BGB Fantasy League 2012 Week Three

It’s time to look back at week three of the BaseballGB fantasy league.  Which teams are still off to a flier and did anyone benefit from Phil Humber’s perfect game?

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	28	8	25	3	0.256	0.783	5	3	45	2	3.44	1.2	10
Ridge Bolts	25	5	24	1	0.254	0.754	1	4	37	3	5.03	1.59	2

We begin with the biggest winners of the week, Matt’s Chasers, who swept  the offensive categories to beat the Bolts 10-2, with Joyce and Stubbs doing  much of the damage. Romero won twice and posted nine Ks with Colby Lewis. Bell,  Marshall, Downs and Chapman took care of holds and saves for the Bolts, who  played better than the score would suggest.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	22	3	15	5	0.225	0.629	1	1	33	1	6.49	1.62	2
stevenston angels	26	12	33	6	0.284	0.86	1	0	30	2	3.51	1.23	9

Another offensive sweep saw the Angels give my Isotopes a heavy defeat.  Mike Napoli had a five-homer week, single-handedly outproducing my collective slumping offense, while Cueto and the now injured Cliff Lee took ERA and WHIP.  Walden picked up the lone save of the matchup and Garza helped me salvage  strikeouts.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Boyd’s Base On Balls	22	4	18	6	0.259	0.717	4	4	35	1	3.13	1.34	3
Weston-Super-Sox	36	6	33	8	0.261	0.754	1	6	46	0	3.76	1.25	9

The third offensive sweep in a row saw the Sox defeated Margaret 9-3, with  Cuddyer, Jennings and De Aza the pick of the hitters. Henry Rodriguez, Guerra  and Hanrahan combined for six saves and Hanson struck out 11. Verlander, Vargas  and Crain helped Margaret’s team take wins, holds and ERA.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
SWAT*	34	8	30	9	0.265	0.736	2	3	30	2	3.97	1.38	7
tavira expats	27	8	24	3	0.257	0.733	5	0	54	1	1.81	0.94	4

SWAT took five out of six offensive categories to defeat Tavira 7-4, thanks  to the efforts of Beltran, Bourn, Encarnacion and Doumit. Tavira rebounded by  taking four pitching categories, and you have to tip your hat to their manager for the inspired choice of Philip Humber. His perfecto, unsurprisingly, saw the Expats take wins, ERA and WHIP.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	22	4	21	4	0.218	0.616	5	4	43	0	2.3	1.07	4
Pretzel Vendors	22	6	24	3	0.257	0.771	1	1	44	2	2.33	1.04	7

The Vendors’ terrific form continues with a 7-4 win against Beck ‘Nams, with Kemp, Sabathai and King Felix the pick of their players. Beck ‘Nams had  speed from Aviles, Andrus and Cruz and Veras, Papelbon and Wandy Rodriguez helped take wins, saves and ERA in a matchup which was overall very well pitched.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
BD Yankees	23	5	24	4	0.269	0.769	3	4	38	2	3.06	1.3	5
Richie’s RBI’s	25	9	33	5	0.284	0.833	6	3	31	1	3.61	1.35	7

Guess what? Another offensive sweep. This time Richie’s RBIs benefitted in a tight 7-5 win against the Yankees. Granderson and Cespedes were hot hitters, while Weaver won twice. The Yankees took the five remaining pitching categories thanks to Strasburg, Valverde and Cordero.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Wright Stuff	24	4	15	1	0.234	0.639	2	1	35	3	6.38	1.39	6
YD33’s	20	3	18	3	0.264	0.784	1	0	34	0	5.45	1.32	6

A closely-fought matchup saw the Stuff and YD33s draw 6-6. The Stuff had nice weeks from Uggla and McCann with the bat and Peavy and Romo with the ball. Headley and Kennedy were the pic of YD33s’ players.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
NE Riverkings	16	4	25	4	0.241	0.652	5	1	50	3	1.69	0.97	6
Pontypridd Pirates	28	8	28	3	0.305	0.863	2	3	44	0	2.84	1.06	6

The Riverkings and Pirates finished all square as the nautical matchup featured a lot of great pitching. Five different pitchers won games for the Riverkings, with Haren and Worley each striking out 11. The Pirates had the better offense thanks to Hamilton and Morneau.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bonestalkers	18	2	24	4	0.239	0.636	3	1	28	4	2.72	1.02	5
Chatham Anglers	24	3	18	4	0.3	0.751	4	1	24	2	4.05	1.35	5

There was nothing to separate Bonestalkers and the Anglers. Luebke and Beachy pitched excellently for Bonestalkers, while Jansen had three holds. Miguel Cabrera, Starlin Castro and Ethier had nice weeks with the bat and four different pitchers picked up wins.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Iron Men	28	5	23	4	0.267	0.73	1	0	51	1	3.42	1.23	5
daebhid2	18	6	20	3	0.292	0.803	4	0	33	1	2.25	1.25	5

The final matchup also ended 5-5 as Iron Men took on daebhid2. Furcal, Victorino and Ortiz had nice weeks with the bat for Iron Men and Gallardo and Duffy racked up the strikeouts. Daebhid2 had offense from Teixeira and Michael Young and four different pitchers won games.

Vendors (1st) v Yankees (16th)

SWAT (2nd) v Anglers (4th)

Riverkings (3rd) v Sox (7th)

Beck ‘Nams (5th) v Isotopes (14th)

Chasers (6th) v Pirates (9th)

Daebhid2 (8th) v Base On Balls (19th)

Richie’s RBIs (10th) v Bonestalkers (11th)

YD33s (12th) v Iron Men (13th)

Angels (15th) v Bolts (20th)

Stuff (17th) v Expats (18th)