BGB Fantasy League 2020: Week 7

After seven weeks, the BaseballGB Fantasy League’s regular season is over. Read on to find out which teams will be competing for the title in the playoffs and which teams are battling for the consolation prize.

TeamH/AB*RHRRBISBAVGOPSIP*WSVKHLDERAWHIPScore
Richie’s RBI’s95/33060134615.288.84469.2767623.360.9312
The Cheddar Chasers59/2404511436.246.74544.1424603.651.220

The RBIs did all they could to secure a place in the top four but had to settle for 5th.

  • Power and speed: Mondesi (RBIs) 8 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 5 SB
  • Safe at home: LeMahieu (RBIs) 8 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, SB
  • Mighty Met: McNeil (RBIs) 5 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .476 AVG, 1.512 OPS
  • Unbeatable: Lynn (RBIs) 2 W, 16 K, 1.29 ERA, 0.79 WHIP
  • Pitching royalty: Singer (RBIs) W, 8 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.38 WHIP
  • Closing time: Barnes (RBIs) 2 SV
TeamH/AB*RHRRBISBAVGOPSIP*WSVKHLDERAWHIPScore
Bunting for Britain74/2994111476.247.72779.1418615.671.252
Mighty Slugs94/3786416544.249.77564.2436743.201.079

The Slugs finish top of the regular season standings  while Bunting are in the hunt for the title after finishing third.

  • Matt’s the way to do it: Olson (Slugs) 5 R, 3 HR, 12 RBI
  • Coming home: Dozier (Slugs) 8 R, HR, 2 RBI.400 club: Candelario (Slugs) 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .438 AVG, 1.464 OPS; Machado (Slugs) 5 R, HR, 4 RBI, .421 AVG, 1.184 OPS
  • Need for speed: Bellinger and Tatis Jr (both Bunting) 2 SB each
  • By way of the K: McKenzie (Bunting) 14 K
  • Saving the day: Holland (Slugs) 3 SV
  • What we have, we hold: Pomeranz (Slugs) 2 HLD
  • Feeling stingy: Garcia (Slugs) 2.57 ERA, 0.71 WHIP
TeamH/AB*RHRRBISBAVGOPSIP*WSVKHLDERAWHIPScore
Orpington Eagles74/3115311475.238.73256.0436333.051.133
Norwich No II95/3405210507.279.79575.1557521.790.859

Norwich take the final place in the championship bracket with this victory.

  • Red hot: Devers (Norwich) 7 RBI, .520 AVG, 1.480 OPS; Smith (Norwich) 7 RBI, .364 AVG, .982 OPS
  • Running wild: T Turner (Norwich) 4 SB
  • Safe at the plate: Conforto (Eagles) 9 R, 2 HR; Gregorius (Isotopes) 7 R, 2 HR
  • What a rotation: Sanchez (Norwich) 2 W, 10 K, 0.69 ERA, 0.77 WHIP; Anderson (Norwich) W, 13 K, 0.90 ERA, 1.00 WHIP; Cole (Norwich) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP, Hendricks (Norwich) W, 11 K, 1.72 ERA, 0.83 WHIP; Lamet (Norwich) 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.78 WHIP
  • Save me: Colome and Hudson (both Norwich) 2 SV each
  • Safe pair of hands: Diekman (Eagles) 3 HLD
TeamH/AB*RHRRBISBAVGOPSIP*WSVKHLDERAWHIPScore
Beckenham A&E Dept81/2835220517.286.88451.0606403.351.029
Newcastle Knights71/3334811432.213.66842.0334423.211.193

The A&E Dept finish in sixth and will take part in the consolation playoffs.

  • Cool hand Luke: Voit (A&E Dept) 8 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI
  • Plenty of pop: Buxton (A&E Dept) 3 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI; Murphy (A&E Dept) 6 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .429 AVG, 1.457 OPS
  • Ding dong: Bell (A&E Dept) 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .474 AVG, 1.342 OPS
  • Swiping bags: Story (A&E Dept) 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, 3 SB, .360 AVG, 1.065 OPS
  • No runs allowed: Snell and Bauer (both Knights) 0.00 ERA
  • Protecting leads: Chapman (Knights) SV
  • Wins still matter: Nola (A&E Dept) W, 10 K, 0.43 WHIP
  • Hold this: Williams (Knights) HLD
TeamH/AB*RHRRBISBAVGOPSIP*WSVKHLDERAWHIPScore
Cheshunt Maltsters86/3264715555.264.78968.0266005.161.358
Didsbury Dodgers57/2463010383.232.70453.0305403.741.133

The Maltsters finish second in the standings while the Dodgers must make do with the consolation playoffs.

  • Freddie’s ready: Freeman (Maltsters) 7 R, 3 HR, 13 RBI, SB, .464 AVG, 1.500 OPS
  • So’s Marcell: Ozuna (Maltsters) 7 RBI, .313 AVG
  • Boomstick baby: Cruz (Maltsters) 3 HR, .353 AVG, 1.332 OPS; Aguilar (Maltsters) .714 AVG, 2.179 OPS
  • Woodruff (Dodgers) 0.00 ERA, 0.14 WHIP
  • Wins still matter: Ray (Dodgers) W, 1.80 ERA
  • Strikeout machines: Greinke and Plesac (both Maltsters) 9 K each
  • Lockdown closers: Hendriks and Pressly (both Malsters) 2 SV each.

Final Standings

RankTeamW-L-TPctGBLast WeekWaiverMoves
*1 Mighty Slugs48-27-9.6259-2-1132
*2 Cheshunt Maltsters49-29-6.6190.58-3-1420
*3 Bunting for Britain48-32-4.5952.52-9-1828
*4 Norwich No II45-31-8.5833.59-3-01028
5 Richie’s RBI’s43-37-4.5367.512-0-0917
6 Beckenham A&E Dept40-38-6.5129.59-3-02
7 Orpington Eagles36-40-8.47612.53-9-0317
8 Didsbury Dodgers29-49-6.38120.53-8-175
9 The Cheddar Chasers28-51-5.363220-12-06
10 Newcastle Knights24-56-4.31026.53-9-0515

Which means the first round of the playoffs looks like this:

Championship Bracket

Consolation Bracket

This entry was posted in Fantasy baseball and tagged , on by .

About Mark George

Mark has been following baseball since a family holiday to California in 1996 included a trip to Dodger Stadium. A die-hard Dodger fan (yes, they do exist), Mark is a committed fantasy baseball manager and, much like Seinfeld's George Costanza, REALLY wants to be the GM of an MLB team. Mark played in the UK for Croydon Pirates III for seven years. Follow him on Twitter @MarkGeorge43

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.