Week 2 Power Rankings

10 Teem Wheels- Last Week: 3rd- Best: 3rd

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Team Wheels is a team everyone wants to see succeed but it has been a rough beginning.  News today of Oh my Darling Starling Marte being suspended for 80 games was a shocker. He had Nandrolone in his system. "Nandrolone can promote muscle growth and bone density, increase appetite and improve red blood cell production. It is an old school steroid that has been used by athletes since the 1960s. It has been banned in the Olympics since 1974." - cbssports.com

On the bright side Team Wheels snagged a potential top-10 closer in Matt Bush. He will now close games for the Rangers. In 2009, Bush went into a San Diego high school and beat up a high school Lax bro with a golf club yelling, "I'm Matt fucking Bush!" There's a ton more about Bush but there's not enough room here to write it all so here's the link to his wiki.

Stay Classy Team Wheels

9 Dick Swisher- Last Week: 8th- Best: 1st

Coming in the 9 hole is Dick Swisher, the only team to lose both weeks those far.  This week they fell to Mike's Team 7-3.  As bad as 7-3 sounds this could have been a devastating week had Dick Swisher not been able to edge out victories in HR and SB by 1 each.  Pitching also seemed to be a problem for this team as they were only able to pick up the win in Ks.  All is not dark however as Dick Swisher's potentially dangerous offense will soon be reinforced by Ian Desmond and David Dahl who are due to return from injury soon.  He also may have found lightening in a bottle with the deadly Dylan "Ted" Bundy.

8 Addison's Creed- Last Week: 9th- Best:7th

Another tie another waste of a week. Addison's Creed had a brilliant week for JoeInnes Cespedes. He hit 5 dingers and made the National League his bitch for the week. He also had a .400  OBP. Addison's Reed almost doubled I am McLovin's RBI's with 45. Although the hitting was great Team Addison's Creed had a couple of brutal pitching performances from Iwakuma, Gsellman, Dyson and Klubes. Dyson sheesh....I think its time to let go Addison's Creed. The Battle of the JMU friends started and ended the way it begun...as plan old friends. Nobody likes ties.

7 The Johnny Rockers- Last Week: 2nd- Best: 2nd

 Johnny Rockers has finally come down to earth. After beating Dick Swisher all week long, the Rockers were kept in check by the one and only Obi Wan Canobi. Chapman had 3 saves after CJ bitched to me on a couple occasions that he won't get saves because the "Yankees suck". Well CJ the Braves suck and you were wrong. Jon Lester continues to prove everyone wrong and is pitching like a god. Perhaps David Ross last year was just as useless as we all knew he was. I don't know about you guys but I'm sick of this lame Grandpa Rossy nonsense. We get it you're an older player. I don't think he deserves a spot on DWTS. Give it to someone who deserves it!

6 Joe's Fine Team- Last Week: 7th- Best: 6th

Joe's Fine Team had a fine week. Unfortunately he went up against a team that posted an ERA of 1.86 or else he would have beat a lot of teams this week with a fine 2.73 ERA. Joe's Fine Team made a curious move signing and playing Pablo Sandoval. The Fat Panda has been pretty bad this year and is in a time share in Boston.  Harper again completely fucked up the baseball and again proved to everyone that he is a beast. Joe's Fine Team has also seen the rise of James Paxton. Did he predict the breakout of Paxton...no. To Joe's Fine Team's credit he did draft him while everyone else chose to pass on the risk. Looks like its paying off but time will tell.

5 Mike's Team- Last Week: 10th- Best: 4th

Mike's team beat Dick Swisher last week. Wow lets just crown him league champ already. I blame Ken Giles and I think its cruel that Kyle is making me write this one. Yelich and Altuve combined for 15 runs. Yelich is going to be a stud in the future and he is already looking like a top fantasy bat. Mike's team (I have to say this has to be the best fantasy baseball team names I have every seen. Can we all agree on that? I mean it's creative in all the right places yet original and funny. Well done) saw the breakout of Eric Thames. Thames hit 6 home runs last week however Mike's Team (god I love that name) only was awarded 1 on them. That's right fellas, all this hoopla about Thames hitting home runs doesn't count for anything in our league because no team had him rostered. Joe's fine team did draft him however and Dick Swisher had him for one home run before both dropped him.

4 Obi Wan Canobi- Last Week: 6th- Best:6th

With the second largest margin of victory this week Obi Wan Canobi demolished the Johnny Rockers 6-2-2.  Ant had a great week  from his pitchers getting at least 1 QS from 6 out of his 8 starters.  Obi Wan Canobi also showed no sign of slowing down on the offensive end being led by the surging Mitch Haniger and Lorenzo Cain who combined for 17/38 6 Rs, 1 HR, 8 RBI, and 3 SBs.  While there's no way Mitch  "The Hangman" Haniger can sustain this incredible pace, he may just be the talent that can separate Obi Wan Canobi from the rest of the pack on his chase for glory.

3 Tim Tebow Time- Last Week: 1st- Best: 1st

Tim Tebow Time will look to bounce back this week after dropping 3 spots with a loss to Joe's fine Team.  Despite a mediocre offensive output this week, Tim Tebow Time's pitching shined winning 3 categories- SVs, ERA, and WHIP- and coming very close in QSs and Ks.  What's most impressive about this squad is what has been able to do in spite of their terrible injury luck, with Gary Sanchez, Jean Segura, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Josh Donaldson all missing time.  Also incredibly impressive was Trevor Story's ability to have a .240 OBP this week despite going only 1/20.   Watch out for this powerhouse as the season goes on and these studs begin to return to the field.

Marcell Ozuna has 18 RBI this year- the Blue Jays team has 20

2 I am Mclovin- Last Week: 5th- Best:3rd

With a steady output this week I am Mclovin moves back up towards the top of the rankings, settling in at 2nd.  While this week ended in a 4-4 tie for I am Mclovin, this squad should be proud for where they're at in the early stages of his first Re2pect fantasy season.  They showcase steady offensive and pitching performances weekly out and stand to be a major threat for the remainder of the season.  No Posey, no problem Yasmani Grandal has been a force this season going 9/37 with 3 Rs, 2 HRs 3 RBI, and a .364 OBP adding to the potent offense Grey drafted.

1 Ethnic Kiss- Last Week: 4th- Best: 2nd

Ethnic Kiss is accumulating some crazy stats out there. In the first two weeks of the season this team has 76 RBIs which leads the league. At the same time the Ethnic Kiss is dead last in two categories with 4 SBs and 65 Ks ( the next worst team has 101). Has their success been a product of Luck or strategy? Ethnic Kiss beat the shit out of  Team Wheels 8-2 last week. The Kiss posted a great ERA 2.13 and WHIP 1.11. Ethnic Kiss is the top team of RE2PECT thus far and looks poised to be preeety preettty pretty good.