BGB Fantasy League 2012 Week Two

It’s time to look back at who did what in week two of the BaseballGB fantasy league. Which teams continued their good starts and which sides came back down to earth with a bump?

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beck ‘Nams (GB)	24	7	26	3	0.246	0.759	5	5	47	1	2.9	1.22	11
Richie’s RBI’s	26	4	18	1	0.198	0.641	2	3	38	0	6.59	1.51	1

After a great start to the season, Richie’s RBIs were dealt an 11-1 loss by Beck ‘Nams. Lucroy and Cruz did the damage with the bats while five different starters picked up wins. Zimmerman and Granderson helped take runs to avoid a clean sweep.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
BD Yankees	20	4	19	2	0.263	0.706	3	2	30	2	3.71	1.47	1
Chatham Anglers	25	9	34	4	0.316	0.914	4	0	59	2	2.56	1.04	10

The Anglers also reeled in a big win, defeating the Yankees 10-1. Infante, Ethier and Castro keyed an offensive sweep, while Cahill helped take wins and strikeouts. Vlaverde and K-Rod helped the Yankees take saves and tie  holds.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Wright Stuff	19	2	21	5	0.218	0.55	2	0	42	3	6.17	1.58	2
daebhid2	28	7	28	6	0.248	0.725	2	1	33	0	3.83	1.21	9

Daebhid2 recovered from last week’s loss to surge over .500 with a 9-2 win against the stuff. Michael and Chris Young did a lot of damage for an offensive sweep, while the now injured Brian Wilson picked up the lone save of the matchup. Anibal Sanchez and a trio of relievers helped take strikeouts and holds for the Stuff.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
stevenston angels	25	5	21	7	0.305	0.815	1	2	35	2	2.83	0.77	3
Pretzel Vendors	26	13	37	1	0.303	0.991	2	4	37	3	2.43	1.14	9

It’s back-to-back wins for the Vendors, who defeated the Angels 9-3, thanks to Kemp, Helton and Cain. Five different players stoile bases for the Angels, including Willingham, who was the pick of their hitters. Cliff Lee and Edwin Jackson helped post a ridiculously good team WHIP of 0.77.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
SWAT*	38	8	16	8	0.272	0.78	0	5	32	2	4.91	1.44	8
YD33’s	29	4	21	5	0.287	0.812	3	0	24	0	6.37	1.65	4

SWAT have started with two straight wins, taking five pitching categories on the way to an 8-4 win against YD33s, while Encarnacion and Adam Jones had big weeks with the bat. Yadier Molina was YD33s’ best hitter while CJ Wilson won both his starts.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Boyd’s Base On Balls	27	6	25	1	0.304	0.824	1	1	23	3	3.86	0.96	2
NE Riverkings	33	8	26	4	0.31	0.896	1	1	32	3	7.36	1.73	7

The Riverkings had an offensive sweep in beating Boyd’s Base On Balls 7-2, with Heyward and JD Martinez the pick of the hitters. Margaret’s team hit very well, good enough to win a lot of categories most other weeks, but salvaged ERA and WHIP thanks to Lester

and Bumgarner.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Iron Men	31	5	24	6	0.244	0.731	4	2	43	8	3.38	1.21	7
Weston-Super-Sox	31	4	27	2	0.273	0.758	2	4	28	0	3.73	1.34	4

Iron Men collected an incredible 8 holds in the win against the Sox, including four from Adams and three from Venters while Hamels struck out 19 on his own and Papi had a nice week with the bat. Guerra, Hanley and Cuddyer helped the Sox take saves, average and RBIs.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	21	3	19	3	0.223	0.616	3	1	29	1	1.47	0.82	7
Orpington Isotopes	20	2	17	0	0.241	0.673	2	2	44	3	4.09	1.28	5

The Chasers got the better of my Isotopes thanks to the offense of Votto and Beltre and the pitching of Romero, Dickey, Shields and Lewis. Yunel Escobar was the pick of my hitters and Ogando had a save and three holds.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bonestalkers	26	4	20	5	0.216	0.613	5	2	31	1	1.62	1.08	7
tavira expats	22	7	24	7	0.274	0.795	3	1	29	0	4.12	1.45	5

Bonestalkers edged past Tavira 7-5 thanks to a  sweep of the pitching categories. Jansen won twice and picked up a hold while Beachy was the pick of the starters. Jeter, Wieters and Maicer Izturis had nice weeks with the bat for Tavira.

	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Ridge Bolts	29	10	33	3	0.276	0.851	3	1	34	0	3.72	1.45	5
Pontypridd Pirates	34	5	24	8	0.241	0.727	2	2	39	0	3.24	1.22	6

Finally, the Pirates did just enough to squeeze past the Bolts 6-5, taking four pitching categories thanks to Sale, Feliz and closers League and Balfour. Gordon had four steals and Hamilton clubbed three homers. Eight different players homered for the Bolts, including Swisher, who drove in seven.

Well done to everyone for meeting the 20 inning minimum limit. The high-profile injuries to players such as Brian Wilson and Jacoby Ellsbury will hurt their owners, but maybe a good fix can be found through a trade or a savvy pickup from the free agent pool.

Don’t forget to put injured players on your DL to free up a roster spot for replacements – they could really make a difference in a close matchup, particularly hitters who have a full week of games and starting pitchers due to pitch twice in the same week.