A no-hitter. Bench-clearing incidents. A trade deadline looming. It was another eventful week in MLB. Let’s look at how it affected week five of the BaseballGB Fantasy League.

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	90/328	53	12	44	5	.274	.805	58.2	5	1	69	0	4.76	1.35	4
The Cheddar Chasers	74/284	52	19	45	6	.261	.847	36.2	4	2	49	0	3.19	1.23	7

• Hot hitters: Hoskins (Chasers) 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1.358 OPS; J Ramirez (Chasers) 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 SB
• Trea cool: T Turner (Norwich) 6 R, .519 AVG; Alberto (Norwich) .429 AVG
• Strikeout machine: Paddack (Norwich) W, 15 K
• Making his mark: Melancon (Chasers) 2 SV
• Feeling stingy: Scherzer (Chasers) 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP; Fried (Chasers) 1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP; McCullers (Chasers) 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	70/286	50	11	41	6	.245	.750*	68.1	5	3	64	2	2.77	1.24	5
Cheshunt Maltsters	71/300	46	13	47	4	.237	.750*	46.0	5	8	58	0	2.74	0.87	6

• Simply the best: Trout (Maltsters) 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1.166 OPS
• Boomstick: Cruz (Maltsters) 3 HR, 3 RBI
• Safe at home: Tatis Jr (Bunting) 7 R, SB, .320 AVG.400 club: Brantley (Bunting) .455 AVG; Schoop (Bunting) .409 AVG
• No-hitter: Giolito (Maltsters) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.11 WHIP
• Pressed into action: Pressly (Maltsters) 3 SV
• By way of the K: Burnes (Bunting) 10 K
• What we have, we hold: Wick (Bunting) 2 HLD

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	98/331	60	15	50	5	.296	.850	48.2	4	1	55	3	4.81	1.48	6
Richie’s RBI’s	81/327	42	13	40	7	.248	.743	58.1	4	2	64	1	3.55	1.20	5

• Very good Christian: Walker (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI, .364 AVG, 1.203 OPS
• Cutch in the clutch: McCutchen (Knights) 7 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .435 AVG, 1.197 OPS
• Need for speed: Villar (RBIs) 2 SB
• By way of the K: Lynn (RBIs) 14 K, Lugo (RBIs) 12 K
• No runs allowed: Kershaw (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP; Tanaka (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.60 WHIP

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Eagles	89/327	48	13	45	4	.272	.811	51.1	1	2	54	2	3.33	1.48	4
Mighty Slugs	82/325	48	13	47	2	.252	.756	68.0	5	2	73	3	5.29	1.47	5

• M&M and M&M: Muncy (Slugs) 5 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI; Machado (Slugs) 8 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI
• Happy: Happ (Slugs) 3 HR
• Nudge, nudge, wink, wink: Winker (Eagles) 6 R, 4 HR, .333 AVG, 1.231 OPS
• He’s going: Lindor (Eagles) 2 SB, .360 AVG
• .400 club: Cronenworth (Eagles) .409 AVG; Suzuki (Eagles) .417 AVG
• Wins still matter: Valdez (Slugs) W, 11 K, 1.14 WHIP
• Double duty: Hernandez (Slugs) W, HLD
• No runs allowed: Minor (Eagles) 0.00 ERA

Team	H/AB*	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	IP*	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	65/234	38	13	41	6	.278	.889	55.1	5	2	72	0	2.11	1.08	5
Didsbury Dodgers	74/229	38	15	50	3	.323	.995	44.1	3	2	52	1	5.48	1.56	5

• RBI machine: Guerrero Jr (Dodgers) HR, 10 RBI, .391 AVG, 1.157 |OPS
• .400 club: Bogaerts (Dodgers) .450 AVG, 1.326 OPS; Segura (Dodgers) .409 AVG
• Swing and a drive: Rizzo (Dodgers) 3 HR, 6 RBI
• Swiping bags: Story and Ohtani (both A&E Dept) 3 SB each
• Where’s the run support?: deGrom (A&E Dept) 14 K, 1.29 ERA, 0.57 WHIP
• Jumping Jack flash: Flaherty (A&E Dept) W, 0.90 ERA, 0.60 WHIP
• Wins still matter: Maeda (A&E Dept) W, 15 K; Bieber (A&E Dept) W, 10 K
• Standings:

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	Mighty Slugs	33-19-8	.617	–	5-4-3	1	24
2	Bunting for Britain	36-23-1	.608	0.5	5-6-1	9	27
3	Orpington Eagles	30-23-7	.558	3.5	4-5-3	4	13
4	Cheshunt Maltsters	30-25-5	.542	4.5	6-5-1	5	17
5	Norwich No II	29-24-7	.542	4.5	4-7-1	2	26
6	The Cheddar Chasers	27-28-5	.492	7.5	7-4-1	7	–
7	Richie’s RBI’s	27-30-3	.475	8.5	5-6-1	10	15
8	Beckenham A&E Dept	25-29-6	.467	9	5-5-2	3	–
9	Didsbury Dodgers	26-31-3	.458	9.5	5-5-2	8	1
10	Newcastle Knights	13-44-3	.242	22.5	6-5-1	6	13

Week 6 Matchups In progress

• Orpington Eagles 30-23-7 | 3rd vs Newcastle Knights13-44-3 | 10th
• Beckenham A&E Dept 25-29-6 | 8th vs Mighty Slugs33-19-8 | 1st
• Bunting for Britain 36-23-1 | 2nd vs Didsbury Dodgers26-31-3 | 9th
• Cheshunt Maltsters 30-25-5 | 4th vs The Cheddar Chasers27-28-5 | 6th
• Norwich No II 29-24-7 | 5th vs Richie’s RBI’s27-30-3 | 7th

Trade deadline:

The MLB trade deadline was on Monday night but there is still time to make a deal in this league. Our deadline is Sunday, September 6.