Week
4's installment of the DDWPIPOTCFFBE (Diamond Dynasty Weekly Preview
In Pursuit Of The Chalice For Fantasy Baseball Excellence)
Last
week – The slow starters continue to take their lumps as the early
leaders start to stretch their legs
Sleepy's®
"Snoozer of the Week" – Drew (9th)
vs James (6th)
Drew
enters week 4 still searching for his first win. It would have been
tough to hang with Kurt's offensive last week anyway, but yikes,
Drew. In what had to have been an historically bad week offensively,
Drew hit just .206 with 4 homers, 13 RBI, and 2 stolen bases. He had
6 players hit .200 or worse, and a handful of others in the
low-.200's. On the season, he is last in SB and RBI, and tied for
last in runs. Luckily the pitching stepped up, posting 77 K's and a
sub-1 WHIP. His season ERA stands at 4.06; we knew the team would
again be built on pitching, but he really needs to dominate to have a
shot at the playoffs. He goes up against last weeks Biggest Loser,
Mr. Maimonis, who is also looking for his first win on the young
season. Mams actually suffered his first and only loss thus far last
week, 7-3 against Colin who now sits in second place. James was able
to take two offensive categories, thanks in part to Troy
Tulowitzki's 5/3/6/0/.222 line. His pitching was ugly, showing only
3 wins and a bloated 5.77/1.43 ERA and WHIP. Shout out to Bud Norris
and his 81.00 ERA. I'm expecting James to take most if not all of
the offensive categories, but Drew to do the same on the pitching
end. We could be looking at yet another win-less week for both of
these guys.
(season
series 0-0)
Dell's®
"Dull Duel” - Richie (10th) vs Ben
(3rd)
Richie
struggled again at the plate, putting up single digit home runs for
the fourth consecutive week and falling to Alex 6-3. He lost all 5
offensive categories, and on the season is now last or second to last
in 4 of 5 offensive categories. Adam Dunn was especially putrid,
hitting .048 (but he did go deep). Mike Napoli was one of the few
bright spots, hitting .345 and driving in 10 RBI and his staff was
excellent, posting a 1.78 ERA and 0.95 WHIP. It doesn't get any
easier this week as he takes on Ben, who disposed of Jarrett 6-3 last
week. A resurgent Jacoby Ellsbury delivered 8 runs, 3 SB's, and a
.355 BA to help take 3 offensive categories. On the bump, Max
Scherzer and the Holland brothers (Derek and Greg) (kind of sounds
like a band name...Max and the Hollands? Something like that)
combined for 2 wins, 3 saves, 26 K's, and ERA's and WHIP's of under
1. Ben is off to a hot start offensively, second place in HR's and
SB's, tied for first in RBI's. Richie remains confident that his
bats will wake up, but Ben has to be considered the heavy favorite
here.
(season
series 0-0)
The
Average Match of the Week presented by Not Your Average Joe's –
Colin (2nd) vs Jarrett (8th)
Colin
is coming off of the most dominant performance last week, beating
James 7-3 and jumping up to second in the process. He's now 14-4
over the last fortnight and could be starting a nice little run.
Mike Trout is starting to mash again, posting a 4/1/9/2/.391 line
last week. His pitching stats were ugly, getting just 4 wins and
throwing up 4.25/1.26 ratios but it was enough to beat James who had
an even worse week in those areas. Colin's offense has not been good
this year - he's last in homers and RBI - but he leads the league in
Wins and K's thanks to Yu Darvish and Paul Maholm who are two of the
top four pitchers thus far, ranked 8th and 12th respectively. Let's
shift the focus to Jarrett, who is yet another team searching for the
first win of the year. Jarrett is 0-2-1 but has not given up more
than 6 categories in any week. He suffered his worst loss of the
year last week, a 6-3 edging at the hands of young Benjamin. Jarrett
was able to hang on to homers 9-8, but could only manage 25 runs, 3
stolen bases, and a .242 team average. His Staaf was average to
below average, posting a 1-3-1 record in the pitching categories
(1-2-1 discounting saves with his no-closer strategy). He'll have
his hands full this week.
(season
series 0-0)
The
Post-It® "Noteworthy Match-up" – Alex (7th)
vs Adrian (4th)
Alex
was the only one who currently sits in the bottom half of the league
that managed a win last week, beating Richie 6-3 behind a solid
offensive week from his peeps (he won all 5 categories). It was a
nice bounce back week from his 10-0 shutout loss last week to Ben.
Anthony Rizzo had a very nice 4/3/5/0/.316 to pace the squad. He was
able to hold off the opposition and take tightly contested categories
in runs and RBI's. On the mound, he posted 81 K's which I think was
the high number for the week. A late save on Sunday game him the tie
in saves and expanded his margin of victory. He's looking for his
first winning streak of the season but he'll have to beat the current
fourth-place man to do so. Adrian has yet to lose a week this year,
winning or tying tight match ups each week thus far. Last week he
went up against TJ and battled the first place team to a tie, 5-5.
The speed was on display as he had 4 guys with 3+ SB's which (I would
assume) netted him a few extra runs (he ended up winning that
category by 4). He pitched decently well but was no match for TJ's
dominant week, dropping 4 of the 5 categories. I expect this to be a
tightly contested battle as Adrian is playing well and Alex is better
than his record (he can thank Ben for that!)
(season
series 0-0)
Diamond
Strike Anywhere Matches® "Match-Up of the Week" – TJ
(1st) vs Kurt (5th)
TJ
kept his 2013 unbeaten streak alive last week, tying Adrian 5-5. It
was the only tie from last week. Pretty crappy overall team output
offensively, putting up just 24 RBI, 2 SB, and a .241 team average.
On the other side of the ball, it was another good week for his
staff, posting a 1.88 ERA and 0.96 WHIP, though he only got 2 wins to
show for it. TJ got a nice week from Homer Bailey who went for
0/18/1.29/0.86. He'll try to keep the train rolling this week
against the Commish, who got back to his winning ways last week. He
rode a 4 HR week from Longoria and a .321 team average to a 6-3
victory over Drew, taking all 5 offensive categories in the process
and narrowly missing some pitching categories as well. At this
point, Kurt boasts the most productive outfield in the league with
Carlos Gonzalez (2nd), Bryce Harper (6th), and Shin-Soo Choo Choo
Train (14th) all crushing it. This should be a great match-up as
both these teams are playing great.
(season
series 0-0)
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