You have to love head-to-head fantasy baseball. One week you can struggle, the next you can sweep the league leaders. Let’s take a look at who the big winners were in week seven.
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The Wright Stuff | 34 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 0.26 | 0.79 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 1.42 | 12 |
Pretzel Vendors | 29 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.77 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1.53 | 0 |
We begin with the first of two clean sweeps, as the table-topping Vendors came up empty against the Stuff. Trout, Pujols and Dunn did most of the offensive damage for the Stuff, while Scherzer and Peavy racked up the strikeouts and Santiago Casilla had three saves. Hanigan, Fowler and Hart were the Vendors’ top hitters and Kimbrel had two saves.
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Weston-Super-Sox | 33 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 0.32 | 0.91 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 2.6 | 1.42 | 12 |
YD33’s | 20 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0.24 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.6 | 1.58 | 0 |
You wait ages for a clean sweep and then two come along at once. This time the Sox were celebrating after defeating YD33s. Arencibia and Holliday were the top hitters, while Bruce Chen won both of his starts and the Pittsburgh duo of Hanrahan and Grilli took care of saves and holds. It was a rough week for YD33s, with the pitching staff failing to collect any wins, saves or holds. Plouffe homered three times.
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NE Riverkings | 24 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.84 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.14* | 11 |
tavira expats | 19 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 0.24 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.1 | 1.14* | 1 |
The Riverkings go top after a big win against the Expats, sweeping the pitching categories thanks to winning a tie break in WHIP. Grienke won twice while Wright, Austin Jackson, Butler and Markakis provided plenty of offense. The Expats had loads of speed, including five steals by BJ Upton, while David Murphy and Ibanez each homered twice.
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The Cheddar Chasers | 27 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 0.28 | 0.85 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.28 | 9 |
BD Yankees | 32 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.82 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1 |
A mix of offense and pitching helped the Chasers defeat the Yankees 9-1. Hardy, Beltre, Joyce and Moreland helped take five offensive categories, while Lewis had a win and 10 strikeouts. Harper and Fielder helped the Yankees salvage runs while Strasburg had a win and 13 strikeouts.
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Iron Men | 22 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 0.25 | 0.71 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 9 |
Richie’s RBI’s | 20 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0.23 | 0.64 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 4.6 | 1.23 | 3 |
A pair of wins from Josh Johnson and a nice week from Braun helped Iron Men defeat the RBIs 9-3. Granderson homered twice in the defeat, while Capps, Rodney and Rafael Soriano combined for six saves.
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daebhid2 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.66 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.65 | 1 |
Pontypridd Pirates | 31 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0.29 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.57 | 8 |
The Pirates moved over .500 with an 8-1 win against daebhid2. Konerko had a huge week, while Cano, Morneau and Choo helped take five out of six categories, while Sale was the pick of the pitchers. Justin Upton and Seager hit well for daebhid2, but the only category they would win would be saves, thanks to Fuentes.
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Orpington Isotopes | 31 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0.28 | 0.84 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.27 | 8 |
SWAT* | 27 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0.26 | 0.75 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.33 | 3 |
My Isotopes took five offensive categories on the way to an 8-3 win against SWAT in a power-filled matchup. McCutchen hit four homers and Jose Bautista went deep three times while Price had 13 strikeouts and Bastardo picked up three holds. Adam Jones (four homers) and Hunter Pence (three homers) hit well for SWAT, while four different relievers recorded saves.
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Boyd’s Base On Balls | 34 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 0.28 | 0.72 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.91 | 7 |
Chatham Anglers | 26 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 0.27 | 0.72 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 1.35 | 2 |
Boyd’s Base On Balls got the better of the Anglers 7-2 in a tight matchup, as a number of categories could have easily gone the other way. Ruiz and Desmond did much of the damage with the bat, while Lester won both his starts and Verlander came so close to a no-hitter against the Pirates. Nova, McDonald and Gio Gonzalez combined for 37 strikeouts for the Anglers, while five different hitters had five or more RBIs.
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stevenston angels | 30 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 0.27 | 0.72 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.49 | 4 |
Beck ‘Nams (GB) | 26 | 6 | 34 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.81 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 5.6 | 1.67 | 7 |
Beck ‘Nams took five offensive categories on the way to beating the Angels 7-4, with Aviles, Pagan and Lucroy’s monster Sunday doing a lot of damage. Putz and Papelbon combined for five saves while Capuano struck out six. Willingham and Pierzynski had nice weeks for the Angels, while Thornton had a win and a hold.
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Ridge Bolts | 23 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.03 | 6 |
Bonestalkers | 23 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0.3 | 0.76 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 5 |
Finally, Bonestalkers ran wild against the Bolts, collecting an incredible 16 steals in a week but losing 6-5. Alfonso Soriano homered three times for Bonestalkers, while Bass pick up a win and 13 strikeouts. Ross hit for power for the Bolts, while the bullpen had a productive week with five saves and seven holds.
Here are the week eight fixtures:
Riverkings (1st) v Anglers (13th)
Chasers (2nd) v Bonestalkers (14th)
Sox (3rd) v Expats (19th)
Stuff (4th) v Isotopes (12th)
SWAT (5th) v Bolts (10th)
Vendors (6th) v Iron Men (7th)
RBIs (8th) v RBIs (15th)
Beck ‘Nams (9th) v Pirates (11th)
daebhid2 (16th) v YD33s (20th)
Angels (17th) v Yankees (18th)
2 comments
I’m not sure quite how I won my match-up last week. I made my typical mistake of leaving several pitchers on the bench on the wrong day, most notably Andy Pettitte for one of the best starts of his career. Definitely had some luck to still manage to win the match-up.
Matt
Bring it on this week MG!
Although after sweeping last week, it would be absolutely typical to get swept myself this time out.