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.
Team | H/AB* | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OPS | IP* | W | SV | K | HLD | ERA | WHIP | Score |
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Orpington Eagles | 101/348 | 61 | 15 | 56 | 1 | .290 | .835 | 62.1 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 5.63 | 1.49 | 10 |
Didsbury Dodgers | 65/278 | 43 | 15 | 37 | 3 | .234 | .771 | 44.0 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 10.23 | 2.18 | 1 |
- 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 |
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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
Team | H/AB* | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OPS | IP* | W | SV | K | HLD | ERA | WHIP | Score |
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Bunting for Britain | 106/339 | 69 | 26 | 59 | 7 | .313 | .983 | 58.2 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 5.52 | 1.35 | 9 |
The Cheddar Chasers | 69/293 | 37 | 9 | 34 | 13 | .235 | .686 | 34.0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.41 | 3 |
- 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
Team | H/AB* | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OPS | IP* | W | SV | K | HLD | ERA | WHIP | Score |
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Beckenham A&E Dept | 64/268 | 40 | 16 | 50 | 4 | .239 | .781 | 49.1 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 1.82 | 0.97 | 3 |
Cheshunt Maltsters | 109/352 | 63 | 19 | 73 | 3 | .310 | .935 | 65.2 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 2.88 | 0.85 | 9 |
- 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 |
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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
Rank | Team | W-L-T | Pct | GB | Last Week | Waiver | Moves |
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1 | Bunting for Britain | 31-17-0 | .646 | – | 9-3-0 | 9 | 24 |
2 | Mighty Slugs | 28-15-5 | .635 | 0.5 | 6-4-2 | 1 | 21 |
3 | Orpington Eagles | 26-18-4 | .583 | 3 | 10-1-1 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Norwich No II | 25-17-6 | .583 | 3 | 10-1-1 | 2 | 24 |
5 | Cheshunt Maltsters | 24-20-4 | .542 | 5 | 9-3-0 | 5 | 17 |
6 | Richie’s RBI’s | 22-24-2 | .479 | 8 | 4-6-2 | 10 | 14 |
7 | The Cheddar Chasers | 20-24-4 | .458 | 9 | 3-9-0 | 7 | – |
8 | Beckenham A&E Dept | 20-24-4 | .458 | 9 | 3-9-0 | 3 | – |
9 | Didsbury Dodgers | 21-26-1 | .448 | 9.5 | 1-10-1 | 8 | 1 |
10 | Newcastle Knights | 7-39-2 | .167 | 23 | 1-10-1 | 6 | 12 |
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
- Orpington Eagles26-18-4 | 3rd vs Mighty Slugs28-15-5 | 2nd
- Beckenham A&E Dept20-24-4 | 8th vs Didsbury Dodgers21-26-1 | 9th
- Bunting for Britain31-17-0 | 1st vs Cheshunt Maltsters24-20-4 | 5th
- Newcastle Knights7-39-2 | 10th vs Richie’s RBI’s22-24-2 | 6th
- Norwich No II25-17-6 | 4th vs The Cheddar Chasers20-24-4 | 7th