Week 1 Standings

I know you have all been axiously awaiting an update so here are the results of Week 1 in the Cheverus Fantasy Baseball League:

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Cheverus Fantasy Baseball League

Games Back
1. Curtis --
2. Alvarez 1
3. Blake 1.5
4. Brablc 2
4. Stevie 2
4. Sean 2
4. Phelps 2
8. Ricky 2.5
9. Nick 3
10. Markie 4

How it went down:

Curtis trounces Markie 7-3:

Markie turned in a pretty horrible week even by his standards. A notorious slow starter, he hits his stride towards mid-season. Markie's power base of Texiera, Bonds, Manny and Kornerko combined for 0 HR's and 8 RBIs. Curtis set league high numbers with 51 runs, 16 HRs and a .339 BA.

Alvarez beats Nick 5-3:

Overall, Alvarez's team performed well in all facets of the game being respectable in both hitting and pitching. The one impressive stat of the week was his 71 K's from his pitching that includes Santana (both of them), Oswalt, Webb, Schmidt, Oliver Perez and Millwood. Nick's team (aka Markie's farm team) was solid as well but his pitching is hurting with the injuries to AJ Burnett and CC Sabathia. Note: At the end of the week, Matt made the first significant trade of the year with Blake, sending Mark Mulder and Scott Posednick for Pat Burrell and Morgan Ensberg. And yes, we are still wondering what Blake was thinking.

Blake narrowly defeats Ricky 5-4:

This matchup is inconsequential. Both teams won't make the playoffs.

Sean and Phelps tie 5-5:

Worked out like you would think it would. Sean won the hitting categories due to Phelp's anemic offense and Phelp's dominated in pitching with his stellar rotation of Halladay, Buerle, Zito, Pedro and Randy Johnson.

Stevie rallies to tie Brablc 5-5:

Saved the best for last. This one was in question all the way to the last game of the week between the Cardinals and Cubs. With Brablc being up by one RBI and one SB, it was his Rolen vs. Stevie's Pierre to determine if the week would end in a tie. Overall, the most impressive stat of the week was Brablc losing saves despite recording 7 over the week. Stevie ended up with 8 saves.

This week's matchups:
Brablc vs. Ricky- Will come down to pitching.
Blake vs. Marky- This is Markie's redemption.
Curtis vs. Alvarez- Best matchup so far! This is a statement week for Alvarez.
Harlem Boys vs. Stevie- Tough and important early season matchup
Phelps vs. Nick- Watching this matchup is like looking at Curtis. Yeah, it's ugly!