Premier League Week Two Recap/Week Three Preview

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 18, 2011 4:37 PM CDT

A reminder on whose team is whose:

Noah's Traveling All-Stars (Yours Truly)
Vegetarian Donut Diet (thebrouhaha)
Mitch Stetter Moonbounce (brewjoles)
Sledgehammering Whippersnappers (acheron)
The Wise Man's Fear (pjpaulus)
Misery Loves Company (sjlee)
Tomato Tabata (GoGregGo)
Miggy and the bottomofthe5th (Dikembe Meiztombo)
The MicroBrewers (brewcrewshrew)
Bourn Identity (brwrsfan39)

Week Two Recap

Bourn Identity (250.5) beat Noah's Traveling All-Stars (209.8)

I still have Evan Longoria, Zack Greinke, Ubaldo Jimenez, Erick Aybar, Brian Matusz and, now, Joe Mauer on the DL. That's my excuse, and it's a pretty damn good one, I think. It's pretty clear to me that those six players would have scored the 41 points I would have needed to pull out a victory, just like my star laden DL would have easily covered the 13 points I needed in week one. I should be 2-0, dammit. Anyway, Justin Upton and Buster Posey were very good for me, scoring 28 and 24 points, respectively, and Jered Weaver had another great start. Both Michael Bourn and Joey Votto scored over 20 points for Bourn Identity, but Josh Johnson and Doc Halladay were the stars for him as the two totaled 56.8 points over a start each.

Tomato Tabata (388.1) beat Miggy and the Bottomofthefifth (246.6)

Dikembe just could not keep up with the firestorm that the defending champ brought. Tomato Tabata earned the top scoring spot this week by having the two top scoring players of the week in Troy Tulowitski (47) and Dan Haren (52.8). He also had 20+ weeks from Jhoulys Chacin, Justin Masterson, Matt Holliday and Pablo Sandoval. Miggy had good starts from Randy Wolf and Josh Beckett, along with solid weeks from several offensive players, but there was no chance to keep up with TT.

Misery Loves Company (333.3) beat Sledgehammering Whippersnappers (330.3)

For the second straight week, the Whippersnappers were involved in a very close matchup. Last week, they came out ahead but this week karma got back at them. Of course, until the final day of the week, Whippersnappers didn't look like they had a shot anyway. In fact, they needed and got over 100 points on that final day to almost gain a huge come from behind victory. Brian Wilson was Misery's high scorer with over 34 points. The Whippersnappers got over 40 points from Michael Pineda.

The Microbrewers (361.2) beat Mitch Stetter Moonbounce (234.4)

If you'll remember, this was the Matchup of the Week with Moonbounce number one in the power rankings and the MicroBrewers number 3. The Microbrewers toppled the top team, however, thanks largely to 31 points from Jose Reyes and solid performances from a whole bunch of pitchers and hitters. Moonbounce, on the other hand, had great weeks from Starlin Castro (34 points) and Colby Rasmus (29) but couldn't overcome most of his pitching being awful.

Vegetarian Donut Diet (327.4) beat Trickle Down Fantasy (229)

The Donuts ran away with this matchup thanks to two twenty points hitters, a 32 point performance from Pujols and positive pitching from each of his pitchers, especially a 36+ performance from Cliff Lee. Meanwhile, Drew Stubbs, Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley were great for Trickle Down Fantasy, but they didn't get much production from anywhere else.

Power Rankings

1. The Microbrewers, 2-0 (up two)
2. Tomato Tabata, 1-1 (up one)

3. Vegetarian Donut Diet, 1-1 (up five)
4. Sledgehammering Whippersnappers, 1-1 (up three)
5. Misery Loves Company, 2-0 (up four)
6. Mitch Stetter Moonbounce, 1-1 (down five)
7. Miggy and the Bottomofthefifth, 1-1 (down three)
8. Bourn Identity, 1-1 (up one)
9. Trickle Down Fantasy, 0-2 (down four)
10. Noah's Traveling All-Stars, 0-2 (down four)

Week Three Matchups

Noah's Traveling All-Stars versus Mitch Stetter Moonbounce

Sledgehammering Whippersnappers versus Bourn Identity

Vegetarian Donut Diet versus Miggy and the Bottomofthefifth

Trickle Down Fantasy versus Misery Loves Company

MATCH OF THE WEEK

Tomato Tabata versus The Microbrewers: How can it not be the top matchup? They were the top two in this weeks power rankings. Will MicroBrewers be the first team to be ranked #1 in consecutive weeks, Tabata unseat them for the top spot?

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Jimenez is coming off the DL tomorrow!

And Erick Aybar should be back soon! My team is starting to get healthy!

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 18, 2011 4:47 PM CDT reply actions

I am obviously more excited about one of these players than the other!

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 18, 2011 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd love to say I kept it as close as 361 to 334.

unfortunately I only scored 234.4. Ugh.

Also, I think Tomato Tabata is 1-1, not 2-0. Misery and Microbrewers are the only undefeateds.

by brewjoles on Apr 18, 2011 5:33 PM CDT reply actions

Keep correcting me and I'm kicking you out.

No, I’m sort of just kidding. Fixed, I think.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 18, 2011 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm amused

That I’m one slot ahead of the team that just beat me in the power rankings.

Not that I’m disagreeing – my new boyfriend Jed Lowrie and i would’ve won it if last week was this week.

I’ll blame my defeat on Matt Thornton and his -10.3 points scored. I really could’ve used those points.

by Acheron on Apr 18, 2011 7:12 PM CDT reply actions

The power rankings were more difficult this week.

A lot of teams in the lower half last week ended up winning and a lot of teams in the upper half last week ended up losing.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 18, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Just as my team was starting to get healthy Josh Hamilton happens

Just seven more weeks until my team starts to dominate.

Every man must believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.

by pjpaulus on Apr 18, 2011 10:39 PM CDT reply actions

A message for Fransisco Liriano:

Hey buddy,

I know you’re probably feeling pretty down right now. After all, you’ve lost your first three starts (although you won last night, but come on, Baltimore?), and are sporting a spiffy 7.40 ERA. I’m here to tell you that you need to remember the good times. Like 2008 and 2010. Damn, your pitching was unbelievable. You pitches darted in an out of the strike zone like a deer in the woods. 10.7 K/9? Yes please.

But now you’ve started to pitch to contact. Do you know what happens when a deer plays to contact? HE GETS RUN OVER BY A GOD DAMN TRUCK!! Seriously, you pitching so far has been like so much roadkill out on I-94. And not the good “oh, awesome, I just found 100 pounds of venison on the side of the road” kind of roadkill. I’m talking about the kind that’s unrecognizable and scattered over a 200 yard stretch of interstate.

So get it together Frank. Until then your ass is riding the bench*.

*Note: This may not seem extreme, but it’s not widely known that my team only uses copper benches that sit in 3 feet of water and are connected to a car battery.

Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."

by GoGregGo on Apr 19, 2011 7:10 AM CDT reply actions

Liriano

I’m so happy I traded him for BJ Upton in another league. He doesn’t seem 100%

by Acheron on Apr 19, 2011 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions

I hate my team

Slowly negating baseball nerdery on BrewCrewBall.
JEO's Fantasy Football team sucked.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 19, 2011 6:01 PM CDT reply actions

you should

Every man must believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.

by pjpaulus on Apr 19, 2011 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Me to

"I held it like and egg...? I know he scrambled the son of a bitch!"

by BRWRSFAN39 on Apr 19, 2011 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions

it hates you too

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
BCB Fantasy Football League 1 Champ

by Hyatt on Apr 19, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Would anybody care for Zambrano, Arroyo, or a combination of both?

I could use a closer.

Slowly negating baseball nerdery on BrewCrewBall.
JEO's Fantasy Football team sucked.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 19, 2011 9:02 PM CDT reply actions

and/or a bat

Slowly negating baseball nerdery on BrewCrewBall.
JEO's Fantasy Football team sucked.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 19, 2011 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I care for Sabathia, Gallardo, Rodriguez or Hamels

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 19, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Josh Hamilton is available

Every man must believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.

by pjpaulus on Apr 20, 2011 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't often do this

But Ubaldo Jimenez and Kyle Drabek, I am very disappointed in the two of you.

Do you know who outscored you? Erick Aybar, and he’s on the DL.

Do you know who else outscored you? Jeff Suppan, and he’s not in the majors.

Do you know who else outscored you? Robin Yount, and he’s retired.

Do you know who else outscored you? Aaron Rodgers, and he’s in a different sport.

Do you know who else outscored you? Rogers Hornsby and he’s dead.

Seriously guys? Ubaldo, I have been waiting for this day. I got one damn start out of you before you went on the DL. Then I waited. I told myself "he will come back and be the hero this team both deserves and needs. And you arrived. And you put up -0.9 points, allowing four runs in the first inning. Great start, fuckface.

And Drabek. I didn’t have as high of expectation for you, but -1.3 points? You’re lucky the Blue Jays came back and won or it would have been -6.3! -6.3! The fuck? Where is all that youthful top of the line starter potential bullshit. I get you off the free agent pile before anyone else does and this is how you repay me?

You both will get another opportunity to destroy brewjoles later in the week. I suggest you take it.

In the meantime, Jered Weaver, you had better help me out tomorrow. I’m already down by 50.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 20, 2011 12:10 AM CDT reply actions

you got off easy

you could have had joe nathan last week and cost about neg 30 points

Every man must believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.

by pjpaulus on Apr 20, 2011 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions

can you be cost negative points?

http://www.mlbsoup.com

by tcyoung on Apr 21, 2011 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions

Ubaldos fastball velocity is down 5 tics on average

that doesn’t lead to good results.

by Hyatt on Apr 20, 2011 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions

man, jered freakin weaver.

by brewjoles on Apr 21, 2011 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions

So good.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 21, 2011 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions

he's like this year's Ubaldo

only with sustainable performance!

by Hyatt on Apr 21, 2011 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions

1. Go to hell Dan Hudson and take your -7.3 points with you

2. Brewcrewshrew, check your trade notifications, dammit.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 21, 2011 4:15 PM CDT reply actions

Just got my internet back

you are not going to like it though!

by brewcrewshrew on Apr 21, 2011 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

You know, you could just reject it.

You didn’t have to insult me.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 21, 2011 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

what was the deal

Every man must believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.

by pjpaulus on Apr 21, 2011 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions

What is insuluting about

Jeter for Greinke? Both 7th rounders
Jeter for Weaver? Weaver was an 8th rd pick; I agree his value has increased since then. However, I would not trade Jose Reyes for Weaver let alone your offer of Ortiz and Matusz. I assume you think Jeter’s value has fallen and that is ok but I don’t think it is insulting. I think Jeter will be fine hitting in that lineup and ballpark.

by brewcrewshrew on Apr 21, 2011 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions

by Acheron on Apr 23, 2011 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions

by GoGregGo on Apr 22, 2011 11:47 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah, I don't know.

I think there was something else I preferred but I can’t remember what.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 22, 2011 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Well

at least you make it sound like it worked out for you. :-P

Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."

by GoGregGo on Apr 22, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions

I picked up Chris Sale instead, hoping he would take the place of Matt Thornburg as the White Sox closer

Might still hopefully work out.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 23, 2011 1:46 AM CDT up reply actions

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