The BaseballGB Fantasy League continues to be very competitive, with no teams hitting double digits this week and nine games separating the top seven. Here’s what happened in week five.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	37	9	33	5	.276	.865	1	6	66	0	3.38	1.26	9
The Cheddar Chasers	24	5	24	2	.236	.673	1	1	54	2	3.88	1.06	2

All-round threat: Springer (Knigts) 6 R, 2 HR 5 RBI, SB, .333 AVG

RBI machine: Muncy (Knights) 2 HR, 8 RBI

.400 club: Betts (Knights) .417 AVG

Lockdown closer: Hader (Knights) 3 SV, 10 K

No runs allowed: Minor (Knights) 0.00 ERA

Mr Efficient: Hendricks (Chasers) 0.44 WHIP

Hold on: Ottavino and Leclerc (both Chasers) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	14	41	6	.266	.849	3	1	76	0	3.00	0.96	8
Mighty Slugs	28	6	27	2	.263	.761	4	3	63	2	2.42	1.07	4

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Rizzo (Isotopes) 3 HR, 9 RBIs, SB, .399 AVG, 1.399 OPS; Brantley (Isotopes) 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.342 OPS; Suarez (Isotopes) 3 HR

Strikeout machine: Porcello (Isotopes) 15 K, 0.64 WHIP; Sanchez (Isotopes) 16 K

Wins still matter: C Smith (Slugs) W, 1.29 ERA

Double threat: W Smith (Slugs) W, 3 SV

Hold on: Pressly and Rogers (both Slugs) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	17	3	15	3	.240	.646	3	4	55	1	4.35	1.27	2
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	12	32	3	.239	.808	3	5	52	1	3.86	1.14	7

Super sluggers: Encarnacion (Maltsters) 5 R, 3 HR; Albies (Maltsters) 2 HR, 8 RBI; Contreras (Maltsters) 5 R, 2 HR, 1.529 OPS

Hitting for average: Chapman (A&E Dept) .333 AVG

Strikeout machine: Verlander (A&E Dept) 14 K

No runs or baserunners allowed: Lester (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP; Sale (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Saving the day: Holland (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	21	5	22	0	.203	.620	7	4	52	1	3.04	1.37	4
The Bath Bombers	30	8	26	5	.261	.756	2	1	49	1	3.45	1.26	7

Power display: Machado (Bombers) 6 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, .945 OPS

Hitting for average: Hosmer (Bombers) .393 AVG, Benintendi (Bombers) .345 AVG, SB

Decision makers: Hand (Norwich) W, 2 SV; Buttrey (Norwich) W, SV

Strikeout leader: Maeda (Norwich) 9 K

Stingy ERA: Ray (Norwich) 1.59 ERA

Savvy pickup: Gonzalez (Bombers) 0.56 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	33	11	39	4	.251	.788	2	6	49	1	5.05	1.27	7
Swindon Devil Rays	28	6	25	1	.258	.808	3	1	30	0	2.90	1.13	5

MVP: Marte (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .368 AVG, 1.402 OPS

I remember his dad: Mondesi (RBIs) 6 R, HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB

Power display: Santana (RBIs) 3 HR

.400 club: Arenado (Devil Rays) .400 AVG, 1.219 OPS

Wins still matter: Glasnow (Devil Rays) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Cole (RBIs) 11 K

Saving the day: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

Pitching injuries: Kluber and Price (Devil Rays) – Swindon are at risk of falling below the 20-inning minimum limit. Please use DL spots and add some reinforcements from the free agent pool, waiver wire or trade.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	35	15	40	1	.233	.838	3	2	51	3	3.50	1.28	6
Durham Riverkings	35	13	30	2	.300	.954	1	2	30	1	6.29	1.27	4

RBI machine: Bregman (Bunting) 6 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI; Hoskins (Bunting) 2 HR, 8 RBIs

Safe at home: Devers (Riverkings) 10 R, .367 AVG, 1.012 OPS

Highest average of the week: Aguilar (Riverkings) 3 HR, 7 RBI, .625 AVG, 2.500 OPS

Wins still mattter: Kelly (Bunting) W, 1.69 ERA

By way of the K: Wheeler (Bunting) 14 K

The Bieber it’s OK to like: Bieber (Bunting) 1.17 ERA

WHIP difference maker: Kikuchi (Riverkings) 0.57 WHIP

Thanks for that: Snell (Riverkings) 21.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP; Kelly (Riverkings) 20.25 ERA, 3.75 WHIP.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	39-16-5	.692	–	9-2-1	11	8
2	 Mighty Slugs	34-23-3	.592	6	4-8-0	8	12
3	 Bunting for Britain	32-22-6	.583	6.5	6-4-2	1	14
4	 Cheshunt Maltsters	31-24-5	.558	8	7-2-3	2	8
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	31-24-5	.558	8	2-9-1	6	5
6	 Orpington Isotopes	32-27-1	.542	9	8-4-0	7	6
7	 Norwich No II	30-25-5	.542	9	4-7-1	12	10
8	 Durham Riverkings	26-31-3	.458	14	4-6-2	3	12
9	 Beckenham A&E Dept	24-29-7	.458	14	2-7-3	4	7
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	24-32-4	.433	15.5	7-5-0	9	9
11	 The Bath Bombers	17-39-4	.317	22.5	7-4-1	5	8
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	14-42-4	.267	25.5	5-7-0	10	–

Week 6 Match-ups

Knights v Isotopes

Slugs v Bunting For Britain

Maltsters v Devil Rays

Chasers v Norwich

Riverkings v A&E Dept RBIs v Bombers