A satisfying week all around. The Hitters got their average up while the pitcher’s ERA stayed level. A look at the numbers, for the week:

HR 7; League Average; 7.4 Points 3: My guys should be hitting more HR than this.

Runs 43; LA 36; Pts 8.5: Made a good move up the charts, I expect to only improve the run totals when they start hitting more HR

RBI 42; LA 34.6; Pts 8: Another good move up the charts, many of my hitters are in a position to drive in runs.

AVG .283; LA (an average of averages?) .2567 ; Pts 4: Well, they got me above the Mendoza line. I am lucky that some other teams fell back quickly, so I was able to pick up the points.

SB 7; LA 3.6; Pts 10: I am starting to run away with this category (pun intended), but best not to get too cocky too early.

W 5; LA 3.6; Pts 10: The Win category is still tight. I overtook the Indians because they only had 2 wins for the week. Next week it could be me.

S 0; LA 2; Pts 1.5: The only reason I’m not at 1 point is because someone else didn’t get any closers either. Between the two of us we have 0 saves and the league leader has 8 in just 2 weeks.

K 50; LA 34.8; Pts 9: One advantage of having a lot of starters is that they face a more battters and have more chances to get a strikeout.

ERA 3.80; LAA 3.73; Pts 5: The drawback to having a lot of starters is that the batters have more opportunities to earn runs from them.

WHIP 1.113; LAA 1.2614; Pts 6: The Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched is a normalized ratio which should be standardized for all pitchers. Typically, closers have the best WHIP; starters are next best and the set-up pitchers have the worst WHIP.

I have nine starts projected this week between 7 starters. One start every day; with three starts on Thursday. Two pitchers will pitch twice this week. Let’s see how many wins they eke out this week.

Of course, projections are based on standard pitcher rotation patterns. (Starters usually start every 4 or 5 days. Different managers have different rotations.) It doesn’t mean that I will actually have 9 starts to work with. Last week I had a pitcher originally projected for a Friday start who got pushed back to Sunday because of a sore elbow.

And there’s always the joy of having 2 starters starting against each other. Had that happen last week. Not projected for this week.