Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:18 pm
League--48 games completed
All but 3 teams are within 4 games of the division lead
Largest division lead---2 games---other two division leaders have a 1 game lead
East: Legendary LM Bombers' Louisville Bats took a two game lead over Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment. The Bats are on a 4 game winning streak. Kevin Brown is 7-0 and Dimitri Young leads the team with 12 home runs while Luis Castillo is hitting .359/.401. Interestingly, Premeditated continues to have the best run differential in the league with a +63 mark.
Central: DSZCYPKA's One For Pops continues to set the pace but the lead is down to one game over Spider67's Hickory Taverns. Carlos Zambrano and Derek Lowe both have 6 wins. Manny Ramirez was at (.344/448/.823) at our last update but had a relatively tough week--he's now at .294/.394/.655. Jeff Bagwell is at .301/.421/.572.
West: In a division with two titans of the Mystery game, The BC Manager's Sooke Super Spreaders continues to hold a one game lead over 86 time Mystery Champion Franky35's Easy Money. During the last update, Kevin Millwood was highlighted as being a leader on the pitching staff. Well, Kevin is now a free agent--he was dropped and replaced by Wade Miller. Pedro Astacio continue to impress. While not at the levels of our previous update, Pedro is 4-1 with an ERA of 3.17/WHIP. Josh Hamilton paces the offense--he has already missed 22 games due to injury but is at .398/.449/.761 when he plays.
The injury bug has resulted in 71 games being missed-- Jim Edmonds and Ben Zobrist for 15 games each. The BC still has the team in first place. Relative newcomer Burley Norsemans' Badlands Brutal Bats are just 2 games off the pace.
Interesting player moves---
Hitters
Mark Teixeira, David Ortiz, Frank Thomas, Derek Lee, Roberto Alomar, David Wright, Brian McCann and Mike Piazza were all shown the door since our last update.
Pitchers:
Pedro Martinez, Tim Lincecum, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, Mark Buehrle and Billy Wagner were all released over the past week.
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
LM Bombers' Louisville Bats (27-21-tied for best in the league): Mike Maroth (S--1-5 ERA of 7.55/1.40 ) Roger Cedeno (S----hitting .214/.298/.238 35 games missed due to injury )) Carlos Silva (was S--now G) (3-3-4.33, 1.33 )
Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment (25-23) Paul Maholm (was G--now S)--2-3 ERA (5.13/1.56)Clint Barmes (.235/.301/.369) (S) Josh Fogg (S)(1-0 6.57, 1.46)
JJB92's Fight The Good Fight (21-27) Jimmy Haynes (S--2-3 ERA of 4.44/1.33 -- Ronnie Cedeno (G .258/.275/.445) Omar Daal (S)--2-4 ERA 4.30, WHIP 1.49
Drabb9529 Savannah Bananas (21-27) Livan Hernandez (S) 3-2, 7.84 ERA, 1.84 WHIP, Jason Kendall (G) (.304/.399/.398) Nate Robertson (S--2-7 5.49/1.59)
DSZCZYPKA's One For Pops (27-21 (Tied for best in league) Dave Burba (S--2-2 ERA 6.46 WHIP 1.87) Jack Cust (S--.154/.301/.316) Ruben Sierra( S---.241/.256/.456)
Spider 67's Hickory Taverns (26-22) Jamey Wright (S--1-3, 6.02/ WHIP 2.05) Doug Glanville ( S recovered from 0-39 streak---n--.249/.280/.330 ) Jeremy Bonderman (G--4-1, 2.98, 1.26 much better than expected
Rigged Splits ' Beren's Park Hunklas (23-25) Andrew Miller ( S--0-7 ERA 12.60/WHIP 2.69 (ouch)) Yuniesky Betancourt (S .172/.186/.273-- Deivi Cruz (S--.235/.285,/.399)
Piloneaus382's Sabotaged Snappers (21-27) Jeff Suppan ((S--3-4 5.00, 1.43) Cristian Guzman (S--.216/.252..270) Angel Berroa (G--.322/.365/.561--nice surprise)
Franky35's Easy Money (25-23) Joaquin Benoit (G--4-1 ERA 3.29/1.14) Greg Vaughn (S--.164/.326/.271) Rondell White (S--.232/.316/.470)
The BC Managers' Sooke Super Spreaders (26-22) Daniel Cabrera (S--3-3 ERA 5.49, 1.32) Mike Napoli (G--.286/.346/.571) Pedro Astacio (G (4-1, ERA 3.17, WHIP 1.10)
Nol15736's GallifreyTimelords (22-26) Shawn Estes (was G, now S 1-4- 5.65, 1.86 ) Jose Lopez (G-.261/.289/.533) Kenny Rogers (S--1-2, 7.08 ERA , 1.95 WHIP
Burley Norseman's Badland Brutal Bats (24-24) Ramon Ortiz (S--0-2, 10.07, 2.16 ouch), Omar Vizquel (S--.216/.262/.273) Jimmy Rollins (S--.250/.320/.417)
Early awards: Most diabolic sabotage---Gold: Pitchers--Ramon Ortiz-Silver-Andrew Miller--Bronze Kenny Rogers
Hitters: Gold--Yuniesky Bentacourt, Silver-Omar Vizquel Bronze Greg Vaughn
Gifts:
Gold: Pitchers--Pedro Astacio (no change) but Jeremy Bonderman closing fast
Gold: Hitters--Angel Berroa (was Mike Napoli )
Owner handed biggest headache considering all three players
Rigged Splits and his Beren's Park Hunklas. Both hitters assigned to the Hunklas require a lot of plate appearances---Yuniesky requires 555 appearances while Devi Cruz needs 507. Andrew Miller--as expected--has been a disaster. One bit of good news for Rigged is Andrew has pitched 45 innings and only needs 25 more to reach his required innings.
Owner with fewest headaches caused by the three gifted players
The BC Manager and his Sooke Super-Spreaders---Received Pedro Astacio and Mike Napoli have both been positive contributors. The third player, Daniel Cabrera is 3-3 with a WHIP of 1.32. Not bad when compared to other starters assigned via the draft.
