BaseballGB Fantasy League: Funny The Way It Is

As a Dave Matthews Band fan, I was looking forward to hearing their new single called Funny The Way It Is.

 

This seemed apt when reviewing the BaseballGB Fantasy League, as sometimes success can hinge on whether you bench a player or not.

 

 

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Borders Bats	23	6	31	1	.257	.734	3	2	35	3	5.02	1.35	7
the gas	34	10	26	1	.279	.897	2	1	24	0	5.12	1.64	4

 

It’s not often you win ERA in a head-to-head league with a figure of 5.02, but Thomas Ogilvie’s Borders Bats did just that. Thomas deserves a lot of credit for deciding to bench Chien-Mieng Wang before his disastrous start against Cleveland, which surely would have cost him both ERA and WHIP. Despite a big week from Ryan Ludwick, the rest of the Bats could not out-hit The Gas.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	36	14	44	2	.297	.935	7	6	60	1	4.02	1.29	7
The Wright Stuff	33	10	44	4	.267	.831	4	2	52	2	1.96	0.93	4

 

After a horrible opening week for my Isotopes, I was able to bounce back with a 7-4 in over The Wright Stuff, who are always tough opponents. I was helped by three-homer weeks from Utley and Michael Young as well as 10 RBIs from DeRosa. I couldn’t compete with the excellent ERA and WHIP and was likely to lose holds once Justin Masterson was put into the Red Sox rotation in place of the injured Dice-K. I also lost out on four scoreless innings of relief from Masterson, benching him on a day when I had three starters going. The Wright Stuff are fighting injuries at the moment, with Webb and Carpenter out on a team already filling its DL spots.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Braughing’s Bangers	35	9	31	7	.244	.773	3	1	35	1	7.90	1.61	4
stevenston angels	34	11	29	3	.299	.897	3	4	37	0	5.18	1.32	7

 

A closely-fought matchup saw the Angels defeat the Bangers, with several categories which could have gone either way. The Bangers were helped by a big week from Matt Kemp, but the Angels’ pitching took four out of six categories.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Josh & Jonny Whos	39	8	24	6	.286	.854	2	4	42	0	4.95	1.44	6
Syracuse Nationals	33	7	33	7	.305	.856	0	4	28	0	6.53	1.65	4

 

Another week, another win for Josh & Jonny Whos, although this one was much closer than the demolition of my team the previous week. A number of categories went down the wire, including OPS, which saw both team just .002 apart. The Whos were helped by a four-homer week from Adrian Gonzalez. The Nationals will be hoping their pitchers’ winless week will not be repeated any time soon.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Rio Crande Typos	31	10	38	8	.297	.885	3	2	27	0	2.53	1.31	10
Tribal Warfare	25	9	29	3	.226	.758	2	1	31	0	5.08	1.34	1

 

What a week for Joe’s Rio Crande Typos, with a 10-1 victory. Aside from ERA, all of the pitching categories were very close. The Typos were helped by a four-homer week from Ethier, while Tribal Warfare will have to deal with injuries to Vladimir Guerrero and BJ Upton, who saw his comeback cut short. Warfare could do with using their DL spots and picking up reinforcements.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bonestalkers	28	5	17	8	.262	.711	1	0	38	0	3.05	1.41	5
RussDev Giants	27	6	25	3	.240	.738	1	0	38	0	6.43	1.46	3

 

A very tight matchup saw Bonestalkers win 5-3 in a week which saw four of the six pitching categories tied! The Giants were helped by RBI contributions throughout the lineup, but not a great average to go with it. Both teams need to consider putting their injured players on the DL and adding healthy players.

 

Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	26	3	15	4	.304	.829	4	2	54	1	3.29	1.27	4
SWAT	35	9	35	1	.305	.901	1	3	29	1	3.03	1.32	7

 

SWAT certainly lived up to their name, outhitting the Chasers on the way to a 7-4 win. With an incredible nine homers and 35 runs and RBIs, SWAT were helped by big weeks from Mike Jacobs (four homers), Nick Markakis and Adam Jones. The Chasers had impressive pitching from Vazquez and Grienke.

 

The results leave Josh & Jonny Whos leading the table with a 16-5-3 record, with the Angels just half a game behind. It’s still early days, so we could see a lot of changes next week.

 

Joe is the top BaseballGB representative in fourth.