For all the tots:
| Team | R | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | W | K | ERA | WHIP | QS | SV+H | Score |
| You Can Call Me Al | 23 | 24 | 3 | 0.261 | 0.321 | 0.462 | 1 | 67 | 3.07 | 1.22 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Backyard Superstars | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0.210 | 0.263 | 0.282 | 4 | 43 | 3.91 | 1.14 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
For Jim, the offense carried the day, with Prince Fielder (367/406/633) and Kris Bryant (333/429/722) throwing up Escalator Club numbers and Fielder scoring 5 while knocking in 6. For Kyler, Edwin Encarnacion carried no parrots with his 042/115/042 0R 0RBI line.
On the hill, Max Scherzer (1W 13K 0.00/0.86 1 QS) and Chris Archer (12K 0.00/0.25 1 QS) posted solid lines for Jimmy while Dellin Betances added 9Ks with a 0.00/0.90 slash and 2 sv/H. Sonny Gray and Jacob deGrom were their usual solid selves with 1W 5K 2.25/0.75 1QS for Gray and 9K 2.45/0.82 1QS for deGrom. Unfortuantely for Kyler, David Robertson (1W 3K 10.80/2.10 1 SV) and Greg Holland (3K 13.50/2.25) both did their best Tire Fire Frieri impression.
Others who had major impact on the outcome, either positively or negatively, included Marcus Semien (UCCMA - 4 runs), Pablo Dookieval (BySs - 143/172/143 1 R), Caleb Joseph (BySs - 167/211/333 1R 2RBI), Santiago Casilla (BySs - 5K 9.82/2.45 3 SV) and AJ Burnett (BySs - 1W 6K 6.35/1.76). Wait...
None of the guys in this last grouping are on those teams anymore. Oh...that's because the default for Yahoo is to use regular season head to head record in the event there is a tie in a playoff round. So...Kyler and Jim tied in the finals because Prince Fielder knocked in 2 runs on the last day of the season, giving Jim a 23-22 victory in RBIs and a 6-6 split in the final score. Which means that it goes back to the head to head season record between the two teams. In the most recent match up (week 19), the two teams had a 5-5-2 split, which means that the week 8 meeting, from way back in the week of May 25 - May 31 was essentially the Championship deciding contest, even though we didn't know it at the time.
I don't want to take anything away from Jimmy, because he had a legitimately terrifying team from start to finish this season (and TMGS, Mookie, Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Buster Posey, Scherzer, Arrieta, Archer, Flithnandez core makes me... uncomfortable, to put in in family friendly terms). I think that its awesome that the guy who told me he knew nothing about fantasy baseball and who I had to talk into joining the league with the promise of "If you don't like it, that's cool, you don't have to keep playing" has embraced it and thrived and it has led to a number of cool baseball discussions between the two of us. But I am sad that the league ended up hinging on a matchup that featured 12 players who weren't on their team's roster at the end of the season. There aren't any better options provided by Yahoo (the only other one is higher seed advances, and I would rather have it reflect something between the two teams than overall record), so I guess we are stuck with it and have to hope that it never ever ever happens again.
Championship MVP - Max Scherzer - 2 wins 27 Ks 0.53/0.29 2 QS
Mad Max allowed 1 run over 8 with 10Ks and 3 BBs in his penultimate start of the season but saved the best for last, throwing a No-Hitter with 17Ks against the playoff bound Mets on the second to last day of the regular season. It was Scherzer's second no hitter of the season and the second time he came within 1 runner of a perfect game, this time it was a Yunel Escobar throwing error on a Kevin Plawecki ground ball leading off the top of the 6th inning that kept him from facing the minimum. The 2 wins and microscopic ERA helped Jim win those two categories, gaining the overall split and the win on the tie break.
As we enter another off-season, remember to start planning for the 2016 draft, which will be held on March 19th at my house. League champ has to be there, so Jimmy better start planning. I think that we will be looking for 1-2 people to take spots, so if you know someone who might be interested, let me know.
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