Friday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3055 -- Other owners looking for good news? Victorino is hurting

2. WWJB (Scott) 2960 -- Scores 12 points, still gains ground on opponent

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2938 -- Go figure! Guzman is big hitter for week

4. Misfits (Reid) 2914 -- NOW, the Misfits decide to have a crappy week

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2898 -- No player with more than 13 points this week

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2801 -- Huge week starting to fizzle big time

7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2662 -- 14 points from starting pitching so far this week

8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2656 -- Fish have another Fish! Nick Johnson

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2450 -- And the race for Cliff Lee is on!

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2449 -- Picking the wrong week to have a good week

Week 17 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers (9-7) 163, Misfits (10-6) 97

WWJB (9-7) 138, Fresh Fish (9-7) 127

Pickle Bugs (5-11) 120, Triple-A's (9-7) 100

Goatwhisperers (9-7) 167, Arbitration Losers (8-8) 161

Boondock Saints (4-12) 148, VC Appraisers (8-8) 107

Midweek replacements

On Thursday, VC Appraisers benched OF Aaron Rowand (missed 3 games), activated OF Chase Headley

Top scoring players

Through the end of Week 16

BATTERS

1. Albert Pujols (WW) 330
2. Shane Victorino (CC) 294
2. Prince Fielder (GG) 294
4. Chase Utley (TA) 284
5. Ryan Howard (Mis) 280
6. Hanley Ramirez (CC) 279
7. Matt Kemp (VC) 273
8. Jayson Werth (GG) 270
9. Raul Ibanez (TA) 269
10. Orlando Hudson (GG) 266

STARTING PITCHERS

1. Tim Lincecum (AL) 323
2. Dan Haren (Mis) 312
3. Adam Wainwright (CC) 279
4. Matt Cain (GG) 273
5. Javier Vazquez (WW) 272

RELIEVERS

1. Jonathan Broxton (WW) 209
2. Heath Bell (CC) 160
3. Francisco Rodriguez (BS) 155

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2993 -- Wainwright, Correia spark 71-point day
2. WWJB (Scott) 2864 -- Billingsley's solid start blows up in 6th
3. Misfits (Reid) 2858 -- Bad timing: Oswalt could be headed for the DL
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 2858 -- Three pitching starts, but no wins Tuesday
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2824 -- Hamels' 24 points keeps GGs in weekly game
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2739 -- Lincecum's huge 30-point game good start to week
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2593 -- Back-to-back DNPs for Rowand
8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2592 -- Soriano's blow-up keeps Fish in 8th place
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2405 -- Bugs playing head-to-head spoiler
10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2345 -- More help may be on the way for Saints

Week 17 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers (9-7) 101, Misfits (10-6) 41
Fresh Fish (9-7) 63, WWJB (9-7) 42
Pickle Bugs (5-11) 75, Triple-A's (9-7) 60
Arbitration Losers (8-8) 99, Goatwhisperers (9-7) 53
Boondock Saints (4-12) 44, VC Appraisers (8-8) 38

Head-to-Head update

With a five-way tie for second place in the standings, each of Week 17's games are key matchups to set up the seeding for the playoffs. Remember, overall standing will be the tiebreaker in the standings after Week 18. So if the playoffs started today, the matchups would be: No. 1 Misfits vs. No. 8 VC Appraisers; No. 2 Chico's Chuggers vs. No. 7 Arbitration Losers; No. 3 WWJB vs. No. 6 Fresh Fish; No. 4 Triple-A's vs. No. 5 Goatwhisperers.

Week 17 roster moves

Players acquired

SP Kenshin Kawakami (by Arbitration Losers, July #3)

OF Josh Willingham (by Boondock Saints, free to replace 1B Adam LaRoche traded to AL)

OF Matt Holliday (by Boondock Saints, free to replace OF Chris Duncan traded to AL)

2B Martin Prado (by Pickle Bugs, July #2)

1B Todd Helton (by Pickle Bugs, July #3, stolen from VC Appraisers)

SP Josh Hammel (by WWJB, July #2)

SP Charlie Morton (by Triple-A's, July #2)

SS Jack Wilson (by Boondock Saints, July #3)


Players released

1B Adam LaRoche (by Boondock Saints -- traded to AL)

OF Chris Duncan (by Boondock Saints -- traded to AL)

C Jason Jaramillo (by Arbitration Losers)

SP Todd Wellemeyer (by Pickle Bugs)

OF Elijah Dukes (by Boondock Saints)

SP Andrew Miller (by Triple-A's)

Week 17 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers -- Benched SP Aaron Harang; activated SP Kevin Correia

Fresh Fish -- No changes

Goatwhispererers -- Benched OF Ian Stewart and SP Doug Davis; activated OF Scott Hairston and SP Yovoni Gallardo

VC Appraisers -- No changes

WWJB -- Placed SP Ted Lilly on disabled list; activated SP Joel Pineiro

Triple-A's -- Benched SP Rich Harden and SP Max Scherzer; activated SP Bronson Arroyo and SP Charlie Morton

Pickle Bugs -- Placed 1B Lance Berkman on disabled list; benched 2B Kaz Matsui and SP Johnny Cueto; activated 1B Todd Helton, 2B Martin Prado and SP Barry Zito.

Arbitration Losers -- Released C Jason Jaramillo; moved 2B Kelly Johnson from DL to bench

Misfits -- Benched OF Andrew McCutchen and SP Aaron Cook; activated OF Rick Ankiel and SP Braden Looper

Boondock Saints -- Benched 2B Joe Thurston and OF Fred Lewis; moved SS Craig Counsell to 2B; activated SS Jack Wilson and OF Matt Holliday

Sunday's report (corrected)

Overall standings



1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2892 -- Bad luck of playing teams with best two weeks of season

2. WWJB (Scott) 2822 -- Blanton scores 17, everyone else 15

3. Misfits (Reid) 2817 -- Ethier's RBI single in bottom of the ninth Sunday wins it

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2798 --80-point Sunday caps huge 277-point week

5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2771 -- Don't score much Sunday, just enough

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2640 -- Best week of season fails to produce win

7. VC Apprasiers (Kevin-Dave) 2555 -- Derek Lowe's win is key to weekly win

8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2508 -- A-Ram, Man-Ram back and scoring; but no one else is

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2330 -- Now shopping for 1B

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2301 -- Bad news: they lost by 1; good news: they get Holliday



Week 16 head-to-head scores



Triple-A's 277, Chico's Chuggers 211

Misfits 213, Arbitration Losers 212

Pickle Bugs 160, Fresh Fish 128

VC Appraisers 203, WWJB 180

Goatwhisperers 171, Boondock Saints 170



Player acquisitions



Boondock Saints acquired OF Matt Holliday (free to replace)

Saturday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2869 -- Third time's the charm on picking up De La Rosa

2. WWJB (Scott) 2790 -- Broxton gets win ... sore big toe and all

3. Misfits (Reid) 2783 -- Hoping to Cook up some magic on Sunday

4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2758 -- Second start for Davis this week much better than first

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2718 -- Drew's been a superstar since being activated this week

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2609 -- Big week for OFs Braun, Ludwick, Upton

7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2510 -- Montero has been a big pickup this week

8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2497 -- Another solid game from A-Ram

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2307 -- One really bad day away from getting a Holliday

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2281 -- May be heating up too much ... with Holliday on the line

Week 16 head-to-head scores

Triple-A's (8-7) 197, Chico's Chuggers (9-6) 188

Arbitration Losers (8-7) 181, Misfits (9-6) 179

Pickle Bugs (4-11) 137, Fresh Fish (9-6) 117

VC Appraisers (7-8) 158, WWJB (9-6) 148

Goatwhisperers (8-7) 158, Boondock Saints (4-11) 150

Friday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2816 -- Harang homers in defeat

2. WWJB (Scott) 2760 -- Team's hitting has gone on a holiday

2. Misfits (Reid) 2760 -- Ethier and newcoming Jones carry team into tie for 2nd

4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2708 -- Pitching supplies points, but hitting remain anemic

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2694 -- McLouth tallies 10 of team's 17 points Friday

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2587 -- Big Friday gets them back into game with Misfits

7. VC Apprasiers (Kevin-Dave) 2483 -- Solid start to week has lost steam

8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2475 -- A-Ram's big game not enough to spark sluggish week

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2287 -- Lost Berkman to DL; needs collapse to claim Holliday

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2248 -- In perfect position for a Holliday, celebration

Week 16 head-to-head scoring

Triple-A's (8-7) 173, Chico's Chuggers (9-6) 135

Arbitration Losers (8-7) 159, Misfits (9-6) 156

Pickle Bugs (4-11) 117, Fresh Fish (9-6) 95

VC Appraisers (7-8) 131, WWJB (9-6) 118

Boondock Saints (4-11) 117, Goatwhisperers (8-7) 108

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2764 -- No pitching, not much scoring
2. WWJB (Scott) 2725 -- Zeros from Pujols, Barmes, Tulowitzki, Kouzmanoff, Bard
3. Misfits (Reid) 2704 -- Ethier sure glad Manny is back
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2651 -- Nolasco puts up big 21-point day
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2645 -- Recent skid drops GGs into fifth
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2517 -- Castillo drops the ball, then gets tossed
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2468 -- Montero pays instant dividends
8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2452 -- Rick is the mayor of Mannywood
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2267 -- DeRosa now starting to produce
10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2191 -- Christmas in July: Crappy players traded to AL

Week 16 head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 130, Chico's Chuggers 83
Misfits 100, Arbitration Losers 89
Pickle Bugs 97, Fresh Fish 72
VC Appraisers 116, WWJB 83
Boondock Saints 60, Goatwhisperers 45

Player acquistions

Boondock Saints acquired OF Josh Willingham (free to replace)
Arbitration Losers acquired SP Kenshin Kawakami (July #3)

Midweek replacements

For Thursday
Boondock Saints activated OF Josh Willingham, released OF Chris Duncan (traded to AL)
Arbitration Losers placed SP Jordan Zimmermann on DL, activated SP Kenshin Kawakami

Monday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2719 -- Third time picking up De La Rosa is the charm
2. WWJB (Scott) 2670 -- Broxton headed for injury-filled second half, my toe!
3. Misfits (Reid) 2644 -- No second no-hitter for Sanchez
4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2608 -- Davis posts -8 outing in first start of week
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2556 -- Every position player scores at least two points
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2452 -- This Gonzalez not "headed" to DL
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2395 -- Fish hope Lopez deal will mean more points
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2373 -- Lose catcher Hernandez for 4-6 weeks
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2213 -- Hanson's 11 Ks part of good start to week
10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2151 --DeRosa's return not good news for Thurston

Week 16 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers (9-6) 38, Triple-A's (8-7) 35
Misfits (9-6) 40, Arbitration Losers (8-7) 24
Pickle Bugs (4-11) 43, Fresh Fish (9-6) 15
WWJB (9-6) 28, VC Appraisers (7-8) 21
Boondock Saints (4-11) 20, Goatwhisperers (8-7) 8

Week 16 roster changes

Last week's midweek replacements

VC Appraisers: SP Hiroki Kuroda activated as emergency pitcher for SP Kyle Lohse
WWJB: SP Joel Pineiro activated as emergency starter for SP Ted Lilly

Players acquired

OF Garrett Jones (Misfits, July #2)
SP Joel Pineiro (WWJB, July #1)
C Miguel Montero (VC Appraisers, July #1)
SP Jorge De La Rosa (Chico's Chuggers, July #1)
RP Rafael Soriano (Fresh Fish, July #2)

Players released

OF Gary Sheffield (Misfits)
RP Mike Gonzalez (Fresh Fish)

Week 16 activer roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched SP Zach Duke; activated SP Jorge De La Rosa

Fresh Fish: Released RP Mike Gonzalez; activated RP Rafael Soriano

Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Scott Hairston and SP Yovani Gallardo; activated OF Ian Stewart and SP Doug Davis.

VC Appraisers: Placed C Ramon Hernandez on disabled list; benched SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated C Miguel Montero and SP Kyle Lohse

WWJB: Benched OF Ryan Church and SP Joel Pineiro; activated OF Kosuke Fukudome and SP Ted Lilly

Triple-A's: Benched SP Ryan Theriot and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SS Stephen Drew and SP Max Scherzer

Pickle Bugs: Benched OF Chris Young and SP Barry Zito; activated OF Mark DeRosa from disabled list; activated SP Tommy Hanson

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Mike Cameron; activated OF Justin Upton.

Misfits: Released OF Gary Sheffield; benched SP Braden Looper; activated OF Garrett Jones and SP Jonathan Sanchez

Boondock Saints: No changes