Blog… is back…
Blog needed some time over the past month. Blog does not apologize. Blog doesn’t ask you to understand. Blog asks you to deal with it and read on.
Jobu’s Hats for Bats DEF Swine Nine 8-2. oof….
Been there done that. Thor is without a doubt the most devastating fantasy player since Big Head Bonds circa 2001. Jobu defeated Swine in Runs (49-48) HR (13-12) RBI (41-33) and average (.290-.280) as a direct result of Thor’s production. Thor himself changed the score to an 8-2 Jobu win from a 4-6 Jobu defeat. The most exciting aspect of Thor’s awesomeness? The idea that Thor’s awesomeness could possibly maybe be heading towards a new stadium (um… Fenway anyone??) This is only Swiney’s 2nd loss of the season, and their worst loss. It doesn’t appear that the wheels are falling off completely, but there are certainly some chinks in the armor. Bedard’s hurt… again… Harden & Oswalt stink, Burnett is 50/50, Kevin Slowey should remember that he’s Kevin Slowey around July 17th, and even the 2 aces: Bills and Johan, have proved human lately. Granted that Johan can become super-human in a 2nd half, but the point is he may have to if Swine’s going to take 3 out of 5 pitching categories down the stretch. For Jobu, Beltran’s knee could join Reyes calf, Webb’s shoulder, Hamilton’s oblique and Votto’s nerves as a key FBL injury. Here’s hoping…
Stud of the Week: Again: Thor 6-4-11-0-.389
Dud of the Week: Rich Harden cost Swine Nine ERA: 0-0-12.60-2.00-3.60
Regulators DEF Ryan Howitzers 6-4
Over the past 2 weeks, Regs (the #3 team in the CAN division) has defeated the top 2 teams in the CAN division by 6-4 scores, thanks mostly to pitching and speed. Regs was very happy to see Ian Kinsler come back to life, and would also like, one day, to see Alfonso Soriano come back to life too. After winning the first 4 weeks, RH has won only 2 weeks since, and both those wins were against the 8th and 9th ranked clubs. Fortunately, they still sit in 2nd place in the division, 2 back of Brain Freeze (?) and 6 up on the Regs. Fortunately though for RH, they can rely on LaTroy Hawkins and lines like this: 0-0-6.00-2.00-6.00 to bring them out of their funk.
Stud of the Week: Kinsler and Miggy were both very good, but I think that for sheer shock, this should go to BJ Upton: 6-2-9-2-.429
Dud of the Week: Hank Blalock used to be a really good hitter… now… um… well, let’s just say that Blog would be less than shocked if his name was on the infamous 2003 ‘list’: 0-0-0-0-.167
Snot on the Ball TIED Legends 5-5
Well, the 2nd of 3 rematches of the 2008 championship really didn’t settle anything between these 2 non-playoff teams. Legends has had some TERRIBLE luck this year in the keeper department. Beckett and Haren have been solid, if not very good, but Manny’s been on vacation, and A-Rod and Rollins have been awful. Take away the awesome May Bay, and replace it with the average June Bay, and you get some really mediocre offensive numbers for the Psuedo-Legends. Perhaps Legends should make a deal with Snot, who will gladly sell Luke Scott and Denard Span to Legends for the small price of his soul and a 2nd round pick. Where would Snot be if they still had Nelson Cruz, Justin Upton and Andre Ethier? Hmmm…
Stud of the Week: That Ryan Braun trade looks worse by the week for Jobu: 10-2-8-2-.385
Dud of the Week: he he he! This is worth $300MM? he he he! Ladies and Gentlemen… A-Rod! 0-0-2-0-.071
Brain Freeze DEF Karma Kameleons 5-3-2
In all reality, this should have been worse for KK. Blog does not understand how KK feels that keeping Carl Pavano on his roster is more beneficial to him than cutting him for a replacement OF, since Raul Ibanez went on the DL (thus giving KK 3 DL players and no offensive players on his bench). Carl Pavano is the 1,255th ranked player in fantasy this year. According to Yahoo, someone like Ben Sheets, who hasn’t pitched all year (right RH?) would be more valuable to KK than Pavano by not producing stats as crummy as Pavano’s. Now, Yahoo rankings aren’t the be-all end-all of roster moves, but, this is still Carl Pavano we’re talking about here. It also looks like Ryan Zimmerman’s new nickname is going to be ‘Sell High’. Sell High is ranked 870 for the past month. This after a top 10 first 6 weeks of the season. Ouch. Brain Freeze takes over first in the CAN division by putting up pretty average numbers. Congrats.
Stud of the Week: Not a lot of excellence here. Prince and Huff were both very good, but for across the board contributions, we’ll go with Troy Tulowitzki: 4-1-2-2-.438
Dud of the Week: Mikey Lowell was even worse than Sell High: 1-0-0-0-.077
Bobz Boyz DEF Bounty Hunters 6-4
After only winning one week out of the first 8, the Boyz haven’t lost since, posting 2 wins and a tie and emerging as a legitimate playoff contender down the stretch. They currently sit 7th overall, 3.5 games behind Snot. If the Boyz really wanted to make the tournament, maybe they could offer Snot a few picks to make some ‘roster errors’ like forgetting to put David Wright and Chase Utley in the lineup and trading for Carl Pavano. Bounty Hunters… Blog wouldn’t be so harsh in it’s criticism (who am I kidding… of course I would) if you would at least do something. How is Coco Crisp still on that roster when there are so many other injured players there? Why is Carlos Villanova (sic) still there? Why bother having closers?? Could you send 2 of those closers to the Boyz for a young potential keeper (Bruce? Hart? Quentin) and/or picks? Could you trade Michael Bourn NOW while he is producing at his career peak? Could you get picks for Soto, Beltre, Young, Dye, Thome, Theriot, Hudson, Zambrano, even Ichiro and Aramis? Should you at least try? This club needs direction, and Blog is here to give it to you. Propose a minimum of 10 deals a day. Make moves that benefit you next year, before Legends and KK beat you to all the picks! Based on my scientific calculations, you’ll need to finish the season 1,423-0-0 to make the playoffs. Before Peavy went down… maybe, but not now. Time to rebuild.
Stud of the Week: We have a Derrek Lee sighting! 5-4-9-0-.364. of course, this outburst cost the Boyz ERA because most of the damage was off of…
Dud of the Week: Kerry Wood! 0-0-11.57-2.14-3.86. with honorable mention to Jermaine Dye and Luis Castillo.
Player of the Week: The sun rises, the sun sets, and Thor is the player of the week.
Pitcher of the Week: Zack Gr… oh wait… um… actually… this one goes to King Felix. Kevin Correia was actually ranked higher, but, come on…
Manager of the Week: Jobu throttled the front-runner. Bravo.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
2009 Week 7 Review
Week 8's will be up in 48 hours...
Ryan Howitzers TIED Jobu’s Hats for Bats (or vice versa) 5-5
Absolutely nothing was determined between the #3 and #4 seeds in week 7, as mediocrity dominated both the stats and the score. Howitzers had a very solid Sunday as they got 6 SB’s on the day to overtake the category 10-6. As Jobu pointed out, even Howitzers name sake swiped a bag that day, which temporarily quells the rumors that all Howard can do is hit 2 solo home runs a week. Jobu hasn’t won WHIP since week one, and has also lost ERA 4 weeks running. At least he’ll have Clayton Kershaw to right the ship now…
Stud of the Week: It only took 7 weeks, but Dan Uggla actually performed like a keeper level player: 5-4-9-1-.280
Dud of the Week: A 3rd round pick for this? Adam Lind: 1-0-0-0-.111
Legends TIED Needs a New Team Name (or vice versa) 5-5
Legends should be thankful for the power, speed, and closers that he has, because without the solid numbers he got in HR, SB and saves, this could easily have been a blowout. Usually 15 homers and 10 steals are good enough to win those 2, but Legends posted 18 and 12 to take them. Legends also hasn’t lost saves yet this year. That feat is equaled only by Swine Nine’s HR, W, and ERA so far this year. Papi had a pretty devastating injury this week, as they lost Jason Bartlett right after he was the runner up stud: 8-2-13-3-.385
Stud of the Week: It would take a special week to beat those numbers from NANTN’s undrafted SS, but Mark Reynolds delivered: 6-4-9-6-.357
Dud of the Week: Several options here, but we’ll give this to Aubrey Huff: 0-0-3-0-.174… Go get him Sox!
Swine Nine DEF Regulators 7-2-1
This was just disgusting. The score easily could have been (should have been) 8-1-1 but for some scrappy numbers from Regs on Sunday. Swine’s scores weren’t dominant, but they were solid across the board again as they continue to roll through the league. Regs still hasn’t won average this year, and posted his 2nd average in the .230’s this season. Swine has 95 homers through 7 weeks, which is 11 more than 2nd place (Legends and Jobu). Swine only had 2 pitchers with era’s over 4. That’s pretty good.
Stud of the Week: It could easily have been Mark Teixeira, but Joe Mauer has been just ridiculous: 12-4-13-0-.458. Those are Scotty Michaels numbers… not reality.
Dud of the Week: Alfonso Soriano debacled his week: 0-0-0-0-.095
Snot on the Ball DEF Bobz Boyz 6-3-1
This was a pretty weak display by both clubs to be honest. The only above average number posted by either side was Snot’s .301 average, and maybe his 49 RBI will win half the time. Otherwise, Regulators, who lost to Swine 7-2-1, would have beaten each of these teams at least 7-3 this week. Ce La Vi or however the stupid French spell their stupid sayings. Anyway, the Boyz are almost running out of time to get their team up to speed and healthy, while Snot is just raking in the draft picks and continuing his streak as the luckiest fantasy player ever. Edwin Jackson? Seriously??
Stud of the Week: Morneau was solid, but this has to go to Miggy Tejada (even though BB didn’t win an offensive category): 5-3-4-1-.522
Dud of the Week: Chris Davis really needs to learn how to hit a single now and then: 0-0-0-0-.053
Karma Kameleons DEF Bounty Hunters 7-3
This matchup could have even been worse. Bounty Hunters officially put up, in week 7, 2009, the worst offensive week in CPL history: 29-5-16-3-.223. 16 RBI??? The Runs, RBI and average are record lows, and the homeruns tie the 2009 record low. BH won wins by 1 and WHIP by .01. KK won average by 102 points! Their .325 is the new mark for 2009. The Hunters are a team in disarray who need some serious offensive firepower if their to contend in the 2nd half… of 2010.
Stud of the Week: Torii Hunter has been a legit fantasy stud in 2009: 3-1-10-3-.333
Dud of the Week: Specifically, Ryan Theriot: 0-0-0-0-.083. Collectively, Bounty Hunters: 29-5-16-3-.223. 10 guys off waivers would have at least won 3-2 against those offensive numbers.
Player of the Week: Joe Mauer
Pitcher of the Week: Blog hearts Justin Verlander
Manager of the Week: Swine Nine. Also, so far, manager of 2009.
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