Fantasy Baseball-- Final 1/2 week

Asakusashi gained 4 points to 91, and a tie for second place. Great pitching is the reason for the advance. The season may end at anywhere from second place to forth place, based on the next few days. With five closers, there is a reasonable chance to gain a point or two in saves. Also, there is a good chance to maintain the gains in the wins column and in batting average. A 6 HR lead should be safe for the next three days. For Ballywood, ERA and SV are in play for another point, HR and RBI are in play to lose a point, and the lead of 7 over second place seems secure.

Pitching Performances:
Wednesday-- Jamie Garcia (0.000 ERA, 6K, 0.4286), who pitches again tonight gave up four runs, all unearned, and won the game.
Wednesday-- Javier Vazquez (0.000, 6, 0.4286) won after giving up two hits in 7IP. He has the only other start to go this season for Asakusabashi.
Wednesday-- CC Sabathia (2.454, 6, 1.2273) pitched well, but did not win. The Yankees sadly had him pitch a simulated game Sunday instead of a final tune-up start.
Friday-- Chris Perez (0.000, 2, 0.3333) picked up a win. He also has two saves this period.
Saturday-- Jason Motte (13.500, 6, 1.5000) picked up a win. He also has two saves.
Sunday-- Roy Halladay (2.571, 9, 1.0714) pitched a shutout in his second game of the period and got the win.
Francisco Cordero (4.500, 2, 1.5000) had two saves.
Neftali Feliz (0.000, 1, 1.0000) had two saves.
Kyle Farnsworth (0.000, 2, 0.0000) pitched the ninth on Saturday night, just after Johnny Damon turned a save situation into a 5-1 lead with a 3 run HR. Joel Peralta got the save opportunity on Sunday. Whether Farnsworth or Peralta gets future save opportunities will likely determine second place.

All the starters have pitched exceptionally so far, with two more starts to go. Outstanding pitching, and two wins by relievers have been key.

Brett Lawrie (broken finger), Hunter Pence, Jesus Guzman, Paul Goldschmidt were all injured Monday or Tuesday. All but Lawrie are back for the end of the year. The strong BA week is worth a point, but this is a very precarious point.


Pitching: K ERA WHIP W SV
Week 24 53 3.321 1.400 2 7
Total 1126 3.514 1.2687 82 109
6th, 7th, 9th, 5th, 5th
Week 25a 39 2.438 0.9375 39 5 8
1165 3.476 1.2570 87 117
7th, 6th, 9th, 4th, 4th
K:+5/-15 for 8th/6th
WHIP: 0.0045/ 0.0028 for 8th/10th
W:+1/-1
SV:-1,-2,-4/+3 for 1st to 5th
Asakusabashi: Garcia, Vazquez/5 relievers (Farnsworth)
Mavericks:Beckett/Weaver/Strasburg/ 4 relievers (Peralta)


Hitting: BA HR RBI R SB
Week 24 0.2857 12 34 48 10
Total 0.2727 295 1019 1082 193
Week 25a 0.2957 10 30 44 8
4th, 1st, 3rd, 1st, 2nd
0.2735 305 1049 1126 201
3rd,1st,3rd,1st,2nd
BA: +0.002/-0.0016 for 4th/2nd
HR: +6
SB: -7/+8 for 3rd/1st