Hitter vs Pitchers-2000's --Congrats to.......

I suspect all owners are busy studying your roster as well as others in the league.

Just a few reminders---before the season starts, please be sure to identify the $1 million dollar or less players who will be with your team all season. Hitting centric clubs need to have 3 position players with salaries of $1 million or less while pitching centric teams will need to carry 2 pitchers with salaries of $1 million or less. Please post your designated players either via a league wide e-mail or posting here.

You can have more than the prescribed number of low salary players and are free to make changes to those who were not identified as your "season long keepers".

Happy roster making decisions----and enjoy the prospect of facing a lineup including:

Barry Bonds
Jim Thome
Miguel Cabrera
Ryan Howard
Miguel Tejada
Andrew Jones
Jeff Kent
Mike Piazza

or a pitching staff in Petco of

Pedro Martinez
Chris Carpenter
Matt Cain
Adam Wainwright

Or a visit to Busch Stadium
And facing……..

a seventh inning of Trevor Hoffman
Eighth inning of Billy Wagner
Ninth inning of Mariano Rivera

Busch Banditos < $1.00 pitchers will be Mike Maroth and Ricardo Rincon. *Subject to pre-season changes.


Is there a minimum appearance requirement for these players? It feels against the spirit of the rule to just have 2 starters who will accrue a total of 0 innings.

I went back and reviewed the rosters of each hitting team for the leagues of the 70s, 80s and 90s. There were 18 hitting centric teams. There was only one instance of a pitcher who was rostered all season but failed to pitch a single inning--that was Tim Lollar in the 80s version of the game. Tim played for the last place team in the hitting division (East).

What we have observed is that the pitching is so challenged by the hitters that it's worth taking a chance to see if the pitcher is on their decent year.

We haven't seen managers deploy the this guy will sit all season strategy but I'm open to other ideas on this one if there is a consensus of concern.

I think minimum innings / ABs would be hard to police so I vote we just keep it that we require that the players be rostered all season, and if someone wants to stash SPs that get zero innings well at least they are wasting the roster spots and the money on them. I don't think it gives them an advantage over someone using these spots for players that can serve an actual role off the bench / in the bullpen.

With a mid-week start, only 6 games have been played between hitting and pitching teams. The pitching centric teams won 4 of the 6 games thus far.

For readers interested in an update, here are some roster highlights-early observations

Runs scored: Fench33s' Beaver Pelts (6-3- good for a 2 game lead over the other 3 teams) have scored 75 runs in 9 games--an average of 8.33 runs per game

Runs allowed: Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders have only allowed 16 runs in 9 games--an average of 1.77 runs per game.--The Wonders are on a 7 game winning streak and hold a 2 game lead over the Busch Banditos managed by Piloneaus382.

BurleyNorseman's Highway Hellraisers have a team batting average of .188 while Juiced JC's Roid Raging Bombers have a team ERA of 7.94.

East--Hitting centric

Fench33's Beaver Pelts lead the division with a 6-3 record. Key players: Hanley Ramirez (.460/.500.946) Brian McCann (.405/.450/676) Vlad Guerrero (.386/.386/.773)

Defending champion Drabb9529's Bat Attitude club has a 4-5 record: Key Players: Chipper Jones (.472/.548/.889), Magglio Ordenez (.353/.421/.706) and Alex Rodriguez (.333/.452/.818. An injury reveal meant Grady Sizemore was released and replaced with Vernon Wells.

Lee300's Flatbush Stumble Ponies are also 4-5. Key players: Brett Boone (.387/.525/.677), Victor Martinez (.400/.447/.486) and Ryan Braun (.333/.333/.436)

JJB92's Rock The Nation is also 4-5--Key players: Todd Helton (.429/.476/.886), Carlos Delgado (.393/.471/.893) and Scott Rolen (.324/.400/.618)

Central: Mixed
Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (Pitching centric) are tied for the division lead with a 5-4 record. Tim Lincecum (2-1, WHIP .82, ERA 2.33), Brandon Webb (2-0, .78, 2.00) and CC Sabathia (1-0,.89, 3.00) lead the staff

BigJimEd's Manchester High Cheese (Pitching centric) also have a 5-4 record. Roy Halladay (2-1, 1.15 WHIP and 4.15 ERA), Carlos Zambrano (1-1,1.47, 3.71) and Mike Mussina (1-1, 1.41, 2.12)

The BC Manager's BC Boundless Bats also have a 5-4 record---Joe Mauer (.462/.576/.923), Tori Hunter (.438/.487/.844), Robby Alomar (.379, .500, .690) lead the way for the Bats.

Juiced JC's Roid Raging Bombers have a 3-6 record. Team ERA is 7.96. Jeff Kent (.476, .511, .714) Sammy Sosa (.382, .512,.941) and Mike Piazza (.300, .364, .600). Barry Bonds (.238, .484, .524) and Jim Thome (.147, .326, .147) have gotten off to slow starts.

West-Pitching centric:
BigdinKent's Batless Boy Wonders are 8-1. Pedro Martinez (2-0, .67 WHIP, 1.07 ERA, Adam Wainwright (2-0, 1.02, 1.32 ERA) and Matt Cain (1-0, 1.05, 2.70) have been dominant thus far.

Piloneaus382's Busch Banditos are 5-4--Johan Santana (0-0, .72, 1.86) Justin Verlander (2-0, .75, .75) and Cole Hammels (1-0,.83, ERA is 0.00) are off to good starts.

BurleyNorseman's Highway Hellraisers are 3-6. John Smoltz (1-0, .64 WHIP, 0.00 ERA) and Tom Glavine (1-1, 1.38, 3.65) are off to good starts while Randy Johnson is off to a slow start (1-2, 1.25, 4.57)

LeoCarter's Halifax Hurlers are 2-7----Curt Schilling is 1-1 with a .97 WHIP, 3.32, Roger Clemens is 0-1, ,91, 1.17 ERA, Roy Oswalt is 1-1, 1.33, 3.50)

We've completed the first full week of play which included numerous inter-division games.

Games played for each team: 30
Hitter centric versus pitching centric: 69 games

Hitters: 39 wins (57%)
Pitchers: 30 wins (43%)

Interesting statistics--players

Number of players with OPS over 1,000--17 (!!)

Top 2 OPS--both players part of Juiced JC's Roid Raging Bombers (Central)

Sammy Sosa: 1.315 (.315/.450.865)
Mike Piazza: 1.271 (.333/.420/.851)

Home Run leaders: Sammy and Mike are tied with 18 home runs
Runs Batted In: Mike has knocked in 46 runs--that's a pace to drive in 248 runs over a 162 game season.

Batting average: Brian Roberts---.410--Brian was picked up after game 9 by Fench33's Beaver Pelts (East)

On Base Percentage: Brian Roberts---.505

Pitching

Roger Clemens--Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers (West): 5-1, ERA of 1.07, WHIP .95
Pedro Martinez-Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders (West) 5-2 ERA 2.56, WHIP .82

Strikeouts:
Pedro Martinez-81 in 63 innings--(only 8 walks allowed)
Tim Lincecum-80 in 71 innings --Tim is part of Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (Central)

Team Stats:

Hitting---the extremes

Run Scored---JJB92's Rock The Nation is setting the pace scoring 237 runs (average of 7.9 runs)
Home Runs---The Roid Raging Bombers have already hit 84 home runs--an average of just under 3 per game

On the other end of the spectrum, Piloneaus382's Busch Banditos have scored 87 runs (2.9/game)

Pitching

Runs allowed: Batless Boy Wonders have only allowed 101 runs--(94 earned)---allowing just 3.3 runs per game
Team WHIP: Batless Boy Wonders are at 1.11 at this point of the season.

BC's Boundless Bats 2000 club have allowed 228 runs--an average of 7.6 per game

Division races

East-Hitting

The Beaver Pelts (Fench33--a +42 run differential) and Rock The Nation (JJB92+13) are tied for first--both are 19-11. Lee300's Flatbush Stumble Ponies are just 2 games back while defending champion Drabb9529's Bat Attitude trail by 6 games.

Central-Mixed

Bigjimed's Manchester High Cheese (+10) are setting the pace in the Central with a record of 16-14. The bashing Roid Raging Bombers(+4) trail by 2 games. The Rubber Arm Dune Rats (-5) are also two games out. The BC Managers aptly named BC's Boundless Bats 2000 are four games out (-50)

West-Pitching

Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders are setting the pace with a record of 18-12 (+17) followed closely by Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers (17-13 +22). Burley Norseman's Highway Hellraisers are 5 games out (-21) while Piloneaus382's Busch Banditos are 8-22 (-57). The Banditos were 7-5 and were in second place when a horrific 17 game losing streak arrived. The Banditos have Johan Santana with a WHIP of 1.03 but he's still winless at 0-3. Justin Verlander is 2-3 with a WHIP of 1.06 so the long losing streak surprised everyone.

Big name/salary players who have already been released:

Jeff Bagwell (Beaver Pelts) .136/.293/.227
Adrian Gonzalez (also from the Pelts) .222/.275/.333)
Troy Tulowitzki (BC's Boundless Bats 2000: .113/.186/.170)

Matt Cain (Batless Boy Wonders) 2-2, 5.45 ERA, 1.47 WHIP
Adam Wainwright (Batless Boy Wonders) 2-3, 6.00, 1.64

Games played for each team: 51
Hitter centric versus pitching centric: 156 games

Hitters: 93 wins (59.6%)
Pitchers: 63 wins (40.3%)

The hitting centric teams extended their lead over the pitching centric teams. Fench33's Beaver Pelts (1st place-East/hitting) club is setting the pace with an impressive record against the pitching centric West--the Pelts are 18-3.

Interesting statistics--players
Seventeen hitters--the same number as last week--have OPS results of 1.000 or more.

Top 3 OPS--

Sammy Sosa (Juiced JC's Roid Raging Bombers) continues to lead the league with a 1.222 (.303/.427/.805)
Ryan Braun (Lee300's Flatbush Stumble Ponies) is now second at 1.202 (.357/.387/.814)
Phil Nevin (Bigjimed's Manchester High Cheese--a pitching centric team) had a great week----he's now at 1.196 (.347/.450/.736)

Home Run leaders: Sammy Sosa has launched 29 home runs to lead the league--Ryan Braun is second with 25

Runs Batted In: Sammy has driven in 64 runs, two more than Ryan's 62 total

Batting average: Brian McCann-- Fench33's Beaver Pelts (East) is setting the pace with a .373 average. Ryan Braun is in second with his .357 average.

On Base Percentage: Barry Bonds (Roid Raging Bombers) is setting the pace with a .487 OBP. Phil Nevin is next at .460.

Pitching

Pedro Martinez-Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders (West) 6-4 ERA 2.74, WHIP .94
Roger Clemens--Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers (West): 5-5, ERA of 2.77, WHIP 1.17

Strikeouts:
Pedro Martinez-125 in 102 innings
Tim Lincecum-125 in 111 innings --Tim is part of Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (Central)

Team Stats:

Hitting---the extremes

Run Scored---Lee300's Flatbush Stumble Ponies have seized the lead in runs scored with 382 runs (average of 7.5 runs)
Home Runs---The Roid Raging Bombers continue their bashing ways--they have launched 145, an average of 2.84/game

On the other end of the spectrum, Piloneaus382's Busch Banditos have scored 192 runs (3.76/game)

Pitching

Runs allowed: Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders have only allowed 201 runs--(192 earned)---allowing just 3.94 runs per game
Team WHIP: Batless Boy Wonders are at 1.17 at this point of the season

The Roid Raging Bombers club have allowed 366 runs--an average of 7.17 per game

Division races:

East (Hitting)

The Beaver Pelts extended their lead to 6 games over JJB92's Rock The Nation--the Pelts are 35-16 --best in the league. The Pelts have won 9 in a row and have a run differential of +86. All 4 teams are over .500-Rock The Nation are 29-22 (+17) but are on a 6 game losing streak. The Flatbush Stumble Ponies are 28-23 (+93)and are tied with Drabb9529's Bat Attitude (-9)

Central (Mixed)

Juiced JC's Rodid Raging Bombers are 25-26 (+1) hold a one game lead over Bigjimed's Manchester High Cheese (-17). Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats are 23-28 (-19) while The BC Manager's BC's Boundless Bats 2000 are also 23-28 (-68)

West (Pitching)

The Batless Boy Wonders (29-22, +17) continue to set the pace with a 7 game lead over Burley Norseman's Highway Hellraisers (-15). Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers are 21-30 (-25) and Piloneaus382's Busch Banditos are 19-32 (-61).

A look at the dispersal draft:

Hitting teams selecting a pitcher:

The BC Manager: Russ Ortiz (Released) 2-3, 8.29, 1.75
Juice JC': Aaron Harang (Released) 3-5, 8.75, 1.76
Fench33: Jarrod Washburn: 6-4 4.57, WHIP 1.48
Drabb9539: Brad Radke: 4-4, 5.14, 1.51
JJB92: Chuck Finley: 4-4, 6.97, 1.85
Lee300: Branson Arroyo 5-3, 5.97, 1.51

Pitching teams selecting a hitter

Falcon29: Frank Thomas: .235/.321/.552 (13 home runs, 26 RBIs)
Bigjimed: Prince Fielder .238/.308/.453 (11 HR's 25 RBI)
BurleyNorseman: Adam Dunn: .187/.310/.374 (8/26)
Leo Carter: Ryan Klesko: .266/.338/.417 (5/23)
Piloneaus382: Rafael Palmeiro: .222/.303//.359 (5/22)
Bigdinkent: Edgar Martinez: .280/.391/.371 (1/10)

Falcon29: Frank Thomas: .235/.321/.552 (13 home runs, 26 RBIs)

Thomas is on his 2006 card, which has the most frequent injury. He's already missed 19 games so far.

Due to family obligations, I'm posting the weekly update a day earlier than usual.

Games played for each team: 69
Hitter centric versus pitching centric: 204 games

Hitters: 122 wins 59.8% (last update 59.6%)
Pitchers: 82 wins (40.2%)

The hitting centric teams maintained their lead over the pitching centric teams.

Interesting statistics--players
We dropped to 14 hitters having OPS of 1.000 or more. Last week, seventeen hitters has OPS results of 1.000 or more.

Top 3 OPS--

Sammy Sosa (Juiced JC's Roid Raging Bombers) continues to lead the league with a 1.275 OPS (.322/.420/.856)
Carlos Delgado (JJB92’s Rock The Nation) moved into second place with an OPS of 1.211. (.351/.477/.733)
Alex Rodriguez (Drabb9529’s Bat Attitude) is third at 1.159 (.321//401//758)

Home Run leaders: Sammy Sosa has already launched 43 home runs to lead the league—Alex Rodriguez is second with 32

Runs Batted In: Sammy has driven in 90 runs, eight more than Alex’s 82 total

Batting average: Brian McCann-- Fench33's Beaver Pelts (East) continues to lead the league with a .358 average. Carlos Delgad is in second with his .351 average.

On Base Percentage: Carlos Delgado now leads the league with a .477 with Barry Bonds (Roid Raging Bombers) at .461. Brett Boone from Lee300’s Flatbush Stumble Ponies is at Phil Nevin is next at .434.

Pitching

Pedro Martinez-Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders (West) 10-5 ERA 2.62, WHIP .94
In a major surprise, John Burkett (The BC Manager’s BC’s Boundless Bats 2000 is now 7-3 2.96, 1.22 WHIP
Roger Clemens--Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers (West): 6-7, ERA of 3.12, WHIP 1.20

Strikeouts-no changes in the order
Pedro Martinez-162 in 141 innings Bigdinkent’s Batless Boy Wonders
Tim Lincecum-156 in 143 innings --Tim is part of Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (Central)

Team Stats:

Hitting---the extremes

Run Scored---Lee300's Flatbush Stumble Ponies continue to lead in runs scored with 515 runs (average of 7.47 runs)
Home Runs---The Roid Raging Bombers continue their torrid pace with 207 home runs—an average of 3 per game. By the way, the MLB record for team home runs is 307 by the Minnesota Twins. The Bombers are on pace to bash 486 home runs.

Pitching

Runs allowed: Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders have only allowed 266 runs--(245 earned)---allowing just 3.85 runs per game
Team WHIP: Batless Boy Wonders are still at 1.17 at this point of the season

The Roid Raging Bombers club have allowed 495 runs--an average of 7.17 per game

Division races:

East (Hitting)

The Beaver Pelts lead JJB92's Rock The Nation by 4 games--the Pelts are 44-25 --best in the league. The Pelts have a run differential of +81. All 4 teams are over .500-Rock The Nation are 40-29 (+56). The Flatbush Stumble Ponies are 37-32 but have the best run differential at +100. Drabb9529's Bat Attitude are in 4th place despite having a record of 36-33 (-18)

Central (Mixed)

The BC Manager’s BC’s Boundless Bats started the week in 4th but are now in first place with a record of 36-33. The run differential is -62 which is lowest in the division but are 9-1 in the last 10 games.

Juiced JC's Rodid Raging Bombers are two games behind (-2)) while Bigjimed's Manchester High Cheese (-10) and Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (-46) are tied with a record of 31-38 five games off the pace.

West (Pitching)

The Batless Boy Wonders (41-28, +49) extended their lead to 12 games. Piloneaus382’s Busch Banditos shook off the early season losing streak and have moved up to second place-they are on a 6 game winning streak. The Banditos are 29-40. Burley Norseman's Highway Hellraisers are 28-41 (-36) and have lost 6 in a row. Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers are 27-42 (-54 and are on a 7 game losing streak.)

Game of the week (maybe season)
Juiced JC led his Roid Raging Bombers against visiting Fench33’s Beaver Pelts at US Cellular feeling. Juiced had to be impressed by his team launching 9 home runs against the division leading Pelts. Sammy Sosa and Miguel Cabrera each launched 3 home runs while Mike Piazza contributed 2 more and Miguel Tejada launched one too. The Bombers put up 20 runs on 18 hits. A very impressive display of offensive firepower.

However, the Beaver Pelts also had quite a game---the Pelts launched 10 home runs. Seven different players homered---Derek Lee, David Wright and Gary Shefield each launched 2 while Carolos Beltran, Pokey Reese, Moises Alou and Hanley Ramiriez each homered once. The Pelts scored 23 runs to overcome the 20 run onslaught by the Bombers. Pokey Reese—filing in for an injured Brian Roberts contributed 5 hits. As Jayson Stark would write “Baseball!”

Interesting facts per team:


The BC Manager: Twenty two pitchers who have taken the mound for the Boundless Bats have been released. The starting rotation is Jeff Fassero, Jose Contreras, Faustino Carmona, Nelson Cruz and John Burkett
Juice JC': In addition to the home run power described earlier, Jeff Kent has blasted 35 doubles to lead the league.
Fench33: Fench33 has not released a single pitcher---the 12 pitchers who started the season remain. Jarrod Washburn leads the team with 9 wins.
Drabb9539: The decision to drop Adrian Beltre (.110/.120/.260 after 73 Abs) for Aramis Ramirez looks like the right call. Aramis is at .435/.458/.674)
JJB92: Jose Reyes (37), Bobby Abreau (20) and Dustin Pediora (17) are all in the top ten in stolen bases
Lee300: Derek Jeter (28), Jim Edmonds (27) and Ryan Braun (26) are in the top 7 for hitting doubles.


Falcon29: Juan Gonzalez is helping the offense--.276/.309/.570) despite missing 16 games due to injury-that includes a 15 game injury.
Bigjimed: Although he cooled off a bit from last update, Phil Nevin is at .323/.410/664 in 220 ABs
BurleyNorseman: Talk about bad luck—Randy Johnson is 5-11. Randy’s has thrown 108 innings striking out 129 batters. However he has allowed 25 home runs and has an ERA of 6.46.

Leo Carter: Raji Davis has been a pleasant surprise--.308/.348/.458 with 10 stolen bases.
Piloneaus382: Might win the award for streakiest team---after stopping the 17 game slide, Piloneaus went 9-3 before a 7 game skid. However, the team is now on 6 game winning streak.
Bigdinkent: Be careful when visiting Petco---Bigdinkent’s team has a team ERA of 3.01 in Petco. Pedro has an ERA of 1.53 at home, Jason Schmidt 2.06 and Al Leiter 1.42.

Games played for each team: 93
Hitter centric versus pitching centric: 300 games

Hitters: 168 wins 56% (last update 59.8%)
Pitchers: 132 wins 44%

The pitching teams had a good week closing the gap by 4%--the largest movement of the season.

Interesting statistics--players
Despite the good week for the pitching teams, we have 16 hitters with OPS of 1.000 or more. Last week, 14 hitters has OPS results of 1.000 or more.

Top 3 OPS--

Barry Bonds (Juiced JC’s Roid Raging Bombers) had a great week is now has the best OPS at 1.324. Barry is at .303/.524/.821.
Barry’s teammate Sammy Sosa is at second with a 1.225 OPS (.321/.417/.838)
Carlos Delgado (JJB92’s Rock The Nation) is third with an OPS of 1.207 (.354/.474/.734)

Home Run leaders: Sammy Sosa continues his bashing---he’s hit 56 home runs to lead the league. Barry Bonds has been hot at the plate—he’s now second with 46 home runs.

Runs Batted In: Sammy has driven in 124 runs, 23 more than Alex Rodriguez total of 101.

Batting average: Nomar Garciaparra (BC’s Boundless Bats 2000) seized the league lead—he’s hitting .384. Carlos Delgado is second at .354 while Brian McCann-- Fench33's Beaver Pelts (East) is at .343 average. Top batting average from a pitching centric team? Danny Bautista from Bigdinkent’s Batless Boy Wonders is hitting .319

On Base Percentage: Barry Bonds is now at .504. Carlos Delgado is next at .474 Edgar Martinez—the last of the 6 hitters chosen in the dispersal draft is at .419, good for third in the league.

Pitching—no significant changes with the top 3 remaining albeit in a slightly different order

Pedro Martinez-Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders (West) 14-6 ERA 2.62, WHIP .94
Roger Clemens--Leo Carter's Halifax Hurlers (West): 8-9, ERA of 2.90, WHIP 1.17
John Burkett (The BC Manager’s BC’s Boundless Bats 2000 is now 11-3 3.25, 1.26 WHIP

Strikeouts-no changes in the order
Pedro Martinez-238 in 188 innings Bigdinkent’s Batless Boy Wonders
Tim Lincecum-207 in 193 innings --Tim is part of Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (Central)

Team Stats:

Hitting---the extremes

Run Scored---The Roid Raging Bombers took the lead in runs scored—680 runs—an average of 7.31 runs per game.
Home Runs---The Roid Raging Bombers continue their torrid pace with 285 home runs—an average of slightly of 3 per game. They have hit 90 more home runs than second place Lee300’s Flatbush Stumble Ponies who have launched an impressive 195 home runs.

Pitching

Runs allowed: Bigdinkent's Batless Boy Wonders have only allowed 353 runs--(329 earned)---allowing just 3.79 runs per game
Team WHIP: Batless Boy Wonders are still at 1.16 at this point of the season

If offense is your thing, you’ll enjoy a game involving the Roid Raging Bombers. Not only do they lead the league in runs scored, they have club have allowed a league high 694 runs--an average of 7.46 per game

Division races: Interesting note---all of the hitting centric teams have records of .505 or better. Only one pitching centric team can make such a claim. Pitching centric Batless Boy Wonders have the best record in the league at 56-37.

East (Hitting)

Fench33’s Beaver Pelts remain in first by two games but are on a 9 game losing streak. JJB92's Rock The Nation is two games off the pace. The Pelts are 52-41 (+55) Rock The Nation is 50-43 (+41). The Flatbush Stumble Ponies are 48-45 with the best run differential in the league at +95. Drabb9529's Bat Attitude are in 4th place despite having a record of 47-46 (-53)

Central (Mixed)

The Roid Raging Bombers seized the lead—they are now 51-42(+31) and lead BC’s Boundless Bats 2000 by 2 games. BC’s club is 49-44(-21).


Bigjimed's Manchester High Cheese comes in at 45-48 (+4) and Falcon29's Rubber Arm Dune Rats (-43) are 43-50.

West (Pitching)

The Batless Boy Wonders 56-37 +89) are running away with the division. They now have a 15 game lead over Leo Carter’s Halifax Hurlers. The Hurlers are 41-51 (--42). Burley Norseman's Highway Hellraisers are 38-55 (-53) while Piloneaus 382’s Busch Banditos are also 38-55 with a -103 run.

Here's a look at how the players drafted in the first round of the two round draft are doing.


JuicedJC - Barry Bonds—After a slow start, Barry is living up to his selection. Hitting .303 with 46 home runs and 118 walks.
The BC Manager - Albert Pujols--.315/.396/.505---14 home runs, 51 RBIs---21 doubles
Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez--.326/.416/.759—39 home runs, 101 RBIs and 10 stolen bases
JJB92--Todd Helton--.323/.415/.618—27 home runs/68 RBI, 26 doubles
Fench33 Vladamir Guerrero--.312/.349/.563—24 home runs, 65 RBI
Lee300 Jason Giambi—Released---but Jim Edmonds was the next selection---played in 30 games--.208/.336/.769
Lee300 Jim Edmonds--.299/.403/.633---27 home runs, 93 RBIs—36 doubles

Bigdinkent - Pedro Martinez—Stats referenced above—he’s been dominant in his Petco Park home
BurleyNorseman-Randy Johnson-Perhaps the oddest outcome---5-14---ERA of 7.00 (!!) WHIP of 1.58. Has thrown 136 innings and struck out 178 hitters. Injury reveal showed one of three best seasons. Burley has to be disappointed.
BigJimEd - Roy Halladay—8-11---3.91/1.22. 191 IP—190 hits---has given up 27 home runs.
Piloneus382 - Johan Santana—the second most surprising/disappointing season. He’s 2-6 with a 5.71/1.35. 94 IP/98 hits—only 12 home runs allowed.
Falcon29 - Tim Lincecum—10-12---3.68/1.21. 193 IP/159 hits---has allowed 31 homers but he’s in the mixed division so he’s facing two hitting centric teams.
Leo Carter - Curt Schilling—6-9—5.66/1.41. Curt’s allowed 37 home runs.