[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
Why do I bother?
1. Made In The Dark (Justin) / 142 (+8.5): I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that ERA is the tiebreaker that Yahoo! uses to decide placing.
2. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 142 (+3): It turns out that I was the big winner in the controversial Justin/Crimmings swap of Brett Myers and Jorge Posada.
3. Berkman and the 1-4s (Kenny) / 128.5 (-1): Brandon Backe has more home runs in the last month then Lance Berkman does.
4. The Audacity of VORP (Crimmings) / 126.5 (-3.5): Not content with having Johan Santana and his complete lack of wins, Crimmings decided to trade for Matt Cain this weekend as well. If he wants Derek Lowe, I’m sure I can arrange something.
5. Backslider (Alex) / 115 (-3.5): And there goes Tim Hudson.
6. Bandera’s Mullet (Joey) / 114.5 (-2.5): Joba, Liriano, Billingsley, Baker, Duchscherer. If this was 2009, Joey would have won the league by 10 points.
7. Lou Diamond Phillips (Brian) / 108 (-3): Ryan Dempster, still making me look like a fool.
8. Spicy Club Sauce (Kris) / 87.5 (-5): Worst trade in the history of the league alert! Kris trading Pat Burrell and Chad Billingsley for Carl Crawford is vomit inducing. Did you know that Fred Lewis has a higher batting average, higher OPS, more extra base hits, the same amount of runs scored and only five less steals then Carl Crawford?
9. No Drowning (Nick) / 80 (+3.5): Sneaky good season: A.J. Pierzynski.
10. Rayburn (Chris Bleak) / 79 (+5.5): Seriously, here’s a tip: start trading for keepers.
11. Avoid The Clap (Tony) / 75.5 (+2): Tony’s 3.36 team ERA has to be one of the lowest in league history.
12. 2nd Half Push (Chris Gottsegen) / 49.5 (-4): Is it too early to proclaim Ian Kinsler next year’s Troy Tulowitzki?
5 responses so far ↓
1 Justin // Aug 4, 2008 at 9:41 am
Rosen,
Thanks for keeping the rankings alive. I look forward to a new batch every Monday morning.
In Chris Bleak’s defense, I think he should be pretty happy with his keepers going into next season–Prince Fielder, Russell Martin, Adrian Gonzalez, Jason Bay, etc…..he has some decent choices.
2 Chris // Aug 4, 2008 at 2:32 pm
No problem Justin.
When you list them like that, you’re actually right. Bay jumping to the Sox makes him a legit keeper. I’m still not a fan of Adrian Gonzalez, but he’s another player intent on proving me wrong over and over and over again.
3 Ryan Ludwick // Aug 4, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Tony just told me he was thinking about keeping me.
4 Nate McLouth // Aug 4, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Me too! That two-timing SOB!
5 Gottsegen // Aug 4, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Kinsler goes into the tank immediately upon joining my team. Coincidence?????
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