The Slugs have seen their lead cut in week nine of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, plus a certain team from Kent have charged up the standings.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	28	8	35	5	.285	.861	2	3	51	2	5.50	1.48	11
The Bath Bombers	25	5	26	4	.228	.697	4	2	42	0	6.21	1.62	1

MVP: Story (Isotopes) 9 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .524 AVG, 1.631 OPS

Busting out of a slump: Hernandez (Isotopes) 2 HR, 7 RBI

.400 club: Brantlet and Verdugo (both Isotopes) .409 AVG and .400 AVG respectively

Respectable stats: Morton (Isotope) 2.57 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

Closing time: Osuna (Isotopes) 3 SV Hold on: Jeffress (Isotopes) 2 HLD and this incredible catch

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	9	24	2	.273	.797	0	3	49	3	5.72	1.50	2
Newcastle Knights	32	10	34	3	.303	.903	2	1	40	4	2.76	1.06	10

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Alfaro (Knights) 2 HR, 7 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.471 OPS; Muncy (Knights) 7 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .385 AVG; Hiura (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .320 AVG

Ace: Giolito (Knights) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.68 WHIP

By way of the K: Heaney and Sale (both Maltsters) 10 K each Closing time: Jansen (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	31	8	29	3	.304	.839	3	6	51	1	3.90	1.32	9
Norwich No II	26	12	25	2	.270	.890	1	3	46	5	4.84	1.41	3

Run machine: Soto (A&E Dept) 9 R, .333 AVG

Need for speed: Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 2 SB

The Moose is loose: Moustakas (Norwich) 3 HR

Still got it: Verlander (A&E Dept) W, 1.13 ERA, 0.75 WHIP

Save me: Chapman and Doolittle (A&E Dept); Hand (Norwich) 3 SV each

What we have we hold: Buttrey and Baez (both Norwich) 2 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	21	4	28	2	.278	.753	5	2	65	4	5.23	1.18	3
Richie’s RBI’s	41	14	36	3	.293	.878	4	6	56	0	3.11	0.97	9

Smooth: Santana (RBIs) 5 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI

Higher than average: Dahl (RBIs) .450 AVG

Speed to burn: Mondesi (RBIs) 3 SB

Strikeout machines: Boyd (Bunting) W, 17 K; Cole (RBIs) 16 K; Strahm (Bunting) 15 K

No runs allowed: Odorizzi (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Lockdown closer: Colome (RBIs) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	32	9	27	5	.267	.846	5	1	72	4	2.90	1.21	4
Swindon Devil Rays	39	13	45	0	.328	.997	1	1	26	2	2.70	1.17	7

MVP: Bogaerts (Devil Rays) 10 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .462 AVG, 1.443 OPS

Also pretty good: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, HR, 8 RBIs, .423 AVG, 1.132 OPS

Speed demon: Villar (Chasers) 2 SB

Mad Max: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 21 K

Putting up zeroes: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Stingy stats: Mikolas (Devil Rays) 1.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP; Price (Devil Rays) 1.46 ERA, 0.89 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	37	13	38	4	.301	.894	1	3	44	1	5.76	1.72	5
Mighty Slugs	31	14	29	1	.284	.861	3	3	70	4	3.44	1.17	6

All-round threat: Meadows (Riverkings) 8 R, 10 RBI, 2 SB, .419 AVG, 1.116 OPS

Three-homer weeks: Martinez and Riley (both Slugs); Pederson and Sanchez (both Riverkings)

Strikeouts in bulk: Chirinos (Slugs) W, 14 K

No runs allowed: Paxton (Slugs) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP Pressed into action: Pressly (Slugs) 3 HLD

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	66-35-7	.644	–	6-5-1	8	17
2	 Newcastle Knights	64-38-6	.620	2.5	10-2-0	11	14
3	 Orpington Isotopes	58-46-4	.556	9.5	11-1-0	7	12
4	 Beckenham A&E Dept	54-45-9	.542	11	9-3-0	4	10
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	54-46-8	.537	11.5	4-7-1	6	5
6	 Norwich No II	52-50-6	.509	14.5	3-9-0	12	12
7	 Cheshunt Maltsters	49-51-8	.491	16.5	2-10-0	2	12
8	 Bunting for Britain	48-53-7	.477	18	3-9-0	1	19
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	48-54-6	.472	18.5	9-3-0	9	11
10	 Durham Riverkings	43-59-6	.426	23.5	5-6-1	3	14
11	 The Bath Bombers	38-65-5	.375	29	1-11-0	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	35-67-6	.352	31.5	7-4-1	10	3

Week 10 Match-ups

Isoptopes (3rd) v Chasers (5th)
Bunting (8th) v Bombers (11th)
Beckenham (4th) v RBI’s (9th)
Maltsters (7th) v No II (6th)
Riverkings (10th) v Knights (2nd)
Slugs (1st) v Devil Rays (12th)

The Mighty Slugs went top after week seven of the BaseballGB but could they hold on to top spot? And brace yourself for intros referencing Monty Python, Neneh Cherry and a particularly awful pun for a Milwaukee starting pitcher.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	39	12	36	1	.308	.923	5	4	70	0	4.22	1.17	9
Newcastle Knights	31	10	28	4	.306	.912	4	2	64	1	4.16	1.31	3

He’s the Juan: Soto (A&E Dept) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.418 OPS

Matt’s the way to do it: Chapman (A&E Dept) 6 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .308 AVG

How much wood would a Woodruff ruff if a Woodruff could ruff wood: Woodruff (A&E Dept) W, 10 K, 0.13 WHIP

Happy Chappy: Champman (A&E Dept) 3 SV

No runs allowed: Flaherty and Giolito (both Knights) 0.00 ERA

Hold this: Miller (Knights) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	27	7	20	3	.261	.763	1	1	51	4	3.74	1.25	3
Mighty Slugs	34	10	33	0	.286	.841	3	1	49	5	3.83	1.21	8

Ring your Bell: Bell (Slugs) 7 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .375 AVG

Life of Riley: Riley (Slugs) 4 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI

Double duty: Rogers (Slugs) W, HLD

Stingy WHIP: Chirinos (Slugs) 0.82 WHIP, Strasburg (Slugs) 1.00 WHIP

By way of the K: Bauer (Maltsters) 13 K

Damage limitation: Gonzales (Maltsters) 1.29 ERA.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	32	14	38	5	.300	.939	4	7	53	0	4.08	1.25	4
Swindon Devil Rays	39	17	44	2	.309	1.035	2	0	24	1	2.38	0.97	8

MVP: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .538 AVG, 1.632 OPS

Also pretty darn good: Smoak (Devil Rays) 6 R, 5 HR, 9 RBI; McCutchen (Devil Rays) 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .345 AVG; Devers (Riverkings) 8 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .481 AVG, 1.500 OPS

Strikeout leader: German (Riverkings) 11 K

Busy week: Diaz (Riverkings) W, 3 SV; Yates (Riverkings) 3 SV

Stingy duo: Price (Devil Rays) 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Buehler (Devil Rays) 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	28	7	21	4	.242	.787	4	4	67	4	2.95	1.05	7
Norwich No II	34	15	22	1	.274	.897	2	1	33	3	4.95	1.78	5

Three-homer weeks: Alonso (Norwich); Myers (Bunting)

Luke, the force is with you: Voit (Norwich) 6 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Strikeout machines: Wheeler (Bunting) W, 14 K; Weaver (Bunting) W, 13 K

Let’s hear it for the Boyd: Boyd (Bunting) 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Double duty: Neris (Bunting) W, 2 SV

What we have, we hold: Stammen and Gant (both Bunting) 2 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	37	9	42	5	.335	.912	3	3	52	0	3.07	1.02	5
The Cheddar Chasers	41	14	37	5	.281	.888	4	0	65	2	2.62	1.17	6

Safe at home: Rendon (Chasers) 8 R

It’s outta here: Realmuto ( Chasers) 3 HR

Pair of Twins: Kepler (Bombers) 10 RBI, .571 AVG, 1.790 OPS; Rosario (Bombers) 10 RBI, .444 AVG, 1.316 OPS

All-round effort: Arrieta (Chasers) W, 12 K, 1.93 ERA; Gray (Chasers) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA; Marquez (Chasers) W, 11 K, 2.51 ERA

Holding on: Ottavino (Chasers) 2 HLD

Stingy WHIP: Soroka (Bombers) 0.57 WHIP

Closing Time: Treinen (Bombers) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	12	34	3	.304	.914	4	4	57	1	2.93	1.14	5
Richie’s RBI’s	54	17	45	3	.335	1.050	2	1	43	0	3.82	1.01	6

Buffalo stance: Ramos (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.419 OPS

Run machines: Torres (RBIs) 8 R, 5 HR, 8 RBI; Marte (RBIs) 8 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .407 AVG, 1.337 OPS

Beautiful plumage: Peacock (Isotopes) W, 17 K, 0.00 ERA

Closing time: Osuna and Iglesias (both isotopes) 2 SV each

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	60-30-6	.656	–	8-3-1	8	16
2	 Newcastle Knights	54-36-6	.594	6	3-9-0	11	12
3	 The Cheddar Chasers	50-39-7	.557	9.5	6-5-1	6	5
4	 Norwich No II	49-41-6	.542	11	5-7-0	12	12
5	 Cheshunt Maltsters	47-41-8	.531	12	3-8-1	2	11
6	 Beckenham A&E Dept	45-42-9	.516	13.5	9-3-0	4	10
7	 Orpington Isotopes	47-45-4	.510	14	5-6-1	7	10
8	 Bunting for Britain	45-44-7	.505	14.5	7-5-0	1	18
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	39-51-6	.438	21	6-5-1	9	11
10	 Durham Riverkings	38-53-5	.422	22.5	4-8-0	3	13
11	 The Bath Bombers	37-54-5	.411	23.5	5-6-1	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	28-63-5	.318	32.5	8-4-0	10	3

Week 9 Match-ups

Isotopes (7th) v Bombers (11th)

Bunting (8th) v RBI’s (9th)

Beckenham (6th) v No II (4th)

Maltsters (5th) v Knights (2nd)

Riverkings (10th) v Slugs (1st)

Chasers (3rd) v Devil Rays (12th)

Week seven of the BaseballGB Fantasy League saw the lead change hands. Read on to find out which team is now top of the pile.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	22	4	15	6	.274	.719	5	3	48	1	1.37	1.07	9
Swindon Devil Rays	14	5	16	1	.247	.854	0	1	14	0	7.45	1.86	3

Safe at home: Kepler (Bombers) 5 R

Needs for speed: Senzel (Bombers) 4 SB

.400 club: Posey and Hosmer (both Bombers) .400 AVG

Bombers take all pitching categories as Swindon failed to meet the 20-inning minimum limit, but would have won them all anyway.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	24	4	23	4	.214	.618	4	4	68	0	3.66	1.03	3
Mighty Slugs	35	20	51	0	.296	1.055	3	4	56	2	1.84	0.66	8

Ring that Bell: Bell (Slugs) 6 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .407 AVG, 1.373 OPS

Also pretty good: Bellinger (Slugs) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .389 AVG, 1.421 OPS

Rabbits are loose: D Gordon and Acuna Jr (both A&E Dept) 2 SB each

By way of the K: Lyles (A&E Dept) W, 12 K

WHIP it: Montas (Slugs) 0.46 WHIP; Strasburg (Slugs) 0.50 WHIP; Castillo (Slugs) 0.56 WHIP

Will he ever give up a run? Pressly (Slugs) still a 0.00 ERA for the season, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	25	7	29	7	.242	.725	3	3	31	0	2.21	1.06	3
The Cheddar Chasers	47	16	46	2	.343	1.066	4	3	61	1	3.90	1.08	8

Buxton’s spring in his step: Buxton (Chasers) 3 HR, 11 RBI

.400 or better: Escobar (Chasers) .462 AVG; Renfroe (Chasers) .444 AVG; Rendon (Chasers) 8 R, .435 AVG

Does anyone steal apart from the Royals?: Mondesi (RBIs), 4 SB; A Gordon (RBIs) 3 SB

Wins still matter: Hendricks (Chasers) 2 W, 11 K

Canning Town: Canning (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP; Tanaka (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

Underhand tactics: Cishek (Chasers) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	21	8	32	4	.223	.678	4	2	51	2	1.80	0.93	4
Norwich No II	29	12	29	2	.293	.907	5	2	69	3	3.36	1.20	7

Look out, he’s heating up: Guerrero Jr (Norwich) 4 HR, 9 RBI, 1.321 OPS

Safe at home: Moustakas (Norwich) 7 R

Trout being Trout: Trout (Norwich) .409 AVG

RBI machine: DeJong (Isotopes) 7 RBI

Wins still matter: Musgrove (Norwich) 2 W

By way of the K: Ray and Maeda (both Norwich) 12 K each

Stingy duo: Greinke (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.52 WHIP; Carrasco (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	31	7	22	2	.239	.754	1	3	67	2	4.70	1.30	5
Newcastle Knights	34	11	28	4	.281	.837	5	2	50	1	5.09	1.35	7

Offensive sweep powered by: Bryant (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .346 AVG, 1.145 OPS; Alfaro (Knights) .385 AVG; Anderson (Knights) .368 AVG, SB; Betts (Knights) .364 AVG, 2 SB

Top of the matchup strikeout charts: Bieber (Bunting) 21 K, 2.93 ERA, 0.98 WHIP

Closing time: Neris (Bunting) 2 SV

Double duty: Parker (Bunting) SV, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	8	28	3	.297	.900	0	2	56	1	6.75	1.60	5
Durham Riverkings	31	12	26	3	.286	.952	3	1	44	0	3.30	1.14	6

Super sluggers: Pederson (Riverkings) 5 R, 2 HR, 1.317 OPS; Moncada (Riverkings) 2 HR, .412 AVG, 1.415 OPS; Haniger (Maltsters) 3 HR, 5 RBI

Also in the 5 RBI club: Contreras (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .421 AVG; Profar (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .417 AVG; Encarnacion (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .391 AVG 

Wins still matter: Kikuchi (Riverkings) W, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP; Fried (Riverkings) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP; German (Riverkings) W, 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Sale (Maltsters) 27 K (yes, that’s twenty-seven)

Closing time: Jansen (Maltsters) 2 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	52-27-5	.649	–	8-3-1	8	15
2	 Newcastle Knights	51-27-6	.643	0.5	7-5-0	11	11
3	 Cheshunt Maltsters	44-33-7	.565	7	5-6-1	2	9
4	 The Cheddar Chasers	44-34-6	.560	7.5	8-3-1	6	5
5	 Norwich No II	44-34-6	.560	7.5	7-4-1	12	11
6	 Orpington Isotopes	42-39-3	.518	11	4-7-1	7	10
7	 Bunting for Britain	38-39-7	.494	13	5-7-0	1	18
8	 Beckenham A&E Dept	36-39-9	.482	14	3-8-1	4	9
9	 Durham Riverkings	34-45-5	.435	18	6-5-1	3	12
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	33-46-5	.423	19	3-8-1	9	10
11	 The Bath Bombers	32-48-4	.405	20.5	9-3-0	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	20-59-5	.268	32	3-9-0	10	–

Week 8 match-ups

Slugs v Maltsters

Knights v A&E Dept

Chasers v Bombers

Norwich v Bunting

Isotopes v RBIs

Riverkings v Devil Rays

Week six of the BaseballGB Fantasy League featured a no-hitter by Mike Fiers. But as he was in the free agent pool, no one benefited from it. Here’s what happened to those players on rosters instead, including a rare defeat for the league leaders.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	28	9	32	4	.247	.776	3	1	51	0	4.02	1.21	1
Mighty Slugs	36	11	40	2	.298	.882	3	3	66	3	3.15	1.20	10

Ring that Bell: Bell (Slugs) 5 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .478 AVG, 1.390 OPS

Run machine: Martinez (Slugs) 7 R, 3 HR

Need for speed: Myers (Bunting) 2 SB

Ace: Castillo (Slugs) 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

By way of the K: Strasburg (Slugs) 18 K

What we have, we hold: Pressly (Slugs) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	28	9	19	5	.272	.788	6	3	61	0	2.58	0.93	9
Durham Riverkings	19	7	21	4	.217	.661	3	4	47	0	2.86	1.13	2

Safe at home: Gurriel (A&E Dept) 6 R, .440 AVG, 1.080 OPS

Multi-homer club: Acuna Jr and Jones )(both A&E Dept), Pederson (Riverkings) 2 HR each

Power and speed: Gordon (A&E Dept) HR, SB, .500 AVG, 1.277 OPS; Andrus (A&E Dept) HR, 2 SB

RBI machine: Devers (Riverkings) 7 RBI

What a week: Ryu (A&E Dept) 2 W, 15 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.35 WHIP

Closing time: Yates and Diaz (both Riverkings); Chapman (A&E Dept) 2 SV each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	36	12	33	5	.280	.813	2	0	58	2	2.35	1.14	8
Swindon Devil Rays	20	2	15	0	.207	.642	2	1	38	0	2.04	0.68	3

This offensive sweep was brought to you by: Turner (Maltsters) 8 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.545 OPS

Wheels: Lindor (Maltsters) 2 SB

Strikeout machine: Bauer (Maltsters) 17 K

Lone save: Giles (Devil Rays) SV

Stingy duo: Buehler (Devil Rays) 1.93 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Mikolas (Devil Rays) 1.29 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

Devil Rays on the MLB DL but not on the fantasy DL: Mejia, Altuve, Dickerson, Upton, Kluber, Glasnow, Price.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	31	11	37	1	.261	.878	3	2	51	1	3.31	1.10	7
The Cheddar Chasers	22	7	25	3	.242	.712	4	1	60	3	3.11	1.38	5

Multi-HR week: Renfroe (Chasers) 3 HR; Narvaez, Trout, Santana, Alonso (all Norwich) 2 HR

RBI machine: Seager (Norwich) 7 RBI

.400 club: Davis (Norwich) .400 AVG

Ace: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 17 K

No runs allowed: Hendricks (Chasers) 0.00 ERA

Hold on, hold on, hold on: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Whip it: Maeda (Norwich) 0.50 WHIP; Berrios (Norwich) 0.57 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	45	15	34	6	.292	.936	3	5	54	1	3.10	1.18	6
Newcastle Knights	50	18	42	4	.278	.963	3	2	58	0	3.62	1.26	5

MVP: Springer (Knights) 10 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, .519 AVG, 1.711 OPS

Also pretty good: Bryant (Knights) 9 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI; Blackmon (Knights) 9 R, 4 HR, .400 AVG

Need for speed: Puig (Isotopes) 3 SB

Lockdown closer: Osuna (Isotopes) 3 SV

Ultra stingy: Carrasco (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.40 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Bumgarner (Knights) 15 K.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	22	2	14	3	.268	.688*	6	6	71	1	3.65	1.05	6
The Bath Bombers	26	8	22	2	.237	.688*	5	1	51	2	2.26	1.14	6

Making an impact: Senzel (Bombers) 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI

Need for speed: Mondesi (RBIs) 3 SB

.400 club: LeMahieu, Dahl and Cano (all RBIs) .407, .429 and .417 AVG respectively

All aboard the Cole train: Cole (RBIs) 2 W, 21 K

Nightmare: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

No runs allowed: Corbin and Gonzalez (Bombers), Happ (RBIs) 0.00 ERA each.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	44-22-6	.653	–	5-6-1	11	10
2	 Mighty Slugs	44-24-4	.639	1	10-1-1	8	13
3	 Cheshunt Maltsters	39-27-6	.583	5	8-3-1	2	9
4	 Norwich No II	37-30-5	.549	7.5	7-5-0	12	10
5	 Orpington Isotopes	38-32-2	.542	8	6-5-1	7	8
6	 The Cheddar Chasers	36-31-5	.535	8.5	5-7-0	6	5
7	 Beckenham A&E Dept	33-31-8	.514	10	9-2-1	4	7
8	 Bunting for Britain	33-32-7	.507	10.5	1-10-1	1	15
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	30-38-4	.444	15	6-6-0	9	9
10	 Durham Riverkings	28-40-4	.417	17	2-9-1	3	12
11	 The Bath Bombers	23-45-4	.347	22	6-6-0	5	8
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	17-50-5	.271	27.5	3-8-1	10	–

Week 7 match-ups

Orpington Isotopes (5th) v Norwich No II (4th)
Bunting for Britain (8th) v Newcastle Knights (1st)
Beckenham A&E Dept (7th) v Mighty Slugs (2nd)
Cheshunt Maltsters (3rd) v Durham Riverkings (10th)
Richie’s RBI’s (9th) v The Cheddar Chasers (6th)
The Bath Bombers (11th) v Swindon Devil Rays (12th)

The BaseballGB Fantasy League continues to be very competitive, with no teams hitting double digits this week and nine games separating the top seven. Here’s what happened in week five.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	37	9	33	5	.276	.865	1	6	66	0	3.38	1.26	9
The Cheddar Chasers	24	5	24	2	.236	.673	1	1	54	2	3.88	1.06	2

All-round threat: Springer (Knigts) 6 R, 2 HR 5 RBI, SB, .333 AVG

RBI machine: Muncy (Knights) 2 HR, 8 RBI

.400 club: Betts (Knights) .417 AVG

Lockdown closer: Hader (Knights) 3 SV, 10 K

No runs allowed: Minor (Knights) 0.00 ERA

Mr Efficient: Hendricks (Chasers) 0.44 WHIP

Hold on: Ottavino and Leclerc (both Chasers) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	14	41	6	.266	.849	3	1	76	0	3.00	0.96	8
Mighty Slugs	28	6	27	2	.263	.761	4	3	63	2	2.42	1.07	4

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Rizzo (Isotopes) 3 HR, 9 RBIs, SB, .399 AVG, 1.399 OPS; Brantley (Isotopes) 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.342 OPS; Suarez (Isotopes) 3 HR

Strikeout machine: Porcello (Isotopes) 15 K, 0.64 WHIP; Sanchez (Isotopes) 16 K

Wins still matter: C Smith (Slugs) W, 1.29 ERA

Double threat: W Smith (Slugs) W, 3 SV

Hold on: Pressly and Rogers (both Slugs) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	17	3	15	3	.240	.646	3	4	55	1	4.35	1.27	2
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	12	32	3	.239	.808	3	5	52	1	3.86	1.14	7

Super sluggers: Encarnacion (Maltsters) 5 R, 3 HR; Albies (Maltsters) 2 HR, 8 RBI; Contreras (Maltsters) 5 R, 2 HR, 1.529 OPS

Hitting for average: Chapman (A&E Dept) .333 AVG

Strikeout machine: Verlander (A&E Dept) 14 K

No runs or baserunners allowed: Lester (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP; Sale (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Saving the day: Holland (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	21	5	22	0	.203	.620	7	4	52	1	3.04	1.37	4
The Bath Bombers	30	8	26	5	.261	.756	2	1	49	1	3.45	1.26	7

Power display: Machado (Bombers) 6 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, .945 OPS

Hitting for average: Hosmer (Bombers) .393 AVG, Benintendi (Bombers) .345 AVG, SB

Decision makers: Hand (Norwich) W, 2 SV; Buttrey (Norwich) W, SV

Strikeout leader: Maeda (Norwich) 9 K

Stingy ERA: Ray (Norwich) 1.59 ERA

Savvy pickup: Gonzalez (Bombers) 0.56 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	33	11	39	4	.251	.788	2	6	49	1	5.05	1.27	7
Swindon Devil Rays	28	6	25	1	.258	.808	3	1	30	0	2.90	1.13	5

MVP: Marte (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .368 AVG, 1.402 OPS

I remember his dad: Mondesi (RBIs) 6 R, HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB

Power display: Santana (RBIs) 3 HR

.400 club: Arenado (Devil Rays) .400 AVG, 1.219 OPS

Wins still matter: Glasnow (Devil Rays) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Cole (RBIs) 11 K

Saving the day: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

Pitching injuries: Kluber and Price (Devil Rays) – Swindon are at risk of falling below the 20-inning minimum limit. Please use DL spots and add some reinforcements from the free agent pool, waiver wire or trade.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	35	15	40	1	.233	.838	3	2	51	3	3.50	1.28	6
Durham Riverkings	35	13	30	2	.300	.954	1	2	30	1	6.29	1.27	4

RBI machine: Bregman (Bunting) 6 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI; Hoskins (Bunting) 2 HR, 8 RBIs

Safe at home: Devers (Riverkings) 10 R, .367 AVG, 1.012 OPS

Highest average of the week: Aguilar (Riverkings) 3 HR, 7 RBI, .625 AVG, 2.500 OPS

Wins still mattter: Kelly (Bunting) W, 1.69 ERA

By way of the K: Wheeler (Bunting) 14 K

The Bieber it’s OK to like: Bieber (Bunting) 1.17 ERA

WHIP difference maker: Kikuchi (Riverkings) 0.57 WHIP

Thanks for that: Snell (Riverkings) 21.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP; Kelly (Riverkings) 20.25 ERA, 3.75 WHIP.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	39-16-5	.692	–	9-2-1	11	8
2	 Mighty Slugs	34-23-3	.592	6	4-8-0	8	12
3	 Bunting for Britain	32-22-6	.583	6.5	6-4-2	1	14
4	 Cheshunt Maltsters	31-24-5	.558	8	7-2-3	2	8
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	31-24-5	.558	8	2-9-1	6	5
6	 Orpington Isotopes	32-27-1	.542	9	8-4-0	7	6
7	 Norwich No II	30-25-5	.542	9	4-7-1	12	10
8	 Durham Riverkings	26-31-3	.458	14	4-6-2	3	12
9	 Beckenham A&E Dept	24-29-7	.458	14	2-7-3	4	7
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	24-32-4	.433	15.5	7-5-0	9	9
11	 The Bath Bombers	17-39-4	.317	22.5	7-4-1	5	8
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	14-42-4	.267	25.5	5-7-0	10	–

Week 6 Match-ups

Knights v Isotopes

Slugs v Bunting For Britain

Maltsters v Devil Rays

Chasers v Norwich

Riverkings v A&E Dept RBIs v Bombers

There were plenty of tight matchups in week four of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, but one team did reach double digits. 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	29	7	28	4	.261	.776	4	3	53	1	3.68	1.21	11
Swindon Devil Rays	21	8	20	1	.236	.768	2	0	30	0	4.15	1.25	1

Doing it all: Andrus (A&E Dept) 6 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, SB, .375 AVG, 1.149 OPS; Soto (A&E Dept) 5 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 2 SB, .308 AVG, 1.033 OPS

Finding his power stroke: Arenado (Devil Rays) 3 HR

Ace: Verlander (A&E Dept) W, 8 K, 1.13 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

By way of the K: Ryu (A&E Dept) 10 K

Saving the day: Chapman (A&E Dept) 2 SV

Hold on: Bradley (A&E Dept) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	35	9	31	3	.312	.927	4	2	56	4	4.79	1.26	9
The Bath Bombers	27	8	31	3	.271	.837	1	5	24	2	5.67	1.78	1

Safe at home: Anderson (Knights) 6 R

They’ve got the power: Alfaro and Bryant (both Knights) 2 HR each

Way above average: Muncy (Knights) .385 AVG; Betts (Knights) .364 AVG, 1.163 OPS

Speed to burn: Ramirez (Bombers) 3 SB

Wins still matter: Flaherty (Knigts) 2 W, 14 K, 2.77 ERA, 0.69 WHIP

What we have, we hold: Miller and Alvarado (both Knights) 2 HLD each

Lockdown closer: Davis (Bombers) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	35	12	38	5	.312	.924	4	3	51	0	3.19	1.13	8
Durham Riverkings	29	7	43	0	.283	.877	3	8	61	2	4.18	1.22	4

MVP: Story (Isotopes) 8 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, SB, .400 AVG, 1.344 OPS

Wheels of steal: Yelich (Isotopes) 3 SB

Butter and egg man: Abreu (Riverkings) 12 RBI

Stingy: Greinke (Isotopes) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP; Morton (Isotopes) W, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

By way of the K: German and Paddack (both Riverkings) 9 K each

Double duty: Hicks (Riverkings) 3 SV, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	25	12	32	3	.265	.872	3	2	46	3	2.79	1.22	6
The Cheddar Chasers	26	7	15	3	.297	.928	4	0	51	1	5.32	1.47	5

MVP: Bellinger (Slugs) 3 HR, 8 RBI, .444 AVG, 1.556 OPS

Safe at home: Piscotty (Chasers) 7 R

.348 club: Piscotty and Freeman (both Chasers), .348 AVG

No runs allowed: Castillo (Sluhs) 0.00 ERA

Baserunners not welcome: Smith (Slugs) 0.67 WHIP

Double duty: Pressly (Slugs) SV, HLD

Vintage Jake: Arrieta (Chasers) W, 12 K.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	33	8	27	4	.223	.740	4	2	61	1	4.29	1.15	5
Cheshunt Maltsters	33	10	26	2	.217	.765	2	5	51	3	2.11	1.02	6

Infield pop: Albies (Maltsters) 3 HR, 1.206 OPS

Clutch hitter: Harper (Bunting) 6 RBI

Running wild: Robles (Bunting) 4 SB

Feeling the breeze: Boyd (Bunting) W, 12 K

Feeling stingy: Gonzales (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP

Saving the day: Jansen (Maltsters) 3 SV Holding on: Lugo (Maltsters) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	29	7	26	5	.234	.736	3	2	63	4	4.55	1.26	5
Richie’s RBI’s	36	7	28	6	.267	.752	2	2	33	0	4.93	1.41	5

Run machine: Mazara (RBIs) 7 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI; Baez (Norwich) 3 HR

Way above average: LeMahieu (RBIs) .500 AVG; Cano (RBIs) .467 AVG

Running wild: Torres (RBIs) 3 SB

Knowing how to win: Berrios, Ray, Quintana (all Norwich) W

Strikeout machine: Musgrove (Norwich) 10 K

Hold on: Dominguez (Norwich) 2 HLD.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	30-14-4	.667	–	9-1-2	11	6
2	 Mighty Slugs	30-15-3	.656	0.5	6-5-1	8	9
3	 The Cheddar Chasers	29-15-4	.646	1	5-6-1	6	4
4	 Norwich No II	26-18-4	.583	4	5-5-2	12	8
5	 Bunting for Britain	26-18-4	.583	4	5-6-1	1	13
6	 Cheshunt Maltsters	24-22-2	.521	7	6-5-1	2	7
7	 Orpington Isotopes	24-23-1	.510	7.5	8-4-0	7	6
8	 Beckenham A&E Dept	22-22-4	.500	8	11-1-0	4	7
9	 Durham Riverkings	22-25-1	.469	9.5	4-8-0	3	10
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	17-27-4	.396	13	5-5-2	9	8
11	 The Bath Bombers	10-35-3	.240	20.5	1-9-2	5	7
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	9-35-4	.229	21	1-11-0	10	–

Week 5 Match-ups

Orpington Isotopes (7th) v Mighty Slugs (2nd)
Bunting for Britain (5th) v Durham Riverkings 99th)
Beckenham A&E Dept (8th) v Cheshunt Maltsters (6th)
Newcastle Knights (1st) v The Cheddar Chasers (3rd)
Norwich No II (4th) v The Bath Bombers (11th)
Richie’s RBI’s (10th) v Swindon Devil Rays (12th)

Magnificent catches, late-inning homers and more Yankee injuries. Just another week in MLB. But how did it affect the BaseballGB Fantasy League in week three?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	30	13	26	7	.272	.858	5	3	87	1	3.04	1.16	10
The Bath Bombers	29	10	25	9	.218	.726	3	3	52	0	4.58	1.42	1

This is getting ridiculous (in a good way): Bellinger (Slugs) 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 1 SB, .421 AVG, 1.289 OPS, 1 great catch, Rosario (Bombers) 8 R, 6 HR, 9 RBIs, 1.231 OPS

Need for speed: Hamilton (Bombers) 6 SB, Tatis (Slugs) 3 SB

Fine, I’ll do it all myself: Conforto (Slugs) 3 solo HR

Strikeout machine: Paxton (Slugs) 24 K, W, 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, Strasburg (Slugs) W, 19 K, 2.57 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, Castillo (Slugs) W, 16 K, 2.45 ERA

Double duty: Rogers (Slugs) 2 SV, 1 HLD

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	36	12	31	2	.274	.843	4	2	53	3	4.65	1.49	9
Beckenham A&E Dept	23	6	25	1	.223	.709	5	2	57	0	4.92	1.52	2

This Bunting for Britain offensive sweep was brought to you by:
Bregman 3 HR, 6 RBI, .33 AVG, 1.367 OPS
Cain 7 R, 2 HR
Cruz 6 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Robles 2 SB

I’ve got this under control: Taillon (Bunting) 1.80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Hold on: Familia (Bunting) 2 HLD

Wins still matter: Gray (Beckenham) 2 W

By way of the K: Syndergaard (Beckenham) 14 K and a Fowler-assisted HR.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	37	12	27	0	.310	.963	5	2	54	2	2.43	1.15	9
Swindon Devil Rays	23	7	21	0	.278	.793	4	3	44	0	2.72	1.02	2

Run machine: Baez (Norwich) 8 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.223 OPS

He’s got the power: Narvaez (Norwich) 6 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .467 AVG, 1.686 OPS

Three homers but still robbed of one: Smoak (Devil Rays)

Cubs pitchers deliver: Hamels (Norwich) W, 8 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP, Quintana (Norwich) W, 7 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP

You’ve got to Hand it to him: Hand (Norwich) 2 HLD

Saving the day: Giles (Devil Rays) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	22	9	24	4	.242	.775	1	6	42	0	4.93	1.33	3
The Cheddar Chasers	26	5	27	7	.272	.791	2	4	60	3	4.47	1.39	9

MVP: Realmuto (Chasers) 6 R, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .357 AVG, 1.030 OPS

Power display: Gallo (Riverkings) 8 R, 4 HR, 11 RBI, .478 AVG, 1.654 OPS

Look who’s back: Kershaw (Chasers) 13 K, 2.77 ERA, 0.85 WHIP

Cubs pitchers deliver pt II: Hendricks (Chasers) W, 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP Lockdown closers: Hicks and Diaz (both Riverkings) 2 SV, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	37	15	41	6	.280	.927	3	3	55	0	2.70	0.95	8
Cheshunt Maltsters	33	12	32	1	.221	.785	5	5	58	2	5.96	1.39	4

This is (also) getting ridiculous (but in a good way): Yelich (Isotopes) 9 R, 8 HR, 16 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.950 OPS

That’s got to hurt: Marte (Maltsters)

That’s more like it: Carrasco (Isotopes) W, 12 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP

Feeling stingy: Greinke (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Bauer (Maltsters) 18 K

Eventful outings: Jansen (Maltsters) 2 W, 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	30	9	23	4	.279	.879	2	0	62	2	6.83	1.46	6
Richie’s RBI’s	25	6	35	5	.250	.727	4	8	54	0	3.49	1.10	6

Ted Williams would approve: Blackmon (Knights) .407 AVG, 2 HR, 6 RBI

Spring in his step: Springer (Knights) 6 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .389 AVG, 1.375 OPS

Need for speed: Anderson (Knights) 4 SB, Mondesi (RBIs) 2 SB

Latest Yankee casualty: Judge (RBIs)

Wins still matter: Rodriguez (RBIs) 2 W

Feeling stingy (but now hurt): Freeland (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP

Saving the day: Brasier (RBIs) 3 SV, Greene and Vazquez (both RBIs) 2 SV each

Lu-K-si more like: Lucchesi (Knights) 12 K

Hold on: Miller and Alvarado (both Knights) 1 HLD each.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 The Cheddar Chasers	24-9-3	.708	–	9-3-0	6	3
2	 Mighty Slugs	24-10-2	.694	0.5	10-1-1	8	7
3	 Bunting for Britain	21-12-3	.625	3	9-2-1	1	10
4	 Norwich No II	21-13-2	.611	3.5	9-2-1	12	8
5	 Newcastle Knights	21-13-2	.611	3.5	6-6-0	11	4
6	 Cheshunt Maltsters	18-17-1	.514	7	4-8-0	2	7
7	 Durham Riverkings	18-17-1	.514	7	3-9-0	3	9
8	 Orpington Isotopes	16-19-1	.458	9	8-4-0	7	6
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	12-22-2	.361	12.5	6-6-0	9	6
10	 Beckenham A&E Dept	11-21-4	.361	12.5	2-9-1	4	5
11	 Swindon Devil Rays	8-24-4	.278	15.5	2-9-1	10	–
12	 The Bath Bombers	9-26-1	.264	16	1-10-1	5	4

Week 4 match-ups

Orpington Isotopes (8th) v Durham Riverkings (7th)
Bunting for Britain (3rd) v Cheshunt Maltsters (6th)
Beckenham A&E Dept (10th) v Swindon Devil Rays (11th)
Mighty Slugs (2nd) v The Cheddar Chasers (1st)
Newcastle Knights (5th) v The Bath Bombers (12th)
Norwich No II (4th) v Richie’s RBI’s (9th)

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	33	10	34	4	.249	.769	3	0	44	1	5.62	1.56	4
The Cheddar Chasers	38	9	30	3	.267	.805	2	1	52	1	4.22	1.14	7

Safe at home: Haniger (Maltsters) 9 runs, Freeman (Chasers) 7

Breaking out?: Buxton (Chasers) .400, 1.171 OPS

Swing and a drive: Haniger (Maltsters) 3 HR

RBI machine: Profar (Maltsters) 9

Near no-no: Marquez (Chasers): W, 11 K, 0.57 WHIP

Stingy ERA: Arrietta (Chasers) 1.29

Thanks for that: F Peralta (Maltsters) 18.90 ERA, 2.70 WHIP

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	32	10	31	4	.313	.976	2	2	41	5	5.17	1.20	7
Richie’s RBI’s	23	4	21	6	.248	.744	2	5	55	1	5.13	1.38	4

Catch a load of this: Grandal (Slugs) 5 R 3 HR, 6 RBIs, .500 AVG, 1.600 OPS

Yeah, I wouldn’t platoon him: Bellinger (Slugs) 5 R, 2 HR, 2 SB, .364 AVG, 1.199 OPS

Running wild: Mondesi (RBIs) 4 SB

Strikeout machine: Cole (RBIs) 17

Stingy ERA and WHIP: Castillo (Slugs) 0.00, 0.43, Rodriguez (RBIs) 2.57, 0.71

Hat trick: Pressly (Slugs) 1 W, 1 SV, 2 HLD

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	31	7	19	7	.240	.720	4	0	71	4	3.97	0.94	4
Norwich No II	28	13	37	0	.278	.890	4	1	57	2	2.28	0.91	7

Running wild: Anderson (Knights) 4 SB

Khrush Davis: K Davis (Norwich) 5 HR, 10 RBI

A league of his own (even if he was hurt a bit): Trout (Norwich) .500

Strikeout machines: Quintana (Norwich) 11, Ray (Norwich) 10, Bumgarner (Knights) 10

No runs allowed: Quintana, Musgrove (both Norwich) 0.00 ERA

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	27	8	33	5	.277	.805	4	8	53	2	4.26	1.37	4
Beckenham A&E Dept	29	12	42	5	.326	1.018	3	1	49	0	4.08	1.23	7

Phenom: Acuna (Beckenham) 7 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .545 AVG, 1.721 OPS

Elvis has left the building: Andrus (Beckenham) 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .529 AVG, 1.673 OPS

Do his ABs count too?: Greinke (Isotopes), W, 15 K, 0.95 WHIP

Right place, right time: Stammen (Isotopes) 2 W, 2 HLD

Thanks for that: Carrasco (Isotopes) 81.00 ERA, 10.50 WHIP

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	25	7	18	3	.257	.775	4	1	44	2	3.56	1.44	4
Swindon Devil Rays	27	11	27	2	.247	.866	4	2	44	0	4.62	1.38	6

Small man, big power: Altuve (Devil Rays) 8 R, 6 HR, 10 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.527 OPS

Bogeyman for pitchers: Bogaerts (Devil Rays) .438 AVG, 1.274 OPS

The Bieber it’s OK to like: S Bieber (Bunting) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

The Price is right: Price (Devil Rays) W, 7 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Ugly saves: Giles (Devil Ryas) 2 SV, 7.71 ERA, 3.43 WHIP

DL alert: Dickerson, Upton and Murphy (Devil Rays) can be moved to DL spots.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	19	3	25	7	.226	.629	2	8	47	0	4.74	1.34	6
The Bath Bombers	21	7	18	0	.211	.653	0	5	37	3	3.69	1.11	6

Unlikely speed: Abreu (Riverkings) 2 SB

RBI machines: Peralta (Riverkings), Rosario (Bombers) 6 each

.400 club: Rosario (Bombers) .438, Jimenez (Bombers) .421

Cy Young good: Snell (Riverkings) W, 11 K, 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Cy Young bad: DeGrom (Riverkings) 13.50 ERA, 2.25 ERA

Thanks for that: Pivetta (Riverkings ) 17.18 ERA, 2.73 ERA

Lockdown closers: Yates (Riverkings) 4 SV, Allen (Bombers) 3 SV

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 The Cheddar Chasers	15-6-3	.688	–	7-4-1	6	2
2	 Newcastle Knights	15-7-2	.667	0.5	4-7-1	11	3
3	 Durham Riverkings	15-8-1	.646	1	6-6-0	3	4
4	 Mighty Slugs	14-9-1	.604	2	7-4-1	8	5
5	 Cheshunt Maltsters	14-9-1	.604	2	4-7-1	2	5
6	 Bunting for Britain	12-10-2	.542	3.5	4-6-2	1	8
7	 Norwich No II	12-11-1	.521	4	7-4-1	12	8
8	 Beckenham A&E Dept	9-12-3	.438	6	7-4-1	4	5
9	 Orpington Isotopes	8-15-1	.354	8	4-7-1	7	4
10	 The Bath Bombers	8-16-0	.333	8.5	6-6-0	5	4
11	 Swindon Devil Rays	6-15-3	.313	9	6-4-2	10	–
12	 Richie’s RBI’s	6-16-2	.292	9.5	4-7-1	9	4

Week 3 Match-ups

Chasers (1st) v Riverkings (3rd)

Knights (2nd) v RBIs (12th)

Slugs (4th) v Bombers (10th)

Maltsters (5th) v Isotopes (9th)

Bunting for Britain (6th) v A&E Dept (8th)

Norwich (7th) v Devil Rays (11th)

The first week (and a bit) of the 2019 BaseballGB Fantasy League is complete. Which teams are off to flying starts? And which teams look like they are still in spring training?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	47	16	47	3	.280	.859	4	9	110	4	2.86	1.24	11
Swindon Devil Rays	34	5	21	3	.233	.680	3	2	49	0	4.66	1.25	0

The Knights fell one steal shy of a clean sweep as they handed the Devil Rays an heavy defeat.

.400? How about .500?: Tim Anderson (Knights), .560
Safe at home: Betts (Knights) and McCutchen (Devil Rays) 9 runs
They’ve got the power: Alfaro, Muncy, Springer (all Knights), 3 HR

Wins still matter: Lucchesi (Knights) and Glasnow (Devil Rays), 2 wins
Way of the K: Clevinger (Knights), 22 strikeouts
Lockdown closer: Haders (Knights), 5 saves
Award for special effects for this fastball: Alvarado (Knights), 4 saves

Injured but not on DL: Upton and Murphy (both Devil Rays)

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	49	12	40	7	.249	.759	7	6	88	8	3.40	1.04	10
The Bath Bombers	34	5	28	9	.245	.667	2	4	40	3	3.20	1.19	2

The Maltsters also hit double digits against the Bombers.

They’ve got the power: Contreras and Diaz (both Maltsters), 3 HR

RBI machine: Haniger and Pollock (both Maltsters), 8 RBIs

Need for speed: Ramirez (Bombers) 3 steals

He’s a Yankee so he must be injured: Andujar (Bombers)

Wins still matter: Gonzales (Maltsters), 3

Near no-hitter: Bauer (Maltsters)

Looking back to his best: Jansen (Maltsters), 4 saves

What we have, we hold: Trivino (Maltsters) 5 holds

Waiting for the phone to ring: Kimbrel (Maltsers)

Back to the minors: Reyes (Bombers)

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	66	23	59	9	.284	.953	5	10	92	0	2.58	1.05	9
Richie’s RBI’s	46	12	50	2	.280	.816	3	13	83	0	2.65	0.96	2

A clean offensive sweep powered the Riverkings to a 9-2 win against the Bombers.

Flexing their muscles: Sanchez (Riverkings), 6 HR; Gallo (Riverkings), 4 HR

Nine runs, 11 RBI club: Moncada and Gallo (Riverkings)

The need for speed: Smith (Riverkings) 3 steals

Canny pickup: Beckham (Riverkings) .455

Injured list: Turner (Riverkings)

Cy Young: De Grom (Riverkings), 2 wins, 24 K, 0.00 ERA

Lockdown closers: Greene (RBIs), 7 saves, Diaz (Riverkings) 5 saves, Yates (Riverkings) 4 saves

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	44	9	33	9	.268	.761	5	2	73	2	3.20	1.16	2
The Cheddar Chasers	50	10	43	6	.295	.866	5	2	76	4	3.06	1.30	8

The Chasers took five out of six offensive categories as they started the year with a win against Beckenham.

MVP: Rendon (Chasers) 12 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .433

The need for speed: Gordon (A&E Dept) 5 steals

Wins still matter: Ryu and Doolitte (both A&E Dept) 2

Strikeout machine: Scherzer (Chasers) 28 K

Stingy ERA: Marquez (Chasers) 0.89

Whip it: Syndergaard (A&E Dept) 0.50

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	48	17	49	2	.226	.765	4	2	72	1	7.92	1.79	4
Bunting for Britain	52	14	42	10	.292	.914	5	1	61	2	5.59	1.38	8

Bunting for Britain began their time in the BaseballGB league by defeating my Isotopes 8-4 in a matchup which wasn’t a classic for the pitchers. In fact, all of Bunting’s wins came from the bullpen.

Which hits better, the tortoise or the hare?: Astudillo (Bunting) .400

Havoc on the bases: Merrifield (Bunting) 9 runs, 3 steals

MVP: Yelich (Isotopes) 11 R, 5 HR, 13 RBIs, .361

Best shoes: Harper (Bunting) for these

By way of the K: Carrasco (Isotopes) 16 

Wins still matter: Familia (Bunting) 2

Saving the day: Osuna (Isotopes) 2

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	61	21	58	3	.284	.871	3	6	89	4	3.51	1.16	7
Norwich No II	47	24	64	6	.256	.929	5	5	82	2	5.35	1.33	5

Last, but by no means least, the Slugs squeezed past Norwich 7-5. 

MVP: Bellinger (Slugs) 17 runs, 7 HR, 18 RBIs, .455

It’s outta here: Trout and Davis (both Norwich) 5 HR, Baez (Norwich) 4 HR

Canny pickup: D Santana (Norwich) 10 R, 4 HR, 15 RBIs, 3 SB, .311

Wins still matter: Maeda (Norwich) 2

By way of the K: Strasburg and Castillo (both Slugs) 17

Closing time: Smith (Slugs) 3

Worth noting

Remember to make the most of your DL spots. If you have an injured player, put them on the DL to free up a roster spot for a replacement from the free agent pool, waiver wire of via trade.

As week two is a regular seven-day matchup, remember to make sure your team pitches at least 20 innings otherwise you will forfeit all of the pitching categories.

Week 2 match-ups

Orpington Isotopes (8th) v Beckenham A&E Dept (9th)
Bunting for Britain (5th) v Swindon Devil Rays (12th)
Cheshunt Maltsters (2nd) v The Cheddar Chasers (4th)
Durham Riverkings (3rd) v The Bath Bombers (11th)
Mighty Slugs (6th) v Richie’s RBI’s (10th)
Newcastle Knights (1st) v Norwich No II (7th)