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

Leading scorers

Batters

1. Matt Kemp (TA) 83
2. Ryan Braun (US) 80
3. Prince Fielders (PB) 77
4. Joey Votto (TA) 76
5. Troy Tulowitzki (AL) 72
6. Jose Reyes (VCA) 70
6. Colby Rasmus (VCA) 70
8. Lance Berkman (VCA) 69
9. Starlin Castro (HR) 67
10. Andre Ethier (US) 66
10. David Wright (GG) 66

Starting pitchers

1. Josh Johnson (HR) 83
2. Roy Halladay (Mis) 81
3. Tim Lincecum (PB) 66
4. Clayton Kershaw (PYB) 66
5. Randy Wolf (HR) 63

Relievers

1. Huston Street (HR) 45
2. Carlos Marmol (TA)  40
3. Craig Kimbrel (Mis) 39

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 714
    Just imagine how well team would be doing if CarGo was hitting
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 672
    Another win leaves them as lone 4-0 team
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 618
    In third place with two guys on DL, one in minors
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 593
    Ike Davis has been hitting like Ike Turner
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 586
    Still searching for solution at SS
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 579
    Get a win despite getting just 7 total from Lee, Cain
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 558
    First two starts of week net 35 points; last four net 2
8. Misfits (Reid) 527
    Halladay's 27 on Sunday gave them SP total for week of 26
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 523
    Starting to hope Pujols plays some games at 2B soon
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 509
    Scoring points at 3B leads to first win of season

Week 4 head-to-head finals

Pitch You Blockhead 177, Chico's Chuggers 132
Triple-A's 184, Goatwhisperers 155
Ubaldo Spots 193, Arbitration Losers 147
Holliday Road 145, Misfits 119
VC Appraisers 223, Pickle Bugs 168

Thursday report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 610
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 596
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 529
4. Holliday Road (Rich) 520
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 500
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 496
7. Ubaldo Spots (Bill-Cliff) 490
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 456
9. Misfits (Reid) 440
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 439

Week 4 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 107, Chico's Chuggers 65
Triple-A's 108, Goatwhisperers 93
Arbitration Losers 83, Ubaldo Spots 65
Holliday Road 86, Misfits 32
VC Appraisers 119, Pickle Bugs 82

Players acquired

OF Emilio Bonafacio, by Ubaldo Spots (April #4)
SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road (April #4)

Mid-week replacement

On Friday, Ubaldo Spots placed OF Logan Morrison on disabled list, activated OF Emilio Bonafacio

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 594
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 584
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 517
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 494
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 486
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 479
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 476
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 446
9. Misfits (Reid) 431
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 410

Week 4 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 78, Chico's Chuggers 55
Triple-A's 96, Goatwhisperers 73
Arbitration Losers 71, Ubaldo Spots 54
Holliday Road 52, Misfits 23
VC Appraisers 103, Pickle Bugs 76

Steal date warning

This is your early-season warning. The following players will be eligible to be stolen NEXT MONDAY if they are not placed on active roster for Week 5. To check steal dates, go to "FBLG Scoring" document on Google docs.

OF Will Venable (Chico's Chuggers)
SP Javier Vazquez (Pitch You Blockhead)
SP Jake Westbrook (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Freddie Freeman (VC Appraisers)
OF John Jay (VC Appraisers)
SP Jair Jurrjens (VC Appraisers)
1B Carlos Pena (Pickle Bugs)
OF Dexter Fowler (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 561
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 556
3. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 470
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 469
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 462
6. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 460
7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 455
8. Misfits (Reid) 419
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 404
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 349

Head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 17, Chico's Chuggers 13
Triple-A's 68, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 57
Ubaldo Spots 37, Arbitration Losers 23
Holliday Road 21, Misfits 11
VC Appraisers 70, Pickle Bugs 52

Player acquisitions

1B Todd Helton, by Ubaldo Spots

League notes

With a limited schedule Monday and pair of rainouts Tuesday, scoring has been limited this week. Basically, if you've had a pitcher throw -- and throw well -- you're scoring this week. If not, you're not. ... Bad news for Pitch You Blockhead: They are more than 200 points off the lead and it's only Week 4. Good news: They're winning this week.

Week 4 roster changes

Players acquired

3B Casey Blake, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #3)

OF Cameron Maybin, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #4)

SP Anibal Sanchez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #3)

SP Aaron Harang, by Arbitration Losers (April #2)

Players released

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Gerardo Parra, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Mike Morse, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

SP Tim Stauffer, by Arbitration Losers

SP Clayton Richard, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Joe Blanton, by Holliday Roads

Week 4 roster moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Andrew McCutchen and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Garrett Jones and SP Derek Lowe

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Ryan Dempster; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released OF Gerardo Parra; benched 3B Ty Wigginton; activated 3B Casey Blake and OF Cameron Maybin

VC APPRAISERS: Moved SP Jair Jurrjens from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched 3B Scott Rolen and SP Jason Hammel; activated 3B Chipper Jones; activated SP Ubaldo Jimenez from disabled list

MISFITS: Benched SS Angel Sanchez; activated SS Miguel Tejada

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS:  No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD:  Released SP Joe Blanton; benched 3B Chase Headley and RP Joel Hanrahan; activated 3B Placido Polanco and SP SP John Lannan; activated RP Brian Wilson from disabled list

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 2B Jose Lopez and OF Seth Smith; activated 2B Danny Espinosa and OF Angel Pagan

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 491
    Huge week for their Cardinal outfielders
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 488
     Wandy scores 1; now even for season
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 446
    If only they had seven more Tulowitzkis
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 434
    Holliday's 30 sure a lot better than Ludwick's 6
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 425
    Namesake returns this week
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 418
    67-point Sunday delivers first weekly win
7. Misfits (Reid) 408
    They were hoping for more from than MadBum than this
8. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 403
     Chacin scores 22 this week; other 3 pitchers? 11
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 391
     Hey, this Pujols guys is pretty good
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 332
    Things going bad ... then their best player gets hurt

Week 3 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 175, Goatwhisperers 142
Triple-A's 191, Ubaldo Spot 151
Misfits 181, Pitch You Blockhead 108
VC Appraisers 227, Holliday Road 190
Pickle Bugs 192, Arbitration Losers 161

Players acquired

OF Cameron Maybin, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #4)
SP Anibal Sanchez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #3)

Wednesday's report

Overall

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 385
2. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 377
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 354
4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 338
5. Misfits (Reid) 332
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 311
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 303
8. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 291
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 279
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 267

Head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 63, Goatwhisperers 43
Triple-A's 88, Ubaldo Spots 64
Misfits 105, Pitch You Blockhead 43
VC Appraisers 113, Holliday Road 47
Pickle Bugs 85, Arbitration Losers 69

Daily report

Given-and-take from Zambrano: 5 ER, 1 HR ... Johnson, Sanchez, Rasmus, Berkman combine for 59 points for VCA's. ... Losers reeling after Kennedy's -8 ... Another Halladay complete game ... SP Shawn Marcum doubles season output in one start (19 pts) ... Chico Chuggers and Pitch You Blockhead slip more than 100 points out of first place