Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1322
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1204
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1199
4. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1171
5. Triple-A' (Ken) 1170
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1162
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1122
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1170
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1065
10. Misfits (Reid) 1061

Head-to-head

Triple-A's 88, Holliday Road 87
Pitch You Blockhead 52, Goatwhisperers 50
Chico's Chuggers 67, Misfits 67
Arbitration Losers 87, VC Appraisers 83
Ubaldo Spots 97, Pickle Bugs 76

Notes

Ubaldos Spots' conditional DL for Chipper Jones is voided. Jones goes to the bench. Emilio Bonafacio is released.

Goatwhisperers' conditional DL of David Wright is confirmed.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Week 8 roster changes

Players acquired

SS Clint Barmes, by Pickle Bugs (May #1)

SP Ryan Dempster, by Arbitration Losers (May #2)

SP Charlie Morton, by Ubaldo Spots (May #1)

SS Ronnie Cedeno, by Misfits (May #2)

3B Chris Johnson, by Goatwhisperers (May #1)

Players released

1B Brandon Belt, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Jason Hammel, by Ubaldo Spots

C Carlos Ruiz, by Goatwhisperers

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead

Week 8 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Placed SP Brandon Beachy on disabled list; benched SP Travis Wood; activated SP Edinson Volquez and SP Derek Lowe

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched 2B Freddy Sanchez; activated 2B Jamey Carroll

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Clayton Kershaw; activated SP Jordan Zimmermann

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Conditionally placed 3B Chipper Jones on disabled list; benched SP Tim Hudson; activated 3B Scott Rolen from disabled list; activated SP Charlie Morton

MISFITS: Benched SS Miguel Tejada and OF Shane Victorino; activated SS Ronnie Cedeno and OF Nate McLouth

GOATWHISPERERS: Conditionally place 3B David Wright on disabled list; benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Daniel Hudson and 3B Chris Johnson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched OF Jason Heyward; activated OF Ryan Ludwick

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SS Ryan Theriot; activated SS Clint Barmes

Updates on DL players

SS Rafael Furcal: Has started rehab stint; could return by the end of this week

OF Angel Pagan: Resumed baseball activities; expected back late May or early June

IF Willie Bloomquist: Had setback on rehab; status uncertain right now

3B Pablo Sandoval: Started taking groundballs last week, but still won't be back until early June

RP Jonathan Broxton: Manager Don Mattingly thinks Broxton could be out another six weeks, putting his return at mid June.

3B Casey Blake: Hoping to begin rehab assignment late this week, putting on course for return in early June

2B Chase Utley: Played first nine-inning game Sunday; should be moved to Double-A or Triple-A this week, on track to return by late May

2B Orlando Hudson: On rehab assignment; expected back this week

2B Skip Schumaker: Hopes to begin rehab assignment this week and could be back by end of the month

SP Johan Santana: Has begun throwing off mound; still not expected back until July

RP Randy Wells: Will make rehab start Tuesday; if all goes well, expected back in a couple of weeks

3B Ryan Zimmermann: Started jogging; expected return still look like mid-June

3B David Freese: Expected back anywhere from mid July to early August

SP Esmil Rogers: Mild lat strain; no timetable for return yet

SP Chris Young: Set for shoulder surgery, out for the rest of the season

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1239
    First sub-par week of season gives rest of league hope

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1149
     Big week gets GGs back within 100 points of lead

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1117
     Nothing like 200-point week ... and a loss

4. Triple-A's (Ken) 1082
     Sticky-fingers Leake sent to Triple-A

5. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1075
    A week of nothing from ailing Heyward

6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1074
    Six weeks into season and team's namesake has 15 total points

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1046
    Lucky to get win on sub-par week

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1013
     Four zeros, a DNP and rainout for Garret Jones

8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1013
    Hoping for big week with tons of double starts

10. Misfits (Reid) 994
     Longing to be able to replace Tejada

Week 7 head-to-head
Chico's Chuggers 167, Triple-A's 148
Pitch You Blockhead 185, VC Appraisers 156
Misfits 166, Ubaldo Spots 154
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 222, Arbitration Losers 212
Pickle Bugs 153, Holliday Road 148

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Tuesday's report

Overall standings
1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1128
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 992
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 989
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 972
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 960
6. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 955
7. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 954
8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 913
9. Misfits (Reid) 883
10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 861

Week 7 head-to-head

Chico's Chuggers 67, Triple-A's 55
VC Appraisers 45, Pitch You Blockhead 33
Misfits 55, Ubaldo Spots 40
Goatwhisperers 65, Arbitration Losers 49
Pickle Bugs 79, Holliday Road 28

Conditional move

Arbitration Losers conditionally placed 1B Ike Davis on disabled list; moved OF Aubrey Huff to 1B; activated OF Cody Ross

Monday, May 9, 2011

Leading scorers

BATTERS

1. Lance Berkman, VCA 113

2. Ryan Braun, US 105

3. Matt Kemp, TA 103

4. Matt Holliday, HR 102

5. Joey Votto, TA 102

6. Prince Fielder, PB 99

7. Drew Stubbs, HR 99

8. Ryan Howard, GG 98

9. Colby Rasmus, VCA 97

10. Chris Young, AL 96

PITCHERS

1. Roy Halladay, Mis  122

2. Josh Johnson, VCA 104

3. Cole Hamels, VCA 103

4. Clayton Kershaw, PYB 101

5. Jaime Garcia, AL 99

RELIEVERS

1. Huston Street, VCA 65

2. Francisco Rodriguez, PYB 63

3. Carlos Marmol, TA 58

Week 7 roster changes

Players acquired

3B Ian Stewart, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #3)

SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Holliday Road (May #1)

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

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

SP Homer Bailey, by Misfits (May #1)

Players released

SP RA Dickey, by Ubaldo Spot

SP Ted Lilly, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

Week 6 midweek replacements

Pitch You Blockhead: On Wednesday, placed 3B Ty Wigginton on DL; activated 3B Ian Stewart

Arbitration Losers: On Wednesday, placed 2B Orlando Hudson on DL, moved 3B Juan Uribe to 2B and OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Ben Francisco

Holliday Road: On Monday, placed SP Roy Oswalt on DL; activated RP Joel Hanrahan as emergency pitcher; On Thursday, traded RP Joel Hanrahan, leaving vacant spot on roster; traded 2B Omar Infante; benched 1B Lyle Overbay; activated 1B Carlos Pena (acquired in trade) and 2B Danny Espinosa (acquired in trade)

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


Week 7 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched OF Alfonso Soriano, SP Derek Lowe and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Garrett Jones, SP Travis Wood and SP Brandon Beachy

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Mike Leake; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Randy Wolf; activated SP Jonathan Sanchez

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP R.A. Dickey; benched SP Kyle McClellan, SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jason Hammel, Ubaldo Jimenez and Bud Norris.

MISFITS: Placed SP Chris Young and SP Esmil Rogers on disabled list; benched 1B James Loney and OF Nate McLouth; activated 1B Freddie Freeman, OF Carlos Lee and SP Homer Bailey

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Placed C Carlos Ruiz on disabled list; benched SP James McDonald and SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Zach Greinke and SP Johnny Cueto

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Ben Francisco and SP Aaron Harang; activated OF Raul Ibanez and SP Mat Latos

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Activated SP Tom Gorzelanny to fill roster spot vacated by traded Joel Hanrahan

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1083
     Rumors of VCA's demise were greatly exaggerated

2. Triple-A's (Ken) 934
     Too bad he didn't get jail time for stealing T-shirts, otherwise Ken would have had to spring Leake

3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 927
    GG's gets Greinke and Cueto off the DL

3. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 927
    To honor Brian Wilson's 31-point week, Bill and Cliff growing beards

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 920
     Four-point week for Braun fuels poor week for team

6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 905
     Really hoping Chase Utley is ready to play soon

7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 893
     Four stellar pitching starts make up for week hitting

8. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 846
     Just looking for a little consistency from players

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 828
     Just praying no one else gets hurt

9. Misfits (Reid) 828
     Leads league in players on DL with six


Week 6 head-to-head

Pitch You Blockhead 152, Triple-A's 127

VC Appraisers 203, Ubaldo Spots 134

Goatwhisperers 189, Misfits 150

Holliday Road 169, Arbitration Losers 155

Pickle Bugs 168, Chico's Chuggers 156

Friday, May 6, 2011

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) 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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.