Week 6's installment of the
DDWPIPOTCFFBE (Diamond Dynasty Weekly Preview In Pursuit Of The
Chalice For Fantasy Baseball Excellence)
Last week –Two 9-1 wins cause
bottleneck at the top, and the gang gets together on Sunday for the
first time!
Sleepy's® "Snoozer of the
Week" – Drew (10th) vs Jarrett (5th)
Drew was on the wrong end of a 9-1
drubbing, getting buried by Colin in a non-closer shutout. He lost
all 5 offensive categories and none of them were all that close.
Donovan now falls to 7-11-2 on offense this year despite being in
last or second to last in every offensive category (bizarro-Kurt).
The pitching was really ugly too, posting only three wins, 47 K's,
and way-too-big ERA's and WHIPs. Benching the best pitcher on earth
was a bold play that did not pay off. Just kidding it wasn't bold it
was stupid as f*ck. Drew has now lost 4 weeks in a row, and is still
win-less on the season. He'll probably lose again this week to
Jarrett, who beat out Richie in a back and forth battle on Sunday.
Both teams were up 6-3 at one point on Sunday but when the dust
settled, Jarrett had sealed up a 6-4 victory. The win was his second
in a row. He got just enough contributions to win by 2 runs, 1 RBI,
1 SB, and a .012 margin in average. Standout performers were Manny
Machado (7/3/5/1/.333) and Nolan Arenado (5/3/8/0/.357). Paul
“overachiever” Goldschmidt somehow stole 3 bases. His pitching
was so-so, only posting 3 wins but getting decent ratio numbers.
(season series 0-0)
Dell's® "Dull Duel" –
Richie (9th) vs Adrian (7th)
Richie was a hard
luck loser last week, leading for most of the week but coughing up
the lead late on Sunday. Despite his best offensive week this year,
he still fell 6-4 to Jarrett (but he did manage to get out of the
basement!) Richie got his highest home run total of the season (13)
thanks to Prince Fielder (5/3/10/0/.333) and Carlos Gomez
(8/3/5/5.462), who is ranked as the best player over the last two
weeks. Proud of ya kid. The loss extends Richie's win-less week
streak to 5 (0-3-2) and he is 3-20-2 on offense (I had a hard time
typing that.) He'll continue the search for his first win against
Adrian, who has lost his way (0-2-1) after a good start (2-0).
Adrian's pitching was all out of whack and it cost him the match up
against Ben, losing 6-3. He had 6 guys with an ERA above 5.06, and
no double digit strikeout guys. The offense was OK, with average
numbers across the board and no real standouts. Adrian doesn't own
anyone ranked in the top 37, and his pitching staff does not feature
a top-100 player this year (though he does have four pitchers on the
DL). Both teams are hoping for better results this week.
(season series
0-0)
The Average Match of the Week
presented by Not Your Average Joe's – Alex (6th)
vs Mams (4th)
Mams
has cowardly waited until he has a winning record to start bragging
about how great he and his outfield is. Nonetheless, he moved up to
4th
place after a big 9-1 win last week over the previously undefeated
TJ. His offense was on display, mashing 19 taters, stealing 8 bases,
and hitting .307 with gaudy runs/RBI toals behind huge weeks from
Mark Trumbo (5 homers) and Starling Marte (7/4/8/3/.333). Honorable
mention goes out to Troy Tulowitzki's .636 average. The pitching was
not quite as dominant, with only 3 saves and big ratios, but it was
enough to beat out TJ's ugly regression week. He sets his sights on
Alex, who fell to Kurt in a close 6-4 decision. Alex almost matched
James's output last week, hitting 17 homers of his own despite having
arguably his two best home run hitters on the DL (Giancarlo Stanton
and Curtis Granderson). David Wright was the only guy to go deep
more than twice, which means everybody chipped in (10/13 players hit
a home run.) His pitching was pretty terrible, winning only saves
against the closer-less Kurt. This should be a good battle against
these two smack-talking chums.
(season series 0-0)
The Post-It® "Noteworthy
Match-up" – Colin (2nd) vs TJ (3rd)
The
best on-paper match up of the week pits Colin against TJ. Colin was
able to make up for most of the damage he suffered two weeks ago (9-0
loss to Jarrett) by winning 9-1 against Drew last week. His offense
was good, but it didn't have to be. He took all 5 offensive
categories with ease. The bash brothers (Miguel Cabrera and Mike
Trout ) were at it again, combining for 15 runs, 6 homers, 20 RBI's 1
SB, and a batting average in the high .300's. Jean Segura (Jean?!?)
also went deep 3 times. Colin managed to strike out 109 behind 5
double-digit performers, highlighted by Yu Darvish's 23. Darvish is
probably going to his 300 K's this year which is crazy. Colin's
pitching now stands at 15-8-2 on the year including saves, but 15-5-0
without it (no closers). That's good for second in the league
behind....TJ! His 17-7-1 record on defense is the class of the DD.
He suffered his first loss last week and it was a doozy – 9-1
against James. The loss drops hm out of first place for the first
time all season. His stats were definitely below average across the
board, but he would have fell short even with a good week – No one
was beating Mams this week. Justin Upton looks to be coming back
down to earth, hitting only .150 with (finally) no home runs. TJ
really didn't have any standouts last week on either side of the ball
and with Colin seemly heating up, he'll need to turn that trend
around quickly.
(season series 0-0)
Diamond Strike Anywhere Matches®
"Match-Up of the Week" – Ben (1nd)
vs Kurt (8th)
If I
had written this on Monday morning, I may not have ranked this to be
the most intriguing match up. But the fact that Evan Longoria hit a
grand slam tonight was just too good to pass up. If Evan Longoria
dies suddenly, Ben's pretty much suspect number one, right? I mean
no one rapes Ben like Longoria rapes Ben. Tulo raped me, Yahoo!
raped Alex, but this is approaching record setting. I also think
that this weirdly makes Ben the backwards underdog of this 1-8 match
up. Anyway, Ben's playing great. 3-0-1 in his last 4, taking down
Adrian last week despite some ugly numbers. He only amassed 25 runs
and 29 RBI to go along with his .262 team average. The pitching was
better though, as he was able to win Wins, K's, and ERA/WHIP. Ben is
leading a balanced attack this year, going 15-9-1 on offensive and
13-8-4 on defense. In order to stay in first he'll have to beat
Kurt, who's had a roller coaster of a season thus far. He was able
to hold on and beat Alex last week 6-4 thanks to some good pitching
performances from Jeff Samardzija (13 K's) and a lot of low ERA/WHIP
guys. It's too late to fact check so I'll just take Kurt's word;
despite leading the league in Runs and Average, he's just 5-5 in
those categories. Kurt is right in the middle of the second tier in
the standings but a win against Ben should put him right back in the
thick of things. And if anyone's interested, I think I'll put the
over/under on Longoria's home runs this week at 8.5 (take the over).
(season series 0-0)
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