The Severed Cortex

8 days of regular season fantasy baseball left and there are still 8 teams in the hunt for money. Today's results will most likely dwindle that number down to 7. In addition there are 9 teams fighting for playoff spots and 2 teams still battling to stay out of the cellar and keep one more keeper next year.

In the Viagra division 1st place and the subsequent #1 seed in the playoffs has been wrapped up for 2 weeks. 2nd place and the chance to win your entry fee back is still up for grabs. The Steamers control their own destiny, especially if they win this week. A Steamers loss and a BaBaBelue win puts BBB in the drivers seat. Hurtin' Atlanta Man is not completely out of the woods though and should not be counted out. A win this week looks likely and if CS and BBB slip, HAM is back in the hunt. He will need some big scoring periods to overcome the tie-breaker though. Playoff teams are set though and the only thing to be decided in that aspect is the 2, 3, and 4 seeds.
WarPigs and the Desert Rats are fighting to stay out of the cellar. WP holds the advantage, but if JDR can pull off a win this week or next, WP may be relegated to 6 keepers next year. With a surplus of money I'm not sure if that helps or hurts him.

In the Cialis division things are a little more wide open. 98Y and TT are in the drivers seat for 1st. Both are locked in dogfights that if they win will push them over the top. A loss by both pits 4 teams fighting for money in the final regular season matchups. St. Louis Browns of Belleville have a tough road to climb, especially since they are staring a loss in the face this week. Back to the Minors is in the same boat, however a loss by 98Y and TT puts STLB in for a shot at 1st and BTM in for a shot at 2nd due to the points tiebreaker. Both teams need a lot of help to get to that point and right now it seems like the only thing up for stake in the final week is playoff seeding. Don't count Bugs Bums out though. They still have an outside shot of making the playoffs. A loss by BTM looks imminent as does a win by BB. If this pans out, BB will be 1 game back of a playoff spot with one week to go. Most likely the point differential will be too much to overcome for BB, but it is in the realm of possibilities.

While all these scenarios are fun to watch, I do think that next year we ought to end the last 5 weeks with teams playing within their division as opposed to playing the other division. In the last 4 weeks of the regular season I play BTM, STLB, 98Y and TT so it is kind of cool for me to think that my team controls who wins money in the other division, but I think it's much better to have the final weeks be controlled by the teams in your division.