EHCC 2015 Performance ⅓

It feels like we’ve just gotten going, but we’re already a third of the way through the fantasy regular season.

The leader in top weekly score so far is Las Vegas with 107 points in week 1. The leader? for worst weekly score so far is Augusta with 26 points also in week 1.

The West Is A Mess

The entire western division is only separated by 6.5 games! For comparison, the gap between 1 and 2 in the east is 9.5. The weirdest thing might be that Tijuanna, the #6 team in the west has the highest points average in the division (see below). The number’s below show a little more insight on the mess in the West but this division is basically wide open. The big question is, who’s going to make “the move”? The move that separates them from the pack. The west can be had. Who’s going to take it?

Championship Hangover

After netting the #1 seed last season and steam rolling to a championship. Quebec City’s start to 2015 has been disappointing. QC is currently sitting outside of a playoff berth at 34-33-3. Monsieur Renaud is not happy and might be ready to make a deal. QC’s trading block has been updated multiple times in the past weeks with a plead for HR’s and RBI’s. So far this season QC has only captured 4 out of 14 points in HR’s and RBI’s. So the GM’s plead for help is warranted.

Also, starting a catcher might help…

Santo Domingo Pitching

Coming into the 2015 season general manager Manny Ramirez felt confident that his pitching staff would be competitive. Yu Darvish, Matt Harvey, Cliff Lee, Justin Verlander, Matt Cain and Ian Kennedy with Jarrod Parker coming off the DL around June. Not so bad. Fast forward a few months and Darvish is done for the year, Parker is done for another year, Lee is done for his career, Verlander and Cain haven’t yet seen the field and even Kennedy spent some time on the DL. That’s not to mention losing RP’s Ottavino and Peralta due to injury. I know that everyone suffers injuries, but jeeeezzzz….

Also, f*ck you Jarrod Parker and your dumb elbow for 3 wasted years.

Where have all the second baseman gone?

The Dublin Snake Chasers have them! Kipnes, Pedroia, Betts, Miller. Give the rest of us a chance Brad.

Best Of The Worst

Previously I had blurb here about how some roster’s weren’t being updated for DL’d players; the drive for the #1 overall pick; and how it was going to be hard for teams in the West to capture wildcard slots with absentee owners in the East.

In the time between when I wrote my rough draft and now, said teams have made strides to become more competitive. Kudos to you gentlemen for your renewed interest. Fantasy leagues are the most enjoyable when all owners are engaged.

Feeling unlucky?

Below is a summary of the PF and PA for the 2014 regular season. The PF shows how well you’ve performed on average on the 12-120 scale. As in my previous posts, the delta(∆) column is your PA minus 65 (65 being the average). This number gives you an idea of how “lucky” you’ve been. You’ll see that the most “lucky” teams so far in 2015 are Tokyo, Rio and Weymouth. While the most “unlucky” teams have been Tijuana, Rakeville and Las Vegas.

As time moves on the ∆ will eventually regress towards 0. At the end of last season the ∆ numbers were all within ± 3.5.