Players apologising for hitting grand slams. Bullpen meltdowns. Near no-hitters. Games decided by plays at the plate. Just another week in MLB. Here’s how it affected the week four matchups ( also the half-way point in the season) in the BaseballGB Fantasy League.
Clutch performer: C Santana (Eagles) 2 HR, 9 RBI Way above average: Rendon (Eagles) .531 AVG, 1.125 OPS; Diaz (Eagles) 2 HR, .368 AVG, 1.215 OPS MVP: Betts (Dodgers) 3 HR, 3 SB Berry good: Berrios (Eagles) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP Double duty: Jeffress (Eagles) W, 2 SV Team H/AB* R HR RBI SB AVG OPS IP* W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score Newcastle Knights 74/313 47 11 33 2 .236 .743 33.1 4 3 36 2 4.86 1.35 1 Norwich No II 100/365 58 13 50 7 .274 .826 59.1 2 3 64 3 4.25 1.20 10
Power you can bank on: Santander (Norwich) 3 HR; Chapman (Norwich) 7 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI Safe at home: Verdugo (Norwich) 8 R, .333 AVG, SB; T Turner (Norwich) 7 R, 2 SB, .409 AVG RBI machine: Devers (Norwich) 2 HR, 7 RBI, .323 AVG Bauer power: Bauer (Knights) W By way of the K: Cole (Norwich) 10 K, 2.70 ERA, 1.05 WHIP What we have, we hold: Duffey (Norwich) 3 HLD Unstoppable force: Abreu (Bunting) 9 R, 7 HR, 15 RBI, .533 AVG, 1.896 OPS Slam Diego: Tatis Jr (Bunting) 9 R, 3 HR, 8 RBI, .357 AVG, 1.116 OPS Smooth operator: Lewis (Bunting) 11 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI, .522 AVG, 1.590 OPS Running wild: Merrifield (Chasers) 4 SB, J Ramirez (Chasers) 3 SB Wins still matter: Fried (Chasers) W, 1.80 ERA Strikeout machine: Gallen (Bunting) 14 K, 0.85 WHIP Hold on: Anderson (Bunting) 2 HLD Closing time: Jansen (Bunting) SV Full Nelson: Cruz (Maltsters) 6 R, 4 HR, 5 RBI, .350 AVG, 1.450 OPS Buffalo Blue Jays: L Gurriel (Maltsters) 2 HR, 10 RBI, .345 AVG, 1.015 OPS; Biggio (Maltsters) 8 R, HR, 6 RBI, .440 AVG, 1.308 OPS Austin powers: Nola (Maltsters) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .345 AVG Cool hand Luke: Voit (A&E Dept) 5 HR Missing bats: Darvish (A&E Dept) 17 K, 1.38 ERA Near no-no: Maeda (A&E Dept) 12 K, 1.13 ERA Just another normal week: Bieber (A&E Dept) 0.00 ERA Double duty: Hendriks (Maltsters) W, 2 SV Holding on: Watson and Castillo (both Maltsters) 2 HLD each WHIP it: Civale (Maltsters) 0.56 WHIP; Giolito (Maltsters) 0.57 WHIP; Greinke (Maltsters) 0.64 WHIP, Keuchel (Malsters) 0.88 WHIP Team H/AB* R HR RBI SB AVG OPS IP* W SV K HLD ERA WHIP Score Mighty Slugs 84/329 59 20 46 4 .255 .873 62.0 3 2 53 6 4.79 1.55 6 Richie’s RBI’s 69/320 39 12 40 4 .216 .668 56.0 3 4 65 5 4.50 1.32 4
Slam Diego (part two): Machado (Slugs) 8 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .393 AVG, 1.290 OPS Hunter gatherer: H Dozier (Slugs) 7 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .350 AVG, 1.208 OPS Vintage Clayton: Kershaw (RBIs) 11 K, 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP Now closing: Pagan (RBIs) 2 SV Setting things up: Romo and Rainey (both Slugs) 2 HLD each Standings
We have a change at the top as Bunting move 0.5 ahead of the Slugs. Big wins for the Eagles and Norwich help them climb the standings. Just 6.5 games cover the top nine teams so still plenty to play for in the second half of the season.
Week 5 Matchups In progress
