Kyle asked me to fill in this week. So here goes :)
1a) Who will have the best record during the cycle from the Scully? Reminder, not year-to-date, just this cycle.
Bums = +1 if you're right, but -4 if you're wrong
Miners = +2 or -3
Koi = +3 or -2
Blues = +4 or -1
Dogs = +4 or -1
1b) Who will have the best record during the cycle from the Uecker?
Honey Badgers = +1 or -4
Sweets = +2 or -3
Brewers = +3 or -2
Argonauts = +4 or -1
Knights = +5 or 0
1c) Who will have the best record during the cycle from the Caray?
ACL's = +1 or -4
Maniax = +2 or -3
Rougarou= +3 or -2
Hammers = +4 or -1
Robots = +5 or 0
1d) Who will have the best record during the cycle from the Uecker?
Kraken = +1 or -4
Madmen= +1 or -4
Rum Runners = +3 or -2
Landlubbers = +4 or -1
Rattlers = +5 or 0
2) Bryce Harper leads the league in walks with 34. He's followed by Soto (31), Trout (30), and then it drops off. Who leads the league after the cycle?
Harper = +1
Soto or Trout = +3
Field = +5
3) Mike Leake has 4 complete games already! Will he have another during the cycle?
Yes = +2
No = +1
4) 4 pitchers are tied for the lead league in losses with 6. Lester (0-6), Mikolas (0-6), Woodruff ((1-6), Sheffield (1-6). For 2 points, name the pitcher who will lead the league after the cycle (ties count). No field option in this one, if someone other than these 4 are in the lead we all take a zero.
5) I don't know if you guys know this, but this Betts kid is pretty good. He's leading the league in BA (.377) OBP (.459) SLG (.733) Hits (55), Runs (36), RBI (48), Total Bases (107), OPS (1.192), and K/BB ratio (1.1). Sheesh...
Here's the question - for 2 points, will he lead the league in each of these categories at the end of the cycle? Yes or No?
6) Teams from the Uecker have been outscored by a combined 98 runs so far this year. Ouch.
Predict what their current margin will be at the end of the cycle.
+5 points for nailing it
+3 points for being within 3 runs
+1 point for being within 10 runs
Good luck!
1a)
Miners
1b)
Sweets
1c)
Maniax
1d)
Rum Runners
2)
Field
3)
No
4) Sheffield
5) Yes
6) 110
Robots predict:
1. a Koi b Brewers c Maniax d Kraken
2. Harper
3. NO
4. Woodruff
5. Yes.
6. 116
1. Miners, Brewers, ACLs, Madmen
2. Trout
3. no
4. Mikolas
5. No
6. -121 (can I get 10 extra points for beating that margin by myself? I am currently tied...)
1a) Koi
1b) Argos
1c) ACL's
1d) Landlubbers
2) Trout
3) No
4) Mikolas
5) No
6) 123
1a) Bums b) Honey c) ACL's d) Kraken
2. Harper
3. No
4. Sheffield
5. No
6. 142
1a) Blues
1b) Sweets
1c) ACL's
1d) Rum Runners
2) Soto
3) No
4) Mikolas
5) No
6) 122
1a. Miners
1b. Sweets
1c. Maniax
1d. Rum Runners
2. Soto
3. No
4. Sheffield
5. No
6. -122
1) Koi, Brewers, ACLs, Rum Runners
2) Harper
3) No
4) Lester
5) No
6) 105
1a) As hot as the Miners have been they're the logical choice, but I gotta go with my Bums. Miners have two series' with the Brewers this round . . . C'mon Little Brother!
1b) Brewers
1c) ACL's
1d) Rum Runners
2) Soto
3) Yes
4) Lester
5) No
6) 131
1- BUMS, HONEY BADGERS, ACL'S, RUM RUNNERS
2)- Soto
3- YES
4- Sheffield
5- NO
6- 112
1) Miners, Brewers, Maniax, Rum Runners
2) Harper
3) No
4) Woodruff
5) Yes
6) 115
1) Dogs, Knights, Maniax, Landlubbers
2) Trout
3) Yes
4) Sheffield
5) No
6) 121
About time Kyle gives the Dogs some respect!
(None deserved so far this year though)
You have no idea how much it pained me to type that!
The correct answers are:
1) Bums (+1), Argos/Brewers (+4/+3), Maniax/Rougarou (+2/+3), Rum Runners (+3)
(gonna be a lot of negative points I fear, I haven't compiled the stats though)
2) Harper (43), Trout (42), Soto (42) and then a big dropoff to Gallo (36).
Harper (+1)
3) Nope, he still leads the league with 4
No (+1)
4) Not a great question. Lester (0-8), Woodruff (1-8), Sheffield (2-8), Leake (even with those 4 CG he's 2-8), Severino (3-8) all have 8 losses. So everyone scores (+2) unless you picked Mikolas (0-7).
5) Betts is low 3rd in SLG%, 2nd in Runs, 3rd in Total Bases, 2nd in OPS while leading the league in all the other aforementioned categories. So still freaking good. But for our purposes No (+2). Should have had a question about Bellinger, he was stoopid good these past couple weeks (.500/.552/1.220 with 25 hits, 20 runs, 26 RBI, 11 HR - all which lead the league during the cycle).
6) The Yucker was outscored by 'only' 8 runs during the cycle which adds (subtracts?) to their total run differential, which is now at -106.
I'll get the scoring calculated later this weekend.
Boy did I mess up. I read question 1 to ask "who would have the best record OVERALL" not in the cycle. Not pretty results.