BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 8

The Mighty Slugs went top after week seven of the BaseballGB but could they hold on to top spot? And brace yourself for intros referencing Monty Python, Neneh Cherry and a particularly awful pun for a Milwaukee starting pitcher.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

Beckenham A&E Dept

39

12

36

1

.308

.923

5

4

70

0

4.22

1.17

9

Newcastle Knights

31

10

28

4

.306

.912

4

2

64

1

4.16

1.31

3

He’s the Juan: Soto (A&E Dept) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.418 OPS

Matt’s the way to do it: Chapman (A&E Dept) 6 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .308 AVG

How much wood would a Woodruff ruff if a Woodruff could ruff wood: Woodruff (A&E Dept) W, 10 K, 0.13 WHIP

Happy Chappy: Champman (A&E Dept) 3 SV

No runs allowed: Flaherty and Giolito (both Knights) 0.00 ERA

Hold this: Miller (Knights) HLD.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

Cheshunt Maltsters

27

7

20

3

.261

.763

1

1

51

4

3.74

1.25

3

Mighty Slugs

34

10

33

0

.286

.841

3

1

49

5

3.83

1.21

8

Ring your Bell: Bell (Slugs) 7 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .375 AVG

Life of Riley: Riley (Slugs) 4 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI

Double duty: Rogers (Slugs) W, HLD

Stingy WHIP: Chirinos (Slugs) 0.82 WHIP, Strasburg (Slugs) 1.00 WHIP

By way of the K: Bauer (Maltsters) 13 K

Damage limitation: Gonzales (Maltsters) 1.29 ERA.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

Durham Riverkings

32

14

38

5

.300

.939

4

7

53

0

4.08

1.25

4

Swindon Devil Rays

39

17

44

2

.309

1.035

2

0

24

1

2.38

0.97

8

MVP: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .538 AVG, 1.632 OPS

Also pretty darn good: Smoak (Devil Rays) 6 R, 5 HR, 9 RBI; McCutchen (Devil Rays) 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .345 AVG; Devers (Riverkings) 8 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .481 AVG, 1.500 OPS

Strikeout leader: German (Riverkings) 11 K

Busy week: Diaz (Riverkings) W, 3 SV; Yates (Riverkings) 3 SV

Stingy duo: Price (Devil Rays) 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Buehler (Devil Rays) 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

Bunting for Britain

28

7

21

4

.242

.787

4

4

67

4

2.95

1.05

7

Norwich No II

34

15

22

1

.274

.897

2

1

33

3

4.95

1.78

5

Three-homer weeks: Alonso (Norwich); Myers (Bunting)

Luke, the force is with you: Voit (Norwich) 6 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Strikeout machines: Wheeler (Bunting) W, 14 K; Weaver (Bunting) W, 13 K

Let’s hear it for the Boyd: Boyd (Bunting) 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Double duty: Neris (Bunting) W, 2 SV

What we have, we hold: Stammen and Gant (both Bunting) 2 HLD each.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

The Bath Bombers

37

9

42

5

.335

.912

3

3

52

0

3.07

1.02

5

The Cheddar Chasers

41

14

37

5

.281

.888

4

0

65

2

2.62

1.17

6

Safe at home: Rendon (Chasers) 8 R

It’s outta here: Realmuto ( Chasers) 3 HR

Pair of Twins: Kepler (Bombers) 10 RBI, .571 AVG, 1.790 OPS; Rosario (Bombers) 10 RBI, .444 AVG, 1.316 OPS

All-round effort: Arrieta (Chasers) W, 12 K, 1.93 ERA; Gray (Chasers) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA; Marquez (Chasers) W, 11 K, 2.51 ERA

Holding on: Ottavino (Chasers) 2 HLD

Stingy WHIP: Soroka (Bombers) 0.57 WHIP

Closing Time: Treinen (Bombers) 3 SV.

Team

R

HR

RBI

SB

AVG

OPS

W

SV

K

HLD

ERA

WHIP

Score

Orpington Isotopes

33

12

34

3

.304

.914

4

4

57

1

2.93

1.14

5

Richie’s RBI’s

54

17

45

3

.335

1.050

2

1

43

0

3.82

1.01

6

Buffalo stance: Ramos (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.419 OPS

Run machines: Torres (RBIs) 8 R, 5 HR, 8 RBI; Marte (RBIs) 8 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .407 AVG, 1.337 OPS

Beautiful plumage: Peacock (Isotopes) W, 17 K, 0.00 ERA

Closing time: Osuna and Iglesias (both isotopes) 2 SV each

Standings

Rank

Team

W-L-T

Pct

GB

Last Week

Waiver

Moves

1

 Mighty Slugs

60-30-6

.656

8-3-1

8

16

2

 Newcastle Knights

54-36-6

.594

6

3-9-0

11

12

3

 The Cheddar Chasers

50-39-7

.557

9.5

6-5-1

6

5

4

 Norwich No II

49-41-6

.542

11

5-7-0

12

12

5

 Cheshunt Maltsters

47-41-8

.531

12

3-8-1

2

11

6

 Beckenham A&E Dept

45-42-9

.516

13.5

9-3-0

4

10

7

 Orpington Isotopes

47-45-4

.510

14

5-6-1

7

10

8

 Bunting for Britain

45-44-7

.505

14.5

7-5-0

1

18

9

 Richie’s RBI’s

39-51-6

.438

21

6-5-1

9

11

10

 Durham Riverkings

38-53-5

.422

22.5

4-8-0

3

13

11

 The Bath Bombers

37-54-5

.411

23.5

5-6-1

5

9

12

 Swindon Devil Rays

28-63-5

.318

32.5

8-4-0

10

3

Week 9 Match-ups

Isotopes (7th) v Bombers (11th)

Bunting (8th) v RBI’s (9th)

Beckenham (6th) v No II (4th)

Maltsters (5th) v Knights (2nd)

Riverkings (10th) v Slugs (1st)

Chasers (3rd) v Devil Rays (12th)

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