← 2017 standings & weekly recaps
Week 9, 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 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 115.7 |
| Lowest score | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 56.5 |
| Biggest blowout | Brightleaf Yuppies | +46.6 |
| Heartbreaking loss | The Penguins | −3.7 |
Standings after week 9
| 1 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 8-1 | 959.8 |
| 2 | The Penguins | 6-3 | 1012.9 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 5-4 | 886.0 |
| 4 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 5-4 | 794.9 |
| 5 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 4-5 | 930.6 |
| 6 | Run and Hide | 4-5 | 906.7 |
| 7 | Boston Double Rainbows | 4-5 | 777.5 |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | 3-6 | 779.7 |
| 9 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 3-6 | 754.8 |
| 10 | Austin Bubbs | 3-6 | 750.7 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 9
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.8105 | +1.22 | 6.8-2.2 |
| 2 | The Penguins | 0.7626 | -0.33 | 6.3-2.7 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 0.6787 | -0.78 | 5.8-3.2 |
| 4 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.6457 | -1.22 | 5.2-3.8 |
| 5 | Run and Hide | 0.6098 | -0.56 | 4.6-4.4 |
| 6 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.5605 | +1.33 | 3.7-5.3 |
| 7 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.5188 | +0.67 | 3.3-5.7 |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.4924 | -0.22 | 3.2-5.8 |
| 9 | Austin Bubbs | 0.4838 | -0.22 | 3.2-5.8 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.4706 | +0.11 | 2.9-6.1 |
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 12-10 from Joe Presley’s side across 22 meetings. In 2017, the teams were Your Worst Nightmares and The Penguins.
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