Edwards Bay Fox Pen 2017 Blog

[Edwards Kings]

Not sure what Vandy does to "coach them up, but according to Vandy's website five former Commodores are in the Majors, eight in AAA, nine in AA, and 10 in A ball. This was before last night. That is quite a representation.

[Edwards Kings]

The Braves are nothing if not consistent. The organization arguably the most pitching rich in then minors and they use seven of their top ten picks on pitchers (two LHP). And that with at least ten pitchers going to be MLB ready in the next two years (not even counting Newcomb). These are just the ones with at least three major league average pitches. No, they are not all Cy Young's, but have a chance to contribute.

One thing I noticed about those ten. All seem to have way above average FB's. Most are FB/CB/CU pitchers (seven) as opposed to FB/SL/CU.

The rerise of the curveball to avoid slider-induced TJS?

[Bama]

this is more of an nfl draft thing - but when i see a college team get lots of 1st round picks- i hope to see them win or finish top 4 for national title. works for alabama etc but when you see a team that doesn't do that well- most of the time many of those picks are busts. vanderbuilt has done well- but man have they had a lot of high picks for a team that loses a lot of games.

Not sure I get this post. Vandy national champions in 2014 and runner up in 2015. One of the top programs in country.

[headhunters]

ya bama you are probably right. i knew all the things you mentioned. when it comes to drafting or signing in college- i think it becomes "they come from a good program' which in a vacuum really means little. they lost 25 games this year. we shall see. the guys that have been selected recently aren't lighting it up- but they could still be studs. and- for me- it is more of an nfl thing than baseball. carry on.

[Doctor Who]

Do you mind keeping your distance please sir? Their can't be a way that two idiots, one who used to blog, and one that always have can continue to enjoy this down to the wire can they? Would be awesome if we both just took off from the pack and got to fight it out the last month!

[Edwards Kings]

Do you mind keeping your distance please sir? Their can't be a way that two idiots, one who used to blog, and one that always have can continue to enjoy this down to the wire can they? Would be awesome if we both just took off from the pack and got to fight it out the last month!

Ha! Well, brother, I am just trying to keep you on your toes!

But as we approach mid-point, I am VERY glad we are both in the hunt and I hope I can stay that fetid breath on the back of your neck making your nervous...



In any regard, we are both chasing Clark...and we are not alone...

[Edwards Kings]

A few things...

I haven't posted much on this blog...leading my league and do not want to jinx it and I am certainly not bragging because one bad week (or someone else's good week) will turn it upside down...but I am getting to see more baseball than I normally do (still looking for a job). I was in Columbia SC last weekend. The Columbia Firefly's happened to be playing the Rome Braves (low-A). Really a nice stadium there though the parking sucks. New. Only the second year they have been there and using the stadium. Columbia's team used to be the Savannah Sand Gnats. Savannah would not give them a new stadium (Grayson Stadium, where they played, was originally built in 1926). Shame for Savannah, formerly the Indians (four different times), Athletics, Redlegs, Pirates, White Sox, Senators, Braves, Cardinals, and finally Sand Gnats.

Seen the Gwinnett Braves several times. Had tickets to see one of Freddy Freeman's 3B rehab experiences, but the big club called him up unexpectedly early. Have seen Lucas Sims pitch at least twice. He is getting better and they have stretched him out to the 90 to 100 pitch range. Seen Ozzie Albies several times too. Hitting the ball well (despite a swing I still hate) but rarely tries to steal a base. Strange.

Bartolo Colon era in Atlanta is over. All-you-can-eat buffets in the Metro area breath a sigh of relief. Starting for the Mets soon...get you tickets.

My team is strange though. I had surged up to third overall but have cooled quite a bit since. I have one win out of my last 11 games started despite the pitchers giving up one earned run in five games, two in one, and three in one. Need some of that luck to turn back around. Only seven stolen bases in the last two weeks (about 26 in the prior two weeks). My team pitching is lead by Kluber (despite the missed time), Ray, Severino (despite stinking it up three of the last four starts) and Kimbrel. Godley has been a FA god-send, though he has only won once in the seven starts I have used him. Reed has been great too, but cost me an arm and a leg in FA money. I still hope Robertson will be traded and now with Sam Dyson ($109 last week) whom I can see being traded as well if Melancon makes any noise about being able to come back soon.

Took a flyer on Luke Weaver who has showed he has nothing left to prove in AAA, but the Cards stuck him in the bullpen to "ease him in" ... dammit.

So I am still trolling for a couple of nice, consistent starting pitchers. Maybe Cotton can pitch to potential. Two things that have worked for me in pitching and one of them is K's. The team is posting good numbers despite only using six starting pitchers most of the year, so that part of the plan is working. I am also doing real well in WHIP, which I primarily attribute to luck. It is Wins and ERA that I need help on.

And I still feel my bats are generally underperforming. Sure, a couple of guys are exceeding expectations (Morrison from another FA pickup, Castro at least until he got hurt, Garcia), but others are not giving me what I should reasonably expect (Napoli, Trumbo, Carpenter). If those guys heat up, look out. And I have enough FA money left not to be ignored (6th most in my league).

I lot of baseball left...thankfully. Hope you all had a good 4th!

[Edwards Kings]

OK...I admit it. I am selfish. With no better options, I went into this week having two of my pitchers having to go in Chavez Ravine...the Dodgers are hitting everything this year...especially at home...even hitting lefthanders (and Adrian Gonzalez is not playing....hmmmmm?).

I left those two starts with 11 2/3 IP, eight hits, five walks, 19 k's and only two ER. But no wins.

Yes...I am selfish...I wanted the wins too!

[Edwards Kings]

Severino...7.0 IP, 10 K, 2 BB, 3 ER (3.857 ERA), 1.143 WHIP. Yup. No win. I am 0-6 in Games Started this week. Sigh....

[Edwards Kings]

Do you guys remember in March when I predicted the starting first basemen in the 2017 All-Star game would be Justin Smoak and Ryan Zimmerman?

Smoak and Zimmerman...I remember it....sure....

[Edwards Kings]

For Dan Kenyon...his 2017 All-Star (Break) Team for offense.

Carpenter, Matt (STL) 2B
Votto, Joey (CIN) 1B
Judge, Aaron (NYY) OF
Bryant, Kris (CHC) OF
Goldschmidt, Paul (ARI) 1B
Harper, Bryce (WAS) OF
Rizzo, Anthony (CHC) UT
Bautista, Jose (TOR) OF
Belt, Brandon (SF) OF
Lamb, Jake (ARI) 3B
Seager, Corey (LAD) SS
Correa, Carlos (HOU) SS
Avila, Alex (DET) C
Martin, Russell (TOR) C

I do not think I can generate at team at this time with more than the 733 base on balls (or is that waste of balls) these guys have generated!

[DOUGHBOYS]

I think you were just being nice to Avila and Martin to put them in that group

Rant coming...can't help myself.....

LOOK AT THOSE HITTERS!
THOSE ARE THE HITTERS THAT PITCHERS ARE AFRAID OF!
The walk is dying as an offensive statistic! It is becoming a weapon of choice for pitchers.
Sure, there are still wild pitchers who will walk a lot of batters. Those are not by choice.
The good pitchers are walking batters by choice. They do not intentionally walk them. They try to entice them into hitting their pitch, and if they don't, they've avoided a good hitter by putting them on first base.

Shifts invite good hitters to bunt down the third base line to get a hit.
Go ahead! Get on first base! We don't care.
In bunting, the power hitter has given away his number one skill.
The defense has won.
Baseball has shifted from an OBP game to instant offense.
Bautista, Rizzo, Contreras, Myers, Seth Smith, Dickerson, Blackmon, and Springer are batting leadoff.
Bryant, Stanton, Harper, Judge, Machado, Donaldson, and Seager are second hitters.
The object is to not to get runners on for power hitters any longer. The object has become to get the power hitters up as often as possible and if runners happen to be on base, it's a good circumstance.

The walk has always been a demerit for hitters in the NFBC, unless they can run like Hamilton or Gordon.
The walk takes the bat out of our players hands.
Yes, he'll occasionally score a run but we would rather see our guy try to do more than that.
Like today's Managers, we want our power hitters up as often as possible...AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM WALKING!
We want them trotting around the bases!
31 hitters have walked 40 times or more this year.
All but TWO of those hitters have double digit home runs (Maybin, Grossman).
Walks are more so given to batters with power, not earned through long at bats as SABRS suggest.
The walk remains the most over stated offensive statistic in baseball because it is defensive as much as it is offensive.
End of rant.

Oh, one more thing...
Subtly, I believe Joey Votto has changed his approach this year. He is not actively looking for the walk as he has the past couple of years.
I applaud it and hope it continues.
He has one more walk than at this time last year. But as stated, the walks have come from the pitching side of the decision, not Votto's.
His aggression has added 12 more homers and 25 more hits than at this same time last year.
Most walks he receives now are similar to Goldschmidt, Harper, and Judge base on balls, where pitchers would rather face the next hitter.
Good for Votto and great for his owners.

[Edwards Kings]

There now...don't you feel better?

OK...long EK blog coming. Apologies in advance.

[Edwards Kings]

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!



I have never been in first place in my leagues at the All Star Break. I like it. The view does change for the lead dog. Accepting that it is tough (though not impossible) to bust a move in September, we still have a lot of baseball left. So where do I think I am with my team.

First, my projections as to what it will take to win are pretty much out of the window. Second, after a blistering run from Week 7 through pretty much Week 12, my team has cooled considerably. I have dropped from third overall to 20th and it will take a few more hot weeks to get back in that running. Third, in my individual league, it looks like a three team race (though I would certainly not count most out) and another three that could certainly be in the money hunt with a little good luck or a hot streak or bad luck from the top three. All it takes is a lucky charm...

My biggest surprise is how my pitching is doing. Breaking down the staffs in my league between starters (basically any pitcher that has generated a fantasy GS) and relievers (all others), I wanted to see how I might explain to myself what is working, what is not, where I might improve, and where I might be vulnerable. Non-starters first.

For most of the first half of this year I have gone with three closers and in my league I am certainly not the only one. This helps me, I think, two main ways. First, it would hopefully get me in the running for the prime points on saves. This has worked, though I have no chance at any more than 14.0 points as Chris Plouffe has gone with at least four closers most weeks. I am in second place (only one ahead of KJ Duke and only five or six saves ahead of the guys with 12.0 and 11.0 points respectively). Right now, I actually have four closers on my roster and I have spent nearly half my FA budget for the last two. I drafted Kimbrel and Roberson. The same people who were wondering if Kimbrel had lost it a little are now sure he can do no wrong. Certainly the gas and control are back. The 23 saves he has generated are good enough for fourth best. His 68 K’s, 1.195 ERA, and 0.504 WHIP means only injury can derail this train. I also drafted David Robertson whose underlying numbers are sweet (like three K’s for every two IP), but the ChiSox are not in many save situations. The good news (I think) is I do not expect any team to trade for him to be a set-up guy and I do expect him to be traded.

My original third closer was Jenmar Gomez. That lasted about as long as I did the first time I had sex (stopwatch anyone?). I spent big on Addison Reed to replace him. I really do not know what is going to happen with Reed come the trading deadline with Familia starting to pitch. He strikes out about one an inning but is tight with walks. He could go with someone and it is about 50/50 in my mind he could go as an 8th inning guy. And finally I picked up Sam “Don’t call me Tex” Dyson. Texas basically gave Dyson to SF (a player to be named or cash, and Texas will pay the Giants $1.5 million to cover a portion of the approximately $2.25 million remaining of his $3.52 million salary this season) and now he is closing. It is imagined that Melancon will be brought along slowly, so I imagine the Giants will have to be blown away to get rid of Dyson. But what do I know?

Like Robertson, both Reed and Dyson are playing on teams with few save opportunities. Most weeks I will still use at least three closers but it is nice (and rare) to have so many options. These guys have given me such good peripherals that if we just counted the ERA, WHIP, K’s and Saves from the non-starters on our rosters, I would have at this time (and subject to change) the best collective staff of relievers.

Starters are another matter. If I take starters only, I have the sixth best roster. I am doing well in K’s, WHIP, and ERA, but am lacking in Wins. I am a little unlucky with wins and then again I am not. My win percentage is around 35% and average in my league is 37%. Wins are lucky and I need more luck here because I am below average in numbers of games started. The good news for me here are my four best starters this year (Kluber, Ray, Severino, and FA pickup Godley) are all on teams in a division winner or wild card hunt, though none are running away from the competition. This may help by keeping these guys pitching longer, though Severino may get rested.

What is a bit more surprising is how well I am doing in K’s. Overall, I am helped by my reliever corp, but within the starters, I have anywhere from 12 to 39 fewer starts than the other teams in the top seven of starter K’s. This is primarily because my starters are averaging just about 9.1 K’s per nine IP. My leagues average is 8.3. I am also about average in walks given up (3.1 me, 3.0 league average), and IP per start (5.9 me, 5.8 league), but am doing better (lucky?) at hits allowed (8.2 me, 8.7 league average).

So what does this tell me? I have a nice base for closers but my continued success in pitching (currently 59.5 pitching points good for second in my league) will be predicated on some very thin margins with regards to starters. I have the second most saves (no chance at the most as I have already mentioned) and 13.0 points in K’s (only six K’s out of 14.0 points despite having 16 less games started…I have no chance at first as that team has gone with eight or nine starters most weeks). My average stats are good (14.0 points in WHIP and 11.0 points in ERA with a reasonable shot at one or two more points with an ERA that would have been dismal last year).

Wins….the only way I am going to be able to make up ground in Wins will be to stream more two start pitchers (landmine that I have had mixed results with so far this year) and to reserve one more of my closers (not sure I can do that this month…it will mean measuring what is gained in Wins and K’s versus what will be lost in save points). If luck/destiny doesn’t make my mind up for me sooner, this looks like a September possibility more than a July possibility. As it is I can hope that Cotton (drafted) begins to pitch to potential and that I can find at least one more solid starter (right now I have FA pick-ups/veterans Jamie Garcia, Dickey, and Jason Hamel to go with hopefully future starter Luke Weaver).

I see most of my remaining FA budget (three or four guys in my league can pretty buy whomever they want…I am with a wide group that has enough left to be dangerous…a couple of guys are shopping in the bargain basement and one guy is out of FA money) going to starting pitching until one more good option is obtained.

My bats is truly a case of what has worked and what has not. I am the third of three guys who have sixty plus points in hitting. One team has 53.0 points and the last eleven teams range from 11.0 to 48.5 points.

By player class, catcher is certainly one think that hasn’t worked. I had high hopes for Wieters but he has not pulled his weight. Washington is running away with the East so I expect the National to rest him even more than they have lately. I drafted disappointing Vogt and dropped him (prematurely it seems) when Oakland gave up on him. I picked up Christian Vazquez in his stead. The only thing good I can say about him is that he has one more stolen base (2) than he has home runs since I picked him up. Bleeech…

In the cornermen class, Nolan Arenado has certainly been as advertised. Lack of stolen bases will probably keep him out of the #1 conversation for most, but I will lock him up any and every chance I get given his age, home park (though he certainly does not wilt on the road, either) and durability. I also drafted Evan Longoria. Will 2016 be replicated? Not in HR probably unless an ungodly hot streak occurs, but he is tracking well with runs and RBI’s. He has even thrown in three SB. Still, his numbers are respectable especially if he raises his BA ten or fifteen points.

Flop is a great way to describe Mike Napoli. Had him two years ago. Avoided him last year. Jumped on him this year. Heavy sigh. I picked up one of 2017’s biggest surprises in Logan Morrison, but did not use him regularly until a few weeks ago thinking this can’t be true and Napoli will heat up. Well, he is in now and I still cannot drop Napoli (Arlington in summer is a nice place to plant a comeback especially if one wants their option picked up). A hot streak is there if I can recognize it fast enough. In total, Arenado makes this a slightly better than average group with upside.

For middle infielders, I have been good (you get what you pay for in Dee Gordon), and lucky (Starlin Castro 18th round, and Andrelton Simmons 26th). Gordon is one of the magic three in SB right now and one of two not hurt (knock on wood). I “spent” a third round pick on him and am just letting him keep me in the SB race (second place, two back from first) and would be a top 5 MI without the surprise years of Ramirez and Andrus. Castro has played like a top 15 middle infielder and I hope when he comes back from his mid-season rest (probably just after the AS break) he retains form. I cannot figure which stat Simmons has is more surprising (BA 0.290, R 41, HR 9, RBI 39, SB 13). Can he keep it up? Sure…anything is possible, but he is one player that I would expect to cool off, so this is one area I will need to watch for guys on the upswing, hence my small investment in Ketel Marte (man…it hurt to drop Dansby!)

In the outfield, I banked/predicted a return to form by McCutchen, Cain and Gardner and for the most part, I have been right so far (key words). If they keep it up, as far a primary OFers go, all three could be top 15 by YE. If. Big “IF”. Gardner is the biggest risk as his power numbers are over his head and he will have playing time/rest risk from Ellsbury, Frazier and eventually Hicks again.

Trumbo has been a disappointment HR-wise. His runs and RBI numbers are good enough to be a plus and the BA is not killing me. A good candidate to go on a wonderful hot streak. Avisail Garcia has been a flyer that worked. The scouts have always seemed to like him and now if he will just stay healthy. Not going to hit 40 HR, but as a fifth OFer? I will take it.

Matt Carpenter is being viewed as a disappointment, but this is not fair, at least as far as his HR/R/RBI are concerned. He is tracking well there and could have a career year in that regard. What is killing me is his BA. I need that .270 plus, not the .237 he has posted so far. Making up that delta would be worth a few BA points for me.

Right now I have 10.0 points in BA, but the difference between 12.0 points and 7.0 points is only about 0.045. Some upside possibly, certainly a lot of risk. I have 14.0 points in Runs (five out of the lead and chasing KJ), 10.0 in HR (five behind the next team but only four ahead of the next two behind me), and 13.0 points in RBI (22 behind the next, but only 9 ahead of the one behind). For these categories, I invested heavily in draft picks early to have a great offense and I do, but I think it should be better, especially since my greatest luck of all this year is to avoid the scope of injuries others have had. As such, I have the most AB in the league and therefore should have good counting stats at least.

However, I see upside here on this team in batting. There are a lot of players hitting with power unpredicted and I have one (Morrison). I think there is room for some of the others to turn up the gas a bit and that will help.

But I also see risk. Especially as to SB. Gordon is carrying the load and I have others (Cain, Gardner, Simmons) certainly pitching in, but to loose Gordon for any reason for a long period of time would be a kick in the johnnies that would put points at risk.

Anyway, this is my team. I hope this gives you at least a few minutes of baseball other than the annual mid-season exercise in futility.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Way to go, Wayne.
Some teams that are in first place are 'rabbits'.
Teams that break quickly, carried by over performance from a few players.
You look to have a team that can survive the marathon and are even 'owed' some stats from a few of your players.
I wish you the best!

[KJ Duke]

Enough crying about W's Wayne!!! Here are some stats for you ...

Fox Pen: 111 starts, 5.9 IP per start, 4.15 starter era = 39 SP Wins + 7 RP Wins
K9: 128 starts, 5.8 IP per start, 4.35 starter era = 42 SP Wins + 2 RP Wins

Based on my algos for the above metrics using starts, era, IP/GS and RP innings, you should have 45 wins YTD --- one less than you actually have (RPs are over-achieving). My team on the other hand should be at 48 wins, 4 more. Maybe Quintana can do better than 3 W's in the second half now that he's on the good side of Chicago.

Adjusting for W luck, your lead drops from 13.5 pts to 5 pts. C'm,on regression!

[Edwards Kings]

Enough crying about W's Wayne!!! Here are some stats for you ...

Fox Pen: 111 starts, 5.9 IP per start, 4.15 starter era = 39 SP Wins + 7 RP Wins
K9: 128 starts, 5.8 IP per start, 4.35 starter era = 42 SP Wins + 2 RP Wins

Based on my algos for the above metrics using starts, era, IP/GS and RP innings, you should have 45 wins YTD --- one less than you actually have (RPs are over-achieving). My team on the other hand should be at 48 wins, 4 more. Maybe Quintana can do better than 3 W's in the second half now that he's on the good side of Chicago.

Adjusting for W luck, your lead drops from 13.5 pts to 5 pts. C'm,on regression!

You cannot deny me my favorite gripe can you?

And yes and no really on what you wrote. I understand and agree to a certain point which is why I wrote:

" I am a little unlucky with wins and then again I am not. My win percentage is around 35% and average in my league is 37%. Wins are lucky and I need more luck here because I am below average in numbers of games started. "

Having fewer opportunities for wins because of the conscious decision to with three closers limiting GS, I had hoped to have higher quality starts and hopefully a win percentage of those starts at the higher end of the spectrum versus the lower end. With Dickey's one run no decision last night, for the season I have had 74 GS where my pitches have given up three earned runs or less. I have won 45.9% of those. Is that a good percentage...probably low end of normal. Of those, 17 were zero earned runs and I have won 14, which I think is expected. For one earned run games (21), I have won only 38.1%, two earned runs (18) 38.9% and three earned runs (18), only 27.8%. While not crushingly bad, I would have thought I would win closer to 50% of those games especially since my core pitchers (playing on very competitive teams) are averaging above average K's and lower than average baserunners allowed.

I have won only 4 games where my pitchers have given up four earned runs or more, which I am not surprised by.

Anyway, I am out of cheese to go with my favorite whine....time to restock!

[Edwards Kings]

Broken record...apologies in advance.

Severino 7.0 IP, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 ER (1.286 ERA), .857 WHIP...No decision.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Believe me, Sale owners have a bigger beef.....

[Edwards Kings]

Believe me, Sale owners have a bigger beef.....

Feel free to join my pity party....

[Edwards Kings]

Somebody please tell me the Yankees picked up Robertson to flip him to someone who could use a closer before the deadline?

[DOUGHBOYS]

The Yankees picked up Robertson to flip him to someone who could use a closer before the deadline.

Signed, I.B. Lying

AND, for the last week we've heard...

'It is inevitable that Todd Frazier is traded to the Red Sox'
Inevitable

[Edwards Kings]

Thanks I.B. I feel much better now....

[Edwards Kings]

Is this the stretch run? Coming into the dregs of July the trade deadline without the waiver wire process coming into play is next Monday at 4:00 pm EST. What will we know by then that we can use for the next FA period? Some settling in the league standings may have occurred, but most league money positions seem still up in the air and Clark Olson sits atop the Overall Standings (congrats!) as he has for a while, certainly not a lock but seemingly swatting challengers back like a dog swatting flies with his tail (no offense Dustin). Anyway, Clark is doing a good job protecting his crib though the Clayton Kershaw news cannot be good.



I took a look at the leagues. With 480 teams in the overall, that means there are 32 leagues. The top three places in each league in general should be somewhere in the top 96 of the Overall. What are some of the anomalies? Certainly my league is the toughest, right? After all the top three teams are in a virtual tie for first place (last Saturday at one time I was in third, only to end up tied for first). Right now I have the lead, but to say it is tenuous is an understatement. As a matter of fact, my league does have three teams in the top 96. All others are below that today. But not just three in the top 96…those three are in the top 30 (Les Travis, KJ and myself)! Got to be the tightest league, right? Not so fast Batman!



And if anyone was thinking that the Online leagues were “easier”, think again. Main Event Online March 30 8 pm ET League 2’s Chris Fessler (his second best Main Event Team), Dustin Wagner (his second best Main Event Team also), Joe Berg, and Richard Kulaski are all in the top 24 (and they have a team that is 92nd right now in the overall). At the league level, their points range from 114.0 to 125.5, so that leagues pucker factor in August will be extremely high. Toughest league, with five teams in the top 96 right? Ummmm….



In addition to two other leagues with five teams in the top 96 (Main Event Las Vegas April 1 League 1 and Main Event Online March 29 8 pm ET League 1), Main Event Online April 1 1 pm ET League 1 has SIX teams in the top 96 (Andy Kaufmann, Ray Murphy, Mike Meehan, Joe Berg, Bob Mazur and Ned Donohue). Those six are bunched up in their league with points ranging from 97.5 to 114.0.

But my favorite tough league is Main Event Online March 29 8 pm ET League 4 with Daniel DaSilva, Vu Nguyen and some dude named Jon Stadtmueller ranked 41, 44, and 52 in the Overall as of last night. In their individual league their point spreads are 104.0 to 109.5! Based on the “Change” column, as of Saturday night, their league points were 105.0, 105.5, and 106.0! This is going to be a league to watch right up to the end.

Does all this mean teams with fewer than three leagues in the top 96 are not tough? No, not at all. Those are leagues where injuries are perhaps more evenly distributed or fewer draft strategies went sideways. Probably have more teams in the money hunt as well, so all leagues are tough. I just thought the ones I called out were a bit anomalous. Results may vary, especially by the end of the season, so contact your doctor if symptoms’ persist.

[cfolson]

Some settling in the league standings may have occurred, but most league money positions seem still up in the air and Clark Olson sits atop the Overall Standings (congrats!) as he has for a while, certainly not a lock but seemingly swatting challengers back like a dog swatting flies with his tail (no offense Dustin). Anyway, Clark is doing a good job protecting his crib though the Clayton Kershaw news cannot be good.

No - not ideal. Let's find out if I have any magic left in my wand.