I'm a little salty right now. Ashley and I take turns cooking dinner on Sunday nights with another couple we know. Once a month you cook, clean, buy booze, or do nothing. It's a good system. This was my week to cook, and by the time I put out dessert (strawberries with butter cookies and Pedro Ximinez sabayon; i know right) i realized i had no time to fuck with my squad and sweep the wavers one last time. Never mind the fact that Jwest opened up my head and snagged Rowand and Michael Young earlier today (Young is turning the corner right now, and he steals bases), but i was still sitting on Robbie Cano, the only regular in the majors hitting over 300 who can't get his slugging over 400. If we had a league where we were required to have two 2bs, he'd be awsome, but that solid average just isn't enough for the 2007 LOOG (by the way, the grammerian in me hates that second "O"; we don't live in the USOA, and I know who your english teach was Jwest). Anway, I mad a mad dash for that lunitic Gary Matthews Jr, and hoped for the best. Now enough about me, lets get down to business.
The Rundown
This is the league leader in each of the scoring catagories. Please tell me if the Raker allready does this so I can go back to my hot ass wife:
R: 63 (H&H)
HR: 16 (H&H)
RBI: 55 (H&H)
SB: 19 (Autodraft)
AVG: 297 (2009)
OBP: 407 (TBX)
SLG: 495 (2009)
OPS: 859 (2009)
W: 5 (Balkman and TBX)
SV: 11 (Balkman)
K: 59 (H&H)
ERA: 3.14 (2009)
WHIP: 1.15 (Balkman)
K/BB: 3.41 (TBX)
K/9: 9.25 (2009)
If you didn't like head to head more than roto, you should now. Balkman and Autodraft won their power catagories, but compared to H&H, everyone was a loser, the same happens with all the other stats. Hey man, if Seattle beats KC, and Boston beats NYY, they each get a win. A win is a win, whether the guy you beat is a bad ass or not.
Some final randoms:
A win migh be a win, but a K is not always a K; three different people won each of the three K catagories.
Jwest made it all week without a single W. Call him J est this week.
TBX gets the Robby Cano award for the biggest gap between average and slugging
I had 11 saves despite Hoffman and Wickman blowing 5 between the two of them.
Aaron had two blown saves and a loss from two pitchers in the same game in about an 8 minute period, as well as a mild stroke. The Raker says he is day to day.
Two catagories were up still up for grabs and changing during the 16th inning of the last game of the week.
Autodraft might be human; his bats have cooled (very slightly) and he's taking punches from the league like the ordinary gentleman that he is.
The trade between Jwest and Jeff proves that Jeff is in fact alive AND concerned with the goings on of the league
Aaron and Jwest would trade underwear if they thought if would help their teams.
A Rod might have 34 rbis for NYY, but he can't pitch for them, and New Yorkers still think he is a pussy. (at my local grocery store, they watch every Yankee game on Gamecast, and I heard him called a pussy twice this week; they will never like him)
On the flip side, Jose Reyes might be the most popular guy in the city right now. (well, and Renaldo Balkman of course).
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The reason I like the different K categories is because they all represent different Skill Sets
K's for starting pitchers
K/9 mainly for relivers, because lets face it bullpen pitchers are important too
K:BB becuase it shows the most dominate pitchers
Besides Strike Outs are the most important stats for pitchers. ERA has shown to be an awful indicator of a pitchers actuall performance and as a future indicator. ERA is dependent on fielders and home field advantage.
A SO is all about the pitcher, how dominate is that picher.
Besides the underlying principal to DIPS (defensive independent statistics) is that once a ball is put into play there is nothing a pitcher can do, so its all about a pitcher K rates, BB rates and HR rates, everything else is trivial.
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