The regular season — Play ball!
Created: Apr 2021
Sections below are:
- Weekly stats
- Opening day
- All-star team
- All-LetsPlay3 team
- Final Standings + Champion
Play ball!
thanks...yow, bill
PS - The first home run of MLB 2021...Miggy in the snow!
The video is even better,
www.mlb.com/video/cabrera-s-first-homer-of-2021
A. Weekly stats
On Monday, I'll usually grab some stats from the site and update these spreadsheets and screen grabs: 1) Weekly standings, 2) Weekly stats, and 3) Weekly snapshot.
A.1. Weekly standings
Yahoo only shows you stats and standings for today. The Weekly standings spreadsheet below shows you the standings each week over the whole season.
Rationale: It's nice to have a little history, a little context to the season.
A.2. Weekly stats
These spreadsheets bundle our 10 Yahoo cats into bigger, logical groups, so you can ask something like, "How am I doing over all the bopping cats?"
There are 3 category groups:
- Bopping = (run, homer, rbi, tb)
- Pitching quality = (era, whip)
- Pitching quantity = (win, k, save+hold)
Each week I tally your average over bopping, P-quality, and P-quantity cats.
For no apparent reason, this PDF has all the data for the entire season, weeks 1-27. It's just the data though, no goodies. lp3_weekly_stats_all_data.pdf
Note: Old-timers may notice the similarity of these weekly stats to the old NIPR rankings from our head-to-head days. It's not a perfect match, but pretty close.
A.3. Weekly snapshot
This snapshot shows the top team each week. The links are to screen grabs of the Yahoo Standings points and stats that week.
Fun - Team OTW is the team with the biggest point gain that week.
| Week - Day | Leader | Team OTW | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| W01 Apr 5 |
Killer Rabbit, 112.5 | n/a | points ~ stats |
| W02 Apr 12 |
Bexar Copperhead, 115 | KGG +17 | points ~ stats |
| W03 Apr 19 |
Killer Rabbit, 116.5 | Boston +34.5 | points ~ stats |
| W04 Apr 26 |
Killer Rabbit, 126.5 | Plano +13.5 | points ~ stats |
| W05 May 3 |
Killer Rabbit, 123.5 | Killer Maltese +15 | points ~ stats |
| W06 May 10 |
Killer Rabbit, 124.5 | Vatican City +14.5 | points ~ stats |
| W07 May 17 |
Killer Rabbit, 123 | Naperville +6 | points ~ stats |
| W08 May 24 |
Killer Rabbit, 122.5 | Noto Beard +8 | points ~ stats |
| W09 May 31 |
Killer Rabbit, 120.5 | Naperville +9.5 | points ~ stats |
| W10 Jun 7 |
Killer Rabbit, 118.5 | Bay City Brawler +11 | points ~ stats |
| W11 Jun 14 |
Killer Rabbit, 115 | KGG +10.5 | points ~ stats |
| W12 Jun 21 |
Bexar, K-Rabbit 115 (tie) | Vatican City +9 | points ~ stats |
| W13 Jun 28 |
Killer Rabbit 116 | Southern Rocket +10 | points ~ stats |
| W14 Jul 4 |
Killer Rabbit 116 | KGG, Naperville +4 | points ~ stats |
| W15 Jul 12 |
Bexar Copperhead 115.5 | Naperville +7.5 | points ~ stats |
| W16 Jul 19 |
Bexar Copperhead 119 | Vatican City +6.5 | points ~ stats |
| W17 Jul 26 |
Bexar Copperhead 123 | RBI All Day +8 | points ~ stats |
| W18 Aug 2 |
Bexar Copperhead 120 | KGG +6.5 | points ~ stats |
| W19 Aug 9 |
Bexar Copperhead 118 | Noto Beard +7.5 | points ~ stats |
| W20 Aug 16 |
Bexar Copperhead 118 | Naperville +16 | points ~ stats |
| W21 Aug 23 |
Bexar Copperhead 117.5 | Naperville +5 | points ~ stats |
| W22 Aug 30 |
Bexar Copperhead 118.5 | Killer Maltese +5 | points ~ stats |
| W23 Sep 6 |
Bexar Copperhead 120.5 | CRYO TED +9 | points ~ stats |
| W24 Sep 13 |
Bexar Copperhead 122 | Southern Rocket +7 | points ~ stats |
| W25 Sep 20 |
Bexar Copperhead 122 | Naperville +4 | points ~ stats |
| W26 Sep 27 |
Bexar Copperhead 124 | RBI All Day +5 | points ~ stats |
| W27 Oct 3 |
Bexar Copperhead 123.5 | KGG +9 | points ~ stats |
Hey now. That Week 4 score of 126.5 by the Killer Rabbit is the highest ever for LP3 in the Roto era. The max possible score is 140, so the Killer Rabbit is 90% of the way to perfection. Yow!
thanks...yow, bill
B. Opening day
It was an excellent opening day for both MLB and LP3, www.mlb.com/news/2021-opening-day-best-moments.
Here's your LP3 standings after one day. (he he)
Current LP3 standings, baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/40336/standings
thanks...yow, bill
C. All-star team
The LP3 All-stars are the best Yahoo-ranked guys at each position as of the All-Star break (July 13).
Boppers:
- C - Sal the Pal (kc), PTBNL, Yahoo #75
- 1B - Vlad Jr (tor), Southern Rocket, #3
- 2B - M Semien (tor), Bexar Copperhead, #9
- 3B - Raffie Deevs (bos), Boston Poindexter, #12
- SS - FTJ (sdg), Killer Rabbit, #1
- OF - Ronald Acuña Jr, Boston Poindexter, #5
- OF - N Castellanos (cin), Bexar Copperhead, #11
- OF - Ced Mullins (bal), Killer Maltese, #15
- DH - Shohei the batter (laa), KGG, #4
- Honorable mentions: Trea Turner (was), Noto Beard, #7; Bo Bichette (tor), Boston Poindexter, #8
Pitchers:
- SP - Jakey deGrom (nym), Bay City Brawler, Yahoo #2
- SP - K Gausman (sfo), Southern Rocket, #6
- RP - Liam Hendricks (sox), Bay City Brawler, #35
- RP - Josh Hader (mil), Vatican City Pope, #36
- P - B Woodruff (mil), RBI All Day, #10
- P - G Cole (nyy), Killer Maltese, #13
Fernando Tatis Jr is the first half MVP...even though he missed a couple weeks with a shoulder injury. In just 74 games, FTJ has this inconceivable stat line: 67 runs, 28 homers, 60 rbi, 20 sb, and 179 total bases. Nice pick, Killer Rabbit.
Two All-stars, Ced Mullins and Shohei, were undrafted free agents. Nice snag by the Killer Maltese and KGG, respectively.
thanks...yow, bill
PS - FTJ is your first half MVP...and the most exciting player in baseball!
D. All-LetsPlay3 team
The All-LetsPlay3 team for 2021 are the top Yahoo-ranked players at each position at the end of the season (Oct 3).
Boppers:
- C - Sal the Pal (kc), PTBNL, Yahoo #7
- 1B - Vlad Jr (tor), Southern Rocket, #1
- 2B - M Semien (tor), Bexar Copperhead, #2
- 3B - Jose Ramirez (cle), Vatican City Pope, #4
- SS - Bo Bichette (tor), Boston Poindexter, #5
- OF - Fernando Tatis Jr, Killer Rabbit, #6
- OF - Mitch Haniger (sea), KGG, #14
- OF - Teo Hernandez (tor), Southern Rocket, #15
- DH - Shohei Ohtani (batter) (laa), KGG, #3
- Honorable mentions: Trea Turner (lad), Noto Beard, #8; Ozzie Albies (atl), Bexar Cooperhead, #9; Raffie Devers (bos), Boston Poindexter, #11; Matty Olson (oak), Naperville Crayon, #12
Pitchers:
- SP - Mad Max Scherzer (lad), Killer Rabbit, Yahoo #10
- SP - Jacob de Grom (nym), Bay City Brawler, #16
- RP - Liam Hendricks (sox), Bay City Brawler, #33
- RP - Josh Hader (mil), Notorious Beard, #50
- P - Walker Buehler (lad), Notorious Beard, #17
- P - Corbin Burnes (mil), Naperville Crayon, #27
Vlad Jr of the Southern Rocket is your LetsPlay3 2021 MVP. Vlad led the league in runs (123), home runs (48), and total bases (363). He was Southern's 4th round draft pick. Tasty!
The #2 overall player was M Semien (tor), selected in the 8th round by Bexar. And the #3 player, Shoehei (the batter) (laa), was snagged by KGG off the scrap heap in early April. Yow!
Vlad Guerrero Jr. MVP!
E. Final standings + Champion
Here's your final standings for LetsPlay3 2021.
And why not...here's the Yahoo phone app version.
Finally, congrats to our 2021 Champion...and your better in every way™:
Bexar Copperheads
Owner: TY Krieger
Huzzah!
thanks...yow, bill
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