED

C Chris Snyder, by Upton No Good
OF Mike Stanton, by Arbitration Losers
OF Dexter Fowler, by Pickle Bugs (stolen)

WEEK 22 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

UPTON NO GOOD: Released C Chris Snyder; benched SP Jason Hammel and SP Yovani Gallardo; activated C Josh Thole, SP Jhoulys Chacin and SP SP Mike Minor
PICKLE BUGS: No changes
VC APPRAISERS: Benched SS Jose Reyes; activated SS Ryan Theriot
FRESH FISH: Benched 2B Clint Barmes and 3B Pedro Alvarez; activated 2B Freddy Sanchez and 3B Pablo Sandoval
GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Placed IF Cristian Guzman on disabled list; benched SP Tim Lincecum; activated SP Jonathan Niese
ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 2B Juan Uribe; moved OF Omar Infante to 2B; activated OF Dexter Fowler
TRIPLE-A'S: No changes
MISFITS: Benched OF Ryan Ludwick, SP Adam Wainwright, SP Daniel Hudson; activated OF Tyler Colvin, SP J.A. Happ, SP Hiroki Kuroda
PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Placed IF Jerry Hairston on disabled list; benched C Buster Posey; activated C Ryan Doumit
CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Edinson Volquez; activated SP Dan Haren

Sunday's report

2010-08-30T01:22:00.000-07:00

The first game of the semifinal series produced wins for the Gladstone Goatwhisperers and the Arbitration Losers.

The Goatwhisperers got a 19-point win from Cole Hamels, while the Pickle Bugs got a 2-point outing from Ted Lilly. The 17-point difference from those two pitchers were enough to give the GGs a 205-189 victory.

The Bugs came up empty on Sunday, scoring only 7 points. The bad Sunday leaves the Bugs in 16-point deficit, heading into Week 22.

The hole for the Misfits is much greater. Adam Wainwright did not provide the big start that they had hoped, leading to a 201-147 victory for the Losers, a 54-point advantage. That's a ton of ground to recover heading into Week 22.

Upton No Good is wishing they could have scored a few more points in Week 20. After a dismal Week 20, they bounced back with a huge Week 21, giving them a head-to-head win and surging them back into the overall lead.

UNG leads with 3,766 points -- 25 points ahead of the Losers. The Bugs are 26 back. The Goatwhisperers trail by 37 and the Misfits are 98 points back and in risk of losing contact with the other four teams.

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3766
    CarGo (41) and HanRam (34) power a big week for UNG
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3741
    Torres has torrid week (34 points)
3. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3740
    Billingsley and Lilly combine for 2 points over weekend
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3729
    Big weekend for LaRoche
5. Misfits (Reid) 3668
    Howard came off DL, but his bat remains disabled
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3466
    Reyes and Stewart miss 3 games each over weekend
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3430
    Hairston goes on the DL, while Harang is about to come off
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3428
    Stephen Drew tallies three 10-point days last week
9. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3325
   Zito's two outings total -8 points
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3313
    Volquez heads to the pen as CC sits in cellar

Head-to-head scores

Semifinals

Arbitration Losers 201, Misfits 147
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 205, Pickle Bugs 189

Consolation round robin

Upton No Good 244, Chico's Chuggers 172
Triple-A's 206, Pitch You Blockhead 189
VC Appraisers 175, Fresh Fish 145

Friday's report

2010-08-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

OVERALL STANDINGS
1. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3696
    Hey that Pujols is not bad for No. 2 overall pick
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3679
    Another big day from Bruce gives GGs weekly lead
3. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3675
    No bonus for getting robbed at gunpoint
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3660
    Enright's outing saves a dismal Friday
5. Misfits (Reid) 3616
    Seven-point Friday puts Misfits in a hole
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3419
    May have lost Reyes for extended period
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3398
    Gaby Sanchez move working out well
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3355
    Stephen Drew having a monster week
9. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3279
    It's official: Rick killed Strasburg
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3266
   Not bats to go with Pelfrey

HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES

Semifinals

Arbitration Losers 120, Misfits 95
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 155, Pickle Bugs 145

Consolation

Upton No Good 153, Chico's Chuggers 125
Pitch You Blockhead 157, Triple-A's 133
VC Appraisers 128, Fresh Fish 99

Wednesday's report

2010-08-26T01:18:00.000-07:00

Game 1 of the semifinals are shaping up to be a couple of tight matchups. Just the way we like it.

The Arbitration Losers and Misfits both had starting pitchers who were handed 10-1 leads and neither came away with a win. Both Jair Jurrjens and Homer Bailey scored 6-point starts despite those huge leads. But the Misfits got a very nice start from Ryan Dempster, while the Losers got a tough loss from Roy Halladay. That left their matchup very tight, with the Losers nursing a 91-87 lead.

Three solid days have given the Pickle Bugs an early 91-82 lead over the Gladstone Goatwhisperers. But the GGs have the upper hand on pitching starts, projected at 4 to the Bugs' 3. And the Bugs have to worry about Billingsley's balky calf.

In the consolation round-robin, Pitch You Blockhead is off to a nice lead, despite taking a hit from Madison Bumgarner. And the Fresh Fish's struggles continue.

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3642
    Bugs really happy to have Prado off the DL
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3631
    Still waiting for Dunn to get going
3. Misfits (Reid) 3608
    Dempster's 21 sparks 51-point day
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3606
    Alex Gonzalez filling in nicely for Furcal
5. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3598
    CarGo is raking, when he isn't running into walls
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3381
    Votto and Stubbs combine for 20 of team's 24 points
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3350
    Tuesday: 61 points with one pitcher throwing; Wednesday: 32 with three pitchers
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3296
    Stephen Drew's big day helps keep team afloat
9. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3237
    2B Barmes has not scored a point in more than two weeks
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3222
    Soriano on hot streak

HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES

Semifinals

Arbitration Losers 91, Misfits 87
Pickle Bugs 91, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 82

Consolation

Chico's Chuggers 81, Upton No Good 76
Pitch You Blockhead 109, Triple-A's 75
VC Appraisers 90, Fresh Fish 57

Week 21 roster moves

2010-08-24T21:28:00.000-07:00

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

SP Joe Blanton, by Pickle Bugs (August No. 3)
OF Carlos Beltran, by VC Appraisers (August No. 2)
SP Bud Norris, by Triple-A's (August No. 1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

SP Chris Volstad, by Pickle Bugs
2B Blake DeWitt, by Pickle Bugs
C Ronny Paulino, by VC Appraisers
2B David Eckstein, by VC Appraisers
OF Brad Hawpe, by VC Appraisers
SS Alcides Escobar, by Misfits

WEEK 21 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

UPTON NO GOOD: Moved OF Manny Ramirez from disabled list to bench; benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Edwin Jackson

PICKLE BUGS: Released SP Chris Volstad; activated SP Joe Blanton

FRESH FISH: Benched 1B Pedro Sandoval; placed SP Stephen Strasburg on disabled list; activated 1B Derrek Lee and SP Derek Lowe

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Mike Leake and OF Colby Rasmus; activated SP Jorge De La Rosa and OF Carlos Beltran

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Mike Stanton and SP Jon Garland; moved 2B Omar Infante to OF; activated 2B Juan Uribe and SP Bobby Enright

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed SP Ricky Nolasco and SP Vicente Padilla on disabled list; moved OF Nyger Morgan from disabled list to bench; activated SP Bud Norris

MISFITS: Benched OF Tyler Colvin, SP Hiroki Kuroda and SP Kevin Correia; activated 1B Ryan Howard from disabled list; moved 1B Aubrey Huff to OF; activated SP Ryan Dempster and SP Homer Bailey

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SS Jerry Hairston Jr., and SP Tommy Hanson; activated SS Yunel Escobar and SP Madison Bumgarner

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Cody Ross and SP Dan Haren; activated OF John Jay and SP Mike Pelfrey

Sunday's report

2010-08-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

Upton No Good got everything they could have hoped for from Jhoulys Chacin on Sunday. The Rockies pitcher piled up a 22-point outing in a 1-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

But UNG got nothing from anyone else, losing their first-round matchup to the Arbitration Losers 144-128.

The Losers got a solid outing from Jon Garland, and huge day from Omar Infante. In fact, Infante's week (36 points) was almost better than the Losers' other seven hitters combined (38).

In the other matchup, the Pickle Bugs sealed their first-round win with a 243-155 victory over the Triple-A's. The huge week not only sent the Bugs into the head-to-head semifinals, but also into the overall lead.

The Bugs will enter Week 21 with a 20-week total of 3551, followed by the Arbitration Losers 3540, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 3524, Upton No Good 3522 and Misfits 3521.

The Pickle Bugs will face the Goatwhisperers in the semifinals, while the Losers take on the Misfits. Like the first-round, the semifinals will be a Best-of-2 with a two-week aggregate total being the tiebreaker.

Meanwhile, the five-week consolation round-robin begins

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3551
   Oswalt really likes pitching for Phils instead of Stros
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3540
   Omar Infante is a God
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3524
   Kershaw scores 30 last week; other 3 pitchers = 1
4. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3522
   Rain falls on E-Jax; CarGo runs into wall ... brutal
5. Misfits (Reid) 3521
   Misfits welcome Ryan Howard back from DL
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3291
   Santana ain't got nobody that he can depend on ("No tengo a nadie!")
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3241
   Hairston misses weekend with migraine
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3222
   Suddenly running short of pitchers
9. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3180
   A 56-point Sunday despite second negative outing from Zito this week
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3141
   Cain set to face Volquez on Monday

HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAYOFFS

First round (best-of-2)

Pickle Bugs 243, Triple-A's 155 (Pickle Bugs win series 2-0)
Arbitration Losers 144, Upton No Good 128 (Arbitration Losers win series 2-0)

Semifinals (best-of-2)

Pickle Bugs vs. Gladstone Goatwhisperers
Arbitration Losers vs. Misfits

Consolation round-robin, round 1

Upton No Good vs. Chico's Chuggers
Triple-A's vs. Pitch You Blockhead
Fresh Fish vs. VC Appraisers

PLAYER ACQUISTION

SP Joe Blanton, acquired by Pickle Bugs (August No. 3)

Saturday's report

2010-08-21T23:24:00.000-07:00

As we head into Sunday, one of the two head-to-head matchups looks to go right down to the wire.

Despite anemic weeks, the Arbitration Losers and Upton No Good will take their series right down to the end. And whoever wins will definitely feel lucky, as they likely will do it with a weekly total that could be south of 150.

The Losers hold a narrow 110-107 lead. With their Game 1 advantage, that translates into a 14-point aggregate lead. The Losers will have Jon Garland pitching against the Brewers, while UNG will pin its hopes on Jhoulys Chacin against the Diamondbacks. UNG got a tough break when Edwin Jackson missed his start this week because of a rainout Friday. But Jason Hammel's 8-point outing as the emergency starter kept UNG close.

The other series is all but wrapped up. The Pickle Bugs lead the Triple-A's 213-142, so it would take a major miracle on Sunday for the Triple-A's to rally. Should they hold on and win, the Bugs would face the Gladstone Goatwhisperers in the semifinals, while the Misfits await the winner of the Losers-UNG.

Chad Billingsley's win Saturday night enabled the Pickle Bugs to take over the overall lead.

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3521
   Fifteen-point wins for Billingsley, Volstad
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3506
   Nothing beats a six-point Saturday
3. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3501
   Conflicted teammates: Upton's hits help beat Jimenez
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3486
   Cueto's suspension should have been longer
5. Misfits (Reid) 3478
   Might be time for an overthrow of Castro
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3264
   No bonus points for positive drug test (Paulino)
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3232
   Apparently, Blockheads are following instructions
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3209
   Bad news: Nolasco could be done for season
9. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3124
   Just when they thought they could escape cellar, Strasburg goes down
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3124
   Felipe Lopez loses starts, and points, too

HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAYOFFS

Pickle Bugs 213, Triple-A's 142 (Bugs lead two-week aggregate +78)
Arbitration Losers 110, Upton No Good 107 (Losers lead two-week aggregate +14)

Thursday's report

2010-08-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Normally, we would top the blog during head-to-head playoffs with how those matchups are going.

But an unusual twist leads us to start off with the overall race.

The Arbitration Losers and Upton No Good are struggling through poor weeks, meanwhile the Pickle Bugs are having a big week. The combination of those two facts has created a logjam at the top of the overall standings.

Here it is Aug. 20, and the top five teams in the overall standings are separated by just 14 points.

One of these five teams will eventually win the overall championship and one of these five teams will finish out of the money. And the end of the season is a little more than six weeks away.

Also, at least one of these teams will not advance to the head-to-head semifinals. And at this point, it looks as if that will be the Losers or UNG.

As we mentioned, neither team is having a good week. They are having the kind of weeks that would normally kill teams' hopes of advancing in a head-to-head matchup. Luckily for both teams, they are facing each other.

Heading into the weekend, the Losers lead 56-55, but UNG is set for four pitching starts over the weekend (Jimenez, Gallardo, Chacin and EJackson). The losers will get just three starts (Halladay, Jurrjens and Garland).

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3457
    Jay Bruce has come alive
2. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3453
    OK, we'll say it: Ted Lilly? What the hell?
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3452
    Dunn, Tulowitzki, Montero, Stanton combine for -2 points this week
4. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3449
    Chris Young has lessened sting of bad week
5. Misfits (Reid) 3443
    Misfits lose some punch when K-Rod has season-ending surgery
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3234
    Good news: Utley back from DL; Bad news: Hawpe is dumped by Rox
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3175
    Broxton trying to work his way back to closer job
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 3158
    Remember when Matt Kemp was Top 20 player?
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3095
    Felipe Lopez struggling, and may have lost everyday job
10. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3082
    Johnson and J-Roll account for 36 of 70 weekly points

Head-to-head scores

Pickle Bugs 145, Triple-A's 91 (Bugs lead two-week aggregate +61)
Arbitration Losers 56, Upton No Good 55 (Losers lead two-week aggregate +12)

Player acquisitions

RP John Axford, by Misfits (August No. 2)