09/03: Yankees Bloggers League: Week Twenty Three
Posted by: Patrick
It's playoff time in the Yankees Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League. The top 6 teams in the league made the playoffs and those teams are Mike (River Ave. Blues), James, Ben (River Ave. Blues), Dave (Pride of the Yankees), me and Aziz (Pride of the Yankees). So, we've got two teams from River Ave. Blues, two teams from YanksBlog.com and two teams from (Pride of the Yankees). And no two guys from the same blog will have to face each other until, possibly, the championship game as the top and bottom brackets each feature one person from each of the three sites. It's funny how that worked out.
Congrats again to everyone who made it. Mike and James took the top 2 spots in the league, so they both receive first round byes and will not be playing this week. Let's take a look at this week's match ups.
3. Ben (Regular Season Record: 112-98-10) vs. 6. Aziz (108-103-9)
Previous match ups:
Week 8: Ben wins, 7-3.
Week 17: Aziz wins, 5-4-1.
Ben's strengths: home runs (2nd in the league) and batting average (3rd).
Aziz's strengths: runs (3rd), home runs (3rd), RBIs (2nd), batting average (1st), saves (1st) and ERA (3rd).
Ben's weaknesses: stolen bases (8th).
Aziz's weaknesses: wins (9th) and strikeouts (8th).
Finally, I just wanted to highlight the comeback that Aziz had to make, just to sneak in as the last save by 1.5 games. He won his final 4 matches, 3 of which were against playoff teams, beating Mike (5-2-3), Dave (7-3), James (7-2-1) and EJ Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (10-0). Huge comeback there.
The winner of this game will face James.
4. Dave (111-97-12) vs. 5. Patrick (109-103-8)
Previous match ups:
Week 4: Dave wins, 9-1.
Week 13: Dave wins, 8-2.
Week 22: Patrick wins, 7-2-1.
Dave's strengths: batting average (2nd) (the brothers Nekoukar have batting average locked down).
Patrick's strengths: runs (1st), home runs (1st), RBIs (1st) and strikeouts (3rd).
Dave's weaknesses: runs (8th), wins (8th) and strikeouts (9th).
Patrick's weaknesses: stolen bases (10th), ERA (T8th) and WHIP (10th).
The winner of this game will face Mike.
Good luck everyone.
Congrats again to everyone who made it. Mike and James took the top 2 spots in the league, so they both receive first round byes and will not be playing this week. Let's take a look at this week's match ups.
3. Ben (Regular Season Record: 112-98-10) vs. 6. Aziz (108-103-9)
Previous match ups:
Week 8: Ben wins, 7-3.
Week 17: Aziz wins, 5-4-1.
Ben's strengths: home runs (2nd in the league) and batting average (3rd).
Aziz's strengths: runs (3rd), home runs (3rd), RBIs (2nd), batting average (1st), saves (1st) and ERA (3rd).
Ben's weaknesses: stolen bases (8th).
Aziz's weaknesses: wins (9th) and strikeouts (8th).
Finally, I just wanted to highlight the comeback that Aziz had to make, just to sneak in as the last save by 1.5 games. He won his final 4 matches, 3 of which were against playoff teams, beating Mike (5-2-3), Dave (7-3), James (7-2-1) and EJ Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (10-0). Huge comeback there.
The winner of this game will face James.
4. Dave (111-97-12) vs. 5. Patrick (109-103-8)
Previous match ups:
Week 4: Dave wins, 9-1.
Week 13: Dave wins, 8-2.
Week 22: Patrick wins, 7-2-1.
Dave's strengths: batting average (2nd) (the brothers Nekoukar have batting average locked down).
Patrick's strengths: runs (1st), home runs (1st), RBIs (1st) and strikeouts (3rd).
Dave's weaknesses: runs (8th), wins (8th) and strikeouts (9th).
Patrick's weaknesses: stolen bases (10th), ERA (T8th) and WHIP (10th).
The winner of this game will face Mike.
Good luck everyone.
