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BGB Fantasy League Week Ten

by Matt Smith

Week Ten in the BaseballGB Fantasy League produced a top-of-the-table clash between SWAT and Norwich No II. Did the latter close the gap or were SWAT able to extend their lead? Read on to find out.

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SWAT* 32 12 41 12 .306 .867 4 8 57 4 3.23 1.43 10
Norwich No II 31 5 18 7 .266 .741 2 4 47 3 1.62 1.13 2

SWAT won the match-up in decisive style 10-2, extending their lead at the top of the standings to 8.5 games. It was a clean sweep of the offensive categories as SWAT received excellent contributions from Paul Goldschmidt (12 RBI), Everth Cabrera (8 stolen bases), Adrian Beltre and Domonic Brown (3 homers apiece). The back-end of the Yankee bullpen was extremely productive in the saves (4 for Mariano Rivera) and holds (David Robertson with 3) stakes as well. The No II pitching staff was able to take the ERA and WHIP categories and continued to benefit from good play by two fast-emerging Cardinals, Matt Carpenter and Shelby Miller.

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Orpington Isotopes 23 8 38 9 .260 .753 5 3 38 0 3.88 1.25 2
Cardiff Redsox 41 13 39 1 .281 .839 4 4 54 1 3.67 1.22 10

Cardiff Redsox were also able to complete a 10-2 match-up victory, in this case over the Isotopes. The Redsox benefited from solid performances across the board, but in particular from Troy Tulowitzki, Yoenis Cespedes and Mike Minor. Mark George’s Isotopes were able to rescue two categories with five pitchers (Bartolo Colon, R.A. Dickey, Jeremy Hellickson, Brandon League and Adam Wainwright) each contributing a pitching win and five members of the batting lineup amassing 9 stolen bases combined. Dodgers fan Mark was also able to plug Yasiel Puig into his lineup and immediately received some impressive returns.

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The Cheddar Chasers 31 4 26 4 .359 .937 2 3 37 0 4.76 1.44 4
Beck ‘Nams (GB) 22 7 27 1 .263 .830 5 4 63 0 3.68 1.24 7

The Beck’Nams (GB) took a 7-4 victory over my Cheddar Chasers. Felix Hernandez led the Beck’Nams’ pitching staff to 5 of the 6 categories, adding a pitching win and 15 K’s to the team’s totals. My Chasers were able to combine for a more-than-decent batting average but there were no exceptional performances on the week and they can often prove to be decisive in a head-to-head format. Evidence of that came in the form of Carlos Gonzalez’s brilliant 12 RBI week for the Beck’Nams which allowed them to take that category by a single RBI.

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NE Riverkings 24 4 16 3 .300 .791 2 4 55 1 1.69 0.91 5
Batteries Essential 27 8 31 7 .284 .823 4 7 53 0 4.81 1.22 7

The match-up between the NE Riverkings and Batteries Essential was predominantly a case of decent pitching for one side (Riverkings) and decent hitting for the other. The difference therefore came in Batteries Essential being able to pilfer two of the pitching categories, whilst the Riverkings could only rescue one from the batting side.  Dan Uggla and Jay Bruce led the Batteries’ offence, whilst Ryan Dempster helped out in the pitching categories with two pitching wins and 12 strike-outs. Howie Kendrick and Jason Heyward were the main pluses for the Riverkings’ batting lineup, with Cole Hamels, Clayton Kershaw and A.J. Griffin doing a good job on the mound.

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Richie’s RBI’s 26 7 23 3 .247 .700 3 2 48 1 3.27 1.39 6
Weston-Super-Sox 25 2 20 2 .261 .731 4 1 51 1 3.73 1.19 5

Richie’s RBI’s narrowly got the better of the Weston-Super-Sox in their match-up. The Super-Sox’s offence didn’t fire for most of the week and the RBI’s were able to take advantage by securing four of the hitting categories. Oakland A’s teammates Coco Crisp and Josh Donaldson helped the offence along, with the New York Yankees’ Brett Gardener chipping in with 5 runs and 6 RBI.  The Super-Sox found more joy in the pitching categories, most especially through the efforts of the Atlanta Braves’ Kris Medlen who contributed 2 pitching wins and 12 K’s to the totals.

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The Wright Stuff 30 9 33 0 .280 .843 2 2 27 1 2.18 0.90 6
Iron Men 26 6 26 2 .291 .784 5 1 48 0 1.16 0.75 6

Finally, the Wright Stuff and Iron Men couldn’t be separated as they shared the twelve categories. David Ortiz mashed three home runs and collected 12 RBI for the Stuff, whilst Matt Holliday’s tenth-inning Grand Slam against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday night took his weekly totals to 9 runs and 7 RBI for the Iron Men. On the pitching side, Jordan Zimmermann continued his excellent start to the season by adding 12 K’s and a pitching win to the Iron Men’s pot, whilst Tommy Milone added 11 K’s to a Wright Stuff pitching staff that has just welcomed a new addition in the form of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ top prospect, Gerrit Cole.

The Week 11 match-ups

SWAT* (1st) v The Cheddar Chasers (10th)

Norwich No II (2nd) v Orpington Isotopes (7th)

Beck ‘Nams (GB) (3rd) v Weston-Super-Sox (5th)

Iron Men (4th) v Richie’s RBI’s (11th)

The Wright Stuff (6th) v Batteries Essential (8th)

Cardiff Redsox (9th) v NE Riverkings (12th)

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