The end of week 14 means we have reached the All-Star break, so the BaseballGB managers can catch their breath. Who is looking good for a playoff place and who needs to make a charge in the second half?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	32	5	17	4	.267	.769	3	1	55	4	4.82	1.32	10
Richie’s RBI’s	27	3	20	1	.254	.684	2	3	40	1	4.83	1.54	2

Run machine: Betts (Knights) 11 R, SB, .435 AVG

Multi-homer weeks: Muncy and Hiura (both Knights), Judge (RBIs) 2 HR each

Butter and egg man: Mondesi (RBIs) 4 RBI

No runs allowed: Clevinger (Knights) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

What we have, we hold: Hader and Miller (both Knights) 2 HLD each

Closing time: Colome (RBIs) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	36	18	41	2	.237	.860	6	5	62	1	2.35	1.03	10
The Bath Bombers	17	2	13	1	.207	.547	2	0	34	0	0.87	0.87	2

Ring your Bell: Bell (Slugs) 8 R, 5 HR, 14 RBI, .308 AVG, 1.298 OPS

I remember his dad: Tatis Jr (Slugs) 6 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, SB

Ace: Strasburg (Slugs) W, 14 K

Save me: Rogers and Smith (both Slugs) 2 SV each

Stingy stats: Nola (Bombers) 0.61 ERA, 0.89 WHIP; Corbin (Bombers) 0.64 ERA, 0.79 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	39	17	38	1	.264	.874	1	1	41	0	3.40	1.03	9
Swindon Devil Rays	16	3	20	0	.188	.610	1	1	31	2	5.81	1.37	1

Hey now, you’re an All-Star: Trout (Norwich) 8 R, 6 HR, 10 RBI, .348 AVG, 1.597 OPS

Unexpected power: Narvaez (Norwich) 3 HR, 7 RBI, .368 AVG, 1.242 OPS

.400 club: D Santana (Nowich) .409 AVG

By way of the K: Musgrove (Norwich) 9 K, 0.78 WHIP; Ray (Norwich) 8 K, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

Whip it: Maeda (Norwich) 0.65 WHIP

Hold this: Workman (Devil Rays) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	31	12	27	1	.324	.976	7	5	54	3	3.10	1.11	8
Cheshunt Maltsters	34	10	34	6	.322	.980	4	2	43	1	5.48	1.45	4

Safe at home: Donaldson (Maltsters) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI

Red-hot Reds: Puig and Suarez (both Isotopes) 3 HR, Puig .500 AVG

.500 club: Brantley (Isotopes) .529 AVG

Uncle Charlie: Morton (Isotopes) 2 W, 22 K, 1.42 ERA, 0.87 WHIP

Game over: Osuna and Iglesias (both Isotopes) 2 SV each

Holding on: Strop (Isotopes) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	28	9	28	2	.282	.857	1	6	52	0	2.63	1.05	5
The Cheddar Chasers	37	5	30	7	.286	.797	2	1	70	1	4.47	1.33	7

Behind the plate: Realmuto (Chasers) 6 R, 5 RBI, SB, .360 AVG

Home run derby: Devers (Riverkings) 4 HR, 12 RBI, 1.241 OPS

Wins still matter; Gray (Chasers) W, 12 K; Scherzer (Chasers) W, 11 K

By way of the K: Marquez (Chasers) 12 K

Young aces: Paddack (Riverkings) 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Yamamoto (Riverkings) 0.00ERA, 0.83 WHIP

Hat-trick of saves: Yates (Riverkings) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	26	7	24	6	.311	.934	3	0	55	2	4.53	1.26	6
Beckenham A&E Dept	27	9	24	5	.274	.846	5	2	40	0	3.56	1.42	5

Wheels of steal: Merrifield (Bunting) 2 SB, .367 AVG

Star of the Josh Field s trade: Alvarez (Bunting) .462 AVG, 1.154 OPS

It’s outta here: Gurriel (A&E Dept) 6 R, 4 HR

Doolittle does lots: Doolittle (A&E Dept) 2 W, SV

All-Star starter: Ryu (A&E Dept) 0.00 ERA

By way of the K: Wheeler (Bunting) 15 K

The Bieber it’s OK to like: Bieber (Bunting) 0.50 WHIP.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	104-55-9	.646	–	10-2-0	9	24
2	 Mighty Slugs	98-61-9	.610	6	10-2-0	6	22
3	 Norwich No II	91-69-8	.565	13.5	9-1-2	10	19
4	 Orpington Isotopes	91-70-7	.563	14	8-4-0	5	15
5	 Beckenham A&E Dept	85-66-17	.557	15	5-6-1	2	11
6	 The Cheddar Chasers	86-69-13	.551	16	7-5-0	4	6
7	 Bunting for Britain	85-72-11	.539	18	6-5-1	11	28
8	 Richie’s RBI’s	74-81-13	.479	28	2-10-0	7	12
9	 Cheshunt Maltsters	68-90-10	.435	35.5	4-8-0	12	24
10	 Durham Riverkings	67-93-8	.423	37.5	5-7-0	1	18
11	 The Bath Bombers	52-109-7	.330	53	2-10-0	3	10
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	46-112-10	.304	57.5	1-9-2	8	4

Week 15 match-ups

Matchups will run from now until July 21 due to the All-Star break. Roster deadlines, innings-pitched minimums, and weekly transaction limits won’t change during this fantasy week.

Isotopes (4th) v Riverkings (10th)
Bunting (7th) v Maltsters (9th)
Beckenham (5th) v Devil Rays (12th)
Slugs (2nd) v Chasers (6th)
Knights (1st) v Bombers (11th)
No II (3rd) v RBI’s (8th)

Week 12 saw plenty of offensive sweeps and the lead change once again in the BaseballGB Fantasy League. Which team knocked the Slugs off the top?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	36	12	37	6	.276	.823	2	1	53	2	4.97	1.29	9
Bunting for Britain	30	11	31	2	.239	.800	2	2	38	3	5.58	1.60	2

MVP: Yelich (Isotopes) 7 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, SB, .333 AVG

Puig your friend: Puig (Isotopes) 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .320 AVG, 1.233 OPS

.400 club: Brantley (Isotopes) .419 AVG; McNeil (Isotopes) .400 AVG, 6 RBI

Strikeout machine: Peacock (Isotopes) 11 K, 0.83 WHIP

Feeling stingy: Morton (Isotopes) 1.42 ERA, 0.95 WHIP

Double duty: Britton (Bunting) SV, 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	19	8	26	2	.278	.792	4	3	47	1	4.60	1.33	2
Richie’s RBI’s	41	12	42	4	.294	.919	2	7	36	1	3.54	1.30	9

Rock DJ: LeMahieu (RBIs) 10 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI, SB, .435 AVG, 1.432 OPS

Also members of three-homer week club: C Santana (RBIs) 7 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .348 AVG; Torres (RBIs) 6 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI

RBI machine: A Gordon (RBIs) 8 RBI

By way of the K: deGrom (Riverkings) W, 19 K

Closing time: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

One run only: Tanaka (RBIs) 1.20 ERA, 0.80 WHIP; RBIs bullpen 0.00 ERA.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	44	11	29	2	.242	.767	3	4	68	1	3.20	1.20	3
Norwich No II	41	16	49	3	.326	1.032	1	2	74	2	2.99	1.13	9

Outfield production: Trout (Norwich) 3 HR, 10 RBI, SB, .483 AVG, 1.421 OPS; D Santana (Norwich) 4 HR, 10 RBI, .370 AVG, 1.341 OPS

Rookie of the year?: Alonso (Norwich) 4 HR, 8 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.590 OPS

Safe at home: Bellinger (Slugs) 7 R

Wins still matter: Paxton, Castillo and Strasburg (all Slugs) W each

Save me: Smith (Slugs) 2 SV

Strikeout machines: Berrios (Norwich) 13 K, 1.80 ERA, 0.87 WHIP; Hamels (Norwich) 13 K There’s your run: Musgrove (Norwich) 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	31	9	24	2	.267	.797	2	1	53	2	5.32	1.29	8
Swindon Devil Rays	22	6	20	1	.247	.733	3	1	34	0	1.73	1.08	3

You better, you better, you Betts: Betts (Knights) 7 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB

Good time Charlie: Blackmon (Knights) 2 HR

Come on Tim: Anderson (Knights) 5 RBI, .364 AVG

Buehler’s day on: Buehler (Devil Rays) W, 16 K, 0.33 WHIP

No runs allowed: Stripling (Devil Rays) 0.00 ERA

By way of the K: E Rodriguez, Giolito and M Kelly (all Knights) 9 K each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	9	28	7	.240	.746	3	1	37	3	6.63	1.72	5
The Bath Bombers	26	8	30	9	.288	.794	1	2	25	0	4.98	1.43	7

Walk the parrot: Encarnacion (Maltsters) 5 R, 2 HR

Red-hot Red: Senzel (Bombers) 5 RBI, SB, .375 AVG, 1.194 OPS

.400 club: Machado (Bombers) .462 AVG, 1.308 OPS

Needs for speed: Hamilton (Bombers) 4 SB

Wins still matter: Lester (Maltsters) W

By way of the K: Sale (Maltsters) 8 K

What we have, we hold: Garrett (Maltsters) 2 HLD

Feeling stingy: Nola (Bombers) 1.13 ERA, 0.88 WHIP; Corbin (Bombers) 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	34	8	27	7	.269	.823	3	5	55	0	4.21	1.19	5
The Cheddar Chasers	29	8	28	5	.212	.687	3	3	56	4	1.63	0.89	5

Happy Chappy (part 1): M Chapman (A&E Dept) 7 R, .360 AVG, 1.208 OPS

He’s the Juan and only: Soto (A&E Dept) 2 SB, .476 AVG, 1.425 OPS

Ready Freddie: Freeman (Chasers) 10 RBI

Mad Max: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 10 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP

Vintage performances: Kershaw (Chasers) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Arrieta (Chasers) 1.50 ERA, .050 WHIP

O yeah: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Happy Chappy (part 2): A Chapman (A&E Dept) 3 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	84-51-9	.615	–	8-3-1	9	22
2	 Mighty Slugs	82-54-8	.597	2.5	3-9-0	6	20
3	 Orpington Isotopes	81-56-7	.587	4	9-2-1	5	14
4	 Norwich No II	80-58-6	.576	5.5	9-3-0	10	15
5	 Beckenham A&E Dept	70-58-16	.542	10.5	5-5-2	2	11
6	 The Cheddar Chasers	68-63-13	.517	14	5-5-2	4	6
7	 Richie’s RBI’s	67-65-12	.507	15.5	9-2-1	7	11
8	 Bunting for Britain	68-66-10	.507	15.5	2-9-1	11	26
9	 Cheshunt Maltsters	63-71-10	.472	20.5	5-7-0	12	19
10	 Durham Riverkings	52-84-8	.389	32.5	2-9-1	1	16
11	 The Bath Bombers	48-89-7	.358	37	7-5-0	3	10
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	44-92-8	.333	40.5	3-8-1	8	4

Week 13 match-ups

Isotopes (3rd) v Beckenham (5th)
Bunting (8th) v Devil Rays (12th)
Maltsters (9th) v Chasers (6th)
Riverkings (10th) v Bombers (11th)
Slugs (2nd) v RBI’s (7th)
Knights (1st) v No II (4th)

There were plenty of homers in week 11 of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, leaving some managers jumping for joy and others wondering how their ERAs were ever going to recover. The leaders also suffered a rare defeat. But how has this affected the standings?

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	26	7	22	3	.249	.768	1	4	39	0	5.18	1.50	2
Norwich No II	41	11	28	0	.277	.844	4	1	45	6	3.80	1.43	10

MVP: Alonso (Norwich) 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .318 AVG, 1.126 OPS

.400 club: Guerrero (Norwich) .412 AVG

Wheels of steal: T Turner (Riverkings) 3 SB

Ace: Hamels (Norwich) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Hold this: Barnes, Buttrey and Baez (all Norwich) 2 HLD each

Closing time: Hicks (Riverkings) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	13	28	4	.296	.914	3	1	63	1	3.67	1.09	9
Swindon Devil Rays	28	9	30	3	.267	.809	3	0	23	2	5.06	1.17	2

Three-homer weeks: Rizzo and DeJong (both Isotopes); Schwarber (Devil Rays)

Good on so many levels: Yelich (Isotopes) 6 R, 2 HR, 2 SB, .375 AVG

Story book stuff: Story (Isotopes) 7 R, 2 HR

RBI machine: Chirinos (Devil Rays) 9 RBI

Near no-no: Greinke (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.27 WHIP

By way of the K: Morton (Isotopes) 16 K

Right place, right time: Workman (Devil Rays) 2 W, HLD; Stripling (Devil Rays) W, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	37	7	31	6	.305	.902	3	0	74	0	3.65	1.25	8
The Bath Bombers	34	7	37	0	.284	.843	1	3	31	0	9.29	1.84	2

Safe at home: Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 9 R, SB, .424 AVG, 1.169 OPS

Cheaper by the dozen: Hosmer (Bombers) 0 HR, 12 RBI

Going, going, gone: Machado (Bombers) 3 HR

Strikeout machines: Verlander (A&E Dept) 15 K, 0.57 WHIP; Ryu (A&E Dept) 14 K, 0.69 ERA, 1.08 WHIP

Wins still matter: Means, Gray and Syndergaard (all A&E Dept) W

Save me: Castillo, Treinen, Davis (all Bombers) SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	33	13	38	3	.302	.972	3	2	55	1	4.92	1.24	7
The Cheddar Chasers	41	12	35	4	.261	.819	4	2	52	1	5.73	1.39	3

The Dodgers traded this guy for Josh Fields and it hurts: Alvarez (Bunting) 3 HR, 6 RBI, .389 AVG, 1.411 OPS

Safe at home: Freeman and Rendon (both Chasers) 7 R each; Rendon 4 HR

He’s going: Villar (Chasers) 2 SB

No runs allowed: Gibson (Bunting) 0.00 ERA, 0.25 WHIP

By way of the K: Bieber (Bunting) 12 K

Wins still matter: Kershaw, Scherzer, Arrieta and Marquez (all Chasers) W.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	38	9	36	4	.314	.923	3	3	66	4	2.47	1.10	6
Richie’s RBI’s	44	11	31	8	.317	.918	3	3	45	0	4.74	1.15	4

Marte party (part one): K Marte (RBIs) 11 R, 5 HR, .448 AVG, 1.550 OPS

Wizard of Oz: Albies (Maltsters) 9 RBI, 1.348 OPS

Marte party (part two): S Marte (Maltsters) 8 RBI

Ace (part one): Sale (Maltsters) W, 20 K, 1.38 ERA, 0.85 WHIP

Ace (part two): Bauer (Maltsters) W, 14 K, 0.54 ERA, 0.90 WHIP

Late inning combo: Jansen (Maltsters) 2 SV; Lugo (Maltsters) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	45	14	43	3	.301	.965	2	7	47	1	4.98	1.55	5
Newcastle Knights	41	16	42	1	.341	1.127	4	2	47	0	3.35	1.16	6

Young guns: Tatis Jr (Slugs) 9 R, 5 RBI, .429 AVG, 1.270 OPS; Riley (Slugs) 8 R, 6 RBI

RBI machines: Bell and Grandal (both Slugs) 8 RBIs

Four-homer week: Martinez (Slugs)

Numbers so ridiculous I had to include them all: Blackmon (Knights) 12 R, 6 HR, 15 RBI, .568 AVG, 1.784 OPS

Hotter than Blackmon: Desmond (Knights) .600 AVG

Anchoring the staff: Rodriguez (Knights) W, 1.29 ERA, 0.86 WHIP Busy week: Smith (Slugs) 4 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	79-45-8	.629	–	5-6-1	6	19
2	 Newcastle Knights	76-48-8	.606	3	6-5-1	9	17
3	 Orpington Isotopes	72-54-6	.568	8	9-2-1	5	13
4	 Norwich No II	71-55-6	.561	9	10-2-0	10	13
5	 Beckenham A&E Dept	65-53-14	.545	11	8-2-2	2	11
6	 Bunting for Britain	66-57-9	.534	12.5	7-3-2	11	26
7	 The Cheddar Chasers	63-58-11	.519	14.5	3-7-2	4	6
8	 Richie’s RBI’s	58-63-11	.481	19.5	4-6-2	7	11
9	 Cheshunt Maltsters	58-64-10	.477	20	6-4-2	12	18
10	 Durham Riverkings	50-75-7	.405	29.5	2-10-0	1	16
11	 The Bath Bombers	41-84-7	.337	38.5	2-8-2	3	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	41-84-7	.337	38.5	2-9-1	8	4

Week 12 match-ups

Isotopes (3rd) v Bunting (6th)
Beckenham (5th) v Chasers (7th)
Maltsters (9th) v Bombers (11th)
Riverkings (10th) RBI’s (8th)
Slugs (1st) v No II (4th)
Knights (2nd) v Devil Rays (12th)

There were plenty of close matchups in week 10 of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, with one team managing to hit double digits.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	31	8	26	5	.260	.762	3	4	55	1	6.91	1.45	11
The Bath Bombers	27	7	21	3	.240	.753	2	3	32	0	4.50	1.59	1

Cruz control: Cruz (Bunting) 4 HR, 6 RBI, .412 AVG, 1.591 OPS

Safe at home: Bregman (Bunting) 6 R, SB

Wins still matter: Eickhoff (Bunting) W, 0.67 WHIP

Closing time: Neris (Bunting) 3 SV

One run only: Soroka (Bombers) 1.13 ERA.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	37	11	26	3	.274	.865	5	2	60	3	3.74	0.99	3
Norwich No II	38	19	51	0	.292	.976	4	4	63	1	2.65	0.76	9

The Moose is loose (again): Moustakas (Norwich) 4 HR, .438 AVG, 1.688

Butter and egg man: Baez (Norwich) 3 HR, 10 RBI

Outfield production: Trout (Norwich) 8 R, 3 HR; D Santana (Norwich) 3 HR

Wheels of steal: Marte (Maltsters) 2 SB

Wins still matter: Lester (Maltsters) 2 W

Strikeout machine: Ray (Norwich) 19 K

You’ve got to hand it to him: Hand (Norwich) 3 SV

Hold on to this: Garrett (Maltsters) 2 HLD

None shall pass: Berrios (Norwich) 1.50 ERA, 0.50 WHIP; Maeda (Norwich) 1.80 ERA, 0.60 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	33	9	24	2	.270	.849	6	4	62	2	3.11	1.05	8
Swindon Devil Rays	24	8	25	5	.247	.754	3	0	38	0	1.55	0.79	4

La Stella performance: La Stella (Slugs) 7 R, 3 HR, .393 AVG, 1.183 OPS

Welcome back: Tatis Jr (Slugs) .455 AVG, 1.357 OPS

Clutch hitter: Schwarber (Devil Rays) 6 RBI, SB

Unbeatable: Montas (Slugs) 2 W, 13 K; Strasburg (Slugs) 2 W, 12 K

Double duty: Pressly (Slugs) SV, 2 HLD

Buehler’s days on: Buehler (Devil Rays) 2 W, 20 K, 0.60 ERA, 0.53 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	20	8	27	3	.220	.666	6	3	69	0	3.47	1.12	3
Richie’s RBI’s	35	8	30	3	.279	.816	1	3	38	1	3.57	1.02	6

Star man: Dahl (RBIs) 6 R, 7 RBI

DJ rocks: LeMahieu (RBIs) 7 RBI, .393 AVG

Trey magnifique: Mancini (RBIs) .444 AVG, 1.222 OPS

Aces: Syndergaard (A&E Dept) W, 11 K, 1.98 ERA; Ryu (A&E Dept) W, 0.00 ERA

WHIP it: Happ and Cole (both RBIs) 0.57 WHIP

Lone hold: Brasier (RBIs) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	31	9	28	2	.246	.794	1	3	38	0	6.07	1.45	5
Newcastle Knights	30	5	17	3	.207	.630	2	4	58	0	2.63	1.13	6

Better the Devers you know: Devers (Riverkings) 6 R, HR, 7 RBI

Up the middle: Moncada (Riverkings) 2 HR, .409 AVG, 1.186 OPS; T Turner (Riverkings) 6 R, 2 HR

Lights-out Lucas: Giolito (Knights) W, 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.65 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Rodriguez (Knights) 14 K

Lockdown closer: Hader (Knights) 3 SV, 9 K.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	20	7	20	6	.227	.668	4	5	39	2	2.93	1.14	5
The Cheddar Chasers	24	11	29	1	.247	.795	3	1	48	2	4.64	1.29	6

Ready Freddie: Freeman (Chasers) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .375 AVG, 1.1358 OPS

Real thing: Realmuto (Chasers) 5 R, .391 AVG

RBI machine: Rendon (Chasers) 8 RBI

Speed to burn Puig and Yelich (both Isotopes) 2 SB each

Pair of aces: Greinke (Isotopes) W, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP; Morton (Isotopes) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP

Save me: Strop and Iglesias (both Isotopes) 2 SV each

By way of the K: Hendricks (Chasers) 13 K.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	74-39-7	.646	–	8-4-0	7	18
2	 Newcastle Knights	70-43-7	.613	4	6-5-1	10	16
3	 Orpington Isotopes	63-52-5	.546	12	5-6-1	6	13
4	 The Cheddar Chasers	60-51-9	.538	13	6-5-1	5	5
5	 Norwich No II	61-53-6	.533	13.5	9-3-0	11	12
6	 Beckenham A&E Dept	57-51-12	.525	14.5	3-6-3	3	10
7	 Bunting for Britain	59-54-7	.521	15	11-1-0	12	25
8	 Richie’s RBI’s	54-57-9	.488	19	6-3-3	8	11
9	 Cheshunt Maltsters	52-60-8	.467	21.5	3-9-0	1	15
10	 Durham Riverkings	48-65-7	.429	26	5-6-1	2	15
11	 Swindon Devil Rays	39-75-6	.350	35.5	4-8-0	9	3
12	 The Bath Bombers	39-76-5	.346	36	1-11-0	4	9

Week 11 match-ups

Isotopes (3rd) v Devil Rays (11th)
Bunting (7th) v Chasers (4th)
Beckenham (6th) v Bombers (12th)
Maltsters (9th) v RBI’s (8th)
Riverkings (10th) v No II (5th)
Slugs (1st) v Knights (2nd)

The Slugs have seen their lead cut in week nine of the BaseballGB Fantasy League, plus a certain team from Kent have charged up the standings.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	28	8	35	5	.285	.861	2	3	51	2	5.50	1.48	11
The Bath Bombers	25	5	26	4	.228	.697	4	2	42	0	6.21	1.62	1

MVP: Story (Isotopes) 9 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .524 AVG, 1.631 OPS

Busting out of a slump: Hernandez (Isotopes) 2 HR, 7 RBI

.400 club: Brantlet and Verdugo (both Isotopes) .409 AVG and .400 AVG respectively

Respectable stats: Morton (Isotope) 2.57 ERA, 0.57 WHIP

Closing time: Osuna (Isotopes) 3 SV Hold on: Jeffress (Isotopes) 2 HLD and this incredible catch

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	9	24	2	.273	.797	0	3	49	3	5.72	1.50	2
Newcastle Knights	32	10	34	3	.303	.903	2	1	40	4	2.76	1.06	10

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Alfaro (Knights) 2 HR, 7 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.471 OPS; Muncy (Knights) 7 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .385 AVG; Hiura (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .320 AVG

Ace: Giolito (Knights) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.68 WHIP

By way of the K: Heaney and Sale (both Maltsters) 10 K each Closing time: Jansen (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	31	8	29	3	.304	.839	3	6	51	1	3.90	1.32	9
Norwich No II	26	12	25	2	.270	.890	1	3	46	5	4.84	1.41	3

Run machine: Soto (A&E Dept) 9 R, .333 AVG

Need for speed: Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 2 SB

The Moose is loose: Moustakas (Norwich) 3 HR

Still got it: Verlander (A&E Dept) W, 1.13 ERA, 0.75 WHIP

Save me: Chapman and Doolittle (A&E Dept); Hand (Norwich) 3 SV each

What we have we hold: Buttrey and Baez (both Norwich) 2 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	21	4	28	2	.278	.753	5	2	65	4	5.23	1.18	3
Richie’s RBI’s	41	14	36	3	.293	.878	4	6	56	0	3.11	0.97	9

Smooth: Santana (RBIs) 5 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI

Higher than average: Dahl (RBIs) .450 AVG

Speed to burn: Mondesi (RBIs) 3 SB

Strikeout machines: Boyd (Bunting) W, 17 K; Cole (RBIs) 16 K; Strahm (Bunting) 15 K

No runs allowed: Odorizzi (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Lockdown closer: Colome (RBIs) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	32	9	27	5	.267	.846	5	1	72	4	2.90	1.21	4
Swindon Devil Rays	39	13	45	0	.328	.997	1	1	26	2	2.70	1.17	7

MVP: Bogaerts (Devil Rays) 10 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .462 AVG, 1.443 OPS

Also pretty good: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, HR, 8 RBIs, .423 AVG, 1.132 OPS

Speed demon: Villar (Chasers) 2 SB

Mad Max: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 21 K

Putting up zeroes: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Stingy stats: Mikolas (Devil Rays) 1.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP; Price (Devil Rays) 1.46 ERA, 0.89 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	37	13	38	4	.301	.894	1	3	44	1	5.76	1.72	5
Mighty Slugs	31	14	29	1	.284	.861	3	3	70	4	3.44	1.17	6

All-round threat: Meadows (Riverkings) 8 R, 10 RBI, 2 SB, .419 AVG, 1.116 OPS

Three-homer weeks: Martinez and Riley (both Slugs); Pederson and Sanchez (both Riverkings)

Strikeouts in bulk: Chirinos (Slugs) W, 14 K

No runs allowed: Paxton (Slugs) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP Pressed into action: Pressly (Slugs) 3 HLD

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	66-35-7	.644	–	6-5-1	8	17
2	 Newcastle Knights	64-38-6	.620	2.5	10-2-0	11	14
3	 Orpington Isotopes	58-46-4	.556	9.5	11-1-0	7	12
4	 Beckenham A&E Dept	54-45-9	.542	11	9-3-0	4	10
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	54-46-8	.537	11.5	4-7-1	6	5
6	 Norwich No II	52-50-6	.509	14.5	3-9-0	12	12
7	 Cheshunt Maltsters	49-51-8	.491	16.5	2-10-0	2	12
8	 Bunting for Britain	48-53-7	.477	18	3-9-0	1	19
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	48-54-6	.472	18.5	9-3-0	9	11
10	 Durham Riverkings	43-59-6	.426	23.5	5-6-1	3	14
11	 The Bath Bombers	38-65-5	.375	29	1-11-0	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	35-67-6	.352	31.5	7-4-1	10	3

Week 10 Match-ups

Isoptopes (3rd) v Chasers (5th)
Bunting (8th) v Bombers (11th)
Beckenham (4th) v RBI’s (9th)
Maltsters (7th) v No II (6th)
Riverkings (10th) v Knights (2nd)
Slugs (1st) v Devil Rays (12th)

The Mighty Slugs went top after week seven of the BaseballGB but could they hold on to top spot? And brace yourself for intros referencing Monty Python, Neneh Cherry and a particularly awful pun for a Milwaukee starting pitcher.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	39	12	36	1	.308	.923	5	4	70	0	4.22	1.17	9
Newcastle Knights	31	10	28	4	.306	.912	4	2	64	1	4.16	1.31	3

He’s the Juan: Soto (A&E Dept) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.418 OPS

Matt’s the way to do it: Chapman (A&E Dept) 6 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .308 AVG

How much wood would a Woodruff ruff if a Woodruff could ruff wood: Woodruff (A&E Dept) W, 10 K, 0.13 WHIP

Happy Chappy: Champman (A&E Dept) 3 SV

No runs allowed: Flaherty and Giolito (both Knights) 0.00 ERA

Hold this: Miller (Knights) HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	27	7	20	3	.261	.763	1	1	51	4	3.74	1.25	3
Mighty Slugs	34	10	33	0	.286	.841	3	1	49	5	3.83	1.21	8

Ring your Bell: Bell (Slugs) 7 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .375 AVG

Life of Riley: Riley (Slugs) 4 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI

Double duty: Rogers (Slugs) W, HLD

Stingy WHIP: Chirinos (Slugs) 0.82 WHIP, Strasburg (Slugs) 1.00 WHIP

By way of the K: Bauer (Maltsters) 13 K

Damage limitation: Gonzales (Maltsters) 1.29 ERA.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	32	14	38	5	.300	.939	4	7	53	0	4.08	1.25	4
Swindon Devil Rays	39	17	44	2	.309	1.035	2	0	24	1	2.38	0.97	8

MVP: Arenado (Devil Rays) 7 R, 4 HR, 9 RBI, .538 AVG, 1.632 OPS

Also pretty darn good: Smoak (Devil Rays) 6 R, 5 HR, 9 RBI; McCutchen (Devil Rays) 6 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .345 AVG; Devers (Riverkings) 8 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .481 AVG, 1.500 OPS

Strikeout leader: German (Riverkings) 11 K

Busy week: Diaz (Riverkings) W, 3 SV; Yates (Riverkings) 3 SV

Stingy duo: Price (Devil Rays) 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Buehler (Devil Rays) 1.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	28	7	21	4	.242	.787	4	4	67	4	2.95	1.05	7
Norwich No II	34	15	22	1	.274	.897	2	1	33	3	4.95	1.78	5

Three-homer weeks: Alonso (Norwich); Myers (Bunting)

Luke, the force is with you: Voit (Norwich) 6 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Strikeout machines: Wheeler (Bunting) W, 14 K; Weaver (Bunting) W, 13 K

Let’s hear it for the Boyd: Boyd (Bunting) 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Double duty: Neris (Bunting) W, 2 SV

What we have, we hold: Stammen and Gant (both Bunting) 2 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	37	9	42	5	.335	.912	3	3	52	0	3.07	1.02	5
The Cheddar Chasers	41	14	37	5	.281	.888	4	0	65	2	2.62	1.17	6

Safe at home: Rendon (Chasers) 8 R

It’s outta here: Realmuto ( Chasers) 3 HR

Pair of Twins: Kepler (Bombers) 10 RBI, .571 AVG, 1.790 OPS; Rosario (Bombers) 10 RBI, .444 AVG, 1.316 OPS

All-round effort: Arrieta (Chasers) W, 12 K, 1.93 ERA; Gray (Chasers) W, 9 K, 0.00 ERA; Marquez (Chasers) W, 11 K, 2.51 ERA

Holding on: Ottavino (Chasers) 2 HLD

Stingy WHIP: Soroka (Bombers) 0.57 WHIP

Closing Time: Treinen (Bombers) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	12	34	3	.304	.914	4	4	57	1	2.93	1.14	5
Richie’s RBI’s	54	17	45	3	.335	1.050	2	1	43	0	3.82	1.01	6

Buffalo stance: Ramos (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.419 OPS

Run machines: Torres (RBIs) 8 R, 5 HR, 8 RBI; Marte (RBIs) 8 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .407 AVG, 1.337 OPS

Beautiful plumage: Peacock (Isotopes) W, 17 K, 0.00 ERA

Closing time: Osuna and Iglesias (both isotopes) 2 SV each

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	60-30-6	.656	–	8-3-1	8	16
2	 Newcastle Knights	54-36-6	.594	6	3-9-0	11	12
3	 The Cheddar Chasers	50-39-7	.557	9.5	6-5-1	6	5
4	 Norwich No II	49-41-6	.542	11	5-7-0	12	12
5	 Cheshunt Maltsters	47-41-8	.531	12	3-8-1	2	11
6	 Beckenham A&E Dept	45-42-9	.516	13.5	9-3-0	4	10
7	 Orpington Isotopes	47-45-4	.510	14	5-6-1	7	10
8	 Bunting for Britain	45-44-7	.505	14.5	7-5-0	1	18
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	39-51-6	.438	21	6-5-1	9	11
10	 Durham Riverkings	38-53-5	.422	22.5	4-8-0	3	13
11	 The Bath Bombers	37-54-5	.411	23.5	5-6-1	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	28-63-5	.318	32.5	8-4-0	10	3

Week 9 Match-ups

Isotopes (7th) v Bombers (11th)

Bunting (8th) v RBI’s (9th)

Beckenham (6th) v No II (4th)

Maltsters (5th) v Knights (2nd)

Riverkings (10th) v Slugs (1st)

Chasers (3rd) v Devil Rays (12th)

Week seven of the BaseballGB Fantasy League saw the lead change hands. Read on to find out which team is now top of the pile.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Bath Bombers	22	4	15	6	.274	.719	5	3	48	1	1.37	1.07	9
Swindon Devil Rays	14	5	16	1	.247	.854	0	1	14	0	7.45	1.86	3

Safe at home: Kepler (Bombers) 5 R

Needs for speed: Senzel (Bombers) 4 SB

.400 club: Posey and Hosmer (both Bombers) .400 AVG

Bombers take all pitching categories as Swindon failed to meet the 20-inning minimum limit, but would have won them all anyway.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	24	4	23	4	.214	.618	4	4	68	0	3.66	1.03	3
Mighty Slugs	35	20	51	0	.296	1.055	3	4	56	2	1.84	0.66	8

Ring that Bell: Bell (Slugs) 6 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .407 AVG, 1.373 OPS

Also pretty good: Bellinger (Slugs) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .389 AVG, 1.421 OPS

Rabbits are loose: D Gordon and Acuna Jr (both A&E Dept) 2 SB each

By way of the K: Lyles (A&E Dept) W, 12 K

WHIP it: Montas (Slugs) 0.46 WHIP; Strasburg (Slugs) 0.50 WHIP; Castillo (Slugs) 0.56 WHIP

Will he ever give up a run? Pressly (Slugs) still a 0.00 ERA for the season, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	25	7	29	7	.242	.725	3	3	31	0	2.21	1.06	3
The Cheddar Chasers	47	16	46	2	.343	1.066	4	3	61	1	3.90	1.08	8

Buxton’s spring in his step: Buxton (Chasers) 3 HR, 11 RBI

.400 or better: Escobar (Chasers) .462 AVG; Renfroe (Chasers) .444 AVG; Rendon (Chasers) 8 R, .435 AVG

Does anyone steal apart from the Royals?: Mondesi (RBIs), 4 SB; A Gordon (RBIs) 3 SB

Wins still matter: Hendricks (Chasers) 2 W, 11 K

Canning Town: Canning (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP; Tanaka (RBIs) 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

Underhand tactics: Cishek (Chasers) 2 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	21	8	32	4	.223	.678	4	2	51	2	1.80	0.93	4
Norwich No II	29	12	29	2	.293	.907	5	2	69	3	3.36	1.20	7

Look out, he’s heating up: Guerrero Jr (Norwich) 4 HR, 9 RBI, 1.321 OPS

Safe at home: Moustakas (Norwich) 7 R

Trout being Trout: Trout (Norwich) .409 AVG

RBI machine: DeJong (Isotopes) 7 RBI

Wins still matter: Musgrove (Norwich) 2 W

By way of the K: Ray and Maeda (both Norwich) 12 K each

Stingy duo: Greinke (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.52 WHIP; Carrasco (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	31	7	22	2	.239	.754	1	3	67	2	4.70	1.30	5
Newcastle Knights	34	11	28	4	.281	.837	5	2	50	1	5.09	1.35	7

Offensive sweep powered by: Bryant (Knights) 5 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .346 AVG, 1.145 OPS; Alfaro (Knights) .385 AVG; Anderson (Knights) .368 AVG, SB; Betts (Knights) .364 AVG, 2 SB

Top of the matchup strikeout charts: Bieber (Bunting) 21 K, 2.93 ERA, 0.98 WHIP

Closing time: Neris (Bunting) 2 SV

Double duty: Parker (Bunting) SV, HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	8	28	3	.297	.900	0	2	56	1	6.75	1.60	5
Durham Riverkings	31	12	26	3	.286	.952	3	1	44	0	3.30	1.14	6

Super sluggers: Pederson (Riverkings) 5 R, 2 HR, 1.317 OPS; Moncada (Riverkings) 2 HR, .412 AVG, 1.415 OPS; Haniger (Maltsters) 3 HR, 5 RBI

Also in the 5 RBI club: Contreras (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .421 AVG; Profar (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .417 AVG; Encarnacion (Maltsters), 5 RBI, .391 AVG 

Wins still matter: Kikuchi (Riverkings) W, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP; Fried (Riverkings) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP; German (Riverkings) W, 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Sale (Maltsters) 27 K (yes, that’s twenty-seven)

Closing time: Jansen (Maltsters) 2 SV.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Mighty Slugs	52-27-5	.649	–	8-3-1	8	15
2	 Newcastle Knights	51-27-6	.643	0.5	7-5-0	11	11
3	 Cheshunt Maltsters	44-33-7	.565	7	5-6-1	2	9
4	 The Cheddar Chasers	44-34-6	.560	7.5	8-3-1	6	5
5	 Norwich No II	44-34-6	.560	7.5	7-4-1	12	11
6	 Orpington Isotopes	42-39-3	.518	11	4-7-1	7	10
7	 Bunting for Britain	38-39-7	.494	13	5-7-0	1	18
8	 Beckenham A&E Dept	36-39-9	.482	14	3-8-1	4	9
9	 Durham Riverkings	34-45-5	.435	18	6-5-1	3	12
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	33-46-5	.423	19	3-8-1	9	10
11	 The Bath Bombers	32-48-4	.405	20.5	9-3-0	5	9
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	20-59-5	.268	32	3-9-0	10	–

Week 8 match-ups

Slugs v Maltsters

Knights v A&E Dept

Chasers v Bombers

Norwich v Bunting

Isotopes v RBIs

Riverkings v Devil Rays

Week six of the BaseballGB Fantasy League featured a no-hitter by Mike Fiers. But as he was in the free agent pool, no one benefited from it. Here’s what happened to those players on rosters instead, including a rare defeat for the league leaders.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	28	9	32	4	.247	.776	3	1	51	0	4.02	1.21	1
Mighty Slugs	36	11	40	2	.298	.882	3	3	66	3	3.15	1.20	10

Ring that Bell: Bell (Slugs) 5 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI, .478 AVG, 1.390 OPS

Run machine: Martinez (Slugs) 7 R, 3 HR

Need for speed: Myers (Bunting) 2 SB

Ace: Castillo (Slugs) 11 K, 0.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP

By way of the K: Strasburg (Slugs) 18 K

What we have, we hold: Pressly (Slugs) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	28	9	19	5	.272	.788	6	3	61	0	2.58	0.93	9
Durham Riverkings	19	7	21	4	.217	.661	3	4	47	0	2.86	1.13	2

Safe at home: Gurriel (A&E Dept) 6 R, .440 AVG, 1.080 OPS

Multi-homer club: Acuna Jr and Jones )(both A&E Dept), Pederson (Riverkings) 2 HR each

Power and speed: Gordon (A&E Dept) HR, SB, .500 AVG, 1.277 OPS; Andrus (A&E Dept) HR, 2 SB

RBI machine: Devers (Riverkings) 7 RBI

What a week: Ryu (A&E Dept) 2 W, 15 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.35 WHIP

Closing time: Yates and Diaz (both Riverkings); Chapman (A&E Dept) 2 SV each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	36	12	33	5	.280	.813	2	0	58	2	2.35	1.14	8
Swindon Devil Rays	20	2	15	0	.207	.642	2	1	38	0	2.04	0.68	3

This offensive sweep was brought to you by: Turner (Maltsters) 8 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.545 OPS

Wheels: Lindor (Maltsters) 2 SB

Strikeout machine: Bauer (Maltsters) 17 K

Lone save: Giles (Devil Rays) SV

Stingy duo: Buehler (Devil Rays) 1.93 ERA, 0.71 WHIP; Mikolas (Devil Rays) 1.29 ERA, 0.50 WHIP

Devil Rays on the MLB DL but not on the fantasy DL: Mejia, Altuve, Dickerson, Upton, Kluber, Glasnow, Price.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	31	11	37	1	.261	.878	3	2	51	1	3.31	1.10	7
The Cheddar Chasers	22	7	25	3	.242	.712	4	1	60	3	3.11	1.38	5

Multi-HR week: Renfroe (Chasers) 3 HR; Narvaez, Trout, Santana, Alonso (all Norwich) 2 HR

RBI machine: Seager (Norwich) 7 RBI

.400 club: Davis (Norwich) .400 AVG

Ace: Scherzer (Chasers) W, 17 K

No runs allowed: Hendricks (Chasers) 0.00 ERA

Hold on, hold on, hold on: Ottavino (Chasers) 3 HLD

Whip it: Maeda (Norwich) 0.50 WHIP; Berrios (Norwich) 0.57 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	45	15	34	6	.292	.936	3	5	54	1	3.10	1.18	6
Newcastle Knights	50	18	42	4	.278	.963	3	2	58	0	3.62	1.26	5

MVP: Springer (Knights) 10 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, .519 AVG, 1.711 OPS

Also pretty good: Bryant (Knights) 9 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI; Blackmon (Knights) 9 R, 4 HR, .400 AVG

Need for speed: Puig (Isotopes) 3 SB

Lockdown closer: Osuna (Isotopes) 3 SV

Ultra stingy: Carrasco (Isotopes) 0.00 ERA, 0.40 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Bumgarner (Knights) 15 K.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	22	2	14	3	.268	.688*	6	6	71	1	3.65	1.05	6
The Bath Bombers	26	8	22	2	.237	.688*	5	1	51	2	2.26	1.14	6

Making an impact: Senzel (Bombers) 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI

Need for speed: Mondesi (RBIs) 3 SB

.400 club: LeMahieu, Dahl and Cano (all RBIs) .407, .429 and .417 AVG respectively

All aboard the Cole train: Cole (RBIs) 2 W, 21 K

Nightmare: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

No runs allowed: Corbin and Gonzalez (Bombers), Happ (RBIs) 0.00 ERA each.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	44-22-6	.653	–	5-6-1	11	10
2	 Mighty Slugs	44-24-4	.639	1	10-1-1	8	13
3	 Cheshunt Maltsters	39-27-6	.583	5	8-3-1	2	9
4	 Norwich No II	37-30-5	.549	7.5	7-5-0	12	10
5	 Orpington Isotopes	38-32-2	.542	8	6-5-1	7	8
6	 The Cheddar Chasers	36-31-5	.535	8.5	5-7-0	6	5
7	 Beckenham A&E Dept	33-31-8	.514	10	9-2-1	4	7
8	 Bunting for Britain	33-32-7	.507	10.5	1-10-1	1	15
9	 Richie’s RBI’s	30-38-4	.444	15	6-6-0	9	9
10	 Durham Riverkings	28-40-4	.417	17	2-9-1	3	12
11	 The Bath Bombers	23-45-4	.347	22	6-6-0	5	8
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	17-50-5	.271	27.5	3-8-1	10	–

Week 7 match-ups

Orpington Isotopes (5th) v Norwich No II (4th)
Bunting for Britain (8th) v Newcastle Knights (1st)
Beckenham A&E Dept (7th) v Mighty Slugs (2nd)
Cheshunt Maltsters (3rd) v Durham Riverkings (10th)
Richie’s RBI’s (9th) v The Cheddar Chasers (6th)
The Bath Bombers (11th) v Swindon Devil Rays (12th)

The BaseballGB Fantasy League continues to be very competitive, with no teams hitting double digits this week and nine games separating the top seven. Here’s what happened in week five.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	37	9	33	5	.276	.865	1	6	66	0	3.38	1.26	9
The Cheddar Chasers	24	5	24	2	.236	.673	1	1	54	2	3.88	1.06	2

All-round threat: Springer (Knigts) 6 R, 2 HR 5 RBI, SB, .333 AVG

RBI machine: Muncy (Knights) 2 HR, 8 RBI

.400 club: Betts (Knights) .417 AVG

Lockdown closer: Hader (Knights) 3 SV, 10 K

No runs allowed: Minor (Knights) 0.00 ERA

Mr Efficient: Hendricks (Chasers) 0.44 WHIP

Hold on: Ottavino and Leclerc (both Chasers) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	14	41	6	.266	.849	3	1	76	0	3.00	0.96	8
Mighty Slugs	28	6	27	2	.263	.761	4	3	63	2	2.42	1.07	4

Offensive sweep brought to you by: Rizzo (Isotopes) 3 HR, 9 RBIs, SB, .399 AVG, 1.399 OPS; Brantley (Isotopes) 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.342 OPS; Suarez (Isotopes) 3 HR

Strikeout machine: Porcello (Isotopes) 15 K, 0.64 WHIP; Sanchez (Isotopes) 16 K

Wins still matter: C Smith (Slugs) W, 1.29 ERA

Double threat: W Smith (Slugs) W, 3 SV

Hold on: Pressly and Rogers (both Slugs) 1 HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	17	3	15	3	.240	.646	3	4	55	1	4.35	1.27	2
Cheshunt Maltsters	29	12	32	3	.239	.808	3	5	52	1	3.86	1.14	7

Super sluggers: Encarnacion (Maltsters) 5 R, 3 HR; Albies (Maltsters) 2 HR, 8 RBI; Contreras (Maltsters) 5 R, 2 HR, 1.529 OPS

Hitting for average: Chapman (A&E Dept) .333 AVG

Strikeout machine: Verlander (A&E Dept) 14 K

No runs or baserunners allowed: Lester (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP; Sale (Maltsters) 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

Saving the day: Holland (Maltsters) 3 SV.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	21	5	22	0	.203	.620	7	4	52	1	3.04	1.37	4
The Bath Bombers	30	8	26	5	.261	.756	2	1	49	1	3.45	1.26	7

Power display: Machado (Bombers) 6 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, .945 OPS

Hitting for average: Hosmer (Bombers) .393 AVG, Benintendi (Bombers) .345 AVG, SB

Decision makers: Hand (Norwich) W, 2 SV; Buttrey (Norwich) W, SV

Strikeout leader: Maeda (Norwich) 9 K

Stingy ERA: Ray (Norwich) 1.59 ERA

Savvy pickup: Gonzalez (Bombers) 0.56 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Richie’s RBI’s	33	11	39	4	.251	.788	2	6	49	1	5.05	1.27	7
Swindon Devil Rays	28	6	25	1	.258	.808	3	1	30	0	2.90	1.13	5

MVP: Marte (RBIs) 9 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, .368 AVG, 1.402 OPS

I remember his dad: Mondesi (RBIs) 6 R, HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB

Power display: Santana (RBIs) 3 HR

.400 club: Arenado (Devil Rays) .400 AVG, 1.219 OPS

Wins still matter: Glasnow (Devil Rays) W, 0.00 ERA, 0.43 WHIP

Strikeout machine: Cole (RBIs) 11 K

Saving the day: Vazquez (RBIs) 3 SV

Pitching injuries: Kluber and Price (Devil Rays) – Swindon are at risk of falling below the 20-inning minimum limit. Please use DL spots and add some reinforcements from the free agent pool, waiver wire or trade.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	35	15	40	1	.233	.838	3	2	51	3	3.50	1.28	6
Durham Riverkings	35	13	30	2	.300	.954	1	2	30	1	6.29	1.27	4

RBI machine: Bregman (Bunting) 6 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI; Hoskins (Bunting) 2 HR, 8 RBIs

Safe at home: Devers (Riverkings) 10 R, .367 AVG, 1.012 OPS

Highest average of the week: Aguilar (Riverkings) 3 HR, 7 RBI, .625 AVG, 2.500 OPS

Wins still mattter: Kelly (Bunting) W, 1.69 ERA

By way of the K: Wheeler (Bunting) 14 K

The Bieber it’s OK to like: Bieber (Bunting) 1.17 ERA

WHIP difference maker: Kikuchi (Riverkings) 0.57 WHIP

Thanks for that: Snell (Riverkings) 21.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP; Kelly (Riverkings) 20.25 ERA, 3.75 WHIP.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1	 Newcastle Knights	39-16-5	.692	–	9-2-1	11	8
2	 Mighty Slugs	34-23-3	.592	6	4-8-0	8	12
3	 Bunting for Britain	32-22-6	.583	6.5	6-4-2	1	14
4	 Cheshunt Maltsters	31-24-5	.558	8	7-2-3	2	8
5	 The Cheddar Chasers	31-24-5	.558	8	2-9-1	6	5
6	 Orpington Isotopes	32-27-1	.542	9	8-4-0	7	6
7	 Norwich No II	30-25-5	.542	9	4-7-1	12	10
8	 Durham Riverkings	26-31-3	.458	14	4-6-2	3	12
9	 Beckenham A&E Dept	24-29-7	.458	14	2-7-3	4	7
10	 Richie’s RBI’s	24-32-4	.433	15.5	7-5-0	9	9
11	 The Bath Bombers	17-39-4	.317	22.5	7-4-1	5	8
12	 Swindon Devil Rays	14-42-4	.267	25.5	5-7-0	10	–

Week 6 Match-ups

Knights v Isotopes

Slugs v Bunting For Britain

Maltsters v Devil Rays

Chasers v Norwich

Riverkings v A&E Dept RBIs v Bombers