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| Tommy Pham and the Phamily. |
Duds: Dexter Fowler (Q) singled, walked and made an error. Christian Yelich (PYB) walked and was caught stealing.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Week 15: Monday's Roundup
Duds: Dexter Fowler (Q) singled, walked and made an error. Christian Yelich (PYB) walked and was caught stealing.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Week 14: The Check Swing
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| Jimmy Nelson is like a snake in the grass, waiting to destroy your fantasy team's hopes. |
1. Clemente’s Bucs (2734.7 points, 10-4, last week, 1): The extra-long week was good for our leader, who put up 299.2 points against the last-place Misfits. Clayton Kershaw posted a whopping 48 points in a pair of victories, and Kenley Jansen picked up 28 points in only 6 innings of work. On the offensive side, Andrew McCutchen (36.5), Justin Bour (33) and Dee Gordon (28) did most of the damage.
2. Lawyers Guns and Money (2664.8 points, 10-4, last week 4): Sure, Week 14 included 10 days of games rather than our usual 7, but 335.2 points is a LOT of points. It was enough to move the Fightin' Zevons from 4th to 2nd in the points race. Jimmy Nelson (46.7) fanned 23 batters in a pair of wins, Trevor Cahill (33) was mind-bogglingly effective, and even Jhoulys Chacin (23.3) was impressive. Talk about a scrap-heap rotation! At the plate, it was more of the same for LGM, with Bryce Harper (40), Marcell Ozuna (36.5) and Joey Votto (31) setting the pace.
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| Here's Dud of the Week Jon Lester in happier times, before he allowed 9 runs in 5.2 innings across a pair of losses in Week 14. |
3. Bodysuit Man (2652.8 points, 9-5, last week 2): Costanza must have been too busy eating spicy chicken and calzones to focus on his matchup with the Fish, which he lost. Charlie Blackmon (43.5) remains the most consistent performer in FBLG; have we mentioned his name on this blog every week? Freddy Galvis (27.5) and Chris Taylor (27.5) were outstanding, too. Sean Newcomb (-0.7) allowed 11 earned runs in 7.2 innings. Happy, pappy?
4. The Rookies (2641.2 points, 9-5, last week 3): The Scrappin' Greenhorns got some monster performances to stay in the thick of the points race. Alex Wood (37) and Max Scherzer (34.5) went 3-0 to lead the pitching staff, and Ender Inciarte (35.5), Paul DeJong (35) and Domingo Santana (34.5) combined for 16 doubles and 16 RBIs. Let's not talk about Jon Lester (-3.3), though.
5. Pitch! You Blockhead (2559.8 points, 6-8, last week 5): PYB lost to The Rookies, but you can't blame Nolan Arenado (35), Christian Yelich (33.5) or Jacob deGrom (36). Mark Reynolds (27.5) and Brandon Phillips (26) also performed well, and Robbie Ray (18) struck out 13 in a 6-inning start. If you're looking for a goat, you can choose Jeff Samardzija (9 in 2 outings), Hunter Renfroe (7) or Tony Wolters (5).
6. Quirkin’ For a Livin’ (2453.3 points, 4-10, last week 6): Lance Lynn (33.5) allowed 2 runs in 18.2 innings across 3 starts, but the rest of the pitching staff was laugh-inducing. Jon Gray, Jose Urena and Nick Pivetta combined to allow 32 runs in 32.2 innings. High draft picks Corey Seager (14) and Yoenis Cespedes (12) were pretty lousy, too. But hey, at least Cody Bellinger (37.5) and Scooter Gennett (35.5) were good.
7. Fresh Fish (2451.3 points, 8-6, last week 7): Daniel Murphy (45.5) and Anthony Rendon (41) combined to drive in 28 runs, which is absolutely ridiculous. Billy Hamilton (33.5) collected 13 hits, which, if you've ever seen HillBilly play, is even MORE ridiculous. Adam Wainwright (29.7) won his 2 starts, but Steven Matz (1.3) got knocked around in 2 losses and Fernando Rodney (-4.7) stunk up the joint in 0.1 inning.
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| Billy Hamilton is pretty good for a guy who can't see where he's going. |
8. Arbitration Losers (2377.7 points, 8-6, last week 8): The offense did the heavy lifting for AL in a win against PM. Kudos to Jay Bruce (29.5), D.J. LeMahieu (28.5), Ryan Braun (28), Brandon Crawford (24.5) and Paul Goldschmidt (24). The pitching staff was good in limited action, going 3-1 with 2 saves in 39.2 innings.
9. Project Mayhem (2298.2 points, 5-9, last week 9): Mayhem was unable to pick up a win despite getting 43 points from Aaron Nola, who made 3 starts, and 33 points from Rich Hill. Kris Bryant (35.5) and Jedd Gyorko (21.5) paced the offense, but the rest of the bats were pretty average. We're not entirely sure what a Dinelson Lamet is, but apparently he pitches for the Padres — and posted 1 point for PM.
10. The Misfits (2072.7 points, 1-13, last week 10): Giancarlo Stanton (41.5) homered 5 times and Justin Turner (28) went deep 4 times, but it wasn't enough to get the Misfits past Clemente's Bucs. Josh Bell (35.5) has been a nice pickup at first base, as well. Unfortunately, Joe Ross, Stephen Piscotty and Michael Taylor landed on the DL, and Misfit pitchers allowed 24 earned runs in 35 innings.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Week 14: Sunday's Roundup
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| Jon Lester's disastrous start Sunday summed up the Cubs' first half. |
Duds: Tyler Flowers (R) went 0-fer with an error. Jon Lester (R) gave up 10 runs - though only 4 earned - in a 0.2-inning loss. Steven Matz (FF) allowed 5 runs and struck out 1 in a 4.1-inning loss.
Week 14: Saturday's Roundup
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| How can you not root for a guy who absolutely destroys the Mets? |
Duds: Adam Frazier (CB) went 0-fer with an error for the second straight day. Stephen Strasburg (CB) allowed 3 runs and struck out no one in a 3-inning loss. Orlando Arcia (PYB) erred. Corey Seager (Q) had a single, a walk and an error. Greg Holland (Q) allowed a run in a 1-inning loss. Corey Knebel (LGM) allowed 3 runs and blew a save in a 0.1-inning loss.
Week 14: Friday's Roundup
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| It was a good day for the first two picks in the FBLG draft. |
Duds: Josh Harrison (M) and Adm Frazier (CB) went 0-fer with an error. Jim Johnson (PYB) allowed 3 earned runs and blew a save in 0.2 innings.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Week 14: Thursday's Roundup
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| One inning after an embarrassing play (see below), Josh Bell rocked a 2-run dinger. |
Baseball: You never know what you're going to get pic.twitter.com/pgLcVW7ytN— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 7, 2017
Duds: Justin Turner (M) - newly minted all-star - celebrated with 3 walks and an error. Mike Montgomery (M) allowed 7 runs and struck out 4 in a 2.1-inning loss. Jose Peraza (PM) singled and erred.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Week 14: Wednesday's Roundup
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| The Home Run Derby started early for Giancarlo Stanton. |
Duds: Nolan Arenado (PYB) went 0-fer with an error. I don't remember ever putting his name on this list before. Matt Carpenter (BM) walked, drove in a run and made an error.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Week 14: Tuesday's Roundup
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| Jimmy Nelson speaks candidly to his detractors. |
Studs: Joltin' Joe Ross (M) struck out 6 and allowed 2 runs in a 6-inning win. Andrew McCutchen (CB) had 2 solo homers and a single. Scott Schebler (CB) was a triple shy of the cycle and scored twice. Clayton Kershaw (CB) struck out 11 in 7 shutout innings to earn the win. Jameson Taillon (CB) struck out 9 in 5 shutout innings for the win. Daniel Murphy had a double, 3 singles and 5 RBIs. Jose Urena (Q) struck out 7 and allowed 2 runs in a 5-inning win. Bryce Harper (LGM) had 3 hits, a walk, 3 runs and 2 RBIs. Jimmy Nelson (LGM) struck out 8 in 7 shutout innings to earn a win.
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Duds: Josh Harrison (M) - who is an all-star?!??! - and Austin Hedges (FF) went 0-fer with an error. Sean Newcomb (BM) allowed 7 runs and struck out 2 in a 3.1-inning loss.
Week 14: Monday's Roundup
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| We've had some fun with Aaron Nola (N-O-L-A NOLA) over the years, so we tip our cap to him today. |
Duds: None.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Week 13: The Check Swing
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| If you thought Adam Duvall's 2016 breakout was a fluke, you were wrong. |
The commissioner's office fell asleep on the job last week, letting the blog fall through the cracks. Did you care? Were you sad? Did you even notice? (Please let us know; if no one cares about the daily blog, why bother?) We half-assedly apologize for the service disruption. One commissioner was spending every waking minute voting for Corey Seager to be the National League's starting shortstop in the All-Star Game; the other was in mourning after perennial waiver-wire trash Adeiny Hechavarria was shipped to the American League.
1. Clemente’s Bucs (2435.5 points, 9-4, last week, 1): We've been singing the praises of Primanti's Pals for a while, but Ray's crew was mostly unimpressive in Week 13. Clayton Kershaw and Stephen Strasburg combined to strike out 25 batters and pick up a pair of wins in 14 innings, but the rest of the team let out a collective yawn. Yes, the starting pitchers won all 4 of their starts. Unfortunately, the offense provided only 1 homer in a loss to the Fresh Fish.
2. Bodysuit Man (2392.2 points, 9-4, last week 2): A high-powered matchup between Constanza and Zevon sure lived up to its potential, with LGM winning 213.8-181.5. Adam Duvall (34) went berserk, doubling 4 times, homering 3 times and driving in 10. Every BM hitter scored at least 11.5 points, which usually leads to victory. Gio Gonzalez (22) had a strange week, going 0-2 while allowing only 2 earned runs and fanning 17 batters in 13 innings. Sean Newcomb (19) had a fantastic outing and picked up BM's only pitching win.
3. The Rookies (2353.8 points, 8-5, last week 3): Are the Rookies the best team in FBLG? Look at it this way: While the rest of us are scraping guys like Jose Urena, Tim Adleman and Scott Feldman off the bottom of the waiver-wire barrel, Henry is throwing Max Scherzer, Jon Lester, Zack Greinke and Alex Wood out there every week. Those 4 combined for 102 points in a shellacking of Project Mayhem. Chris Owings (29) homered 3 times for the Rookies; Tommy Joseph, Ian Happ and Domingo Santana each homered twice.
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| Michael Wacha is pretty excited to be pitching well again. |
4. Lawyers Guns and Money (2329.7 points, 9-4, last week 4): LGM batters hit 13 homers and drove in 34 runs as Matt's offense erupted in a victory against Bodysuit Man. Joey Votto (33) and Bryce Harper (29) did most of the damage, but Willson Contreras (22.5) and Joe Panik (20) did their part as well. On the pitching side, we can't explain the positive contributions from Jhoulys Chacin (22), Jimmy Nelson (21) and Tim Adleman (16). Horse-faced doofus John Lackey (-3.7) sure stunk it up, though.
5. Pitch! You Blockhead (2302.2 points, 6-7, last week 5): So much about Scott's 206.3-point performance against the commissioners drove Rich crazy. Denard Span (26.5) led the offense by doing all the things he never did in multiple stints on the commishes' teams. Jeff Samardzija (28.3) picked up a pair of wins. Jacob deGrom (23) had a huge game for the LOLMets. Jim Johnson (26) — wait, Jim Johnson did WHAT?!? — struck out 10 batters in 4 innings, saved 3 games and "earned" a win after blowing a save.
6. Quirkin’ For a Livin’ (2207.5 points, 4-9, last week 6): The Fightin' Hueys continue to be one of FBLG's most inconsistent (least consistent?) teams. They found themselves on the "meh" side of the pendulum in Week 13, losing to PYB by about 50 points. Trea Turner (19) looked pretty good before breaking his hand, and now Yoenis Cespedes is hurt (again) too. Jon Gray (19) might be what the pitching staff has been missing all season, and Mike Foltynewicz (20) flirted with a no-hitter in Oakland.
7. Fresh Fish (2173.3 points, 7-6, last week 7): Rick's pitching staff picked up 5 wins — including 2 by Jekyll-and-Hyde closer Fernando Rodney — in a win against Clemente's Bucs. Anthony Rendon (25) powered an offense that smacked 8 homers, including 1 by string-bean slapper Billy Hamilton. Steven Matz (16) had a rare great outing for an even-rarer healthy Mets pitcher, but Brandon Finnegan (-1) was pretty awful.
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| Dud of the Week D.J. LeMahieu did a lot more of this in Week 13 than hitting his trademark 27-hoppers to the right fielder. |
8. Arbitration Losers (2119 points, 7-6, last week 8): Oof. Michael Wacha (35) won twice for the Losers, but it wasn't enough as Tim's club got whacked by the previously winless Misfits. Tanner Roark (-1) was terrible, Mark Melancon (3) got hurt, Keon Broxton (4) and Brandon Crawford (6) were no-shows, and D.J. LeMahieu (3) did literally nothing but hit 3 singles. "All grounders to right field, I bet!" Rich says.
9. Project Mayhem (2069.2 points, 5-8, last week 9): If 2 of your top hitters don't play, you're unlikely to win. If your opponent scores 228.5 points, you have no shot. That was the story for Bill, who got nice efforts from Jedd Gyorko (24), Aaron Nola (19) and Taijuan Walker (17.3), but little else from anyone else. Kris Bryant (8.5) and Ryan Zimmerman (7) were letdowns; Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Conforto never hit the field. And now Ian Desmond is on the DL. Uh-oh.
10. The Misfits (1853.7 points, 1-12, last week 10): We knew it would happen eventually, and in Week 13 it finally did. Reid's team got its first W of the season by beating Reid's former newspaper co-worker. Sorry, Tim. Every Misfit batter reached double digits in points, with Stephen Piscotty (20) and Michael Taylor (20) leading the way. If we have to nitpick, the pitching (31.7 total) was nothing to get excited about, and Brandon McCarthy got hurt and didn't pitch at all.
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