05/14: Yankees Bloggers League: Week Seven
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
James (i.e. our only hope) defeated the 3rd place team, Ben (River Ave. Blues), by the score of 8-2. James pitchers went on some kind of freakish run this week. Check out this line: 5 wins, 7 saves, 53 strikeouts, 1.09 ERA, 0.83 WHIP. Whoa. Brad Penny had 2 wins with 18 Ks, a 0.68 ERA and 0.75 WHIP. Ted Lilly and Jake Peavy both picked up a win and 10 Ks. Billy Wagner had 3 saves while Bobby Jenks had 2. Suffice to say, James pitchers swept the side. Ben's side managed 4 wins (Tim Lincecum, John Lackey, Chris Young (9 Ks) and Daniel Cabrera) and 2 saves (Brett Myers and Ryan Dempster).
Offensively, James took runs (28), stolen bases (5) and batting average (.304). Ben took home runs (11) and RBI (28). Ben's offense was led by Adam Dunn, who hit .381 with 7 runs, 3 home runs and 6 RBI for the week. on James side, it's one of these: Alfonso Soriano (4 runs, 2 home runs, 3 RBI, 3 stolen bases, .345 average) or Mark Teahen (5 runs, 1 home run, 4 RBI, .381 average).
After being close for much of the week (and even having the lead myself), EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) smoked me in the end, winning 7-3. He won every pitching category with 6 wins, 6 saves, 73 K's, a 3.74 ERA and 1.18 WHIP. The wins were spread around as no one on his side had more than 1 (Beckett, Bonderman, Gagne, Snell, Blanton, Hudson). Snell and Beckett both had 12 Ks while Javier Vazquez had 10. J.J. Putz and Dan Wheeler both had 3 save weeks. My 3 closers came up with a single save (Mo and Street both put up 0... the save came from Joe Borowski). Zito, Verlander and Pettitte had 1 win each. So, yeah, pitching blowout.
On the other side, I was able to take 3 of 5 categories, thanks in no small part to the great play of Carlos Lee (6 runs, 2 homers, 6 RBI, .393 AVG) and Derek Jeter (2 runs, 7 RBI, 1 SB, .480 AVG). EJ took the home run and stolen base categories with Lance Berkman (8 runs, 3 homers, 6 RBI, .320 AVG) and Julio Lugo (3 runs, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 2 SBs, .400 AVG).
In the other YanksBlog.com game, Aziz (Pride of the Yankees) beat Seamus, 6-4. Thanks to 10 home runs, 4 stolen bases and a .291 average, Seamus was able to take those categories. Gary Sheffield (6 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .333 AVG) and David Wright (3 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 SB, .375 AVG) were a big part of it. Aziz's offense was led by Magglio Ordonez (3 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .357 AVG), Torii Hunter (4 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .231 AVG) and Ichiro Suzuki (7 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB, .379 AVG).
The pitching categories were dominated by Aziz, who took 4 of 5. His pitchers were great (5 wins, 6 saves, 33 K's, 2.88 ERA, 1.03 WHIP). If it wasn't for Seamus' low ERA of 2.77, he would have taken all 5. Aziz got a 2 win week from Roy Oswalt, who chipped in 12 strikeouts. Ben Sheets, Henry Owens and Oliver Perez picked up the others. Francisco Cordero had a 3 save week while Takashi Saito picked up 2 and David Weathers picked up 1. Seamus' pitchers combined for 3 wins (Brandon Webb, Mike Gonzalez, Mike Mussina) and 2 saves (Todd Jones, Mike Gonzalez). Ervin Santana had 11 strikeouts for the week while Webb had 10.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (36-23-1)
2. EJ (34-23-3)
3. James (31-26-3) (YES, WE HAVE SOMEONE GOOD)
This Week
James (3rd, 31-26-3) vs. Jen (NoSenseWorrying.com) (7th, 26-30-4).
Seamus (9th, 25-33-2) vs. Joseph (River Ave. Blues) (5th, 29-29-2).
Patrick (10th, 23-33-4) vs. Aziz (8th, 27-33-0).
Last Week
James (i.e. our only hope) defeated the 3rd place team, Ben (River Ave. Blues), by the score of 8-2. James pitchers went on some kind of freakish run this week. Check out this line: 5 wins, 7 saves, 53 strikeouts, 1.09 ERA, 0.83 WHIP. Whoa. Brad Penny had 2 wins with 18 Ks, a 0.68 ERA and 0.75 WHIP. Ted Lilly and Jake Peavy both picked up a win and 10 Ks. Billy Wagner had 3 saves while Bobby Jenks had 2. Suffice to say, James pitchers swept the side. Ben's side managed 4 wins (Tim Lincecum, John Lackey, Chris Young (9 Ks) and Daniel Cabrera) and 2 saves (Brett Myers and Ryan Dempster).
Offensively, James took runs (28), stolen bases (5) and batting average (.304). Ben took home runs (11) and RBI (28). Ben's offense was led by Adam Dunn, who hit .381 with 7 runs, 3 home runs and 6 RBI for the week. on James side, it's one of these: Alfonso Soriano (4 runs, 2 home runs, 3 RBI, 3 stolen bases, .345 average) or Mark Teahen (5 runs, 1 home run, 4 RBI, .381 average).
After being close for much of the week (and even having the lead myself), EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) smoked me in the end, winning 7-3. He won every pitching category with 6 wins, 6 saves, 73 K's, a 3.74 ERA and 1.18 WHIP. The wins were spread around as no one on his side had more than 1 (Beckett, Bonderman, Gagne, Snell, Blanton, Hudson). Snell and Beckett both had 12 Ks while Javier Vazquez had 10. J.J. Putz and Dan Wheeler both had 3 save weeks. My 3 closers came up with a single save (Mo and Street both put up 0... the save came from Joe Borowski). Zito, Verlander and Pettitte had 1 win each. So, yeah, pitching blowout.
On the other side, I was able to take 3 of 5 categories, thanks in no small part to the great play of Carlos Lee (6 runs, 2 homers, 6 RBI, .393 AVG) and Derek Jeter (2 runs, 7 RBI, 1 SB, .480 AVG). EJ took the home run and stolen base categories with Lance Berkman (8 runs, 3 homers, 6 RBI, .320 AVG) and Julio Lugo (3 runs, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 2 SBs, .400 AVG).
In the other YanksBlog.com game, Aziz (Pride of the Yankees) beat Seamus, 6-4. Thanks to 10 home runs, 4 stolen bases and a .291 average, Seamus was able to take those categories. Gary Sheffield (6 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .333 AVG) and David Wright (3 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 SB, .375 AVG) were a big part of it. Aziz's offense was led by Magglio Ordonez (3 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .357 AVG), Torii Hunter (4 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .231 AVG) and Ichiro Suzuki (7 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB, .379 AVG).
The pitching categories were dominated by Aziz, who took 4 of 5. His pitchers were great (5 wins, 6 saves, 33 K's, 2.88 ERA, 1.03 WHIP). If it wasn't for Seamus' low ERA of 2.77, he would have taken all 5. Aziz got a 2 win week from Roy Oswalt, who chipped in 12 strikeouts. Ben Sheets, Henry Owens and Oliver Perez picked up the others. Francisco Cordero had a 3 save week while Takashi Saito picked up 2 and David Weathers picked up 1. Seamus' pitchers combined for 3 wins (Brandon Webb, Mike Gonzalez, Mike Mussina) and 2 saves (Todd Jones, Mike Gonzalez). Ervin Santana had 11 strikeouts for the week while Webb had 10.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (36-23-1)
2. EJ (34-23-3)
3. James (31-26-3) (YES, WE HAVE SOMEONE GOOD)
This Week
James (3rd, 31-26-3) vs. Jen (NoSenseWorrying.com) (7th, 26-30-4).
Seamus (9th, 25-33-2) vs. Joseph (River Ave. Blues) (5th, 29-29-2).
Patrick (10th, 23-33-4) vs. Aziz (8th, 27-33-0).
