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BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 20

Two teams have secured their place in the BaseballGB Fantasy League playoffs. With six other places up for grabs and just two weeks of the regular fantasy season left, there is still a lot to play for.

Which should help take our minds off those horrible players’ weekend uniforms.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	33	14	32	4	.272	.898	3	1	58	4	2.54	0.98	10
Swindon Devil Rays	23	9	26	0	.314	1.011	0	1	19	0	3.18	1.18	2

Roundtrippers: Villar (Chasers) 5 R, 5 HR, 6 RBI; Freeman (Chasers) 5 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI

Need for speed: Pham (chasers) 5 R, 3 SB

.400 club: Chirinos (Devil Rays) .400 AVG, 1.175 OPS; Ozuna (Devil Rays) .400 AVG, 1.243 OPS

By way of the K; Kershaw (Chasers) W 18 K, 1.00 WHIP

Wins still matter: Gray (Chasers) W, 10 K, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP; K Hendricks (Chasers) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Double duty: Harris (Chasers) SV, 2 HLD

Devil Rays failed to reach the 20 inning minimum and forfeited all pitching categories.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	36	6	20	4	.254	.751	4	3	66	0	3.59	0.90	8
Norwich No II	21	9	35	2	.227	.725	3	3	56	1	4.89	1.58	3

Run machine: Soto (A&E Dept) 13 R, .345 AVG, 1.136 OPS

Omar Homers: Narvaez (Norwich) 2 HR, 5 RBI

Need for speed: Andrus (A&E Dept) 6 R, 2 SB

Aces: Matz (A&E Dept) W, 13 K, 1.46 ERA, 0.81 WHIP; Means (A&E Dept) W, 11 K, 2.25 ERA, 0.92 WHIP

No runs allowed: Syndergaard (A&E Dept) W, 0.00 ERA

What we have, we hold: Baez (Norwich) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	33	15	47	2	.281	.900	1	3	41	1	7.12	1.72	6
Mighty Slugs	22	7	32	4	.239	.745	1	2	60	2	3.60	1.06	5

Three-homer weeks: Sano (Riverkings) and Meadows (Riverkings); Martinez (Slugs) 3 HR each

Butter and egg man: Abreu (Riverkings) 2 HR, 11 RBI, .385 AVG, 1.085 OPS

Wheels of steal: VanMeter (Slugs) 2 SB

By way of the K: Strasburg (Slugs) 16 K, 1.38 ERA, 0.85 WHIP

Closing time: Yates (Riverkings) 2 SV

Goody two shoes: Goody (Slugs) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	32	8	31	2	.254	.835	3	3	56	3	4.97	1.26	5
Richie’s RBI’s	30	15	24	3	.224	.783	6	3	58	2	3.63	1.19	6

RBI machines: Bregman (Bunting) 5 R, 7 RBI; Cruz (Bunting) 7 RBI, .333 AVG, .926 OPS

Bronx bombers: Judge (RBIs) 4 HR; Torres (RBIs) 3 HR

Safe at home: Hoskins (Bunting) 8 R

Wins still matter: Gonzales (RBIs) 2 W; Vazquez (RBIs) 2 W

All aboard the Cole train: Cole (RBIs) W, 12 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Hold this: Gallegos (Bunting) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	30	7	25	4	.243	.751	4	6	38	1	4.32	1.34	6
The Bath Bombers	16	7	21	0	.281	.757	1	0	31	2	3.14	1.08	5

Safe at home: Rizzo (Isotopes) 6 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI

Super slugger: Castellanos (Bombers) 2 HR, .444 AVG, 1.148 OPS

In the clutch: Brantley (Isotopes) 5 R, 6 RBI

At the double: Miley (Isotopes) 2 W, 12 K

Save me: Osuna (Isotopes) 4 SV

WHIP it: Nola (Bombers) 0.79 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	10	34	5	.245	.779	1	4	53	2	5.45	1.26	6
Newcastle Knights	28	8	24	2	.249	.751	7	2	64	5	2.28	1.03	6

In the clutch: C Dickerson (Maltsers): 9 RBI, .955 OPS

Make it rain: Donaldson (Maltsters) 5 R, 3 HR

.400 club: Alfaro (Knights) .412 AVG

Ace: Keuchel (Knights) 2 W, 14 K, 0.69 ERA, 1.15 WHIP

Holding on: Miller and Petit (both Knights) 2 HLD each Closing time: Kimbrel (Maltsters) 2 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
*1	Newcastle Knights	143-86-11	.619	–	6-6-0	9	30
*2	Mighty Slugs	131-94-15	.577	10	5-6-1	6	36
3	The Cheddar Chasers	128-95-17	.569	12	10-2-0	4	11
4	Beckenham A&E Dept	123-96-21	.556	15	8-3-1	2	15
5	Bunting for Britain	124-98-18	.554	15.5	5-6-1	11	39
6	Orpington Isotopes	124-101-15	.548	17	6-5-1	5	23
7	Norwich No II	119-104-17	.531	21	3-8-1	10	25
8	Richie’s RBI’s	108-115-17	.485	32	6-5-1	7	24
9	Cheshunt Maltsters	107-120-13	.473	35	6-6-0	12	38
10	Durham Riverkings	100-126-14	.446	41.5	6-5-1	1	29
11	The Bath Bombers	78-149-13	.352	64	5-6-1	3	15
12	Swindon Devil Rays	63-164-13	.290	79	2-10-0	8	4

Week 21 match-ups

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

London Mets win their sixth National Title

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The London Mets made some more history at Farnham Park today, defeating London Capitals 14-4 to win the British National Baseball Championship for the third consecutive season, and a record sixth time overall.

*London Mets 2019 National Baseball Champions – BBF YouTube*

The Mets are only the fourth team in British Baseball history to win three national titles in a row, joining the Cobham Yankees (1986-88), Enfield Spartans (1989-91) and Southern/Harlow Nationals (2011-13).

The London Mets came to prominence whilst winning back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008, but their recent run has put them at the top of the all-time National Champions list. They’ve participated in each of the past six finals, winning four and losing two to the Essex Arrows in 2014 and Southampton Mustangs in 2016.

Sunday’s final was set up by a pair of semi-final games on Saturday. London Mets were pushed hard by the Essex Arrows, but ultimately prevailed 4-1, whilst the Capitals booked their place in the final with an emphatic 17-6 win over Herts Falcons.

The Mets and Capitals finished first and second in the regular season so it was fitting that these were the two teams battling it out to the end. Ultimately, the Mets showed their class by jumping ahead in the final and the game ended on a well-hit line-out to third base in the seventh inning, with the game being called after seven innings and the Mets leading by ten runs.

It’s a great achievement by Drew Spence and his team and there’s no doubt that the London Mets are the benchmark in British Baseball right now.

The games are available to watch back in full via the BBF’s excellent YouTube coverage. The weekend also saw East London Latin Boys capturing their first Triple-A title with a 12-2 seven-inning victory over Cartmel Valley Lions.

BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 19

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Wild walkoffs, amazing rookies and lots and lots of homers. Just another week in MLB this year but how did it impact the BaseballGB Fantasy League?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	41	18	49	2	.308	1.033	3	5	54	0	2.14	0.88	11
Swindon Devil Rays	21	9	34	3	.277	.860	1	1	18	0	7.07	1.43	1

Red-hot Raffy: Devers (Riverkings) 7 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .593 AVG, 1.819 OPS

Home run machine: McMahon (Riverkings) 5 R, 5 HR, 8 RBI, .333 AVG 1.512 OPS

Safe at home: Sano (Riverkings) 10 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI; T Turner (Riverkings) 8 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .333 AVG

Devil Rays failed to meet 20 inning minimum so forfeited all pitching categories

Ace: Quintana (Riverkings) W, 21 K, 0.69 ERA, 0.85 WHIP

Closing time: Hendriks and Yates (both Riverkings) 2 SV each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	31	13	34	1	.285	.892	2	0	41	2	3.57	1.31	3
The Cheddar Chasers	31	13	33	2	.282	.929	3	1	40	3	3.55	0.97	7

Four-homer weeks: Ramirez (Bombers) 4 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .348 AVG; Realmuto (Chasers) 5 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 1.523 OPS

.400 club: Hosmer (Bombers) .480 AVG

Need for speed: Villar (Chasers) 2 SB

Pair of aces: Gray (Chasers) W, 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.80 WHIP; Kershaw (Chasers) W, 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.29 ERA

Double duty: Ottavino (Chasers) SV, 2 HLD

By way of the K: Corbin (Bombers) 8 K.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	35	12	26	2	.312	.942	6	2	50	2	3.32	1.23	4
Richie’s RBI’s	52	21	50	2	.327	1.106	3	3	30	3	5.09	1.53	7

This is what happens when the Yankees play the Orioles: Torres (RBIs) 10 R, 6 HR, 11 RBI, .323 AVG, 1.318 OPS; LeMahieu (RBIs) 6 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .323 AVG

Smooth: Santana (RBIs) 9 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .462 AVG, 1.537 OPS

Will Smith’s going to Miami: Smith (RBIs) 7 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .385 AVG, 1.632 OPS

Wins still matter: Greinke (Isotopes) 2 W, 12 K, 2.08 ERA, 1.23 WHIP

By way of the K: Morton (Isotopes) 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP; Lucchesi (Isotopes) W, 10 K

One-man bullpen: Romo (RBIs) 2 SV, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	33	9	30	4	.298	.870	4	3	61	0	5.55*	1.36	4
Mighty Slugs	38	14	37	4	.306	.915	4	2	52	3	5.55*	1.45	6

MVP: Bellinger (Slugs) 6 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, SB, .320 AVG, 1.233 OPS

One helluva player: Urshela (Slugs) 6 R, HR, 5 RBI, .457 AVG

Off and running: Marte (Maltsters) 4 SB

Unbeatable: Paxton (Maltsers) 2 W, 11 K

Yu the man: Darvish (Maltsters) 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

Deuces are wild: C Martinez (Maltsters) 2 SV; Pressley (Slugs) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	30	17	43	1	.250	.875	0	1	48	3	5.30	1.47	4
Norwich No II	30	11	43	3	.305	.952	2	3	53	0	7.29	2.05	6

Rookie of the year: Alonso (Norwich) 5 R, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .480 AVG, 1.367 OPS

Just another normal week: Trout (Norwich) 8 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, SB, .316 AVG, 1.167 OPS

Four-homer weeks: Harper (Bunting) 6 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI; Aquino (Bunting) 5 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI

Wins still matter: Bassitt (Norwich) W

Closing time: Pagan (Norwich) SV, 8 K; Robles (Norwich) 2 SV

What we have, we hold: Kahnle (Bunting) 2 HLD

The other Bieber: Bieber (Bunting) 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	40	16	42	6	.304	.987	1	6	51	0	3.83	1.05	6
Newcastle Knights	44	9	34	1	.323	.959	6	1	82	3	2.69	1.30	6

Safe at home: Betts (Knights) 9 R, .320 AVG; Anderson (Knights) 7 R, .400 AVG; Blackmon (Knights) 7 R, .385 AVG

McCann can: McCann (A&E Dept) 2 HR, 11 RBI, 1.328 OPS

Four-homer weeks: Chapman (A&E Dept) 4 HR, 5 RBI, 1.523 OPS; Soto (A&E Dept) 4 HR, 6 RBI, 2 SB

Unbeatable: Flaherty (Knights) 2 W, 12 K, 0.75 ERA

By way of the K: Bumgarner (Knights) W, 18 K; Clevinger (Knights) W, 16 K

Closing time: Chapman (A&E Dept) 4 SV

Whip it: Matz (A&E Dept) 0.50 WHIP, Verlander (A&E Dept) 0.57 WHIP; Gray (A&E Dept) 0.63 WHIP.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Newcastle Knights	137-80-11	.625	–	6-6-0	9	29
2	Mighty Slugs	126-88-14	.583	9.5	6-4-2	6	33
3	Bunting for Britain	119-92-17	.559	15	4-6-2	11	38
4	The Cheddar Chasers	118-93-17	.555	16	7-3-2	4	9
5	Beckenham A&E Dept	115-93-20	.548	17.5	6-6-0	2	14
6	Orpington Isotopes	118-96-14	.548	17.5	4-7-1	5	19
7	Norwich No II	116-96-16	.544	18.5	6-4-2	10	24
8	Richie’s RBI’s	102-110-16	.482	32.5	7-4-1	7	24
9	Cheshunt Maltsters	101-114-13	.471	35	4-6-2	12	36
10	Durham Riverkings	94-121-13	.441	42	11-1-0	1	28
11	The Bath Bombers	73-143-12	.346	63.5	3-7-2	3	14
12	Swindon Devil Rays	61-154-13	.296	75	1-11-0	8	4

Week 20 match-ups

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

British Baseball Beat: Play-off Places

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We’re at the sharp-end of the British Baseball season, although that’s not to say everything is decided.

Some regular season games are still to be played and some wider questions over who is going to make the post-season are still to be answered.

Firstly it should be noted that the (much-improved from last year) BBF website is using a football template for the division tables, so confusingly is displaying a points system (3 for a win) and goal difference rather than the baseball format of how many games back of first place the team is. I’ve converted the current tables as published at time of writing below.

NBL: Arrows in the Air

The London Mets (21-1) carried on their winning ways last Sunday by defeating the Essex Arrows (5-19) by a score of 15-4 and edging a close game against the London Capitals (13-11) 2-1.

This Sunday will conclude the regular season with the Arrows hosting the Mets and the Capitals hosting the Herts Falcons (7-15).

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	Mets	21	1	—
2	Capitals	13	11	9
3	Falcons	7	15	14
4	Arrows	5	19	17

However, there is still some uncertainty over the upcoming play-offs.

In theory this should see the first-placed team (Mets) facing the fourth-placed team (the Arrows) in one semi-final, and second and third teams in the other, on Saturday 24th to set up the final for Sunday 25th.

However, questions still officially remain unanswered over the Arrows’ play-off eligibility following their two games against Herts Falcons on 7 July currently being determined as forfeited in favour of the Falcons. Whether this is finally confirmed to be the case is an important point, as BBF rules state that any forfeit by an NBL team disqualifies them from the post-season.

If so, the likely answer would be to give the first-placed Mets a bye which, whilst being a shame from a competitive point of view, wouldn’t be so unfair bearing in mind their regular season dominance.

AAA: Putting the ‘Wild’ into Wild Card

This is where things get complicated.

The Triple-A teams have played out their regular season games, with the exception of a double-header between Oxford Kings and Herts Londoners that was scheduled for 16 June and has not been played. The BBF’s final standings are as follows:

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	East London Latin Boys	19	5	—
2	Essex Redbacks	14	10	5
3	London Mammoths	11	13	8
4	Oxford Kings	10	12	8
5	Herts Londoners	10	12	8
6	Richmond Knights	9	15	10
7	Kent Buccaneers	9	15	10

The Triple-A play-offs involve the top four from the division alongside Cartmel Valley Lions (of the British Baseball League) who have the number 2 seed. Latin Boys get the first seed for winning the division, whilst Redbacks have the third seed.

The teams that finished third and fourth in the AAA division play a Wild Card game this Sunday, with the winner being the fourth seed into the National Baseball Championships.

The BBF have confirmed that game will be between the Mammoths and Kings; however the Londoners are unhappy with how the BBF’s rules on splitting tied teams at the end of the season have been applied. An official appeal has been submitted and a decision clearly needs to be made quickly.

What the Handbook says

The BBF 2019 Handbook is published on an issuu page which is supposed to make things look nice but, especially when downloading is disabled, makes it more of a pain to read (or copy and quote). Anyway, let’s break down what the Handbook says.

It confirms that a tie means either identical win-loss records or the same games back if teams have played a different number of games. Consequently it’s not just the Kings and Londoners who are tied, as the Mammoths are the same number of games back (8) even though they have an extra win (and loss) than the other two.

Breaking the Tie(s)

The first tie-breaker is forfeited games, based on the team that has forfeited the fewest number of games being higher in the standings.

The tricky thing with that from the outside is there is no clear record that a game has been forfeited in the published BBF results. In the past, forfeits have resulted in the non-forfeiting team being awarded a 7-0 win (and the forfeiting team an 0-7 loss). That doesn’t seem to be the case now, indeed the way forfeits are accounted for in the standings, particularly for the team that forfeited the game, is a bit odd (see pages 13-15 of the Handbook).

Anyway, the double-header at Oxford continues to sit in the BBF results as un-played and no results awarded. The actual decision on those is crucial to the standings.

If they are considered forfeits by the Kings then they will finish 5th (third of the three teams tied). That then leaves the Mammoths and Londoners still tied (unbroken by the forfeit rule) and they would be separated by the second tie-breaker which is results between the tied teams. The Londoners won that season series 3-1, so they would finish third and Mammoths fourth.

If the Kings-Londoners double-header is simply put to one side (rather than forfeited) then you’d need to look at the season results between the three teams, which would make the order Londoners (4-2), Mammoths (4-4), Kings (2-4).

If the double-header was considered as two forfeits by the Londoners then they would be fifth, and the Mammoths would be in third as they won the season series over the Kings 3-1. That would tally with the BBF’s standings, but the comments so far certainly don’t suggest that this is the case.

It’s clear as mud then, which is a bit of a mess ahead of the Wild Card game on Sunday. Hopefully the BBF will not only finalise the position but also clearly explain it in a news item on their website as soon as possible. That’s the only fair approach, not just for the Londoners who appear to have missed out but also on the Kings in making it clear to all how they’ve earned their play-off spot

Single-A and Double-A

These two levels still have one Sunday left of the regular season, so I’ll look back at that some time next week. Here’s what the games-back tables look like currently (noting that some tie-breakers may need to be accounted for).

Double-A Pool A

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	Bournemouth Bears	14	0	—
2	Bristol Badgers	12	5	3.5
3	Herts Hawks	8	9	7.5
4	Guildford Mavericks	7	11	9
5	Richmond Dragons	6	12	10
6	Brighton Jets	2	12	12

Double-A Pool B

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	London Marauders	12	2	—
2	Norwich Iceni	9	7	4
3	London Sidewinders	9	6	3.5
4	Milton Keynes Bucks	8	5	3.5
5	Cambridge Monarchs	5	8	6.5
6	Brentwood Stags	0	15	12.5

I’ve just copied that one out in the same order it’s published on the BBF website, but using the standing Games Back method it would seem Iceni are in fifth. We’ll see!

Single-A Pool A

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	London Musketeers	21	1	—
2	Essex Archers	16	6	5
3	Essex Redbacks	16	6	5
4	Bracknell Inferno	16	8	6
5	London Mustangs	7	15	14
6	Richmond Dukes	5	15	15
7	Herts Eagles	4	18	17
8	Herts Raptors	3	19	18

Single-A Pool B

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	Kent Buccaneers	18	6	—
2	South Coast Pirates	18	4	1
3	Brighton Jets	9	8	5.5
4	Tonbridge Wildcats	9	7	5
5	Tonbridge Bobcats	7	14	9.5
6	Guildford Millers	7	15	10
7	Kent Mariners	1	15	13

Again, just copied in the order as on the BBF website, but would seem that the Wildcats should be in fourth.

Single-A Central

P	Team	W	L	GB
1	Long Eaton Storm	19	3	—
2	Leicester Blue Sox	17	5	2.5
3	Birmingham Bandits	15	9	5
4	Birmingham Outlaws	14	6	4
5	Northants Centurions	6	14	12
6	Cambridge Royals	4	18	15
7	Cambridge Lancers	1	21	18

The Bandits and Outlaws can argue about third and fourth!

BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 18

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The leaders suffered a rare defeat as the BaseballGB Fantasy League gets into the dog days of August.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	32	6	20	4	.251	.740	5	3	77	1	4.37	1.06	3
Durham Riverkings	35	11	30	5	.281	.884	3	2	44	1	3.22	0.88	8

Safe at home: T Turner (Riverkings) 7 R, HR, 3 SB

.400 club: Abreu (Riverkings) 4 R, HR, 6 RBI, .444 AVG

Butter and egg man: Sano (Riverkings) 2 HR, 7 RBI

Sale now on: Sale (Maltsters) W, 13 K

Double duty: Martinez and Lugo (both Maltsters) W, SV each

Feeling stingy: Quintana (Riverkings) 1.29 ERA, 0.29 WHIP; deGrom (Riverkings) 1.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	41	10	28	5	.256	.769	1	1	26	0	3.67	1.08	8
Swindon Devil Rays	24	7	20	3	.233	.694	0	3	28	0	3.57	1.24	3

Making a good impression: Castellanos (Bombers) 9 R, 4 HR, 5 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.371 OPS

Steady Eddie: Rosario (Bombers) 9 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI

That’s more like it: J Ramirez (Bombers) 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .346 AVG

Closing time: Workman (Devil Rays) 2 SV

By way of the K: Mikolas (Devil Rays) 11 K

Lone win of the entire matchup: Castillo (Bombers) W.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	47	20	51	1	.327	1.108	5	1	49	2	3.65	1.30	7
Newcastle Knights	43	13	31	2	.305	.914	5	2	70	1	4.52	1.30	3

Fantastically good young guy #1: Alvarez (Bunting) 7 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.500 OPS

Fantastically good young guy #2: Bregman (Bunting) 10 R, HR, 7 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.619 OPS

Fantastically good young guy #3: Aquino (Bunting) 3 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI, .571 AVG, 2.524 OPS

By way of the K: Giolito (Knights) W, 21 K

No runs allowed: Wheeler, Lopez and Fiers (all Bunting) 0.00 ERA each

What we have we hold: Gallegos (Bunting) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	36	14	36	6	.310	1.011	3	5	55	0	3.38	1.28	5
Mighty Slugs	34	15	38	2	.270	.908	5	2	75	1	2.77	1.00	7

Slugging Slugs: Correa (Slugs) 3 HR, 9 RBI; Tatis Jr (Slugs) 3 HR, 7 RBI; Martinez (Slugs) 3 HR, 6 RBI

MVP: Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 12 R, 6 HR, 10 RBI, 3 SB, .419 AVG, 1.471 OPS

Safe at home: Gurriel (A&E Dept) 7 R, 3 HR, 12 RBI, SB, .471 AVG, 1.650 OPS

Q: Is he any good? A: Yarbrough: Yarbrough (Slugs) W, 13 K, 0.68 ERA, 0.60 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Castillo (Slugs) W, 21 K

Closing time: Chapman and Doolittle (both A&E Dept) 2 SV each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	39	11	34	3	.311	.950	4	3	61	3	4.55	1.28	6
Norwich No II	28	14	35	3	.264	.892	4	5	57	2	4.44	1.32	4

Tough out: McNeil (Isotopes) 6 R, .348 AVG, 1.178 OPS; Brantley (Isotopes) 7 R, .400 AVG

Rookie of the Year? Alonso (Norwich) 4 HR, 7 RBI

It’s Troutta here: Trout (Norwich) 3 HR, 5 RBI

Strikeout machine: Morton (Isotopes) W, 19 K

Hold this: Eovaldi (Isotopes) 3 HLD

No runs allowed: Maeda and Gallen (both Norwich) 0.00 ERA Specialising in one-out saves: Pagan (Norwich) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	34	11	34	5	.248	.824	4	2	67	1	3.84	1.36	5
The Cheddar Chasers	39	10	36	7	.301	.871	3	3	40	1	6.15	1.46	6

Soler power: Soler (RBIs) 10 R, 6 HR, 12 RBI, SB, .409 AVG, 1.824 OPS

Ready Freddie: Freeman (Chasers) 8 R, 9 RBI, .429 AVG, 1.265 OPS

Baltimore chop: Villar (Chasers) 6 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB, .458 AVG, 1.352 OPS

By way of the K: Odorizzi (RBIs) W, 13 K, 0.77 ERA

Whip it: Cole (RBIs) 0.50 WHIP Closing time: Leclerc (Chasers) 2 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Newcastle Knights	131-74-11	.632	–	3-7-2	9	29
2	Mighty Slugs	120-84-12	.583	10.5	7-5-0	6	31
3	Bunting for Britain	115-86-15	.567	14	7-3-2	11	38
4	Orpington Isotopes	114-89-13	.558	16	6-4-2	5	18
5	Beckenham A&E Dept	109-87-20	.551	17.5	5-7-0	2	14
6	The Cheddar Chasers	111-90-15	.549	18	6-5-1	4	7
7	Norwich No II	110-92-14	.542	19.5	4-6-2	10	21
8	Richie’s RBI’s	95-106-15	.475	34	5-6-1	7	24
9	Cheshunt Maltsters	97-108-11	.475	34	3-8-1	12	36
10	Durham Riverkings	83-120-13	.414	47	8-3-1	1	28
11	The Bath Bombers	70-136-10	.347	61.5	8-3-1	3	14
12	Swindon Devil Rays	60-143-13	.308	70	3-8-1	8	4

Week 19 match-ups

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

BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 17

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After last-minute deals were made at the MLB trade deadline, which BaseballGB Fantasy League managers were left smiling like Greinke and the Astros and which were wearing the glum expression of Brian Cashman?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	36	12	28	6	.321	.976	1	2	46	2	6.23	1.54	12
Swindon Devil Rays	20	6	20	2	.263	.796	1	0	19	0	0.54	0.84	0

Never mind the Pollocks: Pollock (Maltsters) 6 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .429 AVG

Marte party: Marte (Maltsters) 8 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 SB, .333 AVG

All smiles: Lindor (Maltsters) 6 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, SB, .391 AVG

Yu the man: Darvish (Maltsters) W, 17 K, 2.45 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Hold this: Lugo (Maltsters) 2 HLD

Saves central: Martinez and Kimbrel (both Maltsters) 1 SV each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	44	17	45	1	.272	.947	2	1	33	2	4.50	1.38	9
The Bath Bombers	23	8	35	0	.286	.812	3	0	23	3	4.73	1.43	3

Trey trey good: Mancini (RBIs) 4 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI

.400 club: Rosario (Bombers) .400 AVG; LeMahieu (RBIs) 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.267 OPS

Gleyber day: Torres (RBIs) 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI

Double duty: Treinen (Bombers) 2 W, HLD

Feeling stingy: Cole (RBIs) 1.29 ERA, 0.56 WHIP; Odorizzi (RBIs) 1.59 ERA, 0.88 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	29	12	31	2	.238	.871	7	2	65	1	2.43	1.17	8
Mighty Slugs	29	8	24	3	.248	.772	5	3	58	0	5.53	1.34	3

Cruz missiles: Cruz (Bunting) 4 HR, 10 RBI, 2.267 OPS

.400 club: Correa (Slugs) .429 AVG

Bieber is a star: Bieber (Bunting) W, 16 K, 2.25 ERA, 0.94 WHIP

Still a Met: Wheeler (Bunting) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

Taylor made: Rogers (Slugs) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	22	8	33	4	.225	.742	3	6	58	0	2.40	0.94	8
Durham Riverkings	25	9	27	1	.209	.643	3	4	53	1	4.46	1.12	3

Sweet smell of success: Odor (A&E Dept) 6 RBI, SB, .412 AVG, 1.487 OPS

Three-homer weeks: Meadows (Riverkings) and Soto (A&E Dept) 3 HR each

Butter and egg men: Acuna and Jones (both A&E Dept) 6 RBI each

1-2 punch: Verlander (A&E Dept) 2 W, 23 K, 0.69 ERA, 0.54 WHIP; Syndergaard (A&E Dept) W, 14 K, 0.63 ERA, 0.70 WHIP

Closing time: Chapman (A&E Dept) 3 SV; Bradley (A&E Dept) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	26	8	21	3	.278	.837	5	2	61	0	5.58	1.26	4
The Cheddar Chasers	30	9	34	5	.269	.814	4	2	40	2	1.21	1.10	7

RBI machine: Rendon (Chasers) 4 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI; Escobar (Chasers) 2 HR, 8 RBI

Safe at home: Freeman (Chasers) 7 R, SB

Bad Vlad: .500 AVG, 1.497 OPS

Wins still matter; Berrios (Norwich) W, 11 K

No runs allowed: Gray (Chasers) 0.00 ERA; Marquez (Chasers) 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP; Hendricks (Chasers) 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Double duty: Elias (Chasers) SV, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	32	10	27	5	.295	.892	1	4	38	1	5.40	1.37	7
Newcastle Knights	24	6	12	0	.230	.677	3	1	55	4	4.37	1.29	5

Miracle Met: McNeil (Isotopes) 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .333 AVG

Great chapter: Story (Isotopes) 6 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI

RBI machine: Brantley (Isotopes) 7 RBI

Wild horse: Puig (Isotopes) 3 SB, 1 brawl, 1 trade

Playing his cards right: Flaherty (Knights) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

What we have, we hold: Petit (Knights) 3 HLD

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

Trade deadline

The deadline to complete trades is Sunday, August 11.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Newcastle Knights	128-67-9	.650	–	5-7-0	9	26
2	Mighty Slugs	113-79-12	.583	13.5	3-8-1	6	28
3	Bunting for Britain	108-83-13	.561	18	8-3-1	11	34
4	Beckenham A&E Dept	104-80-20	.559	18.5	8-3-1	2	13
5	Orpington Isotopes	108-85-11	.556	19	7-5-0	5	17
6	The Cheddar Chasers	105-85-14	.549	20.5	7-4-1	4	6
7	Norwich No II	106-86-12	.549	20.5	4-7-1	10	20
8	Cheshunt Maltsters	94-100-10	.485	33.5	12-0-0	12	31
9	Richie’s RBI’s	90-100-14	.475	35.5	9-3-0	7	21
10	Durham Riverkings	75-117-12	.397	51.5	3-8-1	1	27
11	The Bath Bombers	62-133-9	.326	66	3-9-0	3	10
12	Swindon Devil Rays	57-135-12	.309	69.5	0-12-0	8	4

Week 18 match-ups

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

U23 European Championships This Week

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In a busy year of international baseball, the latest competition sees Great Britain heading to Prague for the Under 23 European Championships.

Drew Spencer of the London Mets has taken on the role of GB’s U23 Head Coach and he will lead a team to the Czech Republic looking to build on the positive performances shown by the U12s and U18s so far this summer.

The U23 event takes place from Wednesday to Sunday and consists of eight teams spread across two first round pools.

Great Britain are in Pool A alongside France, Germany and the Netherlands, with Pool B containing Belgium, Croatia, Ukraine and the hosts, Czech Republic.

GB Schedule

Great Britain’s First Round schedule is as follows:

Wed 7th – Netherlands (15:00 local, 14:00 in UK),
Thurs 8th – Germany (15:00 local, 14:00 in UK),
Fri 9th – France (13:30 local, 12:30 in UK).

Once the First Round games are complete, the top two teams from each Pool will play semi-finals on Saturday (Pool A 1st vs Pool B 2nd etc), with the winners heading to the Final on Sunday and the losers playing a Third-Place game.

The teams that finish third and fourth in the First Round will play out their own Second Round on Saturday and Sunday, so all eight teams are ensured of five games across the five days.

Full Schedule details are available on the CEB Tournament webpage.

How To Follow The Action

The hosts Eagles Praha stream their league games live from their main field on YouTube, so that’s likely to be used during the U23 tournament. Great Britain’s games on Wednesday and Thursday will be played on that field, with the Friday game being on the Tempo Prague Field which doesn’t appear to have a live webstream presence.

As always with CEB events, there will be a live game tracker available from the main tournament page, whilst no doubt the Great Britain Baseball Twitter feed will be providing updates as well.