Monday, May 16, 2011

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1239
    First sub-par week of season gives rest of league hope

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1149
     Big week gets GGs back within 100 points of lead

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1117
     Nothing like 200-point week ... and a loss

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 1082
     Sticky-fingers Leake sent to Triple-A

5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1075
    A week of nothing from ailing Heyward

6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1074
    Six weeks into season and team's namesake has 15 total points

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1046
    Lucky to get win on sub-par week

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1013
     Four zeros, a DNP and rainout for Garret Jones

8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1013
    Hoping for big week with tons of double starts

10. Misfits (Reid) 994
     Longing to be able to replace Tejada

Week 7 head-to-head
Chico's Chuggers 167, Triple-A's 148
Pitch You Blockhead 185, VC Appraisers 156
Misfits 166, Ubaldo Spots 154
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 222, Arbitration Losers 212
Pickle Bugs 153, Holliday Road 148

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Tuesday's report

Overall standings
1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1128
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 992
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 989
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 972
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 960
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 955
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 954
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 913
9. Misfits (Reid) 883
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 861

Week 7 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 67, Triple-A's 55
VC Appraisers 45, Pitch You Blockhead 33
Misfits 55, Ubaldo Spots 40
Goatwhisperers 65, Arbitration Losers 49
Pickle Bugs 79, Holliday Road 28

Conditional move

Arbitration Losers conditionally placed 1B Ike Davis on disabled list; moved OF Aubrey Huff to 1B; activated OF Cody Ross

Monday, May 9, 2011

Leading scorers

BATTERS

1. Lance Berkman, VCA 113

2. Ryan Braun, US 105

3. Matt Kemp, TA 103

4. Matt Holliday, HR 102

5. Joey Votto, TA 102

6. Prince Fielder, PB 99

7. Drew Stubbs, HR 99

8. Ryan Howard, GG 98

9. Colby Rasmus, VCA 97

10. Chris Young, AL 96

PITCHERS

1. Roy Halladay, Mis  122

2. Josh Johnson, VCA 104

3. Cole Hamels, VCA 103

4. Clayton Kershaw, PYB 101

5. Jaime Garcia, AL 99

RELIEVERS

1. Huston Street, VCA 65

2. Francisco Rodriguez, PYB 63

3. Carlos Marmol, TA 58

Week 7 roster changes

Players acquired

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #3)

SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Holliday Road (May #1)

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)

SP Homer Bailey, by Misfits (May #1)

Players released

SP RA Dickey, by Ubaldo Spot

SP Ted Lilly, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

Week 6 midweek replacements

Pitch You Blockhead: On Wednesday, placed 3B Ty Wigginton on DL; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers: On Wednesday, placed 2B Orlando Hudson on DL, moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B and OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco

Holliday Road: On Monday, placed SP Roy Oswalt on DL; activated RP Joel Hanrahan as emergency pitcher; On Thursday, traded RP Joel Hanrahan, leaving vacant spot on roster; traded 2B Omar Infante; benched 1B Lyle Overbay; activated 1B Carlos Pena (acquired in trade) and 2B Danny Espinosa (acquired in trade)

Pickle Bugs: On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on DL; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan (acquired in trade) and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).


Week 7 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Alfonso Soriano, SP Derek Lowe and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Garrett Jones, SP Travis Wood and SP Brandon Beachy

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Mike Leake; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Randy Wolf; activated SP Jonathan Sanchez

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP R.A. Dickey; benched SP Kyle McClellan, SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jason Hammel, Ubaldo Jimenez and Bud Norris.

MISFITS: Placed SP Chris Young and SP Esmil Rogers on disabled list; benched 1B James Loney and OF Nate McLouth; activated 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Homer Bailey

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Placed C Carlos Ruiz on disabled list; benched SP James McDonald and SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Zach Greinke and SP Johnny Cueto

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Ben Francisco and SP Aaron Harang; activated OF Raul Ibanez and SP Mat Latos

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Activated SP Tom Gorzelanny to fill roster spot vacated by traded Joel Hanrahan

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1083
     Rumors of VCA's demise were greatly exaggerated

2. Triple-A's (Ken) 934
     Too bad he didn't get jail time for stealing T-shirts, otherwise Ken would have had to spring Leake

3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 927
    GG's gets Greinke and Cueto off the DL

3. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 927
    To honor Brian Wilson's 31-point week, Bill and Cliff growing beards

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 920
     Four-point week for Braun fuels poor week for team

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 905
     Really hoping Chase Utley is ready to play soon

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 893
     Four stellar pitching starts make up for week hitting

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 846
     Just looking for a little consistency from players

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 828
     Just praying no one else gets hurt

9. Misfits (Reid) 828
     Leads league in players on DL with six


Week 6 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 152, Triple-A's 127

VC Appraisers 203, Ubaldo Spots 134

Goatwhisperers 189, Misfits 150

Holliday Road 169, Arbitration Losers 155

Pickle Bugs 168, Chico's Chuggers 156

Friday, May 6, 2011

Thursday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1011
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 874
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 859
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 849
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 833
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 831
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 821
8. Misfits (Reid) 771
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 763
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 736

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 67, Pitch You Blockhead 60
VC Appraisers 131, Ubaldo Spots 73
Misfits 93, Goatwhisperers 93
Holliday Road 75, Arbitration Losers 71
Pickle Bugs 124, Chico's Chuggers 73

League notes

Owners looking for a dent in the VC Appraisers' armor are still looking. VCA has pushed their overall lead to 137 points. Teams in spots 2 through 7 are fairly tightly bunched, so we can expect a competitive league if the VCA's ever do actually falter. Owners lookings for something to hang their hopes on, it has to be the VCA's bench. The Appraisers were the only FBLG team not to burn at least three April moves (they burned only one and that was to retain a DL'd player who was acquired in the supplemental draft). Their bench currently consists of a player in the minors (Domonic Brown), a No. 4 outfielder (John Jay), and a pretty good pitcher (Jonathan Sanchez). So if something happens to one of their pitchers, they'll be fine. If something happens to a position player, they could be hurting.


Also, last-place Pitch You Blockhead are approaching the dreaded "Bandito Line." PYB is 275 points out of first. The biggest deficit overcome by an FBLG champion was 299 points in 1997 by the Beezabol Banditos.

The first FBLG trade of the season was finalized Wednesday night, with the Pickle Bugs sending 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa to the Holliday Road for RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante

Midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs, On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on the disabled list; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).

Holliday Road, on Thursday, benched 1B Lyle Overbay and traded 2B Omar Infante; activated 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa (both acquired in trade).

Players acquired

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1) 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 964
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 839
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 812
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 792
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 790
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 774
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 745
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 732
9. Misfits (Reid) 706
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 701

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 32, Pitch You Blockhead 25
VC Appraisers 84, Ubaldo Spots 26
Goatwhisperers 52, Misfits 28
Holliday Road 34, Arbitration Losers 24
Chico's Chuggers 42, Pickle Bugs 20

Midweek moves

Pitch You Blockhead acquires 3B Ian Stewart (May #3); placed 3B Ty Wigginton on disabled list; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers placed 2B Orlando Hudson on disabled list; moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Week 6 roster changes

Week 5 midweek replacements

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday, placed 3B Casey Blake on disabled list; activated 3B Ty Wigginton

PICKLE BUGS: On Sunday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Ryan Roberts

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

SP Jason Marquis, by Triple-A's (April #4)

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pickle Bugs (April #4)

C Ramon Hernandez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #4)

SP Tim Stauffer, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)

1B Brett Wallace, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #2)

3B Greg Dobbs, by Misfits (May #1)


Players released

SP Kevin Correia, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

1B Adam LaRoche, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Pat Burrell, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Chris Narveson, by Triple-A's

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitratrion Losers


Week 6 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS:
No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP Chris Narveson; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated OF Max Venable, SP Jason Marquis and SP Carlos Zambrano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Moved OF Corey Hart from DL to bench; released 1B Adam LaRoche; benched SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP SP Jake Westbrook; activated 1B Brett Wallace, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC APPRAISERS: Moved OF Domonic Brown from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP R.A. Dickey

MISFITS: Placed 3B David Freese on disabled list; benched 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Esmil Rogers; activated 3B Greg Dobbs, 1B James Loney, OF Nate McLouth and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched C Carlos Ruiz, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Ted Lilly; activated C Ramon Hernandez, OF Jayson Werth and SP Anibal Sanchez

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Cody Ross; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated 3B Juan Uribe.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SP Jon Garland; activated SP Shawn Marcum

Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin)  880
    Rest of league waiting for VCA's first injury
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 807
   T-A's go cold and suffer first  loss of season
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 786
    Solid hitting, but pitching takes week off
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 758
    Stellar outfield, pitching carry team
5. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 750
    Get win despite Tulo's quiet week
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 738
    Ruiz's 0-point week does not cost them weekly win
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 726
    There are better options at catcher
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 690
     McGehee's error Sunday cost them weekly win
9. Misfits (Reid) 678
    Kimbrel could in risk of losing closer job
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 676
    Pitching fuels solid week despite more frustration at 3B

Week 5 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 167, Pickle Bugs 140
Ubaldo Spots 168, Chico's Chuggers 167
VC Appraisers 166, Misfits 151
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 180, Holliday Road 179
Arbitration Losers 157, Triple-A's 135

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco (Arbitration Losers)
SP Jason Marquis (Triple-A's)
3B Ryan Roberts (Picke Bugs)
C Ramon Hernandez (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)
SP Tim Stauffer (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Brett Wallace (Pitch You Blockhead)

Monday, April 25, 2011

Week 5 moves

Players acquired

1B Todd Helton, by Ubaldo Spots (April #3)
OF Emilio Bonafacio, by Ubaldo Spots (April #4)
2B Darwin Barney, by Chico Chuggers (April #3)
1B Freddie Freeman, by Misfits (April #4)
SP Mike Leake, by Triple-A's (April #3)
2B Jamey Carroll, by Triple-A's (April #4)
OF Cody Ross, by Arbitration Losers (April #3)
SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road (April #4)
SP Jon Garland, by Pickle Bugs (April #2)
SS Ryan Theriot, by Pickle Bugs (April #3)


Players released

SP John Lannan, by Holliday Road
SP Javier Vazquez, by Pitch You Blockhead
SP Ryan Dempster, by Triple-A's
2B Wilson Valdez, by Chico's Chuggers
3B Chris Johnson, by Arbitration Losers
1B Freddie Freeman, by VC Appraisers (stolen, received bonus move)
SS Angel Sanchez, by Misfits

Week 4 midweek replacements

UBALDO SPOTS: On Friday, placed OF Logan Morrison on disabled list; activated OF Emilio Bonafacio; On Sunday, benched 1B Brandon Belt (missed 3 games), activated 1B Todd Helton

PICKLE BUGS: On Friday, placed OF Angel Pagan on disabled list; activated OF Seth Smith

Week 5 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Released 2B Wilson Valdez; benched OF Garrett Jones and SP Travis Wood; activated OF Andrew McCutchen and SP Edinson Volquez

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed 2B Skip Schumaker on disabled list; benched SP Carlos Zambrano; activated SP Mike Leake

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Pat Burrell and SP Clayton Kershaw; activated OF Jason Bay from disabled list; activated SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Jonathan Sanchez; activated SP Jair Jurrjens

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed 3B Scott Rolen on disabled list

MISFITS: Benched SP Madison Bumgarner and 1B James Loney; activated SP Chris Young from disabled list; activated 1B Freddie Freeman

GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jayson Werth and SP Kevin Correia; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released 3B Chris Johnson; benched SP Mat Latos; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Cody Ross and SP Aaron Harang

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP John Lannan; activated SP Kyle Lohse

PICKLE BUGS: Placed SS Willie Bloomquist on disabled list; activated SS Ryan Theriot