04/23: Yankees Bloggers League: Week Four
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
I defeated the 1st place (and still 1st place) Mike (River Ave. Blues) in a dogfight, 5-4. We tied in runs and with most other categories being pretty close. I won 3 out of 5 offensive categories and he won 3 out of 5 pitching categories. All I can say is thank goodness for Alex. His 9 runs, 5 home runs, 13 RBIs and .370 average led my offense, although Abreu and Thome both hitting over .400 didn't hurt, either. Jose Reyes was the dominant performer on Mike's side, scoring 8 runs, hitting a homer, driving in 5 and swiping 4 bases while hitting .464. On the pitching side, Mike's combination of Joe Nathan (3 saves), Francisco Rodriguez (2) and Jason Frasor (1) led to him taking the saves category. Led by 17 K's by a Red Sox pitcher and 15 K's by Cole Hamels, he also took strikeouts in addition to WHIP. On my side, Barry Zito rebounded in a big way, being the only 2 win player on either side and having an ERA of 0.00 on top of that. Verlander, Igawa and Freddy Garcia each had a win of their own, giving me just enough wins to take that category.
Seamus was victorious over Dave (Pride of the Yankees) by the score of 6-4. Despite hitting just 2 home runs, Seamus' team was able to take 4 out of 5 offensive categories. They racked up 11 stolen bases, led by the 6 run, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .524 AVG performance of Joe Mauer. Hanley Ramírez was probably the biggest star on Dave's side, scoring 7, hitting 2 home runs, driving in 3, stealing 1 and hitting .357. Seamus' pitching staff only had 1 win (Ervin Santana) and 1 save (Todd Jones) the entire week (compared to 3 and 8 for Dave), but they did manage to squeak out the ERA and WHIP categories. Meanwhile, Dave had 5 pitchers with saves: Al Reyes, Armando Benitez and Solomon Torres each had 2 while Jason Isringhausen and Akinori Otsuka picked up 1 a piece. Isringhausen, Haren and Glavine each had a win.
Finally, in the most lopsided game (final score wise) of the week, James topped Aziz (Pride of the Yankees), 8-2. The pitching and hitting from both teams was excellent with a number of categories being narrowly taken. On James offense, Michael Barrett scored 5 runs, hit 4 homers, drove in 10 and had a .381 AVG. Travis Hafner led Aziz's offense with 5 runs, 3 home runs, 8 RBI and a .545 AVG. Peavy, Penny and Cain (11 K's, 0.56 ERA, 0.75 WHIP) had 1 win a piece for James with Bobby Jenks having a 3 save week (Jose Valverde also had 1). Aziz's only win came from Ben Sheets while he received a 3 save week of his own from Francisco Cordero with Tom Gordon and Takashi Saito having 1 to give him the saves category.
It was a good week for the YanksBlog.com teams as it was the first one where we won all 3 games (also the first one where we won at least 2 out of 3, hehe). We have a team at .500 (James)! Yay!
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (20-9-1)
2. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (19-10-1)
3. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (17-11-2)
This Week
Patrick (6th, 13-14-3) vs. Dave (10th, 10-19-1).
James (5th, 14-14-2) vs. Seamus (7th, 12-17-1). Nooooooooooooo...
Last Week
I defeated the 1st place (and still 1st place) Mike (River Ave. Blues) in a dogfight, 5-4. We tied in runs and with most other categories being pretty close. I won 3 out of 5 offensive categories and he won 3 out of 5 pitching categories. All I can say is thank goodness for Alex. His 9 runs, 5 home runs, 13 RBIs and .370 average led my offense, although Abreu and Thome both hitting over .400 didn't hurt, either. Jose Reyes was the dominant performer on Mike's side, scoring 8 runs, hitting a homer, driving in 5 and swiping 4 bases while hitting .464. On the pitching side, Mike's combination of Joe Nathan (3 saves), Francisco Rodriguez (2) and Jason Frasor (1) led to him taking the saves category. Led by 17 K's by a Red Sox pitcher and 15 K's by Cole Hamels, he also took strikeouts in addition to WHIP. On my side, Barry Zito rebounded in a big way, being the only 2 win player on either side and having an ERA of 0.00 on top of that. Verlander, Igawa and Freddy Garcia each had a win of their own, giving me just enough wins to take that category.
Seamus was victorious over Dave (Pride of the Yankees) by the score of 6-4. Despite hitting just 2 home runs, Seamus' team was able to take 4 out of 5 offensive categories. They racked up 11 stolen bases, led by the 6 run, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .524 AVG performance of Joe Mauer. Hanley Ramírez was probably the biggest star on Dave's side, scoring 7, hitting 2 home runs, driving in 3, stealing 1 and hitting .357. Seamus' pitching staff only had 1 win (Ervin Santana) and 1 save (Todd Jones) the entire week (compared to 3 and 8 for Dave), but they did manage to squeak out the ERA and WHIP categories. Meanwhile, Dave had 5 pitchers with saves: Al Reyes, Armando Benitez and Solomon Torres each had 2 while Jason Isringhausen and Akinori Otsuka picked up 1 a piece. Isringhausen, Haren and Glavine each had a win.
Finally, in the most lopsided game (final score wise) of the week, James topped Aziz (Pride of the Yankees), 8-2. The pitching and hitting from both teams was excellent with a number of categories being narrowly taken. On James offense, Michael Barrett scored 5 runs, hit 4 homers, drove in 10 and had a .381 AVG. Travis Hafner led Aziz's offense with 5 runs, 3 home runs, 8 RBI and a .545 AVG. Peavy, Penny and Cain (11 K's, 0.56 ERA, 0.75 WHIP) had 1 win a piece for James with Bobby Jenks having a 3 save week (Jose Valverde also had 1). Aziz's only win came from Ben Sheets while he received a 3 save week of his own from Francisco Cordero with Tom Gordon and Takashi Saito having 1 to give him the saves category.
It was a good week for the YanksBlog.com teams as it was the first one where we won all 3 games (also the first one where we won at least 2 out of 3, hehe). We have a team at .500 (James)! Yay!
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (20-9-1)
2. Ben (River Ave. Blues) (19-10-1)
3. EJ (Pinstripe Potentials and Pending Pinstripes) (17-11-2)
This Week
Patrick (6th, 13-14-3) vs. Dave (10th, 10-19-1).
James (5th, 14-14-2) vs. Seamus (7th, 12-17-1). Nooooooooooooo...
aon wrote:
Hope all you fellas are well,
Aziz