Week 6 Real Rankings

• Perhaps The Angry Pirates stepped to the side prematurely? Week 6 saw his team produce the second most dominant week of the season for one group of categories with a 2.4 in hitting (47/15/55/3/.373) thanks in no small part to Adam Jones joining the productive O’s and the immortal JBJ. Meanwhile his pitching wasn’t half bad either thanks to a few guys he got back as throw ins in trades, namely RDLR, Bauer, and Chacin.  He finished with a 8-1-1 defeat of the unlucky Loose Moose, whose very nice hitting week (36/11/28/3/.336) got him zero wins in return. You know, 11^th is only three spots out of a playoff position. Just sayin…
• An important thing to keep in mind when looking at the latest real ranking is that first and last place this year is only separated by 2.75. That’s not much and we’re only 29% of the way through the season.
• As is typically the case, luck is starting to even out. The lowering of the +/- column over time shows most teams are getting back to around where they should be. Eventually the difference for most teams should be 3 at most.
• The VAR column shows you consistent your team is week to week. So, it looks like Jason and Dagan are the most likely to be scratching their heads on a week to week basis while Shomphe should be pretty happy scoring 4.8-7.2 every week, even if he’s still a bit buried in the standings.
• One way to figure out whether it’s time for a trade is to look at the difference in the “H” and “P” columns in the overall real rankings. The most imbalanced teams appear to be Thor’s Hammered (1^st pitch, 9^th hit), Cowhide (9^th pitch, 1^st hit), and Donkey (4^th pitch, 14^th hit). Meanwhile, One Nut (3^rd pitch, 3^rd hit), Napalm (2^nd pitch, 5^th hit), and Stroman (5^th pitch, 4^th hit) appear to have the most balance.
• Another big early season matchup this week as Dave’s upstart Cowhide Joyride tries to challenge the Revenge for the regular season lead.  My Revenge continue to benefit from catching good teams on bad weeks, as my Real Ranking clearly shows the team is outperforming its actual production. No complaints here, but this week could be the first loss because Dave’s team is on a roll.  Over the past three weeks, here’s your leaderboard:

1	Cowhide Joyride	5.00
2	Sexual Napalm	5.70
3	Stroman my Cobb Odor	5.83
4	Ring of Fire	5.90
5	Montezuma's Revenge	5.93
6	Keepin it REAL...	6.73
7	Thor's Hammered	6.77
8	One Nut Wonders	6.93
9	The Angry Pirates	7.53
10	Brokeback Moundmen	7.70
11	Urban Achievers	8.03
12	Anal Hershiser	8.50
13	Donkey Punchers	8.80
14	Moose is Loose!	9.27

 

Let’s take a look at the top 20 according to the new customized Yahoo rankings

1.     2B Jose Altuve, Cowhide

2.     SP Clayton Kershaw, Napalm

3.     SP Chris Sale, Keepin

4.     SP Jake Arrieta, One Nut

5.     3B Nolan Arenado, One Nut

6.     1B Anthony Rizzo, Montezumas

7.     3B Manny Machado, Napalm

8.     OF Bryce Harper, Thor’s

9.     SS Xander Bogaerts, Angry

10.   OF Mookie Betts, Napalm

11.   2B Robinson Cano, Brokeback

12.   SP Jose Quintana, Montezumas

13.   SS Trevor Story, Napalm

14.   OF Yoenis Cespedes, Urban

15.   1B David Ortiz, Keepin

16.   OF Ryan Braun, One Nut

17.   SP Jon Lester, Napalm

18.   2B Daniel Murphy, Cowhide

19.   OF Mark Trumbo, One Nut

20.   3B Josh Donaldson, Anal