Not how I wanted my first week to go. Started strong and kept it going throughout the week until I hit Saturday where Gina rallied back to within one and then finished off the 12-9-1 win.
Fortunately, she didn’t take to Twitter this year.
I’m sure she’ll do it after she beats me later this summer.
For now, I sit in last place with a battle against Choo — the same Choo who beat me 18-2-2 at this time last year. Ah, who am I kidding? This isn’t even the same Choo that played in September last year.
Maybe I have a chance.
CHAMPION SLUGFEST
The Gamblers held the lead late, but the Outs pulled away for the win over the weekend.
The two teams, who sit 1-2 in JLB homers after one week, combined for 32 big flies in their matchup. The Outs, who set the JLB homer record last year, had 17 to take the category, led by Rougned Odor’s big week. He hit three homers and drove in six of the Outs’ 45 RBIs.
Despite all the power, only six batting categories went to the Outs. He actually did the most damage on the mound with 115 strikeouts, a CG, 9 wins and 9 saves.
SILENCE OF THE CROX
The Steaks also did most of his damage in the pitching categories, as we expected heading into the year, earning 9 of his 12 wins on the mound. Of course a pair of starts in one week from Clayton Kershaw and Noah Syndergaard will do that for you.
Crox was in good shape with a pair of great starts by Chris Archer, but unfortunately, his bullpen blew up with 3 blown saves that saw a good number of runs come in — Luke Gregerson being the worst of the bunch.
Crox got six of his seven wins on offense, which was one of the better in the JLB. His .301 average was the best, hitting 48 singles, 3 triples, 9 homers and 39 RBIs.
Worst of all, he didn’t have to be that good. Steaks only hit .207.
BOMBERS DO JUST THAT
Living up to his name, the Bombers hit 13 of them in Week 1 — five guys hit two each — but in the battle of rebuilds, it ended in a 10-10-2 tie. If they can stay at .500 all season, they’ll be more than happy. … Then again, maybe they want that No. 1 pick?
That's where the big money is. Choo always pays for the pick.
That's where the big money is. Choo always pays for the pick.
BRAGGING RIGHTS?
What the heck are you bragging for? Steroid took six pitching categories (there are 11). The matchup against Choo was rather bland. Seven categories were separated by one (or what would equate to one, like WHIP and batting average).
Choo certainly must miss Kershaw and Syndergaard (and Scherzer) with that 4.63 ERA. Now that I write this, his team will surely go bonkers against me.
SAM(E) OL BREAKFAST?
All the moves, all the shuffling, and boom, he’s starting with an opening 11-7-4 loss to the newest new guy who didn’t make all the moves.
He stood still because the Mike Trout deal by his franchise’s former owner forced him to assess the situation before moving on.
Maybe he’s going to start to see that the deal wasn’t so bad after all. The three guys he got back — Bryce Harper, Adam Duvall and Manuel Margot — all had a big opening week.
They combined for 14 hits, 5 doubles, 6 homers, 12 RBIs and 7 free passes to first.
Not bad, especially considering Harper and Trout had similar numbers in week one. If Harper is back to 2015 form, and the other two guys are decent contributors, maybe this trade swings in his favor.
And maybe Ol’ Country will try to trade for them all in the offseason for high draft picks.
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