Tanner and… Jose Altuve
Oofta, as my Mom would say. The Astros got swept by the Tigers, were beaten so badly, that even though not much was expected of them, the players had a closed-door meeting after Justin Verlander nearly no-hit them. They were outscored in the four-game sweep 37-8. They’ve lost six in a row. And now, they are indeed, on track to lose more than the Mets record of 120 games.
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How about them Giants? A three-game sweep of their rival Dodgers in dramatic fashion with Posey‘s walkoff HR on Friday, Quiroz in a 10th-inning walkoff HR on Saturday, and Matt Cain finally showing his old form in today’s nationally televised 4-3 defeat. They Gigantes have now won six in a row and are back in first place. The poor Dodgers had Hanley Ramirez back for four games before he returned to the DL with a hamstring injury sidelined him in Friday’s game.
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The Rangers made a statement. They swept the Red Sox, who were the hottest team in the league.
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Roy Halladay is probably going on the DL. He got spanked- hard- again.
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Playoff picture if the season ended today:
NL West: Giants [Last Week: Diamondbacks/Rockies tied]
NL Central: Cardinals [Last Week: Pirates]
NL East: Braves [Last Week: Braves]
NL Wild Cards: Rockies & Reds [Last Week: Diamondbacks/Rockies & Cardinals]
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AL West: Rangers [Last Week: Rangers]
AL Central: Tigers [Last Week: Royals]
AL East: Red Sox [Last Week: Red Sox]
AL Wild Cards: Royals & Yankees [Last Week: A’s & Yankees]
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Now let’s take a look at the league leaders in all 10 statistical categories that our Fantasy League competes in:
Runs
1) 31: Austin Jackson
2) 26 (two tied): Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Gonzalez
4) 25 (two tied): Shin-Soo Choo, Nate McLouth
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Coco Crisp (2-T), Adam Jones (2-T), Matt Carpenter (4-T)]
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Home Runs
1) 12: Justin Upton
2) 10: John Buck
3) 9 (five tied): Chris Davis, Edwin Encarnacion, Bryce Harper, Mike Morse, Mark Reynolds
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: J.P. Arencibia (T-4), Anthony Rizzo (T-4)]
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RBI
1) 36: Miguel Cabrera
2) 32: Prince Fielder
3) 31: Mike Napoli
4) 30: Chris Davis
5) 29: John Buck
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Brandon Phillips (3)]
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Stolen Bases
1) 12: Jacoby Ellsbury
2) 11: Juan Pierre
3) 10: Starling Marte
4) 9: Nate McLouth
5) 8 (three tied): Everth Cabrera, Coco Crisp, Jean Segura
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: none]
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Batting Average
1) .385: Miguel Cabrera
2) .379: Carlos Santana
3) .368: Carlos Gomez
4) .361: Torii Hunter
5) .348: Troy Tulowitzki
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Chris Johnson (T-1st), Bryce Harper (4)]
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Wins
1) 6: Clay Buchholz
2) 5 (five tied): Yu Darvish, Jason Hammell, Lance Lynn, Matt Moore, Jordan Zimmermann
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Doug Fister (T-4), Matt Harvey (T-4), Jon Lester (T-4), Justin Masterson (T-4), CC Sabathia (T-4), Adam Wainwright (T-4)]
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Saves
1) 12 (two tied): Jason Grilli, Sergio Romo
3) 11 (two tied): Jim Johnson, Mariano Rivera
5) 10 (two tied): Addison Reed, Rafael Soriano
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Rafael Betancourt (T-4), Craig Kimbrel (T-4), Brandon League (T-4), Joe Nathan (T-4), Tom Wilhelmson (T-4)]
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Strikeouts
1) 72: Yu Darvish
2) 57: A.J. Burnett
3) 54: Max Scherzer
4) 52 (two tied): Clayton Kershaw, Jeff Samardzija
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Felix Hernandez (4), Ryan Dempster (5)]
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E.R.A.
1) 1.01: Clay Buchholz
2) 1.07: Jake Westbrook
3) 1.55: Madison Bumgarner
4) 1.55: Justin Verlander
5) 1.56: Matt Harvey
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Matt Moore (2), Anibal Sanchez (4)]
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WHIP
1) 0.75: Jordan Zimmermann
2) 0.76: Hisashi Iwakuma
3) 0.82: Matt Harvey
4) 0.84: Madison Bumgarner
5) 0.88: Mike Minor
[Last week leaders falling out of Top 5: Yu Darvish (3), Carlos Villanueva (4)]
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So there you go.
The Baseball Messiah League 