Saturday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3651 -- Got a lucky win from De La Rosa, nothing from Correia

2. WWJB (Scott) 3539 -- Making plans for the semifinals

3. Misfits (Reid) 3451 -- In good shape, as long as Dempster doesn't implode

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 3445 -- Hoping for big day from Nolasco on Sunday

5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3438 -- Focus turns over overall standings

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3330 -- Three pitchers on Sunday provide the key

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3210 -- Ubaldo vs. Lincecum: a key matchup

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3166 -- Lohse stinks, then goes on disabled list

9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3083 -- Recent pick-up Escobar gets into lineup

10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3055 -- Carpenter and Hanson power 62-point day

Week 20 head-to-head scores

Misfits 156, VC Appraisers 127 (winner advances)

Fresh Fish 142, Arbitration Losers 128 (winner advances)

Triple-A's 159, Chico's Chuggers 153 (2-week aggregate: Chuggers +16)

WWJB 173, Goatwhisperers 138 (2-week aggregate: WWJB +49)

Saturday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3623 -- Hanging in there, if enough players stay healthy
2. WWJB (Scott) 3516 -- Only major collapse will prevent first-round victory
3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3425 -- Does not look good: down 39 for 2 weeks and no more pitching
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 3425 -- Really need nice outing from Scherzer today
5. Misfits (Reid) 3414 -- Big outing for Oswalt
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3288 -- Wrong week to have terrible week
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3187 -- A-Ram's error cost Fish 2 points; it cost Losers 8 points
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3146 -- Hopes of advancing likely hinge on Lowe on Sunday
9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3056 -- Not to Bill: Josh Wilson is not Jack Wilson
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2993 -- A bit too late to drop into last place

Week 20 head-to-head

Misfits 119, VC Appraisers 107 (winner advances)
Fresh Fish 119, Arbitration Losers 86 (winner advances)
Triple-A's 139, Chico's Chuggers 125 (2-week aggregate: Chico's Chuggers +8)
WWJB 150, Goatwhisperers 125 (2-week aggregate: WWJB +39)

Friday report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3607 -- Another dandy from Wandy
2. WWJB (Scott) 3495 -- Comfortable weekly lead and 2 pitching starts to go
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 3418 -- Clinging to narrow aggregate lead
4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3410 -- Hamels last starter left to pitch this week
5. Misfits (Reid) 3381 -- Mets dump Livan, hurting Misfits' hopes
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3275 -- Pitching has been lean, but still 4 starts to go
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3167 -- Good news is they lead, but would've liked more from Santana
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3131 -- Even without Wright, VC's still could advance to playoffs
9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3061 -- Lee accounts for 25 of 26 pitching points for week
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2975 -- Pitching good, but hitting has gone on vacation

Week 20 head-to-head scores

VC Appraisers 92, Misfits 86 (winner advances)
Fresh Fish 99, Arbitration Losers 73 (winner advances)
Triple-A's 132, Chico's Chuggers 109 (2-week aggregate: Triple-A's +1)
WWJB 129, Goatwhisperers 110 (2-week aggregate: WWJB +33)

Week 20 roster moves

Players acquired

SS Edgar Renteria (Fresh Fish Aug. #1)
3B Pedro Feliz (Chico's Chuggers, Aug. #2)
OF Johnny Gomes (Chico's Chuggers, free to replace)
C Carlos Ruiz (WWJB, Aug. #1)
SP Pedro Martinz (Arbitration Losers, free to replace)
SP Livan Hernandez (Misfits, Aug. #2)
SS Alcides Escobar (Boondock Saints, free to replace)

Players released

3B Emilio Bonafacio (Chico's Chuggers)
C Josh Hammel (WWJB)
C Josh Bard (WWJB)
2B Omar Infante (WWJB)
OF Chris Young (Pickle Bugs)
SP Jordan Zimmermann (Arbitration Losers)
SP Aaron Cook (Misfits)
SS Alex Gonzalez (Boondock Saints)

Active rosters changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched 3B Ryan Roberts and SP Aaron Harang; activated 3B Pedro Feliz and Kevin Correia

Fresh Fish: Benched 1B Nick Johnson; moved OF Adam Dunn to 1B; activated OF Jeff Francoeur

Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Jeremy Hermida and SP Doug Davis; activated OF Garret Anderson and SP Cole Hamels

VC Appriasers: Placed 3B David Wright on disabled list; activated 3B Chase Headley

WWJB: Released SP Josh Hammel; Released C Josh Bard; benched 2B Freddy Sanchez and OF Alfonso Soriano; activated 2B Clint Barmes, C Carlos Ruiz and OF Ryan Church; activated SP Ted Lilly on disabled list.

Triple-A's: Benched SP Randy Wolf; placed OF Nate McLouth on disabled list; activated SP Bronson Arroyo and OF Randy Winn

Pickle Bugs: Benched SP Johnny Cueto; activated SP Oliver Perez

Arbitration Losers: Placed 3B Scott Rolen on disabled list; moved C Nick Hundley from DL to bench; benched SP Kenshin Kawakami; activated SP Pedro Martinez

Misfits: Benched SP Jonathan Sanchez and SP Braden Looper; activated SP Ryan Dempster and SP Livan Hernandez

Boondock Saints: No changes

Last week's midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs: On Wednesday, benched 1B Todd Helton; activated 1B Lance Berkman from
disabled list

WWJB: On Friday, activated SP Josh Hammel as emergency pitcher for SP Chad Billingsley

Fresh Fish: On Saturday, benched SS JJ Hardy (missed 3 games); activated SS Edgar Renteria

Week 19 roster moves

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

SP Bud Norris, by Arbitration Losers (Aug. #2)
3B Ryan Roberts, by Chico's Chuggers (Aug. #1)
OF Gerardo Parra, by Triple-A's (Aug. #1)
OF Eugenio Velez, by Misfitss (Aug. #1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

SP John Lannan (by Chico's Chuggers)
SP Charlie Morton (by Triple-A's)
SS Edgar Renteria (by Misfits)
SP Chad Gaudin (by Arbitration Losers)

ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

Chico's Chuggers: Benched 3B Emilio Bonafacio and SP Zach Duke; activated 3B Ryan Roberts and SP Jorge De La Rosa

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Jeff Francoeur; activated OF Cody Ross

Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Garret Anderson and SP Cole Hamels; activated OF Jeremy Hermida and SP Doug Davis

VC Appraisers: No changes

WWJB: Benched OF Ryan Church; activated OF Michael Bourn

Triple-A's: Released SP Charlie Morton; benched OF Randy Winn and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated OF Gerardo Parra and SP Randy Wolf.

Pickle Bugs: No changes

Arbitration Losers: Released SP Chad Gaudin; Benched 2B Kelly Johnson; activated 2B Luis Castillo and SP Bud Norris

Misfits: Benched SP Ryan Dempster; activated SP Roy Oswalt

Boondock Saints: No changes.

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3139 -- Magic touch: Take De La Rosa out of lineup and he gets shelled

2. WWJB (Scott) 3079 -- A whole lot of nothing on Wednesday

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3053 -- Guzman remains on a tear

4. Misfits (Reid) 3026 -- Looper's 16 won't "officially" count until Oswalt misses week.

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 3018 -- Theriot still not producing in starting lineup

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2919 -- Gaudin continues to stink up the place

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2796 -- Hardy helping of 0-point games

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2794 -- Lohse adds to strikeout-less showing by Cards pitchers

9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2616 -- Happ has last-place team beating first-place team

10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2607 -- NOW, they fall into last place

Week 18 head-to-head scores

Fresh Fish (10-7) 70, Arbitration Losers (9-8) 68

Pickle Bugs (6-11) 74, VC Appraisers (8-9) 72

Goatwhisperers (9-8) 80, Triple-A's (9-8) 59

Misfits (10-7) 96, WWJB (9-8) 69

Boondock Saints (5-12) 106, Chico's Chuggers (10-7) 41

Tuesday's results

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3125 -- Not results they were hoping for from Harang, Duke

2. WWJB (Scott) 3069 -- At least Pineiro didn't get charged with the loss

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3029 -- Still leads weekly matchup despite pitches so far 0-3 this week

4. Misfits (Reid) 2994 -- Almost halway to last week's total

5. Triple-A's (Ken) 2993 -- Theriot in lineup, so he goes cold

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2907 -- Castillo says "Oh Lordy Jesus, I'm fallin' down the steps. Help me, Lord Jesus, please."

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2780 -- Blown save cheats Santana of victory

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2776 -- Kemp a one-man scoring machine

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2581 -- Milledge's return to lineup has not produced points

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2570 -- Best hitter? Pitcher Josh Johnson

Week 18 head-to-head scores

Arbitration Losers (9-8) 56, Fresh Fish (10-7) 54

VC Appraisers (8-9) 54, PickleBugs (6-11) 48

Goatwhisperers (9-8) 56, Triple-A's (9-8) 34

Misfits (10-7) 64, WWJB (9-8) 59

Boondock Saints (5-12) 60, Chico's Chuggers (10-7) 27

 

Top scoring players

BATTERS

1. Albert Pujols (WW) 341

2. Prince Fielder (GG) 316

3. Shane Victorino (CC) 304

4. Chase Utley (TA) 300

5. Matt Kemp (VC) 297

6. Hanley Ramirez (CC) 294

7. Ryan Braun (AL) 285

8. Jayson Werth (GG) 281

9. Orlando Hudson (GG) 278

9. Raul Ibanez (TA) 278

STARTING PITCHERS

1. Tim Lincecum (AL) 375

2. Dan Haren (Mis) 318

3. Adam Wainwright (CC) 307

4. Ryan Howard (Mis) 290

5. Matt Cain (GG) 286

RELIEF PITCHERS

1. Jonathan Broxton (WW) 214

2. Heath Bell (CC) 172

3. Francisco Rodriguez (BS) 162

Week 18 roster moves

Players acquired

SP Cliff Lee, by Boondock Saints (free to replace)

SP Matt Latos, by Boondock Saints (August No. 1)

OF Garret Anderson, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (July #2)

OF Lastings Milledge, by Pickle Bugs (August No. 1)

3B Scott Rolen, by Arbitration Losers (August No. 1)

Players released

SP Jake Peavy, by Chico's Chuggers (traded to AL; receives free move to replace)

OF Scott Hairston, by Goatwhisperers

SP Edinson Volquez, by Arbitration Losers

3B Garrett Atkins, by Arbitration Losers

OF Rick Ankiel, by Misfits

2B Joe Thurston, by Boondock Saints

SS Khalil Greene, by Boondock Saints

Week 18 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched SP Kevin Correia and SP Jorge De La Rosa; activated SP Zach Duke and SP Aaron Harang

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Cody Ross and SP Carlos Zambrano; activated OF Jeff Francoeur and SP Chris Volstad

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Jeremy Hermida; activated OF Garret Anderson

VC Appraisers: No changes

WWJB: Benched 2B Clint Barmes; activated SP Freddy Sanchez

Triple-A's: Benched SS Stephen Drew, SP Bronson Arroyo and SP Randy Wolf; activated SS Ryan Theriot, SP Max Scherzer and SP Rich Harden.'

Pickle Bugs: Placed OF Corey Hart on disabled list; benched SP Oliver Perez; activated OF Lastings Milledge and SP Johnny Cueto

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Ryan Ludwick; activated OF Mike Cameron

Misfits: Released OF Rick Ankiel; benched SP Braden Looper; activated OF Andrew McCutchen; activated SP Ryan Dempster from disabled list

Boondock Saints: Placed SP Jeff Suppan on disabled list; benched SP Ross Ohlendorf; moved SS Alex Gonzalez from DL to bench; activated SP Cliff Lee and SP Matt Latos.

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3098 -- Just another 200-point week for the Chuggers

2. WWJB (Scott) 3010 -- Billingsley's early hook sunk hopes for late rally

3. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 2973 -- Hamels -2 on Sunday killed hopes for weekly win

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 2959 -- Had 3 pitchers making two starts, but only Nolasco shined

5. Misfits (Reid) 2930 -- What happened??? 213 last week, 113 this week

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2851 -- Lincecum is God (52-point week)

7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2726 -- Fish can finish with No. 1 head-to-head seed or No. 6

8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 2722 --

9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2533 -- Ironically, solid pitching over weekend sunk hopes of getting Cliff Lee

10. Boondock Saints (Bill) 2510 -- Get a nice win ... and Cliff Lee!

Week 17 head-to-head scores

Chico's Chuggers 206, Misfits 113

Fresh Fish 197, WWJB 188

Pickle Bugs 203, Triple-A's 161

Arbitration Losers 211, Fresh Fish 197

Boondock Saints 209, VC Appraisers 167

Players acquired

SP Cliff Lee, by Boondock Saints (free to replace 1B Casey Kotchman)

SP Matt Latos, by Boondock Saints (August No. 1)