Mark's week 1 still stands head and shoulders above anyone else's performance so far. He beats two teams' season total in runs, three in home runs, two in RBI, and one in stolen bases.
Despite low season rankings, Luke's team had a solid week offensively. His players his nine home runs, to go with 31 R and 38 RBI, while adding 50 points to his average.
Spencer, who dominated in pitching in the first week, tacked on a full run to his ERA and 0.16 to his WHIP. To answer Spencer's question why I didn't focus on early season pitching in last week's post, early season stats are unbelievably volatile. He is doing very well in the counting stats, though, as he leads by 10 strikeouts and is 20 Ks ahead of the main pack. This is not just a product of his innings total so far (2nd in innings at 90), as he is the only team with a K/9 of over 9.
Despite ESPN projections that had him third in stolen bases and having Mike Trout in the fold, Luke is stuck at a single stolen base, as his earlier post pointed out. Stolen bases can come in bunches, so Luke doesn't need to be worried just yet. For example, both Andrew and Spencer are leading the way with stolen bases, with 11 apiece, however both of them accumulated the lion's share of those stolen bases in the first week (nine and eight, respectively).
I think it is worth noting how tight the standings are so far. Although I'm 10 points in front of second place, the difference between second and eighth is only 8.5 points. Granted, the total points don't really mean much at this point, but there is not much spread between the best and worst performing teams at this point in the season.
Finally, I'm going to make another plug for the ESPN trading block. It is available from your main team page, or here. Basically, you can list any players you're interested in trading or are untouchable, what positions you have available or need, and what players on other teams you're interested in. If we all use it, it could be an amazingly useful resource for getting deals done.
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Don't forget the Jose Reyes injury. It's pretty big fantasy news for a $30+ player to go down for 3 months. Good news for Spencer though, as it looks like this will lead to Bautista picking up 3B eligibility in a couple weeks.
Meanwhile my starting pitching continues to implode. I will sell low on Jarrod Parker, get your bids in now.
Very true about the Reyes injury. That is a game changer, and really hurts Kate's chances, given how much she spent on him in the draft. It doesn't have to be a killer, though, as Luke showed surviving Longoria's season last year.
Well, yeah, but Luke probably would have won the whole thing with a healthy Longoria.
Damn right I would have! Six runs!!!
True, although having Longoria and his $37 salary did allow him to add both Pujols and Cabrera, not to mention Granderson as well.
Well, that's true, sort of, but it doesn't mean that I was better off having Longoria get injured.
Kate surely would have been willing to make the same deal (essentially V-mart, Doubront, and Longoria for Pujols, Granderson, Davis, Colon, and Hammel) if Longo had been healthy. Or, I could've probably made the same deal minus Longo and Pujols, since Kate was mostly looking for keepers in Doubront and V-mart.
Pujols didn't help me all that much. If you remember, I spun him off immediately to turn Broxton into Perez and to get Chris Sale. Perez got me saves down the stretch, while Broxton got traded to the NL, but both Perez and Sale struggled after the trade and hurt my pitching rate stats.
I want to know how many wins are erased by blown saves. I now have four by my count... That has to lead the league.
You weren't kidding about stolen bases coming in bunches. I got 5 today after only having 3 on the season up until now. Trumbo and Trout combined to match my season total from before today, by stealing 3 in one inning!
Hafner also stole just the 10th base of his career, and his first since 2010.
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