Week 11 Review 2009

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.