← 2017 standings & weekly recaps
Week 1, settled.
Final scores, weekly indignities, and the standings after the dust cleared.
This recap is rebuilt from the recovered ESPN team-level scoreboard. Scores, opponents, standings, awards, power, luck and all-play are on file; weekly player ownership, starts, optimal lineups and bench decisions begin in 2018 and are intentionally omitted here.
Awards
| Highest score | The Penguins | 143.1 |
| Lowest score | Your Worst Nightmares | 53.6 |
| Biggest blowout | The Penguins | +57.8 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Run and Hide | −4.1 |
Standings after week 1
| 1 | The Penguins | 1-0 | 143.1 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 1-0 | 95.8 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 1-0 | 89.5 |
| 4 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 1-0 | 87.0 |
| 5 | Boston Double Rainbows | 1-0 | 66.8 |
| 6 | Austin Bubbs | 0-1 | 85.3 |
| 7 | Run and Hide | 0-1 | 82.9 |
| 8 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0-1 | 81.8 |
| 9 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0-1 | 67.3 |
| 10 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0-1 | 53.6 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 1
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penguins | 0.9556 | 0.00 | 1.0-0.0 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.7896 | +0.11 | 0.9-0.1 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 0.7210 | +0.22 | 0.8-0.2 |
| 4 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.6934 | +0.33 | 0.7-0.3 |
| 5 | Austin Bubbs | 0.5010 | -0.56 | 0.6-0.4 |
| 6 | Run and Hide | 0.4182 | -0.44 | 0.4-0.6 |
| 7 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.3936 | -0.33 | 0.3-0.7 |
| 8 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.3844 | +0.89 | 0.1-0.9 |
| 9 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.3078 | -0.22 | 0.2-0.8 |
| 10 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.1235 | 0.00 | 0.0-1.0 |
These are reconstructed from team scores and opponents only. Power uses the same model as every other season; luck compares actual wins with schedule-neutral expected wins; all-play is scaled to the number of games actually played.
Old business
The week’s most-established manager matchup. Through this game, the series stood 14-5 from Ryan Mindell’s side across 19 meetings. In 2017, the teams were Austin Bubbs and The Penguins.
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