Players apologising for hitting grand slams. Bullpen meltdowns. Near no-hitters. Games decided by plays at the plate. Just another week in MLB. Here’s how it affected the week four matchups ( also the half-way point in the season) in the BaseballGB Fantasy League.

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Eagles	101/348	61	15	56	1	.290	.835	62.1	4	3	69	1	5.63	1.49	10
Didsbury Dodgers	65/278	43	15	37	3	.234	.771	44.0	1	2	49	0	10.23	2.18	1

• Clutch performer: C Santana (Eagles) 2 HR, 9 RBI
• Way above average: Rendon (Eagles) .531 AVG, 1.125 OPS; Diaz (Eagles) 2 HR, .368 AVG, 1.215 OPS
• MVP: Betts (Dodgers) 3 HR, 3 SB
• Berry good: Berrios (Eagles) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP
• Double duty: Jeffress (Eagles) W, 2 SV

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	74/313	47	11	33	2	.236	.743	33.1	4	3	36	2	4.86	1.35	1
Norwich No II	100/365	58	13	50	7	.274	.826	59.1	2	3	64	3	4.25	1.20	10

• Power you can bank on: Santander (Norwich) 3 HR; Chapman (Norwich) 7 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI
• Safe at home: Verdugo (Norwich) 8 R, .333 AVG, SB; T Turner (Norwich) 7 R, 2 SB, .409 AVG
• RBI machine: Devers (Norwich) 2 HR, 7 RBI, .323 AVG
• Bauer power: Bauer (Knights) W
• By way of the K: Cole (Norwich) 10 K, 2.70 ERA, 1.05 WHIP
• What we have, we hold: Duffey (Norwich) 3 HLD

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	106/339	69	26	59	7	.313	.983	58.2	1	2	63	3	5.52	1.35	9
The Cheddar Chasers	69/293	37	9	34	13	.235	.686	34.0	3	0	34	0	4.24	1.41	3

• Unstoppable force: Abreu (Bunting) 9 R, 7 HR, 15 RBI, .533 AVG, 1.896 OPS
• Slam Diego: Tatis Jr (Bunting) 9 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI, .357 AVG, 1.116 OPS
• Smooth operator: Lewis (Bunting) 11 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI, .522 AVG, 1.590 OPS
• Running wild: Merrifield (Chasers) 4 SB, J Ramirez (Chasers) 3 SB
• Wins still matter: Fried (Chasers) W, 1.80 ERA
• Strikeout machine: Gallen (Bunting) 14 K, 0.85 WHIP
• Hold on: Anderson (Bunting) 2 HLD
• Closing time: Jansen (Bunting) SV

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	64/268	40	16	50	4	.239	.781	49.1	4	0	64	0	1.82	0.97	3
Cheshunt Maltsters	109/352	63	19	73	3	.310	.935	65.2	5	3	60	6	2.88	0.85	9

• Full Nelson: Cruz (Maltsters) 6 R, 4 HR, 5 RBI, .350 AVG, 1.450 OPS
• Buffalo Blue Jays: L Gurriel (Maltsters) 2 HR, 10 RBI, .345 AVG, 1.015 OPS; Biggio (Maltsters) 8 R, HR, 6 RBI, .440 AVG, 1.308 OPS
• Austin powers: Nola (Maltsters) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .345 AVG 
• Cool hand Luke: Voit (A&E Dept) 5 HR

• Missing bats: Darvish (A&E Dept) 17 K, 1.38 ERA
• Near no-no: Maeda (A&E Dept) 12 K, 1.13 ERA
• Just another normal week: Bieber (A&E Dept) 0.00 ERA
• Double duty: Hendriks (Maltsters) W, 2 SV
• Holding on: Watson and Castillo (both Maltsters) 2 HLD each
• WHIP it: Civale (Maltsters) 0.56 WHIP; Giolito (Maltsters) 0.57 WHIP; Greinke (Maltsters) 0.64 WHIP, Keuchel (Malsters) 0.88 WHIP

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	84/329	59	20	46	4	.255	.873	62.0	3	2	53	6	4.79	1.55	6
Richie’s RBI’s	69/320	39	12	40	4	.216	.668	56.0	3	4	65	5	4.50	1.32	4

• Slam Diego (part two): Machado (Slugs) 8 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .393 AVG, 1.290 OPS
• Hunter gatherer: H Dozier (Slugs) 7 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .350 AVG, 1.208 OPS
• Vintage Clayton: Kershaw (RBIs) 11 K, 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP
• Now closing: Pagan (RBIs) 2 SV
• Setting things up: Romo and Rainey (both Slugs) 2 HLD each

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Bunting for Britain	31-17-0	.646	–	9-3-0	9	24
2	Mighty Slugs	28-15-5	.635	0.5	6-4-2	1	21
3	Orpington Eagles	26-18-4	.583	3	10-1-1	4	12
4	Norwich No II	25-17-6	.583	3	10-1-1	2	24
5	Cheshunt Maltsters	24-20-4	.542	5	9-3-0	5	17
6	Richie’s RBI’s	22-24-2	.479	8	4-6-2	10	14
7	The Cheddar Chasers	20-24-4	.458	9	3-9-0	7	–
8	Beckenham A&E Dept	20-24-4	.458	9	3-9-0	3	–
9	Didsbury Dodgers	21-26-1	.448	9.5	1-10-1	8	1
10	Newcastle Knights	7-39-2	.167	23	1-10-1	6	12

We have a change at the top as Bunting move 0.5 ahead of the Slugs. Big wins for the Eagles and Norwich help them climb the standings. Just 6.5 games cover the top nine teams so still plenty to play for in the second half of the season.

Week 5 Matchups In progress

• Orpington Eagles26-18-4 | 3rd vs Mighty Slugs28-15-5 | 2nd
• Beckenham A&E Dept20-24-4 | 8th vs Didsbury Dodgers21-26-1 | 9th
• Bunting for Britain31-17-0 | 1st vs Cheshunt Maltsters24-20-4 | 5th
• Newcastle Knights7-39-2 | 10th vs Richie’s RBI’s22-24-2 | 6th
• Norwich No II25-17-6 | 4th vs The Cheddar Chasers20-24-4 | 7th

It’s been another week of late comebacks and crazy numbers being put up as well as some injuries to big names and more postponements due to Covid. Here’s how it affected the BaseballGB Fantasy League in week three.

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Didsbury Dodgers	62/272	39	15	28	1	.228	.735	59.2	2	4	52	0	6.34	1.53	3
Richie’s RBI’s	61/254	43	10	29	8	.240	.725	54.2	4	5	47	2	4.28	1.15	9

• Damn Yankees: LeMahieu (RBIs) 5 R, .467 AVG, 1 IL stint; Torres (RBIs) 5 R, .563 AVG
• Clutch performer: Hosmer (RBIs) 6 RBI
• Need for speed: Villar (RBIs) 4 SB
• MVP?: Betts (Dodgers) 4 HR, 1.231 OPS
• He’s got the power: Segura (Dodgers) 3 HR
• Wins still matter: Bundy (RBIs) W, 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Lynn (RBIs) W, 6 K, 1.00 ERA, 0.22 WHIP; Kershaw (RBIs) W, 6 K, 1.29 ERA, 0.43 WHIP
• By way of the K: Ray (Dodgers) 10 K
• Closing time: Britton (RBIs) 3 SV

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Eagles	108/350	72	21	66	4	.309	.919	64.0	5	2	56	1	4.50	1.38	8
Cheshunt Maltsters	71/299	48	17	48	7	.237	.778	51.2	5	3	49	2	6.45	1.39	3

• He’s the Juan for me: Soto (Eagles) 12 R, 5 HR, 12 RBI, .462 AVG, 1.610 OPS
• Highs with Lowe: Lowe (Eagles) 10 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .448 AVG, 1.500 OPS
• Tony two-bags? Make it four: Rendon (Eagles) 7 R, 5 HR, 7 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.738 OPS
• Sets of wheels: Berti, Biggio and Moore (all maltsters) 2 SB each
• Nice one Sonny: Gray (Eagles) W, 10 K, 1.35 ERA, 0.90 WHIP
• Lockdown closer: Hendriks (Maltsters) 3 SV
• What we have, we hold: Baez and Petit (both Maltsters) 1 HLD each

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	79/283	45	13	43	2	.279	.873	26.2	3	0	31	1	4.39	1.31	4
The Cheddar Chasers	84/298	49	12	42	6	.282	.824	42.1	3	1	50	0	3.83	1.20	7

• Safe at home: Hoskins (Chasers) 7 R; Hampson (Chasers) 6 R, SB, .379 AVG
• Slumping: Blackmon (Chasers) .417 AVG
• Ray of light: Tsutsugo (Knights) 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1.103 OPS
• Maximum effort: Scherzer (Chasers) 2 W, 17 K; McCullers (Chasers) W, 12 K, 1.42 ERA, 0.55 WHIP
• Hold on: Ottavino (Knights) 1 HLD
• Lone save: Melancon (Chasers) SV
• On the naughty step: Clevinger (Chasers)

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	68/281	46	12	37	7	.242	.750	45.0	5	3	59	0	1.00	0.62	5
Bunting for Britain	82/299	51	21	63	3	.274	.865	51.0	2	7	43	2	4.41	1.37	7

• Yes we Fran: Reyes (Bunting) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .556 AVG, 1.747 OPS
• Enjoy Eloy: Jimenez (Bunting) 4 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .391 AVG, 1.304 OPS
• Marte party: S Marte (Bunting) 6 R, HR, 7 RBI, .357 AVG
• Yay-J: Pollock (A&E Dept) 2 SB
• Ace: Nola (A&E Dept) 2 W, 18 K, 0.60 ERA, 0.53 WHIP
• Good pick-up: Montero (Bunting) 3 SV; Anderson (Bunting) SV, HLD

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	94/339	65	13	54	4	.277	.821	64.1	3	3	51	2	4.20	1.35	5
Norwich No II	96/352	61	21	71	1	.273	.859	42.0	3	3	41	4	4.71	1.21	5

• Real deal: Realmuto (Norwich) 4 HR, 11 RBI, 1.113 OPS; Santander (Norwich) 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1.389 OPS
• Safe at home: Harper (Slugs) 10 R, 2 SB, .480 AVG; Olson (Slugs) 8 R; K Marte (Slugs) 6 R, SB, .423 AVG
• By way of the K: Karinchak (Slugs) 9 K
• Good Cristian: Javier (Slugs) W, 0.00 ERAWHIP it: Cole (Norwich) 0.57 WHIP; Lamet (Norwich) 0.67 WHIP
• Firm grip on the lead: Green (Norwich) 3 HLD

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Mighty Slugs	22-11-3	.653	–	5-5-2	1	17
2	Bunting for Britain	22-14-0	.611	1.5	7-5-0	9	18
3	Didsbury Dodgers	20-16-0	.556	3.5	3-9-0	8	1
4	The Cheddar Chasers	17-15-4	.528	4.5	7-4-1	7	–
5	Beckenham A&E Dept	17-15-4	.528	4.5	5-7-0	3	–
6	Richie’s RBI’s	18-18-0	.500	5.5	9-3-0	10	9
7	Orpington Eagles	16-17-3	.486	6	8-3-1	4	7
8	Norwich No II	15-16-5	.486	6	5-5-2	2	21
9	Cheshunt Maltsters	15-17-4	.472	6.5	3-8-1	5	14
10	Newcastle Knights	6-29-1	.181	17	4-7-1	6	9

Week 4 Matchups In progress

• Orpington Eagles16-17-3 | 7th vs Didsbury Dodgers20-16-0 | 3rd
• Beckenham A&E Dept17-15-4 | 5th vs Cheshunt Maltsters15-17-4 | 9th
• Bunting for Britain22-14-0 | 2nd vs The Cheddar Chasers17-15-4 | 4th
• Mighty Slugs22-11-3 | 1st vs Richie’s RBI’s18-18-0 | 6th
• Newcastle Knights6-29-1 | 10th vs Norwich No II15-16-5 | 8th

Reminder

The latest rash of injuries, Covid cases and suspensions may leave your roster looking a little thin. Remember to make the most of your IL spots, pick up replacements from the free agent pool or you can always try to make a trade.

The Marlins are in the hunt for the playoffs. The Rockies are top of the NL West. Donovan Solano has turned into Ted Williams. It’s a strange time indeed, but there’s one thing we can be sure of: the Astros are still jerks. Here’s how the week’s action affected the BaseballGB Fantasy League. 

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	58/282	36	16	40	3	.206	.732	71.1	6	3	69	5	4.04	1.12	11
Newcastle Knights	56/274	34	13	45	0	.204	.712	39.1	3	2	46	3	5.26	1.32	1

• Matt’s the way to do it: Olson (Slugs) 5 R, 4 HR, 1.055 OPS
• Way above average: Davis (Slugs) .350 AVG
• Clutch: Yastrzemski (Knights) 7 RBI, Yelich (Knights) 6 RBIs 
• By way of the K: Luzardo (Slugs) W, 10 K, 1.69 ERA, 1.03 WHIP
• Closing time: Yates (Slugs) 2 SV; Pomeranz and Karinchak (both Slugs) 2 HLD each

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Eagles	61/319	34	11	32	3	.191	.625	48.1	5	0	57	4	5.03	1.45	5
Bunting for Britain	76/319	45	16	36	5	.238	.725	46.1	1	6	48	0	6.22	1.66	7

• MVP: Tatis Jr (Bunting) 7 R, 6 HR, 9 RBI, SB, .435 AVG, 1.741 OPS
• .400 club: Perez (Bunting) .429 AVG, S Marte (Bunting) .421 AVG
• Wins still matter: Gray (Eagles) W, 15 K, 3.97 ERA
• What we have, we hold: Holland (Eagles) W, 2 HLD, Jeffress (Eagles) 2 HLD
• Saving the day: Jansen, Neris and Anderson (all Bunting) 2 SV each

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	84/308	44	15	40	2	.273	.814	58.1	3	2	59	7	2.78	1.29	7
Richie’s RBI’s	80/320	37	11	35	5	.250	.715	73.0	5	6	84	3	2.96	0.86	5

• Dad power: Trout (Maltsters) 5 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI
• Safe at home: Freeman (Maltsters) 6 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
• RBI machine: Murphy (Maltsters) 8 RBI, .364 AVG
• Need for speed: Villar (RBIs) 2 SB
• Rule breaker: Plesac (RBIs) W, 13 K, 0.85 ERA
• WHIP it: Gonzales (RBIs) 0.43 WHIP; Bundy (RBIs) 0.44 WHIP
• No runs allowed: Greinke (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA
• Hold on: Bummer, Petit and Watson (all Maltsters) 2 HLD each
• Stoppers: Lugo, Iglesias and Britton (all RBIs) 2 SV each

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Didsbury Dodgers	68/263	44	12	42	3	.259	.803	79.0	5	4	72	2	3.30	1.09*	6
Norwich No II	73/307	47	20	47	2	.238	.822	67.2	6	8	64	1	3.86	1.09*	6

• Happy chappy: Chapman (Norwich) 7 R, 3 HR
• Going yard: Realmuto (Norwich) 6 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1.365 OPS; Verdugo (Norwich) 3 HR; Ruiz (Norwich) 3 HR
• .500 club: Myers (Dodgers) .500 AVG
• Wheels: Bichette (Dodgers) 2 SB
• Victorious: Lamet (Norwich) one of six pitchers with a W
• Under the radar: Bass and Diaz (both Norwich) 2 SV each
• Frankie says relax: Montas (Dodgers) 14 K, 0.64 ERA, 0.71 WHIP

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	72/321	41	13	34	7	.224	.656	49.2	5	1	61	0	2.54	0.91	5
The Cheddar Chasers	87/321	47	15	52	5	.271	.833	29.0	4	1	23	0	4.97	1.34	5

• Chuck Nasty: Blackmon (Chasers) 7 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .560 AVG, 1.520 OPS
• Rockets from Ronnie: Acuna Jr (Chasers) 3 HR, 1.359 OPS
• Maximum efficiency: Kepler (Chasers) 7 RBI
• Swiping bags: Robert (A&E Dept) 3 SB
• Undefeated: deGrom (A&E Dept) 2 W, 16 K; Bieber (A&E Dept) W, 16 K
• Feeling stingy: Ryu (A&E Dept) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 ERA; Nola (A&E Dept) 1.50 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

Standings:

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Mighty Slugs	17-6-1	.729	–	11-1-0	1	12
2	Didsbury Dodgers	17-7-0	.708	0.5	6-6-0	8	1
3	Bunting for Britain	15-9-0	.625	2.5	7-5-0	9	15
4	Beckenham A&E Dept	12-8-4	.583	3.5	5-5-2	3	–
5	Cheshunt Maltsters	12-9-3	.563	4	7-5-0	5	10
6	Norwich No II	10-11-3	.479	6	6-6-0	2	15
7	The Cheddar Chasers	10-11-3	.479	6	5-5-2	7	–
8	Orpington Eagles	8-14-2	.375	8.5	5-7-0	4	6
9	Richie’s RBI’s	9-15-0	.375	8.5	5-7-0	10	6
10	Newcastle Knights	2-22-0	.083	15.5	1-11-0	6	7

Week 3 Matchups In progress

• Orpington Eagles8-14-2 | 8th vs Cheshunt Maltsters12-9-3 | 5th
• Beckenham A&E Dept12-8-4 | 4th vs Bunting for Britain15-9-0 | 3rd
• Didsbury Dodgers17-7-0 | 2nd vs Richie’s RBI’s9-15-0 | 9th
• Mighty Slugs17-6-1 | 1st vs Norwich No II10-11-3 | 6th
• Newcastle Knights2-22-0 | 10th vs The Cheddar Chasers10-11-3 | 7th