Week 20 Rankings

I missed last week, but here are this week's standings:

Week 20 Power Rankings

Rank	Change	Team Name	Score	Actual
1	-	San Diego Stingers	4.13	2
2	-	Milltown Monsters	3.04	1
3	-	The Alliance	1.69	5
4	-	Ohio Hustlers	0.65	7
5	-	Huapaya Players	0.59	3
6	+1	GA Cottonpickers	0.03	5
7	-1	South Carolina Force	-0.09	3
8	+1	WallaWalla DirtDawgs	-1.01	8
9	-1	So Cho Guiney's	-1.42	10
10	-	Arlington Templars	-2.06	9
11	-	Lima Time	-2.29	11
12	-	Cape Cod Cods	-3.26	12

Not a whole lot of movement anymore as we get close to the end of the season. Interesting to note is that despite the fact that San Diego has led the power rankings from wire to wire, Milltown has pulled away from the pack in the actual standings, now 13.5 games ahead of the Stingers, who are in second place. It also looks likely that Ohio will miss the playoffs despite their strong power ranking, although a lot can change in the two weeks before the playoffs.

Week 18 Rankings

Week 18 Power Rankings

Rank	Change	Team Name	Score	Actual	Weeks
1	-	San Diego Stingers	4.52	2	14
2	-	Milltown Monsters	2.91	1	14
3	-	The Alliance	1.97	3	14
4	-	Ohio Hustlers	0.57	6	12
5	-	Huapaya Players	0.14	7	13
6	+1	South Carolina Force	-0.34	4	1
7	-1	GA Cottonpickers	-0.36	5	7
8	-	So Cho Guiney's	-1.13	10	6
9	-	WallaWallaDirtDawgs	-1.23	9	0
10	-	Arlington Templars	-1.45	8	0
11	-	Lima Time	-2.10	11	3
12	-	Cape Cod Cods	-3.51	12	0

Week 17: Return of the Blog

There was a new post over at ODFB for the first time in about a month an a half, so we're back.

Let's Make A Deal

After bargaining back and forth, their mid-morning conversation dragged into the night hours.

Apparently there is someone else in the league who has more free time than I do. Much more free time.

So Cho gets a headstart on rebuilding, acquiring pre-season #2 (Matt Wieters) and #9 (Feliz) prospects

No snarky comment here, I just thought I'd point out that Keith Law had them ranked #1 and #4 respectively, so yeah, not a bad haul for a rebuilding team. While I'd normally question giving up a catcher (Martinez) when good ones are so rare in fantasy, the Wieters return should make up for that. That is, of course, assuming he lives up to the hype.

SCF receives some much needed punch to their lineup with Victor Martinez (18 HR) and Mark DeRosa (20 HR).

Apparently they received so much punch that it improved V-Mart's HR total. It is actually 16, just the way McCarthy likes it.

They also receive Tampa Ace James Shields to help solidify their starting rotation for the stretch run.

Shields has 6 wins this year, with a 3.75 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. His overall rank is 729. His numbers are actually quite similar to SCF's season pitching stats of a 3.84 ERA and 1.32 WHIP. While he has been decent, he seems more par for the course than a solidifying force. For his career, however, he does have a 3.16 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in August and September, so we'll see how this turns out.

When healthy, Bedard has been stellar, regularly surrendering less than 2 ER per start, while K’ing more than a batter per inning.

Bedard has allowed less than 2 ER in 5 of the 15 games he has started, which I would not consider regularly. He has, however, surrendered less than 3 ER in 13 starts, and surrendered only 3 ER in the other 2 starts (which both occurred in April). While this appears impressive (and it is quite good), it is also misleading. The fact is that only 6 of his 15 starts have been quality starts, for the simple reason that those were the only games in which he pitched 6+ innings. In 4 of his starts, he hasn't even reached the 5 inning minimum for a win, and in 4 others, he pitched exactly 5 innings. This also affects the strikeout numbers, so while the per inning ratio is good, the overall strikeouts (which is the fantasy category) are not overly impressive. While Bedard would be a good pickup who would certainly help ERA, WHIP, and Ks, he has not been quite as "stellar" as the quoted statement would have you believe.

The Force are making their run in 2009, and that has Milltown and San Diego shitting themselves.

Entire cities are shitting themselves? Did you make a fantasy trade or discover the brown note? And no mention of the Alliance or the Cottonpickers, who both are still ahead of the Force in the standings?

Well, maybe not Milltown after they recently made SCF look like Rihanna after an encounter with Chris Brown (9-1 week 16 beating).

So this is ok, but I get shit for the Nick Adenhart incident?


Week 17 Power Rankings

Rank	Change	Team Name	Score	Actual	Weeks
1	-	San Diego Stingers	4.43	2	13
2	-	Milltown Monsters	2.71	1	13
3	-	The Alliance	2.09	3	13
4	-	Ohio Hustlers	0.71	6	11
5	+1	Huapaya Players	0.18	7	12
6	-1	GA Cottonpickers	-0.13	4	7
7	-	South Carolina Force	-0.40	5	0
8	-	So Cho Guiney's	-1.04	10	6
9	+1	WallaWallaDirtDawgs	-1.36	9	0
10	+1	Arlington Templars	-1.86	8	0
11	-2	Lima Time	-2.03	11	3
12	-	Cape Cod Cods	-3.29	12	0

Week 16 Rankings

Week 16 Power Rankings

Rank	Change	Team Name	Score	Actual	Weeks
1	-	San Diego Stingers	4.49	2	12
2	-	Milltown Monsters	2.80	1	12
3	-	The Alliance	2.01	4	12
4	+1	Ohio Hustlers	0.59	6	10
5	+1	GA Cottonpickers	0.31	3	6
6	-2	Huapaya Players	0.14	7	11
7	-	South Carolina Force	-0.91	5	0
8	-	So Cho Guiney's	-1.06	9	6
9	-	Lima Time	-1.55	11	3
10	+1	WallaWallaDirtDawgs	-1.69	10	0
11	-1	Arlington Templars	-1.93	8	0
12	-	Cape Cod Cods	-3.21	12	0

Week 15 Rankings

Week 15 Power Rankings

Rank	Change	Team Name	Score	Actual	Weeks
1	-	San Diego Stingers	4.57	2	11
2	-	Milltown Monsters	2.35	1	11
3	-	The Alliance	2.30	3	11
4	+1	Huapaya Players	0.41	6	10
5	+1	Ohio Hustlers	0.34	6	9
6	-2	GA Cottonpickers	0.06	5	5
7	+1	South Carolina Force	-0.64	4	0
8	-1	So Cho Guiney's	-0.99	9	6
9	+1	Lima Time	-1.74	11	3
10	+1	Arlington Templars	-1.76	8	0
11	-2	WallaWallaDirtDawgs	-1.80	10	0
12	-	Cape Cod Cods	-3.10	12	0