Another week, another set of wild closer bids. Results from my Main Event League and Satellite League follow:
Main Event(107 points, 1/15 to begin the day, though I got passed up as of the afternoon games. 19/420 overall.)
| Team | Player | Bid | Runner-Up |
| Piggy | Scott Downs (MR) | 298 | 269 |
| Velociraptors of Victory | Andres Torres (CF) | 112 | |
| MORONS+ WAY-D | David Phelps (MR) | 82 | 15 |
| Murder Inc. | Matt Thornton (MR) | 79 | 75 |
| The Flaming Roosters | Brad Eldred (1B) | 64 | |
| Velociraptors of Victory | Nolan Arenado (3B) | 50 | 5 |
| Broccoli and Anal Sex | Ruben Tejada (SS) | 47 | 44 |
| Vinnies team too | Andy Dirks (LF) | 44 | |
| Low Talkers | Randy Wolf (SP) | 42 | 9 |
| The Flaming Roosters | Wade Miley (MR) | 41 | 24 |
| The Flaming Roosters | Jeanmar Gomez (SP) | 41 | 4 |
| The Flaming Roosters | A.J. Ellis (C) | 34 | |
| Sakas' hitters | Duane Below (MR) | 25 | 12 |
| Vinnies team too | Chris Getz (2B) | 17 | |
| Low Talkers | Pedro Strop (MR) | 13 | 7 |
| Low Talkers | J.A. Happ (SP) | 12 | |
| Sakas' hitters | Mitchell Boggs (MR) | 12 | |
| The Strained Obliques | Yuniesky Betancourt (SS) | 11 | |
| Sakas' hitters | Jamey Carroll (SS) | 11 | |
| Team Erickson | Maicer Izturis (2B) | 10 | |
| Vinnies team too | Rafael Dolis (MR) | 6 | |
| Las Vegas Ratpack 2 | Matt Lindstrom (MR) | 6 | |
| Texas Connection | Shelley Duncan (LF) | 5 | |
| Sakas' hitters | Aaron Crow (MR) | 5 | |
| Texas Connection | Shelby Miller (MR) | 4 | |
| Texas Connection | Julio Teheran (SP) | 1 |
I bid on both Downs and Thornton, who had been dropped the previous week. However, my bids were "keep them honest" bids of $75 (second place on Thornton) - I'm first in my league in saves and just got a second save from Kenley Jansen on Sunday, giving me two-and-a-half closers, plus Jon Rauch still on my bench. Yeah, Rauch got blown up Sunday, but Frank Francisco blew a save later on and has been pretty awful lately. Better to hang onto him than blow my budget on closers. I'm light on wins and stolen bases - so I mostly focused on SP and SB threats, hence the addition of Izturis. I'm going to be that "brave soul" that will have Philip Hughes active for his two starts this week.
Satellite League(85.5 points, 5/15 to begin the day)
| Team | Player | Bid | Runner-Up |
| Team DeMay | Tony Campana (CF) | 227 | 221 |
| Sack Satellite | Scott Downs (MR) | 222 | 206 |
| Team Beeler | Anthony Bass (MR) | 99 | 88 |
| Sack Satellite | Alex Liddi (3B) | 66 | 49 |
| MAHALO | Wade Miley (MR) | 66 | 43 |
| Dickie V | Bobby Parnell (MR) | 34 | |
| Golden XM | Brad Eldred (1B) | 27 | |
| Team Erickson | Jerome Williams (SP) | 25 | |
| The Voice of Reason | Duane Below (MR) | 23 | |
| Golden XM | Wei-Yin Chen (SP) | 21 | 11 |
| Tiger Slappy Eri Sat | Ryan Ludwick (LF) | 18 | 5 |
| Team DeMay | Pedro Strop (MR) | 17 | 14 |
| Dickie V | Scott Rolen (3B) | 15 | |
| Old School | Jeanmar Gomez (SP) | 13 | |
| Sack Satellite | Jarrod Dyson (CF) | 6 | |
| Golden XM | Charlie Morton (SP) | 5 | |
| Team Erickson | Jesus Guzman (LF) | 5 | |
| Tiger Slappy Eri Sat | Andres Torres (CF) | 4 | |
| The Voice of Reason | Derek Lowe (SP) | 1 | |
| The Voice of Reason | Barry Zito (SP) | 1 | |
| Team Walker | Hector Noesi (SP) | 1 | |
| Birraioli | Tyler Colvin (RF) | 1 | |
| Birraioli | Francisco Liriano (SP) | 1 |
I was in on Downs, a little higher at 103, which obviously wasn't even close. Once again, though, I have three closers, though one of them is the suddenly precarious Grant Balfour (Brandon League and Jason Motte are the other two). Clearly I overbid on Jerome Williams, but I like his two home starts this week. The Angels can't stay this bad, and I especially like them at home. Guzman is a little insurance in case of another 1B/OF injury. I have Bryce Harper going active for me this week, and I might have a tough decision on whether to start Shin-Soo Choo, though the mid-week activation rule with hitters mitigates the risk some.
"Birraioli" is the run-away leader in this league - he took a couple of interest fliers this week, having the luxury of no immediate holes to fill.