Week 4 Review

The Zorilla celebrates another DLB victory...

Week 4 Review

Here’s a completely useless and silly fact – Rocky’s pitching staff has 2 “Mans” and 6 “Sons”. J Zimmermann, A Chapman, J Masterson, C Narveson, J Hellickson, R Madson, L Gregerson, K Gibson. Happy Father’s Day (a few weeks early)!

Now onto the Week 4 reviews…

Bashful Satanists (3-1) d. Snapdragons (1-3) 297.33 – 262.5
Adam Lind terrorizes his old team, but an embarrassing effort from Matt Harrison leaves the Snappers short again…

Satanists MVP – OF Shin-Soo “Dewey” Choo – 34 actual points, 20 projected (+14)
Satanists LVP – C Buster Posey – 8 actual points, 16 projected (-8)
Max possible score – 329.67
1B – Brett Wallace in, “Dizzy” Morneau out (again) (+10)
C – JP Arencibia in, Buster Posey out (+6)
OF – Torii Hunter in, Carlos Quentin out (+5)
SP – Fausto Carmona in, Phil Coke out (+6.83)
SP – Ricky Romero in, Brett Myers out (+13.5)
SP – Rick Porcello in, Alexi Ogando out (+1)

Snappers MVP – OF Adam Lind – 43 actual points, 19 projected (+24). Trade me, will you? Why I oughta…
Snappers LVP – RP Matt Harrison – -13.17 actual points, 27 projected (-40.17)
Max possible points – 290.67
SP – Tyler Chatwood in, Travis Wood out (+15)
RP – Brad Lidge in, Matt Harrison out (+13.17)

Elephant Balls (2-2) d. Hells Kitchen Herzogs (2-2) 359.5 – 283.17
E-Balls recover from Week 3 beatdown to pound the ‘zogs behind 8 quality starts…

E-Balls MVP – SP Matt Garza – 47 actual points, 32 projected (+15)
E-Balls LVP – SS Cap’n Jetes – 9 actual points, 21 projected (-12)
Max possible score – 383.17
C – John Buck in, Jorge Posada out (+13)
1B – Derrek Lee in, Aubrey Huff out (+8)
SP – Tom Gorzelanny in, Mark Buehrle out (+2.67)

Herzogs MVP – SP Tommy Hanson – 31.5 actual points, 16 projected (+15.5)
Herzogs LVP – SP Roy Oswalt – -4.5 actual points, 18 projected (-22.5)
Max possible points – 344.67
SS – Ian Desmond in, “The Riot” out (+21)
U – Chipper Jones in, Jason Bay out (+13)
SP – Jason Hammel in, Roy Oswalt out (+27.5)

Rockbusters (2-2) d. T-Baggers (2-2) 264.5 – 261.67
Rox sneak by the Baggers in a down week for both teams…

Rockbusters MVP – 1B Lance Berkman – 32 actual points, 17 projected (+15)
Rockbusters LVP – OF Juan Pierre – 5 actual points, 19 projected (-14)
Max possible score – 312.83
OF – Vernon Wells in, Juan Pierre out (+4)
U – Jerry Sands in, Pat Burrell out (+4)
SP – James Shields in, Josh Beckett out (+19)…so the guy scores 75 points in Week 3, and gets sent to the bench in Week 4? No wonder there’s grumbling in the Rockbusters’ locker room about "managerial decisions"…
RP – Jordan Walden in, Mitchell Boggs out (+21.33)

T-Baggers MVP – SP Ervin Santana – 23 actual points, 14 projected (+9)
T-Baggers LVP – SP David Price – -0.83 actual points, 19 projected (-19.83)
Max possible score – 317.17 (enough to win, obviously)
SS – Orlando Cabrera in, Darwin Barney out (+1)
OF – Peter Bourjos in, Colby Rasmus out (+3)
OF – Carlos Lee in, Jose Tabata out (+16)
SP – John Lackey in, David Price out (+10.33)
RP – Kevin Gregg in, Jon Broxton out (+25.17)

Jackrabbits (4-0) d. Isotopes (0-4) 325.33 – 274.67
‘topes season of misery continues with a sound beating at the hands of the undefeated Rabbits…

Rabbits MVP – OF Chris Young – 40 actual points, 22 projected (+18)
Rabbits LVP – SP Francisco Liriano – -4 actual points, 28 projected (-32)
Max possible points – 343
SP – Kyle Drabek in, Francisco Liriano out (+17.67)

Isotopes MVP – SP Justin Masterson – 41.33 actual points, 28 projected (+13.33)
Isotopes LVP – SP Chris Narveson – 2.67 actual points, 29 projected (-26.33). Narveson Week 1 – 47 points. Narveson Weeks 2-4 – 23 points.
Max possible score – 350 (enough to win)
1B – Justin Smoak in, Mitch Moreland out (+19). 4th straight week Rock’s made the wrong call on his starting 1st baseman…
U – BJ Upton in, Travis Hafner out (+27)
SP – Chris Volstad in, Chris Narveson out (+21.33)
RP – Aroldis Chapman in, Ryan Madson out (+8)

Norris Slum Lords (2-2) d. Limerick Lynchmob (1-3) 363.67 – 230.17
Lords thrash ‘mob for second straight convincing victory…

Lords MVP – SP Ian Kennedy – 60.33 actual points, 30 projected (+30.33). When Ian Kennedy hangs 60 on you, it might not be your week…
Lords LVP – SP Ubaldo Jimenez – 3 actual points, 21 projected (-18)
Max possible points – 409.83
C – Kurt Suzuki in, Nick Hundley out (+3)
OF – Alex Rios in, Denard Span out (+1). Yep – after three straight weeks of outperforming a starter, Span gets the call…and boots the opportunity. Will he start in Week 5?
SP – Bartholomew Colon in, Ubaldo Jimenez out (+23.5)
SP – Jeff Niemann in, Clayton Richard out (+18.67)

Lynchmob MVP – OF Grady Sizemore – 28 actual points, 16 projected (+12). Is Grady back???
Lynchmob LVP – SP Clay Buchholz – 5.33 actual points, 30 projected (-24.67)
Max possible score – 263
SP – Kevin Correia in, “Jars of” Clay Buchholz out (+20)
SP – Madison Bumgarner in, CJ Wilson out (+6.5)
SP – Randy Wolf in, Chris Carpenter out (+6)
RP – Joe Nathan in (1.83 pts), Jose Valverde out (1.5 pts) (+.33). Don’t let it be said that I’m not thorough.

Mattrostars (2-2) d. Brooklyn Blunted B (2-2) 362.83 – 281.83
Mattorstars embarrass Blunted for yet another Towelship victory…

Mattrostars MVP – OF Jay Bruce – 35 actual points, 17 projected (+18)
Mattrostars LVP – 3B Alex Rodriguez – 7 actual points, 26 projected (-19)
Max possible score – 389.17
3B – Wilson Betemit in, A-Rod out (+7)
SP – Hiroki Kuroda in, Clayton Kershaw out (+13.83)
SP – Brandon Beachy “Keen” in, Tim Hudson out (+5.5)

Blunted MVP – SP Jair Jurrjens – 29.5 actual points, 13 projected (+16.5)
Blunted LVP – OF Carlos “One Year Wonder” Gonzalez – 9 actual points, 23 projected (-14)
Max possible score – 322.67
3B – Chase Headley in, Danny Valencia out (+4). How can you go wrong with these two guys?
U – Brett Gardner in, Carlos Gonzalez out (+19)
SP – Carlos Zambrano in, Dice-K out (+11)
SP – John Lannan in, Max Scherzer out (+6.83)

Daddy’s Little Boys (4-0) d. H Tree (1-3) 303.17 – 263.67
No brotherly love – DLB stays undefeated with Zorilla-powered win over the Trees…

DLB MVP – 2B Ben Zobrist – 50 actual points, 18 projected (+32)
DLB LVP – SS Troy Tulowitzki – 5 actual points, 23 projected (-18)
Max possible points – 348.83
SP – Michael Pineda in, John Danks out (+22)
SP – Brandon Morrow in, Brett Anderson out (+19.5)
SP – Jon Niese in, Chad Billingsley out (+4.17)

H Tree MVP – SP Kyle Lohse – 23.5 actual points, 9 projected (+14.5). Back-to-back team MVP awards for Lohse. “The Guru” clearly doesn’t think much of this guy…
H Tree LVP – RP Craig Kimbrel - -1.33 actual points, 17 projected (-18.33)
Max Possible points – 284.67
SP – James McDonald in, Derek Holland out (+21)