Week 10
May 25–May 31

OBT just took a 5–4 over Nick and is sitting in 3rd place. Garth dropped Zac Gallen Sunday for Foster Griffin again. Skubal still IL, Jeffers still IL. The rotation behind Yamamoto, Alcantara, Foster Griffin, Casey Mize is solid but not deep; Eovaldi, Rodón, Yesavage, and Chase Burns all sitting on the bench as cover. The closer corps with Jansen, Bednar, Megill remains the strongest in OBT’s 9 weeks.

Buckner is coming off the 5–5 tie with Rain City that ruined a 72% sim favor. Webb still IL, Seager still IL, but Framber Valdez, Parker Messick, Trevor Rogers are the active rotation with Roki Sasaki, Taj Bradley, Chris Sale all on bench for additional starts. The lineup with Murakami, CJ Abrams, Henderson, Tucker, Yandy Díaz, Bregman, Rutschman, Nimmo is deeper than the record suggests. The bullpen behind Baker, Palencia, Williams, Thielbar is one of the league’s deepest after Allahu’s.

Sonny is the cumulative #1 in cat wins (442) by 3 over Keanu, just lost the H2H 4–5 to Keanu but still posted 5–3–1 all-play. Cal Raleigh, Wyatt Langford, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff all IL. Jared Jones now on 60-day. TylerV added Spencer Steer (lineup) and Samuel Basallo (C replacement) and pulled Jared Jones drop earlier in the cycle. Active rotation behind Ohtani-the-pitcher, Schlittler, King, Ashcraft, Roupp with Sonny Gray, Mitch Keller, Ryne Nelson on bench. Closer Jhoan Duran anchors.

Rain City came out of a 5–5 tie with Buckner. Lindor IL, Roman Anthony IL, now Blake Snell IL too (added Snell was rendered moot). The rotation now leans on Skenes, deGrom, Imanaga, Wheeler, Lodolo, with Max Meyer, Bryce Elder, Nick Martinez on bench. That’s the deepest top-end SP group Taylor has fielded all year. The lineup with Trout, Manny Machado, Michael Harris II, Ivan Herrera is a fraction of what Rain City was supposed to be. Cade Smith still closing.

Nick-fil-A just lost 4–5 to OBT in a matchup where the sim said 40%. Hunter Greene 60-day IL. Tyler Glasnow IL. Ryan Helsley IL. Mario picked up Andrew Painter (May 24) to add a rotation arm. Gerrit Cole back on the bench as he works his way back. The lineup still has James Wood, Junior Caminero, Konnor Griffin, Daylen Lile, Ronald Acuña Jr., Brice Turang. Mason Miller anchors the closer slot but Helsley is now out too. Two straight weeks of being a sim underdog after the Week 8 disaster.

Ete Crow had the choke of the week: 0–8–1 all-play, 28 cat wins, tied 4–4 with Romance. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DTD heading in is now better. Mickey Moniak still IL. Matthew Boyd IL, Josh Hader IL. Rotation behind Bailey Ober, Martín Pérez, Jesús Luzardo, Nolan McLean, Payton Tolle with Eury Pérez, Joe Ryan, Shane McClanahan on bench as cover. The bullpen with Tanner Scott and Raisel Iglesias is the league’s second-best closer pair. Bounce-back matchup against a beat-up Nick rotation.

Romance Explosion (formerly Hey Holmes!) went from weekly champ (Week 8, 8–1 all-play) to dead last (Week 9, 0–6–3). Michael 1 dropped Walker Buehler, picked up Reid Detmers (May 24), added Lucas Giolito then dropped him again. Jose Altuve IL, Dylan Cease DTD, Clay Holmes 60-day, Crochet still IL. Active rotation now MacKenzie Gore, Reid Detmers, Kyle Bradish only. J.T. Ginn, Soroka, Cantillo, Vásquez, Will Warren all on bench. The lineup with Bryce Harper, Pete Alonso, Nolan Arenado, Teoscar Hernández, Ben Rice is still the same group that ran a 58–27 cat record two weeks ago. Variance.

Busch just lost 4–5 to Allahu in a matchup where Busch led the league in OBP (.402) and led with a 2.94 ERA. Hunter Brown 60-day, Edwin Díaz 60-day, Kris Bubic IL. Rose picked up Walbert Ureña and Troy Melton. Rotation: George Kirby, Troy Melton, Antonio Senzatela, Ryan Weathers active. Soriano, Strider, Kyle Harrison, Tatsuya Imai, Jacob Misiorowski all on bench, healthy. Paul Sewald closes. The lineup with Ohtani, Arozarena, JJ Wetherholt, Corbin Carroll, Sal Stewart, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is the league’s best all-around.

Keanu just beat the league leader Sonny 5–4 and is sitting at #2 in cumulative cats. Drake Baldwin still IL, Juan Soto DTD with illness, Ryan O’Hearn IL, Edward Cabrera IL, Max Fried IL. Duke Joe added Peter Lambert and Zebby Matthews to the rotation. Active SP group: Cristopher Sánchez, Freddy Peralta, Drew Rasmussen, Zebby Matthews, Peter Lambert with Michael Wacha, Gavin Williams, Luis Severino, Andrew Abbott on bench. Aroldis Chapman closing, Pete Fairbanks the backup. The lineup with Schwarber, Buxton, Soto, Gavin Sheets is HR-heavy.

Allahu Alvarez just put up the best weekly all-play line of the season: 8–0–1 with 53 cat wins, a 1.16 ERA, .88 WHIP, 14 HR. TylerR is still in 8th place in the standings but the trajectory has flipped. Yordan Alvarez DTD, Max Muncy DTD, Alejandro Kirk IL, Nick Pivetta IL, Justin Steele 60-day. Active rotation: Tanner Bibee, Bryce Miller, Logan Gilbert. Kevin Gausman, Spencer Arrighetti, Logan Henderson, Connelly Early, Ranger Suarez on bench. Andrés Muñoz, Louis Varland, Seranthony Domínguez closing. Casey Schmitt and Carson Benge picked up on waivers.