COMMENTARY
The Dodgers had an offensive outburst this week…JD Martinez hit 3 homers against Sand Diego on the 12th, Yanier Diaz hit 3 homers against the Martiners on the 16th, and in that same game Anthony Volpe came a single short of the cycle…all of that on route to a 5-1 week, tying Rick with Danny Wildes and the Braves for the best NL record…Danny was 4-2, and edged 1 game up on Adam Symonds and the Phillies for the divisional lead…which creates quite a battle for the last 2 wildcard spots…Milwaukee sits at 78 wins having taken 3 of 4 from the Marlins, but losing 2 of 3 to a Washington team playing spoiler…the Padres have 77 wins, having swept Oakland on the road but dropping 2 of 3 in Los Angeles…the Mets are showing unexpected competence, and the resurgence of Lucchesi, Quintana and Butto has provided a decent rotation…they also sit at 77…the Dbacks are at 76 games, and they dropped 2 of 3 at home to the Cubs and hit the Mets during their hot streak…Mark has the club 14-16 over the last 30 and over .500 in interleague play…Pat Walsh has the Giants 4-3 on the week and 11-9 over the last 20 to hold at 74 wins, just 4 behind the Brewers…the Giants took 3 of 4 from Colorado but the Guardians stayed competitive as an NL spoiler, taking 2 of 3 in Arizona…back in their home league they got swept at home by a Texas team that really needed the wins…that’s five teams fighting it out for the last 2 spots…in the actual AL west there are 3 teams within a game of each other for the divisional title…in the ASFBL, it’s Houston and Texas taking it to the wire with the Astros up by two and half games…the Rangers wasted no opportunity and were 6-1 on the week and are 9-1 over the last 10…the Astros swept Oakland but dropped two of 3 to Kansas City…Oakland had a tough week but the club is still 13 games up on the MLB roster…with Minnesota and Tampa Bay in fairly comfortable division leads, and Texas (88 wins) and Toronto (87) wins in pretty safe wildcard spots, the real action is between the Bosox, Orioles, and Angels for the last spot…Baltimore has the edge with 80 wins, and they split four with the Rays, but Josh Clark’s Cardinals were strong as an interleague spoiler and took 2 of 3 from Baltimore in Camden…the Bosox split with the Yankees but swept a crucial series against the Jays, picking up 2 games on Baltimore…Anaheim has the highest hill to climb, as they have had to go +10 WOR to get into the race with the Orioles and Bosox, and put together a 4-2 week to tighten things up…they swept Seattle but Brian Sullivan’s Tigers were the spoiler, taking 2 of 3 in Anaheim…at least Greg didn’t have to clean out anyone’s locker during the series…Ronald Acuna has a 21-game hitting streak going…longest this season was Joey Meneses of Washington at 23, and that streak ended in June…Hoby Milner of the Brewers has gone 21 appearances without allowing an earned run, but he’s allowed unearned runs in 2 of his last 4 outings…Dodgers lead the ASFBL with 842 runs, 64 more than anyone else…they are still behind the actual Braves, who have 875…Two more regular season lineups to enter! Those spoiler lineups matter, and we had 26 lineups submitted last week!
FEATS AND FAILURES
J.D. Martinez (Los Angeles) struck out 4 times (on 9/11/2023 against San Diego)
Dominic Smith (Washington) had 5 hits (on 9/11/2023 against Pittsburgh)
Forrest Wall (Washington) had 5 hits (on 9/11/2023 against Pittsburgh)
Ryan O’Hearn (Kansas City) struck out 4 times (on 9/12/2023 against Chicago (CWS))
J.D. Martinez (Los Angeles) hit 3 homers (on 9/12/2023 against San Diego)
J.D. Martinez (Los Angeles) hit 7 RBI (on 9/12/2023 against San Diego)
Jake Cave (Texas) struck out 4 times (on 9/12/2023 against Toronto)
Aaron Judge (New York (NYY)) struck out 4 times (on 9/13/2023 against Boston)
Jordan Montgomery (New York (NYY)) struck out 12 batters (on 9/13/2023 against Boston)
Josh Lowe (Tampa Bay) struck out 4 times (on 9/14/2023 against Baltimore)
Ceddanne Rafaela (Boston) struck out 5 times (on 9/14/2023 against New York (NYY))
J.P. Crawford (New York (NYM)) struck out 4 times (on 9/14/2023 against Arizona)
Brett Phillips (Anaheim) struck out 4 times (on 9/15/2023 against Detroit)
Detroit and Anaheim played 14.5 innings on 9/15/2023
Trea Turner (Philadelphia) struck out 4 times (on 9/15/2023 against St. Louis)
Yainer Diaz (Los Angeles) hit 3 homers (on 9/16/2023 against Seattle)
Yainer Diaz (Los Angeles) had 5 hits (on 9/16/2023 against Seattle)
J.D. Martinez (Los Angeles) hit 6 RBI (on 9/16/2023 against Seattle)
Luis Robert Jr. (Chicago (CWS)) struck out 4 times (on 9/17/2023 against Minnesota)
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