Week 8 Remission

TEAM		BATTERS							PITCHERS							TOTAL
NAME		R	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG		IP	QS	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9		SCORE
The Feeble Empire		44	10	32	6	.3623	.4248		63.0	7	3	2.143	1.063	7.286		3-9-0
Bowling Overhand		38	11	46	9	.3645	.4281		70.0	8	2	2.443	1.014	9.000		9-3-0

Just a fun fact for your perusal.

In a bottom versus the top match-up, this one had all the makings of an upset mid-week, but a strong effort from BO paired with a fade of the Empire’s bats led to the solid win on Sunday. The Empire’s charge was led by solid pitching, though they were edged out in IP and QS. Both teams showcased power and speed, with 11/9 and 10/6 homers and steals between the two teams. It looks like the Empire may have turned the page on their skid (though playing The Most Interesting Team in the League™ and Yakey Sax on concurrent weeks won’t help get them out of the hole any time soon.) Meanwhile, Bowling Overhand takes over the first place over-all slot in the league.

MVP: Justin Upton 3 HR, 10 RBI, 1 SB

LVP:  Jayson Werth .207 SLG, 0HR, 1RBI

TEAM		BATTERS							PITCHERS							TOTAL
NAME		R	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG		IP	QS	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9		SCORE
Yakety Sax		50	15	41	5	.3526	.4682		82.0	8	5	2.854	1.207	7.244		7-5-0
Cleveland Wahoos		46	12	47	6	.3955	.5576		80.1	5	2	3.921	1.357	8.402		5-7-0

In his spare time, he does this to stray cats in his neighborhood.

The Yakety Sax train keeps rolling, and the team on the tracks in Week 8 was the Cleveland Wahoos. A very strong pitching performance was key to fending off some good offensive output from the team from Cleveland (.3955 OBP, 12 HR, 6SB.) The edge in the pitching stats could have been tipped when Johnny Cueto finally showed signs of mortality, getting hit-around by the Nats for 6 ER in 5.1 IP. The trade of the season is, frankly, the Sackers faith in Edwin Encarnacion, and he is certainly paying off by slugging the crap out of the ball at every opportunity. Rob’s team shows no signs of slowing down, and the AL pennant could be all but locked-up by the All-Star Break.

Editor’s Note: The author is in no way trying to jinx Yakety Sax. It would be foolish to think so.

MVP: Edwin Encarnacion 5HR, .920 SLG

LVP: Johnny Cueto 5.1IP, ERA 10.13

TEAM		BATTERS							PITCHERS							TOTAL
NAME		R	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG		IP	QS	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9		SCORE
Fightin' Vizquels		24	4	24	10	.2607	.3043		56.2	2	3	4.606	1.200	7.465		5-7-0
Danger Zone		39	7	29	8	.3176	.4076		104.0	6	1	4.846	1.433	7.442		7-5-0

 

The Danger Zone pitching philosophy.

The latest team to find themselves in the Danger Zone was the Fightin’ Vizquels. Putting together an absurd 104 IP to get a by comparison paltry 6 QS would normally be a recipe for failure, but the disappearance of the Vizquel offense led to a pretty easy win. Francisco Liriano’s 10ER 10IP effort for the DZ pretty much epitomized the DZ gameplan, which is working despite leading to a middle of the pack season ERA of 3.5. Tough to argue with the results, as they are currently in 3^rd place overall.

MVP: Hisashi Iwakuma 15.1 IP 3.6 ERA 1 QS

LVP:  Ryan Howard…or Yoenis Cespedes…or Charlie Blackmon… or Devin Mesoraco…or anybody else with an OBP under .200

TEAM		BATTERS							PITCHERS							TOTAL
NAME		R	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG		IP	QS	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9		SCORE
DL All Stars		41	6	25	5	.2914	.3478		55.2	6	5	1.940	1.042	10.186		7-4-1
Team No Idea		41	13	47	3	.3304	.4444		51.0	5	4	3.353	1.216	7.765		4-7-1

 

One of the best young pitchers in baseball. So, Dr. James Andrews is penciling him in for an appointment as we speak
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Always an awkward week for Pat, the DLA took on No Idea in a battle of bats versus pitchers. 55 IP with an ERA of 1.940 and a K/9 of 10.2 was a truly astonishing pitching line, rendering an otherwise pretty good pitching effort from the opponents moot. The DLA offense sputtered a bit (apparently Troy Tulowitzki was tired) but by taking steals and tying on runs, they managed to put together enough categories to get a win.

MVP: Julio Teheran 15 IP 0.00 ERA 9.00 K/9

LVP:  Torii Hunter .160 OBP .290 SLG

TEAM		BATTERS							PITCHERS							TOTAL
NAME		R	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG		IP	QS	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9		SCORE
Royal Rooters		32	7	34	6	.3419	.4476		34.2	1	5	4.154	0.952	8.308		3-9-0
Deathvalley Demons		42	8	38	1	.3457	.4596		71.1	7	6	2.902	1.220	6.056		9-3-0

Who's not worth a draft pick now?

The Royal Rooters managed to compete on the offensive side this week, but has continued to struggle at the bump. Deathvalley Demons, meanwhile, put together a very strong 71 IP with 2.90 ERA effort. Their offense was led by Nelson Cruz’s very potent power output, slugging 4 homers this week.

MVP: Nelson Cruz 4 HR, .536 OBP, 1.14 SLG

LVP:  Yovani Gallardo 3.1 IP 10.8 ERA 5.40 K/9

Standings

American League
1.	Yakety Sax	55-37-4
2.	DL All Stars	47-44-5
3.	Fightin' Vizquels	41-52-3
4.	The Feeble Empire	38-53-5
5.	Royal Rooters	31-61-4
National League
1.	Bowling Overhand	62-29-5
2.	Danger Zone	48-45-3
3.	Deathvalley Demons	46-45-5
4.	Cleveland Wahoos	47-46-3
5.	Team No Idea	44-47-5
Updated Friday, May 30, 2014

Trophies

Tiger Blood: Bowling Overhand

Nolan Ryan Junior Achievement: Josh Beckett

Speedy Gonzalez: Jose Reyes, Dee Gordon

The Sandman: Craig Kimbrel x2

Gehrig: Marcel Ozuna

Walter Johnson: Adam Wainwright, Julio Teheran

Dirty Fuentes: Jonathon Papelbon

Montgomery Scott More Power Award: Chris Davis