Here are the first 10 rounds of review. Again, all rankings are as of 5-20-09, so many have changed.
Round One
Best Pick - only 3 real competitors here, but it has to go to Jason Bay (6th by Legends). The 4th
ranked player really likes playing in Fenway.
Worst Pick - This goes to Vlad 7th overall Guerrero. He's ranked 963 and is hurt…. Shockingly… Would Karma trade Vlad for Adam Jones, the 150th overall pick? I hope so…
Round 1 Winner: Despite Swine Nine, Karma and Bobz Boyz each having 2 picks here, it has to go to Legends for grabbing Bay.
Round 1 Loser: Since Karma at least got Morneau #1, this has to go to PSC for taking Ortiz #9, and then cutting him 5 weeks later. Jacoby Ellsbury, ranked 77th, went with the very next pick.
Round Two
Best Pick: Ew. This was really a pretty lousy round. The best pick here was Curtis Granderson at 13 (ranked 44).
Worst Pick: There are 4 players taken in the round ranked higher than 650, and only one of them is guaranteed to finish higher than that (McCann). The worst so far though, and one of the biggest fantasy disappointments of 2009, is Francisco Liriano, who is currently ranked 1201 and getting hammered.
Round 2 Winner: I guess it's the Howitzers with Granderson, who probably should have been shopped after his great start.
Round 2 Loser: Though taking Geovany Soto (ranked 901) in this round was a stretch even based on his 2008 production, watching him stink really has to irk Bounty Hunters… but they are not the losers of this round. Bobz Boyz took Chris Davis (ranked 199 but hitting .200) 14th and Francisco Liriano 19th, and he regrets them both. How different would this league be if the Boyz had taken Billingsley and left Liriano to the Swine?
Round Three
Best Pick: Jonathan Broxton was taken 30th and is ranked 6th overall, mostly because he's lucked into 5 wins, which is a lot for a closer over the entire year. The real gem of this round has been Billingsley (ranked 32). He has teamed with Johan to give Swine two uber-aces and has run laps around all other starting pitchers taken in the first 7 rounds. Not until round 8 with Gallardo and Greinke did we see an SP who's actually throwing like an ace.
Worst Pick: John Lackey (574) was put on the DL right around the draft, which gave Legends the privilege of, for the 2nd year in a row, drafting an injured Angels SP. Tulowitzki has been the worst performer in this round, but I'm betting Legends would much rather have Broxton right now.
Round 3 Winner: Jobu and Broxton may disagree, but it goes to Swine for Billingsley.
Round 3 Loser: This goes to PSC for Tulowitzki (ranked 591). Lackey should be solid down the stretch. There's not nearly as much hope for Troy.
Round Four
Best Pick: Adam Dunn (ranked 48) is still hitting bombs, only this year he's actually helping the batting average for Legends. If Joey Votto can ever get his equilibrium back, he may end up the best pick in this round.
Worst Pick: It was the worst pick on draft day, and it may still be. Scotty Baker (948) has been hurt and hittable. Not what your looking for with the 39th pick.
Round 4 winner: Legends gets it done.
Round 4 Loser. The Boyz are saved by the Votto pick. The Regulators took 2 SS's in this round, and they're both TERRIBLE. (Drew 898, Hardy 277).
Round Five
Best Pick: Even though Victor Martinez (13) is ranked higher, the discovery by Joe Mauer (85) of Steroids has possibly given rise to the new Pujols. Anyone that can hit .350 with 30 bombs is elite. Do that from an elite position, and Swine is thrilled that this gamble paid off. Maybe we all should get kidney conditions.
Worst Pick: There were some serious underperforming SP's taken here, but the worst pick was probably Ervin Santana. Rumor has it that the warranty is about to run out on his arm, and his performances so far seem to validate that.
Round 5 Winner: Swine again. Everyone in round 4 wishes they took Mauer. Swine also added Hunter Pence (ranked 66) to boot.
Round 5 Loser: Howitzers for the Santana grab. The other crummy starters taken in this round could pull it together down the stretch. I don't think Santana makes it to the AS Break.
Round Six
Best Pick: Johnny Damon is a slugging machine and ranked 24th overall. Orlando Hudson is ranked 35th as well, but Damon is the best pick here for Karma.
Worst Pick: There are 3 crummy picks here, but I think the worst was Ryan Doumit (835) also by Karma. Since Karma had the best and worst picks in this round, they can't win or lose the round, so…
Round 6 Winner: If not Karma, it has to be Bounty Hunters for Orlando Hudson.
Round 6 Loser: Jobu took Joba (708), who hasn't exactly been lights out, but Swine took Roy Oswalt (827) AND Rich Harden (595). Those two could redeem themselves still, but for now, combined, they equal the losing round.
Round Seven
Best Pick: What a terrible round. Miguel Tejada is ranked 92. That makes him a no-brainer choice for best pick amongst this garbage.
Worst Pick: Ricky Nolasco (1224) has been surprisingly awful. Milton Bradley (809) hasn't surprised anyone except Bounty Hunters with his awfulness, so he's the worst. Edwin Encarnacion (1198) gets honorable mention.
Round 7 Winner: um… Howitzers at least got a pick back in a trade for Wieters (1040). I guess that's good. Also, Regulators and Snot on the Ball are runners up for trading out of this round long ago.
Round 7 Loser: Fantasy Baseball as a whole.
Round Eight
Best Pick: Arguably the best pick in the draft. Zack Greinke (1) went after a lot of really lousy starting pitchers.
Worst Pick: Randy Johnson (945) was taken ahead of not only Greinke, but also Gallardo (131), Hawpe (69) Wells (93), Theriot (121) and Pena (31). That was a brutal pick.
Round 8 Winner: Regs would be done without Greinke.
Round 8 Loser: Regs will never let Jobu forget that he should have had Greinke.
Round Nine
Best Pick: Raul Ibanez was taken 85th, and he's now ranked 2nd. That's called value.
Worst Pick: There were 3 poor picks in this round, but the most painful was probably Ryan Dempster (643) taken 83rd… right before Ryan Zimmerman (12) and Ibanez. Ouch.
Round 9 Winner: Snot on the Ball turned the Ibanez pick into his new binky, Justin Morneau. Not too shabby.
Round 9 Loser: See 'Worst Pick'. Sorry Bounty Hunters.
Round Ten
Best Pick: Josh Johnson is the 11th best SP so far. He was the 23rd pitcher drafted, never mind the 12 pitchers who were kept. Yeah Josh!
Worst Pick: Two of the worst, most disappointing young outfielders in FBL were taken back to back here. Chris B (the B stands for sucks) Young (865) and Lastings Milledge (1,034) have really disappointed. Young will win for worst pick, because at least Milledge was sent to the minors, where he can't hurt a lineup.
Round 10 Winner: Regs had the best and worst pick in this round, so I guess the round 10 winner will have to go to Jobu for taking the least bad closer who has stayed healthy: Chad Qualls (75). Francisco would be the pick here had he stayed off the DL.
Round 10 Loser: Gotta be Karma for the Milledge pick.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Week 6 1/2 Draft Review (Part 1)
It’s the 6.5 week draft review! This Memorial Day Weekend, let’s take the time to look back and remember how poor our CPL drafts were. Sure we all knew right away that the Scott Bakers and Randy Johnsons of the world were taken too soon, but now we get to be reminded how terrible David Ortiz, Vlad Guerrero and Alexei Ramirez are (all were first round picks…. Blog hopes that Snot has this same kind of luck in 2010, since we’ve decided as a league to give him the 2010 first round). Blog will give out winners and losers for each of the first 10 rounds, and then just winners for the rest (we’re all losers after the 10th), along with the best and worst picks. The first installment will be the bottom 10 rounds, and then the first 10 will follow.
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Round Eleven:
Best Pick: Justin Verlander, taken 104th has regained his ace form, but Javier Vazquez, taken 107th is currently the 58th ranked player in the game. Hooray NL pitching!
Worst Pick: Alex Gordon is the worst ranked, but he’s been hurt. Cameron Maybin is the 2nd worst ranked, and he’s just stunk. He did at least get the undrafted Adam Lind back in a trade…. Wait, what? There was a draft pick involved? I didn’t know that…
Round 11 Winner: Regs pitching would still be effective without Vazquez. Karma had Webb go down and has really needed Verlander to get re-juiced, so KK wins round 11.
Round Twelve:
Best Pick: 5 players in this round are ranked in the top 100, but the cream of the crop looks like the busting out Justin Upton (taken 116 ranked 39). Even though JU was dropped early on, he is bashing and running lately. Heath Bell is ranked 25, but he’s a closer. Would Jobu trade Heath Bell for Justin Upton? Hopefully. Would PSC trade Upton for Bell?
Worst Pick: This kind of depends on if Wang was really hurt after getting every pitch he threw hammered early on. David Price hasn’t seen the bigs yet, but Bobz Boyz was in full ‘flyer’ mode at this point. I think that Jose Lopez was the worst pick here, because, well, he flat out stinks (ranked 670).
Round Twelve Winner: Snot wins this prize for the Upton pick, even though he cut him and no one else grabbed him before Snot brought him back and eventually turned Upton+ into his 34th first round pick.
Round Thirteen:
Best Pick: Mark Reynolds, picked 126th is ranked 29th. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner. Mark Reynolds would also have been the 127th pick… Regs is bitter.
Worst Pick: Kevin Kouzmanoff stunk last year. Stinking the year before should not lead to being taken 123rd overall the next. Guess what? Kevin Kouzmanoff stinks again this year: ranked 768th.
Round 13 Winner: Legends… the thief…
Round Fourteen:
Best Pick: There was some decent value in this round, but Johnny Cueto may be having his breakout year. He’s ranked 42 and another solid late pitching find for Karma.
Worst Pick: There are two duds here: Joel Hanrahan (ranked 783) and Carlos Gomez (ranked 813). Hanrahan is still technically the closer, so Gomez wins the worst.
Round 14 Winner: Cueto’s the best pick, but the Round 14 Winner is Bounty Hunters for taking Kosuke Fukodome (ranked 112). It broke a string of 4 terrible picks for BH and Fukodome has carried the BH offense so far this year.
Round Fifteen:
Best Pick: Hands Down Adam Jones. He’s ranked 11th and a future stud.
Worst Pick: Hands Down Gavin Floyd. He’s ranked 1,230th and he stinks.
Round 15 winner: Nice grab on Jones Jobu.
Round Sixteen:
Best Pick: This was a very bad round, but one pick has excelled so far in 2009… but not for the team that drafted him! Trevor Hoffman is ranked 34th, but it’s all been for Regs, not Swine. I know he’s a closer, but really, this was a lousy round.
Worst Pick: It’s now 5 out of 6 for Bounty Hunters. Jeremy Guthrie is ranked 934th and still on the BH roster for some reason. He has an ERA and a K/9 in the 5’s. One high, one low, both terrible.
Round 16 Winner: Swine Nine! Regs thanks you for taking (and cutting) Hoffman.
Round Seventeen:
Best Pick: Wandy Rodriguez is the 16th ranked player in fantasy after figuring out how to pitch on the road. Regs took him with the 167th pick. I think that’s pretty good…
Worst Pick: Fred Lewis is ranked 642nd and has not produced anything this year for Need a New Team Name or for the waiver wire.
Round 17 Winner: Did we mention that Wandy Rodriguez is ranked 16th overall? Regs for the win.
Round Eighteen:
Best Pick: It’s getting tougher. Felipe Lopez is the highest ranked player at 163. Mike Napoli is ranked 180, and the next ranking is 560 for John Smoltz, who hasn’t thrown a pitch yet. Gotta go with Felipe, I guess.
Worst Pick: Kenshin Kawakami is ranked 923rd, but he’s pitched much more like a pitcher ranked in the 700’s.
Round 18 winner: Jobu got a MI in the 18th round. I guess that’s good.
Round Nineteen:
Best Pick: Jered Weaver’s been very effective for being picked 239th. He’s ranked 46th and helping Halladay carry Need a New Team Name’s pitching. Shin-Soo Choo has been on a torid pace (ranked 63rd) ever since Regs cut him.
Worst Pick: Chris Ray was a terrible pick for Karma in 2008. Chris Ray was a terrible pick for Karma in 2009. Here’s hoping for the hat trick in 2010.
Round 19 Winner: Need a New Team Name is in love with his 239th pick so far.
Round Twenty:
Best Pick: This was a real terrible round. Hideki Okajima is the best pick with a ranking of 167. Does anyone care?
Worst Pick: Placido Polanco is ranked 683 and yet still sits on Bounty Hunters bench. See a pattern developing?
Round 20 Winner: The waiver wire, since this is where all these players belong.
Supplementals: They all stink, but Jack Cust stinks less than the rest.
The top 10 rounds will follow some day.
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Round Eleven:
Best Pick: Justin Verlander, taken 104th has regained his ace form, but Javier Vazquez, taken 107th is currently the 58th ranked player in the game. Hooray NL pitching!
Worst Pick: Alex Gordon is the worst ranked, but he’s been hurt. Cameron Maybin is the 2nd worst ranked, and he’s just stunk. He did at least get the undrafted Adam Lind back in a trade…. Wait, what? There was a draft pick involved? I didn’t know that…
Round 11 Winner: Regs pitching would still be effective without Vazquez. Karma had Webb go down and has really needed Verlander to get re-juiced, so KK wins round 11.
Round Twelve:
Best Pick: 5 players in this round are ranked in the top 100, but the cream of the crop looks like the busting out Justin Upton (taken 116 ranked 39). Even though JU was dropped early on, he is bashing and running lately. Heath Bell is ranked 25, but he’s a closer. Would Jobu trade Heath Bell for Justin Upton? Hopefully. Would PSC trade Upton for Bell?
Worst Pick: This kind of depends on if Wang was really hurt after getting every pitch he threw hammered early on. David Price hasn’t seen the bigs yet, but Bobz Boyz was in full ‘flyer’ mode at this point. I think that Jose Lopez was the worst pick here, because, well, he flat out stinks (ranked 670).
Round Twelve Winner: Snot wins this prize for the Upton pick, even though he cut him and no one else grabbed him before Snot brought him back and eventually turned Upton+ into his 34th first round pick.
Round Thirteen:
Best Pick: Mark Reynolds, picked 126th is ranked 29th. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner. Mark Reynolds would also have been the 127th pick… Regs is bitter.
Worst Pick: Kevin Kouzmanoff stunk last year. Stinking the year before should not lead to being taken 123rd overall the next. Guess what? Kevin Kouzmanoff stinks again this year: ranked 768th.
Round 13 Winner: Legends… the thief…
Round Fourteen:
Best Pick: There was some decent value in this round, but Johnny Cueto may be having his breakout year. He’s ranked 42 and another solid late pitching find for Karma.
Worst Pick: There are two duds here: Joel Hanrahan (ranked 783) and Carlos Gomez (ranked 813). Hanrahan is still technically the closer, so Gomez wins the worst.
Round 14 Winner: Cueto’s the best pick, but the Round 14 Winner is Bounty Hunters for taking Kosuke Fukodome (ranked 112). It broke a string of 4 terrible picks for BH and Fukodome has carried the BH offense so far this year.
Round Fifteen:
Best Pick: Hands Down Adam Jones. He’s ranked 11th and a future stud.
Worst Pick: Hands Down Gavin Floyd. He’s ranked 1,230th and he stinks.
Round 15 winner: Nice grab on Jones Jobu.
Round Sixteen:
Best Pick: This was a very bad round, but one pick has excelled so far in 2009… but not for the team that drafted him! Trevor Hoffman is ranked 34th, but it’s all been for Regs, not Swine. I know he’s a closer, but really, this was a lousy round.
Worst Pick: It’s now 5 out of 6 for Bounty Hunters. Jeremy Guthrie is ranked 934th and still on the BH roster for some reason. He has an ERA and a K/9 in the 5’s. One high, one low, both terrible.
Round 16 Winner: Swine Nine! Regs thanks you for taking (and cutting) Hoffman.
Round Seventeen:
Best Pick: Wandy Rodriguez is the 16th ranked player in fantasy after figuring out how to pitch on the road. Regs took him with the 167th pick. I think that’s pretty good…
Worst Pick: Fred Lewis is ranked 642nd and has not produced anything this year for Need a New Team Name or for the waiver wire.
Round 17 Winner: Did we mention that Wandy Rodriguez is ranked 16th overall? Regs for the win.
Round Eighteen:
Best Pick: It’s getting tougher. Felipe Lopez is the highest ranked player at 163. Mike Napoli is ranked 180, and the next ranking is 560 for John Smoltz, who hasn’t thrown a pitch yet. Gotta go with Felipe, I guess.
Worst Pick: Kenshin Kawakami is ranked 923rd, but he’s pitched much more like a pitcher ranked in the 700’s.
Round 18 winner: Jobu got a MI in the 18th round. I guess that’s good.
Round Nineteen:
Best Pick: Jered Weaver’s been very effective for being picked 239th. He’s ranked 46th and helping Halladay carry Need a New Team Name’s pitching. Shin-Soo Choo has been on a torid pace (ranked 63rd) ever since Regs cut him.
Worst Pick: Chris Ray was a terrible pick for Karma in 2008. Chris Ray was a terrible pick for Karma in 2009. Here’s hoping for the hat trick in 2010.
Round 19 Winner: Need a New Team Name is in love with his 239th pick so far.
Round Twenty:
Best Pick: This was a real terrible round. Hideki Okajima is the best pick with a ranking of 167. Does anyone care?
Worst Pick: Placido Polanco is ranked 683 and yet still sits on Bounty Hunters bench. See a pattern developing?
Round 20 Winner: The waiver wire, since this is where all these players belong.
Supplementals: They all stink, but Jack Cust stinks less than the rest.
The top 10 rounds will follow some day.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Week 6 Review...oh... wait...
oh... well... um... thanks Snog!. Well done. By the way, does the exclamation point have to be there everytime Snog! is written? Are you compensating for something with that? Well, Blog is going to give out some week 6 awards, and then provide you all with a fascinating 6.5 week recap of our draft... you know you're thrilled.
Snot on the Ball DEF Ryan Howitzers 5-3-2
Stud of the Week: Justin Morneau took advantage of playing a bunch in the Wiffle Ball Stadium, but David Wright was the #2 overall ranked player in week 6: 5-0-9-5-.556.
Dud of the Week: Howie Kendrick was pretty stinky, but Jorge Cantu was stinkier: 1-0-1-0-.130.
Bounty Hunters DEF Jobu's Hats for Bats 7-3
What a fabulous ERA and whip Jobu... BH won ERA by over 6 runs! that's gotta be some kind of record. Take Blog's word for it.
Stud of the Week: BH's offense was pretty balanced, meaning no one stood out as stellar. Jake Peavy was very good (ranked 11th for the week), but it didnt' matter. Brian Roberts though was very, very good, so it goes to him, even though his team got throttled: 9-1-4-5-.318
Dud of the Week: So...many...options... Swisher, Braun, and every Jobu starter except Joba all sucked. The suckiest sucker was probably Scott Kazmir though: 0-0-18.90-4.20-5.40.
Regulators DEF Karma Kameleons 6-1-3
Stud of the Week: Again, this award goes to a player on the losing team. Without Raul Ibanez, Karma loses 8-0-2. 9-4-12-1-.481
Dud of the Week: Daniel Murphy and Endy Chavez were both terribly and have since been rightly axed, but the worstest was Chris Duncan: 0-0-0-0-.077, who somehow still has his job...
Legends DEF Bobz Boyz 5-3-2
Stud of the Week: Jimmy Rollins, welcome back: 8-1-4-3-.333
Dud of the Week: Not a lot of offensive dudness, but Andy Sonnanstine cost the Boyz ERA: 0-0-31.50-5.00-4.50
Swine Nine DEF Needs a New Team Name 6-3-1
Stud of the Week: 3 of the top 10 offensive players and the top pitcher from the week were in this matchup: Halladay was awesome, Hawpe was the highest rated, and Bartlett was swell too, but Adrian Gonzalez did it for the winners, hitting homers in 5 straight games. Of course, he hasn't had a hit since, but we'll save that for the week 7 review: 6-5-7-0-.292
Dud of the Week: Robinson Cano was not so awesome. 1-0-1-0-.143
Player of the Week: What do Pujols, Longoria, Bay and Kinsler have in common? They're all ranked behind Raul 'The Rascal' Ibanez: the top offensive player in the game right now, fantasy wise.
Pitcher of the Week: Like I said, Roy Halladay was awesome.
Manager of the Week: The only team that Regulators would not have beaten at least 8-2 this week was Karma Kameleons...stupid schedule.
Snot on the Ball DEF Ryan Howitzers 5-3-2
Stud of the Week: Justin Morneau took advantage of playing a bunch in the Wiffle Ball Stadium, but David Wright was the #2 overall ranked player in week 6: 5-0-9-5-.556.
Dud of the Week: Howie Kendrick was pretty stinky, but Jorge Cantu was stinkier: 1-0-1-0-.130.
Bounty Hunters DEF Jobu's Hats for Bats 7-3
What a fabulous ERA and whip Jobu... BH won ERA by over 6 runs! that's gotta be some kind of record. Take Blog's word for it.
Stud of the Week: BH's offense was pretty balanced, meaning no one stood out as stellar. Jake Peavy was very good (ranked 11th for the week), but it didnt' matter. Brian Roberts though was very, very good, so it goes to him, even though his team got throttled: 9-1-4-5-.318
Dud of the Week: So...many...options... Swisher, Braun, and every Jobu starter except Joba all sucked. The suckiest sucker was probably Scott Kazmir though: 0-0-18.90-4.20-5.40.
Regulators DEF Karma Kameleons 6-1-3
Stud of the Week: Again, this award goes to a player on the losing team. Without Raul Ibanez, Karma loses 8-0-2. 9-4-12-1-.481
Dud of the Week: Daniel Murphy and Endy Chavez were both terribly and have since been rightly axed, but the worstest was Chris Duncan: 0-0-0-0-.077, who somehow still has his job...
Legends DEF Bobz Boyz 5-3-2
Stud of the Week: Jimmy Rollins, welcome back: 8-1-4-3-.333
Dud of the Week: Not a lot of offensive dudness, but Andy Sonnanstine cost the Boyz ERA: 0-0-31.50-5.00-4.50
Swine Nine DEF Needs a New Team Name 6-3-1
Stud of the Week: 3 of the top 10 offensive players and the top pitcher from the week were in this matchup: Halladay was awesome, Hawpe was the highest rated, and Bartlett was swell too, but Adrian Gonzalez did it for the winners, hitting homers in 5 straight games. Of course, he hasn't had a hit since, but we'll save that for the week 7 review: 6-5-7-0-.292
Dud of the Week: Robinson Cano was not so awesome. 1-0-1-0-.143
Player of the Week: What do Pujols, Longoria, Bay and Kinsler have in common? They're all ranked behind Raul 'The Rascal' Ibanez: the top offensive player in the game right now, fantasy wise.
Pitcher of the Week: Like I said, Roy Halladay was awesome.
Manager of the Week: The only team that Regulators would not have beaten at least 8-2 this week was Karma Kameleons...stupid schedule.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Snogs! Week 6 Review...
Well, Blog has apparently fallen asleep in some cave somewhere, so Snog! has decided to provide the masses with a review of sorts. Snog! will not cater to anyone, nor will Snog! worry about offending anyone. Snog! will, however, push his own agenda and you will sit there and take it!
Here you go. Week 6 in the California Penal League. You take it and like it!
SOTB humiliates RH 5-3-2
This is what Snog! has to say to all those who feel that Snot is somehow "Throwing" the season: "Then beat him already!". While those that lose to He-Who-Must-Make-A-Trade-Every-Week should be embarrassed by the ineptitude of their own teams, it is worth noting that SOTB has now won 50% of his weekly matchups. So stop whining.
Let's see. Snog! notices that SOTB won most of the offense and RH won some of the pitching. 2 victories!?! Neither team could get more than 2 victories!?! Way to build a staff there fellas. Rheal Cormier wasn't available?
Nice work by Justin Morneau, the most underrated player in fanasty baseball. David Wright seems to be making up for the lack of power by overcompensating on the basebaths. Juan Pierre... wow. Its must be sad to know that Juan Pierre contributed to beating your team. Miggy Cabrera had a decent weak as well.
Edwin Jackson (Snicker) and D-Lowe "carried" the pitching for both teams.
BH shocks JOBU 7-3
Wow. Snog! has little else to say but wow. Jobu has built a semi-juggernaut, what with his acquisition of adam lind and all, but he was not able to get past the number 10 seeded Greedos.
Damn man... Russell Branyon. Ryan Theriot. Jim Thome. Keep your head high Jobu. If you do everything you can to stop Kobe or Lebron and let the other guys beat ya, some times they're gonna do it... Snog! honestly didn't realize Branyan was still in the show. Adam Jones continues to make a case as the breakout player of the year (2-2-5-0-.571).
Jobu. Dude. a 10+ ERA? Raaaaannnnnnddddddyyyyy. Raaaaaannnnnndddddyyyy.
REGS does what he was suppose to do against KK 6-1-3
Heads up CPL. Regs is starting to wake up a little lately. Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton ('bout time), Nate McLouth and Ian "The best player in FLB" Kinsler all contributed to a rock solid offensive line for REGS (52-16-61-12-.302). In fairness, the fated lizards put a pretty potent line themselves (47-16-47-4-.310), but were unable to match up to one of the best fantasy pitching staffs the CPL has seen these many years.
Snog! thinks KK will begin selling pretty soon, and then will most likely start buying a little while after that, and then possibly try leasing a player or two buy the end of the summer. Ah, who is Snog! kidding here... trading is what makes FLB so much fun, and there ain't many guys more willing to trade you their best players than KK! You just keep doing what you're doing...
LEG juiced up BOYZ 5-3
In honor of the return of A-Roid, Snog! would like to offer a heart-felt and testy-shrinking congrats to LEG for his win over the BOYZ. The Like-A-Virgin-Loving 3B was able to "inject" life into the offense, knocking out a pair of dinky-dingers. Rodriguez should continue to "enhance" the LEG lineup for the forseeable future. Steroids.
Jimmy Rollins has finally decided to meet with A-Roid after work, and is starting to put up numbers fitting of a former MVP (8-1-4-3-.333). Brandon Inge continues to impress from the catchers slot, and 6-4-3 Drew was locked in (7-2-3-0-.350). John Lackey had a "INF" for his ERA, that always helps.
On the losing side, Lance Berkman, attempting to distinguish himself from David Ortiz, has finally starting posting some decent numbers, and recent pick-up Shin-Soo Gazuntight (is that a REALLY played out joke?) did his best to carry the offense (6-2-5-0-.438), but I guess his best wasn't good enough... you're singing now, aren't ya.
SWINE9 forecast a finals matchup with PAPI 6-3-1
Unless someone else figures stuff out in a hurry, this should be the matchup in the finals this season. S9 planned perfectly in 2008 and has been barreling through teams are a solid rate He's also done it all with little-to-no contribution from Grady Sizemore, Alex Rios orMatt Holliday. PAPI made the first BIG move of the season with his acquisition of Andre Ethier, Justin Upton and Nelson Cruz, and has positioned himself for a solid run atop the Can Division. If he would just pay the league deposit he may actually have a chance!
Adrian Gonzalez (5-6-7-0-.292) and Mauer Power (5-3-6-0-.348) led the charge for S9, with Kevin Slowey and Chad Billingsley doing their best Johan Santana impersenations. Johan pitched well himself.
On the other side of the diamond, Brad Hawpe (seriously) picked up his entire team, put them on his shoulders, and tried to carry them to victory (6-2-12-0-.476), while Doc Halladay continued to prove that he may be the best pitcher on the planet.
Both of these teams should continue to excite all season!
That's it for Snog! Please send all letters of complaint care of Blog!
Sing one for A-Roid!!! "When you call my name, its like a little prayer, I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there..."
Here you go. Week 6 in the California Penal League. You take it and like it!
SOTB humiliates RH 5-3-2
This is what Snog! has to say to all those who feel that Snot is somehow "Throwing" the season: "Then beat him already!". While those that lose to He-Who-Must-Make-A-Trade-Every-Week should be embarrassed by the ineptitude of their own teams, it is worth noting that SOTB has now won 50% of his weekly matchups. So stop whining.
Let's see. Snog! notices that SOTB won most of the offense and RH won some of the pitching. 2 victories!?! Neither team could get more than 2 victories!?! Way to build a staff there fellas. Rheal Cormier wasn't available?
Nice work by Justin Morneau, the most underrated player in fanasty baseball. David Wright seems to be making up for the lack of power by overcompensating on the basebaths. Juan Pierre... wow. Its must be sad to know that Juan Pierre contributed to beating your team. Miggy Cabrera had a decent weak as well.
Edwin Jackson (Snicker) and D-Lowe "carried" the pitching for both teams.
BH shocks JOBU 7-3
Wow. Snog! has little else to say but wow. Jobu has built a semi-juggernaut, what with his acquisition of adam lind and all, but he was not able to get past the number 10 seeded Greedos.
Damn man... Russell Branyon. Ryan Theriot. Jim Thome. Keep your head high Jobu. If you do everything you can to stop Kobe or Lebron and let the other guys beat ya, some times they're gonna do it... Snog! honestly didn't realize Branyan was still in the show. Adam Jones continues to make a case as the breakout player of the year (2-2-5-0-.571).
Jobu. Dude. a 10+ ERA? Raaaaannnnnnddddddyyyyy. Raaaaaannnnnndddddyyyy.
REGS does what he was suppose to do against KK 6-1-3
Heads up CPL. Regs is starting to wake up a little lately. Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton ('bout time), Nate McLouth and Ian "The best player in FLB" Kinsler all contributed to a rock solid offensive line for REGS (52-16-61-12-.302). In fairness, the fated lizards put a pretty potent line themselves (47-16-47-4-.310), but were unable to match up to one of the best fantasy pitching staffs the CPL has seen these many years.
Snog! thinks KK will begin selling pretty soon, and then will most likely start buying a little while after that, and then possibly try leasing a player or two buy the end of the summer. Ah, who is Snog! kidding here... trading is what makes FLB so much fun, and there ain't many guys more willing to trade you their best players than KK! You just keep doing what you're doing...
LEG juiced up BOYZ 5-3
In honor of the return of A-Roid, Snog! would like to offer a heart-felt and testy-shrinking congrats to LEG for his win over the BOYZ. The Like-A-Virgin-Loving 3B was able to "inject" life into the offense, knocking out a pair of dinky-dingers. Rodriguez should continue to "enhance" the LEG lineup for the forseeable future. Steroids.
Jimmy Rollins has finally decided to meet with A-Roid after work, and is starting to put up numbers fitting of a former MVP (8-1-4-3-.333). Brandon Inge continues to impress from the catchers slot, and 6-4-3 Drew was locked in (7-2-3-0-.350). John Lackey had a "INF" for his ERA, that always helps.
On the losing side, Lance Berkman, attempting to distinguish himself from David Ortiz, has finally starting posting some decent numbers, and recent pick-up Shin-Soo Gazuntight (is that a REALLY played out joke?) did his best to carry the offense (6-2-5-0-.438), but I guess his best wasn't good enough... you're singing now, aren't ya.
SWINE9 forecast a finals matchup with PAPI 6-3-1
Unless someone else figures stuff out in a hurry, this should be the matchup in the finals this season. S9 planned perfectly in 2008 and has been barreling through teams are a solid rate He's also done it all with little-to-no contribution from Grady Sizemore, Alex Rios orMatt Holliday. PAPI made the first BIG move of the season with his acquisition of Andre Ethier, Justin Upton and Nelson Cruz, and has positioned himself for a solid run atop the Can Division. If he would just pay the league deposit he may actually have a chance!
Adrian Gonzalez (5-6-7-0-.292) and Mauer Power (5-3-6-0-.348) led the charge for S9, with Kevin Slowey and Chad Billingsley doing their best Johan Santana impersenations. Johan pitched well himself.
On the other side of the diamond, Brad Hawpe (seriously) picked up his entire team, put them on his shoulders, and tried to carry them to victory (6-2-12-0-.476), while Doc Halladay continued to prove that he may be the best pitcher on the planet.
Both of these teams should continue to excite all season!
That's it for Snog! Please send all letters of complaint care of Blog!
Sing one for A-Roid!!! "When you call my name, its like a little prayer, I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there..."
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Week 5 Review 2009
Bobz Boyz DEF Ryan Howitzers 6-3-1
And just like that, there are no more undefeateds in the 2009 season. In 2008, there were 2 undefeated teams heading into week 8, when Snot defeated Bounty Hunters. Snot finally dropped a week to Legends in week 10. This year seems to be oozing mediocrity. Take out the flukey week one blowouts and we'd be looking at 9 teams within a few games of each other (sorry BH). I think that this season is shaping up to be a tooth and nail dog fight down the stretch just to make the playoffs. All of this should make Snot very happy as they try to milk everyone's top picks by offering the waiver pick ups we all wish we'd have grabbed. As for this matchup, the Boyz finally got a solid week across the board as Sabathia, Cain, and... wait for it... Scotty Baker all posted solid outings. BB also sat the #42 overall pick, Big Game James Shields against the Red Sox. Blog usually believes that if he's on your roster, you gotta play him, and blog was almost proven accurate as Shields crusied through 5, but in the 6th, he saw he ERA jump to 9, and the Boyz were vindicated. How often has THAT happened in the past 2 years?? If the Boyz can ever get production from Berkman and Sexei Alexei, watch out. As for the Howitzers, it's no secret that Blog's not been overly impressed by their fast start, but they still sit just 1.5 games out of the #1 spot and 10 games ahead of the Regs for third in the CAN division. The wheels haven't completely fallen off yet, but when you're relying on the trio of Millwood, Maine, Maholm to get you winning numbers... yeah... ouchy...
Stud of the Week: Not a lot of studliness here, just some very solid performances. We'll go with Miguel Tejada, who has changed dealers and is now productive again: 4/2/11/0/.367
Dud of the Week: The leading contestant for most disappointing keeper of 2009 is Dan Uggla. He's getting stiff competition from plenty of others (Berkman, Upton, Ordonez, Atkins, et al), but Danny's doing terrible. 1/0/1/0/.095
No Longer Papi (This needs to be fixed... asap) DEF Regulators 6-4
With the numbers Regs put up in week 5, they would have defeated every other team in the league besides the Kameleons (who are rolling). Alas, PSC/NLP probably should have gotten out of week 5 with at least an 8-2 score. There have been 3 60 RBI weeks so far, and the initials have 2 of them. Evan Longoria has emerged as the true threat to THOR's throne of FBL dominance. The dude with the pretty name is a beast who can mash. Too bad the same can't be said for David Ortiz. He stinks, and even though it happened in week 6, Ortiz takes the ribbon as the first 1st Rounder to get the ax in 2009 (50 points and a toaster oven to anyone who knows the first 1st rounder axed in 2008). Initials may have some bumps due to injury (Youk) and roster reshuffling coming up, and their pitching is still pretty suspect, but they're currently sitting pretty atop the league. The Regs are finally getting healthy with Hamilton due back soon, but they just can't seem to combine the pitching and hitting for a full week.
Stud of the Week: Hardy (no, seriously, look!) and Crawford both had excellent weeks, but come on... The Pretty One was awesome again: 7/4/14/1/.333
Dud of the Week: Remember when we were talking about disappointing keepers? Magglio Ordonez: 0/0/1/0/.000
Karma Kameleons DEF Snot on the Ball 6-3-1
Jobu's Hats for Bats DEF Bounty Hunters 6-4
Make that 4 60 RBI weeks thanks to Jobu's 62. I'm too lazy to do the research, but I'm betting that the 36 RBI differential between's Jobu's 62 and Bounty Hunters 26 is probably the biggest ever. Not just in CPL history... in FBL history. THOR was mighty pedestrian this week, but luckily for Jobu, he had 2 OF's playing the 'try to top this game'. Carlos Beltran and Ryan Braun combined for 7 HR and 22 RBI. That meant that the Bounty Hunters entire team had only 4 more RBI than 2 of Jobu's OF. Toss in the 5 Jobu's 2B Brian Roberts gave him, and BH didn't have a chance. The BH offense is 'str-ug-gil-ling', and it's not going to clear up any time soon since they've lost Aramis Ramirez's arm after it fell out of the socket. There was pitching in this matchup, but the only notable thing was that BH posted a 10.07 K/9, which is more than 2 full strikeouts per 9 better than his previous 09 high. Does this mean that BH has good pitching? maybe. Does this mean that BH should try to move some of that pitching for hitting? 26 RBI...
Stud of the Week: Ryan Braun barely eeks out Beltran: 8/3/12/1/.458
Dud of the Week: There is a definite dud trend happening here... Garrett Atkins: 1/0/1/0/.056
Swine Nine DEF Legends 7-3
Swine has had a very nice beginning to the season. In week 5 they posted a 63 run total which is the current high for the season. They also slugged 16 HR which should win most weeks, and did win in week 5. Legends has not had as good a start to the season, though they did post 62 runs and 15 HR. See how fickle this game can be? Legends lost 7-3, but was 2R, 2HR and 2K's from winning 6-4, which is better than winning 7-3, unless you're Snot. I don't have much else here. Nice weeks for Bay, Dunn and Fuentes (4 saves) for Legends and a very nice week for Johan, but the best belonged to:
Stud of the Week: Hanley Ramirez. Finally. What a line: 11/4/7/3/.533. Welcome back.
Dud of the Week: Brandon Inge? You mean he wasn't going to keep up his Johnny Bench pace? 1/0/1/0/.143.
Player of the Week: It has to be Hanley. Man what a sweet line.
Pitcher of the Week: Zack Greinke. Keep in mind he lost a 4 hit CG: 1/0/0.53/0.59/7.94. He was ranked top pitcher by yahoo last week, though i do love him very much. I just want to comfort and nurture him and make sure he doesn't go wacko again.
Manager of the Week: Bobz Boyz gets their first win of the season giving RH their first loss of the season.
And just like that, there are no more undefeateds in the 2009 season. In 2008, there were 2 undefeated teams heading into week 8, when Snot defeated Bounty Hunters. Snot finally dropped a week to Legends in week 10. This year seems to be oozing mediocrity. Take out the flukey week one blowouts and we'd be looking at 9 teams within a few games of each other (sorry BH). I think that this season is shaping up to be a tooth and nail dog fight down the stretch just to make the playoffs. All of this should make Snot very happy as they try to milk everyone's top picks by offering the waiver pick ups we all wish we'd have grabbed. As for this matchup, the Boyz finally got a solid week across the board as Sabathia, Cain, and... wait for it... Scotty Baker all posted solid outings. BB also sat the #42 overall pick, Big Game James Shields against the Red Sox. Blog usually believes that if he's on your roster, you gotta play him, and blog was almost proven accurate as Shields crusied through 5, but in the 6th, he saw he ERA jump to 9, and the Boyz were vindicated. How often has THAT happened in the past 2 years?? If the Boyz can ever get production from Berkman and Sexei Alexei, watch out. As for the Howitzers, it's no secret that Blog's not been overly impressed by their fast start, but they still sit just 1.5 games out of the #1 spot and 10 games ahead of the Regs for third in the CAN division. The wheels haven't completely fallen off yet, but when you're relying on the trio of Millwood, Maine, Maholm to get you winning numbers... yeah... ouchy...
Stud of the Week: Not a lot of studliness here, just some very solid performances. We'll go with Miguel Tejada, who has changed dealers and is now productive again: 4/2/11/0/.367
Dud of the Week: The leading contestant for most disappointing keeper of 2009 is Dan Uggla. He's getting stiff competition from plenty of others (Berkman, Upton, Ordonez, Atkins, et al), but Danny's doing terrible. 1/0/1/0/.095
No Longer Papi (This needs to be fixed... asap) DEF Regulators 6-4
With the numbers Regs put up in week 5, they would have defeated every other team in the league besides the Kameleons (who are rolling). Alas, PSC/NLP probably should have gotten out of week 5 with at least an 8-2 score. There have been 3 60 RBI weeks so far, and the initials have 2 of them. Evan Longoria has emerged as the true threat to THOR's throne of FBL dominance. The dude with the pretty name is a beast who can mash. Too bad the same can't be said for David Ortiz. He stinks, and even though it happened in week 6, Ortiz takes the ribbon as the first 1st Rounder to get the ax in 2009 (50 points and a toaster oven to anyone who knows the first 1st rounder axed in 2008). Initials may have some bumps due to injury (Youk) and roster reshuffling coming up, and their pitching is still pretty suspect, but they're currently sitting pretty atop the league. The Regs are finally getting healthy with Hamilton due back soon, but they just can't seem to combine the pitching and hitting for a full week.
Stud of the Week: Hardy (no, seriously, look!) and Crawford both had excellent weeks, but come on... The Pretty One was awesome again: 7/4/14/1/.333
Dud of the Week: Remember when we were talking about disappointing keepers? Magglio Ordonez: 0/0/1/0/.000
Karma Kameleons DEF Snot on the Ball 6-3-1
The best team over the past 2 weeks, edging PSC/NLP by 1/2 a game, is the Kameleons, and there is one secret to their success: Johnny flippin Damon. Was EVERYBODY on that 04 Sox team juicing?? Can't we get Papi and Varitek back in touch with their 04 connections? Damon has become a slugger in the wiffle ball field they call Yankee Stadium. KK doesn't care where he hits the bombs, as long he keeps it up (Blog lays 4-1 that he, um, doesn't). KK has also been able to benefit greatly from the refound awesomeness of Justin Verlander. He's been striking out everybody. Not bad for the 104th pick. Let's see who went ahead of Verlander: Matt Capps (103), Alex Gordon (102), Pat Burrell (101), Kevin Slowey (100). I could keep going. That could end up being a good pick. It also looks like Ryan Zimmerman has found his groove as well... all this and KK is still on the outside of the playoffs looking in. Snot just want to trade anywhere from 3-6 quarters for your 1 dollar bill. How about that Todd Helton!!
Stud of the Week: Johnny Damon: 7/5/15/0/.419. ooph.
Dud of the Week: Kyle Lohse missed the KK happy train: 0/0/11.32/2.03/6.97
Jobu's Hats for Bats DEF Bounty Hunters 6-4
Make that 4 60 RBI weeks thanks to Jobu's 62. I'm too lazy to do the research, but I'm betting that the 36 RBI differential between's Jobu's 62 and Bounty Hunters 26 is probably the biggest ever. Not just in CPL history... in FBL history. THOR was mighty pedestrian this week, but luckily for Jobu, he had 2 OF's playing the 'try to top this game'. Carlos Beltran and Ryan Braun combined for 7 HR and 22 RBI. That meant that the Bounty Hunters entire team had only 4 more RBI than 2 of Jobu's OF. Toss in the 5 Jobu's 2B Brian Roberts gave him, and BH didn't have a chance. The BH offense is 'str-ug-gil-ling', and it's not going to clear up any time soon since they've lost Aramis Ramirez's arm after it fell out of the socket. There was pitching in this matchup, but the only notable thing was that BH posted a 10.07 K/9, which is more than 2 full strikeouts per 9 better than his previous 09 high. Does this mean that BH has good pitching? maybe. Does this mean that BH should try to move some of that pitching for hitting? 26 RBI...
Stud of the Week: Ryan Braun barely eeks out Beltran: 8/3/12/1/.458
Dud of the Week: There is a definite dud trend happening here... Garrett Atkins: 1/0/1/0/.056
Swine Nine DEF Legends 7-3
Swine has had a very nice beginning to the season. In week 5 they posted a 63 run total which is the current high for the season. They also slugged 16 HR which should win most weeks, and did win in week 5. Legends has not had as good a start to the season, though they did post 62 runs and 15 HR. See how fickle this game can be? Legends lost 7-3, but was 2R, 2HR and 2K's from winning 6-4, which is better than winning 7-3, unless you're Snot. I don't have much else here. Nice weeks for Bay, Dunn and Fuentes (4 saves) for Legends and a very nice week for Johan, but the best belonged to:
Stud of the Week: Hanley Ramirez. Finally. What a line: 11/4/7/3/.533. Welcome back.
Dud of the Week: Brandon Inge? You mean he wasn't going to keep up his Johnny Bench pace? 1/0/1/0/.143.
Player of the Week: It has to be Hanley. Man what a sweet line.
Pitcher of the Week: Zack Greinke. Keep in mind he lost a 4 hit CG: 1/0/0.53/0.59/7.94. He was ranked top pitcher by yahoo last week, though i do love him very much. I just want to comfort and nurture him and make sure he doesn't go wacko again.
Manager of the Week: Bobz Boyz gets their first win of the season giving RH their first loss of the season.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Week 4 Review 2009
Week 4 Review… Better Late Than Never! Week 5 should be up by Wednesday...
Karma Kameleons DEF Jobu’s Hats for Bats 7-3
Now that’s how you get back some dignity, KK! After having their already flaming team name changed by Jobu to resemble mutated mammaries, KK exacted some revenge by handing Jobu their first loss of the season in week 4. This win brought Karma within 9 games of a .500 record… wait… that’s still lousy… scratch that last stat. After starting out as well as you possibly can, Jobu has been decidedly mediocre since, posting a 13-16-1 record between weeks 2-4. That’s called ‘missing an opportunity’. This loss was clearly the fault of THOR, who only went 5/2/4/1/.400 this week. Slacker.
Stud of the Week: Well, well… look who’s turned things around… Justin Verlander had a very nice week: 2/0/0.64/0.86/12.86
Dud of the Week: No, it’s not THOR, but Jobu could really use more from the #11 pick of the draft, Mr. Chipper Jones: 2/0/0/0/.176. PS, Brian Roberts stunk too.
Snot on the Ball DEF Swine Nine 6-4
For a team that really doesn’t care about winning, Snot can’t seem to avoid it. They’re now undefeated on the even weeks and both wins have been against playoff teams (if the season ended in May). Swine also suffered their first loss of the season… to his son… who’s not even trying to win… ouch. Swine is still sitting pretty atop the CAN’T division though, and they just got a significant upgrade at the C position as Mauer is back with a bang. Blog is calling it now… Swine should run away with the CAN’T division by the all-star break.
Stud of the Week: Raul Ibanez was so good, he HAD to leave Snot’s team: 5/3/9/0/.500.
Dud of the Week: Jose Reyes was so bad, he had to STAY on Snot’s team: 1/0/1/0/.048
Papi’s Space Cadets DEF Bobz Boyz 7-3
Here was another example of Generation 2 taking down Generation 1 as PSC has taken off to their best start ever in the CPL. The Boyz, on the other hand, haven’t won a week yet. Their win totals so far are 1,4,4,3. That’s not that good. That’s the exact same number of wins the Boyz had through 4 weeks last year. The difference? Last year the Boyz was Rookie. This year the Boyz had 20 picks in the first 13 rounds. What’s the problem? Besides drafting Scott Baker where he did, the reason for the lack of success is the amazingly consistent slow starts from his stars. Berkman, Sabathia and Liriano have been really bad. Quentin has some bombs but not much else. Alexei Ramirez, Tejada, Peralta, Chris Davis have all stunk so far. Some of these are understandable (Tejada’s been pretty bad the past few years, Peralta stinks), but normally you’d expect at least one of the other guys to perform. Nope. Meanwhile for Papi, Longoria and Youkilis have been super duper. And Jarrod Washburn?? Really? That can’t last.
Stud of the Week: Evan Longoria is on pace for 89 HR and 294 RBI. Don’t check it. 9/2/14/0/.379
Dud of the Week: BB had 4 regulars bat under .200. We’ll give this award to Chris Davis: 2/0/1/0/.158
Legends DEF Regulators 5-4-1
Crap. Regs was one HR away from a 5-4-1 win. Stupid Mark Teixeira. This matchup could end up being critical in the playoff race as these 2 teams are currently 5th and 6th in the standings. Eh, whatever. Good win Legends. I will now put a voodoo hex on your team. I predict that something terrible will happen to one of your star players (such as, oh, maybe Manny Ramirez) in week 5. You watch… it’s coming.
Stud of the Week: Dan Haren was very good, as he usually is in April/May, but Carl Crawford was awesome, and it’s my blog: 5/0/2/11/.385. (one more run would have been nice though Carl).
Dud of the Week: Mark Teixeira. I hope you choke on your $180 million. You turd. 3/0/0/0/.091.
Ryan Howitzers DEF Bounty Hunters 8-2
There is one unbeaten team in the CPL after week 4, and they also happen to be the #1 seed at the end of month one. The Howitzers win totals are 7,6,7,8, and the 6 was to the current #2 seed. This has been a fairly impressive month for the Howitzers. Not for the stats they’re putting up, which have been above average but not dominant, but for the just being able to beat the team they’re playing that week. I just don’t know if this team has the pitching to stay in the top tier down the stretch. Lowe, Gallardo and Hamels are solid, but will they be enough to take wins, era, whip or k/9 when RH’s opponent actually has a good week? This very easily could have been a 5-5 final score. BH… well… there are some solid players that should bring back some nice picks for 2010 as we get closer to the trade deadline. (Why is Villanueva still on that roster again?)
Stud of the Week: Jorge Cantu? Really? RH is winning with Jorge Cantu? 6/4/14/0/.346
Dud of the Week: Whatever happened to Russell Martin? 0/0/1/1/.182
Player of the Week: I think it has to be Cantu… geesh…
Pitcher of the Week: Verlander. Welcome back to the land of the aces.
Manager of the Week: Karma Kameleons. Don’t get too comfortable in this spot…
Karma Kameleons DEF Jobu’s Hats for Bats 7-3
Now that’s how you get back some dignity, KK! After having their already flaming team name changed by Jobu to resemble mutated mammaries, KK exacted some revenge by handing Jobu their first loss of the season in week 4. This win brought Karma within 9 games of a .500 record… wait… that’s still lousy… scratch that last stat. After starting out as well as you possibly can, Jobu has been decidedly mediocre since, posting a 13-16-1 record between weeks 2-4. That’s called ‘missing an opportunity’. This loss was clearly the fault of THOR, who only went 5/2/4/1/.400 this week. Slacker.
Stud of the Week: Well, well… look who’s turned things around… Justin Verlander had a very nice week: 2/0/0.64/0.86/12.86
Dud of the Week: No, it’s not THOR, but Jobu could really use more from the #11 pick of the draft, Mr. Chipper Jones: 2/0/0/0/.176. PS, Brian Roberts stunk too.
Snot on the Ball DEF Swine Nine 6-4
For a team that really doesn’t care about winning, Snot can’t seem to avoid it. They’re now undefeated on the even weeks and both wins have been against playoff teams (if the season ended in May). Swine also suffered their first loss of the season… to his son… who’s not even trying to win… ouch. Swine is still sitting pretty atop the CAN’T division though, and they just got a significant upgrade at the C position as Mauer is back with a bang. Blog is calling it now… Swine should run away with the CAN’T division by the all-star break.
Stud of the Week: Raul Ibanez was so good, he HAD to leave Snot’s team: 5/3/9/0/.500.
Dud of the Week: Jose Reyes was so bad, he had to STAY on Snot’s team: 1/0/1/0/.048
Papi’s Space Cadets DEF Bobz Boyz 7-3
Here was another example of Generation 2 taking down Generation 1 as PSC has taken off to their best start ever in the CPL. The Boyz, on the other hand, haven’t won a week yet. Their win totals so far are 1,4,4,3. That’s not that good. That’s the exact same number of wins the Boyz had through 4 weeks last year. The difference? Last year the Boyz was Rookie. This year the Boyz had 20 picks in the first 13 rounds. What’s the problem? Besides drafting Scott Baker where he did, the reason for the lack of success is the amazingly consistent slow starts from his stars. Berkman, Sabathia and Liriano have been really bad. Quentin has some bombs but not much else. Alexei Ramirez, Tejada, Peralta, Chris Davis have all stunk so far. Some of these are understandable (Tejada’s been pretty bad the past few years, Peralta stinks), but normally you’d expect at least one of the other guys to perform. Nope. Meanwhile for Papi, Longoria and Youkilis have been super duper. And Jarrod Washburn?? Really? That can’t last.
Stud of the Week: Evan Longoria is on pace for 89 HR and 294 RBI. Don’t check it. 9/2/14/0/.379
Dud of the Week: BB had 4 regulars bat under .200. We’ll give this award to Chris Davis: 2/0/1/0/.158
Legends DEF Regulators 5-4-1
Crap. Regs was one HR away from a 5-4-1 win. Stupid Mark Teixeira. This matchup could end up being critical in the playoff race as these 2 teams are currently 5th and 6th in the standings. Eh, whatever. Good win Legends. I will now put a voodoo hex on your team. I predict that something terrible will happen to one of your star players (such as, oh, maybe Manny Ramirez) in week 5. You watch… it’s coming.
Stud of the Week: Dan Haren was very good, as he usually is in April/May, but Carl Crawford was awesome, and it’s my blog: 5/0/2/11/.385. (one more run would have been nice though Carl).
Dud of the Week: Mark Teixeira. I hope you choke on your $180 million. You turd. 3/0/0/0/.091.
Ryan Howitzers DEF Bounty Hunters 8-2
There is one unbeaten team in the CPL after week 4, and they also happen to be the #1 seed at the end of month one. The Howitzers win totals are 7,6,7,8, and the 6 was to the current #2 seed. This has been a fairly impressive month for the Howitzers. Not for the stats they’re putting up, which have been above average but not dominant, but for the just being able to beat the team they’re playing that week. I just don’t know if this team has the pitching to stay in the top tier down the stretch. Lowe, Gallardo and Hamels are solid, but will they be enough to take wins, era, whip or k/9 when RH’s opponent actually has a good week? This very easily could have been a 5-5 final score. BH… well… there are some solid players that should bring back some nice picks for 2010 as we get closer to the trade deadline. (Why is Villanueva still on that roster again?)
Stud of the Week: Jorge Cantu? Really? RH is winning with Jorge Cantu? 6/4/14/0/.346
Dud of the Week: Whatever happened to Russell Martin? 0/0/1/1/.182
Player of the Week: I think it has to be Cantu… geesh…
Pitcher of the Week: Verlander. Welcome back to the land of the aces.
Manager of the Week: Karma Kameleons. Don’t get too comfortable in this spot…
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Week 3 Review 2009
Sorry, Sorry... I know we're already into week 5... I'll have week 4's up tomorrow. you people are so friggin demanding... geesh...
Regulators DEF Snot on the Ball* 7-3
The matchup between the 07 and 08 champions looses a bit of luster when only one of the teams has the stones to contend for a title each year. Regardless, Regs won for the 2nd week in a row and was back at .500 for the season. Snot continued to change team names, propose a dozen offers a day and relax until draft day 2010. Regulators had a fantastic pitching week that was slightly anti-climactic. Regs set the all-time league records for ERA (0.48) and WHIP (0.89), but didn't take wins (5-3). Regs starters only gave up 3 ER all week. That is pretty cool.
Stud of the Week: Greinke, Vazquez, Felix and Josh Johsnon all had top notch starts... but a pitcher would really have to toss a no-no to be a stud on only one start. Mike Lowell had a very solid week: 3/2/3/0/.444
Dud of the Week: BJ Upton apparently can only hit in the postseason against the Red Sox: 1/0/0/0/.000
Swine Nine Def Bounty Hunters 8-2
Well, Um, Bounty Hunters may wish for a new start to the season here. Meanwhile, Swine is liking 2009 just fine. Swine took 4 offensive categories despite Matt Holliday hitting .190, Brandon Phillips hitting .182 and Carlos Pena hitting .150 (guess which offensive category Swine lost...). Marco Scutaro also hit .118 but, you know, he's Marco Scutaro. After 3 weeks, BH is has the fewest HR in the league with 26. BH and Karma (27) are the only teams with less than 30. The Bounty Hunters should place a bounty on power. Thank you... try the veal.
Stud of the Week: Johan had a very nice start, but this week belonged to Carlos Lee, who decided to begin the 2009 season: 6/4/8/0/.320
Dud of the Week: Remember way long ago when Geovany Soto was a solid fantasy catcher? 2/0/1/0/.150
Ryan Howitzers DEF Legends 7-2
The #3 team through week 3 is the Ryan Howitzers. The same team that threw up a week 3 pitching line of: 3/1/4.62/1.18/6.93, is 20-8-2 so far. FYI, RH won 3 of those very mediocre pitcing categories (bravo Legends). Maybe the schedule has been favorable (unlikely) or flukey (possibly) but there sits RH, % points behind Papi for tops in the Can division. RH has been carried by the offense so far. They are 11-3-1 offensively so far. That's pretty good. They also have a 4.40 era and a 1.273 WHIP through 3 weeks... but they're undefeated so far in those categories... that's flukey. Legends... well... There was a time when Josh Beckett, Jimmy Rollins and A-Rod were fantasy gold... that time was 2007. It doesn't appear to be 2009.
Stud of the Week: Curtis Granderson baby: 7/4/6/1/.333
Dud of the Week: Legends had 4, that's right FOUR pitchers with ERA's over 14 (Ryan, Burnett, Beckett and Perez), but Matt Lindstrom posted these beauties: 0/0/94.50/10.50/13.50. Look at those K's!
Jobu's Hats for Bats DEF Bobz Boyz 5-4-1
After much higher expectations this year, Bobz Boyz can't catch a break so far in 2009. They also can't catch an ERA under 4.41. BB is 2-12-1 so far in the pitching categories, hence the 9-18-3 record. The names are there: Sabathia, Liriano, Shields, Garza, um... uh... baker..., but they just haven't been good so far. Sabathia was awful in April last year too, so there is hope, but that's been small consolation for the Boyz. On the bright side, Sexei Alexei finally showed up. As for Jobu, there have been a couple of mediocre weeks since his drubbing of the kameleons in week one. Jobu is the only team batting above .300 after week 3, and they set the season record in week 3 batting .321. That was still a lousy trade though.
Stud of the Week: Jay Bruce and Carlos Beltran both were excellent, but THOR is still the dominant fantasy force: 7/3/11/3/.450. (Blog will henceforth refer to Pujols as THOR).
Dud of the Week: Matt Kemp was pretty awful, but he did get a steal. Carlos Quentin did not: 2/0/1/0/.136
Papi's Space Cadets DEF WW3B 8-2
Papi destroyed WW3B. Blog has a sinking suspicion that the preceding sentence will be repeated throughout the season, only with various teams in the first slot. ie: Swine Nine destroyed WW3B. Or, Regulators destroyed WW3B. Or the mighty ducks destroyed WW3B, or the Santa Lucia Senior Softball All-Stars destroyed WW3B. After 3 weeks, WW3B holds the low record for 4 categories: 33R, 1SB, .227avg, 5.68 K/9. (BH holds 4 records, and Snot has the other 2). KK has won 3 offensive categories and 4 pitching categories. All 4 pitching wins were against Bobz Boyz in week 2. Papi continues to roll. Their week 3 numbers weren't great, but they were good enough this week for Papi to take the reigns of the CAN division.
Stud of the Week: There were some nice weeks here, but nothing really THORish. Let's go with Torii Hunter: 8/3/6/0/.385
Dud of the Week: Troy Tulowitzki has issues: 1/0/0/0/.000
Player of the Week: All Hail THOR.
Pitcher of the Week:Like I said, Johan was pretty darn good.
Manager of the Week: Ryan Howitzers taking down Legends 7-2-1 gives him the week 3 crown.
Week 4 will be up tomorrow...
Regulators DEF Snot on the Ball* 7-3
The matchup between the 07 and 08 champions looses a bit of luster when only one of the teams has the stones to contend for a title each year. Regardless, Regs won for the 2nd week in a row and was back at .500 for the season. Snot continued to change team names, propose a dozen offers a day and relax until draft day 2010. Regulators had a fantastic pitching week that was slightly anti-climactic. Regs set the all-time league records for ERA (0.48) and WHIP (0.89), but didn't take wins (5-3). Regs starters only gave up 3 ER all week. That is pretty cool.
Stud of the Week: Greinke, Vazquez, Felix and Josh Johsnon all had top notch starts... but a pitcher would really have to toss a no-no to be a stud on only one start. Mike Lowell had a very solid week: 3/2/3/0/.444
Dud of the Week: BJ Upton apparently can only hit in the postseason against the Red Sox: 1/0/0/0/.000
Swine Nine Def Bounty Hunters 8-2
Well, Um, Bounty Hunters may wish for a new start to the season here. Meanwhile, Swine is liking 2009 just fine. Swine took 4 offensive categories despite Matt Holliday hitting .190, Brandon Phillips hitting .182 and Carlos Pena hitting .150 (guess which offensive category Swine lost...). Marco Scutaro also hit .118 but, you know, he's Marco Scutaro. After 3 weeks, BH is has the fewest HR in the league with 26. BH and Karma (27) are the only teams with less than 30. The Bounty Hunters should place a bounty on power. Thank you... try the veal.
Stud of the Week: Johan had a very nice start, but this week belonged to Carlos Lee, who decided to begin the 2009 season: 6/4/8/0/.320
Dud of the Week: Remember way long ago when Geovany Soto was a solid fantasy catcher? 2/0/1/0/.150
Ryan Howitzers DEF Legends 7-2
The #3 team through week 3 is the Ryan Howitzers. The same team that threw up a week 3 pitching line of: 3/1/4.62/1.18/6.93, is 20-8-2 so far. FYI, RH won 3 of those very mediocre pitcing categories (bravo Legends). Maybe the schedule has been favorable (unlikely) or flukey (possibly) but there sits RH, % points behind Papi for tops in the Can division. RH has been carried by the offense so far. They are 11-3-1 offensively so far. That's pretty good. They also have a 4.40 era and a 1.273 WHIP through 3 weeks... but they're undefeated so far in those categories... that's flukey. Legends... well... There was a time when Josh Beckett, Jimmy Rollins and A-Rod were fantasy gold... that time was 2007. It doesn't appear to be 2009.
Stud of the Week: Curtis Granderson baby: 7/4/6/1/.333
Dud of the Week: Legends had 4, that's right FOUR pitchers with ERA's over 14 (Ryan, Burnett, Beckett and Perez), but Matt Lindstrom posted these beauties: 0/0/94.50/10.50/13.50. Look at those K's!
Jobu's Hats for Bats DEF Bobz Boyz 5-4-1
After much higher expectations this year, Bobz Boyz can't catch a break so far in 2009. They also can't catch an ERA under 4.41. BB is 2-12-1 so far in the pitching categories, hence the 9-18-3 record. The names are there: Sabathia, Liriano, Shields, Garza, um... uh... baker..., but they just haven't been good so far. Sabathia was awful in April last year too, so there is hope, but that's been small consolation for the Boyz. On the bright side, Sexei Alexei finally showed up. As for Jobu, there have been a couple of mediocre weeks since his drubbing of the kameleons in week one. Jobu is the only team batting above .300 after week 3, and they set the season record in week 3 batting .321. That was still a lousy trade though.
Stud of the Week: Jay Bruce and Carlos Beltran both were excellent, but THOR is still the dominant fantasy force: 7/3/11/3/.450. (Blog will henceforth refer to Pujols as THOR).
Dud of the Week: Matt Kemp was pretty awful, but he did get a steal. Carlos Quentin did not: 2/0/1/0/.136
Papi's Space Cadets DEF WW3B 8-2
Papi destroyed WW3B. Blog has a sinking suspicion that the preceding sentence will be repeated throughout the season, only with various teams in the first slot. ie: Swine Nine destroyed WW3B. Or, Regulators destroyed WW3B. Or the mighty ducks destroyed WW3B, or the Santa Lucia Senior Softball All-Stars destroyed WW3B. After 3 weeks, WW3B holds the low record for 4 categories: 33R, 1SB, .227avg, 5.68 K/9. (BH holds 4 records, and Snot has the other 2). KK has won 3 offensive categories and 4 pitching categories. All 4 pitching wins were against Bobz Boyz in week 2. Papi continues to roll. Their week 3 numbers weren't great, but they were good enough this week for Papi to take the reigns of the CAN division.
Stud of the Week: There were some nice weeks here, but nothing really THORish. Let's go with Torii Hunter: 8/3/6/0/.385
Dud of the Week: Troy Tulowitzki has issues: 1/0/0/0/.000
Player of the Week: All Hail THOR.
Pitcher of the Week:Like I said, Johan was pretty darn good.
Manager of the Week: Ryan Howitzers taking down Legends 7-2-1 gives him the week 3 crown.
Week 4 will be up tomorrow...
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