Now that we are in the second half of the season which means that wins, and losses, have double the importance. Matches you expect to win, or expect to keep close, become stressful endeavors of scoreboard watching.

Both Huntley and I have been in the bottom half of the standings since early on in the season and I do think it is safe enough for me to assume that we would have both liked a lopsided week to potential find ourselves above or around .500. That did not happen.

Andrew and I were in a close battle all week long. It was well fought and I am one to admit that I got a bit fortunate that I only lost it 6-5-0.

Looking at the scoreboard this week, there were more than a handful of blowouts that shifted the standings quite a bit. Jack List increased his lead, Michael Kenney vaulted himself back into the hunt and Michaud rebounds well against a fellow big-hitting team.

Now, let’s get into week 10.

WEEK TEN: June 5 – June 11

All day Sunday I was praying for a comeback in this category. It just didn’t happen. Credit to Andrew’s team for showing up on Sunday and getting 10 hits. I was hoping I could eke out something. I suppose I should thank Andrew for leaving Ty France on the bench on Sunday when he had three hits while LaMonte Wade Jr. in his roster wasn’t in the lineup. Corbin Carroll had 11 hits for Huntley and Trea Turner is waking up as he had 10 hits. Orlando Arcia had 10 hits to lead my team, and Elly De La Cruz was second for me with eight base knocks.

Huntley took command of this category early and ran away with it. Carroll had a matchup-best nine runs and Turner also had seven. Austin Riley had six runs scored from the nine times he reached base. De La Cruz had seven runs scored to lead Where Did You Verdugo. Spencer steer and Ozzie Albies had four runs scored each.

Absolutely zero chance for me in this category. I am the worst in the league. I only have five over the week, and Huntley had four players with multiple home runs. Carroll had three home runs. Turner, J.D. Martinez and Brent Rooker (of Oakland) had two home runs each.

Really, really wanted to sneak this out out too. But alas, no comeback once again. I was down by only one heading into Sunday, but nothing came to fruition on the last day. Carroll had eight runs batted in, and Martinez six RBIs. Tough, tough. Arcia did have six RBI, and Steer did have five. The funny thing is that the only hitters that Huntley played that didn’t have any RBIs were both from Seattle; Cal Raleigh and Jarred Kelenic. What really hurt me in this category is that I dropped a guy by the name of Zach McKinstry and then he hit a home run and two runs batted in. Would have made things even more interesting.

FUCKKKKK this one hurts. Huntley stole it from me on Sunday with three stolen bases. Turner, Carroll and Bryce Harper each had a swiped bag to give Huntley the tie-breaking category. Carroll, while leading his team in hitting, also had three stolen bases. Steer and De La Cruz had five stole bases…AKA all of my stolen bases. I would like Taylor Walls to learn how to get on base again.

Andrew and I were bouncing the OBP category back and forth all Sunday long. It was a stressful screen watching adventure I put myself through. I do want to shoutout Andrew McCutchen who went 3-for-16 this week but did have 10 walks from Pittsburgh’s leadoff spot. That is still a .481 OBP. Yes, yes, Carroll lead Huntley’s team again with a .542 percentage. Turner was second with a .440 clip. Arcia led my team with a .500 OBP, and De La Cruz had a hell of a first week reaching base at a .481 clip.

Kevin Guassman is a strikeout machine. I do not love that fact that he had an atrocious outing against Minnesota and made me worry about my ERA and WHIP for spell. Guassman had 17 strikeouts over two outings. My secret weapon and greatest offseason pickup was Jon Gray; nine innings, one earned run, 12 strikeouts and only four hits with zero walks. Even Corbin Burnes had nine strikeouts for me in his best outing of the season. No pitcher had double digit strikeouts for Huntley, at least none he played. Interesting thing, none of his starters went more than six innings.

It was a no sweat week for me in this category. Will Smith got me an early win in a relief appearance, which was a great start. From there Burnes, Texas’s Dane Dunning and Guasman all tacked up a “W” on the chalkboard.

I wanted all day Sunday to see if Doval would get a save against the Cubs to tie this category. Unfortunately, the Giants won by a fuck ton and there was no save to be had. Doval did have two saves during the week, and Smith had one for Texas. Wasn’t enough to top the best Save getting in the league. Huntley got three saves from Carlos Estevez and one from Emmanuel Clase. Didn’t expect to win this category, so hope was a struggle to deal with.

Huntley, I really don’t mean to pick on you. But this is bad. On Friday you sat Dylan Cease and Sonny Gray. The combined to throw 11 innings and allow only two earned runs. This would have lowered your team’s ERA to a 3.55…which would have given your team the category win. Ouch. My team was feast or famine in terms of ERA. Gray and Burnes allowed only. one earned run over 17 innings. But then all my other starters earned had over four runs earned. Want to thank Doval and Smith for not allowing any runs in their innings of relief.

I surpassed all my team’s expectations with a dead on 1.00 WHIP. It helps with two starting pictures who put forth 8+ inning outings with a sub 0.5 WHIP. The worst WHIP for my team was Atlanta’s Charlie Morton who allowed eight hits or walks in 4.2 innings. Huntley was letdown by San Francisco’s Alex Cobb who had not only a 7.20 ERA, but also. a1.80 WHIP. He surrendered eight hits and a walk over five innings. Bailey Ober of Minnesota had the best WHIP of his starters going 0.94.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are the hottest team in baseball and Corbin Carroll is carrying them. This past week he went 11-for-22 with nine runs scored, three home runs, eight runs batted in and three stolen bases. He did everything.

Huntley’s pitching rotation didn’t have a lot of innings…and that may be because not all were inserted into the lineup. I unfortunately have to give the LVP to Huntley himself; he say Dylan Cease and Sonny Gray on Friday. Combined they went for 11 innings and allowed only two earned runs with 12 strikeouts. Would have had even more of a decisive victory.

Elly De La Cruz is fucking electric. He is my MVP not only because he is very good at baseball, but also because he is so much fun too watch. In his first full week he went 8-for-22 with five walks, four RBI, a home run and seven runs scored.

I needed some offensive fire power this week, and Paul Goldschmidt did not provide anything I needed. He went five for 24 with two runs scored, two runs batted in and two walks. A .259 on base percentage is not great. Come on Goldy. Please. That is an LVP performance.

MVP TRACKER: De La Cruz (1), Mullins (3), Goldschmidt (2), Soto (1), Street (1), Verdugo (1), Walls (1)
LVP TRACKER: Albies (1), Casas (1), Gausman (1), Goldschmidt (1), Peralta (1), Soto (1), Sale (1), St. Louis Cardinals (1), Walls (1), Wisdom (1)

WEEK TEN SCOREBOARD

  • Andrew ekes by myself by taking care of the hitting categories. Whether it be luck or solid managing, Huntley won by two in hits, three in RBI and one in stolen bases.
  • Vaghi ended his losing streak with a 6-4-1 victory over Drakeley. Could have been a bit worse for Billy but he won the strikeout category by one.
  • Jack continues to chug along with a commanding 8-1-2 win over Bove. It was not Jack’s best hitting week by any means, but dominant on the bump. Bove battled with him there but just wasn’t enough.
  • Michael Kenney with a statement win over Eric. He swept the hitting category, taking home hits by just three, home runs, and stolen bases by just one. On the rubber he had one extra strikeout as well. It is Eric’s worst loss of the season, and Mike’s most dominant win.
  • Michaud bounced back from his loss to me by taking down playoff hungry DiMaio in resounding 8-2-1 matters.

WEEK TEN STATISTICS DEEP DIVE

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  • Eric has suffered his first loss in Wins this season. Congrats to Kenney for finally knocking him off.
  • I lost to Huntley in Hits…the first time this season he has ever led the league in hits for a week.
    • Rinse, wash, and repeat this statement for the Runs category as well
      • RINSE, WASH, REPEAT IT AGAIN for the RBI category (this one hurts because I was second for the week)
  • Kenny led the league in OBP this week for the first time this season
  • DiMaio led the league in Wins this week for the first time.
  • Michaud led the league in ERA this week…for the first time ever.
  • Jesus christ people, the league was shifted on its shoulders this week in terms of the weekly leaders.
  • Two longest streaks were snapped this week; Eric lost his three match winning streak and Vaghi ended his three game skid.
  • Surprising to me that DiMaio has the worst winning percentage in three different categories (Wins, ERA and WHIP)
    • DiMaio has the second best WHIP in the league…but is only 208 on the season.
  • List and Vaghi are the only two managers who don’t have a worst record in any of the categories (in terms of winning percentage)

WEEK 11 MATCHUPS

  • Billy and I have been long-time owners of the basement in this league, so this battle may be just for whoever gets the bunk bed they prefer.
    • According to the season stats, Stanko should win this contest, 7-4-0.
    • Billy took me down in week two, 6-3-2. We tied in runs and home runs, and had a slim margin in stole bases, wins and WHIP.
  • Bove had the itch and moved up the standings but plummeted this past week, and Vaghi saw a dip but now is back in the playoffs. Vaghi needs to keep winning because he is only 0.5 games ahead of DiMaio.
    • According to the season stats, Vaghi is going to win over Bove, 8-3-0.
    • Vaghi picked up in the win in week two over Bove, 7-2-2. They tied in home runs and saves. Bove had a whopping 10 steals this week.
  • Jack and Eric have two of the top three times in the league. Jack has not lost since week four, and Eric is licking his wounds after his worst defeat of the season.
    • A bit surprised by this; Jack is projected to win, 8-3-0.
    • Jack List took down Eric, 7-3-1. Jack swept all the hitting categories and won in ERA. Eric dominated in his three categories while the two tied in saves.
  • DiMaio is on the outside looking in, and Huntley is treading water. Onions and Ketchup is only four games back from the fourth place spot…nothing is impossible.
    • DiMaio is expected to bash his way to an 8-3-0 win over Huntley, according to the season stats.
    • DiMaio won against Huntley, 6-4-1. Like List, DiMaio swept the hitting categories, and Huntley gathered some wins in the pitching areas. The two tied in strikeouts.
  • Michaud and Kenney are the two bookends in the stolen base category, but this should be a fascinating matchup of two teams made up differently.
    • Mike needs to be on upset alert; Michaud is expected to win this game, 7-4-0.
    • Michaud and Kenney also had a very tied contest in week two, but it was Michaud who came out on top, 6-4-1. Kenney out hit him, but Michaud had the runs scoring, home runs and RBI to eke his way in front.

OVERALL STANDINGS

  • Drakeley still resides in last and is two games behind both myself and Bove who are mirroring each other’s records.
    • Bove fell from sixth back down to ninth and trails me in the standings because of our previous matchup…that we tied, 5-5-1? Who knows?
  • Eric has shifted down to third place and Michael Kenney has moved into second place following their matchup this week.
    • These two would be playing each other in the playoffs if it started now.
  • Jack List and Vaghi would still be a round one playoff contest as both stay in their positions following wins in week 10.
    • Jack increases his lead in first place, and Vaghi is now 0.5 games ahead of DiMaio who dropped from third to fifth.
      • After winning three straight in weeks four through six, DiMaio has now lost three of his last four matchups.
  • Huntley stayed in seventh place following his one category win over me, but Michaud leapfrogged him to sixth place after his takedown of DiMaio.
CATEGORY LEADERS (Including Ties)
  • DiMaio: Hits, Runs, Runs Batted In (3)
  • Michaud: Home Runs, On Base Percentage (2)
  • Vaghi: Strikeouts, WHIP (2)
  • Eric: Wins (1)
  • Huntley: Saves (1)
  • Kenney: Stolen Bases (1)
  • List: ERA (1)

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