Week 10's installment of the
DDWPIPOTCFFBE (Diamond Dynasty Weekly Preview In Pursuit Of The
Chalice For Fantasy Baseball Excellence)
Last week – Ben wins big to take
first place and Richie wins his first week of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sleepy's® "Snoozer of the
Week" – Drew (10th)
vs Richie (9th)
The
start of revenge season is upon us, and we start off with a bang.
These two squads stunk up the first time through the rotation like no
pairing ever has, combining for a record of 1-14-1 (1-14-3 when you count their 5-5
tie in the first week). But lets get to the good news first;
I WON
I WON I WON THERE IS A GOD I WON OH MY SWEET BABY JESUS I WON.
Richie
finally won his first week of the year, 7-3 against floundering
Colin. After winning just 2 offensive categories in the last 6
weeks, he went 4-1 and only lost stolen bases by 1. It took level
contribution from everyone across the board including the newly
acquired David Wright, who had a sub-par week (4/1/2/0/.231) but
still helped to win the HR category 10-9. Mike Napoli had a grand
slam, 8 RBI's, and a .417 batting average. The defense was good
enough, as Colin struggled to post a quality ERA/WHIP. The win broke
a 4 week losing streak and an 8 week win-less streak. Travers's
lineup gets a boost this week also as Hanley Ramirez (4 GP) will be
activated from the DL (hamstring). Richie gets Drew this week, who's
been stuck in last almost all year. He had a decent week last week
but couldn't keep up with Ben and lost 8-2. That marks 8 losses in a
row for Drew. The only team he hasn't lost to is Richie (tie) in
week 1. Everything that could go wrong for Drew has gone wrong.
His offense, to the surprise of no one, is too thin to compete. And
while he's always been able to hang his hat on the staff, this year
is quite different. Drew has 6 guys on his pitching staff with
O-Ranks under 100; only one of them (Aroldis Chapman) is ranked in
the top 100. Who would have thought that Ricky Nolasco would be a
better fantasy option than Yovani Gallardo, CC Sabathia, Ian Kennedy,
and David Price. Even mighty Justin Verlander is ranked 156th.
It's a battle of season-long cellar-dwellers in the snoozer of the
week.
(season series 5-5)
Dell's® "Dull Duel" –
Colin (8th)
vs Adrian (6th)
Colin looks for revenge this week
against Adrian after a 5-4 loss in week 1. Last week Colin dropped
an embarrassing one, losing to a win-less Richie 7-3. He had pretty
weak numbers across the board offensively, putting up just 25 RBI's
and a .258 BA. The loss is his third in a row and he is moving in
the wrong direction. The always dependable Crout failed to carry the
load this week, combining for just 3 homers (all Cabrera), no steals,
and hit .250. He did dominate the wins and strikeouts category, but
his lack of closers and high ratios hurt him in the end. He faces
off against Adrian this week, who I'm pretty sure has been in 6th
just about every week. Guy just lives for being on the bubble. He
tied James last week 5-5 behind a solid staff that won 6 games and
struck out 75 nerds. Cliff Lee led the way with 2 wins, 19
strikeouts, and a sparkling ERA/WHIP. Other than Domonic Brown who
is lighting the league on fire (4/3/8/1/.545) the offense wasn't able
to make a real impact, dropping 4 of the 5 categories. The winner of
this one should be able to inject themselves back into the thick of
the race.
(season series Adrian 5-4)
The Average Match of the Week
presented by Not Your Average Joe's – Kurt
(7th)
vs James (3rd)
In a rematch of league officials (James
are you still the treasurer?), both Kurt and James are coming off of
5-5 ties. Kurt couldn't fully take advantage of Jarrett's rough
offensive week, missing out on average by just a few hits. He had a
pretty awful effort on defense, netting just 2 wins and really high
ERA/WHIP digits. This was starting to look like a typical 6-4 win
from Kurt – his modus operandi as of late – but it was not to be.
James is coming off a tie with Adrian and his offense continues to
roll with really solid numbers across the board (minus a tough .245
average). Kendry Morales was a big contributior, hitting two homers
and knocking in 7. James's 5 saves were juuuust enough to take
saves, but that was all he had on the defensive side. He wasn't
awful, but Adrian had a pretty good week. This should be a showdown
with some serious offensive firepower.
(season series 5-5)
The Post-It® "Noteworthy
Match-up" – Jarrett (4th)
vs Alex (5th)
It's a battle of bigs as Jarrett plays
Alex this week. Jarrett tied Kurt 5-5 last week, but no thanks to
his offense. His 3 homer output is the second worst behind Drew's 2
longballs last week. As you can imagine, the RBI's were fairly low
too (34) but not as low as expected given the low homerun total. The
one thing his team did do was run – to the tune of 11 stolen bases.
Jose Altuve led the way with 4 SB, and even Paul Goldschmidt had 2
swipes to go with 8 runs scored and 7 RBI's. That guy is really
coming into his own. Alex lost to TJ last week 6-2 to snap a 3 week
winning streak. This was by far the closest match up last week, with
every single category decided by 6 or less (except ERA/WHIP). This
one could have gone either way but unfortunately for Alex he fell a
little short. He didn't get much from Mark Teixeira in his first
couple games back from the DL. Newly acquired Felix Hernandez was
his normal amazing self, striking out 6 with fantastic ratios and
winning his only start. Alex will look to get back to the W column
and hold Jarrett off from avenging the 6-4 loss in week 1.
(season series Alex 6-4)
Diamond Strike Anywhere Matches®
"Match-Up of the Week" – TJ (2nd)
vs Ben (1st)
For the second time in three weeks we
have a 1-2 match-up! This time around TJ will try to steal from
first place against Ben, who's coming off of two big 8-2 wins.
Granted, the wins came against two struggling teams (Colin and Drew)
but wins are wins. Last week, his team posted arguably the best
performance of 2013, scoring 46 runs, hitting 16 homers (!), driving
home 40, stealing 14 (!), and hitting three fucking nineteen. Just
let those numbers sink in for a minute....
Good. So who were the MVP's? You
could say it was Ryan Zimmerman, going deep three times and hitting
.321. Or, you could up the ante and take Edwin Encarnacion's 3
homers, 9 RBI, and .333 average. Both excellent production. But the
real MVP was Chris Davis, who has posted some of the most incredible
stat lines this year. Last week he went absolutely bonkers – 10
runs scored, 4 homers, 6 ribbies, and a .481 average. Jacoby
Ellsbury's 5 steals in one game were enough to beat Drew's total for
the week (Ellsbury finished with 6). It was certainly a bit of the
stars aligning for Ben and this production isn't going to come every
week, but just the fact that he's been to these heights has to be a
great confidence boost. The pitching was decent but only managed a
2-3 mark. It'll be interesting to see if the offense can keep it
rolling this week as he takes on TJ, who is in the midst of a 3 week
winning streak. He held on to a bunch of tight categories last week
to win 6-2. Freedie Freeman went 5/2/6/0/.433 to lead the way for
the Buttholes. TJ won 7-2 over Ben in week 1, but that was a much
different team than now. With TJ only trailing by .5 games and James
3 games behind, the winner of this battle will most likely be our
first place team heading into week 11.
(season series TJ 7-2)
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