Week 11 MLB Power Rankings
Week 11 Power Rankings
Tier 1
1- Wait ‘ Til Next Year (8-2) [-]
2- Win’s Up Doc (7-3) [-]
3- Ornery Otters (5-5) [+2]
Tier 2
4- Sporty Strauss (6-4) [-1]
5- Cooper Troopers (7-3) [+2]
6- The BamO’s (5-5) [-2]
7- $traight Cash Homie (4-6) [-1]
8- The Pullies (5-5) [-]
9- Las Cabras (5-5) [-]
Tier 3
10- Minnesota Moose Knuckles (3-7) [-]
11- Shepherd Goods Choppers (3-7) [-]
12- DTC Porkchop Express (2-8) [-]
(Tier 1) Looking forward, week 11 is the FINAL matchup against teams that haven’t played each other yet. After this week, each League of Leagues team will have squared off and initial tiebreakers will have been determined. With that being said, Wait ‘Til Next Year (1) and Win’s Up Doc (2) are firmly the only Tier 1 teams at this point in the season. Each of them play a Tier 3 team in Week 11 to round out their schedules, so each should have at least 8 wins after this week before an absolutely MASSIVE Week 12 rematch between these squads. These teams should start amassing pitchers, trade targets and anybody with a positive MLB schedule who can help them win and secure the #1 seed, allowing them to play a lower seed in Round 2.
The rest of the teams are a jumbled mess. Any of these next seven (or eight) teams could make the playoffs, and any of them could just as easily miss. The Ornery Otters (3) moved into 3rd in total league scoring after a weekly high score, and Korey has quite an easy extra game schedule with 3 games against teams in the bottom-3 of scoring and the luxury of avoiding Wait ‘Til Next Year. What will largely determine the Ornery Otters’ playoff odds are two games against The BamO’s, this week and in Week 14. Both of those games are monumental.
(Tier 2) Sporty Strauss (4) drops down slightly after another disappointing week, and a dreadful extra game schedule. He plays the top-5 highest-scoring teams in the league in the final 5 weeks – his only reprieves left being Las Cabras this week and the shotshow that currently is the Porkchop Express. Sporty Strauss is not guaranteed a playoff spot. Not in the slightest. If there were any clear teams to pass Sporty Strauss (or the next team on this list), they would. But again… this is a jumbled mess and Sporty Strauss has 6 wins in the bank. Strauss made his first trade of the year last week, but it might be time for more, because things are getting scary.
The Cooper Troopers (5), somehow almost are locked into a playoff spot. It’s not a full guarantee, but 9 or 10 wins is the goal and Coop has 7 in the bank at this point. With one more game against the shell of the SG Choppers, the last assets of which Coop secured in a trade last week, the Cooper Troopers just need to win one game against the The Pullies, Las Cabras or the MN Moose Knuckles to be above .500 on the year and probably make the postseason. If Coop can’t do that, he doesn’t deserve to make the playoffs (and he probably doesn’t anyways). If this were a normal roto Power Ranking, Coop would be firmly Tier 3 right now, but his lucky #7 puts him at 5.
Teams 6-8 are reserved for the Shepherd Goods division. With the aforementioned Cooper Troopers having a significant edge on a playoff spot and the Ornery Otters being 3rd in total points… it looks right now that only one of these teams would make the playoffs unless Sporty Strauss hits a wall. The Pullies (8) have already beaten both The BamO’s (6) and $traight Cash Homie (7), giving them the inside track at winning that division. However, The BamO’s and $traight Cash Homie have scored more points and look like better teams right now. The BamO’s in particular went head-to-head with the top team this week and almost won, scoring an high amount of points for a loss. The BamO’s could easily place in season-long and have plenty to play for and $traight Cash Homie is doing what he can to avoid the last-place penalty. One wonders whether or not The Pullies would consider selling to their rivals – now in no-man’s land with a subpar MLB team and a scary long-term prognosis in NFL.
In a strange schedule quirk, $traight Cash Home draws Las Cabras (9), are just barely clinging on to Tier 2 status, twice in the next two weeks. As the second lowest-scoring team in the league, Las Cabras are a good draw and should be JUST what Jack needs to reclaim his spot as a playoff team. Faltering in these two matchups, however, would prove disastrous for $traight Cash Homie.
For Las Cabras themselves, they also have an easy upcoming schedule. They play 5 matchups againstlowest-ranked teams in LoL standings the rest of the season They also play the Cooper Troopers once more – not a bottom-4 team, but all stats show they are. If Las Cabras could win 4 of those 5 games, there’s a definitive chance they could sneak into the playoffs!
(Tier 3) After this win against Sporty Strauss, watch out for the Minnesota Moose Knuckles (10). If they can somehow just grab ONE win in the next two weeks against two good #Nolo’s foes, the playoffs are potentially within reach. In four of the five final weeks of the season, Hall plays the other four lowest-scoring teams in the League of Leagues. 5 more wins would get him to 8-9 and potentially a shot at the 6-seed, though still unlikely.
This week, the SG Choppers (11) were successful in losing another and, more importantly to Dye, $traight Cash Homie continues to also drop games. Right now, the only way Dye could do the last-place penalty is for the Homies to accrue 9 or more season-long points than the Choppers. With a 4-6 record now, odds of the Homies making a run are diminishing… but it isn’t over yet. The Choppers look like they are in great shape to get a top-3 Strauss Pick and also avoid the last-place penalty: a dream scenario.
DTC Porkchop Express (12) is also making a serious play at a top-3 Strauss Pick. The Cooper Troopers are the team for him to watch now, however, and Coop would need to score 8-or-more points than Craig for Craig to sneak into the top-3. Right now, the Cooper Troopers look like a near-lock for the playoffs based on the schedule, so now it’s a matter if the Cooper Troopers can win ONE playoff game. Even if Coop got 5th place, he could force a tiebreaker with Craig as long as DTC Porkchop Express loses MLB – which looks like a probability right now.
Remaining Schedules Power Rankings
Note: the total points of the remaining teams is a good marker of strength of schedule, and is added up throughout the rest of the six matchups and is a primary marker for these rankings (calculated Saturday morning)
(1) $traight Cash Homie (8) – 30,420 points by remaining teams
Las Cabras (9)
Las Cabras (9)
Sporty Strauss (4)
Cooper Troopers (5)
The BamO’s (6)
The Pullies (7)
SG Choppers (11)
(2) Wait ‘Til Next Year (1) – 30,430 points by remaining teams
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Pullies (7)
Sporty Strauss (4)
Cooper Troopers (5)
Las Cabras (9)
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
(3) SG Choppers (11) – 30,720 points by remaining teams
Sporty Strauss (4)
Cooper Troopers (5)
Las Cabras (9)
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
The BamO’s (6)
The Pullies (7)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
(4) Ornery Otters (3) – 30,860 points by remaining teams
The BamO’s (6)
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
Cooper Troopers (5)
The BamO’s (6)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Sporty Strauss (4)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
(5) Las Cabras (9) – 30,890 points by remaining teams
$traight Cash Homie (8)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
SG Choppers (11)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Cooper Troopers (5)
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
(6) MN Moose Knuckles (10) – 31,100 points by remaining teams
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Ornery Otters (3)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
SG Choppers (11)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Cooper Troopers (5)
Las Cabras (9)
(7) Cooper Troopers (5) – 31,280 points by remaining teams
The Pullies (7)
SG Choppers (11)
Ornery Otters (3)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Las Cabras (9)
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
(8) Win’s Up Doc (2) – 31,290 points by remaining teams
MN Moose Knuckles (10)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
The BamO’s (6)
The Pullies (7)
Ornery Otters (3)
Sporty Strauss (4)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
(9) The Pullies (7) – 31,320 points by remaining teams
Cooper Troopers (5)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
The BamO’s (6)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
SG Choppers (11)
(10) The BamO’s (6) – 31,680 points by remaining teams
Ornery Otters (3)
Sporty Strauss (4)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Ornery Otters (4)
The Pullies (7)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
SG Choppers (11)
(11) DTC Porkchop Express (12) – 31,920
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
The Pullies (7)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Las Cabras (9)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Ornery Otters (3)
Sporty Strauss (4)
(12) Sporty Strauss (4) – 32,100 points by remaining teams
SG Choppers (11)
The BamO’s (6)
$traight Cash Homie (8)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (1)
Win’s Up Doc (2)
Ornery Otters (3)
DTC Porkchop Express (12)
Notes: Out of all the playoff hopeful teams, $traight Cash Homie (7) seems to have the easiest schedule remaining, which is why they are ahead of The Pullies (8) on the Power Rankings, who have an average remaining schedule. The Ornery Otters (3) also have a favorable outlook and should pencil themselves in for a playoff spot if they can beat The BamO’s this week.
On the flip side, The BamO’s (6) also have a tough draw the rest of the way. Sam is going to have to stay vigilant with lineups if he wants to compete. Sporty Strauss (4) is also in trouble based on the schedule, particularly after the Choppers this week. Then it’ll be 5 weeks of madness for him. He has the most difficult remaining schedule, which is going to lead to an exciting League of Leagues finish.
Current Playoff Seeding
Wait ‘Til Next Year (8-2) *BYE
Win’s Up Doc (7-3) *BYE
The Pullies (5-5)
Cooper Troopers (7-3)
Sporty Strauss (6-4)
Ornery Otters (5-5)
Consolation Bracket
The BamO’s (5-5) *BYE
Las Cabras (5-5) *BYE
$traight Cash Homie (4-6)
SG Choppers (3-7)
DTC Porkchop Express (2-7)
MN Moose Knuckles (2-7)
Week 10 High Score
Ornery Otters (Korey)
532.5 points
Notes: Las Cabras put up one helluva fight against the Ornery Otters this week, but Korey’s MASSIVE week put that to rest. Paul Goldschmidt scored almost 50 points. Devers and Rizzo had over 30. Korey’s pitching was, for the most part, outstanding, and this team is really rounding into form, jumping up to 3rd in the Power Rankings. At this point, there’s a really chance the Ornery Otters could go on a run and potentially place this season. With a playoff win, the Ornery Otters could very well place 4th and cash out with the potential for more with a deep MLB run.
Week 10 Low Score
DTC Porkchop Express (Craig)
313.5 points
Notes: This is just embarrassing at this point. DTC Porkchop Express is a disaster, and there’s a strong expectation that these will continue. Craig is still hitting his plays, but he’s clearly tanking. The lack of effort should lead towards a successful tanking run where he improves his Strauss Draft picks at the expense of league competition.
Week 10 MVP
Clay Holmes and Michael King (Cooper Troopers)
21 points and 27.5 points (48.5 combined points)
Notes: A trade that has drawn much consternation gave the Cooper Troopers a win. Having poached relievers from Dye, Coop armed his Yankees bullpen against the team that traded them away. Clay Holmes and Michael King have been stellar relievers for the Cooper Troopers – a much needed addition to a team that isn’t doing any work to improve his bullpen outside of trades. Cooper now needs to pick up another reliever or two with some injuries, but Holmes, King and new acquisition Tanner Houck should provide a good enough bullpen. The Cooper Troopers look playoff bound, but they’ll be an easy out in Round 1. They’ll be a dream draw.
Week 10 LVP
Trevor Rogers ($traight Cash Homie)
-1.5 points
Notes: Want to know why $traight Cash Homie has a sub-.500 record despite being 4th in the league in scoring: Trevor Rogers is the answer. Like Zion in NBA, Jack also has the biggest bust in the MLB season this year. After finishing at 2nd in NL Rookie of the Year last year with a 2.64 ERA, Trevor Rogers now has a 6.11 ERA before today’s matchup against the Mets, which he will undoubtably get shelled again. His performances have completely crushed $traight Cash Homie time after time this season, only averaging about 8 fantasy points per game. For an SP, that’s disastrous.
Week 11 Matchups
Wait ’Til Next Year (1) vs DTC Porkchop Express (12)
Win’s Up Doc (2) vs MN Moose Knuckles (10)
Ornery Otters (3) vs The BamO’s (6)
Sporty Strauss (4) vs Shepherd Goods Choppers (11)
Cooper Troopers (5) vs The Pullies (7)
$traight Cash Homie (8) vs Las Cabras (9)
Week 11 MATCHUP of the WEEK
Ornery Otters (3) vs The BamO’s (6)
Notes: Wowsers. This might be the most important matchup to date this season. It’d potentially be the biggest matchup of the year if there wasn’t a rematch in a few weeks. The BamO’s are ranked 5th in MLB points scored and the Ornery Otters are ranked 3rd, but both of these teams are only 5-5. They’ve had bad luck with the schedule, but one of them is about to secure a huge victory that should vault them into playoff contention.
A lot of this matchup depends on the health of The BamO’s. With a couple of pitchers down on the IL, Sam needs the rest of his staff to step up. Luckily, the rest of his staff looks like they have EXCELLENT pitching matchups this week. All 10 of Sam’s probably starters are better than Korey’s as long as Joe Musgrove comes off the COVID list before the weekend. In general, Sam’s starting staff is what’s leading him to a solid year. His lineup is slightly subpar, and he could use some help in that arena in trades, but his pitching is rock solid.
Korey is the opposite. His lineup has carried him down this 5-1 stretch in the middle of the season, and his pitching is trailing behind. This week is going to be a great test. He already traded for one arm, but could certainly use more, especially if he loses to The BamO’s as predicted.
Lineups (80 Hitter plays, 10 SP Plays)
C - Travis d’Arnaud vs Will Smith
1B - Paul Goldschmidt vs Pete Alonso
2B - Brandon Drury vs Jazz Chisholm, Jr.
3B - Rafael Devers vs Eduardo Escobar
SS - Trevor Story vs Dansby Swanson
CF - Luis Robert vs Starling Marte
CO - Ronald Acuna Jr. vs Max Kepler
CO - Ian Happ vs Randy Arozarena
DH - Anthony Rizzo vs Luke Voit
UTIL - DJ LeMahieu vs Jonah Heim
UTIL - Manuel Margot vs Rowdy Tellez
UTIL - Ke’Bryan Hayes vs Connor Joe
UTIL - Josh Donaldson vs Cody Bellinger
SP1 - Max Fried (SF) vs Joe Musgrove ??? (PHI)
SP2 - Max Fried (LAD) vs Miles Mikolas (CHC)
SP3 - Robbie Ray (@OAK) vs Logan Webb (CIN)
SP4 - Triston McKenzie (@MIN) vs Logan Webb (@ATL)
SP5 - Tyler Mahle (@SF) vs George Kirby (@OAK)
SP6 - Tyler Mahle (LAD) vs Corey Kluber (PIT)
SP7 - Brady Singer (OAK) vs Noah Syndergaard (KC)
SP8 - Kyle Freeland (@MIA) vs Noah Syndergaard (SEA)
SP9 - Bo Brieske (@BOS) vs Zach Plesac (@MIN)
SP10 - Chris Archer (COL) vs Hunter Greene (LAD)
Ornery Otters: Advantage at 8/22 positions
The BamO’s: Advantage at 14/22 positions