← 2017 standings & weekly recaps
Week 5, 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 | Run and Hide | 121.0 |
| Lowest score | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 52.0 |
| Biggest blowout | Your Worst Nightmares | +31.2 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Taco MacArthur | −1.7 |
Standings after week 5
| 1 | The Penguins | 4-1 | 589.9 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 4-1 | 530.3 |
| 3 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 4-1 | 473.3 |
| 4 | Taco MacArthur | 3-2 | 449.8 |
| 5 | Run and Hide | 2-3 | 504.4 |
| 6 | Your Worst Nightmares | 2-3 | 463.3 |
| 7 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 2-3 | 410.3 |
| 8 | Boston Double Rainbows | 2-3 | 407.6 |
| 9 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 1-4 | 457.3 |
| 10 | Austin Bubbs | 1-4 | 383.1 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 5
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penguins | 0.7987 | +0.33 | 3.7-1.3 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.7817 | +0.22 | 3.8-1.2 |
| 3 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.6643 | +1.33 | 2.7-2.3 |
| 4 | Taco MacArthur | 0.6252 | +0.22 | 2.8-2.2 |
| 5 | Run and Hide | 0.6201 | -0.89 | 2.9-2.1 |
| 6 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.5294 | -1.56 | 2.6-2.4 |
| 7 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.5289 | -0.11 | 2.1-2.9 |
| 8 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.4642 | +0.44 | 1.6-3.4 |
| 9 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.4629 | +0.44 | 1.6-3.4 |
| 10 | Austin Bubbs | 0.3993 | -0.44 | 1.4-3.6 |
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 9-11 from Samuel Nye’s side across 20 meetings. In 2017, the teams were P RIVERS NAS NAS and Austin Bubbs.
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