1. Grumpy Munchkins – The trades Casten made propel him back to the top. He now has two frontline starters to go along with some impressive depth that will only get better once Marrow, Garcia, and Lilly return.
2. Montezuma’s Revenge – I think I’ve been pretty tough on my team as far as these rankings go, but this is deserved after the offensive performance of last week (38/14/51/.377) and the trade to acquire CLee and RDickey.
3. One Nut Wonders – Again, I didn’t understand the CWilson trade, as it hurt him and helped Casten for 2012. Good week this week overall, still in first, but other teams got better and he got worse. Utley is back this week; we’ll see what shape he’s in.
4. Clayton & The King – A split to Troy was probably not what Russ had hoped for heading into the week, but that was a really bad offensive week 27/5/15/7/.310. Gotta expect a rebound from Hamilton. And Trout, well, the guys is already a beast.
5. Ring of Fire – Dagan’s offense has rebounded in a big way, but pitching is still an issue. Hard to know what you’re getting from pitching when the era jumps from 2.41 one week to 5.03 the next. Tough one to rank because of this.
6. Moose is Loose – Pitching is definitely better, but the offense has slacked off a bit as of late (eight homers combined the past two weeks). Probably just a bump in the road though. Should be able to make up ground this week against Anal and is only 4.5 games out.
7. Donkey Punchers – Every team would’ve beat up on Andrew’s squad this week, but Chris’ crew continues its steady production with good numbers across the board and an 8-2 record. There’s a big gap between 6th and 7th, but there’s no reason to think Dave or Chris couldn’t make up 10 games over the course of the last nine weeks.
8. Cowhide Joyride – Can’t really tell which direction he’s going, but the results haven’t been bad and the names are still good here. Youk in CHW may help improve middle of the road offensive outputs.
9. The Angry Pirates – Lots of “if onlys” for Kyle, with that offense still humming along (45/14/42/4/.369) and the pitching actually improving, though not anywhere near good enough to go all the way. That said, if he wanted to sell out next year, he could acquire some pitching and definitely make a run at it.
10. Prestige Worldwide – Lars waved the white flag this week, but barring a complete immediate sell-off I could still see this team being disruptive to some playoff teams. He’s had overperformers in Hammel and Lynn, E5, Salty, Jetes, but the list of underperformers is just too long.
11. Keepin It Real – You know things aren’t going well when CRoss accounts for two-thirds of your homers and one-fourth of your RBIs. Was a good start away from 4-5 rather than 1-7 at the hands of Dagan.
12. Urban Achievers – Still plenty of good parts here that can compete week to week, but there’s five DLd guys at the moment, which takes a chunk out of production. Burnett and Broxton have been sneaky good and Eovaldi was a nice find as well. Dan has been quite the trash picker this year.
13. Billy Chapel – No team with a 36/13/37/5/.361 offensive line deserves to be last. Oh, and by the way, Reddick is still outperforming ARod, Kendrys, and IKennedy. Just sayin…
14. Anal Hershiser – Outside of six steals, there was just nothing good about last week’s output. Somehow he still managed two wins as his one save eclipsed Chris’ zero.
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