It is a dark time for the Empire. Your faithful commissioner
is struggling just to find the effort to cater to the pack of losers on his
team, and as such the effort to write up the weekly recap is waning. This week
may have gotten skipped, were it not for Yakety Sax owner Robert Lefferts
asking about it at game night on Thursday. And so, challenged to pick up the
pace, the commish will do his best to pull himself up from the mat.
(though not his team, obviously. Since they’re terrible and
all.)
TEAM
|
BATTERS
|
PITCHERS
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||||||||
NAME
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
IP
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
K/9
|
SCORE
|
|||
49
|
12
|
48
|
7
|
.3626
|
.4760
|
77.0
|
5
|
9
|
2.922
|
0.961
|
10.052
|
7-3-2
|
||||
47
|
10
|
35
|
9
|
.3650
|
.4770
|
77.0
|
5
|
5
|
3.740
|
1.221
|
8.532
|
3-7-2
|
||||
 |
| Slugging 1.07 is a good way to get invited to the Framily. |
This battle of National League powerhouses had a final score
that didn’t quite reflect how close it really was. While winning with a
convincing margin in RBI, ERA, and K/9, things were much closer elsewhere and
the Wahoos ended up tying IP and QS. The Most Interesting Team™ was bolstered
by an outstanding performance from Alex Gordon (uh, it’s pronounced Gore-dawn?)
and King Felix, and were able to carry them past the Wahoos who put together a
good but not great week on both sides of the ball. Better days are coming for
the Wahoos, but at this rate BO seems pretty unstoppable.
MVP: Alex Gordon .650 OBP 1.07 SLG 7 R
LVP: Alex Cobb 8.71
ERA, 10 ER, 1.74WHIP
TEAM
|
BATTERS
|
PITCHERS
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||||||||
NAME
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
IP
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
K/9
|
SCORE
|
|||
36
|
10
|
36
|
4
|
.3507
|
.4413
|
61.0
|
6
|
5
|
1.475
|
1.049
|
8.410
|
8-3-1
|
||||
36
|
7
|
23
|
5
|
.3198
|
.3694
|
60.0
|
4
|
6
|
2.100
|
0.867
|
8.400
|
3-8-1
|
||||
 |
| Almost the end of this game. Almost. |
The scuffling Royal Rooters actually ended up giving the
current AL champs all they could handle this week. Despite managing through a
number of injuries, the newcomers fell only 1 IP, .7 ERA and .01 K/9 short of
stealing the pitching categories, which may have actually managed to put this
one to take this thing. Jordan Zimmerman and Shelby Miller led the charge,
putting together impressive two-start weeks, but strong contributions from a
number of Yakety Sackity starters, including a streaming complete game shutout
from Henderson Alvarez.
MVP: Anthony Rendon 3 HR 7 RBI 1.00 SLG
LVP: Adeiny Hechavaria .200 OBP, .200 SLG, 1R
TEAM
|
BATTERS
|
PITCHERS
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||||||||
NAME
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
IP
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
K/9
|
SCORE
|
|||
44
|
11
|
41
|
5
|
.3286
|
.4177
|
53.2
|
5
|
1
|
4.863
|
1.379
|
6.876
|
5-6-1
|
||||
35
|
11
|
38
|
2
|
.2914
|
.4122
|
78.1
|
9
|
6
|
2.298
|
1.111
|
10.455
|
6-5-1
|
||||
| Almost...almost... |
This was one of favorites, the perennial game of two phases
where on team dominates the pitching and one dominates the hitting, to their
mutual damage. The only thing keeping this from a tie was the Demons knotting
up the HR category at 11. A final line of 78 IP at 2.3 ERA and 10.5 K/9 is
impressive no matter how you slice it, and if they can keep that pace and find
some offense, they’ll be dangerous going down the stretch.
MVP: Homer Bailey
14.0 IP 2.57 ERA 9.00 K/9
LVP: Joe Nathan 23.14
ERA 3.86 WHIP 3.86 K/9
TEAM
|
BATTERS
|
PITCHERS
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||||||||
NAME
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
IP
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
K/9
|
SCORE
|
|||
39
|
7
|
32
|
7
|
.3668
|
.4167
|
49.0
|
3
|
3
|
4.592
|
1.265
|
5.510
|
3-9-0
|
||||
46
|
17
|
46
|
10
|
.3163
|
.4851
|
52.2
|
6
|
1
|
4.101
|
1.272
|
8.032
|
9-3-0
|
||||
 |
| He's about the only thing that's going right for the Rays, these days. |
The DLA was dominant in this AL match-up, posting impressive
leads in most of the offensive categories. Neither team is going to want to
remember their pitching performances in week 9, but there wasn’t a lot of doubt
who was coming away with this one going into the final stretch. Troy Tulowitzki
has continued to be the most dominant player at the plate, and Chris Archer put
together a career week with two very strong starts.
MVP: Chris Archer 13.1 IP .68 ERA .98 WHIP
LVP: Rex Brothers,
just because an ERA of 32.40 needs to be mentioned.
TEAM
|
BATTERS
|
PITCHERS
|
TOTAL
|
|||||||||||||
NAME
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
IP
|
QS
|
SV
|
ERA
|
WHIP
|
K/9
|
SCORE
|
|||
47
|
11
|
59
|
12
|
.2978
|
.4006
|
83.1
|
8
|
2
|
3.348
|
1.344
|
7.344
|
8-4-0
|
||||
37
|
10
|
37
|
6
|
.3510
|
.4525
|
49.0
|
4
|
6
|
4.224
|
1.122
|
6.429
|
4-8-0
|
||||
 |
| I can't argue with this reasoning. |
Every week, it seems like the Empire does well enough to
compete but not well enough to win. This was no more painful than this week’s
matchup with the Danger Zone. This game seemed locked up mid-way through the
competition, until a series of grand slams from DZ and a heavy fade from the
Empire’s bats at the finish managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of
victory. The DZ put together their usual mixed bag of pitching efforts (though
83 IP seems almost pedestrian) but managed to take the win through a big
offensive surge late, led by Mike Trout, Oswaldo Arcia, and Mike Singleton, and
were aided in the pitching department by Kyle Lohse and Yu Darvish both
imploding on the same day to torch the Empire’s ERA and K/9.
MVP: Oswaldo Arcia 2
HR, 8 RBI, .600 SLG
LVP: Kyle Lohse 14.4 ERA, 1.80 K/9, though Oscar Taveras’
tepid start to his major league career warrants mention as well.
Standings
American League
|
||
1.
|
69-45-6
|
|
2.
|
64-51-5
|
|
3.
|
47-67-6
|
|
4.
|
47-69-4
|
|
5.
|
38-77-5
|
|
National League
|
||
1.
|
77-34-9
|
|
2.
|
65-52-3
|
|
3.
|
58-56-6
|
|
4.
|
55-59-6
|
|
5.
|
51-61-8
|
|
Trophies
Tiger Blood: DL All-Stars
Walter Johnson: Jordan Zimmerman, Henderson Alvarez, Shelby
Miller,
Gehrig: Jonathon Singleton, Brandon Moss, Mike Trout
Tom Cheney: Felix Hernandez
The Sandman: Aroldis Chapman, Sean Doolittle
El Sombrero de Oro: Jose Abreu, Josh Donaldson
League Manager's Poll
Poll
of the Week #9: PED edition:
One of the headlines this season has to be all the injuries, particularly to pitchers' elbows. Correlated (though not necessarily caused by, it should be noted) is the fact that PED use has to be at an all time low due to the strict MLB drug screening. If, hypothetically, it was medically proven that HGH could be used to cut the number of TJ surgery candidates in half in a season, would you support its legalization for player use?
One of the headlines this season has to be all the injuries, particularly to pitchers' elbows. Correlated (though not necessarily caused by, it should be noted) is the fact that PED use has to be at an all time low due to the strict MLB drug screening. If, hypothetically, it was medically proven that HGH could be used to cut the number of TJ surgery candidates in half in a season, would you support its legalization for player use?
50%Yes.* (3 votes)
50%No. (3 votes)
You voted on Jun 2
Total Votes: 6 (One per Owner)
Total Votes: 6 (One per Owner)
I was actually really interested in this poll, and the
results didn’t disappoint. I can see arguments for both sides, honestly.
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