BaseballGB Fantasy League 2011: Week Twenty One

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the BaseballGB Fantasy League competition. This is a mixed Head-2-Head league involving BGB writers and readers.
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There are fourteen teams who pair up in different combinations each week, making for seven match-ups in any given week. The teams battle over twelve statistical categories, gaining one point for each category they win.

All the points are carried over into the season league table at the end of the weekly match-ups. The top six teams with the most points at the end of the fantasy season will go on to the playoffs during the last three weeks of September.

It’s now or never for the teams on the edge of the playoff race, as there is just one week to go until the fantasy playoffs begin. Which teams have improved their chances of a crack at the championship, which teams are hoping to snatch a place at the death of the regular season and who coped best with the fixture chaos caused by Hurricane Irene?

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Weston-Super-Sox	30	6	33	7	0.29	0.84	2	1	50	1	6.5	1.73	12
Redbacks	17	4	16	2	0.27	0.79	0	2	8	0	6	1.5	0

So how did the Sox celebrate clinching a playoff place? By taking their foot off the gas? No, with a 12-0 sweep of Redbacks. Kev’s batters took all of the offensive categories without too much trouble thanks to Braun, Kemp and Victorino. Redbacks forfeited all of the pitching categories after failing to reach the 20-inning minimum – the first time that has happened in the league this year. It was hardly a vintage week for the pitching staffs, but Redbacks looked like they could have taken at least three categories had they pitched 20 innings.

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
BD Yankees	28	12	37	4	0.3	0.89	1	2	52	0	5.1	1.35	9
daebhid2	21	6	18	4	0.25	0.78	1	1	19	0	6	1.44	0

The Yankees also had a shutout, defeating daebhid2 9-0, with Cano, Butler and Granderson doing most of the damage. Â King Felix was the only pitcher to pick up a win and combined with CainÂ to take strikeouts, ERA and WHIP in another rough week for the pitchers. Reynolds and Ellsbury were Dave’s best players.Â

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
stevenston angels	32	13	35	1	0.29	0.91	5	3	31	0	3	1.17	8
Bonestalkers	25	6	26	6	0.29	0.85	0	4	28	0	6.7	1.52	3

Four wins each in offense and pitching helped the Angels defeat Bonestalkers 8-3. Kendrick, Adrian Gonzalez and Wieters all had huge weeks with the bat, while Cliff Lee and Cordero were the pick of the pitchers. Bonestalkers had speed and average from CarGo and Martin, while Putz and Hanrahan made the difference in saves.

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	23	8	27	6	0.27	0.8	5	3	54	0	3	1.14	4
Orpington Isotopes	38	11	36	2	0.31	0.9	4	4	56	0	3.3	1.16	7

My hitters took five out of six categories on the way to a 7-4 win against the Chasers. Werth, Pence, Berkman and Crawford all had productive weeks, while Bailey, Axford and Carpenter helped me nick saves and strikeouts. Tulo and Hamilton had nice weeks for the Chasers, while Kennedy won twice and helped take ERA and WHIP.

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
SWAT*	32	10	30	1	0.3	0.91	6	3	52	2	4.5	1.37	7
Iron Men	28	4	20	5	0.21	0.61	4	5	54	1	3.3	1.24	5

SWAT slugged their way to a 7-5 win against Iron Men, with Hardy, Gordon and Miguel Cabrera the pick of the hitters. Gallardo and David Hernandez helped take wins and holds. Weaver, Danks and Beachy helped take strikeouts, ERA and WHIP for Iron Men, while five different players stole a base.

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	23	2	17	3	0.32	0.81	3	0	48	3	1.6	0.87	6
The Wright Stuff	35	10	32	3	0.27	0.79	2	1	28	3	4.1	1.42	4

There were reasons to celebrate for both teams here, as Beck ‘Nams won the matchup 6-4 but the Stuff clinched a playoff place. The incredible trio of Price, Shields and Sabathia helped JJÂ take wins, strikeouts, ERA and WHIP, while Pennington, Jeter and Kurt Suzuki made the difference in average and OPS. Longorioa, Chris Young and Holliday helped the Stuff take runs, homers and RBIs while Guerra picked up the only save of the matchup. Congratulations to Chris on confirming his place in the playoffs. He’ll now be trying to secure a top two place to get a bye in the first round.

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Â	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Pretzel Vendors	32	14	38	3	0.33	0.97	3	0	16	0	2.4	1.18	6
Okajima’s Fire Bet	19	4	17	1	0.18	0.53	1	1	25	0	2.8	1.33	6

We end win a 6-6 tie between the Vendors and the Bet. It should have been a win for the Vendors but they failed to pitch 20 innings, handing all six pitching categories to Margaret. The Vendors swept the offensive categories with Votto, Jennings and Nelson Cruz leading the wrecking crew which hit 14 homers. Lincecum was the pick of Margaret’s players, although she was not helped by Halladay having another start moved due to the Hurrican Irene postponements.

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So with one week left of the regular season, the Sox and Stuff have booked playoff places. The Yankees are in third, two and a half games up on my Isotopes, with Iron Men two games back in fifth. The Angels are the team currently in possession of the final championship playoff place, but the Vendors, Chasers and SWAT still all have a chance at making it. Barring a late miracle, it looks as though Bonestalkers will be joining daebhid2 in missing out on the consolation playoffs.

Here are the Week 22 matchups:

Sox (1st) v daebhid2 (14th)

Stuff (2nd) v Angels (6th)

Yankees (3rd) v Isotopes (4th)

Iron Men (5th) v Vendors (7th)

Chasers (8th) v SWAT (9th)

Bet (10th) v Beck ‘Nams (12th)

Redbacks (11th) v Bonestalkers (13th)

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