Recap...

Hitters vs Pitch

Week 6

 

• Hitters
• 111.9 pts, 4-2
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• PITCH
• 86.55 pts, 1-5
• Weekly Grade

Like some kind of dynamic duo, Larry Fitzgerald and Christian McCaffrey carried Hitters, leading the way to a 111.90 to 86.55 victory over PITCH. They logged 26.80 and 23.80 points, respectively. While each team fell short of hitting their projections, Hitters scored 100.0% of a projected 111.93 points to get the win. Following a 117.12 to 76.69 win against Hooligans, PITCH saw their scoring drop off this week. Hitters (4-2, 666.34 points) climbs into third place and PITCH (1-5, 479.68 points) stays down in 15th place.

Top Players

• • Larry Fitzgerald
  • 26.80
 
• • Christian McCaffrey
  • 23.80
 
• • Jarvis Landry
  • 20.20
 
• • Los Angeles Rams Defense
  • 19.00

Smooth Moves by Hitters

• Hitters is a winning name, which might be why you just won. Next step is figuring out if Hitters is a Toyota Hall of Fame name.
• With 26.80 points, Larry Fitzgerald ranked ninth in the league in scoring this week and had the fifth-highest score of any player on Hitters this season.
• Christian McCaffrey put the team on his back with 23.80 points, the seventh-highest score among RBs in the league this week.
• The Los Angeles Rams Defense scored 19.00 points and beat their scoring projection by 155.7%, which led the matchup.
• Did you use any black magic this week? Hitters was still able to pull out a win with only 3 of their 8 starters exceeding their projected points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Dear, PITCH: Sorry to hear you lost. Toyota Hall of Famers don't really know how that feels, but surely it can't feel great. Next week, just win.
• Picked up and started Roger Lewis, who scored a team-worst 26.9% of his projected point total.
• Acquired and started David Njoku, who then finished last on the team in scoring with 2.00 points.
• Who needs offense when the defense is so dominant!? PITCH got outscored 19.00 - 6.00 by Hitters at the DEF position.
• PITCH had only 3 of their 8 starters underperform versus their projections, but they still lost.

What If

• Hitters would be 5-1 if they played PITCH every week.
• Hitters would have beaten 10 other teams besides PITCH this week.
• If they played the same schedule as PITCH, Hitters would be 3-2.
• If Hitters had played every team in the league each week, they would be 59-31.
• PITCH would have lost to 10 other teams besides Hitters this week.
• Timing really is everything. Hitters would have lost to PITCH 117.12 - 103.47 had they played each other last week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hitters, PITCH would be 0-5.
• PITCH would be 22-68 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Luck has not been with PITCH, as four of their five losses have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• With a combined 28.40 points from their RBs, PITCH got their highest combined scoring output from the RB position this season.
• Two of the starters for Hitters scored higher than the leading scorer for PITCH.
• Just because Robert Horry has seven NBA championship rings, doesn't mean he's one of the greats. Despite being on the winning team, Matthew Stafford scored 14.00 points against a projected 20.40 and has now underachieved in five straight games.
• PITCH ranked 12th in the league in scoring this week.
• Hitters is now 2-1 when failing to reach their projection and PITCH falls to 0-5 when scoring below their projected total.
• The margin of victory of 25.35 points was the third-highest margin in the league this week.
• Jarvis Landry was on the losing team, but still had the sixth-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 20.20 points.