BGB Fantasy League 2015 Week Sixteen

The dust has settled after an eventful week of trades. Which teams are re-energised and which are paying the price for standing pat?

The Knights showed no mercy against the cellar dwellers, thrashing Bits & Bytes 11-0, falling a hold shy of a clean sweep. Correa had four homers, CarGo scored and drove in six with three homers, Donaldson and Justin Upton each knocked in seven and Blackmon swiped four bases in an offensive sweep. Salazar was the pick of the starters after an ERA of zero for the week with a miniscule WHIP.

The Slugs stay top after defeating the RBIs 8-4. Duda was the clear star, belting seven homers and driving in 10 while batting .474 with an OPS north of 2.000. Lester struck out 14 and helped take WHIP, while Soria had two saves and a hold. A-Rod and Fowler gave the RBIs the edge in runs, while Nova won twice and made the difference in ERA.

Jesmond kept pace with the Slugs, defeating the Sox 8-4. Chris Davis was the top hitter with four homers and 12 RBIs and Brandon Phillips stole three bases. The pitchers took every category aside from wins. Archer ahd 11 strikeouts and made the difference in ERA and WHIP, while Osuna and Chapman had two saves each and Neshek had two holds. Hosmer scored eight runs for the Sox and joined Braun and Cespedes in taking average and OPS. Lance Lynn was the pick of the pitchers with a win.

It seems 8-4 was a popular score with the top three, as Iron Men defeated Batteries Essential by the same margin. Kang had a three-homer week, while Kendrick and JD Martinez (who drove in nine) each went deep twice and helped take OPS by a hair. The pitchers won all categories except saves, with Keuchel, Wacha and Heston picking up wins. Watson had two holds and Cole struck out eight. Machado scored seven runs for Batteries essential, while Billy Hamilton swiped five bases. Kipnis batted .400 before his injury, while Papelbon and Romo each had a save.

Matt’s Chasers defeated the Maltsters 7-3, with the Cheddar hitters taking every category bar homers. Melky Cabrera scored seven runs and knocked in eight while batting .483. Kinsler also hit .483, with Parra and Headley also posting averages above .400. Gray struck out 16 and joined Tillman in taking ERA. Freeman and Jhonny Peralta each went deep twice for the Maltsters, while Holland had two saves and Walker and Bauer made the difference in WHIP.

The Riverkings closed the gap of Becknam with a 7-4 win. Rizzo had a four-homer week, driving in 10, while Zobrist hit three homers and Bogaerts scored eight times and stole three bases in an offensive sweep. Britton had two saves. Kershaw, Kazmir, Haren and Lackey helped take ERA and WHIP while Sanchez struck out 11. Teixeira had a five-homer week in the defeat.

Norwich put a stop to the mini revival from the Isotopes, defeating my team 7-4. Abreu (seven runs, 10 RBIs) made the difference in those categories, while the pitchers carried the load with five out of six categories. Syndergaard won twice and struck out 18, joining new Dodger Wood in taking ERA and WHIP. Kimbrel and Jansen had two saves each. Nelson Cruz hit four homers for the isotopes, Alexei Ramirez went deep three times and Ethier helped take OPS with his two-homer Sunday. Altuve had the lone steal.

The deadline for making trades in the league is August 16, so don’t be afraid to have a look at other team’s rosters and make a few trade offers, particularly if you have holes to fill and a surplus in another area to deal from.

Slugs (1st) v Maltsters (13th)

Jesmond (2nd) v Isotopes (12th)

Iron Men (3rd) v Bits & Bytes (14th)

Knights (4th) v RBIs (8th)

Sox (5th) v Batteries Essential (9th)

Becknam (6th) v Norwich (11th)

Riverkings (7th) v Chasers (10th)