Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - BBFL: New Leader (Again)

Three weeks of play, three different first-place teams in our Yahoo league. I'm aware that my sudden rise to the top of the standings is about as significant as the K.C. Royals' fast start. My pitching (except for Cliff Politte) has been superb, as Jason found out in a 10-1 shellacking -- 61 IP, 3 W, 5 SV, 2.21 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 3.07 K/BB should earn a few category wins in most matchups, and this week it was good enough for a 6-0 split. Heading into a collision with Billies Bashers, with the Gashouse Gorillas on deck, no trash will be talked here -- I'm not overconfident, just cautiously optimistic.

Here's the standings after three weeks of the 22-week regular season:


 1  Toronto Walrus        26- 9-1  .736  - 
 2  Baird Brain           24- 9-3  .708  1 
 3  gashouse gorillas     24-11-1  .681  2 
 4  Springfield Isotopes  22-12-2  .639  3.5 
 5  Billies Bashers       21-14-1  .597  5 
 6  Nation Builders       19-15-2  .556  6.5 
 7  Hannibals Cannibals   19-16-1  .542  7 
 8  Reykjavik Fish Candy  19-17-0  .528  7.5 
 9  AGF                   16-16-4  .500  8.5 
10  Sub-Urban Shockers    16-16-4  .500  8.5 
11  Eastern Shore Birds   17-18-1  .486  9 
12  Chatsworth Halos      16-18-2  .472  9.5 
13  Red Mosquitos         16-18-2  .472  9.5 
14  Mebion Glyndwr        16-19-1  .458  10 
15  Jicks Rays            13-20-3  .403  12 
16  Moscow Rats           11-20-5  .375  13 
17  Garces_not_on_roids   13-22-1  .375  13 
18  K-Town Mashers        13-23-0  .361  13.5 
19  Geoffs Grumpy Group   11-23-2  .333  14.5 
20  Thunderbirds          10-26-0  .278  16.5

Even a lopsided HtH victory can be extremely close; one big day by a Jick's Rays hitter and one great start by a pitcher could have turned this "rout" into a split:

Team          R  RBI SB  AVG  OBP  SLG   IP    W SV   ERA  WHIP  K/BB  Score 
Baird Brain  41  41   5 .280 .371 .445   61.1  5  4  3.08  1.37  2.08   11 
Jicks Rays   38  38   2 .259 .366 .500   54.1  3  3  4.14  1.40  1.54    1

All 20 owners are active, which is great. What surprises me is how busy people have been. I'm usually the league leader in "Moves" because I like to troll for free agent bargains, but not in this group -- five owners have made more transactions, and I'm tied with three others near the middle of the pack. We've made a lot of deals, probably because there's not much help on the waiver wire. I'd still talk trade, especially if someone wants a closer and is willing to pay market value. Could be a 2-for-1, I'd move Baez or Julio and an OF (Bradley? Mench?) for one better hitter or a decent starter.

Posted by Coach on Monday, April 21 2003 @ 10:36 AM EDT.

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_Jurgen - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 10:56 AM EDT (#90106) #

Yeah, that was really close. Fortunately it was Baird Brain's hitters that had the big Sunday, and my staff had been strong enough all week to withstand Buerhle's collapse (14.54 ERA, 3.00 WHIP).

Anyways, new week, new opponent.

_Jonny German - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 11:37 AM EDT (#90109) #

Week 3 Roto Summary

Just the numbers this week, it's bad form to talk after absorbing such a whuppin'. Congrats to Chatsworth, we'll see if the Mashed can make it more interesting in our August matchup.

									
		R	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Hitting	
1	Toronto	9	2	12	5	5	7	4	
2	Red Mos	3	15	1	1	1	2	1	
3	Baird	6	6	7	9	7	15	7	
4	Chatsw.	11	3	7	4	11	11	6	
5	Billie	1	5	6	11	12	7	5	
6	Nation	15	8	19	2	3	10	9	
7	Gashous	3	11	3	7	6	6	3	
8	Spring.	9	11	12	18	13	3	11	
9	Mebion	6	7	7	3	2	1	2	
10	Hannib.	15	18	2	10	7	18	14	
11	Reykjav	17	3	16	6	7	3	8	
12	Jicks	13	9	16	16	10	5	12	
13	AGF	6	16	4	12	20	19	17	
14	Garces	17	1	12	14	17	13	16	
15	Moscow	1	11	16	17	15	9	12	
16	K-Town	13	19	12	19	18	20	20	
16	Sub-Urb	3	9	5	13	14	16	10	
18	Geoffs	11	19	19	8	4	12	15	
19	Thunder	20	17	7	15	18	17	19	
20	Eastern	19	11	11	20	16	14	18

									
		IP	W	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/BB	Pitchng	
1	Toronto	11	11	1	1	1	1	1	
2	Red Mos	9	17	9	10	4	2	8	
3	Baird	9	2	2	3	7	6	2	
4	Chatsw.	17	8	2	6	3	4	3	
5	Billie	1	2	5	12	11	16	6	
6	Nation	20	11	9	2	2	3	6	
7	Gashous	18	11	5	11	10	14	14	
8	Spring.	5	2	12	5	8	8	3	
9	Mebion	8	20	9	18	14	16	19	
10	Hannib.	3	2	5	13	11	11	5	
11	Reykjav	4	8	16	16	11	9	12	
12	Jicks	15	11	5	7	9	15	11	
13	AGF	12	1	16	4	18	7	10	
14	Garces	19	17	12	8	6	10	15	
15	Moscow	14	8	16	9	15	18	17	
16	K-Town	6	2	12	17	5	12	9	
16	Sub-Urb	16	11	16	14	19	19	20	
18	Geoffs	7	2	16	19	20	19	18	
19	Thunder	2	11	12	20	17	5	13	
20	Eastern	13	17	2	15	15	13	16

_Jonny German - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 11:39 AM EDT (#90110) #

Roto Standings - End of Week 3

									
		R	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Hitting	
1	Baird	2	4	12	5	6	6	3	
2	Gashous	9	10	3	4	5	3	2	
3	Toronto	13	1	17	8	10	12	9	
4	Nation	6	14	10	6	8	17	9	
4	Chatsw.	5	3	5	9	16	19	7	
6	Mebion	9	12	5	2	9	1	4	
7	Hannib.	14	18	2	15	7	15	14	
7	Billie	3	6	8	14	15	13	8	
9	AGF	12	4	5	13	20	10	11	
9	Spring.	17	15	8	11	12	2	13	
11	Garces	7	6	10	12	13	16	11	
11	Red Mos	7	17	1	7	3	18	6	
13	Reykjav	15	2	15	3	4	7	5	
14	Sub-Urb	1	8	4	1	2	5	1	
15	Jicks	15	9	12	18	11	14	17	
16	K-Town	9	11	17	16	14	11	16	
17	Eastern	18	12	14	19	17	4	19	
18	Geoffs	20	19	17	10	1	9	15	
19	Moscow	4	16	20	17	18	8	18	
20	Thunder	19	20	15	20	19	20	20

									
		IP	W	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/BB	Pitchng	
1	Baird	8	1	5	1	2	7	2	
2	Gashous	9	9	10	3	3	13	4	
3	Toronto	7	11	1	2	1	1	1	
4	Nation	15	17	5	4	4	5	5	
4	Chatsw.	18	1	12	5	7	11	7	
6	Mebion	16	9	13	7	10	19	16	
7	Hannib.	2	6	4	6	13	15	3	
7	Billie	1	15	2	12	11	17	10	
9	AGF	4	3	15	15	14	3	7	
9	Spring.	11	11	9	8	8	6	6	
11	Garces	12	6	15	13	6	8	11	
11	Red Mos	19	19	10	10	9	4	15	
13	Reykjav	10	3	19	18	15	18	17	
14	Sub-Urb	20	17	19	14	20	20	20	
15	Jicks	14	11	5	11	5	10	9	
16	K-Town	5	6	5	20	18	9	13	
17	Eastern	6	20	3	9	17	12	14	
18	Geoffs	13	3	15	19	19	16	18	
19	Moscow	17	11	15	17	16	14	19	
20	Thunder	3	15	14	16	12	2	12

_R Billie - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 03:15 PM EDT (#90111) #

Unfortunately, it looks like Schilling may miss a start this week with the flu. He pretty much singlehandedly kept me respectable in pitching last week...well him and Chacon. It could get pretty ugly this week against the Walrus pitching staff. I hope for my sake that Carlos Lee has finally broken out of his pathetic slump.

Coach - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 04:00 PM EDT (#90112) #

Thanks to a subdued Jonny. Billie and I are reverse trash-talking now; how Canadian. "No, I insist -- your team is much better."

_Scott Lucas - Monday, April 21 2003 @ 11:53 PM EDT (#90113) #

Schilling may miss a start this week with the flu

What strain of flu casues a person to lose his appendix?

_R Billie - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 12:03 AM EDT (#90114) #

The appendix flu. Obviously, I had him confused with someone else.

_Jurgen - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 12:28 AM EDT (#90115) #

Having only narrowly beaten Jicks, I'm starting to worry that there's more to my team's namesake than just a pun--as the Royals go, so too does Baird Brain?

_Jurgen - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 12:29 AM EDT (#90116) #

Oh, and thanks again, Jonny, for compiling all the stats.

_Jonny German - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 10:31 AM EDT (#90117) #

Thanks for the thanks, Jurgen & Kent. I've made my task quite painless with a couple of macros.

I took a little flak for not drafting Schilling or Johnson in the first round on the principle that they are "old as dirt", so I'm feeling a little smug about their situations. I've never liked the Diamondbacks, but no ill will towards their respective BBFL owners.

As you may have heard, Hinske broke out big time yesterday. Nick Johnson had a very big day too... look out for the Mashers!

_Mike P. Moffatt - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 11:21 AM EDT (#90118) #

http://economics.about.com
I think Operation Shutdown has gotten quite interesting as well. Check out the scores of the 3rd through 6th place teams:

3. 446.0 London Lavender Sox
4. 445.0 Shoeless Joe's
5. 444.0 SNK Crushers (BASEBALL STARS RULES!)
6. 443.0 Toronto Walrus

Of course, I'm only pointing this out because I'm the GM of the Purple Hose.

MP

_AGF - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 02:01 PM EDT (#90119) #

I guess Randy just wanted to join Griffey and Rivera on the DL. Now I just need to trade for Nevin or Hoffman and I will be ready with my well rested keepers for next year....

_dp - Tuesday, April 22 2003 @ 05:55 PM EDT (#90120) #

The Cannibals really sh*t the bed last week. The Gorillas weren't overly dominating in the pitching categories, but even a 4.5 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP were enough to best my tattered staff. In the goathouse: Dessens (9.00), Appier (7.56), and Radke (12.60). This is two weeks in a row Benitez has cost me saves with his meltdowns.

Loiaza, Glavine and Hudson were all dominating, but in Estaban's case I don't see it lasting. Also, Glavine's low K totals are hurting me despite his stellar ERA and WHIP.

Offensively, I'm suffering because, as Prospectus pointed out today, Craig Wilson's status as backup catcher, the reason I drafted him, is keeping him out of the lineup and pinch hitting situations for fear of being left without a catcher on the bench.

My hitters, for the most part, are struggling, having managed only a .400 SLG last week. Alfonzo (.320 OPS last week), who I was criticized for grabbing too early, has been a complete drain, as have Brandon Phillips (.422) and recent rediscoverer of gravity Ty Wiggington (.360).

My all-stars for the week were D'Angelo Jimenez with an absurd .583/.905 line, Choi (still not playing every day despite) .591/1.125 and Overbay .444/.640. Hopefully, the return of JD Drew this week will boost my counting stats and SLG, and I'm counting on Phillips to get it going after a 3/3 Monday.

Overall, I'm planning on the extreme performances evening out, and if not, my pitching is sunk. I think this is the week my hitting comes together and Fish Candy's falls apart, but with such a godawful pitching staff, this looks like a close matchup.

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