The Slugs have seen their lead cut in week nine of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, plus a certain team from Kent have charged up the standings.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	28	8	35	5	.285	.861	2	3	51	2	5.50	1.48	11
The Bath Bombers	25	5	26	4	.228	.697	4	2	42	0	6.21	1.62	1

MVP: Story (Isotopes) 9 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .524 AVG, 1.631 OPS

Busting out of a slump: Hernandez (Isotopes) 2 HR, 7 RBI

.400 club: Brantlet and Verdugo (both Isotopes) .409 AVG and .400 AVG respectively

Respectable stats: Morton (Isotope) 2.57 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

Closing time: Osuna (Isotopes) 3 SV Hold on: Jeffress (Isotopes) 2 HLD and this incredible catch

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	9	24	2	.273	.797	0	3	49	3	5.72	1.50	2
Newcastle Knights	32	10	34	3	.303	.903	2	1	40	4	2.76	1.06	10

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Alfaro (Knights) 2 HR, 7 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.471 OPS; Muncy (Knights) 7 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .385 AVG; Hiura (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .320 AVG

Ace: Giolito (Knights) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.68 WHIP

By way of the K: Heaney and Sale (both Maltsters) 10 K each Closing time: Jansen (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	31	8	29	3	.304	.839	3	6	51	1	3.90	1.32	9
Norwich No II	26	12	25	2	.270	.890	1	3	46	5	4.84	1.41	3

Run machine: Soto (A&E Dept) 9 R, .333 AVG

Need for speed: Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 2 SB

The Moose is loose: Moustakas (Norwich) 3 HR

Still got it: Verlander (A&E Dept) W, 1.13 ERA, 0.75 WHIP

Save me: Chapman and Doolittle (A&E Dept); Hand (Norwich) 3 SV each

What we have we hold: Buttrey and Baez (both Norwich) 2 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	21	4	28	2	.278	.753	5	2	65	4	5.23	1.18	3
Richie’s RBI’s	41	14	36	3	.293	.878	4	6	56	0	3.11	0.97	9

Smooth: Santana (RBIs) 5 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI

Higher than average: Dahl (RBIs) .450 AVG

Speed to burn: Mondesi (RBIs) 3 SB

Strikeout machines: Boyd (Bunting) W, 17 K; Cole (RBIs) 16 K; Strahm (Bunting) 15 K

No runs allowed: Odorizzi (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Lockdown closer: Colome (RBIs) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	32	9	27	5	.267	.846	5	1	72	4	2.90	1.21	4
Swindon Devil Rays	39	13	45	0	.328	.997	1	1	26	2	2.70	1.17	7

MVP: Bogaerts (Devil Rays) 10 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .462 AVG, 1.443 OPS

Also pretty good: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, HR, 8 RBIs, .423 AVG, 1.132 OPS

Speed demon: Villar (Chasers) 2 SB

Mad Max: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 21 K

Putting up zeroes: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Stingy stats: Mikolas (Devil Rays) 1.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP; Price (Devil Rays) 1.46 ERA, 0.89 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	37	13	38	4	.301	.894	1	3	44	1	5.76	1.72	5
Mighty Slugs	31	14	29	1	.284	.861	3	3	70	4	3.44	1.17	6

All-round threat: Meadows (Riverkings) 8 R, 10 RBI, 2 SB, .419 AVG, 1.116 OPS

Three-homer weeks: Martinez and Riley (both Slugs); Pederson and Sanchez (both Riverkings)

Strikeouts in bulk: Chirinos (Slugs) W, 14 K

No runs allowed: Paxton (Slugs) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP Pressed into action: Pressly (Slugs) 3 HLD

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	66-35-7	.644	–	6-5-1	8	17
2	 Newcastle Knights	64-38-6	.620	2.5	10-2-0	11	14
3	 Orpington Isotopes	58-46-4	.556	9.5	11-1-0	7	12
4	 Beckenham A&E Dept	54-45-9	.542	11	9-3-0	4	10
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	54-46-8	.537	11.5	4-7-1	6	5
6	 Norwich No II	52-50-6	.509	14.5	3-9-0	12	12
7	 Cheshunt Maltsters	49-51-8	.491	16.5	2-10-0	2	12
8	 Bunting for Britain	48-53-7	.477	18	3-9-0	1	19
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	48-54-6	.472	18.5	9-3-0	9	11
10	 Durham Riverkings	43-59-6	.426	23.5	5-6-1	3	14
11	 The Bath Bombers	38-65-5	.375	29	1-11-0	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	35-67-6	.352	31.5	7-4-1	10	3

Week 10 Match-ups

Isoptopes (3rd) v Chasers (5th)
Bunting (8th) v Bombers (11th)
Beckenham (4th) v RBI’s (9th)
Maltsters (7th) v No II (6th)
Riverkings (10th) v Knights (2nd)
Slugs (1st) v Devil Rays (12th)