Week 5 Review

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Week 5 Review

Once I catch up, I’ll have some observations on the statistics to date around the league. Don’t want to waste time now though.

Now onto the Week 5 reviews…

H Tree (2-3) d. Bashful Satanists (3-2) 322.17 – 319
Upstart H Tree knocks off Satanists with Kimbrel save in the final MLB game of the week…

H Tree MVP – SP Jaime Garcia – 39.5 actual points, 16 projected (+23.5)
H Tree LVP – SS Stephen Drew - 7 actual points, 18 projected (-11). One of FIVE H Tree offensive players to post single digits, yet the Tree still gets the “W”.
Max Possible points – 340
SP – Jake Arrieta in, Derek Holland out (+12)
SP – Mike Pelfrey in, Kyle Lohse out (+5.83)

Satanists MVP – OF Fausto Carmona – 47 actual points, 14 projected (+33)
Satanists LVP – SP Brett Myers – 1.33 actual points, 14 projected (-12.67)
Max possible score – 360.67 (enough to win)
OF – Torii Hunter in, Carlos Quentin out (+10). Second straight week…
SP – Fausto Carmona in, Phil Coke out (+6.83)
SP – Rick Porcello in, Brett Myers out (+18.67)
RP – Daniel Bard in, Alexi Ogando out (+6.17)

Daddy’s Little Boys (5-0) d. Hells Kitchen Herzogs (2-3) 280.5 – 258.17
DLB’s charmed season continues as mediocre week is good enough to best ‘zogs…

DLB MVP – RP K-Rod – 33.17 actual points, 17 projected (+16.17)
DLB LVP – OF Ryan “The Hebrew Hammer” Braun – 5 actual points, 27 projected (-22)
Max possible points – 348.83
SP – Charlie Morton in, John Danks out (+15.83)
SP – Bud Norris in, Jeff Francis out (+2)
RP – Sergio Santos in, Huston Street out (+12.5)

Herzogs MVP – OF Carlos Beltran – 29 actual points, 13 projected (+16)
Herzogs LVP – SP Mike Leake – -0.67 actual points, 29 projected (-29.67)
Max possible points – 295.67 (enough to win)
SP – Wandy Rodriguez in, Mike Leake out (+23.17)
SP – Joel Pineiro in, RA Dickey out (+3.33)
SP – Jason Hammel in, Jeremy Guthrie out (+11)

Limerick Lynchmob (2-3) d. Jackrabbits (4-1) 358.5 – 300.33
‘mob knocks Jackrabbits from unbeaten perch with balanced attack…

Lynchmob MVP – OF Justin Verlander – 51.5 actual points, 38 projected (+13.5), one no-hitter.
Lynchmob LVP – SP Chris Carpenter – 5.5 actual points, 18 projected (-12.5). Mr. Carpenter appears to be growing old before our eyes…
Max possible score – 393.5
SP – CJ Wilson in, Chris Carpenter out (+35)

Rabbits MVP – SS Jose Reyes – 36 actual points, 19 projected (+17)
Rabbits LVP – OF Nelson Cruz – 0 actual points, 22 projected (-22). Nellie’s becoming a regular in this spot. At least this time he had an injury as an alibi…
Max possible points – 348.83
SP – Francisco Liriano in, Kyle Drabek out (+27.67). I would have to think that this is the first time that opposing teams fired no-hitters in the same scoring period. Unfortunately for the Rabbits, their no-hitter languished on the bench.
SP – Derek Lowe in, Josh Johnson out (+15.83)
RP – Vance Worley in, Leo Nunez out (+5)

Snapdragons (2-3) d. Rockbusters (2-3) 284.5 – 275.67
Boastful Rox drop a game that was already in their win column despite Vernon Wells’ breakout week…

Snappers MVP – SP Daniel Hudson – 27 actual points, 14 projected (+13)
Snappers LVP – OF Ben Francisco – 7 actual points, 13 projected (-6), zero hits.
Max possible points – 284.5
Not a single bench point this week. Impressive…

Rockbusters MVP – SP Brad Penny – 39.83 actual points, 21 projected (+18.83)
Rockbusters LVP – 2B Brian (Bip?) Roberts – 5 actual points, 18 projected (-13)
Max possible score – 300.5 (enough to win)
OF – Juan Pierre in, Alfonso Soriano out (+4)
U – Freddy Freeman in, Pat Burrell out (+10)
SP – Alex White in, Josh Beckett out (+10.83)

Mattrostars (3-2) d. Isotopes (0-5) 393.17 – 254.83
Another high week for the Mattrostars while crushing the sorry ‘topes…

Mattrostars MVP – RP Drew Storen – 30.83 actual points, 11 projected (+19.83)
Mattrostars LVP – 3B Alex Rodriguez – 11 actual points, 27 projected (-16). Back-to-back LVPs for A-Rod. Not exactly slowing down the ‘stars…
Max possible score – 412.17
U – David Ortiz in, Ichiro out (+9)
SP – Tim Hudson in, Jorge De La Rosa out (+10). 28 points for De La Rosa…not…good…enough.

Isotopes MVP – OF Jacoby Ellsbury – 35 actual points, 22 projected (+13)
Isotopes LVP – SS Starlin Castro – 2 actual points, 15 projected (-13). Not sure if this was the week he was on the cover of SI or not, but still…”COVER JINX!”
Max possible score – 285.83
1B – Carlos Pena in, Justin Smoak out (+4). 5th straight week Rock’s made the wrong call on his starting 1st baseman…at least this week it was close.
OF – Austin Jackson in, Hunter Pence out (+4)
SP – Jordan Zimmermann in, Chris Volstad out (+4.5)
RP – Jeremy Hellickson in, Aroldis Chapman out (+18.5)

Elephant Balls (3-2) d. Norris Slum Lords (2-3) 348.5 – 250.17
Slum Lord arms go sleepy as E-Balls win behind 53 point performance by…Tom Gorzelanny?

E-Balls MVP – SP Tom Gorzelanny – 53.5 actual points, 23 projected (+30.5)
E-Balls LVP – SP Matt Garza – 7.5 actual points, 19 projected (-11.5)
Max possible score – 396.83
C – John Buck in, Jorge Posada out (+7)…again…
1B – Derrek Lee in, Aubrey Huff out (+13)…again…
OF – Magglio Ordonez in, Little Sammy Fuld out (+14)
SP – Paul Maholm in, Zach Britton out (+9.83)
SP – Jon Garland in, Matt Garza out (+4.5)

Lords MVP – OF Shane Victorino – 30 actual points, 20 projected (+10)
Lords LVP – SP Jered Weaver – 15 actual points, 39 projected (-24)
Max possible points – 292.17
OF – Alex Rios in, Denard Span out (+13). Much like Rock’s 1st Base situation, Carlo has made the wrong call on Span for 5 weeks running…
SP – Ivan Nova in, Dustin Moseley out (+23.17)
SP – Clayton Richard in, Livan Hernandez out (+5.83)

Brooklyn Blunted B (3-2) d. T-Baggers (2-3) 359.17 – 316
Big rebound week for the Blunted subdues T-Baggers’ stern challenge…

Blunted MVP – 1B Gaby Sanchez – 42 actual points, 18 projected (+24)
Blunted LVP – 2B Brandon Phillips – 6 actual points, 19 projected (-13)
Max possible score – 385.67
3B – Danny Valencia in, Chase Headley out (+9). Wrong again…
OF – Raul Ibanez’ Corpse in, Nick “The Greek God of Mediocrity” Markakis out (+10)
SP – Gavin Floyd in, Shaun Marcum out (+7.5)

T-Baggers MVP – SP David Price – 35.33 actual points, 18 projected (+17.33). Baggers had 3 30+ point starts on the week…high quality, just not enough quantity
T-Baggers LVP – SS Gordon Beckham – 9 actual points, 14 projected (-5)
Max possible score – 316