FBLG All-Star Team

Most points scored by players in the FBLG by position

1B - Freddie Freeman (Mis) 62

2B - Omar Infante (PB) 52

SS - Rafael Furcal (HR) 58

3B - David Freese (Rook) 62

C - Yadier Molina (Mis) 66

OF - Matt Kemp (HH) 96, Andre Ethier (Mis) 71,  Jay Bruce (AL) 68

SP - Stephen Strasburg (FF) 75, Kyle Lohse (Mis) 69, Matt Garza (PB) 68, Roy Halladay (HR) 66, Gio Gonzalez (BAWG) 66

RP - Craig Kimbrel (HH) 47

Week 5 roster changes

Players acquired

3B Chris Johnson, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #2)

OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, by Misfits (April #3)

OF Bryce Harper, by Triple-A's (April #3)

3B Casey McGehee, by BAWG (April #4)

Players released

SP Joe Blanton, by Rookies

3B Ryan Roberts, by Pitch You Blockhead

Midweek replacements

BAWG: On Friday, placed 3B Ryan Zimmerman on disabled list; activated 3B Casey McGehee

Week 5 active roster changes

ROOKIES: Benched SP Chad Billingsley; activated SP A.J. Burnett

PICKLE BUGS: Benched 3B Chipper Jones; activated 3B Aramis Ramirez

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released 3B Ryan Roberts; benched OF Jayson Werth, SP Yovani Gallardo, SP Mat Latos; activated 3B Chris Johnson, OF Jon Jay, SP James McDonald, SP Edison Volquez

HAMMERIN HANK: No changes

FRESH FISH: Benched OF Nate Schierholtz and SP Juan Nicasio; activated OF Jason Kubel and RP R.A. Dickey.

BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: No changes

MISFITS: Released RP Javy Guerra; moved SP Tim Hudson from DL to bench; benched OF Lucas Duda and SP Kyle Lohse; activated OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, SP Mark Buehrle and RP Heath Bell

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched 1B Mat Gamel and SP Zach Greinke; activated 1B Bryan Lahair and SP Bud Norris

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched OF David DeJesus and SP Ted Lilly; activated OF Bryce Harper and SP Jeff Samardzija

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed 1B Aubrey Huff on disabled list; benched 3B Ian Stewart; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Justin Upton

Sunday's report

Overall standings


1. Halladay Road (Bill) 638
Poor week brings HR back to the pack

2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 635
Nate Schierholtz had a great week ... on Monday!

3. Misfits (Reid) 612
Would have better off by leaving reliever spot on roster empty all season

4. Rookies (Henry) 602
Break out the bunting! A.J. Burnett is back

5. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 598
Thin on pitching with Jurrjens in minors, Guthrie on DL

6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 562
Ike Turner was a better hitter than Ike Davis is right now

7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 550
Rockies at home is good news for CarGo

8. Triple-A's (Ken) 532
Nothing like pinch-hit grand slam on 1B's day off.

9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 501
Gallardo sits, he shines; when he starts, he implodes

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 431
159-point week! Best of the season!


Head-to-head finals

Rookies 176, Pitch You Blockhead 140

Misfits 178, Pickle Bugs 153

Fresh Fish 210, Halladay Road 147

Billy Ashley Wind Generator 191, Triple-A's 137

Arbitration Losers 159, Hammerin' Hank 157

Protecting and stealing players on FBLG rosters

Here are players who will be steal-eligible Monday if not protected.

OF Matt Diaz (Rook)
SP AJ Burnett (Rook)
OF Nyger Morgan (HH)
SP Jeremy Guthrie (HH)

One rule that is unique to the FBLG is the one that prevents owners from hoarding talent on their bench.

If an FBLG owner keeps a player on his bench for four consecutive weeks, if he does not activate that player on the fifth week, that player can be stolen off his roster by another FBLG owner.

If an owner has a player stolen off his roster, he will receive a bonus monthly move that can be used as a fourth monthly move for the month.

This often is not a very enticing bonus for some owners. Owners who leave players exposed to be stolen often are not very active on picking up free agents.

Example, there are four players potentially eligible to be stolen on April 30, the first Monday that players can be stolen. Those players are on two FBLG rosters whose owners have burned a combined two April moves.

Protecting players on your roster

If a player has an April 30 steal date (steal dates are noted on FBLG scoring document on Google docs), all the owner needs to do is activate that player for Week 5 (which starts on April 30).

If the player is not activated, then he can be stolen off the roster on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. If a steal-eligible player goes unclaimed by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, then his steal date is reset to the subsequent Monday, and the process starts over again.

Stealing a player

If you're interested in stealing a player off another roster, send the commissioner an email of your intentions BEFORE the Monday roster move deadline. The notice must also included a potential corresponding roster move, if one is needed.

Example: If Willie Mays is left exposed. Then your bid email should go something like ...

"I would like to place a bid on Willie Mays. If I get him, I will released Duke Snider."

Bids without corresponding roster move will not be accepted.

If a player is left exposed, he will be awarded to the bidding owner with the lowest league standing at the Monday roster deadline.

If there are no bids on a steal-eligible player by the roster deadline, the player will remain steal-eligible for 48ish hours after the roster deadline and will be awarded to any bidding owner on a first-come, first-get basis until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 559
2. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 500
3. Fresh Fish (Rick) 486
4. Misfits (Reid) 471
5. Rookies (Henry) 456
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 452
7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 425
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 416
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 400
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 333

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Pitch You Blockhead 39, Rookies 30
Pickle Bugs 43, Misfits 37
Halladay Road 68, Fresh Fish 61
Billy Ashley Wind Generator 66, Triple-A's 21
Arbitration Losers 61, Hammerin Hank 59

Week 4 roster changes

Players acquired

• 2B Jose Altuve, by BAWG (April #2)
• OF Nate Schierholtz, by Fresh Fish (April #3)
• RP Aroldis Chapman, by BAWG (April #3)
• 1B James Loney, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

Players released

• 2B Aaron Hill, by BAWG
• OF Juan Rivera, by BAWG

Week 3 midweek replacements

• FRESH FISH: On Thursday, placed OF Chris Young on disabled list; activated OF Jason Kubel

Week 4 active roster changes

• ROOKIES: No changes
• PICKLE BUGS: Placed SP Ryan Dempster on disabled list; activated SP Carlos Zambrano
• PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Jon Jay and SP James McDonald; activated OF Angel Pagan and SP Mat Latos
• HAMMERIN HANK: No changes
• FRESH FISH: Benched OF Jason Kubel, SP Trevor Cahill, SP R.A. Dickey; activated OF Nate Schierholtz, SP Juan Nicasio, SP Vance Worley
• BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: Released 2B Aaron Hill and OF Juan Rivera; benched C Jonathan Lucroy and SP Erik Bedard; activated 2B Jose Altuve, C Buster Fowler, OF Dexter Fowler and SP Adam Wainwright
• MISFITS: Benched SP Mark Buehrle; activated SP Johnny Cueto
• HALLADAY ROAD: Benched 1B Bryan LaHair; activated 1B Mat Gamel
• TRIPLE-A'S: Placed SP Cliff Lee and 1B Lance Berkman on disabled list; benched SP Jeff Samardzija; activated SP Mike Minor and SP Ricky Nolasco
• ARBITRATION LOSERS: Placed SP Daniel Hudson on disabled list; benched 1B Aubrey Huff and OF Justin Upton; activated 1B James Lones, OF Martin Prado and SP Jhoulys Chacin

Sunday's report

Wow, I'm not sure there has ever been a worst week by an FBLG team during a full week of games in the 20-year history of the Fantasy Baseball League of the Gods.

The Arbitration Losers had just about everything go wrong in Week 3, and that coming off a Week 4 that wasn't that impressive.

The 72-point week may have been an all-time low. And it leaves the defending FBLG champions more than 200 points in the hole three weeks into the season.

Check out this lineup: 1B Aubrey Huff (.182), 2B Rickie Weeks (.197), SS Jimmy Rollins (.254 -- he's raking!), 3B Ian Stewart (.196), C Geovany Soto (.136 … and he had two errors Sunday. Sweet!), OF Justin Upton (.205 and he missed most of last week with in an injury), OF Jay Bruce (.233), OF Emilio Bonafacio (.298 .. team MVP).

SP Tim Lincecum is in a major funk, and had his start rained out Sunday. That same rainout bumped Johan Santana back to Tuesday. SP Daniel Hudson is on the DL with a sore shoulder.

Pickle Bugs pitcher Wandy Rodriguez had a 20-point day on Sunday. The Losers haven't had a 20-point day as a TEAM in almost TWO WEEKS.

So NO ONE in the FBLG has the right to complain to the commish about their team.

Players acquired

• 2B Jose Altuve, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (April #2)
• RP Aroldis Chapman, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (April #3)
• 1B James Loney, by Arbitration Losers (April #4)

Overall standings

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 491
2. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 441
3. Misfits (Reid) 433
4. Rookies (Henry) 426
5. Fresh Fish (Rick) 425
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 409
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 395
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 363
9. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 358
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 272

Head-to-head finals for Week 3

Misfits 190, Rookies 170
Pickle Bugs 162, Fresh Fish 130
PItch You Blockhead 154, Billy Ashley Wind Generator 123
Hammerin Hank 160, Triple-A's 145
Halladay Road 199, Arbitration Losers 72

Thursday's report

The Rookies are thinking: "Nine shutout innings should get you a win." (Matt Cain)

The Triple-A's are thinking: "Ten shutout innings should get you a win." (Cliff Lee)

The Fresh Fish and Pitch You Blockhead think their outfielders should stop plowing into the wall (Chris Young and Jon Jay).

Rick is the new closer killer. First he killed off Brian Wilson, then he picked up Joel Hanrahan, who now has a sore hammy. Other closers on waiver wire are running for cover.

And the Misfits' Freddie Freeman is starring in a new movie "Driving Mr. Spaulding" with 28 points in the past three games.

PLAYER ACQUIRED

OF Nate Schierholtz, by Fresh Fish (April #2)

OVERALL

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 408
2. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 379
3. Fresh Fish (Rick) 367
4. Misfits (Reid) 364
5. Rookies (Henry) 355
6. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 331
7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 322
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 314
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 274
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 241

Head-to-head scores

Misfits 121, Rookies 99
Pickle Bugs 84, Fresh Fish 72
Billy Ashley Wind Generator 87, Pitch You Blockhead 65
Hammerin' Hank 98, Triple-A's 64
Halladay Road 116, Arbitration Losers 41

Tuesday's report

It's been rough opening for the defending champion Arbitration Losers. Their No. 1 pick (Tim Lincecum) has struggled out of the game. Their No. 2 pick (Justin Upton) may be headed to the DL. They have not scored more than 18 points in any one day in the past eight days. The player they drafted to play 1B is not yet eligible there. The player they drafted to play 3B is not yet eligible there. Johan Santana had two very good starts but no run support. Then he gets lit up in Atlanta. Perhaps they need to trade for David Murphy, because everything can could go wrong has gone wrong. But, again, it's early.

Conditional DL move

Arbitration Losers conditionally place OF Justin Upton on DL, activated OF Martin Prado

Overall standings

1. Halladay Road (Bill) 353
2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 342
3. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 311
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 299
5. Rookies (Henry) 298
6. Misfits (Reid) 296
7. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 287
8. Triple-A's (Ken) 269
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 253
10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 212

Head-to-head scores

Misfits 53, Rookies 42
Pickle Bugs 52, Fresh Fish 47
Billy Ashley Wind Generator 52, Pitch You Blockhead 44
Hammerin' Hank 30, Triple-A's 19
Halladay Road 61, Arbitration Losers 19

Week 3 roster changes

Players acquired

• 1B Adam LaRoche, by Rookies (April #1)
• SP Joe Blanton, by Rookies (April #2)
• OF Jon Jay, by Pitch You Blockhead (April #1)
• RP Joel Hanrahan, by Fresh Fish (April #2)
• OF Juan Rivera, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (April #1)
• RP Javy Guerra, by Misfits (April #2)
• OF Jordan Schaefer, by Halladay Road (April #2)
• OF David DeJesus, by Triple-A's (April #2)
• 1B Aubrey Huff, by Arbitration Losers (April #2)
• 3B Ian Stewart, by Arbitration Losers (April #3)

Players released

• OF Jose Tabata, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator
• SP Mike Leake, by Pickle Bugs
• OF Will Venable, by Pitch You Blockhead
• OF Marlon Byrd, by Triple-A's
• SS Alex Gonzalez, by Fresh Fish
• 1B Brandon Belt, by Arbitration Losers
• SP Aaron Harang, by Arbitration Losers

Week 3 active roster changes

• ROOKIES: Benched 1B Gaby Sanchez; activated 1B Adam LaRoche.
• PICKLE BUGS: Released SP Mike Leake; benched 3B Aramis Ramirez; activated SP Cory Luebke; activated 3B Chipper Jones from disabled list
• PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released OF Will Venable; benched OF Angel Pagan and SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Jayson Werth, OF Jon Jay and SP Yovani Gallardo
• HAMMERIN' HANK: No changes
• FRESH FISH: Released SS Alex Gonzalez; placed SP Brian Wilson on disabled list; benched SP Juan Nicasio; activated SS Jed Lowrie, SP Joel Hanrahan and SP Trevor Cahill
• BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: Benched OF Dexter Fowler, C Buster Posey and SP Adam Wainwright; activated OF Juan Rivera, C Jonathan Lucroy and SP Jordan Zimmermann
• MISFITS: Placed SP Tim Stauffer on disabled list; benched SP Johnny Cueto and RP Heath Bell; activated SP Mark Buehrle and SP Javy Guerra
• HALLADAY ROAD: Benched 1B Mat Gamel, OF Drew Stubbs and SP Bud Norris; activated 1B Bryan Lahair, OF Jordan Schaefer and SP Josh Johnson
• TRIPLE-A'S: Released OF Marlon Byrd; benched 1B Lance Berkman and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated 1B Todd Helton and OF David DeJesus; activated OF SP Ted Lilly from disabled list.
• ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released 1B Brandon Belt; benched 3B Martin Prado benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated 1B Aubrey Huff and 3B Ian Stewart; activated SP Ryan Vogelsong from disabled list