Week 16 of the BaseballGB Fantasy League showed that there is still plenty to play for in the competition as we head towards August.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
NE Riverkings	32	13	36	3	.299	.928	3	2	44	3	2.83	0.99	9
Bits & Bytes	30	6	23	1	.273	.800	1	6	31	0	2.33	0.81	3

The Riverkings are reaping the rewards of their recent trades, finishing the week as the biggest winners. The 9-3 victory against Bit & Bytes included a six-homer, 10 RBI week for Santana, while new boy Cespedes belted three homers in an offensive sweep. Sale’s 12-strikeout scoreless start made him the pick of the pitchers. Bits & bytes salvaged saves, ERA and WHIP thanks to Cishek (five saves), Kershaw and King Felix. Holliday hit three homers.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	26	5	19	4	.227	.638	3	3	49	0	3.76	1.22	4
Enfield Butchers	19	3	16	5	.249	.605	4	4	56	4	2.28	1.06	8

Enfield are now just one game off top spot after their 8-4 win against Batteries Essential. A pitching sweep included good starts by Skaggs and Stroman while David Price;s fortunes could improve if he is dealt to a stronger team. Holland had two saves and Clippard pick up a trio of holds. Yelich helped take average and steals. Batteries essential had the better of the offense, with Jennings, scoring five times, homering and knocking in four.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	30	9	39	3	.230	.709	5	3	54	1	2.23	1.04	7
Angels of Ash Vale	19	5	28	3	.301	.794	2	3	54	0	3.82	1.32	2

The Chasers stay top after a 7-2 win against the Angels. Big Papi hit five homers and knocked in 12, while Miggy went deep twice and Pence knocked in seven. Ryu won both his starts and struck out 12, while Ross helped take ERA and WHIP. The angels took average and OPS thanks to Prado, Heyward and Daniel Murphy.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	30	6	21	5	.284	.796	4	8	53	2	3.69	1.27	7
Jesmond Dennings	21	5	25	2	.233	.679	4	3	52	2	3.33	1.20	3

The Slugs picked up a 7-3 win against Jesmond as the offense took five categories. Carpenter hit .429 and homered twice, while Gomez scored seven times and swiped a pair of bases. McGee, Uehara, Mejia and Casilla combined for eight saves while deGrom had a pair of wins and struck out 11. Arenado’s three-homer week helped Jesmond take RBIs while Fister (two wins), Tillman and Teheran helped nab ERA and WHIP.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	21	5	21	1	.274	.785	2	4	38	2	3.76	1.35	4
Norwich No II	25	4	21	3	.249	.687	3	6	49	1	2.40	0.93	7

My Isotopes were defeated 7-4 by Norwich, whose pitchers took five categories. Cobb picked upa  win and didn’t allow an earned run, Porcello struck out 11 and Britton collected three saves. Freeman and Rendon helped take runs and steals. My team were hampered by injuries to Puig, Hanley and Machado, but at least Duda had a four-homer week and Howell had a pair of holds.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Northfleet Knights	27	6	23	4	.271	.766	1	2	35	3	4.35	1.40	4
Weston-Super-Sox	25	7	23	2	.310	.853	3	3	23	0	0.39	0.74	7

The Sox put up incredible pitching stats against the Knights. No, those ERA and WHIP stats are not typos as Bumgarner, Greinke and Street (three saves) did not allow an earned run while just making it over the 20-inning minimum. Rizzo and Brauin had multi-homer weeks while Altuve’s hot streak saw him take average and OPS. Joey Bats hit three homers, scored seven and drove in seven for the Knights, and was one of four players to steal. Wilson had two holds.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Iron Men	18	4	28	0	.279	.766	4	1	53	2	3.51	1.40	5
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	21	7	23	1	.290	.819	1	0	34	3	4.14	1.03	7

Beck ‘Nams hit their way to a 7-5 win against Iron Men, taking five categories. Willingham hit two homers, Reyes scored six times and had the lone steal and Kemp batted .409 for the week. Kluber and Shelby Miller helped take WHIP while Machi, Warren and Tazawa each had a hold. Iron Men had two wins from Salazar, while Samardzija and Quintana helped claim ERA. Adrian Gonzalez knocked in seven runs.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	21	6	32	4	.226	.686	3	0	41	4	1.75	1.00	6
London Bananas	21	5	19	2	.291	.799	4	5	52	0	3.60	1.24	5

Finally, the RBIs just got the better of the Bananas 6-5. A pair of catchers did the damage, as Posey homered twice and Jaso knocked in seven runs. Burnett, Young, Roark and De La Rosa helped post great ERA and WHIP totals, while Will Smith (no, not that one) had three holds. Ackley, Span and Howard helped the bananas take average and OPS, Hamels had a win and 10 strikeouts and Janssen and K-Rod each had a pair of saves.

The week 17 matchups are as follows and the first one should be fun!:

Chasers (1st) v Butchers (2nd)

Norwich (3rd) v Jesmond (9th)

Batteries Essential (4th) v Isotopes (5th)

Beck ‘Nams (6th) v Riverkings (11th)

Bananas (7th) v Knights (8th)

Slugs (10th) v Bits & Bytes (16th)

Iron Men (12th) v Sox (14th)

RBIs (13th) v Angels (15th)

There were some big wins in the BaseballGB Fantasy League this week, and another manager weas celebrating a no-hitter for Clayton Kershaw. With the World Cup in mind, which teams pulled off a shock (Costa Rica) and which teams will be, like England, wondering what if…?

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Northfleet Knights	34	4	16	3	.237	.675	2	0	33	0	3.96	1.22	1
NE Riverkings	29	8	31	6	.293	.805	2	1	54	3	2.77	0.99	10

We begin with the biggest winners of the week, as the Riverkings handed Northfleet a 10-1 beating. Carlos Santana homered three times, David Wright drove in six and Span swiped three bases. On the mound, Jake Odorizzi picked up a win and 15 strikeouts, teaming with Weaver and Ventura to take ERA and WHIP. V-Mart scored seven runs for the Knights, while Minor struck out 11 and Gallardo helped post a WHIP which would have likely been good enough to win more often than not.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	33	11	39	8	.316	.896	2	2	39	0	2.59	1.04	10
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	17	3	22	2	.228	.600	0	1	46	4	5.11	1.45	2

Batteries Essential also reached double digits, beating Beck ‘Nams 10-2. An offensive sweep was sparked by Starlin Castro, who drove in eight and joined Stanton, Cespedes and Miller in hitting two homers. Billy Hamilton swiped six bases. Vargas and the now-injured Wacha collected wins while Koehler and Garza helped take ERA and WHIP. Rosenthal had two saves. Beck ‘Nams salvaged strikeouts and holds thanks to darvish and four relievers.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	8	30	3	.275	.774	3	8	58	3	3.14	1.24	9
London Bananas	32	5	25	5	.257	.721	2	5	58	3	3.34	1.26	1

Despite being heavily behind for much of the week, some final day heroics saw my Isotopes rack up a 9-1 win against the Bananas. Cruz, Frazier and Duda each homered twice while Hanley Ramirez scored seven times and the bruised and battered Derek Norris drove in six when he was being hit by backswings. A great Sunday start by Elias made the difference in wins, ERA and WHIP, while Soriano collected four saves. The Bananas had steals from Ellsbury while Howard hit three homers, Lohse won both of his starts and Gregerson had three holds and K-Rod four saves.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Angels of Ash Vale	13	2	23	0	.213	.570	5	3	65	0	3.87	1.36	3
Enfield Butchers	39	10	36	4	.295	.843	2	4	51	4	3.92	1.35	9

Enfield stay top with a 9-3 win against the Angels, picking up an offensive sweep. Aramis Ramirez hit .500 for the week, homering three times, scoring nine and driving in 10. Edwin Encarnacion homered four times and Blackmon had two steals. Beckett helped take WHIP by a hair, while Melancon and Clippard took care of saves and holds. The Angels claimed win, strikeouts and ERA thanks to Wainwright, Gausman and Bauer.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	28	8	29	3	.287	.833	4	2	45	1	5.74	1.47	8
Bits & Bytes	21	4	17	1	.266	.765	2	3	35	1	0.75	0.38	3

The Chasers are on a roll, defeating Bits & Bytes 8-3 thanks to another offensive sweep. McCann and Miggy each dove in six while Pence and Ortiz had multi-homer weeks. Nathan had a win and two saves while Tyson Ross struck out 11. Bits & Bytes posted ridiculously good ERA and WHIP stats, mainly thanks to Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter (I loved typing that!) while Cishek had two saves.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Iron Men	32	13	39	1	.276	.847	2	3	34	2	2.88	1.35	8
Jesmond Dennings	33	6	26	7	.275	.765	4	2	31	2	3.69	1.45	3

Iron Men also picked up an 8-3 win, this time over Jesmond. Mesoraco homered three times while Asdrubal Cabrera, Kinsler, Adam Jones and Abreu each had two. The pitching staff took every category except wins thanks to Samardzija, Rodney and Fien. Jesmond salvaged runs, steals and wins thanks to Bruce, Trout, Andrus and Tillman.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	30	8	26	7	.269	.796	3	7	55	3	4.27	1.36	6
Weston-Super-Sox	29	6	31	5	.297	.823	3	2	20	0	1.17	0.96	5

Norwich just got the better of the Sox 6-5. Rendon (two homers, eight RBIs), Freeman (seven runs) and Rosario (.450, two homers) did most of the offensive damage while Jansen had three saves and Watson three holds. The Sox took RBIs, average and OPS thanks to Morneau and Altuve (.528) while Bumgarner and Greinke helped the very short pitching staff – which is in danger of missing the 20-inning minimum limit without reinforcements – take ERA and WHIP.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	27	6	27	2	.332	.935	5	2	46	1	2.48	1.20	5
Mighty Slugs	31	6	29	5	.236	.703	5	1	42	5	3.72	1.19	5

The RBIs and Slugs finished 5-5. The RBIs comfortably took average and OPS thanks to Cano, Gardner, Smith and Posey while Tanak struck out 16 and CJ Wilson and Burnett helped claim ERA and WHIP. The Slugs had runs, RBIs and steals from Dee Gordon and Khris Davis while Chamberlain had two holds and Chase Anderson helped take WHIP by a hair.

The week 13 fixtures are as follows:

Butchers (1st) v Jesmond (10th)

Batteries Essential (2nd) v Sox (9th)

Isotopes (3rd) v Angels (13th)

Chasers (4th) v Beck ‘Nams (7th)

Norwich (5th) v Bananas (6th)

Knights (8th) v Slugs (14th)

Iron Men (11th) v Riverkings (12th)

RBIs (15th) v Bits & Bytes (16th)

 

 

There were a number of upsets in the BaseballGB Fantasy League last week. Find out who avoided a banana skin before the top two face each other this week.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
London Bananas	35	9	33	6	.328	.896	3	5	55	0	3.52	1.16	8
Angels of Ash Vale	30	6	18	5	.260	.700	4	0	58	0	3.06	1.25	3

The Bananas are top of the pile after their 8-3 win against the Angels. An offensive sweep was keyed by three homers from Tulo, a pair from Markakis and Lucroy (who scored eight runs) and three steals from Ellsbury. Lackey, Hamels and Cain took care of WHIP while Janssen had three saves. Kazmir struck out 17 for the Angels, teaming with Iwakuma and Keuchel to take ERA.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	25	7	22	7	.299	.866	2	6	55	0	3.08	1.07*	8
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	33	6	32	2	.274	.764	2	0	36	3	3.38	1.07*	3

My Isotopes kept their winning streak going, defeating Beck ‘Nams 8-3. Frazier hit three homers, Hanley Ramirez stole three bases and Alesx Rios hit .455 for the week. On the mound, Jordan Zimmermann picked up the staff’s only two wins, striking out 16, and his shutout on Sunday helped nab WHIP on a tiebreaker. Beltre had a monster week for Beck ‘Nams, hitting three homers, driving in eight and scoring six times. Machi had a pair of holds.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	25	7	21	6	.273	.807	4	0	34	1	6.53	1.81	3
NE Riverkings	29	8	23	2	.274	.785	1	4	34	2	5.56	1.38	8

Another matchup, another 8-3 as the Riverkings defeated the Chasers. The hitters and pitchers each took four categories. Montero and Desmond each had three-homer weeks, while Robertson, Allen and Blevins took care of saves and holds. It was hardly a vintage week for the ERA of both staffs, but Buehrle made the difference for the Riverkings. Kipnis and Leonys Martin each had two steals for the Chasers, while Miguel Cabrera, Pence and Crisp posted huge OPS stats. Ryu was the pick of the starters.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	23	6	29	1	.271*	.745	3	0	27	2	4.03	1.54	3
Mighty Slugs	32	6	27	3	.271*	.770	2	1	58	4	3.77	1.19	8

The Slugs caused an upset by beating Batteries Essential… yes, you guessed it, 8-3. Donaldson homered twice, the Brew Crew duo of Gomez and Davis combined for 11 runs and Dee Gordon swiped three bases. The pitchers took all categories bar wins, with Sanchez the pick of the bunch. Uehara had the lone save and Betances collected a pair of holds. Batteries Essential took average on a tiebreaker thanks to Gattis and Walker, while Matt Garza won both his starts.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Northfleet Knights	27	9	36	3	.267	.785	2	4	60	3	4.32	1.37	8
Jesmond Dennings	21	3	21	6	.222	.621	4	2	42	2	2.58	1.01	4

The Knights also won eight categories, defeating Jesmond 8-4. Joey Bats scored five times, Cain and Moss drove in five and Goldy homered twice and had 8 RBIs as the offense took five out of six categories. Gallardo struck out 14 while Soria and Frieri had two saves each. For Jesmond, Bailey had two wins and teamed with Fister and Teheran to take ERA and WHIP while Bruce had two steals.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	32	10	37	2	.299	.895	1	4	41	1	4.25	1.23	5
Bits & Bytes	18	3	14	5	.232	.637	4	6	49	2	2.70	0.85	7

Continuing the theme of upsets, Norwich were dealt a 7-5 loss by Bits & Bytes. Kershaw and King Felix combined for three wins and 41 strikeouts, while Cishek had three saves and Ziegler had a win, a save and two holds in a pitching sweep. Chisenhall drove in seven, as did Rendon, who also belted three homers as the Norwich offense took five categories.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	32	5	22	6	.292	.789	3	0	37	0	3.54	1.18	5
Iron Men	28	14	34	1	.195	.696	3	4	57	2	3.52	1.21	6

Iron Men squeezed past the RBIs 6-5, belting an impressive 14 homers on the way. Lawrie and Adam Jones had three each, while Morse, Kinsler and Asdrubal Cabrera each had a pair in an all or nothing week for the offense. Wheeler struck out 13, Rodney had three saves and Colon, Samardzija and Strasburg helped take ERA. The RBIs had two homers and three steals from The Grandy Man, while Roark and Tanaka helped take WHIP by 0.03.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Weston-Super-Sox	32	10	29	6	.289	.882	2	1	27	0	4.58	1.25	5
Enfield Butchers	22	7	29	5	.216	.647	2	4	64	4	2.77	1.07	5

Finally, the Sox and Butchers couldn’t be separated, enduing 5-5. The Sox had the better of the offense, with Fowler batrting .524 for the week, scoring six times,m while Alex Gordon had a pair of homers, scored seven times and joined Rizzo and Braun in driving home five. For the Butchers, Price led the pitching staff with 11 strikeouts and teamed with Richards to take ERA and WHIP. In a good week for the bullpen, Holland had three saves and Clippard collected two holds.

This week

The week 11 matchups include the top two going head-to-head:

Bananas (1st) v Butchers (2nd)

Norwich (3rd) v Beck ‘Nams (8th)

Isotopes (4th) v Sox (11th)

Batteries Essential (5th) v Bits & Bytes (14th)

Chasers (6th) v Slugs (13th)

Knights (7th) v Iron Men (12th)

Jesmond (9th) v Angels (10th)

RBIs (15th) v Riverkings (16th)

We have a new leader this week in the BGB Fantasy League, with two teams just half-a-game behind in what’s proving to be a very competitive competition.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	32	8	32	3	.289	.843	4	6	57	4	5.54	1.29	10
Mighty Slugs	31	7	30	7	.270	.779	3	4	48	1	4.28	1.30	2

 

The new team that the top are Norwich No II as they earned an impressive 10-2 victory over the Mighty Slugs.

Dee Gordon, Carlos Gomez and Matt Carpenter allowed the Slugs to put up a strong stolen base total (7) to win that category, but Norwich’s performance across the rest of the categories made it a comfortable match-up win. Kyle Seager went deep twice for No II, whilst Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen and Zach Britton picked up a combined seven saves.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	33	6	28	4	.281	.786	7	2	69	4	3.64	1.28	10
Iron Men	22	5	31	0	.231	.653	5	5	65	0	4.21	1.37	2

 

Next up were my own Cheddar Chasers who managed to match Norwich No II with a 10-2 match-up win over Iron Men.

Miguel Cabrera looks like he might be starting to hit like the two-time MVP winner he is and he put three balls over the fence and collected seven RBI in the process, whilst David Ortiz drove in six when he wasn’t arguing with David Price. Tim Hudson, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Jon Lester all earned two pitching wins apiece with Lester leading the week with 19 strike-outs.

As for the Iron Men, Devin Mesoraco provided three homers from the catching position, but they’ll be extremely glad to see slugger Jose Abreu returning to the White Sox’s lineup this week after his spell on the Disabled List.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	42	12	36	7	.298	.929	2	2	52	1	2.94	1.19	8
Bits & Bytes	20	3	12	0	.211	.561	3	3	34	0	2.51	0.87	4

 

Mark’s Orpington Isotopes took an 8-4 victory over Bits & Bytes with a strong offensive display that included four bombs from Nelson Cruz, three more from Lucas Duda alongside two homers, eight RBI and two stolen bases from Hanley Ramirez. Meanwhile it was a depleted showing from Bits & Bytes with their St. Louis contingent (Molina, Bourjos and Holliday) going strangely quiet.

The Bytes could rely on King Felix Hernandez to add a win and nine K’s to their total, yet the Isotopes were able to put up a good showing overall with all ten of the pitchers earning at least one strikeout.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	32	8	27	3	.260	.739	3	1	57	1	3.70	1.23	7
NE Riverkings	23	7	23	4	.233	.662	2	4	36	1	2.17	0.86	4

 

Batteries Essential stayed in second place after they completed a 7-4 win over NE Riverkings.

Pablo Sandoval, Yoenis Cespedes and Giancarlo Stanton all went deep twice for Batteries as they took five of the offensive categories. The Riverkings used just five pitchers on the week but they combined to three of the pitching categories with David Robertson and Cody Allen each collecting two saves and Chris Sale performing well despite having a rain-shorted start against Cleveland that limited his ability to clock up some K’s.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Weston-Super-Sox	27	6	21	7	.281	.774	3	3	38	0	3.25	1.06	7
Angels of Ash Vale	35	9	30	4	.253	.761	2	0	41	0	5.07	1.39	4

 

George Springer’s continued hot streak helped the Angels of Ash Vale to split the offensive categories in their match-up against the Super Sox, but Weston’s pitching staff gave them the edge overall.

Zack Greinke provided a win and eighteen strike-outs, with Madison Bumgarner also adding a win and just getting into double-digits in the K column and Huston Street adding three saves for the Sox. Springer’s week for Ash Vale amounted to three homers, nine runs and seven RBI and they were quick to add another top prospect to their ranks in the Cardinals’ Oscar Taveras, although he wasn’t in Ash Vale’s starting line-up when he announced his arrival to the Majors with a home run.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
London Bananas	28	5	29	6	.236	.643	5	1	50	1	2.39	1.11	7
Jesmond Dennings	19	4	21	3	.285	.735	7	0	34	6	2.81	1.02	5

 

Ryan Howard powered the Bananas with a four-homer, fourteen RBI week as they got the better of the Jesmonds 7-5.  Mark Reynolds was the only other Banana to go yard yet decent performances across the batting lineup kept them in good shape.

Jonathan Broxton led Jesmond’s pitching staff with four holds and their six pitching wins came from six different pitchers in a good combined effort. The Bananas were able to grab a few categories and the match-up thanks to Casey Janssen’s lone save of the match-up and double-digit strikeout totals from Cole Hamels and Kyle Lohse.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	33	3	25	3	.319	.794	1	0	43	0	3.52	1.15	5
Northfleet Knights	22	7	33	3	.267	.757	4	5	48	1	3.92	1.29	6

 

Only one category score could separate the RBI’s and Knights last week and it went in favour of Northfleet.

Will Smith’s solitary hold was the only one of the contest and that proved to be decisive for the Knights in such a tight battle. Joakim Soria and Ernesto Frieri combined for five saves for Northfleet as the RBI’s pitchers didn’t really get going despite Masahiro Tanaka adding another win to his collection.

The RBI’s didn’t take their own category but the offense did well in average and OBP, with Adam LaRoche putting p good numbrs and taking two balls over the fence for good measure.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	31	5	21	5	.242	.685	5	0	55	6	3.81	1.33	6
Enfield Butchers	31	10	29	4	.278	.901	2	3	40	3	4.75	1.49	5

 

Finally, Beck’Nams narrowly got the better of last week’s league leaders the Enfield Butchers.

Edwin Encarnacion completed a torrid month by launching five homers on the week to help the Butchers’ cause, scoring nine runs and driving in ten along the way and Tyler Skaggs was the stand-out performer on the mound for Enfield with 15 K’s from his two starts.

Beck’Nams took four of the six pitching categories with 12 strikeouts each from Yu Darvish and Corey Kluber and two holds each from Junichi Tazawa and Jean Machi, but arguably the decisive category came on the offensive side of the ledger. A.J. Pollock may have broken his hand but he at least gave the Beck’Nams two stolen bases on the week and with Allen Craig, Jose Reyes and Norichika Aoki all adding a swiped bag too that was enough to take the category 5-4 and to make for a 6-5 match-up.

Week 10 match-ups

Norwich No II (1^st) v Bits & Bytes (15^th)

Batteries Essential (2^nd) v Mighty Slugs (13^th)

Enfield Butchers (3^rd) v Weston-Super-Sox  (11^th)

Cheddar Chasers (4^th) v NE Riverkings (16^th)

London Bananas (5^th) v Angels of Ash Vale (10^th)

Beck’Nams (6^th) v Orpington Isotopes (7^th)

Northfleet Nights (8^th) v Jesmond Dennings (9^th)

Iron Men (12^th) v Richie’s RBI’s (14^th)

This week’s results caused a major shake-up in the BaseballGB Fantasy League standings.And who would benefit from Josh Beckett’s no-no? Read on to find out more.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	27	3	23	3	.274	.728	4	0	38	2	3.33	1.48	2
Jesmond Dennings	29	6	21	2	.305	.816	7	3	43	3	2.66	1.11	10

We begin with the biggest winners of the week, as Jesmond thumped the RBIs 10-2. Teheran (15 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA) and the fit-again Fister each won two starts as the pitchers completed a sweep. Perkins had two saves and Broxton notched three holds. Trout homered twice and joined Pierzynski and Adams in helping win average and OPS. The RBIs had, er, RBIs from Aviles and Cano, who joined Smith and Gardner in swiping bases. Tanaka had another strong week.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	35	15	42	6	.279	.892	1	3	41	3	3.75	1.19	9
Iron Men	33	7	23	2	.269	.790	1	1	37	2	3.28	1.03	2

Batteries Essential slugged their way to victory, managing an offensive sweep while beating Iron Men 9-2. An incredible 15 homers were slugged, with Davis getting four of them, while Sandoval hit three and Brantley scored seven times, drove in six and swiped three bases. Vargas struck out 12, while Rosenthal had two saves and Cecil notched a save and two holds. Iron Men salvaged ERA and WHIP thanks to Samardzija and Wheeler.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	27	8	37	4	.284	.862	1	5	51	4	3.71	1.50	9
NE Riverkings	24	6	21	2	.253	.743	4	3	41	0	2.23	1.02	3

Another team reaching nine category wins was Norwich, who defeated the Riverkings with an offensive sweep. Justin Upton (3HR, 10 RBIs) and Ozuna (3HR, 9RBIs) did most of the damage, while Chapman and Jansen had a pair of saves each, Watson had two holds and Wily Peralta struck out 10. The Riverkings were boosted by the return of Sale, who combined with Weaver to take wins, ERA and WHIP.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	28	2	24	6	.310	.762	4	0	67	1	4.02	1.38	3
Angels of Ash Vale	24	8	30	6	.276	.784	7	3	76	0	2.85	1.02	8

The Angels picked up a very impressive win, defeating early pace-setters Beck ‘Nams 8-3. The pitching staff won five categories, led by Wainwright’s dominant pair of wins and 21 strikeouts, while Montero and Bauer struck out 14 and 13 respectively. Papelbon had two saves. Offensively, Springer hit four homers, while Alexei Ramirez homered twice, drove in seven and swiped two bags. Beck ‘Nams took runs and average thanks to Beltre and Reyes (five steals) while Warren had the lone hold.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	21	7	25	1	.249	.758	1	0	37	1	5.93	1.63	3
Northfleet Knights	26	5	15	4	.263	.743	2	2	37	2	3.02	1.17	8

The Knights got the better of the Chasers 8-3 thanks to five categories from the pitchers. Minor (11 strikeouts) and Alex Wood each picked up wins, Shaw had two holds and Frieri and Soria picked up saves. Escobar swiped three bases and joined Gomes and V-Mart in scoring five times. The Chasers had power from Pence (three homers) and Melky Cabeera (two) who both drove in five.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	32	11	31	4	.316	.952	0	4	47	2	5.06	1.69	7
Mighty Slugs	26	8	22	7	.246	.738	4	1	45	2	3.09	1.10	4

My Isotopes picked up another win, slugging their way to victory against the, er, Slugs. Nelson Cruz (nine runs, four homers, seven RBIs) was the star hitter while Frazier went deep twice. Leake (12) and Archer (11) racked up the strikeouts and Doolittle had two saves. Hammel was the pick of the Slug’s pitchers, picking up a win and helping to take ERA and WHIP, while Gordon ran wild in Philadelphia, swiping five bases.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bits & Bytes	27	2	16	4	.304	.765	4	1	32	1	0.96	1.00	5
Enfield Butchers	19	7	22	5	.241	.705	5	7	58	0	2.73	0.94	7

The Butchers narrowly avoided slipping up, edging Bits & Bytes 7-5. Encarnacion hit five homers in a monster week, while Wong and Crawford swiped two bases each. Melancon, Kimbrel and Holland took care of saves, and Beckett hurled his no-hitter to help take wins and WHIP. Bits & Bytes had the edge in runs, average and OPS thanks to Bourn, Bogaerts and Kerndrick, while Kersahw and Hughes helped the staff post a ridiculously good sub-1.00 ERA.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Weston-Super-Sox	34	7	23	6	.275	.813	1	1	36	0	3.09	1.09	5
London Bananas	22	5	25	2	.237	.715	1	6	38	1	2.23	0.95	6

Finally, the Bananas squeezed past the Sox 6-5. The pitching staff claimed five categories in a generally very well-pitched matchup. Jansenn had four saves and Lohse struck out eight, teaming with Lackey to help take ERA and WHIP. Reynolds homered three times and drove in eight. The Sox had great offense spread across the roster, with seven different players homering. Altuve, Longoria and Braun helped take runs, steals, average and OPS. Bumgarner had a win and 16 strikeouts.

This week

The Week Nine matchups are as follows:

Butchers (1st) v Beck ‘Nams (5th)

Batteries Essential (2nd) v Riverkings (16th)

Norwich (3rd) v Slugs (13th)

Bananas (4th) v Jesmond (9th)

Isotopes (6th) v Bits & Bytes (14th)

Chasers (7th) v Iron Men (11th)

Knights (8th) v RBIs (15th)

Angels (10th) v Sox (12th)

Week Seven of the BaseballGB fantasy league saw another change at the top of the standings. Read on to find out more.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	22	7	31	0	.254	.742	3	7	49	1	3.22	1.11	9
NE Riverkings	24	7	25	2	.238	.669	2	5	40	0	4.30	1.34	2

We begin with the biggest winners of the week, who turned out to be my Isotopes. A much-needed 9-2 victory against the Riverkings included a pitching sweep. Archer was the pick of the starters with a win, Jimenez struck out 14 and Leake helped take ERA and WHIP. There were hat-tricks of saves for Romo and Soriano while Howell picked up the lone hold. Puig (3HR, 10 RBIs) had a big week, helping to take average with Machado and Utley.  The Riverkings had the edge in runs thanks to Wright Desmond, Byrd while Villar and Carlos Santana(!) stole bases.

 

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Batteries Essential	28	8	28	4	.276	.811	4	3	46	5	3.16	1.03	9
Northfleet Knights	27	7	27	1	.245	.762	5	1	51	2	2.70	1.15	3

Batteries Essential claimed 9-3 win against the Knights, including an offensive sweep. Cespedes and Starlin Castro each drove in six, Walker homered twice and Hamilton stole three bases, while Stanton helped take average and OPS after hitting .417 for the week. Rosenthal had three saves and Odorizzi, Wacha, Volquez, Garza and Varga all posted WHIPs of 1 or under. Shields had two wins and 11 strikeouts for the Knights, while Minor and Gray helped take ERA. Goldschmidt, Bautista and V-Mart homered twice.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	30	5	24	4	.275	.791	3	0	64	6	5.06	1.60	3
Enfield Butchers	31	13	30	4	.264	.863	6	6	61	3	2.90	1.12	8

The Butchers are back on top after beating the Slugs 8-3. Encarnacion and Francisco each had three-homer weeks, while Yelich and Carl Crawford hit a pair as the Butchers slugged 13 round-trippers in total. Clippard had two wins and two holds while Price struck out 19. Beckett, Hutchison and Richards helped take ERA and WHIP. The Slugs won average thanks to Fielder, Donaldson and Victorino while Chavez won twice and struck out 13. McGee and Siegrist had three holds each.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Weston-Super-Sox	23	5	16	5	.264	.759	4	2	34	0	2.84	1.33	7
Jesmond Dennings	20	4	22	6	.238	.659	3	3	34	2	3.98	1.35	4

 

The Sox got back to winning ways by defeating Jesmond 7-4. Gordon homered twice and drove in six, while Fowler scored six runs and hit .450 as the offense took four categories. Cole’s win on Sunday proved crucial, as did his 14 strikeouts, while Greinke helped take ERA and WHIP with another stingy week. Jesmond had RBIs and steals from Phillips, Trout, Pagan and Stubbs, while Perkins and O’Day took care of saves and holds.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	19	3	16	4	.200	.595	3	2	39	2	4.06	1.51	7
Iron Men	31	9	28	2	.304	.844	1	1	38	1	5.94	1.64	5

Norwich edged past Iron Men 7-5, with the pitching staff sweeping all six categories. Porcello won twice, Smyly struck out seven and the pair of Tigers teamed with Peralta to take ERA and WHIP. Chapman, Jansen and Watson took care of saves and holds, while McCutchen’s two steals proved very important. Iron Men had multi-homer weeks from Morse and Adam Jones, while Kinsler and Asdrubal Cabrera combined for 11 runs.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	23	3	19	3	.238	.676	4	0	51	3	4.09	1.20	5
London Bananas	29	6	19	5	.201	.661	5	5	42	0	4.03	1.25	6

The Bananas dealt Beck ‘Nams a 6-5 loss in a very tight matchup. Tulo and Marte each homered twice, while Werth and Young scored five runs each. Hamels was the pick of the starters with a win and 10 strikeouts, while K-Rod and Janssen had two saves each. Beck ‘Nams had the edge in average and OPS thanks to Dozier, Beltre and Reyes, while Wood, Darvish and Kuroda all recorded double-digit strikeouts.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	26	11	37	0	.313	.899	3	5	40	2	2.70	1.18	5
Richie’s RBI’s	27	6	32	3	.276	.777	3	0	44	6	2.42	1.16	6

The RBIs caused an upset by defeating the Chasers 6-5 in another very close matchup. CJ Wilson helped the pitchers win four categories with a  win and 15 strikeouts, teaming up with Tanaka to take ERA and WHIP by a hair. Gardner scored six times, homered twice, drove in seven and stole three bases. The Chasers had power and average from Ortiz (four homers), Miggy, Tex and McCann (two each) and Nathan had four saves.

 

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bits & Bytes	28	5	22	2	.283	.745	2	2	42	4	6.18	1.45	5
Angels of Ash Vale	20	5	27	5	.269	.741	2	2	34	0	2.37	1.16	4

Finally, Bits & Bytes squeezed past the Angels 5-4. Solarte scored eight runs, helped by this three homers, while Bogaerts and Segura helped take average. King Felix won twice, striking out 12 and Ziegler had three holds. The Angels had the edge in RBIs thanks to Springer, CarGo and Prado, while Everth Cabrera homered twice and joined Murphy in swiping a pair. Lee helped take ERA and WHIP.

Week Eight

The week eight matchups are as follows:

Butchers (1st) v Bits & Bytes (15th)

Beck ‘Nams (2nd) v Angels (10th)

Bananas (3rd) v Sox (13th)

Chasers (4th) v Knights (9th)

Batteries Essential (5th) v Iron Men (8th)

Norwich (6th) v Riverkings (16th)

Isotopes (7th) v Slugs (11th)

Jesmond (11th) v RBIs (14th)