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)

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