05/29: Yankees Bloggers League: Week Nine
Posted by: Patrick
This is my weekly recap of the performance of the YanksBlog.com teams in the Yankees Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League.
Last Week
In the biggest game of the week, it was the top ranked Mike (River Ave. Blues) against the second place James. Unfortunately, the final score didn't end up being all that close as Mike took the game, 8-2. Although both offenses were productive, Mike swept the offensive side with James' two victories coming in ERA and WHIP.
Mike's offense was led by Jason Bay, who turned in a 6 run, 2 home run, 10 RBI, .500 AVG week. Adrian Gonzalez also hit .500 to go along with 2 dingers, 5 runs and 4 RBI. On James' side, it was Miguel Tejada (5 runs, 3 HR, 8 RBI, .409 AVG) and Brian Roberts (5 R, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 SB, .429 AVG). Mike's pitching had 5 wins and 9 saves in comparison to James' 3 and 6. Mike picked up a win each from Smoltz, Hamels, Carmona, Felix Hernandez and Matsuzaka with Hamels striking out 16 for the week. Joe Nathan and Francisco Rodriguez each had 3 saves, Jeremy Accardo had 2 and Kevin Gregg picked up 1. James had wins from Penny, Jenks and Peavy with 2 saves coming from Wagner and Valverde and one a piece from Jenks and Soria.
In the "we are family" game, I defeated Seamus by the score of 8 to 1. Seamus' lone victory came in batting average (.291) with us tying in steals (4). I swept the pitching side as Seamus' pitchers combined for 2 wins, 1 save, 31 K's, a 6.87 ERA and 1.61 WHIP. Offensively, I have to give it to A-Rod, who had 5 runs, 2 homers, 3 RBI, 2 SBs and a (*cough*) .200 average. Prince Fielder had 3 homers on the week. Seamus' top offensive contributions came from Carlos Delgado with 5 runs, 2 HR, 6 runs batted in, 1 stolen base (?!) and a .360 AVG.
On the pitching side, I had 3 wins and 4 saves. My wins came from Pettitte, Kazmir and Zito and my saves all came from one man. Joe Borowski. Mo, Dotel and Street (DL) combined for 0 saves this week for my squad. Kazmir struck out 11. Seamus had wins from Brandon Webb (15 K's) and Jered Weaver and a save from Todd Jones.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (51-26-3)
2. James (41-36-3)
T3. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (41-37-2)
T3. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (39-35-6)
This Week
James (2nd, 41-36-3) vs. Dave (Pride of the Yankees) (6th, 36-38-6).
Patrick (9th, 31-43-6) vs. Joseph (River Ave. Blues) (7th, 36-39-5).
Seamus (10th, 30-45-5) vs. Ben (T3rd, 41-37-2).
Last Week
In the biggest game of the week, it was the top ranked Mike (River Ave. Blues) against the second place James. Unfortunately, the final score didn't end up being all that close as Mike took the game, 8-2. Although both offenses were productive, Mike swept the offensive side with James' two victories coming in ERA and WHIP.
Mike's offense was led by Jason Bay, who turned in a 6 run, 2 home run, 10 RBI, .500 AVG week. Adrian Gonzalez also hit .500 to go along with 2 dingers, 5 runs and 4 RBI. On James' side, it was Miguel Tejada (5 runs, 3 HR, 8 RBI, .409 AVG) and Brian Roberts (5 R, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 SB, .429 AVG). Mike's pitching had 5 wins and 9 saves in comparison to James' 3 and 6. Mike picked up a win each from Smoltz, Hamels, Carmona, Felix Hernandez and Matsuzaka with Hamels striking out 16 for the week. Joe Nathan and Francisco Rodriguez each had 3 saves, Jeremy Accardo had 2 and Kevin Gregg picked up 1. James had wins from Penny, Jenks and Peavy with 2 saves coming from Wagner and Valverde and one a piece from Jenks and Soria.
In the "we are family" game, I defeated Seamus by the score of 8 to 1. Seamus' lone victory came in batting average (.291) with us tying in steals (4). I swept the pitching side as Seamus' pitchers combined for 2 wins, 1 save, 31 K's, a 6.87 ERA and 1.61 WHIP. Offensively, I have to give it to A-Rod, who had 5 runs, 2 homers, 3 RBI, 2 SBs and a (*cough*) .200 average. Prince Fielder had 3 homers on the week. Seamus' top offensive contributions came from Carlos Delgado with 5 runs, 2 HR, 6 runs batted in, 1 stolen base (?!) and a .360 AVG.
On the pitching side, I had 3 wins and 4 saves. My wins came from Pettitte, Kazmir and Zito and my saves all came from one man. Joe Borowski. Mo, Dotel and Street (DL) combined for 0 saves this week for my squad. Kazmir struck out 11. Seamus had wins from Brandon Webb (15 K's) and Jered Weaver and a save from Todd Jones.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (51-26-3)
2. James (41-36-3)
T3. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (41-37-2)
T3. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (39-35-6)
This Week
James (2nd, 41-36-3) vs. Dave (Pride of the Yankees) (6th, 36-38-6).
Patrick (9th, 31-43-6) vs. Joseph (River Ave. Blues) (7th, 36-39-5).
Seamus (10th, 30-45-5) vs. Ben (T3rd, 41-37-2).
James wrote:
Next time Axisa...next time...