NOTES: We are back to the old sim , so the “watch” function is not going to work for a while. Players of the week are also wonky. I’ll keep you posted on debugging. Our Tigers owner has withdrawn, so that team will be lite-managed to keep the lineups solid until we can find a replacement. We hope to have one by next week, but if you know of someone who’d like to take over the team, let us know!
COMMENTARY: Washington raced out to a 6-0 week, but still finds itself 3 back of the Braves…the Mets had a perfect week, unmarred by a single win…Philly also posted a winning week…Cardinals were the class of the NL central at 5-1, half a game over the Pirates at 4-1…Dodgers were 6-1 last week and are 9-1 over their last 10…Padres are hanging tough at 2d place and the Rockies have the best WOR in the division…the Rays still hold the top spot in the AL East but the banged-up Yankees had the best record in the division…Mark Chen gave me permission to poke fun at the horrible season the Orioles are having and then promptly went 4-3…the Twins are +1 WOR and atop the AL Central…Indians, Chisox, and Royals are all in position WOR territory…Seattle is in first and is an astounding 10-1 in the division…Oakland is +3 WOR…Dodgers have the top WOR mark but the Cubs are only a game back…Heyward and Contreras each have 12 HR, and are tied for 2d in the ASFBL…Cody Bellinger is hitting .438 to lead the league…Socrates Brito has an unexamined swing that is not worth taking, and is scraping the bottom at .063…Chris Davis hasn’t seen ASFBL action yet…the Seattle team average is .288, but Minnesota is right behind at .285…Seattle has scored a stunning 43 more runs than anyone else…Cleveland pitchers have allowed the fewest hits…Toronto has a better team ERA…Twin pitching has allowed the fewest HR…Dodgers are 11-1 in 1-run games…Atlanta is 7-1…no AL team has more than 5 1-run game wins…three trades since Sunday, and Cleveland and Boston show no signs of slowing down…
FEATS AND FAILURES:
Kolten Wong of STL had 5 hits against MIL on 4/15/2019
Billy McKinney of TOR struck out 4 times against MIN on 4/15/2019
Tyler Naquin of CLE struck out 4 times against SEA on 4/15/2019
Jose Quintana of CHC had 13 strikeouts against MIA on 4/16/2019
Anthony Rizzo of CHC had 6 hits against MIA on 4/16/2019
Spencer Turnbull of DET had 10 strikeouts against PIT on 4/16/2019
Jordan Lyles of PIT had 13 strikeouts against DET on 4/16/2019
Niko Goodrum of DET struck out 4 times against PIT on 4/16/2019
Christian Walker of ARI hit 3 home runs against ATL on 4/17/2019
Caleb Smith of MIA had 12 strikeouts against CHC on 4/17/2019
Guillermo Heredia of TBR struck out 4 times against BAL on 4/18/2019
BAL and TBR played 14.5 innings on 4/18/2019
Daniel Norris of DET had 11 strikeouts against CWS on 4/18/2019
Brandon Drury of TOR struck out 4 times against MIN on 4/18/2019
Max Muncy of LAD struck out 4 times against MIL on 4/18/2019
Julio Urias of LAD had 10 strikeouts against MIL on 4/19/2019
Daniel Mengde of OAK had 11 strikeouts against TOR on 4/19/2019
Lou Trivino of OAK had 10 strikeouts against TOR on 4/19/2019
Socrates Brito of TOR struck out 4 times against OAK on 4/19/2019
Rowdy Tellez of TOR struck out 4 times against OAK on 4/19/2019
TOR and OAK played 13.5 innings on 4/19/2019
Trevor Bauer of CLE had 15 strikeouts against ATL on 4/19/2019
Paul Goldschmidt of STL hit 3 home runs against NYM on 4/19/2019
Paul Goldschmidt of STL had 6 RBI against NYM on 4/19/2019
Joe Musgrove of PIT had 13 strikeouts against SFG on 4/19/2019
SFG and PIT played 15.5 innings on 4/19/2019
Pablo Lopez of MIA had 10 strikeouts against WAS on 4/19/2019
Ji-Man Choi of TBR struck out 4 times against BOS on 4/19/2019
Jeremy Hellickson of WAS had 10 strikeouts against MIA on 4/20/2019
Matt Adams of WAS struck out 4 times against MIA on 4/20/2019
Jameson Taillon of PIT had 10 strikeouts against SFG on 4/20/2019
Jon Gray of COL had 10 strikeouts against PHI on 4/20/2019
Zack Godley of ARI had 10 strikeouts against CHC on 4/20/2019
Lucas Duda of KCR struck out 4 times against NYY on 4/21/2019
Spencer Turnbull of DET had 11 strikeouts against CWS on 4/21/2019
Kyle Schwarber of LAA struck out 4 times against SEA on 4/21/2019
Eric Lauer of SDP struck out 4 times against CIN on 4/21/2019
Matt Adams of WAS struck out 4 times against MIA on 4/21/2019
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