Playoffs, Week 7: Saturday's Roundup

Doesn't it seem like we just highlighted a Dodger who hit a grand slam? 

Studs: Clayton Kershaw (FF) had an RBI single and got the win while striking out 6 in 7 shutout innings. Dan Straily (R) fanned 5 and allowed a run in a 6.2-inning win. Justin Turner (M) went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs, 2 runs and a steal. Stephen Piscotty (HE) was a triple shy of a cycle, drove in 2 and scored twice. Yadier Molina (AL) doubled, singled twice, drove in 4 and scored. Josh Reddick (PYB) hit a grand slam, was a triple shy of a cycle, drove in 5 and scored 3 runs.

Duds: Scooter Gennett (LY) went 1 for 4 with an error and has posted a -1 on consecutive days for his new team. Javier Baez (GH) went 0 for 1 with an error. Jean Segura (HE) went 0 for 4 with an error.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 90 (532), Hundley Eyes 148 (473)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 137 (487), Misfits 130 (473)

Consolation scores

Pitch You Blockhead 139, Lawyers, Guns & Money 100

Arbitration Losers 168, Rookies 117
Retire 21 152, Goldschmidt Happens 106

Playoffs, Week 7: Thursday's Roundup

More like Yasmani Grandslamal, right?

Studs: Yasmani Grandal (HE) hit a grand slam, a solo homer, a double and a single, driving in 5. Jose Reyes (HE) homered, singled, scored 3 runs and drove in 2. Matt Kemp (R) homered twice and drove in 3. Jeff Samardzija (PYB) struck out 9 in 7 shutout innings for the win. He also committed an error.

Duds: Josh Reddick (PYB) had a single and RBI, but also made an error and was caught stealing. Jeanmar Gomez (PYB) struck out 1 and allowed 2 runs in 0.1 innings.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 62 (504), Hundley Eyes 113 (438)

Third-place final scores

Misfits 100 (443), Fresh Fish 82 (432)

Consolation scores

Pitch You Blockhead 86, Lawyers, Guns & Money 66

Arbitration Losers 101, Rookies 52
Retire 21 107, Goldschmidt Happens 81

Playoffs, Week 7: Wednesday's Roundup

The chances are very good this Matt Moore pitch was hit hard somewhere.

Studs: Chad Kuhl (R21) struck out 6 and allowed 1 run in 6 innings to earn the win. Max Scherzer (M) had a single and a run and struck out 8 in 6.2 innings, allowing 3 runs in the win. Kenta Maeda (HE) struck out 6 and allowed 1 run in a 5-inning win, adding an RBI single. Charlie Blackmon (GH) had 2 singles, a double, an RBI and 3 runs. Paul Goldschmidt (GH) homered twice and drove in 3. Zack Greinke (AL) allowed 2 runs and struck out 7 in 6 innings to beat the Padres. Nolan Arenado (PYB) had a grand slam and also singled and scored.

Duds: Matt Moore (M) was destroyed by the Dodgers, allowing 6 runs and striking out no one in a 1-inning loss. Adam Duvall (LGM) had a hit and an error. Jeurys Familia (FF) allowed the game-losing run and struck out no one in a 1.2-inning loss. Adeiny Hechavarria (FF) was 0-fer with an error.

Transaction: Goldschmidt Happens swap out 3B Yangervis Solarte (missed 3 games) for 3B Javier Baez.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 55 (497), Hundley Eyes 86 (411)

Third-place final scores

Misfits 86 (429), Fresh Fish 64 (414)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 60, Pitch You Blockhead 43

Arbitration Losers 91, Rookies 38
Retire 21 96, Goldschmidt Happens 67

Playoffs, Week 7: Tuesday's Roundup

Yeah, that'll work.

Studs: Jose Fernandez (HE) struck out 12 in 8 shutout innings to beat the Nationals. Jon Lester (M) improved to 18-4 by striking out 5 and allowing 1 run in 7 innings. He added an RBI double and a run. Randal Grichuk (M) doubled twice and scored 4 runs. Jedd Gyorko (AL) doubled, homered, scored twice and drove in 2. Adam Wainwright (LY) hit his seventh double and drove in 4 runs in addition to striking out 4 and allowing 4 runs in a 5.1-inning win. He's now slashing .224/.250/.483. Johnny Cueto (FF) struck out 6 and allowed no runs in a 5.1-inning win.

Duds: Matt Garza (GH) allowed 5 runs and struck out 3 in a 4-inning loss. Jeanmar Gomez allowed 3 runs in 0.2 innings.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 43 (485), Hundley Eyes 59 (384)

Third-place final scores

Misfits 60 (403), Fresh Fish 41 (391)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 42, Pitch You Blockhead 22

Arbitration Losers 61, Rookies 29
Retire 21 58, Goldschmidt Happens 40

Playoffs, Week 7: Monday's Roundup

This man is the leading scorer among first basemen in FBLG this season.

Studs: Freddie Freeman (R21) was a triple shy of the cycle and drove in 4. Dansby Swanson (R21) had 3 singles, 3 RBIs, a steal and a run. Madison Bumgarner (AL) struck out 10 in 7 shutout innings before his bullpen predictably coughed up the game. Carlos Martinez (LGM) allowed 2 runs and struck out 6 in a 5-inning win, adding a 2-run double.

Duds: Yasmani Grandal (HE) was 0-for-2 with a throwing error. Chris Owings (LY) had a hit and an error.

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 9 (451), Hundley Eyes 12 (337)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 19 (369), Misfits 16 (359)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 30, Pitch You Blockhead 11

Arbitration Losers 37, Rookies 10
Retire 21 34, Goldschmidt Happens 19

Week 25 (Playoffs, Week 7) Transactions and Lineup

Yeah, Robert Gsellman certainly looks like a Mets pitcher. 

Players acquired

• Rookies steal OF Nick Markakis (September move #2) from Retire 21.
• Goldschmidt Happens sign SP A.J. Cole (September move #1).
• Misfits sign 2B T.J. Rivera (September move #2) and C Nick Hundley (September move #3)
• Hundley Eyes sign SP Robert Gsellman (September move #4).

Players released

• OF Billy Hamilton
• 1B Lucas Duda
• SP Rubby De La Rosa
• SP Gerrit Cole
• UTIL Daniel Descalso
• C Derek Norris

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• C Francisco Cervelli (The Lumbar Yard)
• OF Jorge Soler (Goldschmidt Happens)
• C Cameron Rupp (Misfits)
• OF Yasiel Puig (LG&M)
• SP Jimmy Nelson (PYB)
• none on Arbitration Losers
• none on Hundley Eyes
• none on Retire 21

Please email the commish by first pitch Saturday to change your unprotected player.

• SP Jeff Locke (Rookies), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (GH), UTIL Javier Baez (GH) are also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: None.
• Rookies: Bench OF Starling Marte; activate OF Nick Markakis.
• The Lumbar Yard: Move SP Joe Ross from DL to bench.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Activate SP A.J. Cole.
• Misfits: Bench 2B Wilmer Flores and C Cameron Rupp; activate 2B T.J. Rivera and C Nick Hundley.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: None.
• Pitch You Blockhead: None.
• Arbitration Losers: None.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Jerad Eickhoff; activate SP Robert Gsellman.
• Retire 21: None.

Playoffs, Week 6: The Check Swing

Brandon Drury was so good this week that he deserves to get his picture in this blog again. 

1. Fresh Fish (4,177 points, last week 1): The Fish are fighting 2 battles at once: They're locked in a tight race with the Misfits for third place in the playoffs while also trying to fend off the surging Lumbar Yard in the points race. Rick's team leads the Misfits by 7 points with 1 week left in the third-place matchup, in case you haven't been paying attention.

2. The Lumbar Yard (4,151 points, last week 3): The Lumbar Yard is putting a whooping on the commissioners in the playoff championship matchup. Adam's team put up 219 points this week to extend its lead to 117 points, which appears insurmountable. And now the Yard is making a run at the points title. Could we have another sweep like we did a year ago with Retire 21? More great performances from the likes of Jeremy Hellickson (38), Trea Turner (31) and Chris Owings (26) can make that happen. 

3. Hundley Eyes (4,143 points, last week 2): Another year, another season with the commissioners fading down the stretch. They're getting whipped in the playoff title round and have slipped to 3rd in the points race. At least Jean Segura (35) is playing like something is on the line.

4. Lawyers, Guns & Money (4,080 points, last week 5): Brandon Drury (38) turned out to be a fortuitous pickup for Matt, whose team posted 221 points in its quest to win the consolation round. A push for one of the top few spots in the rankings isn't out of the question, either. 

5. Rookies (4,027 points, last week 4): Losing Starling Marte to injury really hurt the Rookies, who scored only 131 points in a down week for Henry. You know it's a weird season when guys like Dan Straily (34) are making Jake Arrieta (5) look bad. 

6. Arbitration Losers (3,977 points, last week 6): Tim's pitching didn't even bother to show up this week. The 5 pitchers combined to score 27 points, and 3 of the hitters failed to reach double digits. D.J. LeMahieu (27) was the top performer and has outscored Joey Votto and Ryan Braun this season. 

Drew Pomeranz pitched twice for R21 and totaled
0 points to earn the Dud of the Week award. 

7. Misfits (3,928 points, last week 8): Reid's team is battling for the third-place playoff trophy but isn't making much headway in the points race. They did pass R21 to move up to 7th, but it'll be tough to get farther than that. A return to the lineup for Wilmer Flores sure would help. 

8. Retire 21 (3,894 points, last week 7): Andrew McCutchen (33) did his part to help Clemente's Kids, but the rest of the team fizzled. Thanks for nothing, Tyler Anderson (4), Drew Pomeranz (0) and Santiago Casilla (-1). 

9. Pitch You Blockhead (3,867 points, last week 9): Scott's lads posted 118 points in a lackluster effort in the consolation round. Nolan Arenado (22) did his usual thing, but Jeanmar Gomez (-1) and Zack Cozart (0) were no-shows — literally, in Cozart's place.

10. Goldschmidt Happens (3,598 points, last week 10): Charlie Blackmon (31) and Paul Goldschmidt (22) were very good, and Junior Guerra (17) was fairly good, but just about everyone else was "meh" or worse. Looking at you, Gerrit Cole (-2). 

Playoffs, Week 6: Sunday's Roundup

Brandon Drury (left) and Chris Owings combined to
score 19 points on Sunday. 

Studs: Joey Votto (AL) went 4 for 4 with a homer, a double and 2 runs. Wily Peralta (LGM) had an RBI single and struck out 5 while allowing 1 run in a 6-inning win. Brandon Drury (LGM) went 4 for 5 with a homer, a double, 2 RBIs and 3 runs. Howie Kendrick (FF) had 2 doubles, a single, a run and 2 RBIs. Chris Owings (LY) had a 2-run homer and an RBI double. 

Duds: Nolan Arenado (PYB) went 0 for 5 with 3 Ks and an error. Ivan Nova (FF) allowed 10 hits and 5 runs — 4 earned — and struck out 2 in a 3-inning loss. Eugenio Suarez (R) went 1 for 5 with an error. Cesar Hernandez (GH) went 1 for 3 with an error and was caught stealing. 

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 219 (442), Hundley Eyes 171 (325)

Third-place final scores

Fresh Fish 171 (350), Misfits 171 (343)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 221, Rookies 131

Goldschmidt Happens 146, Pitch You Blockhead 118

Arbitration Losers 140, Retire 21 136

Playoffs, Week 6: Saturday's Roundup

The Lumbar Yard is on its way to winning the playoff championship
with a rotation anchored by Jeremy Hellickson. Who'd have thought?

Studs: A week after getting shelled by the Padres and earning a spot on the HE bench, Jon Gray shut out San Diego at Coors Field and struck out 16. Whoops. Jeremy Hellickson (LY) singled and struck out 5 in a shutout of the Marlins, who clearly didn't care. Trea Turner (LY) homered twice, singled and stole a base. Ryan Braun (AL) homered twice, singled and drove in 5. Curtis Granderson (AL) hit the game-tying homer in the 11th inning and the game-winning homer in the 12th. 

Duds: Santiago Casilla (R21) allowed a run, took the loss and failed to record an out. Buster Posey (LGM) went 0 for 4 with an error. Brandon Finnegan (R) allowed 5 runs — 2 earned — and struck out 1 in a 2.1-inning loss. Brandon Phillips (R) doubled and stole a base, but he committed 2 errors. 

Final scores

The Lumbar Yard 194 (417), Hundley Eyes 161 (315)

Third-place final scores

Misfits 153 (325), Fresh Fish 152 (331)

Consolation scores

Lawyers, Guns & Money 168, Rookies 97

Goldschmidt Happens 130, Pitch You Blockhead 105

Arbitration Losers 125, Retire 21 118