Thursday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1011
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 874
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 859
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 849
5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 833
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 831
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 821
8. Misfits (Reid) 771
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 763
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 736

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 67, Pitch You Blockhead 60
VC Appraisers 131, Ubaldo Spots 73
Misfits 93, Goatwhisperers 93
Holliday Road 75, Arbitration Losers 71
Pickle Bugs 124, Chico's Chuggers 73

League notes

Owners looking for a dent in the VC Appraisers' armor are still looking. VCA has pushed their overall lead to 137 points. Teams in spots 2 through 7 are fairly tightly bunched, so we can expect a competitive league if the VCA's ever do actually falter. Owners lookings for something to hang their hopes on, it has to be the VCA's bench. The Appraisers were the only FBLG team not to burn at least three April moves (they burned only one and that was to retain a DL'd player who was acquired in the supplemental draft). Their bench currently consists of a player in the minors (Domonic Brown), a No. 4 outfielder (John Jay), and a pretty good pitcher (Jonathan Sanchez). So if something happens to one of their pitchers, they'll be fine. If something happens to a position player, they could be hurting.


Also, last-place Pitch You Blockhead are approaching the dreaded "Bandito Line." PYB is 275 points out of first. The biggest deficit overcome by an FBLG champion was 299 points in 1997 by the Beezabol Banditos.

The first FBLG trade of the season was finalized Wednesday night, with the Pickle Bugs sending 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa to the Holliday Road for RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante

Midweek replacements

Pickle Bugs, On Thursday, placed RP Jonathan Broxton on the disabled list; traded 2B Danny Espinosa; activated RP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Omar Infante (acquired in trade).

Holliday Road, on Thursday, benched 1B Lyle Overbay and traded 2B Omar Infante; activated 1B Carlos Pena and 2B Danny Espinosa (both acquired in trade).

Players acquired

SP Bud Norris, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitration Losers (May #1) 

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 964
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 839
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 812
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 792
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 790
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 774
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 745
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 732
9. Misfits (Reid) 706
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 701

Week 6 head-to-head

Triple-A's 32, Pitch You Blockhead 25
VC Appraisers 84, Ubaldo Spots 26
Goatwhisperers 52, Misfits 28
Holliday Road 34, Arbitration Losers 24
Chico's Chuggers 42, Pickle Bugs 20

Midweek moves

Pitch You Blockhead acquires 3B Ian Stewart (May #3); placed 3B Ty Wigginton on disabled list; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers placed 2B Orlando Hudson on disabled list; moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco.

Week 6 roster changes

Week 5 midweek replacements

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday, placed 3B Casey Blake on disabled list; activated 3B Ty Wigginton

PICKLE BUGS: On Sunday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Ryan Roberts

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

SP Jason Marquis, by Triple-A's (April #4)

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pickle Bugs (April #4)

C Ramon Hernandez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (April #4)

SP Tim Stauffer, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)

1B Brett Wallace, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #2)

3B Greg Dobbs, by Misfits (May #1)


Players released

SP Kevin Correia, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

1B Adam LaRoche, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Pat Burrell, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Chris Narveson, by Triple-A's

OF Raul Ibanez, by Arbitratrion Losers


Week 6 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP Chris Narveson; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Bronson Arroyo; activated OF Max Venable, SP Jason Marquis and SP Carlos Zambrano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Moved OF Corey Hart from DL to bench; released 1B Adam LaRoche; benched SP Jordan Zimmermann and SP SP Jake Westbrook; activated 1B Brett Wallace, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Clayton Kershaw

VC APPRAISERS: Moved OF Domonic Brown from DL to bench

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP R.A. Dickey

MISFITS: Placed 3B David Freese on disabled list; benched 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Esmil Rogers; activated 3B Greg Dobbs, 1B James Loney, OF Nate McLouth and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched C Carlos Ruiz, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Ted Lilly; activated C Ramon Hernandez, OF Jayson Werth and SP Anibal Sanchez

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Cody Ross; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated 3B Juan Uribe.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SP Jon Garland; activated SP Shawn Marcum

Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin)  880
    Rest of league waiting for VCA's first injury
2. Triple-A's (Ken) 807
   T-A's go cold and suffer first  loss of season
3. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 786
    Solid hitting, but pitching takes week off
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 758
    Stellar outfield, pitching carry team
5. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 750
    Get win despite Tulo's quiet week
6. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 738
    Ruiz's 0-point week does not cost them weekly win
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 726
    There are better options at catcher
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 690
     McGehee's error Sunday cost them weekly win
9. Misfits (Reid) 678
    Kimbrel could in risk of losing closer job
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 676
    Pitching fuels solid week despite more frustration at 3B

Week 5 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 167, Pickle Bugs 140
Ubaldo Spots 168, Chico's Chuggers 167
VC Appraisers 166, Misfits 151
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 180, Holliday Road 179
Arbitration Losers 157, Triple-A's 135

Players acquired

OF Ben Francisco (Arbitration Losers)
SP Jason Marquis (Triple-A's)
3B Ryan Roberts (Picke Bugs)
C Ramon Hernandez (Gladstone Goatwhisperers)
SP Tim Stauffer (Pitch You Blockhead)
1B Brett Wallace (Pitch You Blockhead)

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)