There are currently 18 offensive players in the MBL with 100 or more points earned to date this season. They are:
- Lance Berkman (Rhody Coyotes)
- Chase Utley (Coerced)
- Nate McLouth (The Stiffs) - no kidding, he's number 3
- Chipper Jones (Abs Blasters)
- Rafael Furcal (The Stiffs)
- Derrek Lee (HighHeat)
- Conor Jackson (GHoff's Bitches)
- Josh Hamilton (Chesapeake Monarchs)
- Xavier Nady (Coerced)
- Miguel Tejada (Softened Stools)
- Kevin Youkilis (VA Express, for now)
- Albert Pujols (Ducky Boys)
- Hanley Ramirez (Geese)
- Pat Burrell (Bobnoxious)
- Casey Kotchman (dbarnetth)
- Ryan Church (86's Pikers)
- Carlos Lee (GHoff's Bitches)
- Carlos Quentin (Rhody Coyotes)
There are also 17 pitchers at 75 points or higher:
- Edinson Volquez (Southie Shuffle)
- Cliff Lee (HighHeat)
- Jake Peavy (dbarnetth)
- Ervin Santana (BigMikes Boyz)
- Carlos Zambrano (GHoff's Bitches)
- Tim Lincecum (Death's Team)
- Roy Halladay (GHoff's Bitches)
- Zach Grienke (Bobnoxious)
- Shaun Marcum (GHoff's Bitches)
- Aaron Harang (VA Express, for now)
- Johan Santana (Abs Blasters)
- Felix Hernandez (BigMikes Boyz)
- Adam Wainwright (Coerced)
- Brandon Webb (BigMikes Boyz)
- Chien-Ming Wang (Southie Shuffle)
- Javier Vazquez (Bobnoxioux)
- Vicente Padilla (Softened Stools)
Looking over this list, only one team is missing - LTNameDroppers. Steve is the only guy without at least one player represented above. GHoff, on the other hand, proves to be a pain in the ass by having such a well-rounded team. VA Express will join LT this weekend as he's now traded away his only two top performers (sorry, Jamie, Aubrey Huff isn't on this list).
Some surprising names, imho, include McLouth, Nady, Kotchman, Church, Ervin Santana (couldn't win a road game to save his life for two years), Greinke, Marcum, Wainwright, Vazquez, and Padilla. Of course, it's still early, so guys like Manny and Papi have time to crack the top scorers list.
Who do you expect to drop off from this point forward and who do you expect to see move up to join these guys? Post away!
What's going to be interesting is when all these guys with the pitcher innings meet the max innings. Jamie really traded away his top two points getters? Holy shit. On the plus side he did pick up Teixeira from me and there isn't any way he can continue to suck ass like he is now.
absintheofmalaise said...
May 8, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Yup, those guys can either horde the great pitchers accruing no points for their performance but also forgoing any possibility of other points from the wasted roster spots, or they can release those SP creating a feeding frenzy for anyone in contention.
At this point, I'm well below pace, so I should be okay. I wouldn't mind trading a big stick like Ethier (one of the hottest point getters this month) for a solid SP, but if I'm able to pick one up off waivers or via the FA market, I'm fine with keeping him and platooning him with my other OFers - nice to have a big stick on the bench for off-days or the inevitable injuries ahead.
Mike Huntoon said...
May 8, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Don't worry about my innings. I've gotten rid of a few SPs so my numbers for the first couple of weeks were inflated. I'm down to 6 SPs and I don't put them all the in lineup for every start. I'll be fine. My staff is simply dominant, that's all.
As for guys who will join your top point scorers list:
Sizemore
Kearns
Verlander
Owings
Hudson
Helton would be on there too but for some weird reason we don't get points for BBs in this league.
akantor said...
May 9, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Dan Uggla is a beast. You can add he and Ryan Braun to your list of 100+ point scorers after their multi-homer games yesterday.
Carlos Beltran was off to a slow start but looks to be picking up steam. He could join the list soon if he keeps it up.
Despite all the hate, Aubrey Huff might also crack the list soon. He currently sits at 91 points and has been remarkably consistent thus far.
dkolozy said...
May 12, 2008 at 10:11 AM