Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 1050
A 222-point week that included a -1 from SS

2. Misfits (Reid) 1008
Weekly win despite tough starts from MadBum, Hudson

3. Halladay Road (Bill) 976
One point from 3B since Panda went on DL

4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 941
Another solid start from Zambrano. Who'da thunk?

5. Rookies (Henry) 907
Loss of catcher Ramos stings a bit

6. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 899
Kemp hurting; might be time to look for backups

7. Triple-A's (Ken) 889
Getting Lee and Berkman back from the DL

8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 867
Andrew McCutchen starting to heat up

9. Billy Ashley Wind Generator (Rich-Brian) 845
One combined point from Gordon, Posey, Martinez last week

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 697
If they could have 10 May moves, they'd use them all

Head to head scores

Pickle Bugs 198, Pitch You Blockhead 176

Fresh Fish 222, Hammerin' Hank 161

Misfits 168, BAWG 117

Halladay Road 175, Triple-A's 170

Rookies 177, Arbitration Losers 141

Week 6 roster changes

Players acquired

• RP Henry Rodriguez, by Rookies (May #1)
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• 3B Pedro Alvarez, by Halladay Road (May #1)
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• 2B Aaron Hill, by Fresh Fish (May #1)
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• RP Santiago Casilla, by Misfits (May #1)
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• 1B Allen Craig, by BAWG (May #1)
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• 1B Ty Wigginton, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)
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• SP Chris Capuano, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)

Players released

• 2B Danny Espinosa
• RP Heath Bell
• C Jonathan Lucroy

Mid-week replacements

• HALLADAY ROAD: On Friday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Pedro Alvarez.
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• PICKLE BUGS: Activated emergency pitcher Ryan Dempster from DL in place of SP Cory Luebke, placed on DL.
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• ROOKIES: On Saturday, placed RP Huston Street on disabled list; activated RP Henry Rodriguez

Active roster changes

• ROOKIES: Benched 1B Adam LaRoche; activated 1B Gaby Sanchez
• PICKLE BUGS: No changes
• PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Placed OF Jayson Werth on disabled list; benched SP Brandon Beachy; activated SP Yovani Gallardo
• HAMMERIN HANK: No changes
• FRESH FISH: Released 2B Danny Espinosa; activated 2B Aaron Hill
• BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: Benched SP Jordan Zimmermann; activated SP Erik Bedard
• MISFITS: Released RP Heath Bell; benched SP Mark Buerhle; activated RP Santiago Casilla and SP Tim Hudson
• HALLDAY ROAD: Benched OF Jordan Schaefer and SP Josh Johnson; activated OF Drew Stubbs and SP Zach Greinke
• TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF Logan Morrison and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated OF David DeJesus and SP Ted Lilly
• ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed SP Jhoulys Chacin on disabled list; activated SP Chris Capuano

Sunday report

Players acquired

• RP Henry Rodriguez, by Rookies (May #1)
• 1B Ty Wigginton, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)
• 2B Aaron Hill, by Fresh Fish (May #1)
• RP Santiago Casilla, by Misfits (May #1)
• 3B Pedro Alvarez, by Halladay Road (May #1)
• SP Chris Capuano, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)

Overall standings


1. Misfits (Reid) 840
Imagine how good they would be if they had a closer?

2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 828
Finish week strong with Hamels, Dickey

3. Halladay Road (Bill) 801
Loss of the Panda leave's HR scrambling at 3B

4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 743
Luebke could be don for year, but they get Dempster back

5. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 738
Who'da thunk Cozart would be almost worth two Brandon Phillips?

6. Rookies (Henry) 730
Oh, that =10 outing from A.J. Burnett

7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 728
Hey, aren't you Adam Wainwright?!?

8. Triple-A's (Ken) 719
Werth's injury is good news for Bryce Harper

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 691
Blockheads must be listening, cuz they're pitching

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 556
First victory for Santana!! Woohoo!!

Head-to-head finals

Pitch You Blockhead 190, Arbitration Losers 125

Fresh Fish 193, Rookies 128

Billy Ashley Wind Generator 178, Hammerin Hank 140

Misfits 228, Triple-A's 187

Pickle Bugs 181, Halladay Road 163

FBLG All-Star Team

Most points scored by players in the FBLG by position

1B - Freddie Freeman (Mis) 62

2B - Omar Infante (PB) 52

SS - Rafael Furcal (HR) 58

3B - David Freese (Rook) 62

C - Yadier Molina (Mis) 66

OF - Matt Kemp (HH) 96, Andre Ethier (Mis) 71,  Jay Bruce (AL) 68

SP - Stephen Strasburg (FF) 75, Kyle Lohse (Mis) 69, Matt Garza (PB) 68, Roy Halladay (HR) 66, Gio Gonzalez (BAWG) 66

RP - Craig Kimbrel (HH) 47

Week 5 roster changes

Players acquired

3B Chris Johnson, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #2)

OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, by Misfits (April #3)

OF Bryce Harper, by Triple-A's (April #3)

3B Casey McGehee, by BAWG (April #4)

Players released

SP Joe Blanton, by Rookies

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pitch You Blockhead

Midweek replacements

BAWG: On Friday, placed 3B Ryan Zimmerman on disabled list; activated 3B Casey McGehee

Week 5 active roster changes

ROOKIES: Benched SP Chad Billingsley; activated SP A.J. Burnett

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 3B Chipper Jones; activated 3B Aramis Ramirez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released 3B Ryan Roberts; benched OF Jayson Werth, SP Yovani Gallardo, SP Mat Latos; activated 3B Chris Johnson, OF Jon Jay, SP James McDonald, SP Edison Volquez

HAMMERIN HANK: No changes

FRESH FISH: Benched OF Nate Schierholtz and SP Juan Nicasio; activated OF Jason Kubel and RP R.A. Dickey.

BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: No changes

MISFITS: Released RP Javy Guerra; moved SP Tim Hudson from DL to bench; benched OF Lucas Duda and SP Kyle Lohse; activated OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, SP Mark Buehrle and RP Heath Bell

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched 1B Mat Gamel and SP Zach Greinke; activated 1B Bryan Lahair and SP Bud Norris

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF David DeJesus and SP Ted Lilly; activated OF Bryce Harper and SP Jeff Samardzija

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed 1B Aubrey Huff on disabled list; benched 3B Ian Stewart; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Justin Upton

Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. Halladay Road (Bill) 638
Poor week brings HR back to the pack

2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 635
Nate Schierholtz had a great week ... on Monday!

3. Misfits (Reid) 612
Would have better off by leaving reliever spot on roster empty all season

4. Rookies (Henry) 602
Break out the bunting! A.J. Burnett is back

5. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 598
Thin on pitching with Jurrjens in minors, Guthrie on DL

6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 562
Ike Turner was a better hitter than Ike Davis is right now

7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 550
Rockies at home is good news for CarGo

8. Triple-A's (Ken) 532
Nothing like pinch-hit grand slam on 1B's day off.

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 501
Gallardo sits, he shines; when he starts, he implodes

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 431
159-point week! Best of the season!


Head-to-head finals

Rookies 176, Pitch You Blockhead 140

Misfits 178, Pickle Bugs 153

Fresh Fish 210, Halladay Road 147

Billy Ashley Wind Generator 191, Triple-A's 137

Arbitration Losers 159, Hammerin' Hank 157

Protecting and stealing players on FBLG rosters

Here are players who will be steal-eligible Monday if not protected.

OF Matt Diaz (Rook)
SP AJ Burnett (Rook)
OF Nyger Morgan (HH)
SP Jeremy Guthrie (HH)

One rule that is unique to the FBLG is the one that prevents owners from hoarding talent on their bench.

If an FBLG owner keeps a player on his bench for four consecutive weeks, if he does not activate that player on the fifth week, that player can be stolen off his roster by another FBLG owner.

If an owner has a player stolen off his roster, he will receive a bonus monthly move that can be used as a fourth monthly move for the month.

This often is not a very enticing bonus for some owners. Owners who leave players exposed to be stolen often are not very active on picking up free agents.

Example, there are four players potentially eligible to be stolen on April 30, the first Monday that players can be stolen. Those players are on two FBLG rosters whose owners have burned a combined two April moves.

Protecting players on your roster

If a player has an April 30 steal date (steal dates are noted on FBLG scoring document on Google docs), all the owner needs to do is activate that player for Week 5 (which starts on April 30).

If the player is not activated, then he can be stolen off the roster on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. If a steal-eligible player goes unclaimed by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, then his steal date is reset to the subsequent Monday, and the process starts over again.

Stealing a player

If you're interested in stealing a player off another roster, send the commissioner an email of your intentions BEFORE the Monday roster move deadline. The notice must also included a potential corresponding roster move, if one is needed.

Example: If Willie Mays is left exposed. Then your bid email should go something like ...

"I would like to place a bid on Willie Mays. If I get him, I will released Duke Snider."

Bids without corresponding roster move will not be accepted.

If a player is left exposed, he will be awarded to the bidding owner with the lowest league standing at the Monday roster deadline.

If there are no bids on a steal-eligible player by the roster deadline, the player will remain steal-eligible for 48ish hours after the roster deadline and will be awarded to any bidding owner on a first-come, first-get basis until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 559
2. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 500
3. Fresh Fish (Rick) 486
4. Misfits (Reid) 471
5. Rookies (Henry) 456
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 452
7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 425
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 416
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 400
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 333

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Pitch You Blockhead 39, Rookies 30
Pickle Bugs 43, Misfits 37
Halladay Road 68, Fresh Fish 61
Billy Ashley Wind Generator 66, Triple-A's 21
Arbitration Losers 61, Hammerin Hank 59

Week 4 roster changes

Players acquired

• 2B Jose Altuve, by BAWG (April #2)
• OF Nate Schierholtz, by Fresh Fish (April #3)
• RP Aroldis Chapman, by BAWG (April #3)
• 1B James Loney, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

Players released

• 2B Aaron Hill, by BAWG
• OF Juan Rivera, by BAWG

Week 3 midweek replacements

• FRESH FISH: On Thursday, placed OF Chris Young on disabled list; activated OF Jason Kubel

Week 4 active roster changes

• ROOKIES: No changes
• PICKLE BUGS: Placed SP Ryan Dempster on disabled list; activated SP Carlos Zambrano
• PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Jon Jay and SP James McDonald; activated OF Angel Pagan and SP Mat Latos
• HAMMERIN HANK: No changes
• FRESH FISH: Benched OF Jason Kubel, SP Trevor Cahill, SP R.A. Dickey; activated OF Nate Schierholtz, SP Juan Nicasio, SP Vance Worley
• BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: Released 2B Aaron Hill and OF Juan Rivera; benched C Jonathan Lucroy and SP Erik Bedard; activated 2B Jose Altuve, C Buster Fowler, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Adam Wainwright
• MISFITS: Benched SP Mark Buehrle; activated SP Johnny Cueto
• HALLADAY ROAD: Benched 1B Bryan LaHair; activated 1B Mat Gamel
• TRIPLE-A'S: Placed SP Cliff Lee and 1B Lance Berkman on disabled list; benched SP Jeff Samardzija; activated SP Mike Minor and SP Ricky Nolasco
• ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed SP Daniel Hudson on disabled list; benched 1B Aubrey Huff and OF Justin Upton; activated 1B James Lones, OF Martin Prado and SP Jhoulys Chacin

Sunday's report

Wow, I'm not sure there has ever been a worst week by an FBLG team during a full week of games in the 20-year history of the Fantasy Baseball League of the Gods.

The Arbitration Losers had just about everything go wrong in Week 3, and that coming off a Week 4 that wasn't that impressive.

The 72-point week may have been an all-time low. And it leaves the defending FBLG champions more than 200 points in the hole three weeks into the season.

Check out this lineup: 1B Aubrey Huff (.182), 2B Rickie Weeks (.197), SS Jimmy Rollins (.254 -- he's raking!), 3B Ian Stewart (.196), C Geovany Soto (.136 … and he had two errors Sunday. Sweet!), OF Justin Upton (.205 and he missed most of last week with in an injury), OF Jay Bruce (.233), OF Emilio Bonafacio (.298 .. team MVP).

SP Tim Lincecum is in a major funk, and had his start rained out Sunday. That same rainout bumped Johan Santana back to Tuesday. SP Daniel Hudson is on the DL with a sore shoulder.

Pickle Bugs pitcher Wandy Rodriguez had a 20-point day on Sunday. The Losers haven't had a 20-point day as a TEAM in almost TWO WEEKS.

So NO ONE in the FBLG has the right to complain to the commish about their team.

Players acquired

• 2B Jose Altuve, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (April #2)
• RP Aroldis Chapman, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (April #3)
• 1B James Loney, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

Overall standings

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 491
2. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 441
3. Misfits (Reid) 433
4. Rookies (Henry) 426
5. Fresh Fish (Rick) 425
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 409
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 395
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 363
9. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 358
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 272

Head-to-head finals for Week 3

Misfits 190, Rookies 170
Pickle Bugs 162, Fresh Fish 130
PItch You Blockhead 154, Billy Ashley Wind Generator 123
Hammerin Hank 160, Triple-A's 145
Halladay Road 199, Arbitration Losers 72