Thursday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1032
     Still the lone team in quadruple digits
2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 991
     Nationals' Willingham, Desmond have good days
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 989
     Glad to get Tulowitzki back in lineup
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 969
     Zimmerman's 14-point day powers Bugs
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 953
     Guzman filling void left by Rollins
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 944
    Need a good start from Gorzelanny Friday
7. Misfits (Reid) 922
    Get shutout on Thursday
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 918
     Santana pitches well, but gets no win
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 873
    Chuggers pitchers bitten again by lack of run support
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 814
     Helton's 3 points is Thursday's total

Head-to-head standings

Goatwhisperers 94, Misfits 40
VC Appraisers 77, Chico's Chuggers 72
Pickle Bugs 101, Triple-A's 76
Arbitration Losers 83, Pitch You Blockhead 74
Upton No Good 110, Fresh Fish 55

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1025
    Bill was last by himself last year, so this must be all Rich
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 980
    Only eight points from Halladay
3. Fresh Fish (Rick) 965
     Showdown with UNG turning into a mow down
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 954
     Rowand: hot when on the bench, cold now that he's starting
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 934
     Another solid outing from Kuroda
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 931
     Now, Bailey decides to pitch well
7. Misfits (Reid) 930
     Castro halfway from getting back to positive integers
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 903
    Not much to say about a boring Wednesday
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 861
     Still waiting for LaRoche to pay off
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 811
     Oddly enough, pitching is one thing that's going well this week

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 75, Misfits 48
VC Appraisers 62, Chico's Chuggers 60
Pickle Bugs 86, Triple-A's 63
Arbitration Losers 74, Pitch You Blockhead! 71
Upton No Good 103, Fresh Fish 29

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 977
     Loney is performing like HanRam; HanRam performing like Loney
2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 960
     Zito finally has a Zito-like outing
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 959
    Rox rainout give Tulowitzki one more day to heal
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 921
     Bugs really hope Lilly blooms soon
5. Misfits (Reid) 914
    We call him Starlin "Overthrow" Castro
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 903
     Rox-Phils rainout thinned out TA's lineup
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 893
    Blanks is firing Blanks (hitting .180); may be time to look for OF
8. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 891
     Thank God for Cedeno's hit, or Cueto would have had a no-hitter on the bench
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 842
     LaRoche not doing much more than A-Ram
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 785
     Wright discovers that chances of getting hit improve when you make contact

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 32, Misfits 32
VC Appraisers 52, Chico's Chuggers 41
Pickle Bugs 53, Triple-A's 35
Arbitration Losers 53, Pitch You Blockhead! 45
Upton No Good 55, Fresh Fish 24

Week 6 roster moves

Players acquired

SS Omar Infante, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)
3B David Freese, by Upton No Good (May #1)
SP John Maine, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)
3B Andy LaRoche, by Chico's Chuggers (May #1)
OF Nate Schierholtz, by Misfits (May #1)
SS Sterling Castro, by Misfits (May #2)
SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Triple-A's (May #1)

Players released

RP Brad Lidge, by Upton No Good
3B Chipper Jones, by Upton No Good
SP Jason Hammel, by VC Appraisers
SP Homer Bailey, by Triple-A's
OF Cameron Maybin, by Misfits
SS Brendan Ryan, by Misfits
OF Max Venable, by Pitch You Blockhead

Active roster changes

Upton No Good: Benched OF Chris Young and SP Randy Wells; activated OF Manny Ramirez from disabled list; activated SP Edwin Jackson

Pickle Bugs: Benched OF Corey Hart; activated OF Aaron Rowand

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Jason Heyward and SP Stephen Strasburg; activated OF Nate McLouth and SP Cole Hamels

VC Appraisers: Benched SP Mat Latos; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: No moves

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Mark DeRosa and SP Randy Wolf; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP John Maine

Triple-A's: Benched SP Livan Hernandez; activated SP Tom Gorzelanny

Misfits: Benched SS Alcides Escobar and OF Kosuke Fukudome; activated SS Sterling Castro and OF Nate Schierholtz

Pitch You Blockhead: Released OF Max Venable; benched OF Matt Holliday and SP Clayton Richard; activated OF Conor Jackson from disabled list; activated OF Lastings Milledge and SP Carlos Silva

Chico's Chuggers: Benched 3B Aramis Ramirez and OF Cody Ross; placed SS Edgar Renteria; activated 3B Andy LaRoche and OF Michael Bourn

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 936
     Fish are so good, they can intentionally take a zero (Strasburg) and still win
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 922
     Ubaldo pitches great ... and loses; it was that kind of week for UNG
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 906
     Walk is as good as a hit, except in FBLG and Uri(BB)(BB)(BB)(BB)e
4. Misfits (Reid) 882
     Family emergency for Correia delivers KO for Misfits' win hopes
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 868
     No decision for Oswalt Sunday leads to loss for Bugs
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 868
    After a couple of tough-luck losses, it's good to get a lucky win
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 859
     Tale of two Kershaws: -6 and 22 points
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 841
     Latos, Leake lead away from loss
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 801
     Chuggers hope last week was start of something big for Prince
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 740
     A good week, but another loss

Head-to-head finals

Arbitration Losers 170, Pickle Bugs 167
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 191, Pitch You Blockhead! 164
VC Appraisers 201, Upton No Good 179
Triple-A's 159, Chico's Chuggers 148
Fresh Fish 175, Misfits 164

Thursday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 866
     Too bad points at Triple-A don't count
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 840
     Wells runs dry: -6
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 827
     Cinco de Mayo is a holiday, but Seis de Mayo is a Halladay
4. Misfits (Reid) 797
    Now six zeros for Ludwick, Fukudome
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 791
     Wandy continues to struggle
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 781
     Looking for good things from Carpenter today
7. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 746
    Haren, Cain score 40 of team's 47 Thursday points
8. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 744
     Garrett Jones supplies all 7 of team's Thursday points
9. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 715
     Not bad day considering most of team was idle
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 675
     Broxton gets PYB's first pitching win of week ... after blowing save

Head-to-head scores

Arbitration Losers 91, Pickle Bugs 90
Pitch You Blockhead! 99, Goatwhisperers 76
Upton No Good 97, VC Appraisers 75
Chico's Chuggers 93, Triple-A's 72
Fresh Fish 105, Misfits 79

Players acquired

OF Nate Schierholtz, by the Misfits

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 857
     More gold from Zito
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 832
     Another stellar outing from Ubaldo
3. Misfits (Reid) 789
     Five zeros from Ludwick, Fukudome so far this week
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 788
     Batters have decided to take a nap this week
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 772
     One last swing give Cabrera big day Wednesday
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 762
     Week's top scorer is their closer ... not a good sign
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 737
     Kershaw's -6 spoils a very nice Tuesday
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 700
     VC's take a Leake, get 10 points
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 699
     Fielder showing signs of getting started
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 653
     Decent pitching outings, but not victories

Head-to-head scores

Pickle Bugs 71, Arbitration Losers 52
Pitch You Blockhead! 77, Goatwhisperers 69
Upton No Good 89, VC Appraisers 60
Triple-A's 53, Chico's Chuggers 46
Fresh Fish 96, Misfits 71

Midweek replacements

On Tuesday, Pitch You Blockhead placed SS Yunel Escobar on disabled list; acquired and activated SS Omar Infante (May #1)

Player acquisitions

3B David Freese, by Upton No Good (May #1)
SP John Maine, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)
3B Andy LaRoche, by Chico's Chuggers (May #1)

Best players available

1B-Adam LaRoche, Arz; Ike Davis, NY; Aubrey Huff, SF

 

1B/3B-Pedro Feliz, Hou

 

2B-Mike Fontenot, Chi; Blake DeWitt, LA; David Eckstein, SD

 

2B/3B-Melvin Mora, Col

 

SS-Ronny Cedeno, Pit; Tommy Manzella, Hou

 

3B-Scott Rolen, Cin; Andy LaRoche, Pit

 

C-Miguel Olivo, Col; Ramon Hernandez, Cin; John Baker, Fla; Nick Hundley, SD

 

OF-Johnny Gomes, Cin; Seth Smith, Col; Nate Schierholtz, SF; Melky Cabrera, Atl

 

SP-Rodrigo Lopez, Arz; Tom Gorzelanny, Chi; Dave Bush, Mil; Oliver Perez, NY; Jon Garland, SD; Nate Robertson, Fla

 

RP-Chad Qualls, Arz; Franklin Morales, Col; Leo Nunez, Fla; Matt Lindstrom, Hou; Matt Capps, Was

Week 5 roster moves

Players acquired

RP Brad Lidge, by Upton No Good (April #4)
SP Mike Leake, by VC Appraisers (April #3)
RP Matt Capps, by Arbitration Losers (April #3)
SP Livan Hernandez, by Triple-A's (April #2)
SP Wade LeBlanc, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #4)
SS Ian Desmond, by Fresh Fish (May #1)

Players released

OF Jim Edmonds, by Upton No Good
RP Matt Capps, by Arbitration Losers
SP Nate Robertson, by Pitch You Blockhead!
OF Melky Cabrera, by Misfits

Week 5 roster moves

Upton No Good: Benched SP Edwin Jackson; activated SP Chris Volstad

Pickle Bugs: Benched SP Chad Billingsley; activated SP Ted Lilly

Fresh Fish: Placed SS Rafael Furcal on disabled list; benched SP Derek Lowe and SP Cole Hamels; activated SS Ian Desmond, SP Stephen Strasburg and SP Jaime Garcia

VC Appraisers: Placed SP Jason Hammel on disabled list; activated SP Mike Leake

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: Benched OF Chris Coghlan and SP Bud Norris; activated OF Garrett Jones and SP Ian Kennedy

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Carlos Gomez and SP Jair Jurrjens; activated OF Mark DeRosa and SP Brett Myers

Triple-A's: Benched 2B Luis Castillo, 3B Casey Blake and SP Homer Bailey; activated 2B Jeff Keppinger, 3B Placido Polanco and SP Livan Hernandez

Misfits: Benched SP John Lannan; activated SP Jonathan Niese

Pitch You Blockhead: Released SP Nate Robertson; benched SP Carlos Silva; activated SP Wade LeBlanc and SP Aaron Harang

Chico's Chuggers: Benched OF Michael Bourn; activated SP Cody Ross

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 761
     Johnson, Lowe surge Fish back to top
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 743
     UNG scores 226 despite -16 from Jackson in two starts
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 736
     Pitching was quiet, other than Halladay
4. Misfits (Reid) 718
     Lannan averaged 1.5 points per start in Week 4
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 709
     Carpenter's 22 points helps rescue dismal week
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 701
    Bugs tally 200+ week despite modest pitching
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 668
     Kuroda tallies 15 of team's 17 points on Sunday
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 653
     Sanchez, Pelfrey keeps a good week from coming a great week
9. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 640
     Second-worst week by a single point ... but good enough for win
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 576
     Five of 8 position players had DNPs on Sunday

Head-to-head finals

Fresh Fish 193, Goatwhisperers 149
Pickle Bugs 205, Chico's Chuggers 196
VC Appraisers 143, Triple-A's 142
Upton No Good 226, Pitch You Blockhead 169
Arbitration Losers 177, Misfits 155