Week 2 Power Rankings — NQTC Fantasy Baseball
Ian Kinsler was the Player of the Week, and he's pumped!
After waiting a week to get a better idea of where teams stand, it’s time for the first edition of Power Rankings for our NQTC fantasy league.
1) Rod Beck’s Mullet- After complaining about no power rankings after his 10-0 win in the first week, Judd brought it again in Week 2, winning 8-2 and opening up a four game lead on the rest of the league. Raul Ibanez and Evan Longoria have carried the Mullet through the first two weeks and when Wandy Rodriguez gets a win, 10 ks, and no earned runs, you’re likely to do okay in the pitching also.
2) Sharapova’s Thigh- Well, #1 was the last easy pick I had to make in the first edition. We have quite the group bunched after that, but the Thigh is bringing the best stats and dirty pictures to the table. He’s top five in every batting category and leads average, runs, and k’s. Chad Billingsley helped with 17 strikeouts and two wins last week.
3) The Bad Guy- Good start for the NQTC fantasy guy, including a 9-0 win last week. He’s tied for the lead in saves thanks to Broxton and Lindstrom getting seven of his nine saves on the year. Cubs pitching was good to TBG this week, helping Ryan Ludwick to 3 homers and 10 RBI. Lincecum bounced back for a nice week, with 13 k’s and no earned runs.
4) Mo Vaughn Mo Problems- Scotty leads the league in wins, saves, and RBI on his way to a couple of 6-4 wins. That could become commonplace for MVMP this season, as he will be very tough to beat in saves, ERA, and WHIP. Carlos Pena tore it up this week with 12 RBI and 4 homers. I’m pretty sure he had that by Thursday or Friday too.
5) AFine has no Friends- Ethan and PK lead the league in home runs so far this year, even though no one on the team has more than four. They have balanced hitting if there ever was such a thing in fantasy baseball, and the pitching is similarly solid without being spectacular. Of course, the pitching will get a boost when Webb comes off the DL.
6) Team Christianity- JC is predictably all over the waiver wire, with 16 moves so far while the second most is six. Nelson Cruz, Adam Jones, and Andre Ethier have been his best producers offensively, while the revolving door of pitchers has produced wins and strikeout numbers near the top of the league.
7) Peavyitis- This is the only team left in the rankings that actually won a match-up so far. That win came last week against the Bambinos and included four saves by Heath Bell. In fact, the relative success in the early season may be more about match-ups than stats, since Peavyitis finds itself in the middle-to-bottom of most categories. Thank God he kept Carlos Quentin though: 13 RBI, 7 HR, and 11R to start the year.
8) Don’t F With DeJesus- Not an inspiring start from my squad, with a tie and a loss. Ianetta, Davis, and Aviles are going through tough starts to the year to say the least, and the pitching has been average at best. At least my outfielders have 13 stolen bases.
9) Tootblan Theriots- Stormin’ Norman started the season out with a tie against your’s truly, then got lambasted by the Thigh, 8-2. It was just an awful week for TT, with depressing numbers like 20 runs, 26 k’s, and 1 win. No runs, no homers, and 1 RBI from Carlos Beltran certainly didn’t help.
10) Bronx Obamers- Two losses so far for the Obamers, but they’ve come against two of the league’s top teams. This early in the year, that’s kind of a chicken-egg argument though. Egg! It’s the egg! This team has to be a pick to bounce back though, since they are top five in every batting stat. The pitching just needs to come around, because they’re bottom two in every pitching stat except being tied for the lead in saves.
11) Chi Blackouts- One of two squads to get shut out so far, the Blackouts need to look no farther than batting average to diagnose a problem. Hunter Pence is the only batter over .300 at .302. Michael Young had the batting line of the week for the Blackouts, with 6 runs, 3 homers, 5 RBI, and 2 steals.
12) The Great Bambinos- Bino can’t be happy with the start to the season and Chris Carpenter to the DL after looking great had to be a heartbreaker. Alexei is off to a slow start and Hanley’s average is down below .250 now. Add to that the fantasy version of Indians-Yankees in a week one 10-0 loss and you get the bottom spot in the first power ranking of the year.
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