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Isotopes Chased down the standings

by Mark George
BgbFantasyThere were a lot of close matchups this week in the BaseballGB Fantasy League, although my Isotopes weren’t involved in one.  
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
SWAT 45 10 43 6 .337 .977 2 4 20 0 4.83 1.58 6
Tribal Warfare 33 4 18 10 .335 .898 4 2 34 0 4.17 1.04 5
 
A narrow win for SWAT, which comfortably outhit Warfare’s injury depleted lineup but lost four pitching categories. Adam Jones (before he was injured), Miguel Cabrera, Sandoval and Choo all had big weeks. For Warfare, Clayton Kershaw’s gem on Sunday helped them take ERA and WHIP.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
Josh & Jonny Whos 35 9 26 9 .289 .827 4 3 41 0 4.70 1.55 5
Rio Crande Typos 21 6 28 5 .296 .864 4 0 38 0 2.08 1.05 5
 
JJ and Joe played out a tie as each team took three hitting categories and two pitching categories. JJ had power (5 HR from Adrian Gonzalez) and speed (5 steals by Figgins, 3 by Taveras) but Joe hit for a higher average and OPS. Both pitching staffs finished level on wins. JJ took strikeouts by three.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
Orpington Isotopes 34 5 27 3 .266 .777 1 2 40 2 5.59 1.63 2
The Cheddar Chasers 42 8 29 11 .297 .915 3 1 45 1 4.30 1.35 10
 
There’s no way to sugarcoat my team’s week as they were outhit, outrun and outpitched by the Chasers. Brian Roberts (9 runs, 5 SB) and Justin Morneau (4 HR, 7 RBIs) were two of the many hitters in form, while Vazquez, Grienke and Wolf led the pitching staff. My pitchers had a shocking week, managing just one win and a dreadful ERA and WHIP. Hopefully it’s all out of their system now, but I have a lot of work to do.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
stevenston angels 34 12 42 2 .318 .989 2 4 25 0 4.38 1.73 8
the gas 32 10 32 1 .281 .841 2 1 39 2 6.22 1.45 3
 
The Angels hit their way to an 8-3 win over The Gas, taking all six hitting categories. Runs, homers and steals remained close but the Angels had Raul Ibanez (9 runs, 4 HR, 12 RBIs) to thank for the win. The Gas had good pitching from Peavy and Jered Weaver, as well as 12 RBIs from Brad Hawpe, but now have to deal with the injury to Rickie Weeks, who had been in very good form.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
Braughing’s Bangers 29 8 27 1 .272 .845 2 3 19 0 5.68 1.52 6
RussDev Giants 32 10 31 6 .277 .896 1 0 19 0 5.51 1.59 6
 
An unusual tie in this matchup saw the Bangers sweep the board on pitching and the Giants take all of the hitting categories. Russ wasn’t helped by his banged up pitching staff, which failed to complete the weekly minimum of 20 innings, handing all six categories to the Bangers despite a tie in strikeouts and the Giants having a better ERA. Prince Fielder (4 HR, 10 RBIs) was the Giants’ star hitter.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
The Wright Stuff 36 5 22 7 .304 .930 2 6 48 0 3.68 1.09 6
Borders Bats 28 7 30 4 .316 .942 3 1 34 3 3.83 1.38 6
 
Another tie saw the Wright Stuff and Borders Bats take six categories each. The Bats had the better hitting week, led by the red-hot Juan Pierre, but the Stuff’s bullpen collected six saves, including four from Hoffman.
 
 
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
W
SV
K
HLD
ERA
WHIP
Score
Bonestalkers 29 3 24 7 .279 .769 4 1 34 0 2.75 1.17 4
Syracuse Nationals 33 10 33 7 .305 .917 1 3 19 1 7.71 1.67 7
 
The Nationals relied on their bats in the 7-4 win over Bonestalkers, with decent production pretty much all the way through the lineup. Bonestalkers won the majority of the pitching categories thanks to good weeks from Sabathia, Scherzer, Beckett and Myers.
 
The results mean SWAT lead the way by 1/2 a game over Joe’s Typos. JJ remains in third with the Chasers and Angels a further game behind.

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3 comments

Thomas (Border Bats) May 19, 2009 - 4:25 pm

The stresses of the season begin to show – injuries abound and only time will tell who is able to best throw together an injury free squad. Nice round-up.

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Matt Smith May 19, 2009 - 7:16 pm

The Chasers put together a good week, despite my best efforts to mess the pitching up by bringing Randy Johnson off the bench for the Giants’ game against the Mets on Saturday. I was cursing his performance, but thankfully it didn’t cost me much.

The strong showing by my offense was a surprise considering that both Jay Bruce and and Ryan Braun contributed so little. They have starred for me recently, so it was great to see the other batters step up and cover for them.

After a poor start to the season, I’m now at the heady heights of fourth in the table. Let’s see if we can keep it up!

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Joe Gray May 22, 2009 - 9:18 am

And with a good week so far Matt, you’re now looking a good bet to replace me in second. I’ve enjoyed my time mixing it up with the elite teams, but I suspect that my imminent fall from second into the bottom half of the pack is not going to be followed by a swift rebound.

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