Week 5: Saturday's report

Patrick Corbin pitches for Lawyers, Guns &
Money. Corbin Bernsen played a
lawyer on "L.A. Law." Coincidence?

STUDS: Patrick Corbin (Lawyers, Guns & Money) improved to 4-0, struck out 7, allowed one run in 7 innings, and scored a run. Alfonso Soriano (Rookies) hit a pair of 2-run homers.

DUDS: Brandon League (Fresh Fish) served up a solo homer and took the loss while striking out 1 in 1.1 innings. Everth Cabrera (Rookies) went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts and committed an error. Phillies hitters other than Freddy Galvis, who had Philadelphia's only hit, combined to go 0 for 25.

NOTE: The Mets-Braves game was rained out. No makeup date has been announced.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 155, Lawyers, Guns & Money 144
Manwaring a Muumuu 129, Silver State Sagebrushers 96
Pitch You Blockhead 169, Misfits 127
Rookies 175, Arbitration Losers 126
Going Going Gonzo 159, Fresh Fish 97

Week 5: Friday's report

Buster Posey's big day was bittersweet for the
Dodgers fans in charge of Manwaring a Muumuu.

STUDS: Matt Holliday (Arbitration Losers) hit a 2-run homer, singled twice and scored 3 runs. A.J. Burnett (Going Going Gonzo) struck out 9 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning victory. Buster Posey (Manwaring a Muumuu) doubled home the Giants' first run and hit a walkoff solo homer to beat the hated Dodgers. Sergio Romo (Testosteraun Braun) struck out 2 in a scoreless inning and earned the victory.

DUDS: Aroldis Chapman (Arbitration Losers) struggled in a non-save opportunity, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks and 3 runs while striking out 1 in 0.2 inning. Ryan Zimmerman (Lawyers, Guns & Money) went 0 for 4 with 4 strikeouts in his return to the lineup.

TRANSACTIONS: Plenty of moves to catch up on, including one I missed earlier in the week.

• Rookies place OF Jason Heyward on the disabled list and acquire OF Reed Johnson, who takes Heyward's place in the lineup.

• Lawyers, Guns & Money activate 3B Ryan Zimmerman and put him in the lineup in place of Placido Polanco, who was given his unconditional release.

• Manwaring a Muumuu activates 3B Aramis Ramirez and places him in the lineup. SP Josh Beckett is released to make room on the roster for Ramirez. 2B Mark Ellis can be moved to the bench because he has missed three consecutive games this week because of injury, so 3B/2B Jedd Gyorko shifts to second base. Manwaring a Muumuu had used conditional DL moves on Ellis and OF Carl Crawford, but those are rendered moot by the Ramirez move and Crawford's Friday appearance, respectively.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 149, Lawyers, Guns & Money 113
Manwaring a Muumuu 113, Silver State Sagebrushers 89
Pitch You Blockhead 133, Misfits 99
Rookies 140, Arbitration Losers 98
Going Going Gonzo 140, Fresh Fish 89

Week 5: Thursday's report

Yeah, this is a photo of Kyle Kendrick. It was a slow day.

STUDS: Kyle Kendrick (Misfits) singled, picked up the victory and struck out 5 while allowing 2 runs in 7 innings. Denard Span (Manwaring a Muumuu) singled, doubled twice, drove in 2 runs and scored a run.

DUDS: Justin Upton (Silver State Sagebrushers) went 0 for 4 with a strikeout and an error. Chris Johnson (Rookies) went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 122, Lawyers, Guns & Money 97
Manwaring a Muumuu 65, Silver State Sagebrushers 62
Pitch You Blockhead 106, Misfits 81
Rookies 117, Arbitration Losers 73
Going Going Gonzo 94, Fresh Fish 65

Week 5: Wednesday's report

Restricted free agent Michael Cuddyer brings a
.320 average, 5 homers, 8 doubles, 20 RBIs and
multipositional flexibility to Manwaring a Muumuu.

STUDS: Jordan Zimmermann (Testosteraun Braun) picked up win No. 5, struck out 8 in 8 shutout innings, and singled. Lance Lynn (Lawyers, Guns & Money) improved to 5-0, struck out 5 in 7 innings of 1-run ball, and singled. David Wright (Silver State Sagebrushers) singled, doubled, homered and scored 3 runs. Angel Pagan (Arbitration Losers) homered, doubled, drove in 2 runs and scored 3 times.

DUDS: Lucas Duda (Testosteraun Braun) went 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts and committed an error. Jimmy Rollins (Manwaring a Muumuu) committed an error and was caught stealing.

TRANSACTIONS: Fresh Fish on Tuesday acquired free agent OF Delmon Young and put him in the lineup in place of OF Giancarlo Stanton, who was placed on the disabled list. Lawyers, Guns & Money acquired free agent 1B/3B Yuniesky Betancourt and placed 1B Matt Adams on the DL. Manwaring a Muumuu acquired restricted free agent OF/1B Michael Cuddyer, who was on the Silver State Sagebrushers' bench for four consecutive weeks. The Sagebrushers will receive a bonus transaction to be used in the month of their choice.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 114, Lawyers, Guns & Money 90
Silver State Sagebrushers 60, Manwaring a Muumuu 51
Pitch You Blockhead 87, Misfits 53
Rookies 104, Arbitration Losers 66
Going Going Gonzo 85, Fresh Fish 55

Week 5: Tuesday's report

Tim Hudson doubled and homered while
picking up his 200th career win. He struck out
6 in 7 innings. That would have been worth
24 points in FBLG — if he hadn't been on the
bench for Lawyers, Guns & Money.

STUDS: Rickie Weeks (Silver State Sagebrushers) homered, doubled and singled; scored 3 runs; and drove in 5. Carlos Quentin (Lawyers, Guns & Money) doubled twice, homered, scored 3 runs and drove in 3. Hyun-jin Ryu (Lawyers, Guns & Money) singled, drove in a run, pitched 6 innings in a win, allowed 2 runs and struck out 12. Nick Hundley (Pitch You Blockhead) hit a 3-run homer and singled twice. Starling Marte (Pitch You Blockhead) homered, doubled, singled and drove in 3 runs.

DUDS: Jorge De La Rosa (Silver State Sagebrushers) allowed 6 runs and struck out only 1 in a 4-inning loss. J.J. Putz (Silver State Sagebrushers) blew a save and took the loss. Roy Halladay (Misfits) allowed 8 runs and struck out 3 in a 3.2-inning loss. Edwin Jackson (Pitch You Blockhead) fell to 0-4 while allowing 8 runs and striking out 6 in 4.2 innings; he also committed an error.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 73, Lawyers, Guns & Money 63
Manwaring a Muumuu 44, Silver State Sagebrushers 38
Pitch You Blockhead 59, Misfits 37
Rookies 91, Arbitration Losers 36
Going Going Gonzo 66, Fresh Fish 38

Week 5: Monday's report

Wilin Rosario caused a condition that doctors refer to as
"Lilly's Whiplash."

STUDS: Jean Segura (Fresh Fish) hit a 2-run homer, tripled and singled. Yovani Gallardo (Rookies) picked up the win, allowed 1 earned run, struck out 5, pitched 7 innings and hit a solo homer. Carlos Gomez (Rookies) hit a solo homer, tripled and scored 3 runs. Wilin Rosario (Going Going Gonzo) singled, doubled, homered, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs.

DUDS: Wandy Rodriguez (Lawyers, Guns & Money) allowed 7 earned runs and took the loss while striking out 2 in 3.2 innings. Ted Lilly (Fresh Fish) committed an error, took the loss, allowed 4 earned runs and struck out 2 in 3 innings. Placido Polanco (Lawyers, Guns & Money) went 0 for 7 and left 5 men on base.

Head-to-head scores

Testosteraun Braun 27, Lawyers, Guns & Money 15
Manwaring a Muumuu 36, Silver State Sagebrushers 17
Pitch You Blockhead 18, Misfits 12
Rookies 64, Arbitration Losers 10
Going Going Gonzo 50, Fresh Fish 24

Week 5 Transactions and Lineups

Players acquired

Testosteraun Braun sign 3B Steve Lombardozzi (April move #3) and SP Shawn Marcum (April move #4).

Arbitration Losers sign 2B Donovan Solano (April move #3).

Going Going Gonzo sign 3B Nolan Arenado (April move #1) and SP Jose Fernandez (April move #2).

Pitch You Blockhead sign SS Pete Kozma (April move #4).

Misfits sign SP Kyle Kendrick (April move #3).

Fresh Fish sign SP Ted Lilly (April move #3).

Players released

3B Chris Nelson

SP Mike Leake

3B Pedro Alvarez

SS Cliff Pennington

3B Anthony Rendon

C Wellington Castillo

1B Greg Dobbs

Lineup changes

Testosteraun Braun: Bench 1B Anthony Rizzo; activate 3B Steve Lombardozzi, SP Julio Teheran and 1B Paul Goldschmidt.

Arbitration Losers: Bench 2B Neil Walker; activate 2B Donovan Solano.

Silver State Sagebrushers: No changes.

Going Going Gonzo: Bench OF B.J. Upton; activate OF Garrett Jones.

Lawyers Guns and Money: No changes.

Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Kris Medlen and 2B Josh Rutledge; activate SS Pete Kozma, SP Edwin Jackson and 2B Matt Carpenter.

Rookies: Bench 3B David Freese and SP Paul Maholm; move Chris Johnson from 1B to 3B; activate 1B Adam LaRoche and SP Bronson Arroyo.

Manwaring a Muumuu: Bench SP Ross Detwiler and OF Domonic Brown; activate OF Jason Kubel from disabled list; activate SP Mat Latos and 3B Jedd Gyorko.

Misfits: Bench OF Marlon Byrd and SP Jonathan Niese; activate C Carlos Ruiz from the inactive list; activate OF Jon Jay and SP Kyle Kendrick.

Fresh Fish: Bench SP Ryan Vogelsong; activate SP Ted Lilly.

FBLG Leading Scorers

Batters

1. Justin Upton (Silver State) 84
2. Bryce Harper (Misfits) 80
T3. Carlos Gonzalez (PYB) 72
T3. Dexter Fowler (Silver State) 72
T5. Shin-soo Choo (PYB) 71
T5. Starling Marte (PYB) 71
T5. David Wright (Silver State) 71
T8. Chase Utley (Misfits) 69
T8. Troy Tulowitzki (Misfits) 69
10. Daniel Murphy (Test. Braun) 66

Starting pitchers

1. Clayton Kershaw (Silver State) 94

2. Matt Harvey (Muumuu) 92

3. Adam Wainwright (Misfits) 89

4. Madison Bumgarner (Test. Braun) 80

5. A.J. Burnett (Gonzo) 76

Relievers

1. Jason Grilli (Gonzo) 58

2. Aroldis Chapman (Arb. Losers) 54

3. J.J. Putz (Silver State) 47

4. Craig Kimbrel (LGM) 46

5. Sergio Romo (Test. Braun) 42

Through 4/28/13, four weeks of the season.

The Check Swing: Week 4

1. Manwaring a Muumuu (709 points, 3-1): The Muumuu crew rides a strong offensive week into first place despite a mediocre pitching performance, and the offense could be even better moving forward with the return of Jason Kubel and Aramis Ramirez. Buster Posey, Joey Votto and Huston Street are performing better, as well.

2. Misfits (704 points, 3-1): Roy Halladay, Adam Wainwright and Jaime Garcia look like they'll anchor this rotation, and the return of Freddie Freeman and Carlos Ruiz will strengthen a good offense. But how serious is Troy Tulowitzki's shoulder injury?

3. Testosteraun Braun (669 points, 2-2): Daniel Murphy certainly cooled off, which contributed to a blowout loss for the Syringe Squad. There's still no answer to the Goldschmidt-Rizzo situation at first base, and we wonder what will happen to Evan Gattis when Brian McCann returns to the Braves.

Manwaring a Muumuu moves into first place
and takes a break to wash his fat-guy hat.

4. Arbitration Losers (668 points, 2-2): Tony Cingrani looks like a gem in the rotation, and Matt Kemp seems to have found his stroke. Chase Headley and Brandon Crawford form a great left side of the infield. But where did Allen Craig's home run power go?

5. Silver State Sagebrushers (662 points, 1-3): The Sagebrushers picked up their first win thanks to big point totals from Clayton Kershaw, Justin Upton and Dexter Fowler. On the other hand, Rickie Weeks is struggling again, and there are cracks in the rotation.

6. Going Going Gonzo (630 points, 1-3): It's a bad sign for the Gonzos when Ruben Tejada has outscored Dan Uggla and B.J. Upton this season. The rotation looks like a strength, though, with A.J. Burnett continuing last season's success and Trevor Cahill pitching well.

7. Pitch You Blockhead (617 points, 2-2): The outfield of Carlos Gonzlez, Shin-Soo Choo and Starling Marte has combined for 214 of PYB's 617 points this season. This team will need to get more from the struggling middle infield of Cliff Pennington, Josh Rutledge and Matt Carpenter to close the gap with the leaders.

8. Lawyers, Guns & Money (613 points, 3-1): LGM came awfully close to being our league's only 4-0 team. But great performances by Lance Lynn, Patrick Corbin and Ian Desmond weren't enough to make up for a bad week from Yadier Molina (6 points) and Andrew McCutchen (3 points). Also, the infield right side of Ike Davis and Danny Espinosa hasn't done much.

9. Fresh Fish (606 points, 2-2): Giancarlo Stanton has 3 homers in the past 2 days, which bodes well for a move up the standings. The return of Cody Ross from the DL has helped, but the Fish could really use Ryan Ludwick and Zack Greinke back, too. Jean Segura has been good in place of Hanley Ramirez, who is scheduled to return this week. Is there a shortstop controversy in Fishtown?

10. Rookies (512 points, 1-3): With Jason Heyward out after having an appendectomy, things don't look good for the Rookies. Alfonso Soriano posted 6 games with zero points this week. In fact, the Rookies got a total of 17 points from Marco Scutaro, Everth Cabrera, John Buck, David Freese, Paul Maholm, Soriano and Heyward.

Week 4: Sunday's report

Giancarlo Stanton's power surge is good news for the
Miami Marlins and for the Fresh Fish.

STUDS: Tony Cingrani (Arbitration Losers) singled, scored a run and struck out 11 in 6 shutout innings. Clayton Kershaw (Silver State Sagebrushers) struck out 12 in 8 shutout innings. Giancarlo Stanton (Fresh Fish) homered twice, singled and drove in 4 runs. Carl Crawford (Manwaring a Muumuu) hit two solo homers.

DUDS: John Buck (Rookies) went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts and dropped a popup for an error. Ross Detwiler (Manwaring a Muumuu) allowed 3 earned runs on 11 hits while striking out 3 batters in 5 innings in a loss.

CORRECTION: A scoring error contributed to a note Saturday about Testosteraun Braun's 10 players combining for zero points. They actually combined for 2. The FBLG blog regrets the error.

Final head-to-head scores

Silver State Sagebrushers 167, Testosteraun Braun 125
Fresh Fish 159, Rookies 95
Manwaring a Muumuu 193, Going Going Gonzo 159
Arbitration Losers 206, Pitch You Blockhead 161
Misfits 163, Lawyers, Guns & Money 157