Week 7 Review

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Week 7 Review

Commentary spread amongst the reviews. Full-on stat analysis with the Week 8 review, possibly posted later today. Get yo’ popcorn ready…

Now onto the Week 7 reviews…

Daddy’s Little Boys (7-0) d. Bashful Satanists (4-3) 359.33 – 251.83
Any questions? DLB widens division gap to 3 games by squashing second place Satanists…

DLB MVP – SP Michael “The Prince” Pineda – 60.5 actual points, 29 projected (+31.5)
DLB LVP – 2B Ben Zobrist – 4 actual points, 24 projected (-20). 2010 Zorilla reappears…
Max possible points – 431.33
2B – Danny Espinosa in, Ben Zobrist out (+24)
SP – Charlie Morton in, Johnny Cueto out (+28.5)
SP – Jon Niese in, Brandon Morrow out (+19.5)

Satanists MVP – RP Alexi Ogando – 18.5 actual points, 8 projected (+10.5)
Satanists LVP – OF Chris Coghlan – 8 actual points, 20 projected (-12)
Max possible score – 312.5
3B – Jed Lowrie in, Martin Prado out (+6)
U – Torii Hunter in, Chris Coghlan out (+13). Fourth straight week Torii outscores someone from the bench…
SP – Ricky Romero in, Ryan Dempster out (+24)
SP – Phil Coke in, Ricky Nolasco out (+12.5)
RP – Daniel Bard in, Francisco Cordero out (+5.17)
Weather.com “Fortuitous storm of the week” – The Satanists probably weren’t going to win this one anyway – the Week 7 weather that caused 3 starts to be lost and shifted to Week 8 2-starters was likely for the best…

Rockbusters (3-4) d. H Tree (2-5) 367.17 – 248.33
Rox win easily despite homerless week thanks to monster pitching performance…

Rockbusters MVP – SP James Shields – 61.5 actual points, 29 projected (+32.5)
Rockbusters LVP – 2B Brian Roberts – 6 actual point, 18 projected (-12). Another player DL bound…
Max possible score – 400.33
1B – Freddie Freeman in, Lance Berkman out (+3)
SS – Trevor Plouffe in, Elvis Andrus out (+8)
OF – Jerry Sands in, Alfonso Soriano out (+14)
SP – Josh Collmenter in, Edinson “MiLB” Volquez out (+8.17)
Everlast “Punchless offense of the week” – How hard is it to post the week’s 3rd best score without the benefit of a single home run? Well, we wouldn’t know, as this is the first homerless week in the CWFLB this year. The Blunted haven’t had less than 6 in any single week! The Rockbusters’ 239 pitching points is a weekly high (Week 1 excluded) for the season, which helped bridge the gap…

H Tree MVP – SP Gio Gonzalez – 48.33 actual points, 31 projected (+17.33)
H Tree LVP – RP Tyson Ross - -3.5 actual points, 15 projected (-18.5)
Max Possible points – 282.83
SP – Kyle Lohse in, Jake Arrieta out (+27.17)
SP – James McDonald in, Chris Tillman out (+5.83)
SP – Derek Holland in, Mike Pelfrey out (+1.5)

Brooklyn Blunted B (4-3) d. Isotopes (1-6) 353.17 – 323
‘topes fall again despite solid effort – “Why me?” cries Isotope ownership…

Blunted MVP – SP Shaun Marcum – 54 actual points, 38 projected (+16)
Blunted LVP – SP/RP Carlos Zambrano – 6 actual points, 25 projected (-19)
Max possible score – 387.33
3B – Eureka! Valencia starts, Valencia SCORES (4 more points than Headley)!
U – Brett Gardner in, Jeff Francoeur out (+5)
SP – Kyle McClellan in, Jair Jurrjens out (+15.17)
SP – Gavin Floyd in, Anibel Sanchez out (+5)
RP – Joakim Soria in, Carlos Zambrano out (+9)

Isotopes MVP – SP Josh Tomlin – 43 actual points, 25 projected (+18)
Isotopes LVP – OF Drew Stubbs – 11 actual points, 22 projected (-11)
Max possible score – 345.83
1B – Are you kidding me? Both Rock and Sal break their “wrong choice” streaks in the same matchup? How did we possibly avoid the Rapture?
SP – Carlos Carrasco in, Wade Davis out (+17.83)
SP – Chris Narveson in, Jordan Zimmermann out (+5)
Microsoft Outlook’s “Tough schedule of the week” – Rock seems to think that he’s getting a raw deal on the scheduling side of things, and his total points against would seem to support that claim. But the real analysis is in the matchups – how many times did you lose (or win) despite posting a score in the top half (or bottom half, for lucky wins) of the league? So far, the ‘topes have only suffered one “unlucky loss” – Week 2, when they posted the 7th best score, barely above the break-even line. Only two teams have suffered 2 unlucky losses thus far – the H Tree, Week 3 (6th best) and Week 6 (2nd best) and the Snappers, Week 1 (5th best) and Week 6 (5th best). The Snappers do have a lucky win to their credit though, winning in Week 5 with the 9th best score. On the flip side, the DLB and T-Baggers have 2 “lucky wins” each to their credit. DLB in Week 1 (8th best) and Week 5 (10th best), and the Baggers in Week 3 (8th best) and Week 6 (11th best).

Mattrostars (5-2) d. Jackrabbits (4-3) 383 – 377.5
Mattrostars take Dykstra division lead with down-to-the-wire victory over Jackrabbits…

Mattrostars MVP – SS Asdrubal Cabrera – 43 actual points, 21 projected (+22). National surge in newborns named “Asdrubal” reported as fantasy owners get caught up in Cabrera fever…
Mattrostars LVP – SP Clayton Kershaw – 8 actual points, 20 projected (-12)
Max possible score – 422.83
U – Alex Gordon in, Ichiro out (+6)
SP – Yovani Gallardo in, Clayton Kershaw out (+17)
RP – Joel Hanrahan in, Drew Storen out (+9)
RP – Kenley Jansen in, Neftali Feliz out (+7.83)

Rabbits MVP – SP Francisco Liriano – 42.5 actual points, 25 projected (+17.5)
Rabbits LVP – SP Josh Johnson – 7.5 actual points, 43 projected (-35.5). “Ace” Johnson got hurt. Who could’ve seen THAT coming?
Max possible points – 399 (enough to win)
SP – Kyle Drabek in, Josh Johnson out (+21.5)
WebMD.com’s “Crappy luck with injuries of the Week” – Obviously, as mentioned above, losing a Josh Johnson start due to injury turned this matchup. Second consecutive week that Mattro was the beneficiary of a game-changing injury. Anyone else getting a little suspicious?

Limerick Lynchmob (3-4) d. Elephant Balls (3-4) 331.33 – 209.67
Lynchmob become latest squad to kick the Balls…

Lynchmob MVP – SP Jake Peavy – 39.5 actual points, 12 projected (+27.5)
Lynchmob LVP – RP Jose Valverde – 7.5 actual points, 22 projected (-14.5)
Max possible score – 344.83
SP – Madison Bumgarner in, Chris Carpenter out (+13.17)
SP – Kevin Correia in, Clay Buchholz out (+0.33)

E-Balls MVP – OF Bobby “Remember Me?” Abreu – 30 actual points, 21 projected (+9)
E-Balls LVP – SP Jon Garland – 0.83 actual points, 28 projected (-27.17)
Max possible score – 290.5
C – Jorge Posada in, John Buck out (+7). We may have a new running item…
3B – Chris Johnson in, David Wright out (+18)
SP – Erik Bedard in, Jon Garland out (+31.67)
RP – Mark Melancon in, Mariano Rivera out (+24.17)

Snapdragons (3-4) d. T-Baggers (3-4) 339.83 – 257.83
What’s going on with the Baggers? Team Estrada gets trounced by the Snappers…

Snappers MVP – RP Matt Harrison – 43.17 actual points, 22 projected (+21.17), one trip to the waiver wire…
Snappers LVP – 1B Todd Helton – 5 actual points, 16 projected (-11). If Todd Helton’s the answer at this point in his career, I’m not sure I want to know the question…
Max possible points – 339.83
One actual, active bench player this week. He walked 6 in 4 innings, but it was in the majors!

T-Baggers MVP – SP Ervin Santana – 38 actual points, 14 projected (+24)
T-Baggers LVP – OF Andre Ethier – 6 actual points, 21 projected (-15). Hitting streak over, Ethier manages one hit all week…
Max possible score – 277.83
OF – Colby Rasmus in, Andre Ethier out (+5)
OF – Delmon Young in, Peter Bourjos out (+10)
U – Mark Trumbo in, Billy Butler out (+5)

Hells Kitchen Herzogs (4-3) d. Norris Slum Lords (3-4) 348.33 – 325.17
‘Zogs use 10 starts to hold off Slumlords in tightly contested battle…

Herzogs MVP – SP Wandy Rodriguez – 44 actual points, 31 projected (+13)
Herzogs LVP – C Victor Martinez – 7 actual points, 24 projected (-17)
Max possible points – 360.17
SP – R.A. Dickey in, R.E. Oswalt out (+3)
SP – Jeremy Guthrie in, Joel Pineiro out (+8.83)

Lords MVP – U Kevin Youkilis – 35 actual points, 25 projected (+10)
Lords LVP – OF Matt Holliday – 14 actual points, 26 projected (-12)
Max possible points – 349.17 (enough to win)
1B – Carlos Pena in, Prince Fielder out (+2)
OF – Alex Rios in, Melky Cabrera out (+3)
SP – Jason Vargas in, Jered Weaver out (+18.5)
SP – Clayton Richard in, Ian Kennedy out (+0.5)