Tuesday, June 28, 2011

SBL Notebook, Week 13

We've reached the halfway point in the season, numerically if not chronologically (MLB's new midweek start ensured that the real-world season won't reach its midpoint until the middle of this week), and 81 games in, it's almost anybody's ballgame. The division races are a beautiful mess, with eight teams solidly in the picture, fortunes ebbing and flowing depending on who's hot and who’s not at a particular moment in time, last week's Cinderella turning into this week's pumpkin, and then back again. The two hottest teams in Weeks 11-12, DamianUnited and the Moaners, tripped on a crack in the sidewalk this week, and now it's the Godfathers and the Zero's who are on the ascension after going 6-0 and 5-1, respectively, to tighten the division races like braces on a middle schooler's teeth. Blessed with a talented and versatile roster but cursed by injuries much of the season, the now-fully-functional G-Daddies got it all together and scorched the earth with perhaps the most dominant 6-0 week we've seen all year. A big hitting week in which they ranked first or second in the league in five categories (40 RBI, 36 runs, .387 OBP, 37 TB, 9 HR) was complemented by lights-out pitching (1.40 ERA, .98 BR, 1.09 Ks, 5-1), resulting in a Sherman-through-Georgia march that left body parts hanging from tree limbs -- three 10-1 blowouts and no other game closer than 8-3. The 6-0 surge lifted the GFs to within one game of the National division-leading Inmates, who held their own with a 4-2 mark grounded in some pretty impressive pitching of their own (2.25 ERA, 6 saves, 1.03 BR). Meanwhile, the Derelicts (2-4) and DamU (0-6) fell back to five and eight games out, respectively. . . . Good pitching was a recurring theme this week, with eight sub-3.00 ERAs and, even more remarkably, four under 2.00. The best of them all, and in fact the best ERA seen in the SBL all season, was the 1.18 posted by the Zero's, who also had six saves, a 1.09 BR and .98 K-rate and rode it all to within two games of the first-place Bammers -- the closest to the top the Z's have been all season, and the closest any American division team has been to the Bams since Week 5. The Bammers, who started 13-0 and 18-1 and have occupied the AL catbird seat from the get-go, had their own sterling ERA (1.45) to brag about, but all it got them was a hard-luck 2-4 week that included two 6-5 losses and a 6.5-4.5. The four defeats also cost them the Best Team In Ball status they'd clung to all season; the Mental Defectives took possession of the coveted yellow jersey at 52-29, with the Bammers and Godfathers sharing the runner-up spot at 51-30. . . . Another team on the rise, albeit intermittently, has been the Cherry Valley Bombers, whose best-o’-week 14 HRs, not to mention 37 RBI, 35 runs and 1.98 ERA, were the key ingredients in a 5-1 week. The Bombers had a disastrous start -- 1-12 and 3-16 -- but since Week 3 they've gone a respectable 35-27, moved to within five games of .500 and become, more often than not, a Team You Don't Want To Play. At 14 games behind the Inmates and 13 back of the second-place Godfathers, the CVBs face a long hard climb to get into playoff contention, but stranger things have happened.

Week 13 standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Bammers (2-4)............51...30....630....--
Zero's (5-1)................49...32....605.....2
Badgers (4-2).............47...34....580.....4
Moaners (2-4).............46...35....568.....5
Barristers (5-1)...........22...59....272....29
Puny Pontiffs (0-6).......13...68....160....38
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Inmates (4-2)..............52...29....642....--
Godfathers (6-0)..........51...30....630.....1
Derelicts (2-4).............47...34....580.....5
DamianUnited (0-6).......44...37....543.....8
Bombers (5-1).............38...43....469....14
Whiteskins (1-5)..........26...55....321....26

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Trade, Pre-Draft DL Rules

From the Office of the Commish...

"We have a reminder to pass along on the subject of trades –- they are not permitted on draft days. Any trades made leading into a supplemental draft must be completed, and the commissioner’s office notified, by the Sunday night before the draft. . . . And what the heck, as long as we’re sending out notices, here’s another, on the subject of DL moves: When an SBL owner activates a player from his DL, necessitating that he drop someone to create a roster spot at that player’s position, that move must be made no later than Sunday evening before a supplemental draft. That way, the rest of the league can be notified in advance of the draft that the player being dropped will be available in the draft pool."

SBL Notebook, Week 12

DamianUnited and the Moaners, division champions last season but fourth-place also-rans and fifth wheels in the NL/AL chases for most of this one, have rather suddenly elbowed their way into contention in what is turning into a compelling pair of come-one, come-all divisional races. Employing diametrically opposite methods, DamU and the M’s both arrived at the same 7-0 Week 12 destination, leaving us with the following unusual but highly desirable situation: Eight quasi-contending teams (four in each division), all at least 11 games over .500, none more than six games out of first place. While the Damned United remain in fourth place -- despite going 13-0 the last two weeks, 18-1 the last three and 22-3 the last four -- they now are 44-31 and only four games behind the National division-leading the Inmates (seven games closer to the top than DamU was just three weeks earlier), and only one game back of the runners-up Godfathers and the Derelicts. The Moaners, who as recently as Week 8 were treading water at .500 (25-25) and trailed the American division-leading Bammers by 16 games, have ridden a 12-1 surge the last two weeks to gain a whopping nine games on the suddenly struggling Bams, who went 1-6 this week after last week’s 1-5 toe-stub. That has vaulted the M’s into a second-place tie with the Zero’s at 44-31, with the Badgers right on their heels at 43-32. And the Bammers’ once unassailable division lead, 11 games over the Z’s and Badgers after Week 10 and nine games over the same pair a week ago, is down to five over the M’s and Z’s. The Bam-Bams, an eye-popping 41-9 through eight weeks, are 8-17 since. . . . DamiamUnited, coming off last week’s franchise record-smashing offensive display (19 HRs, 62 RBIs), laid down the lumber and let the pitchers pick up the slack this week, to the tune of a 1.64 ERA, 1.07 BR stat and a stunning nine saves, also believed to be a franchise record. That, plus significant spikes in a couple hitting stats (46 TB, .369 OBP), led DamU on a largely unchallenged romp, with none of their seven wins closer than 7-4. . . . The Moaners went in another direction, relying on big offense, as in days of yore. In a week when the spectacular hitting numbers seen earlier this month went into full retreat for the rest of the league, the M’s posted league bests for the week in RBI (45), runs (40), HRs (11) and OBP (.398), plus 44 TB, second only to DamU’s 46. Those numbers weren’t just better than the competition’s, they were conspicuously better -- in those five stats the M’s beat the next-best team in their division by 17 RBIs, 19 TB, seven runs, four homers and .037 in OBP. And league-wide, no one (other than DamU in TB) really came close to them in any of those five stats, either. They stuck out like a sore thumb. How out of character was this? Last Wednesday, Moaners hitters bashed six homers and drove in 18 runs, exceeding in one night the team’s totals in those categories for the entirety of Week 10 (five and 16, respectively).

Week 12 standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Bammers (1-6)............49...26....653....--
Moaners (7-0).............44...31....587.....5
Zero's (5-2)................44...31....587.....5
Badgers (4-3).............43...32....573.....6
Barristers (0-7)...........17...58....227....32
Pontiffs (5-2).............13...62....173....36
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Inmates (4-3)..............48...27....640....--
Godfathers (5-2)..........45...30....600.....3
Derelicts (1-6).............45...30....600.....3
DamianUnited (7-0).......44...31....587.....4
Bombers (3-4).............33...42....440....15
Whiteskins (0-7)..........25...50....333....23

Monday, June 20, 2011

Free agent draft No. 6

Pre-draft moves:
Pontiffs: activate 1B Hafner, LaPorta to DL
Whiteskins: activate RP Broxton; RP Sanchez to DL
DamianUnited: SP Johnson to DL
Zero's: activate 2B Uribe, drop O.Cabrera; C Barajas to DL
Badgers: activate OF Wells, Craig to DL
Derelicts: OF Kubel to DL

1. Pontiffs take OF Morse, drop Tabata
2. Barristers take 2B Ackley, drop Sanchez
3. Whiteskins take 2B J.Weeks, drop Hall
4. Bombers take SS Hardy, drop Tejada
5. Moaners take SP Humber, drops Drabek
........Taxi: Humber, Liriano up, Zambrano, Lohse down
6. DamianUnited take SP Karstens
........Taxi: Karstens up, Happ down
7. Zero's take C Soto
........Taxi: Kennedy up, DeLaRosa down
8. Badgers take 3B Moustakas, drop Callaspo
........Taxi: Anderson down, Bumgarner up
9. Godfathers take OF Cuddyer, drop Span
........Taxi: Cueto up, Hanson down
10. Derelicts takes OF Blackmon
........Taxi: Romero up, Oswalt down
11. Inmates take 3B Wigginton, drop Valencia
........Taxi: Stauffer up, Morrow down
12. Bammers take SP Norris, drops F.Garcia

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Derelicts, 'Tiffs Make Deal

From the Office of the Commish...

"For those who missed it, there was a trade over the weekend between the Derelicts and the Puny Pontiffs:

RP Papelbon and 3B Alvarez to the Double D's; RP Lyon and 3B Roberts to the Poontiffs."

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The trade was a fairly even swap. The 'Licts bolster their already stout bullpen with a Papelbon-er, and the 'Tiffs get a warm body at third base.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

SBL Notebook, Week 11

It was another week, the third in a (hopefully) continuing series, when the SBL was converted into a MASH unit -- and no team induced pitching-staff triage quite like DamianUnited. The club that draws its name from the lowest-scoring sport on the planet produced some most un-soccer-like offense, highlighted by a preposterous 19 HRs and 62 RBIs, both all-time franchise highs and within hailing distance of the SBL records in those categories (believed to be 21 and 68 respectively; if anyone can confirm or disprove these figures, please notify the commissioner’s office). That, plus 42 runs, 33 TB and not-too-shabby pitching (3.19 ERA, 1.13 BR, 4-1 WL) carried DamU to its first 6-0 week this season, and lifted the National division’s fourth-place entry to within seven games of co-leaders the Inmates and the Derelicts. Just about everyone in DamU’s lineup contributed to the onslaught, but leading the way in this voyage of the Dam were 1B David Ortiz (four HRs, 13 BIs) and SS Troy Tulowitzki (2 HRs, 2 2Bs, 13 BIs). Their efforts were augmented by a dab of when-you’re-hot-you’re-hot sub-in luck: backup catcher Miguel Olivo produced a combined 3 HRs, 6 RBIs and 4 runs on two days when starter Miguel Montero happened to sit out. Something magical about catchers named Miguel, apparently. Every team that had the misfortune to encounter DamianUnited on the schedule ended up shaking his fist and shouting “Damn you, DamU!” Leading that chorus were the Moaners, who managed to take Da United to a tiebreaker in the teams’ interleague matchup but were blown away by what might have been the highest tiebreak number in SBL history -- a 212.1 figure fueled by those 19 HRs, which translated to 76 points in the top-secret tiebreaker formula. That loss was the only blemish in a 5-1 week that left the M’s two games out of second place in the American division, still shared by the Badgers and the Zero’s. Both of those teams went 3-3, failing to take full advantage of a rare 1-5 stumble by the pacesetting Bammers, who still enjoy a comfy nine-game lead. The NL race remains where the action is, with the Inmates going 5-1 to pull back into a tie with the Double-Ds (4-2) atop the heap, the Godfathers hanging tough at four games out and DamU now very much in the picture, too. The NL, still feeling frisky after its interleague triumph in weeks 7-10, won five of six cross-divisional tilts this week. And small wonder, when you look at some of the prodigious offense around the division, notably for the Derelicts (47 BI, 44 runs, 12 HRs) and the Inmates (39 runs, 13 HR, 42 TB). The Cherry Valley Bombers (44 runs, 33 TB, .362 OBP) and the Whiteskins (10 HR, 35 BI, 32 TB) also did their share of damage, but were undone by horrendous pitching (7.09 and 6.30 ERAs, respectively). . . . Congrats to the Batfaced Barristers, who posted their first winning record of the season (4-2), one of only two the AL could manage this week.

Week 11 standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Bammers (1-5)............48...20....706....--
Badgers (3-3)..............39...29....574.....9
Zero's (3-3)................39...29....574.....9
Moaners (5-1).............37...31....544....11
Barristers (4-2)...........17...51....250....31
Puny Pontiffs (0-6)........8...60....118....40
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Inmates (5-1)..............44...24....647....--
Derelicts (4-2).............44...24....647....--
Godfathers (3-3)..........40...28....588.....4
DamianUnited (6-0).......37...31....544.....7
Bombers (1-5).............30...38....441....14
Whiteskins (1-5)..........25...43....368....19

Monday, June 13, 2011

DamU, 'Skins Make Deal

From the of Office of the Commish...

"DamianUnited and the Whiteskins consummated a trade Monday:

OF N.Cruz and SP Dempster to DamU, OF Del.Young and SP T.Hudson to the 'Skins.

For those following along at home, Hudson takes Dempster’s place on the Whiteskins' taxi squad, and Dempster goes directly into DamU’s rotation in the spot previously occupied by Hudson. The 'Skins can move Hudson into their rotation on the next draft day."

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For the time being, it looks like DamU got the better of this deal, trading for one of the premier power bats in ball. Cruz's 15 HRs currently ranks him just outside the Top 10 in the MLB.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

2011 SBL Rosters (Updated)

BADGERS
C: Posey (27), Y.Molina (274)
1B: Pujols (1), Huff (170)
2B: Phillips (53), Barney (300)
SS: Reyes (40), Brignac (222)
3B: A.Rodriguez (14), Callaspo (S)
OF: B.Upton (118), Quentin (144), A.Torres (145), Morrison (209), A.Soriano (S), Craig (S)
SP: Cahill (92), J.Sanchez (105), B.Anderson (131), J.Chacin (183), Shields (248)
Taxi: Bumgarner (1), Britton (24)
RP: Feliz (66), M.Rivera (79), Chapman (196), Melancon (S)
DL: OF Wells (157)

PUNY PONTIFFS
C: Mauer (15), Martin (171)
1B: LaPorta (275), Wallace (S)
2B: Cano (2), Kennedy (S)
SS: S.Drew (106), Al.Escobar (289)
3B: P.Alvarez (80), Aviles (S)
OF: Ethier (54), Sizemore (132), Markakis (133), G.Jones (210), Beltran (223), Tabata (249)
SP: Verlander (41), Scherzer (93), Latos (119), Danks (146), E.Jackson (262)
Taxi: J.Santana (2), Porcello (23)
RP: Papelbon (67), R.Soriano (197), Clippard (236), Boggs (S)
DL: 1B Hafner (S)

BARRISTERS
C: V.Martinez (55), Hundley (276)
1B: Ad.LaRoche (107), Loney (172)
2B: Roberts (147), F.Sanchez (263)
SS: H.Ramirez (3), Theriot (250)
3B: Wright (16), Blake (S)
OF: Hart (81), Hunter (120), Swisher (134), Pagan (185), Damon (S), Ludwick (S)
SP: Halladay (29), Cl.Lee (42), Greinke (121), Nolasco (198), T.Wood (T-3)
Taxi: Myers (224), Pineiro (22)
RP: B.Wilson (68), Nathan (94), Meek (277), Santos (S)

GODFATHERS
C: Napoli (238), Lucroy (S)
1B: B.Butler (108), Lind (122)
2B: A.Hill (109), S.Rodriguez (265)
SS: Desmond (148), E.Aybar (212)
3B: Longoria (4), Headley (264)
OF: Hamilton (17), J.Upton (43), Heyward (56), Bourn (160), Span (278), Francoeur (S)
SP: Lincecum (30), Hanson (69), Cain (82), Garza (173), Beckett (225)
Taxi: Peavy (4), Cueto (S)
RP: C.Perez (95), F.Francisco (199), Farnsworth (S), Alburquerque (S)
DL: RP Lidge (186)

DAMIANUNITED
C: Montero (187), Olivo (279)
1B: Dunn (31), D.Ortiz (123)
2B: K.Johnson (70), J.Lopez (292)
SS: Tulowitzki (5), Pennington (266)
3B: M.Reynolds (110), Figgins (213)
OF: Holliday (18), D.Young (83), I.Suzuki (97), Prado (253), Boesch (S), D.Brown (S)
SP: J.Johnson (44), Weaver (57), T.Hudson (136), D.Hudson (161), C.Wilson (239)
Taxi: Happ (20), Narveson (S)
RP: F.Cordero (96), Bailey (149), Capps (200), Adams (S)

INMATES
C: Buck (175), Saltalamacchia (241)
1B: Konerko (58), G.Sanchez (214)
2B: Weeks (45), Utley (162)
SS: A.Gonzalez (111), Y.Betancourt (267)
3B: McGehee (98), Valencia (227)
OF: C.Gonzalez (6), Kemp (19), Choo (32), Bourjos (280), Byrd (293), Patterson (S)
SP: Buchholz (124), Morrow (150), Pineda (T-6), Ogando (S), Vogelsong (S)
Taxi: Stauffer (201), E. Santana (240)
RP: Marmol (71), Street (84), F.Rodriguez (85), Madson (137)

BAMMERS
C. McCann (59), Torrealba (281)
1B: Votto (7), Freeman (215)
2B: N.Walker (151), Espinosa (242)
SS: A.Ramirez (112), M.Izturis (S)
3B: R.Zimmerman (20), Polanco (255)
OF: McCutcheon (46), Stubbs (73), Rasmus (138), Ad.Jones (176), Crisp (229), Me.Cabrera (S)
SP: F.Hernandez (33), Hamels (72), Haren (86), J.Garcia (163), Masterson (S)
Taxi: F.Garcia (18), J.Zimmerman (189)
RP: Kimbrel (99), Putz (125), Sale (228), Bard (S)

MOANERS
C: K.Suzuki (100), Avila (S)
1B: Teixeira (8), Smoak (269)
2B: Kinsler (34), Infante (217)
SS: Rollins (47), Scutaro (177)
3B: Youkilis (21), Freese (282)
OF: C.Young (60), V.Guerrero (126), Victorino (152), S.Smith (256),Fuld (S), Brantley (S)
SP: Carpenter (74), W.Rodriguez (139), Zambrano (243), Jurrjens (T-17), Lohse (S)
Taxi: Drabek (8), Liriano (113)
RP: Soria (61), Valverde (87), Venters (190), Walden (S)
DL: RP Aardsma (216)

DERELICTS
C: Wieters (127), Posada (205)
1B: Ad.Gonzalez (9), Fielder (22)
2B: Kendrick (140), Turner (S)
SS: S.Castro (155), Peralta (231)
3B: M.Young (114), Roberts (S)
OF: Bruce (35), Pence (48), Stanton (62), Ibanez (218), Kubel (257), Willingham (270)
SP: Price (75), Oswalt (88), Marcum (153), Tomlin (S), Collmenter (S)
Taxi: Jimenez (49), Romero (191)
RP: Storen (101), Lyon (178), League (204), Rauch (244)

CHERRY BOMBERS
C: C.Santana (Tr), Pierzynski (297)
1B: M.Cabrera (10), C.Pena (S)
2B: Uggla (23), O.Hudson (232)
SS: Jeter (115), Tejada (271)
3B: Beltre (50), Rolen (192)
OF: Werth (36), Ellsbury (89), B.Abreu (128), A.Gordon (258), Berkman (S), Joyce (S)
SP: Kershaw (37), C.Lewis (141), Hellickson (154), Lilly (166), G.Gonzalez (179)
Taxi: McClellan (10), Matsuzaka (15)
RP: Axford (76), Thornton (102), McGee (192), S.Burnett (S)
DL: 1B I.Davis (219)

WHITESKINS
C: Arencibia (233), Ruiz (Tr)
1B: Howard (24), Moreland (220)
2B: Beckham (155), Hall (272)
SS: Andrus (64), Lowrie (S)
3B: Sandoval (116), C.Jones (259)
OF: Crawford (11), N.Cruz (25), Granderson (142), Zobrist (167), Ca.Lee (180), Bloomquist (S)
SP: Sabathia (51), Billingsley (129), Kuroda (181), A.Burnett (T-14), Colon (S)
Taxi: Dempster (194), Carmona (285)
RP: Bell (38), Fuentes (246), Sanchez (S), Salas (S)
DL: RP Broxton (90)

ZERO'S
C: Iannetta (182), Barajas (260)
1B: Morneau (65), Hosmer (S)
2B: Pedroia (26), O.Cabrera (S)
SS: Y.Escobar (78), As.Cabrera (247)
3B: A.Ramirez (78), Encarnacion (221)
OF: Braun (12), J.Bautista (13), Gardner (91), A.Jackson (143), J.Drew (299), R. Davis (S)
SP: Lester (39), Gallardo (52), Bedard (169), An.Sanchez (T-12), De La Rosa (T-13)
Taxi: I Kennedy (234), Beachy (S)
RP: Nunez (104), Uehara (117), Hanrahan (168), Gregg (195)
DL: 2B Uribe (273), SP Hughes (156)

SBL Notebook, Week 10

Up was down and down was up in the final week of interleague play, though the end result was essentially the same as the previous week -- the National division pushing the American division right through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole. Following up on last week’s 24-12 shellacking of the junior circuit, the NL administered a 25-11 beat-down in Week 10. Boy, is the AL glad that’s over. And the cherry on top of the National sundae was a decisive 83-61 victory for this four-week interleague period -- the first such triumph for the senior circuit in, well, who knows how long . . . most of us old farts can’t remember back that far. The odd aspect of this week’s outcome was that the primary damage was done by the bottom half of the division. While the three leaders -- the Derelicts, the Inmates and the Godfathers -- each went 3-3, the fourth-place DamianUnited, the fifth-place Bombers and the cellar-dwelling Whiteskins combined to go 16-2, led by the 'Skins 6-0 rampage. The ’Skins blasted 11 HRs, drove in 48 runs (league best this season), scored 39, pilfered eight sacks and posted a 2.83 ERA and 6-2 WL, and how was anybody gonna beat that? If the ’Skins could just generate a little consistency, they might yet be a factor in the race. So far, though, they’ve been all over the map -- 6-0 this week, 4-2 last week, 6-0 in Week 1 . . . and 8-36 in the seven weeks in between. . . . While the NL race remained tight -- the Double-Ds remained one game ahead of the Mental Defectives and three up on the G-Daddies -- the AL race blew wide open again, with the Bammers going 5-1 and inflating their lead from six games to 11. Three AL teams went 0-6, and one of those was the mercurial Zero’s, alone in second after going 6-0 last week, but now tied there with the Badgers and staring at a double-digit deficit. (Also going 0-6 were the Batfaced Barristers and the Puny Pontiffs, two luckless franchises that, incredibly, have combined for only 21 wins -- fewer than any other single team.). . . . The offensive revival hinted at last week seemed to pick up steam this week -- the league averaged a respectable 8.75 HRs per team (five reached double figures, the most in a week all season), an impressive 34.9 RBIs (three teams in the 40s, also for the first time this year) and 32.4 runs. It was almost like a time warp had taken us back to 1999. And think what those averages would’ve been if the Moaners hadn’t dragged them down by contributing only five HRs, 16 RBIs and 30 runs to the aggregate!

Week 10 standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Bammers (5-1)............47...15....758....--
Badgers (3-3)..............36...26....581....11
Zero's (0-6)................36...26....581....11
Moaners (3-3).............32...30....516....15
Barristers (0-6)............13...49....210....34
Puny Pontiffs (0-6).........8...54....129....39
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW..................W....L....PCT....GB

Derelicts (3-3).............40...22....645....--
Inmates (3-3)..............39...23....629.....1
Godfathers (3-3)..........37...25....597.....3
DamianUnited (5-1).......31...31....500.....9
Cherry Bombers (5-1).....29...33....468....11
Whiteskins (6-0)..........24...38....387....16

Monday, June 6, 2011

Free agent draft No. 5

Pre-draft moves:
Barristers: activate OF Pagan, drop Pierre
Whiteskins: activate 3B Sandoval, drop Betemit
Bombers: 1B I.Davis to DL
Moaners: activate OF Victorino, drop Gomes
Badgers: OF Wells to DL
Godfathers: drop C Soto
Bammers activate 3B Zimmerman, drop CJohnson

1. Puny Pontiffs take 2B Kennedy, drop Nishioka
2. Barristers take 3B Blake, drop Stewart
3. Whiteskins take SP Colon, drop Braden
........Taxi: Colon up, Dempster down
4. Bombers take 1B Pena
........Taxi: Lilly up, McClellan down
5. DamianUnited take OF D.Brown, drop Murphy
6. Moaners take SP Lohse, drop Volquez
7. Badgers take OF Craig
8. Godfathers take RP Alburquerque, drop Kuo
9. Inmates take OF Patterson, drop Snider
10. Zero's take OF R.Davis, drop Francisco
........Taxi: Gallardo up, Kennedy down
11. Derelicts take SP Collmenter, drop Lowe
12. Bammers take RP Bard, drop Contreras
........Taxi: Zimmerman up, Masterson down

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Badgers Propose Trade

Crossing the SBL wire...

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Hello SBL land,

I have a few injuries and could use an extra draft pick on Monday. Anyone short on starting pitchers?

With a slight tweak to the deal (maybe swapping Reid Brignac for your backup shortstop, who almost assuredly is better), I can offer you Zach Britton off my taxi squad for your draft pick. He is pitching well.

Thanks,

=badge=

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Looks like the Badgers are going to push hard for a second consecutive playoff spot. Which team is looking for starting pitching and/or a slightly better backup SS? Anyone?