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BGB Fantasy League 2019: Week 8

by Mark George

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)

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