Hello all. AÂ couple of weeks after Philip Humber’s perfect game, there was another no-hitter. Which manager benefitted from Jered Weaver’s efforts? And which managers are scrambling for saves after the rash of closer injuries and demotions?
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| The Cheddar Chasers | 26 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0.28 | 0.88 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.97 | 10 |
| stevenston angels | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.38 | 1 |
Plenty of offense and great pitching saw the Chasers become the week’s biggest winners, defeating the Angels 10-1. Stubbs (3HR) was one of seven different hitters to go deep for the Chasers, while Shields and Dickey were the pick of the pitchers. Bonifacio stole five bases for the Angels, while Aceves had 11K in relief.
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| SWAT* | 37 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 0.28 | 0.87 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 2.9 | 1.09 | 9 |
| Richie’s RBI’s | 19 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0.23 | 0.65 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 3.8 | 1.02 | 2 |
An offensive sweep saw SWAT defeat the RBIs 9-2, with five hitters having multi-homer weeks and new recxruit Middlebrook clubbing a grandslam during Sunday’s crazy game between the Orioles and Red Sox. The RBIs had strikeouts from Hammel, while also benefitting from Weaver’s no-no to take WHIP.
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| Bonestalkers | 21 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0.29 | 0.76 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1.38 | 3 |
| Pretzel Vendors | 23 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.77 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.98 | 8 |
The Vendors keep on rolling, picking up an 8-3 win over Bonestalkers, taking four hitting and four pitching categories. LaHair and Kelly Johnson did most of the damage with the bat, while King Felix, Cain and Bedard racked up the strikeouts. Bonestalkers had speed from Maybin and holds from Brothers and Jansen, who is now the new Dodgers closer.
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| The Wright Stuff | 30 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.7 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.98 | 8 |
| Chatham Anglers | 28 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.77 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 3 |
Another matchup, another 8-3 result. this time the Stuff were the winners, defeating the Anglers 8-3 behind a big power week from Dunn and McCann (and Pujols!) and the pitching of Wainwright and Latos. The Anglers had the edge in speed and average, thanks to Hunter, Castro and Infante.
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| Weston-Super-Sox | 38 | 7 | 41 | 9 | 0.27 | 0.78 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 7.9 | 1.53 | 8 |
| Pontypridd Pirates | 17 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0.28 | 0.76 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.1 | 1.54 | 3 |
Completing a hat-trick of 8-3 scores, the Sox picked up the win against the Pirates, in a matchup where a number of categories could have gone either way. CarGo, Holliday and Hanley helped the Sox take five out of six offensive categories, while Hanrahan, Guerra and Henry Rodriguez each collected a save. Avila and Pierre helped the Pirates take average and Cishek won twice in relief.
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| Boyd’s Base On Balls | 27 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.74 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2.7 | 1.07 | 8 |
| YD33’s | 24 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0.27 | 0.73 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6.1 | 1.48 | 4 |
Four win in both offensive and pitching saw the Base On Balls defeat YD33s 8-4. The star offensively was Ruiz, who drove in 11 runs, including seven in one game, while he joined Desmond in homering twice and Chris Perez had four saves. Kipnis was the pick of the YD33 batters, while CJ Wilson struck out 13 while winning twice.
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| Ridge Bolts | 24 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0.23 | 0.75 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5.3 | 1.38 | 7 |
| Beck ‘Nams (GB) | 16 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0.27 | 0.67 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 6.8 | 1.49 | 3 |
The Bolts got the better of Beck ‘Nams 7-3, with the Miami duo of Stanton (four homers) and Reyes (four steals) doing much of the damage and Jeff Samardzija the pitch of the pitchers in an otherwise rough week for the staffs. Andrus and Pagan helped Beck ‘Nams salvage average, while Papelbon, Axford and Putz took care of saves and Capuano struck out seven.
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| NE Riverkings | 25 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0.26 | 0.75 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 2.8 | 1.11 | 5 |
| daebhid2 | 34 | 9 | 41 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.85 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.2 | 1.14 | 7 |
Daebhid2 picked up a narrow win, defeating the Riverkings 7-5 thanks to an offensive sweep, with Seager and Justin Upton the pick of the hitters, while Norris, Porcelo and Fuentes all picked up wins. The Riverkings took the five remaining pitching categories thanks to new Marlins closer Mujica (two saves, two holds), Lynn and Hellickson.
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| Iron Men | 26 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0.27 | 0.86 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.34 | 6 |
| tavira expats | 31 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.87 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 5.4 | 1.54 | 4 |
A big power week saw Iron Men get the better of the Expats 6-4. Braun, Victorino and Furcal provided power and speed and Big Papi homered twice. Myers had three saves and Hamels helped take ERA and WHIP. Wieters and Jeter helped take runs and average, while Darvish struck out 20 and Minor 13.
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| Orpington Isotopes | 26 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.25 | 5 |
| BD Yankees | 26 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.88 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.44 | 6 |
The Yankees got the better of my Isotopes 6-5 in this week’s final matchup. Beckham, Alvarez and Montero provided the power while Broxton and Valverde combined for three saves. Five different pitchers won games for my team, with Price the pick of the bunch. Bastardo had three holds.
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With the changes made to the closer roles for the Yankees, Marlins, Dodgers, White Sox, Padres and Angels it might be worth scouring the free agent pool for set-up guys who might collect the odd save over the next few weeks. This can be tricky if there are multiple candidates for saves, or if you have a surplus of closers, now could be a good time to talk trade.
The week six matchups are as follows:
Vendors (1st) v SWAT (2nd)
Chasers (3rd) v Beck ‘Nams (9th)
Riverkings (4th) v YD33s (17th)
Anglers (5th) v Iron Men (10th)
Stuff (6th) v RBIs (14th)
Sox (7th) v daebhid2 (13th)
Base On Balls (8th) v Expats (19th)
Bolts (11th) v Yankees (18th)
Bonestalkers (12th) v Isotopes (15th)
Pirates (16th) v Angels (20th)
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Come on you Chasers!!! Things are going strangely well so far. Fingers crossed that the Vendors and SWAT have an even contest and my luck continues this week to help me close the gap.