September 20, 2019

Madison Bumgarner took the loss last night at Fenway (9 H, 5 ER, 7 K), but his five innings were more than enough to put Brian Wells back in first place. Daltry/Lovejoy spent most of the week in the lead following Stephen Strasburg’s start (also five innings) on Monday night.

With relatively low scores and a tight field, we have more than enough categories up for grabs to make things interesting, so let’s just focus on AL batting for today... Mookie Betts looks pretty solid for the 12 entrants that picked him for AL runs, and we’ll assume batting average and RBI are out of play. It appeared that Adalberto Mondesi was likely to regain the AL steals title upon his return from the IL in early September, but the KC speedster still trails leader Mallex Smith by five bags. Mondesi leading (outright or tied) in steals would still put Danton Boller in first place.

Unfortunately, the AL HR category that has fueled Daltry-Lovejoy’s success since August 29th is about to run out of gas... Mike Trout is scheduled to undergo season-ending foot surgery today, which almost certainly ends Daltry-Lovejoy’s season as well. The inactive Trout is still tied with Jorge Soler at 45 homers—one long ball for Soler drops D/L to two points and not enough HBPs.

Our daily leaders since the last email update:

9/16  Brian Wells  (3 46)
9/17  Daltry/Lovejoy  (3 31)
9/18  Daltry/Lovejoy  (3 31)
9/19  Daltry/Lovejoy  (3 31)
9/20  Brian Wells  (3 47)


Be back soon!