Week 17

Last week we had a good idea of who was battling for a bye week (Russ, Mark, Keeves, Dan, John), and who was battling for the 6^th playoff spot (Brad, Perka). But two match-ups this week totally destroyed the latter of the two assumptions, now that 6^th playoff spot is WIDE open.

The top 5 are still the top 5, as Russ, Mark, Dan, and John all won this week and Keeves was on the losing end of a close (6-4) battle with Russ. The commish still has a vice grip on the #1 seed, holding a double digit lead over Mark in second place. The gap between 2^nd and 3^rd place also remains quite large, as Dan trails Mark by 5.5 games. Keeves and John are both within 1.5 games of Dan but unless one of them catches Mark for the bye week they are only jostling to play one another in round 1.

Then things get interesting. Greg shut out, that’s right, SHUT OUT Brad 9-0 last week, and Richie crushed Perk 8-2! Now we have 5 teams all within 8 games for the 6^th and final playoff spot. Of the five teams we have 2 declared buyers AND 2 declared sellers, so we should expect Brad and Perka to straighten out and continue the fight for 6^th while Richie and Greg fall off the trail, but who knows?

So what should we be looking at this week? John has a good chance to pull Russ back to Earth with his new additions and Pujols hitting the DL. Keeves, who has been quiet on the trade front thus far, continues the tough part of his schedule as he faces off against Mark, a big win could put him back in the hunt for a bye week. Dan has the best chance at catching #2, as he faces off against Richie, who is having a fire! (sale).  Perka and Brad should be able to bounce back after their tough losses last week, as Brad takes on last place Bart and Perka plays Greg, who is shipping off players for picks faster than any of the other sellers. The last matchup is the Pflanz-Andy matchup; Pflanz is the only manager undecided as to whether he’s making a push for a playoff spot or not, I think we may see him make a decision on the fly. If he’s up big by Thursday/Friday, you can count on him trying to get that last playoff spot, otherwise, start making some offers.

Regarding the trade deadline on August 4^th! Get on the horn and make some deals, I know people are still looking. Fill out the google doc that I put up on the web and get active. Once again everyone who made it to the bbq got at least 1 deal done. We have a clear idea of the buyers and sellers (except for the undecided Pflanz). I’m selling Jose Fernandez and Alex Cobb, offer me a catcher or shortstop or some draft picks. John and Brad have been very generous with draft picks already and I’m getting the same vibes from Perka, Mark, and myself. For those teams at the bottom this is your chance, answer my god damn texts! 

Commish's Power Rankings - Week 10

Almost halfway through the regular season, the weeks really fly by when you're #1. Mark has finally been booted from the #2 spot, John, Brad, and Eddie are starting to climb, and Pflanz and Greg are falling back to reality.

Commish's Power Rankings - Week 9

Can't let week 9 go by without the Commish Power Rankings!

Week 9 Roto Ranks

Last week I called this a "Statistical Power Rankings" while Mark pointed out in the comments what it really was. This would be the standings if we were playing in a rotisserie league rather than head to head.

Keeping it Real - Vol. 1

Just before keepers were due, I posted an article on this blog predicting everyone's keepers and then ranking them to determine who would have the best and worst. Now, more than six weeks into the season, I thought it would be fun to actually look at the performance of these keepers and see who made the right decisions and who got burned by the promise of another year of fantastic (or in some cases, decent) fantasy keeper production.

Statistical Power Rankings - Week 8

Yesterday you got Commish's power rankings, which have all the faults and flaws of a human bias. Although I do look at stats, I am ultimately ranking the teams based on how much I would rather not play them. These rankings are different. There is no biaas here, they are based solely on the numbers. It's a simple formula, if you are leading the league in a category, you get 12 points, second gets 11 points, 3rd gets 10 and so on. This can give us an idea of who is overperforming or underperforming this season in the standings. Credit goes to Richie for this idea.

Commish's Power Rankings - Week 8

Sorry for the delay, but the power rankings are back! More importantly, I'm back, so blog posts can be expected on a more regular basis. Thank you Keeves for keeping the blog afloat! You guys know I go through phases with this thing, and it would be way better if some of you stepped up and did some write-ups (because like 8 of you asked to be authors...).

 I've missed 3 weeks of rankings, so I'll include those in these week's ranks. There's obviously been a lot of movement since week 5, I was just waiting until I could be ranked number 1....