07/10: Yankees Bloggers League: Week Fifteen
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
All of the games this week were fairly close with no one winning more than 6 categories.
I defeated James, 6-4. Even though my offense couldn't make contact to save their lives (.243), I managed to take runs (by 1), home runs and runs batted in with James taking stolen bases and average. My offense was led by Godzilla, who scored 4 runs, hit 3 home runs, drove in 7, stole 1 base and hit .333. James side was led by Garrett Atkins (6 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .385 AVG) and Brandon Phillips (9 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB, .357 AVG).
Similarly, on the pitching side, even though my guys had poor or average ERAs and WHIPs, I was able to take wins, saves and strikeouts to take 3 out of 5 on that side, as well. Saves was a close one with it being decided by a difference of 1. Somehow, Octavio Dotel managed to get 2 wins. I'll take it. I also had wins from Mark Buehrle, Justin Verlander and Matt Cain. Cain gets a win and Dotel gets 2. Weird week. Mo, Borowski and Embree were responsible for my 3 saves with Scott Kazmir pitching in 10 K's. I'm glad he's good for that because he hasn't been helping me with much else. Ted Lilly gave James 2 victories and 11 strikeouts. Kelvim Escobar had his other win while Billy Wagner and Bobby Jenks picked up saves.
Seamus topped EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes), 6-4. It marks Seamus' first victory since week 5. His offense is what did it as it swept the side comfortably. EJ's team hit .213 for the week. Gary Sheffield continued to tear it up for Seamus, hitting .458 with 3 homers, 9 runs, 6 runs batted in and a stolen base. EJ's offensive leader would have to be Mike Lowell with 6 runs, 2 home runs, 8 runs batted in and a .333 average.
On the pitching side, EJ took 4 out of 5 categories. Seamus managed to win strikeouts by a single strikeout. Other than that, he failed to record a pitching victory and had a team ERA of 7.38. Ervin Santana, with an ERA of 14.04, chipped in 13 strikeouts while Brandon Webb had 12. Seamus' 2 saves both came from Todd Jones. EJ's victories came from the great Johan, Ian Snell and Javier Vazquez. Eric Gagne had 2 saves while J.J. Putz had 1. Bonderman struck out 9.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (82-53-5)
2. Dave (Pride of the Yankees) (73-59-8)
3. James (71-61-8)
This Week
James (3rd, 71-61-8) vs. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (4th, 73-64-3)
Patrick (7th, 64-70-6) vs. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (6th, 62-67-11)
Seamus (10th, 53-78-9) vs. Aziz (Pride of the Yankees) (8th, 64-73-3)
Last Week
All of the games this week were fairly close with no one winning more than 6 categories.
I defeated James, 6-4. Even though my offense couldn't make contact to save their lives (.243), I managed to take runs (by 1), home runs and runs batted in with James taking stolen bases and average. My offense was led by Godzilla, who scored 4 runs, hit 3 home runs, drove in 7, stole 1 base and hit .333. James side was led by Garrett Atkins (6 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .385 AVG) and Brandon Phillips (9 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB, .357 AVG).
Similarly, on the pitching side, even though my guys had poor or average ERAs and WHIPs, I was able to take wins, saves and strikeouts to take 3 out of 5 on that side, as well. Saves was a close one with it being decided by a difference of 1. Somehow, Octavio Dotel managed to get 2 wins. I'll take it. I also had wins from Mark Buehrle, Justin Verlander and Matt Cain. Cain gets a win and Dotel gets 2. Weird week. Mo, Borowski and Embree were responsible for my 3 saves with Scott Kazmir pitching in 10 K's. I'm glad he's good for that because he hasn't been helping me with much else. Ted Lilly gave James 2 victories and 11 strikeouts. Kelvim Escobar had his other win while Billy Wagner and Bobby Jenks picked up saves.
Seamus topped EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes), 6-4. It marks Seamus' first victory since week 5. His offense is what did it as it swept the side comfortably. EJ's team hit .213 for the week. Gary Sheffield continued to tear it up for Seamus, hitting .458 with 3 homers, 9 runs, 6 runs batted in and a stolen base. EJ's offensive leader would have to be Mike Lowell with 6 runs, 2 home runs, 8 runs batted in and a .333 average.
On the pitching side, EJ took 4 out of 5 categories. Seamus managed to win strikeouts by a single strikeout. Other than that, he failed to record a pitching victory and had a team ERA of 7.38. Ervin Santana, with an ERA of 14.04, chipped in 13 strikeouts while Brandon Webb had 12. Seamus' 2 saves both came from Todd Jones. EJ's victories came from the great Johan, Ian Snell and Javier Vazquez. Eric Gagne had 2 saves while J.J. Putz had 1. Bonderman struck out 9.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (82-53-5)
2. Dave (Pride of the Yankees) (73-59-8)
3. James (71-61-8)
This Week
James (3rd, 71-61-8) vs. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (4th, 73-64-3)
Patrick (7th, 64-70-6) vs. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (6th, 62-67-11)
Seamus (10th, 53-78-9) vs. Aziz (Pride of the Yankees) (8th, 64-73-3)
