Monday, May 23, 2011

Week 9 roster changes

Players acquired

OF Eric Hinske, by Misfits (May #3)

OF Laynce Nix, by Triple-A's (May #1)

C Jonathan Lucroy, by Goatwhisperers (May #1)

3B Brandon Wood, by VC Appraisers (May #1)

Players released

SP Mike Leake, by Triple-A's

IF Willie Bloomquist, by Pickle Bugs

SS Ryan Theriot, by Pickle Bugs

C Ramon Hernandez, by Goatwhisperers

OF Ben Francisco, by Arbitration Losers

Week 9 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Edinson Volquez; activated SP Travis Wood

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF Will Venable and 2B Jamey Carroll; activated OF Jose Tabata and 2B Freddy Sanchez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Matt Garza and OF Chris Coughlan; activated SP Clayton Kershaw and OF Corey Hart

VC APPRAISERS: Placed 3B Pedro Alvarez and SP Josh Johnson on disabled list; activated 3B Brandon Wood and SP Randy Wolf

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP Kyle McClellan

MISFITS: Placed OF Marlon Byrd and OF Nate McLouth on disabled list; benched SS Roger Cedeno; activated OF Eric Hinske, OF Shane Victorino and SS Miguel Tejada

GOATWHISPERERS: Released C Ramon Hernandez; activated C Jonathan Lucroy

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed 2B Juan Uribe on disabled list; benched SP Mat Latos; moved 2B Orlando Hudson from DL to bench; activated 2B Chase Utley from disabled list; activated SP Ryan Dempster

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Released IF Willie Bloomquist from disabled list; released SS Ryan Theriot; benched SS Clint Barmes; activated SS Rafael Furcal from disabled list

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Leading scorers

Hitters

1. Ryan Braun (US) 150
2. Joey Votto (TA) 142
3. Matt Kemp (TA) 138
3. Jose Reyes (VCA) 138
3. Prince Fielder (PB) 138
6. Drew Stubbs (HR) 130
7. Hunter Pence (PB) 127
7. Lance Berkman (VCA) 127
9. Matt Holliday (HR) 127
10. Martin Prado (AL) 126

Pitchers

1. Roy Halladay (Mis) 162
2. Tim Lincecum (PB) 136
2. Jaime Garcia (AL) 136
4. Josh Johnson (VCA) 130
4. Cole Hamels (VCA) 130

Relievers

1. Francisco Rodriguez (PYB) 95
2. Huston Street (VCA) 77
3. Carlos Marmol (TA) 74

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 1379
     News we've all been waiting for: Two players go on DL

2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 1319
     Ace of the staff? Daniel Hudson

3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1286
     Snap losing skid, and Utley's coming back

4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 1262
    Three 20-point pitching outings during week

5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 1258
    Losing with 2nd best scoring week ... sucks, doesn't it?

6. Triple-A's (Ken) 1251
   If Venable had doubled weekly output, TA's would have won and not tied.

7. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 1244
     If Snyder had doubled his weekly output, still would have tied

8. Misfits (Reid) 1171
     Byrd becomes seventh player on Misfits' DL

9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 1146
     You can't spell Thole without hole (2-pt week)

10. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 1130
    Hoped for four double starts, got only one

Week 8 head-to-head

Triple-A's 169, Arbitration Losers 169
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 170, Pitch You Blockhead 117
Misfits 177, Chico's Chuggers 133
Arbitration Losers 169, VC Appraisers 140
Pickle Bugs 216, Ubaldo Spots 184

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