Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers 2161 -- Brandon and Lannan provide keys to win on Sunday
2. Goatwhisperers 2149 -- Desperately re-tabulating points from last week in seek of victory
3. WWJB 2141 -- Just haven't been the same without Jesus
4. Misfits 2065 -- Desperately re-tabulating points to make sure they don't lose a victory
5. Triple-A's 2035 -- Unimpressive win, but hey it's a victory
6. Arbitration Losers 2000 -- Three pitching studs last week, and one Bastardo
7. VC Appraisers 1947 -- Not the outing they were hoping to get from Kuroda
8. Fresh Fish 1902 -- Return of Manny only five days away!
9. Boondock Saints 1776 -- A fine year, but a lousy point total
10. Pickle Bugs 1766 -- Get first win of season over someone other than Losers

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 176, WWJB 160
Triple-A's 137, Fresh Fish 130
Misfits 174, Goatwhisperers 173
Arbitration Losers 160, VC Appraisers 147
Pickle Bugs 142, Boondock Saints 118

Player acquisitions

WWJB acquired C Josh Bard (June #3)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Saturday's report

Overall standings

1. Goatwhisperers 2135 -- Jayson's 13-point day is Werth first place to GGs
2. WWJB 2128 -- Vazquez gives up one run and loses. He sucks!
3. Chico's Chuggers 2125 -- Chuggers' 13-point day isn't worth much at all
4. Misfits 2042 -- Sandoval living up to his high draft selection
5. Triple-A's 2019 -- Haven't clear 17 pts since Wednesday, but still lead for week
6. Arbitration Losers 1981 -- Nothing beats a six-point Saturday
7. VC Appraisers 1929 -- Maholm's modest 10-point win keeps weekly win in sight
8. Fresh Fish 1887 -- Oh happy day! Seven points from Feliz
9. Boondock Saints 1764 -- Last place keeps gets closer and closer
10. Pickle Bugs 1742 -- OK, time for Jimmy Rollins to get back on field

Head-to-head scores

WWJB 147, Chico Chuggers 140
Triple-A's 121, Fresh Fish 115
Goatwhisperers 159, Misfits 151
Arbitration Losers 141, VC Appraisers 129
Pickle Bugs 118, Boondock Saints 106

Friday, June 26, 2009

Friday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers 2112 -- Three pitching starts Friday produce only 12 points
2. Goatwhisperers 2100 -- All four pitchers go Friday, put up 51 points
3. WWJB 2080 -- Friday's scoring: two points each from Pujols, Sanchez, Bourn
4. Misfits 2017 -- Guess he picked the wrong week to sit Andre Ethier
5. Triple-A's 2003 -- Paulino scores ... when he plays
6. Arbitration Losers 1975 -- Oh Bastardo! Pitcher may be headed to DL
7. VC Apprasers 1898 -- Not much exciting to say about Appraisers
8. Fresh Fish 1863 -- T-minus six days until the return of Manny
9. Boondock Saints 1752 -- Good news: Votto off DL; bad news: he doesn't play SS
10. Pickle Bug 1718 -- Rollins tries to regroup on bench

Head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 127, WWJB 99
Triple-A's 105, Fresh Fish 91
Misfits 126, Goatwhisperers 124
Arbitration Losers 135, VC Appraisers 98
Boondock Saints 94, Pickle Bugs 94

Monday, June 22, 2009

Week 12 roster moves

Players acquired

SP John Lannan (Chico's Chuggers, June No. 3)
RP Huston Street (Goatwhisperers, June No. 3)
2B Luis Castillo (Arbitration Losers, June No. 3)

Players released

RP Chad Qualls
OF Daniel Murphy

Week 12 roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched C Yadier Molina and SP Jorge De La Rosa; activated C Geovany Soto and SP John Lannan.
Fresh Fish: None
Goatwhisperers: Released RP Chad Qualls; benched SP Doug Davis; activated RP Huston Street and SP Yovani Gallardo
VC Appraisers: None
WWJB: Benched SS Clint Barmes; activated SS Troy Tulowitzki
Triple-A's: Benched SS Stephen Drew and SP Randy Wolf; activated SS Ryan Theriot and SP Bronson Arroyo
Pickle Bugs: Benched 2B Mike Fontenot, OF Chris Young and SP Barry Zito; activated 2B Kaz Matsui from disabled list; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP Todd Wellemeyer
Arbitration Losers: Benched 2B Kelly Johnson; activated 2B Luis Castillo
Misfits: Benched OF Andre Ethier; activated OF Rick Ankiel
Boondock Saints: Placed OF Carlos Beltran on disabled list; benched SP Jonathan Sanchez; moved 1B Casey Kotchman from disabled list to bench; activated OF Chris Duncan and SP Ross Ohlendorf

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers 1985 -- All four pitchers throw Sunday to help team move into first place
2. WWJB 1981 -- Good hitting, but not good pitching for week
3. Goatwhisperers 1976 -- Three pitchers on Sunday enough to produce weekly win
4. Triple-A's 1898 -- Really missing Ibanez
5. Misfits 1891 -- Nice opening week for McCutchen (29 points)
6. Arbitration Losers 1840 -- No pitching wins for week
7. VC Appraisers 1800 -- Maholm: two starts for two points
8. Fresh Fish 1772 -- Killer pickup: Feliz 0 points for week
9. Boondock Saints 1658 -- Dave Bush: two starts for -7 points
10. Pickle Bugs 1624 -- Zito scores 18 of team's 21 points

Head-to-head scoring

Goatwhisperers 226, Chico's Chuggers 201
Fresh Fish 132, VC Apprasiers 129
WWJB 157, Pickle Bugs 143
Misfits 169, Triple-A's 137
Arbitration Losers 150, Boondock Saints 112

Mid-week replacements

On Sunday, Boondock Saints placed SS Alex Gonzalez on disabled list; activated SS Khalil Greene from disabled list

Player acquisitions

Chico's Chuggers acquired SP John Lannan (June No. 3)
Goatwhisperers acquired RP Huston Street (June No. 3)
Arbitration Losers acquired 2B Luis Castillo (June No. 3)

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Friday's report

Overall standings

1. WWJB 1906 -- Being rewarded for his faith in Church
2. Chic's Chuggers 1890 -- Hoping 2nd pitching starts for week go better than first
3. Goatwhisperers 1888 -- To honor Prince's big week, Arik is wearing a raspberry beret
4. Triple-A's 1870 -- Really hoping Gerardo Parra is "Rico Suave" in Ibanez's absence
5. Misfits 1830 -- Rookie McCutchen is the Misfits' hitting star of week
6. Arbitration Losers 1794 -- When did Adrian Gonzalez become Barry Bonds (1-for-1, 4 BBs)?
7. VC Appraisers 1747 -- Starting pitching for week has total 1 point
8. Fresh Fish 1726 -- Doesn't matter who they pick up to play 3B, that guys is gonna suck
9. Boondock Saints 1615 -- If he doesn't scoring, Dukes might be "trading places" with someone on bench
10. Pickle Bugs 1562 -- Poor week, but still in running for second straight win

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 138, Chico's Chuggers 106
Fresh Fish 86, VC Appraisers 76
WWJB 82, Pickle Bugs 81
Triple-A's 109, Misfits 108
Arbitration Losers 104, Boondock Saints 69

Player acquisitions

Triple-A's acquired OF Gerardo Parra (June 2)

Midweek replacements

On Friday, Triple-A's placed SP Raul Ibanez on disabled list; activated OF Gerardo Parra

Other moves

Arbitration Losers released SP Manny Parra to complete conditional DL move involving C Nick Hundley.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Week 11 roster moves

Players acquired
Chico's Chuggers - SP Jorge De La Rosa (June #2)
Fresh Fish - 3B Pedro Feliz (June #3)
Triple-A's - C Rudy Paulino (June #1)
Misfits - Andrew McCutcheon (June #1)
Pickle Bugs - OF Chris Young (June #2)

Players released
3B Jerry Hairston (Fresh Fish)
C Carlos Ruiz (Goatwhisperers)
C John Baker (Triple-A's)
SP Livan Hernandez (Pickle Bugs)

Week 11 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Placed SP Jake Peavy on disabled list; benched SP Zach Duke; activated SP Aaron Harang and SP Jorge De La Rosa.

Fresh Fish: Released 3B Jerry Hairston; activated 3B Pedro Feliz

Goatwhisperers: Released C Carlos Ruiz; benched SP Yovani Gallardo; activated C Chris Iannetta from disabled list; activated SP Doug Davis

VC Appraisers: Moved RP Jose Valverde from disabled list to bench

WWJB: Benched OF Kosuke Fukudome; activated OF Ryan Church

Triple-A's: Released C John Baker; benched SP Bronson Arroyo and SP Rich Harden; activated C Rudy Paulino, SP Randy Wolf and SP Ricky Nolasco

Pickle Bugs: Benched SP Todd Wellemeyer and OF Dexter Fowler; activated SP Barry Zito and OF Chris Young

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Mike Cameron and SP Manny Parra; activated OF Justin Upton and SP Antonio Bastardo

Misfits: Placed SP John Maine on disabled list; benched OF Gary Sheffield and SP Braden Looper; activated OF Andrew McCutcheon and SP Aaron Cook

Boondock Saints: None


Top scoring players

BATTERS
1. Raul Ibanez, Triple-A's 232
2. Albert Pujols, WWJB 208
3. Ryan Howard, Misfits 193
4. Orlando Hudson, Goatwhisperers 187
5. Shane Victorino, Chico's Chuggers 183
6. Prince Fielder, Goatwhisperers 178
7. Chase Utley, Triple-A's 177
8. Mark Reynolds, Triple A's 176
9. Brad Hawpe, Chico's Chuggers 176
10. Matt Kemp, VC Appraisers 175

PITCHERS
1. Chad Billingsley, WWJB 201
2. Tim Lincecum, Arbitration Losers 199
3. Josh Johnson, Boondock Saints 191
4. Dan Haren, Misfits 189
5. Matt Cain, Goatwhisperers 182

RELIEF PITCHERS
1. Jonathan Broxton, WWJB 159
2. Heath Bell, Chico's Chuggers 116
3. Francisco Rodriguez, Boondock Saints 113

Week 10 report

The head-to-head standings remain extremely tight through Week 10 after losses by front-running Arbitration Losers and VC Appraisers. Now there is a four-way tie for first place at 6-4 between the Losers, Appraisers, Chico's Chuggers and WWJB. And there's a four-way for fifth place at 5-5 between the Gladstone Goatwhisperers, Triple-A's, Misfits and Fresh Fish. And the Boondock Saints snapped a four-game losing streak to improve to 4-6.

WWJB posted a season-best 230 points last week to surge out to 40-point lead in the overall standings. It also broke apart the log-jam in the standings. Heading into Week 11, only three teams are within 100 points of the league-leading WWJB -- Chico's Chuggers, Goatwhisperers and Triple-A's.

WHERE YOU RANK BY POSITION

I've created a new chart on the scoring sheet so you can not only see how many points you've scored, but you can also easily look to see where you rank at each position. It can reveal some interesting facts.

For instance, last week we had our first steal of the season. The Chico's Chuggers has 1B Adam LaRoche stolen off their bench by the Boondock Saints. What's odd about this is that the Chuggers rank 10th in the league in the first base scoring.

Also, you can see that WWJB leads the league in overall scoring despite ranking dead last in the league in outfield scoring. They compensate that by having the league's best pitching, ranking 2nd in starting pitching and first in relief pitching.

Conversely, the Triple-A's remain among the top teams in the league despite ranking last in starting pitching and relief pitching. But they offset that by ranking first in the outfield and at third base.

If you want to see the accurate numbers for points by position, go to the Week 9-10 sheet (after it's been sent out to all owners for viewing) on google docs, scrolling down to the bottom left of the spreadsheet to see those numbers. The numbers on the FBLG scoring sheet will not be accurate until they've been updated at the end of the two-week scoring sheet.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. WWJB 1824 -- Imagine how big week would have been if Fukudome hadn't put up five straight 0s
2. Chico's Chuggers 1784 -- A solid, but not spectacular week, all the way around
3. Triple-A's 1761 -- Baker is falling into a platoon situation
4. Goatwhisperers 1750 -- Cain (24) powers big finish to the week
5. Misfits 1722 -- Sheffield finally puts up some points
6. Arbitration Losers 1690 -- Parra gets sent to minors -- a week too late for Losers
7. VC Appraisers 1671 -- Lowe (-8) powers a complete unwinding to week
8. Fresh Fish 1640 -- You things are going bad when Johan gets tagged for -6
9. Boondock Saints 1546 -- Solid overall week produces first win in several weeks
10. Pickle Bugs 1481 -- Bugs 2-0 vs. Losers, 0-8 vs. rest of league

Head-to-head scoring

Chico's Chuggers 183, Fresh Fish 110
Goatwhiperers 158, VC Appraisers 129
WWJB 230, Triple-A's 184
Pickle Bugs 171, Arbitration Losers 131
Boondock Saints 191, Misfits 172

Player acquistion

Chico's Chuggers acquried SP Jorge De La Rosa (June #2)