Hmmm. This can’t go on.

Daily notes on your players from rototimes.com: 05.03: The Yankees announced that Randy Johnson will miss his scheduled start against the Devil Rays on Wednesday night because of stiffness in his left groin, according to the AP. GM Brian Cashman indicated that the injury might actually land Johnson on the DL

We shall see if we remember this as our high water mark- 81.5 points out of 100.

Here is another perspective of the stats. This one actually has all the info I’ve been tracking this season, it’s just so un-understandable that I can’t figure it out. It does look a lot better aligned.

STANDINGS For The Unnamed Baseball League
Through games of 05.01.05
TOTAL LAST HITTING PITCHING
PTS WEEK HR p R p RBI p AVG p SB p W p SV p SO p ERA p WHIP p
—– —– —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/- —– +/-
Rocky Colo 80.5 77.5 29 5.0 167 10.0 157 10.0 .2817 9.0 32 10.0 16 9.0 2 2.5 170 10.0 3.76 7.0 1.235 8.0
last week: 5 0.5 34 0.0 23 0.0 .2798 -1.0 6 0.0 4 0.5 1 0.0 42 0.0 2.73 2.0 1.146 1.0

Budchugger 69.0 66.5 38 10.0 164 9.0 155 9.0 .2768 8.0 12 2.0 12 4.0 9 7.0 153 7.0 3.45 8.0 1.297 5.0
last week: 10 1.0 40 0.0 26 0.0 .2684 -1.0 3 -1.0 3 -1.0 2 0.5 36 1.0 2.81 2.0 1.208 1.0

GANYFs 61.5 60.5 21 1.0 132 1.5 148 8.0 .2830 10.0 19 7.5 17 10.0 15 10.0 151 5.5 4.03 6.0 1.430 2.0
last week: 5 0.0 33 -1.0 40 2.0 .2969 2.0 5 1.0 4 0.0 6 1.5 28 -3.5 5.37 -1.0 1.528 0.0

Dingleberr 60.0 62.5 37 8.5 141 5.0 142 7.0 .2607 4.0 17 5.0 6 1.0 14 8.5 98 1.0 2.76 10.0 1.150 10.0
last week: 8 -1.5 26 -3.0 29 -0.5 .2410 -1.0 10 3.5 1 0.0 3 -1.5 18 -0.5 2.05 1.0 1.091 1.0

Rangers 53.5 44 31 6.0 143 7.5 122 2.0 .2706 7.0 27 9.0 10 2.0 5 5.0 112 2.0 4.23 4.0 1.221 9.0
last week: 6 0.0 26 2.5 31 1.0 .3087 5.0 5 0.0 3 -0.5 0 0.0 32 0.5 4.76 0.0 1.324 1.0

Pork Pirat 53.5 51 24 2.0 143 7.5 131 3.0 .2647 5.0 17 5.0 14 8.0 4 4.0 160 8.0 4.04 5.0 1.265 6.0
last week: 6 0.0 37 3.5 40 1.0 .2751 2.0 7 1.0 3 1.0 1 0.0 40 1.0 5.68 -3.0 1.600 -4.0

Homestead 47.5 59 27 3.0 142 6.0 137 4.0 .2576 3.0 16 3.0 11 3.0 14 8.5 134 4.0 3.38 9.0 1.298 4.0
last week: 3 -1.5 31 0.0 24 -3.5 .2259 -3.0 5 -2.0 4 0.5 5 0.0 43 0.0 4.14 -1.0 1.270 -1.0

Boston Bal 46.0 41 37 8.5 136 3.5 139 5.5 .2665 6.0 11 1.0 13 6.0 1 1.0 151 5.5 4.51 2.0 1.254 7.0
last week: 11 1.5 39 2.5 32 0.5 .2531 -1.0 4 -0.5 5 2.0 0 -1.5 35 0.5 3.48 0.0 1.161 1.0

Indians 41.5 50 28 4.0 136 3.5 116 1.0 .2484 1.0 17 5.0 13 6.0 7 6.0 165 9.0 4.38 3.0 1.313 3.0
last week: 5 1.0 22 -3.5 22 -2.0 .2000 -3.0 3 -1.5 3 0.0 0 -0.5 43 1.0 4.76 0.0 1.235 0.0

Shamu Whal 37.0 38 36 7.0 132 1.5 139 5.5 .2531 2.0 19 7.5 13 6.0 2 2.5 117 3.0 5.42 1.0 1.604 1.0
last week: 9 -1.0 33 -1.0 36 1.5 .2932 1.0 4 -0.5 1 -2.5 2 1.5 27 0.0 5.80 0.0 1.711 0.0

Let me see how this Cut and Paste Works

STANDINGS For The Unnamed Baseball League
Through games of 05.01.05

Team HR R RBI AVG SB W
Rocky Coloradans 5.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 10.0 9.0
Budchuggers 10.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 2.0 4.0
GANYFs 1.0 1.5 8.0 10.0 7.5 10.0
Dingleberries 8.5 5.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 1.0
Rangers 6.0 7.5 2.0 7.0 9.0 2.0
Pork Pirates 2.0 7.5 3.0 5.0 5.0 8.0
Homestead Grays 3.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Boston Ballbusters 8.5 3.5 5.5 6.0 1.0 6.0
Indians 4.0 3.5 1.0 1.0 5.0 6.0
Shamu Whales 7.0 1.5 5.5 2.0 7.5 6.0

Team SV SO ERA WHIP TOT +/-
Rocky Coloradans 2.5 10.0 7.0 8.0 80.5 3.0
Budchuggers 7.0 7.0 8.0 5.0 69.0 2.5
GANYFs 10.0 5.5 6.0 2.0 61.5 1.0
Dingleberries 8.5 1.0 10.0 10.0 60.0 -2.5
Rangers 5.0 2.0 4.0 9.0 53.5 9.5
Pork Pirates 4.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 53.5 2.5
Homestead Grays 8.5 4.0 9.0 4.0 47.5 -11.
Boston Ballbusters 1.0 5.5 2.0 7.0 46.0 5.0
Indians 6.0 9.0 3.0 3.0 41.5 -8.5
Shamu Whales 2.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 37.0 -1.0

Doesn’t quite capture the neatly aligned columns of a properly formated page, but I don’t know how to keep that format in WordPress. I found this info on our Stat Site. Makes it easier to copy the standings. As may be seen, I am in first place, at least this week. (The +/- number is the variation in total points since last Monday. )

I had 4 Wins in 8 starts last week. That seems to be the average for my team. This week I will have 8 starts with 6 pitchers. Looks like Lohse has a sore shoulder and is day-to-day. Another way of saying “We would put him on the Disabled List, but we think he will be OK in less than 15 days.” So, they leave me hanging with a pitcher that won’t pitch and no chance to replace him.

Not that there is a pitcher in the Free Agent Pool to replace him with. (except maybe Speier?) The Player Notes say that he will practice light pitching today and if it goes OK he may start next Saturday and, if not, then he goes on DL tomorrow. Of course, our league only replaces players on Mondays, before noon, so I can wait a whole week to get a new player. Some teams are just so inconsiderate of the Fantasy League owners.

A quick run through the numbers:

HR 5; LA 6.8; Pts 5:
R 34; LA 32.1; Pts 10 :
RBI 23; LA 30.3;Pts 10:
AVG 0.280; LAA .264; Pts 9:
SB 6; LA 5.2; Pts 10:
W 4; LA 3.1; Pts 9:
S 1; LA 2.0; Pts 2.5:
K 42; LA 43.4; Pts 10:
ERA 2.73; LAA 4.16; Pts 7:
WHIP 1.15; LAA 1.33; Pts 8:

Randy Johnson pitched a complete game, 9 innings; got 9 Ks; gave up only 2 runs (both earned); and took the loss. The vaunted New York Yankees couldn’t even score 1 run in support of Johnson’s effort. This is what makes pitchers so frustrating.

My Chicago reliefers pitched 3 innings of good scoreless baseball, the White Sox lost when the rest of the relief committee failed in extra innings.

So, I had good pitching tonight, just not the optimal results. No Wins, No Saves, good Ks, good ERA, good Ratio. The hitters thought it was early April. 38 At Bats/5 hits/.132 AVG.

Good Night.

Ken Harvey has returned from the Minors. So, on Monday, I shall reactivate him, throwing Travis Lee back into the pool. Travis hasn’t been playing up to his full potential, so I will be glad to give Ken a chance. The Player Notes indicate he should be playing every day.

Speaking of Potential, I was just looking over my outfield, which I was very proud to draft.

Torii Hunter is not a .237 hitter (Career .267)
Aaron Rowand is not a .253 hitter (Career .290)
Shannon Stewart is not a .264 hitter (Career .303)
Manny Ramirez is not a .273 hitter (Career .316)
Gary Sheffield is not a .349 hitter, (Career .298) so he is living past expectations (but no reason to slack off).

I wouldn’t mind if Sheffield came back to Earth if the others would come back to their career numbers. But, maybe, Gary is going for his breakout season after 20 years in the majors.

Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Box Score

Not sure what to make of this. Lohse was taken out at the end of the 4th inning. Nope, If I read the Play-by-play carefully, he was relieved after hiiting the first batter in the fifth and then letting a wild pitch advance him to second. Then he was relieved. Since there was no out it just shows him pitching 4 innings. And he gave up the three runs in the third. At least the reliever kept that hit batter from scoring.

Either way, Lohse appears to be a lohse cannon. Unfortunately, I don’t have anyone better to replace him with.

I checked in on Speier, he still hasn’t settled down. They pulled him before he did too much damage.

I still have Millwood and Meche starting tonight. I wonder what the ERA will end up at?

Only half of the 10 runs Colon gave up in 3 2/3 innings tonight were earned. Surprisingly, he didn’t get a win.

Looks like my Hermanson move went through. Let’s see what happens.

A rather surprising week. My hittters averaged .3333 for the week, driving the team average into first place. My 8 starts resulted in 3 wins, one of which was a victory in relief, so it is fair to say my 8 starts resulted in 2 wins. Looks like I have 8 starts projected for this week., with Colon getting 2 starts. I hope this short time off has helped Lohse’s control.

I am submitting a Free Agent Move on Hermanson, planning to drop Speier. I don’t expect it will go, but I will give it a shot in case the other owners missed the opportunity.

The numbers:

HR 10; LA 8.0; Pts 4.5:

R 55; LA 39.5l; Pts 10:

RBI 58; LA37.4; Pts 10:

AVG .333; LAA .278; Pts 10:

SB 9; LA 5.3; Pts 10:

W 3; LA 3.6; Pts 8.5:

S 1; LA 2; Pts 2.5:

K 44; LA39.2; Pts 10:

ERA 4.32; LAA 3.76; Pts 5:

WHIP 1.22; LAA 1.28; Pts 7:

With a total of 77.5 points I am well into first place. But, it is still only April and 1st place don’t count for nothing until October. Actually, 1st place is a detriment since, when selecting Free Agents and Replacement players, preference goes in reverse order of the standings.