Week 1 Fantasy Review!

I decided that I am going to try to do a weekly post about the leagues I am playing in this year… These stats are with all of the Sunday games completed, and future posts should follow that pattern. I was having issues with the format, so the tables aren’t going to be present.

NowWhat Boghogs (1st place 156.5 points) [20 team mixed roto league, standard scoring]

This team is actually doing a nice job in most categories with middle of the pack ERA and Home Runs, but overall I am feeling very good about the performance of this team thus far. Uggla and James Loney have been very cold to start the season (.176 and .161 avg respectively), Shane Victorino has been swinging a hot bat, but has yet to go long, and Pierre and Crisp have both provided some nice steals already. From the pitching side of things, Haren and Ian Kennedy have both been solid, and Dempster hasn’t been great, but he’s still getting nice K’s (Quade is leaving him in too long, but hopefully he’s learning his lesson and Dempster will only be in beyond the 6th when he’s being efficient with his pitches). Hochevar hasn’t been great, but that wasn’t expected anyway. Overall, I am feeling good about this team.

Tattoine Jawas (Tied 1st 81 points) [11 team roto mixed keeper league, net steals and obp instead of steals and avg]

This league is seeing my team suffer in the net steals category (we are the worst in the league), but with Bourn, McCutchen and Davis (when he’s healthy) we should make a run in that category. Once again we are middle of the pack in Whip and ERA, but like most of my teams, K’s are strong, and the saves have been good as well. Stephen Drew being in the lineup should help here and there, but again I am kind of liking this team.

Krikkit Kobolds (4th Place 67 Points, 9 points out of 1st place) [Standard 10 team roto mixed league]

Not surprisingly, this team is also first in k’s, and is middle of the pack in ERA and Whip. Wins have been a bit on the unlucky side, but the offensive side of things are going well here. I think some improvement from the likes of Dempster, Danks, and C.J. Wilson can be expected and this team will move up in Whip and ERA. Ryan Braun is killing the ball, and being every bit the top 10 player people could have hoped for, and Neil Walker has been playing well als0. I think this team could make a run, but the pitching has to improve.

Generic Generics (4th Place overall, 3rd place division, 16-4, 1.5 games out of first) [14 team mixed weekly head to head 10X10 league]

We got crushed in walks, quality starts and wins, but other than that this team performed very well, though some of that was just the match up. The saves came in bunches. Konerko and Zimmerman have been performing well, Ted Lilly has been brutal, but that should change. I am not crazy about this team, but it can be better than its numbers have been so far.

Deathhill Deathmoles (3rd place, 488.5 points, 21.75 points out of 1st place) [14 team NL Only total season points league]

This team is performing well despite Jay Bruce providing less points than Stephen Drew has in a weekend’s worth of days, and we should see his production tick up. Pitching has been solid, but not outstanding, Randy Wells actually turned out a nice amount of points but then went on the DL. I feel better about this team than I did initially, but I can’t see Montero keeping up his pace. This team has a nice chance of winning this thing, and I did not leave the draft thinking that.

Vogosphere Vogons (5th place, 102.5 points, 14.5 points out of first place) [10 team AL only 9x9 roto league]

This team leads the league in k’s from a batter’s perspective, and unfortunately it’s a counting stat. Waiting for 1b and grabbing Derrek Lee was a terrible call. This team has 7 people batting below .200. I can’t imagine that will stay that low. Aside from Haren, Wilson and Danks, the pitching is weak. Matt Thornton hasn’t been amazing (though Pierre is to blame for some of that). I hope I am wrong here, but my relatively limited AL chops have lead to this being a pretty bad team. Maybe I am wrong, but I believe this will easily be my worst team of this fantasy baseball season. Next week’s post should be fleshed out a bit more, but this is the basic format we will see this post undertake.

Don’t be too surprised to see another article this week, but no guarantees.

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