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Week 8 Recap
The dream is over. There will not be an undefeated H2H baseball champion this seasons, as Doug suffered his first loss of the year being AbsolutelyDominated by yours truly in a high-scoring affair. The AntarcticanAmericans produced a respectable 317 points, 5th most this week, but came nowhere close to the 354.5 points posted by their mighty opponents. The entire match-up was decided by one guy, who will be discussed in more detail in our next section.
Week 8 Recap
The dream is over. There will not be an undefeated H2H baseball champion this seasons, as Doug suffered his first loss of the year being AbsolutelyDominated by yours truly in a high-scoring affair. The AntarcticanAmericans produced a respectable 317 points, 5th most this week, but came nowhere close to the 354.5 points posted by their mighty opponents. The entire match-up was decided by one guy, who will be discussed in more detail in our next section.
Elsewhere, Ralph continued his hot start, dispatching Pearse by 30 pts. Met dandy Lucas Duda was the hero in this one. Schweddy Balls is now tied for 1st place, although a distant second in points scored. Good Will Bunting made quick work of MVPuig, as Kyle continues to embrace his new role as "Mike Soltys". Maybe it's a bad idea to have a guy suck in the DL as the namesake for your team and logo. This team's mojo is clearly disturbed. Meanwhile, Jon A. continues his lucky to ride his good luck, putting up big numbers against weaker competition. 3 teams below the standings have more points this year than his team. Regression is a cruel mistress, remember that.
Despite the loss to Ralph, Pease's Gas House Gorillas maintain a nice 5-3 record, tied for 4th in the league. We are beginning to see some clear separation between the top teams with winning records and the bottom feeders. Stuck in between is Jon Shidler's Wain's World at 4-4. Again, what's up with the team names after dead (baseball-speak) players? I guarantee Shidler and Kyle would have more than 5 combined wins if they had different team names.
In the bottom of the table we find Homegrown Hitters at 3-5, TonyClark Time and Limpy Noodlesy at 2-6, and The Duda Abides and MVPuig at 1-7. Ummmm, Dugan? Why is your team name "The Duda Abides" when you don't even have Lucas Duda in your team? I'm telling you, there's a correlation between number of losses and team names.
Despite the loss to Ralph, Pease's Gas House Gorillas maintain a nice 5-3 record, tied for 4th in the league. We are beginning to see some clear separation between the top teams with winning records and the bottom feeders. Stuck in between is Jon Shidler's Wain's World at 4-4. Again, what's up with the team names after dead (baseball-speak) players? I guarantee Shidler and Kyle would have more than 5 combined wins if they had different team names.
In the bottom of the table we find Homegrown Hitters at 3-5, TonyClark Time and Limpy Noodlesy at 2-6, and The Duda Abides and MVPuig at 1-7. Ummmm, Dugan? Why is your team name "The Duda Abides" when you don't even have Lucas Duda in your team? I'm telling you, there's a correlation between number of losses and team names.
Now, let's recognize the best of the best and the worst of the worst.
Awards
Hitter of the Week - Josh @#$%^ Donaldson (AbsolutDomination): 55.5 pts
Wanna know how dominant Mr. Donaldson was? He scored 16 more points than the 3rd best hitter of the week (Goldschmidt). Only the hitters in this week's top 10 didn't get doubled up by Mr. Donaldson. Of course, 55.5 points don't happen all at once, but it certainly felt like it. On Tuesday, Monsieur Donaldson went 4/4 with 2 HR, 5 R, 4 RBI, and a walk, just because he can. The 21 points are the most by a hitter in a single game this year. Did I mention that the 2nd HR was of the walk-off variety?
Goat of the Week, Hitter Edition - The Artist Formerly Known as E5 (The Duda Abides): 0 pts
1/24 with no runs, no rbi's, no extra base hits, only 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. This is especially bad when you compare it to the guy I just finished raving about in the previous paragraph, who bats just ahead of him in the same lineup, facing the same pitching. Ooooof.
Pitcher of the Week - Carlos Martinez (AbsolutDomination): 42.5 pts
It was a considerably bad week for pitchers, as Martinez was the only one to crack the 35 point mark this week. Of the top 9 pitchers of the week, 4 are free agents, 2 are owned by Allen and 3 are in my team. And that doesn't even include stellar starts by Chris Sale (29.5 pts) and Max Scherzer (28.5 pts). These players belong to.... you guessed it! Good Will Bunting and AD.
Goat of the Week, Pitcher Edition - Julio Teheran (TonyClark Time): -6 pts
I hate doing this to my fellow Colombian, but Teheran has been brutal. In two starts this week, he got rocked by both the Giants and the Dodgers. Ok, fine, he didn't get rocked by the Giants, but getting a quality start for throwing 6 mediocre innings (3 ER, 4 Walks) is everything's that's wrong with the Quality Start stat.
Goat of the Week, Hitter Edition - The Artist Formerly Known as E5 (The Duda Abides): 0 pts
1/24 with no runs, no rbi's, no extra base hits, only 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. This is especially bad when you compare it to the guy I just finished raving about in the previous paragraph, who bats just ahead of him in the same lineup, facing the same pitching. Ooooof.
Pitcher of the Week - Carlos Martinez (AbsolutDomination): 42.5 pts
It was a considerably bad week for pitchers, as Martinez was the only one to crack the 35 point mark this week. Of the top 9 pitchers of the week, 4 are free agents, 2 are owned by Allen and 3 are in my team. And that doesn't even include stellar starts by Chris Sale (29.5 pts) and Max Scherzer (28.5 pts). These players belong to.... you guessed it! Good Will Bunting and AD.
Goat of the Week, Pitcher Edition - Julio Teheran (TonyClark Time): -6 pts
I hate doing this to my fellow Colombian, but Teheran has been brutal. In two starts this week, he got rocked by both the Giants and the Dodgers. Ok, fine, he didn't get rocked by the Giants, but getting a quality start for throwing 6 mediocre innings (3 ER, 4 Walks) is everything's that's wrong with the Quality Start stat.
Surprising Hitter of the Week - Joe Panik (FA): 32 pts
Joey P. bashed his way to a top 10 finish among hitters, thanks to his 8/27 with 2 homers and 7 ribbies. That double-play combo in San Fran is looking mighty good with Panik and fellow out-of-nowhere fantasy revelation Brandon Crawford. Panik! at the Disco. There's a good name for a winning team. Make the move!
Week 6 Preview
#1 Doug vs. #7 Jon S.: The Doug victory train looks to get back on track.
#2 Ralph vs. #10 Drew: I think we can say safely now that Ralph's team is for real.
#3 Jon S. vs. #9 TonyClark Time: When is your luck going to run out, Mr. Allen? Another easy matchup.
#4 Ryan vs. #5 Luis: Ryan is the Arsenal of this league. Always in 4th place. That ends this week.
#6 Pearse vs. #8 Bill: Pearse hasn't been this high in the standings during the month of June since the 1994 strike-shortened season.
#11 Dugan vs. #12 Kyle: Whenever #11 plays #12 in this league, I'm going to call it the "Battle for the Mike Soltys Memorial Trophy". Which obviously goes to the loser.
Joey P. bashed his way to a top 10 finish among hitters, thanks to his 8/27 with 2 homers and 7 ribbies. That double-play combo in San Fran is looking mighty good with Panik and fellow out-of-nowhere fantasy revelation Brandon Crawford. Panik! at the Disco. There's a good name for a winning team. Make the move!
Surprising Pitcher of the Week - Charlie Morton (FA): 33 pts
Morton made his first two starts of the season after beginning the year in the DL. He doesn't get a ton of swings and misses (5 K's in 14 IP) but the control is obviously there (1 BB). Numbers are a little bit inflated thanks to the 2 wins, but someone to keep an I on nonetheless.
Week 6 Preview
#1 Doug vs. #7 Jon S.: The Doug victory train looks to get back on track.
#2 Ralph vs. #10 Drew: I think we can say safely now that Ralph's team is for real.
#3 Jon S. vs. #9 TonyClark Time: When is your luck going to run out, Mr. Allen? Another easy matchup.
#4 Ryan vs. #5 Luis: Ryan is the Arsenal of this league. Always in 4th place. That ends this week.
#6 Pearse vs. #8 Bill: Pearse hasn't been this high in the standings during the month of June since the 1994 strike-shortened season.
#11 Dugan vs. #12 Kyle: Whenever #11 plays #12 in this league, I'm going to call it the "Battle for the Mike Soltys Memorial Trophy". Which obviously goes to the loser.
Stay safe, kids.
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