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BaseballGB Fantasy League 2017 Week Ten

by Matt Smith

I’m ‘pinch-blogging’ for Mark this week in the BGB Fantasy League round-up. Let’s see if anyone had a perfect 10 week or if it was a week to forget for others.

 

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Jesmond Dennings 33 8 24 6 .280* .795 2 3 43 3 5.00 1.13 11
Weston-Super-Sox 31 7 20 6 .280* .790 1 1 17 1 6.16 1.74 0

Jesmond got the biggest win of the week as the Super-Sox pitchers fell one inning below the required minimum of 20, handing those 6 points away. Dallas Keuchel’s absence clearly hurt the Super-Sox, whilst Jesmond got three saves from Corey Knebel and a couple of holds from Andrew Miller.

Joey Votto had a big week for Jesmond with four home runs and a 1.300 OPS and Ian Desmond added three stolen bases. Six of the Super-Sox’s seven home runs came from Houston Astros (McCann, Gurriel and Springer).

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Batteries Essential 36 5 20 3 .271 .738 4 2 54 0 2.83 1.20 2
Norwich No II 36 13 38 2 .283 .904 6 3 45 1 2.23 0.88 9

Norwich No II built on their lead at the top of the league with an impressive 9-2 victory over Batteries Essential. Gary Sanchez’s four home runs and 13 RBI led Norwich’s offence, with Mark Reynolds, Aaron Hicks and Kris Bryant chipping in multiple homers each too. For Batteries’ Charlie Blackmon played a huge role in the team drawing the runs category as he crossed the plate 11 teams.

Sonny Gray and Gio Gonzalez amassed 24 strike-outs to help Batteries take that category, but otherwise the pitching glory went to Norwich No II, not least through Craig Kimbrel and Edwin Diaz picking up saves whilst not allowing any runs.

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Iron Men 37 9 28 0 .314 .965 4 3 44 3 1.96 0.94 8
Mighty Slugs 26 5 23 4 .206 .640 7 3 63 0 3.95 1.33 3

Iron Men picked up a good win against the Slugs. Chris Archer gave the Slugs 19 K’s on the way to a team total of 63, but the Iron Men’s staff got 19 K’s from Carlos Martinez too and were more efficient in keeping runs off the board. The Iron Men offense received handy contributions from a range of players, rather than an individual exceptional week, and that proved enough with the Slugs having to get by during Mike Trout’s absence.

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Beckenham A&E Dept 42 14 45 6 .330 1.001 3 7 68 0 5.33 1.49 8
Durham Riverkings 22 5 24 3 .255 .672 5 2 36 2 3.45 1.29 4

Beckenham picked up a needed win against the Riverkings in a match-up of two parts. The A&E Dept romped their way to all six offensive categories, with Schoop and Bruce each hitting three home runs and Buster Posey adding nine RBI. The Riverkings were able to fight back by taking four of the pitching categories, but Iglesias’s three saves, and in particular Max Scherzer’s 24 strike-outs allowed Beckenham’s to snatch those two categories and the match-up win.

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Orpington Isotopes 33 8 42 1 .296 .865 1 3 65 0 4.84 1.20 7
Richie’s RBI’s 35 9 35 1 .277 .827 3 2 47 3 5.98 1.27 4

Mark’s Isotopes left me little chance to make fun of him in his absence by earning a 7-4 win over the RBI’s. Starlin Castro led the Isotopes with 3 HR and 10 RBI, whilst Jake Lamb gave Ritchie’s team 11 RBI and some bloke called Aaron Judge got a few half-decent hits along the way too. Saves and K’s were once again a key part of the winning team’s arsenal as the Isotopes took those two (Samardzija adding 16 K’s to the total), with RBI’s being hurt by disappointing performances from Tanaka and Porcello.

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
Cheshunt Maltsters 31 7 23 1 .296 .828 6 4 53 3 3.60 1.33 7
Newcastle Knights 35 12 30 0 .255 .881 1 2 36 4 5.50 1.51 5

Maltsters stay in second place after a narrow victory over the Knights. They had no less than 11 pitchers contributing across the week on their way to five of the pitching categories, Osuna being the pick of the bench in earning three saves. The Knights’ offense hit back with Smoak sticking three balls over the fence LeMahieu and Seager both providing 7 RBI, but Maltsters took the batting average and Andrew McCutchen’s stolen base proved the only piece of bag theft by either team.

Team R HR RBI SB AVG OPS W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score
The Cheddar Chasers 27 11 42 3 .301 .917 2 0 59 0 5.43 1.67 6
The Bath Bombers 21 5 19 6 .242 .680 3 2 56 6 3.54 1.11 6

Finally, my Chasers had a hard-fought draw with the Bombers. My batting line-up came out on top in five out of six, with Justin Upton’s 10 RBI helping no end, but the Bombers’ pitching staff won five out of six on that side of the match-up to level things up. Strasburg, Robertson and Rosenthal were the key contributors, although Robbie Ray continued to pitch brilliantly for my team (and the D-Backs) with two wins and 23 K’s.

Week 11 match-ups

Norwich No 11 (1st) v Beckenham (9th)
Maltsters (2nd) v Riverkings (7th)
Bombers (3rd) v Isoptopes (5th)
RBI’s (4th) v Batteries (11th)
Chasers (6th) v Super-Sox (12th)
Iron Men (8th) v Knights (13th)
Jesmond (10th) v Slugs (14th)

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