Trades continue to flow in the league as teams try to position themselves for the long haul.
BROWNS trade Josh Willingham, Aaron Crow
DOWNTOWN ASS CLOWNS trades Grant Balfour, Chris Heisey
Free Agents for this past Sunday
Latvian Orthodox: Pick up Travis Buck ($3), drop George Sherrill
Downtown Ass Clowns: Pick up Sean Burnett ($1), drop Tsuyoshi Wada
The Bros McKeown: Pick up Scott Downs ($43), drop Hisashi Iwakuma
(Schin Kickers: $31)
(Browns: $28)
(High-A West Madison: $27)
(Next Stop Pottersville: $24)
(Erickson: $13)
(Frozen Ropes: $11)
(Downtown Ass Clowns: $10)
(Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: $7)
(Tuffy's Goats: $4)
(Tuffy's Goats: $4)
Casale Industries: Pick up Jarrod Dyson ($5), drop Collin Cowgill
(Latvian Orthodox: $4)
(Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: $1)
(Tuffy's Goats: $1)
Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: Pick up Jeanmar Gomez ($3), drop Clayton Richard
(Erickson: $3)
High-A West Madison: Pick up Scott Hairston ($1), drop Darnell McDonald
(East Coast Bias: $8)
(Latvian Orthodox: $3)
(Casale Industries: $3)
I Drink Your Milkshake: Pick up Nick Johnson ($1), drop Brandon Wood
Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: Pick up Josh Lindblom ($1), drop Michael Pineda
(Erickson: $1)
McLovin's Spoonful: Pick up Derek Lowe ($3), drop Jair Jurrjens
Tuffy's Goats: Pick up Brian Matusz ($4), drop Brad Lidge
(High-A West Madison: $3)
(McLovin's Spoonful: $3)
(McLovin's Spoonful: $3)
(High-A West Madison: $2)
(Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: $2)
(Liss and Shoe's Dynasty: $2)
(Next Stop Pottersville: $1)
(Next Stop Pottersville: $1)
(Erickson: $1)
Anderson: Pick up Wade Miley ($8), drop John Mayberry
(Next Stop Pottersville: $4)
(Next Stop Pottersville: $4)
(High-A West Madison: $3)
(Frozen Ropes: $3)
(High-A West Madison: $3)
(Erickson: $1)
Anderson: Pick up Tyler Moore ($4), drop Roger Bernadina
High-A West Madison: Pick up Glen Perkins ($1), drop Fautino De Los Santos
(High-A West Madison: $1)
East Coast Bias: Pick up Humberto Quintero ($1), drop Josh Donaldson
Next Stop Pottersville: Pick up Ramon Ramirez ($2), drop Adam Wilk
Erickson: Pick up Hector Sanchez ($3), drop Jose Molina
Schin Kickers: Pick up Pedro Strop ($4), drop Aubrey Huff
(Downtown Ass Clowns: $3)
(Next Stop Pottersville: $2)
(High-A West Madison: $1)
(Erickson: $1)
Frozen Ropes: Pick up Jake Westbrook ($6), drop Bryan Shaw
(Anderson: $5)
(Tuffy's Goats: $2)
(Tuffy's Goats: $2)
(Erickson: $1)
Erickson: Pick up Jerome Williams ($3), drop Jason Bourgeois
Tuffy's Goats: Pick up Barry Zito ($2), drop Clint Barmes
Lot of pitchers moving around this week. Unfortunately I got second place on the Scott Downs bonanza. Brian Matusz was once a prized prospect that has failed to live up to the billing, he's had back to back quality starts. Jake Westbrook has had a very solid start to the season going 3-1 with a 1.30 ERA and 1.01 WHIP.
Here are the standings as of today:
| Name | Avg | HR | R | RBI | SB | ERA | K | S | W | WHIP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schin Kickers | 4 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 14.5 | 18 | 143.5 |
| Browns | 12 | 15.5 | 18 | 15 | 12.5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 16.5 | 13 | 136.5 |
| Erickson | 14 | 17 | 14.5 | 16 | 10.5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 5.5 | 17 | 128.5 |
| Casale Industries | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10.5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 14.5 | 12 | 124 |
| High-A West Madison | 15 | 3.5 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15.5 | 5.5 | 15 | 103.5 |
| Tuffy's Goats | 18 | 15.5 | 16 | 18 | 12.5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 100 |
| The Bros McKeown | 10 | 5.5 | 14.5 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 96 |
| Shadynasty | 7 | 5.5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15.5 | 8 | 11 | 93 |
| Barsoom Warlords | 13 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 93 |
| Next Stop Pottersville | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9.5 | 3 | 4 | 10.5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 90 |
| Latvian Orthodox | 17 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 89 |
| Anderson | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 85 |
| Liss and Shoe's Dynasty | 1 | 7.5 | 4 | 5 | 8.5 | 9 | 3.5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 79.5 |
| I Drink Your Milkshake | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 76 |
| Frozen Ropes | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8.5 | 13 | 10.5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 74 |
| McLovin's Spoonful | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 69 |
| Downtown Ass Clowns | 16 | 7.5 | 6 | 9.5 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 68.5 |
| East Coast Bias | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 16.5 | 6 | 61 |
My team has improved by 16 points since the last post but my lead has barely changed. I've had really strong starts from Volquez, Lynn, Peavy and Zimmermann over the last week and a half. The Browns have also improved significantly - jumping 24 points in the standings. Meanwhile Liss and Shoe's Dynasty fell 24 points.
Also in case you haven't been following the Orioles 2011 first round pick Dylan Bundy has been dominating Low A ball. The 19 year old has faced 53 batters, striking out 25, walking two, and allowing one hit. I'm excited.