Hey boys, I was gonna get this up
yesterday but got distracted...hope everyone, and everyone you know,
is alright.
Week 3's installment of the
DDWPIPOTCFFBE (Diamond Dynasty Weekly Preview In Pursuit Of The
Chalice For Fantasy Baseball Excellence)
Last week – Blowouts abound with
the league's first shutout of the year and two other teams putting up
only one win.
Sleepy's® "Snoozer of the
Week" – Alex (10th) vs Richie (9th)
Yikes, what a
start. These two schmucks accounted for the two biggest blowouts
last week and are bringing up the rear to start the season. Richie
fell last week to TJ, 1-8-1 behind another poor offensive week. He
only managed 6 homeruns, 1 stolen base, and a .231 average despite
Prince Fielders big week (2 HR, 11 RBI, .632 Avg). His pitching was
equally inept, posting 4 wins, a 4.73 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. Richie
was able to throw up 10 saves but still lost the category to TJ's 12!
(record check?) He's suffering from slow starts from everyone but
Fielder, who is the only drafted offensive player on his roster to
crack the top 122. And now we shift to the ever humble Alex
Gentilli, who posted this smack talk in his match up with Ben:
April 8,
10:18pm: Before this matchup is over, my teams dick will penetrate
your teams ass
Nailed it.
Ben turned the
tables on Nostradamus in a big way, posting the first shutout win of
the season. Alex only had one .300 hitter (Wilin Rosario) and no
multi-HR guys. He posted a .213 team average. His pitching was even
worse, with 2 wins, 3 saves, and a whopping 5.91/1.53 ERA and WHIP.
A 10-0 loss, especially this early in the season, will obviously skew
the numbers wildly (He was ranked #1 in the Power Rankings following
week 1, so these numbers early on have to be taken with a grain of
salt.) I don't expect Alex to spend too much time in the
basement.
(season series 0-0)
Dell's® "Dull Duel" –
Kurt (8th) vs Drew (7th)
Drew was a hard
luck loser last week, getting edged out in a number of categories en
route to a 2-6 loss. He came up short by 4 runs, 3 RBI's and 2 SB's.
But Drew's team is built on pitching and those arms did not show up last week. He was able to win K's but put up only 2 wins, 4 saves,
and very pedestrian ERA/WHIP numbers. He looks to rebound this week
against Kurt, who was another victim of the head-to-head scoring
process. I counted 6 categories that could have gone either way, and
Kurt went 1-4-1 in those areas. But, horseshoes and hand grenades my
friends. He got good production across the board but it wasn't
enough to prevent a 7-1 loss against Colin. Interesting that neither
of these guys tried to pick up a cheap closer to steal the saves
category as they both settled for the 0-0 tie.
(season series 0-0)
The Average Match of the Week
presented by Not Your Average Joe's – Ben (2nd)
vs Jarrett (6th)
What a difference
a week makes. Ben faltered in week 1, losing 7-2-1 to TJ and had the
dubious honor of the first team to be in last place. But now, after
a dominating 10-0 victory over Alex he finds himself launched into
second place! Robbie Cano blasted 3 taters and delivered as many
hits as outs (.500 avg) during the week. On the pitching side, Ben
got double digit strikeouts from 5 starters, and posted a team 2.23
ERA and microscopic 0.97 WHIP. He'll look to keep it rolling this
week against Jarrett, who finds himself in the middle of the pack
thus far. Last week Jarrett tied James 5-5. Jarrett was able to
hold on to some tight offensive categories thanks to level
contributions from his entire roster, but lost three categories due
to some tricky managing from James. About that....
(season series 0-0)
The Post-It® "Noteworthy
Match-up" – James (5th) vs Colin
(3rd)
As I was looking at last week's
results, I finally get to James-Jarrett and see that James puts up a
0.68 ERA and 0.98 WHIP. Um...what? Then it starts to sink in...2
wins, 10 k's, 1 save...Mams is a tricky bitch. With Jarrett's
all-starter pitching staff, Mams got his one save with Tom
Wilhelmsen, hit the innings limit with Alexi Ogando and Clay
Buchholz, and then benched all his guys for the rest of the week.
With his ERA, WHIP, and saves locked up, he let K's and W's go (he
didn't have a shot anyway) and tried to grab as many offensive
categories as he could. He ended up only winning 2 offensive
categories so it didn't totally work, but I'm kind of interested in
what the league thinks about this move – I think I remember my
brother's fantasy football league running into this and there was
some grumbling. For the record, I have no issues with this and think
it's actually pretty smart – if you think it gives you the best
chance to win, why wouldn't you do it? Anyway, James tied Jarrett
5-5 and now has to face Colin, who had a great week last week against
Kurt and won 7-1. The win jumps him up to the top 3 in the early
season. Paul Konerko, Miguel Cabrera, and Hunter Pence all had good
weeks offensively and Paul Maholm posted two good starts to pace the staff.
(season series 0-0)
Diamond Strike Anywhere Matches®
"Match-Up of the Week" – TJ (1st)
vs Adrian (4th)
Adrian
put up a very average effort last week but still managed to beat Drew
6-2. He rode big weeks from Brandon Phillips (4/3/9/.318), Austin
Jackson (10/1/5/.394), and Torii Hunter (7/1/6/.423). He's one of
two teams to go 2-0 on the year thus far. The other? That would be
his opponent and leader of the pack, Mr. TJ Geers. I fear I have
unleashed a monster on the league with my last-place prediction a
couple weeks ago. Two big wins have him comfortably pacing the DD
thus far. Richie was the latest victim, falling 8-1-1. Justin Upton
hits a homer every time I turn on Sportscenter and is 2nd
ranked in Yahoo! TJ also has the number one ranked player in Matt
Harvey, who's now 3-0 with a sub-1 ERA. He's carrying 4 closers and
spot starting to make up for the K's and W's. He's getting great
production right now and there doesn't seem to be any reason why it
won't continue.
(season series 0-0)
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