Saboteurs R Us-The conclusion

League—69 games completed
Some separation has become apparent—largest lead is now 10 games and 5 teams trail by 5 or more games. Two of the three divisions had lead changes since the last update.
Largest division lead—3 games in East and Central---the West division leader has a 1 game lead

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment had an excellent week and now have a lead of 3 games over LM Bombers Louisville Bats. Resentment has been fueled by Jake Peavy (11-3, ERA 3.17/WHIP 1.25 from the mound and Gary Sheffield (.323/.431//.642 from the dish contributing 24 home runs. Premeditated continues to have the best run differential in the league with a +105 mark.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns have surged to the division lead and now enjoy a 3 game lead over DSZCYPKA's One For Pops club. Johan Santana is 7-8 but has an ERA of 3.63/WHIP of .99.
Shawn Green (.279/.351.593) and Travis Haffner (.343/.444/.642) have helped to propel the offense.

West: The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders continues to set the pace in the West. Nol15736s’ Galifrey Timelords had a good week and have taken over second place trailing by one game. Pedro Astacio has returned to earth—he’s now 4-4 with an ERA of 4.75/WHIP of 1.32. Javier Vasquez is 9-5 4.05/1.33 while Josh Hamilton—when he’s available—has produced offense at .359/.405/.635 and Jeff Kent has been a significant contributor. (.322/.412/.536)

The injury bug continues to attack the Super Spreaders. Last week, the team had lost 71 games to injuries—that number is now at 99. That is the same as the other three teams in the West combined.

Interesting player moves—the pace of significant player changes has slowed but there have been a few more high priced talent released.

Hitters

Troy Tulowitzki, Milton Bradley, Jeff Cirillo and Carlos Delgado have all been released from their teams.

Pitchers:

Tom Glavine, Josh Beckett, Eric Gagne and Armando Benitez were all relieved of their dutie


Here's an early assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (39-30) Paul Maholm (S)—2-4 ERA (5.40/1.58)Clint Barmes (.224/.284./.395) (S) Josh Fogg (S)(2-1 6.42, 1.61)

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (36-33): Mike Maroth (S--1-5 ERA of 7.55/1.40 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .211/.283/.244 40 games missed due to injury )) Carlos Silva (was G--now S) (3-4- 5.00/1.42 )


JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (30-39) Jimmy Haynes (S--2-7 6.32/1.51 -- Ronnie Cedeno (G .212/.233/.373) Omar Daal (S)—2-6 ERA 6.05, WHIP 1.69


Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (29-40) Livan Hernandez (S) 5-4 7.64/1.77, Jason Kendall (G) (.291/.378/.378) Nate Robertson (S—2-11 5.66/1.56)


Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (40-29--Best in league) Jamey Wright (S—4-4, 5.04/ WHIP 1.78) Doug Glanville ( S --.242/.273/.332 ) Jeremy Bonderman (G—6-1 3.61, 1.29--an impressive display.

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (37-32 Dave Burba (S—3-3 ERA 6.21 WHIP 1.88) Jack Cust (S--.156/.292/.313) Ruben Sierra( S---.239/.256/.470)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (33-36) Jeff Suppan ((S—4-7 5.46, 1.44) Cristian Guzman (S--.226//253/.299) Angel Berroa (G but tough week was at .322/.365/.561--but now at .281/.317.468)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (31-38) Andrew Miller ( S—0-10 ERA 12.33/WHIP 2.65 (ouch)) Yuniesky Betancourt (S .174/.190/.265-- Deivi Cruz (S--.212/.256/.348)

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (37-32) Daniel Cabrera (S--4-5 ERA 5.05, 1.39) Mike Napoli (G--.252/.322/.480) Pedro Astacio (G (4-4, ERA 4.75, WHIP 1.32)

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (--a great week---36-33) Shawn Estes (S 2-5- 6.65, 2.01 ) Jose Lopez (was G--now S-.230/.262/.433) Kenny Rogers (S—1-4, 7.33 ERA , 1.90 WHIP

Franky35's Easy Money (34-35) Joaquin Benoit (G—5-2 ERA 3.35/1.16) Greg Vaughn (S--.193/.341/.363) Rondell White (S--.215/.316/.470)

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (32-37) Ramon Ortiz (S—1-4, 9.62, 2.05 ), Omar Vizquel (S--..236/.289/.318) Jimmy Rollins (S--.248/.319/.393


Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Andrew Miller-Silver-Ramon Ortiz--Bronze Kenny Rogers

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Greg Vaughn Bronze Deivi Cruz

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(was Pedro Astacio)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (was Angel Berroa)

Hottest teams of week---Nol15736's Gallifrey Timelords went 14-7 moving from 4th place to second place while GenerationM1 Premeditated Resentment also went 14-7 and moved into 1st place in the East. Rounding out the trio were the Hickory Taverns led by Spider67--they too went 14-7 and captured 1st place in the Central.
Coldest teams of the week--Drabb9529's Savannah Bananas and Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats both went 8-13 and fell into last place in their divisions.

League—90 games completed

Teams have started to put together winning streaks and losing streaks which has resulted in additional separation in the league.

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment is on a 5 game winning streak and lead the LM Bombers Louisville Bats by 8 games--an increase of 5 games from last week. Premeditated has the best run differential in the league at +128. Jake Peavy is 12-6 while Matt Belise is 11-3. Jay Watisick has contributed 9 saves to lead the team and has an ERA of 1.35.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns continued to play well and are on a 9 game winning streak. The Taverns are 57-33 and now hold a 9 game lead over DSZCYPKA's One For Pops club. Johan Santana won 4 games over the past week of games including 3 consecutive complete game shutouts. Johan is 11-8 now has an ERA of 2.99/WHIP of .99. Johan has not allowed a run in his last 34 innings.

West: There was a change in the division lead---Nol15736's Galifrey Timelords are on a 5 game winning streak and are 9-1 in their last 10 games. The Timelords now lead The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders by 3 games. Roger Clemens, Felix Hernandez and Dontrelle Willis all have ERAs under 4 which has helped to offset sabotage players Kenny Rogers and Shawn Estes who keep things interesting when facing opponents. Todd Hundley has launched 20 home runs while Jose Vidro is hitting .339/.411/.528. Vlad Guerrero leads the team with 33 home runs and is at .301/.342/.642

Here's a current assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (53-37) Paul Maholm (S)—4-4 ERA (5.26/1.56 )Clint Barmes (.224/.277./.395 and 16 errors--32% of the the teams errors thus far (S) Josh Fogg (S)(2-1 6.95/1.71

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (45-45): Mike Maroth (S--3-10 ERA of 6.31/1.45 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .193/.269/.228 49 games missed due to injury )) Carlos Silva (was S but now a "G" considering his role as 4th or 5th starter) (5-4- 4.89/1.26 )


JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (39-51) Jimmy Haynes (S--4-8 5.47/1.48 -- Ronnie Cedeno (S .210/.234/.362) Omar Daal (S)—3-9 ERA 6.54, WHIP 1.78


Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (37-53) Livan Hernandez (S) 7-6 7.01/1.78, Jason Kendall (G) (.291/.375/.384) Nate Robertson (S—3-12 4.95/1.46)


Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (57-33 (17-4 since last update-) Jamey Wright (was S now G—8-4, 4.35/ WHIP 1.65) Doug Glanville ( S --.255/.284/.338 ) Jeremy Bonderman (G—6-2 4.32, 1.38-

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (48-42 Dave Burba (S—5-5 ERA 6.19 WHIP 1.83) Jack Cust (S--.186/.323/.366) Ruben Sierra( S---.217/.241/.428)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (42-48) Andrew Miller ( S—0-10 ERA 12.11/WHIP 2.62 has reached innings requirement and will unlikely be seen in a game the rest of the year) Yuniesky Betancourt (S .184/.207/.306-- Deivi Cruz (S--.231/.273/.371)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (41-49-36) Jeff Suppan ((S—7-9 5.67, 1.50) Cristian Guzman (S--.206/.244/.261) Angel Berroa (G but tough week was at .322/.365/.561 two weeks ago, .281/.317.468 last week but now at .263/.319/.450

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (50-40) Shawn Estes (S 3-6- 6.31, 1.89 ) Jose Lopez (was S now G-.252/.281/.450) Kenny Rogers (S—4-6, 7.50 ERA , 1.83 WHIP

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (47-43) Daniel Cabrera (S--4-7 ERA 6.07, 1.52) Mike Napoli (G--.252/.322/.480) Pedro Astacio (was G now S as Pedro has returned to earth--he's 4-6, ERA 6.44, WHIP 1.54

Franky35's Easy Money (42-48) Joaquin Benoit (G—6-4 ERA 3.79/1.27--he's exceeded his required innings pitched but I suspect we will continue to see Joaquin on the mound) Greg Vaughn (S--.207/.361/.413) Rondell White (S--.223/..312/.420)

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (39-51) Ramon Ortiz (S—2-5, 9.04, 1.96 ), Omar Vizquel (S--..240/.296/.315) Jimmy Rollins (S--.244/.315/.362

Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Andrew Miller-Silver-Ramon Ortiz--Bronze Kenny Rogers

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Cristian Guzman Bronze Ronnie Cedeno

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(no change)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (no change)

Hottest team of week---Spider 67s' Hickory Taverns are on fire. They have won 15 out of the last 16 games and are 17-4 since our last check in. .
Coldest team of the week-- Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats had a tough week at 7-14,

It's often interesting to evaluate how aggressive/patient owners are with their teams. Here's a look at roster moves made by each owner

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment---8 pitchers/5 hitters
LM Bombers Louisville Bats 5 pitchers, 2 hitters
JJB92 Fight the Good Fight 14 pitchers, 13 hitters
Drabb9529's Savannah Bananas 4 pitchers, 6 hitters

Spider67s' Hickory Taverns--0 pitchers, 1 hitter (dropped Melvin Mora/picked up Darren Erstad * (Fewest moves)
DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops--6 pitchers, 5 hitters
Rigged Splits's Beren's Park Hunklas 12 pitchers, 8 hitters
Piloneaus382s' Sabotaged Snappers 7 pitchers, 13 hitters

Nol15736's Gallifrey Timelords 10 pitchers, 8 hitters
The BC Managers' Sooke Super-Spreaders 6 pitchers, 7 hitters
Franky35s' Easy Money 9 pitchers, 21 hitters** (Most moves)
Burley Norseman's Badlands Brutal Bats 12 pitchers, 6 hitters

Thanks for these periodic write-ups. They take a lot of work. I hadn't realized how many moves everyone (except for me) had made. It looks like almost all of my team is at least on their 3rd best season and several of the positions have complementing seasons from players.

I doubt that my luck will hold out for long - but I'll take it while it lasts.

Richard

League—111 games completed

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment team extended its lead to a league best 11 games over LM Bombers and hist Louisville Bats club. Premeditated extended their league best run differential in the league to +140. Jake Peavy is now 15-6 while the surprising Matt Belise is 13-4. Jay Watisick leads the club with 10 saves and Ron Mahay has contributed 6 saves to the cause.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns went 14-7 during the week and are now 71-40--the best record in the league. The division lead is now at 10 games over DSZCYPKA's One For Pops club. Four of the 5 starters have reached double digits in wins--Johan Santana (12), Ben Sheets (13), Chuck Finley (10) and Jamey Wright (!!) 10. Jeremy Bonderman is at 8-3 and will likely join the double digit win gang shortly.

West:Nol15736's Galifrey Timelords (62-49)extended their lead to 6 games over The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders. Vlad Guerrero has smacked 44 home runs while Cliff Floyd (28) and Todd Hundley (21) have provided additional support from unexpected sources.

Here's a current assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (64-47) Paul Maholm (S)—5-5 ERA (5.15/1.57 )Clint Barmes (S) (.218/.274..403) Josh Fogg (S)(3-4 7.35/1.81

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (53-58): Mike Maroth (S--3-12 ERA of 6.99/1.56 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .203/.272/.267 Carlos Silva ("G" (7-6- 4.40/1.24 )

Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (49-62) Livan Hernandez (S) 9-9 7.27/1.80, Jason Kendall (G) (.291/.379/.398) Nate Robertson (S—5-13 4.66/1.47)

JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (47-64) Jimmy Haynes (S--4-10 6.21/1.58 -- Ronnie Cedeno (S .228/.256/.368) Omar Daal (S)—3-12 ERA 6.85, WHIP 1.86

Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (71-40 Jamey Wright (was G—10-5, 4.07/ WHIP 1.60) Doug Glanville ( S --.256/.287/.361 ) Jeremy Bonderman (G—8-3 3.70, 1.33-

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (61-50 Dave Burba (S—6-6 ERA 6.27 WHIP 1.85) Jack Cust (S--.181/.339/.335) Ruben Sierra( S---.217/.240/.444)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (52-59) Andrew Miller ( S—0-10 ERA 11.60/WHIP 2.64 Yuniesky Betancourt (S .187/.212/.305-- Deivi Cruz (S--.242/.284/.376)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (50-61) Jeff Suppan ((S—7-12 5.63, 1.55) Cristian Guzman (S--.220/.260/.298) Angel Berroa (G .274/.323/.462

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (62-49) Shawn Estes (S 5-7- 5.92, 1.82 ) Jose Lopez (G-.256/.283/.461) Kenny Rogers (S—5-8, 6.81 ERA , 1.77 WHIP

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (56-55) Daniel Cabrera (S--6-8 ERA 5.80, 1.56) Mike Napoli ( was G- now "S" -.250/.316/.461) Pedro Astacio (S 4-8, 7.22, 1.61

Franky35's Easy Money (51-60) Joaquin Benoit (G—6-5 ERA 4.23/1.31- Greg Vaughn (S--.192/.336/.373) Rondell White (S--.239/.320/.428)

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (50-61) Ramon Ortiz (S—3-7, 9.03, 2.01 ), Omar Vizquel (S--..232/.297/.298) Jimmy Rollins (S--.248/.317/.365

Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Andrew Miller-Silver-Ramon Ortiz--Bronze Kenny Rogers

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Cristian Guzman Bronze Ronnie Cedeno

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(no change)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (no change)

Hottest team of the week---Spider67s Hickory Taverns was 14-7 for the week.
Coldest team of the week--JJB92's Fight The Good Fight went 8-13 and lost 5 of the last 6.

Streaks---one of the challenges of this league is the presence of at least one starter assigned by a division mate. This makes going on a long winning streak a challenge--especially if two pitchers were assigned to the team. Here's a look at the longest winning streak and longest losing streak for each team.


Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment---6 game winning streak (twice), 4 game losing streak--started season with a 4 game losing streak.
LM Bombers Louisville Bats 5 game winning streak (twice), 5 game losing streak (3 times)
JJB92 Fight the Good Fight 3 game winning streak (just once), 6 game losing streak (once)
Drabb9529's Savannah Bananas 5 game winning streak (once), 5 game losing streak (twice)

Spider67s' Hickory Taverns--9 game winning streak (once), 4 game losing streak (once)
DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops--6 game winning streak (twice--including current), 4 game steak (twice)
Rigged Splits's Beren's Park Hunklas 7 game winning streak (once), 5 game losing streak (twice)
Piloneaus382s' Sabotaged Snappers 5 game winning steak (once), 6 game losing streak (once)

Nol15736's Gallifrey Timelords 6 game winning streak (twice), 5 game losing streak (once)
The BC Managers' Sooke Super-Spreaders 4 game winning streak (once), 4 game losing streak (twice)
Franky35s' Easy Money 4 game winning streak (3 times), 5 game losing streak (3 times)
Burley Norseman's Badlands Brutal Bats 4 game winning streak (once), 7 game losing streak (once)

A lot to look at! Counting down the games until Shawn Estes is relegated to bench duty (game 158 will be his 30th and final start) Might bring him out over the gambler should I make the playoffs but a loooooong way to go before that matters.

Thanks for doing these write ups. Always entertaining!

League—129 games completed

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment team maintained a league best 11 games over LM Bombers and hist Louisville Bats club. Premeditated extended their league best run differential in the league to +132. Jake Peavy is 16-9 while the surprising Matt Belise is 14-5. Seven pitchers have recorded saves as a "bullpen by committee" approach is present.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns maintained the best record in the league with a 78-51 mark. However, the division lead fell to three games over the red hot DSZCYPKA's One For Pops club. The Pops hold an 11 game lead in the wild card race. The Taverns have a league low 11 blown saves with Arthur Rhodes leading the club with 22 saves.

West:Nol15736's Galifrey Timelords extended their lead to 11 games over The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders. Vlad Guerrero has launched 51 home runs while Cliff Floyd (30) and Todd Hundley (26) have provided additional support from unexpected sources.

Here's a current assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (72-57--8-10 in last week) Paul Maholm (S)—7-5 ERA (4.93/1.52 )Clint Barmes (S) (.206/.262. .373) Josh Fogg (S)(4-5 6.82/1.70

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (61-68--8-10 for week) Mike Maroth (S--5-12 ERA of 6.66/1.53 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .218/.290/.319 Carlos Silva ("G" (7-8- 4.57/1.27 )

Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (57-72 8-10 for the week) Livan Hernandez (S) 9-12 7.21/1.80, Jason Kendall (G) (.283/.368/.384) Nate Robertson (S—7-14 4.47/1.47)

JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (55-74 8-10 for the week) Jimmy Haynes (S--6-10 5.97/1.62 -- Ronnie Cedeno (S .217/.246/.343) Omar Daal (S)—3-15 ERA 7.31, WHIP 1.91

Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (78-51 7-11 for week) Jamey Wright (was G—10-6, 4.38/ WHIP 1.58) Doug Glanville ( S --.245/.275/.347 ) Jeremy Bonderman (G—8-6 4.10, 1.38-

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (75-54 14-4) for week Dave Burba (S—8-7 ERA 6.24 WHIP 1.83) Jack Cust (S--.179/.335/.332) Ruben Sierra( S---.213/.234/.436)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (62-67 10-8 for week) Andrew Miller ( S—0-10 ERA 11.12/WHIP 2.59 Yuniesky Betancourt (S .191/.217/.306-- Deivi Cruz (S--.252/.294/.387)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (58-71 8-10 for week)) Jeff Suppan ((S—7-15 5.93, 1.59) Cristian Guzman (S--.223/.260/.296) Angel Berroa (G .254/.305/.421

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (75-54 13-5) Shawn Estes (S 7-9- 5.47, 1.72 ) Jose Lopez (G-.242/.272/.436) Kenny Rogers (S—6-10, 6.37 ERA , 1.68 WHIP

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (64-65 8-10) Daniel Cabrera (S--6-11 ERA 6.82, 1.66) Mike Napoli ( was G- now "S" -.251/.319/.489) Pedro Astacio (S 5-9, 7.25, 1.55)

After starting off 4-0, Pedro Astacio has gone 1-9 including 4 starts where he failed to reach the 4th inning.

Franky35's Easy Money (61-68 10-8) Joaquin Benoit (G—8-6 ERA 4.24/1.32- Greg Vaughn (S--.184/.324/.358) Rondell White (S--.265/.343/.485)

Rondell has been hot over the past week with 4 multi hit games over his past 5 games.

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (56-73 6-12) Ramon Ortiz (S—4-8,8.46, 1.89 ), Omar Vizquel (S--..239/.299/.312) Jimmy Rollins (S--.248/.316/.370

Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Andrew Miller-Silver-Ramon Ortiz--Bronze now Omar Daal (was Kenny Rogers)
Interestingly---Andrew Miller has recorded 2 saves in his past 4 appearances---he has not allowed a run in his past 3 games and 4 out of last 5 games.

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Jack Cust (was Cristian Guzman) Bronze Ronnie Cedeno

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(no change)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (no change)

Hottest team of the week---DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops 14-4
Coldest team of the week--Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats went 6-12

League leaders

OPS

Javy Lopez (Rigged Splits Beren's Park Hunklas)--1.079
Alex Rodriguez (Burley Norseman's Bandland Brutal Bats 1.070
Miguel Cabrera (Generationm1 Premeditated Resentment 1.069

OBP

Brian Giles (JJB92's Fight the Good Fight) .440
Gary Shefield (Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment) ..421
Albert Pujols (Frank35's Easy Money) .419

Home Runs

Vladimir Guerrero Nol15736's Gallifrey Timelords 51
Alex Rodriguez 50
Miguel Cabrera 44
Manny Ramirez DSCZYPKA's One for Pops 44

RBI's

Vladimir Guerrero 120
Manny Ramirez 117
Miguel Cabrera 109

Pitching
Wins

Matt Cain Piloneus382's Sabotaged Snappers 17
Jake Peavy Premeditated Resentment 16
Javier Vazquez The BC Manager's Sooke Super-Spreaders 16

Strike Outs

Randy Johnson Sabotaged Snappers 279
Jake Peavy 233
Javier Vazquez 224

WHIP

Johan Santana Spider67's Hickory Taverns 1.02
Derek Lowe DSCZYPKA's One for Pops 1.09
Randy Johnson 1.09

ERA

Johan Santana 2.83
Kevin Brown (LM Bombers Louisville Bats) 2.84
Randy Johnson 2.95

Interesting note---Despite leading the league in strikeouts, having a WHIP 1.09 and an ERA of 2.95, he is 8-14. Baseball can be a cruel game.

League—153 games completed

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment team maintained a double digit lead at 10 games over LM Bombers and his Louisville Bats club. Premeditated extended their league best run differential in the league to +151. Jake Peavy is 21-9 while the surprising Matt Belise is 15-7. Jay Witasick leads the team with 13 saves and a WHIP of 1.63.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns maintained the best record in the league with a 93-60 mark. The division lead, which fell to three games over DSZCYPKA's One For Pops club is up to 8 games. The Pops hold an 8 game lead in the wild card race over LM Bombers' Louisville Bats.

West:Nol15736's Galifrey Timelords now have a 16 game lead over The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders and are within 1 game of the best record in the league. Felix Hernandez leads the team with 13 wins, Roger Clemens has contributed 12 wins and Dontrelle Willis has added 11 wins.

Here's a current assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (87-66--15-9 since last update) Paul Maholm (S)—9-5 ERA (4.65/1.50 )Clint Barmes (S) (.204/.256.373 and 23 errors) Josh Fogg (S)(5-6 7.25/1.73

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (77-76--16-8 since last update) Mike Maroth (S--8-12 ERA of 6.08/1.53 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .220/.299/.325 Carlos Silva ("G" (8-10- 4.42/1.28 )

JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (66-87 11-13 since last update) Jimmy Haynes (S--7-13 6.26/1.67 -- Ronnie Cedeno (S .215/.242/.337) Omar Daal (S)—4-17 ERA 7.27, WHIP 1.91

Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (57-72 6-18 since last update) Livan Hernandez (S) 9-16 7.29/1.82, Jason Kendall (G) (.276/.366/.368) Nate Robertson (S—8-17 4.64/1.44)

Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (93-60 15-9) Jamey Wright (was G now "S"—10-7, 4.97/ WHIP 1.61) Doug Glanville ( S --.245/.276/.355 Jeremy Bonderman (G—10-6 3.94, 1.37

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (85-68 10-14) Dave Burba (S—8-8 ERA 6.44 WHIP 1.82) Jack Cust (S--.168/.312/.308) Ruben Sierra( S---.215/.234/.425)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (75-78 13-11) Andrew Miller ( S—1-11 ERA 11.00/WHIP 2.6 9 Yuniesky Betancourt (S .189/.214/.293-- Deivi Cruz (S--.250/.294/.384)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (68-85 10-14 ) Jeff Suppan ((S—7-17 5.54, 1.55) Cristian Guzman (S--.232/.269/.310) Angel Berroa (G .247/.303/.405)

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (92-61 17-7) Shawn Estes (S 7-12- 5.84, 1.78 ) Jose Lopez (G-.258/.287/446) Kenny Rogers (S—8-11, 6.48 ERA , 1.69 WHIP

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (64-65 12-12) Daniel Cabrera (S--7-12 ERA 6.91, 1.68) Mike Napoli ("S" -.255/.319/.491) Pedro Astacio (S 6-10, 6.61, 1.51)

Franky35's Easy Money (75-78 14-10) Joaquin Benoit (G—11-7 ERA 4.38/1.36- Greg Vaughn (S--.184/.327/.340) Rondell White (S--.260/.330/.482)

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (61-92 5-19--ouch) Ramon Ortiz (S—4-12,9.09, 1.94 ), Omar Vizquel (S--..238/.299/.309) Jimmy Rollins (S--.251/.315/.370

Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Ramon Ortiz---Ramon has started 28 games/136 innings so he's been a more frequent problem compared to Andrew Miller-Silver--Omar Daal (29 games--147 innings) Bronze--Andrew Miller (27 games, 99 innings)

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Jack Cust (was Cristian Guzman) Bronze Ronnie Cedeno

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(no change)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (no change)

Hottest team of the week (sort of)---Nol15736's Gallifrey Timelords 17-7
Coldest team of the week (sort of)--Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats went 5-19

With a number of players who rarely make full season appearances, each team was reviewed to determine their records when scoring or allowing 10 or more runs a game. Here are the results

Premeditated Resentment: 24-13
Louisville Bats: 15-8
Fight The Good Fight: 12-18
Savannah Bananas: 14-9

Hickory Taverns: 15-6
One For Pops: 17-11
Beren's Park Hunklas: 9-20
Sabotaged Snappers 7-10

Gallifrey Timelords 15-10
Sooke Super-Spreaders 14-23
Easy Money 13-12
Badland Brutal Bats 18-20

League—Regular season has completed.

East: Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (88-74)team held off a late charge by LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (82-80) to win the division. Drabb9529's Savannah Bananas won 9 of the last 10 games and finished at 71-91 while JJB92's Fight The Good Fight ended with a record of 70-92.

Central: Spider67’s Hickory Taverns won a league best 100 games and had the best run differential at +143. DSZCYPKA's One For Pops captured the wild card with a record of 88-74. Rigged Splits Beren's Park Hunklas finished third with a record of 79-83 while Piloneus382's Sabotaged Snappers finished 72-90.

West:Nol15736's Galifrey Timelords emerged as the division champion with a record of 97-65, 16 games better than The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders. Franky35's Easy Money club finished with a record of 79-83 while Burley Norseman's Badlands Brutal Bats concluded the season at 65-97.

Playoffs update: The Hickory Taverns took a 2-0 lead over Premeditated Resentment winning both games in extra innings, each by one run. The Galifrey Timelords and One For Pops split the first two games--One For Pops winning game 1 in extra innings while the Timelords rebounded to win game 2.

Here's a current assessment of each teams assigned players. Each player is rated as a gift "G" (outperformed expected result) or sabotage "S" (performed at or below expected result). Interesting data points included as appropriate

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (88-74) Paul Maholm (S)—9-7 ERA (4.80/1.46 144 innings pitched )Clint Barmes (S) (.202/.254.370 and 24 errors, 532 plate appearances) Josh Fogg (S)(5-6 7.16/1.74 125 IP

LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (82-80) Mike Maroth (S--8-13 ERA of 6.20/1.55, 156 IP, 39 HR allowed) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .225/.302/.330 380 PA----9 SB---missed 55 games due to injury Carlos Silva (G"(9-10- 4.18/1.26, 174 IP--40 HR allowed)

Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (71-91) Livan Hernandez (S) 10-17 7.28/1.82,196 IP Jason Kendall (G) (.275/.366/.370, 655 PA) Nate Robertson (G-10-17, 4.27, 1.39, 206 IP

JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (70-92) Jimmy Haynes (S--7-14 6.40/1.70 173 IP -- Ronnie Cedeno (S .211/.240/.329, 434 PA) Omar Daal (S)—4-19 ERA 7.79, 1.96 153 IP

Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (100-62) Jamey Wright ("G"—12-7, 4.56/ WHIP 1.56, 171 IP) Doug Glanville ( S --.242/.273/.350, 616 PA, Jeremy Bonderman (G—11-6 3.91, 1.34 184 IP

DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (88-74) Dave Burba (S—8-10 ERA 6.68 WHIP 1.85, 160 IP) Jack Cust (S--.163/.313/.301, 424 PA) Ruben Sierra( S---.212/.234/.402 272 PA)

Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (79-83) Andrew Miller ( S—1-11 ERA 11.09/WHIP 2.69, 100 IP Yuniesky Betancourt (S .199/.223/.309 518 PA-- Deivi Cruz (S--.248/.290/.385 551 PAs)

Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (72-90) Jeff Suppan (S—8-18 5.33, 1.53, 180 IP) Cristian Guzman (S--.227/.264/.306 519 PA) Angel Berroa (G .249/.306/.410--hit 17 home runs and drove in 80 runs in 614 PAs)

Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (97-65) Shawn Estes (S 7-13- 5.79, 1.79 160 IP) Jose Lopez (G-.256/.284/444, 573 PA--did hit 25 home runs) Kenny Rogers (S—9-12, 6.16 ERA , 1.70 WHIP 191 IP

The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (81-81) Daniel Cabrera (S--7-13 ERA 6.45, 1.62 143 IP) Mike Napoli (G .263/.324/.504) 546 PA Pedro Astacio (S 6-12, 6.84, 1.56 125 IP)

Franky35's Easy Money (79-83) Joaquin Benoit (G—12-8 ERA 4.15/1.32- Greg Vaughn (S--.187/.328/.357 484 PA) Rondell White (S--.255/.321/.462 586 PA)

Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (65-97) Ramon Ortiz (S—4-12,8.79, 1.93, 142 IP ), Omar Vizquel (S--..242/.302/.318, 554 PA) Jimmy Rollins (S--.252/.313/.378 653 PA

Awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers—Ramon Ortiz----Silver--Omar Daal Bronze--Andrew Miller

Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Jack Cust Bronze Ronnie Cedeno

Overall team that had the most adversity sent their way: Burley Norseman had his offense sabotaged with bad years from Omar Vizquel and Jimmy Rollins--making matter worse, both had a high threshold for plate appearances which sabotaged the Brutal Bats offense. Making matters worse was Ramon Ortiz who managed to have an ERA almost 9 runs per game. Burley was a good sport and kept the guys in the lineups despite painful performances.

Team that was helped the most by his division mates----Spider 67's Hickory Taverns received two gift pitchers in Jamey Wright and Jeremy Bonderman. Doug Glanville was the assigned position player and while he underperformed his average, his performance was in the acceptable, if not ideal, range.

Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers—PJeremy Bonderman-(no change)
Gold: Hitters--Jason Kendall (no change)

League MVP per SOM awards:

Vlad Guerrero of the Timelords---.329/.366/.670---58 home runs, 27 doubles, 14 triples

Cy Young

Johan Santana 18-12, 3.07 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 273 Innings Pitched

Quick hits on each club:

Premeditated Resentment.......the big three of Jake Peavy, John Lackey and Matt Belisle combined for 48 wins. Six different relief pitchers provided at least 1 save. Gary Sheffield (52), Adrian Gonzalez (50) Miguel Cabrera (49), Ryan Braun (34) and Victor Martinez (25) enjoyed facing 6 sabotaged starting pitchers within the Eastern division.

Louisville Bats: The Bats went 10-2 before dropping the last three games of the season when making a late season run. Kevin Brown won 20 games while Dmitri Young put up very impressive numbers .299/.367/.550 including 27 doubles and 36 home runs. Luis Castillo had 202 hits and stole 53 bases. Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones each hit 33 home runs. Kyle Farnsworth--picked up around game 90--contributed 17 saves in just 12 innings.

Savannah Bananas: Adam Wainwright lead the club with 15 wins--interestingly, sabotaged pitchers Livian Hernandez and Nate Robertson each won 10 games. They finished with identical records of 10-17. Troy Percival provided 37 saves. Offense was a challenge all year long--Miguel Tejada only contributed 6 home runs in 629 plate appearances. Jason Kendall got hit by pitches 21 times to go along with 66 walks.

Fight The Good Fight: When one roles out Jimmy Haynes and Omar Daal twice in any 5 game set, the results are going to be pleasant for the hitters on the other teams. Jimmy and Omar were a combined 11-33. In season acquisition Andy Pettitte went an impressive 16-7 with an ERA of 3.12/WHIP of 1.14. Joe Mauer .329/.413/.478 and Brian Giles .316/.442/.678 paced the offense with assists from in season acquisition Michael Young hit .335/.382/.512.

Hickory Taverns: Five starting pitchers posted double digit wins---besides Johan Santana, Jeremy Bonderman and Jamey Wright, Ben Sheets provided 18 wins while Chuck Finley added 11. Arthur Rhodes contributed 23 saves and only 6 blown saves. The Taverns often doubled their fun---Travis Hafner (46) Todd Helton (45), Alex Gordon (41) and Edgar Renteria (38) led the way. Shawn Green led the team in runs batted in with 132. Todd Helton (112) and Travis Haffner (105) also broke the century mark.

One For Pops: Manny Ramirez (53) and Jeff Bagwell (47) combined for 100 home runs. Jeff also walked over 100 times with 101. Manny Ramirez walked 98 times while Andrew Jones took 94 free passes. Derek Lowe paced the team with 17 wins while in season acquisition Takashi Saito provided 21 saves and 8 wins with a WHIP of 1.10. Takashi replaced Keith Foulke (6 saves, 5 blown saves/WHIP of 1.48 and Hong Chih Kuo (4 saves but ERA of 4.43/WHIP of 1.30)

Beren's Park Hunklas: Chris Carpenter lead the club with 13 wins and Matt Thornton was impressive out of the bullpen with 11 wins. Matt had an ERA of 2.65 and a WHIP of 1.06 providing value for his 1.99 salary. Javy Lopez had an outstanding year hitting .346/.409/.720. Javy launched 54 home runs and drove in 130 runs. Aramis Ramirez added 42 home runs and drove in 100 runs. It does not appear that Rigged Splits is a fan of the stolen base---the team stole 8 bases all season and were caught stealing 5 times.

Sabotaged Snappers: The Snappers starting pitching core included Randy Johnson, Matt Cain, Cole Hammels and Zach Greinke. Randy led the league with 348 strike outs and had an ERA of 2.96 with a WHIP of 1.12. However, Randy had a overdose of unfortunate luck as his record for the year was 12-17. Matt Cain led the team with 18 wins--his ERA was 4.11 with a WHIP of 1.33. Cole contributed 10 wins and a 3.86 ERA/WHIP of 1.12. Zach had an ERA of 3.24/WHIP of 1.12 but an 8-8 record. Cole was 10-13 for the year. On the offensive side, Grady Sizemore hit 34 home runs while Angel Berroa led the team with 80 runs batted in.

Gallifrey Timelords: Besides Vlad Guerrero, Cliff Floyd (.275/.331/.524--35 home runs), Todd Hundley (.264/.357/.640 with 30 home runs led the offense. Derek Jeter hit .285/.367/.383 and Chone Figgins.289/.374 along with 44 stolen bases. Derek swiped 36 bases. Felix Hernandez paced the team with 14 wins---Roger Clemens added 13 and in season pick up Dontrelle Willis added 12. Jason Isringhausen saved 32 while only blowing 4 saves.

Sooke Super Spreaders: The Spreaders were impacted by injuries all season losing a stunning 193 days to injuries. Forty seven injuries occurred during the season. By comparison, Fight The Good Fight lost 36 games to injury and with only 11 instances of injury.

Javier Vazquez won 20 games for the Spreaders and in season pick up Pedro Martinez was 7-2 with an ERA of 2.49/1.20 WHIP helped the pitching staff. Clay Hensley added 16 saves with only 2 blown saves. On the offensive side the keystone combination of Jeff Kent .299/.385/.543 and Nomar Garciaparra .314/.364/.559 both had excellent seasons. Josh Hamilton--when healthy---he missed 51 games--contributed .316//.380/.579.

Easy Money: Roy Oswalt turned around a tough start finishing with a record of 18-13. His ERA was 4.25/WHIP of 1.25. Mariano Rivera provided 25 saves but had 13 blown saves and an ERA of 4.02. The offense was led by Albert Pujols .326/.421/.611. Albert hit 47 homers and drove in 128 runs. Yunel Escobar contributed to the offense via .306/.375/.406. JD Drew launched 37 home runs and knocked in 103. Marcus Giles hit 47 doubles and scored 101 runs--second only to Albert who scored 113.

Badland Brutal Bats: John Smoltz led the team with 14 wins despite and ERA of 5.29. The bullpen was a challenge for Burley Norseman all season---the club had 35 blown saves as multiple closers failed to get the job done. Mike Adams, Bobby Jenks, Rob Nen and Armando Benitez all created heartache for Burley. On the offensive side, Alex Rodriguez had a great year--.303/.407/.647 as did Moises Alou .314/.377/.568. Alex launched 56 home runs/drove in 128 while Moises contributed 40/124. Jacque Jones was a contributor--.335/.369/.522 all season long.

Thanks to all of the owners who participated in this theme league and hope to see you in another league soon.

This was a very fun league to be a part of! Really appreciate all the work you put into it with the updates and keeping everyone honest throughout the season. I would gladly join your next theme league, so please let me know when you’re running one!

Thanks for pulling this league together. Enjoyed reading the regular updates. My team was fortunate to have most players in one of the 3 best seasons, so I only needed to make two roster moves (Erstad for Mora paid off nicely) . That gave a significant $ advantage over teams with loads of transactions (Sometimes luck is just "on your side.) Glanville, while not quite hitting his #s, was still an effective players, earning fielding honorable mention and contributing many timely sacs. Additionally his 14 HRs were often at crucial times.

Richard