Leave the Past Behind
Photo by USATSISCHNOOKERS’s 12th place RBIs ranking back in week one is a distant memory these days. Their 35 RBI performance pushed them into 5th place this week. Xander Bogaerts led a very balanced group of eight overperformers for SCHNOOKERS, racking up 6 RBIs. Those 6 RBIs were the most that any shortstop collected this week.
More Ground to Cover
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SHAMS lost ground in the big race this week, sliding from 4th to 6th in the overall standings. They had poor showings in three stat categories, including moving down three places in batting average. Yan Gomes and Adam Jones were quite coordinated in their failures for SHAMS. They each hit only .063. Gomes’ performance this week ended a three game streak of beating the experts’ projections.
Hey, Some Team Had To Do It
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DEADWOODS‘s ERA was more LOL this week as it rounded out to a pitiful 7.09. That was the highest ERA of any team this week. Jose Quintana was clearly the weakest link for Coaches Francis Bujak and Guy Mawhinney and the gang as he recorded a 16.62 ERA in 4 and 1/3 innings. No surprise then, DEADWOODS tumbled all the way from 4th to 9th in the ERA standings, less than 0.01 ERA behind SPACE COWBOYS. DEADWOODS also dropped big time in the overall rankings, moving from 8th to 11th.
The Opposite of Good
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DEADZONES dominated the stolen bases category this week, stealing 6 bases. They had three players lead the way, with Mookie Betts, Kevin Kiermaier, and Justin Upton swiping 6 bases. Betts alone posted 2 stolen bases, which topped all right fielders this week. His performance helped DEADZONES jump up two spots and into 4th in the stolen bases standings. Unfortunately, that was the good news, as DEADZONES fell from 3rd to 4th in the overall rankings.
Nobody Does it Better
ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS haven’t had many good moments in the WHIP category, but sure got one this week. Their pitchers were allergic to baserunners, tallying a 0.78 WHIP. That performance was enough to put ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS in the top spot for WHIP this week. As a result, ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS moved up from 11th to 9th in the WHIP standings.