Race to the Crown

2011 RTTC Post Season Awards

2011-09-29T10:34:00.003-04:00

Here are the top 3 in each category:

Batting Average
1st- Mathews .335
2nd- Price .325
3rd- Sigler .313

(MLB Champ - Miguel Cabrera .344)

Home Runs
1st- Punches 44
2nd- Wyse 41
3rd- Cowan 39

(MLB Champ - Jose Bautista 43)

RBIs
1st- Riether 133
t-2nd- Graven 123
t-2nd- Mathews 123

(MLB Champ - Matt Kemp 126)

2011 Overall Money Leaders

MATHEWS 500.58
PUNCHES 358.48
RIETHER 354.20
WYSE 260.08
PRICE 163.95
SIGLER 152.71
GRAVEN 131.87
SMITH 100.00
COWAN 93.19
ROSSI 85.00
SALVATORE 83.32
EMMONS 66.66
ZGELA 66.66
ZEITZ 50.00
TIM GUELDE 50.00
PALUMBO 50.00
BRINK 48.80
C JONES 48.80
DOUG KRAUSS 33.33
WILLIE 32.14
KYLE KRAUSS 25.00
BURGER 25.00
KJ KRAUSS 25.00
JESS KAPCAR 25.00
MEEK 25.00
BANKS 17.14
G BADENHOP 17.14
W RYCHENER 16.66
T KRAUSS 16.66
PENNINGTON 14.58
STOUT 13.39
M BADENHOP 8.33
TODD GUELDE 8.33
LEONARD 8.33
SUNDERMAN 7.14
CURLIS 7.14
DAVE KRAUSS 6.25
JOE KAPCAR 6.25
RYAN JONES 6.25
FINKES 6.25
PEROTTA 6.25

RTTC RECORDS SET IN 2011
Only 1 - Punches 44 HRs

2011 RTTC MVP - MATHEWS - .335, 33 HRs, 123 RBIs (362 pts, 2nd most all time)
2nd in voting - Riether - .287, 38 HRs, 133 RBIs (353 pts- 3rd most all time)
3rd in voting - Graven - .291, 34 HRs, 123 RBIs (347 pts - 6th all time)

2011 Rookie of the Year - Sigler - .313, 30 HRs, 112 RBIs
2nd in voting - Wyse - .281, 41 HRs, 113 RBIs
3rd in voting - Jess Kapcar - .309, 33 HRs, 102 RBIs

WEEK 26 Results

2011-09-29T09:17:00.003-04:00

Wow, what a finish to the season...there will be a documentary on 9/28/2011 some day....lets recap our last week

STUD OF THE WEEK -Vince Salvatore

Vince finished out the season with a bang and went with a very smart pick...most players went with a player from a team that was in a close finish for the wild cards, but Vince went with Matt Kemp (4/13, 2 HR, 6 RBIs) who recently said he would rather have a 40HR -40SB season, than get MVP...so you know he was aware of his stats...he had 37 HRs entering the week....falling 1 shy of his 40-40...he did have 40 SB....and he will probably get that MVP as well...Good Pick Vince...He finishes the season 4th on the money leaders list at $83.32 (end of season prize $ not added yet) (Google Pic - SV3)

DUDS of the WEEK - Ty Meyer, David Rossi

Ty My went with his favorite player Ty Wigginton and he had nothing this week...Rossi went with Konerko, who was hurt and didn't play all week...

After week 26 $ Leaders...(End of season $ not added yet)

WYSE 116.66
SMITH 100.00
ROSSI 85.00
SALVATORE 83.32
SIGLER 66.66
EMMONS 66.66
ZGELA 66.66
ZEITZ 50.00
TIM GUELDE 50.00
PALUMBO 50.00
BRINK 48.80
C JONES 48.80
MATHEWS 41.65
DOUG KRAUSS 33.33
WILLIE 32.14
KYLE KRAUSS 25.00
BURGER 25.00
KJ KRAUSS 25.00
JESS KAPCAR 25.00
MEEK 25.00
PRICE 20.53
BANKS 17.14
GRAVEN 17.14
G BADENHOP 17.14
W RYCHENER 16.66
T KRAUSS 16.66
PENNINGTON 14.58
PUNCHES 14.28
STOUT 13.39
RIETHER 10.00
M BADENHOP 8.33
TODD GUELDE 8.33
LEONARD 8.33
SUNDERMAN 7.14
COWAN 7.14
CURLIS 7.14
DAVE KRAUSS 6.25
JOE KAPCAR 6.25
RYAN JONES 6.25
FINKES 6.25
PEROTTA 6.25

Updated Leaders Thru 9/27 - 1 Day Left

2011-09-28T09:03:00.002-04:00

So here we are, the season comes down to one night for the Sox, Rays, Braves, and Cardinals...There will be many people watching these games tonite especially in our circle...Most all of the players still in contention for a top 3 finish below have someone in those games...what Ellsbury and BJ Upton do tonite will determine most of the RTTC winnings....funny how this marathon of a season comes down to one night..in MLB and RTTC...GOOD LUCK to those still in it to win it....Will be back tomorrow to sort this mess out

BA LEADERS

Chris Mathews 0.337 - Upton 3/7 this week
Rob Price 0.325 - Berkman 4/8 this week
Todd Sigler* 0.313 - Castro was 2/5 last night
Jessica Kapcar* 0.309 -Weeks was also 1/5 last night

Jess needs a 3 or 4 hit night and hopes Todd takes an 0-fer

HR LEADERS

Brent Punches 44
Josh Wyse* 41 - Clutch HR by Zobrist last night for Rays
Neil Cowan 39 - Clutch HR by Ellsbury last night for Sox
Matt Banks 38
Dave Riether 38 - Ellsbury HR (Can't catch Cowan though)

Banks hoping for a HR tonite by Bossman Junior Upton and nothing for Ellsbury..Can't believe no one took Prince at all this week (3 HRs last night)

RBI LEADERS

Dave Riether 133 - 2 by Ellsbury
Kirk Graven 123 - 2 by Ellsbury
Chris Mathews 122 -
Corey Burger 120 - 2 by Ellsbury
Brent Punches 119 -
Matt Banks 119 -

Week 26 SOTW Watch

Curlis (Beltre) 10
Kemp and Cabrera owners - 8

Updated Leaders Thru 9/26 - 2 Games Left

2011-09-27T09:10:00.003-04:00

BA LEADERS

Chris Mathews 0.337
Rob Price 0.322
Todd Sigler* 0.312 - Castro was 1/4 last night
Jessica Kapcar* 0.310 -Weeks was also 1/4 last night

Funny how we care about Cubs and A's this week...

HR LEADERS

Brent Punches 44
Josh Wyse* 40
Neil Cowan 38
Matt Banks 38
Dave Riether 37
Dave Krauss 37

Nothing changed here last night...

RBI LEADERS

Dave Riether 131
Chris Mathews 122 - 2 RBIs from BJ Upton
Kirk Graven 121
Brent Punches 119 - 2 RBIs from Berkman
Matt Banks 119 - 2 RBIs from BJ Upton
Corey Burger 118
Joe Pennington 116 - 1 RBI from Braun

Week 26 SOTW Watch

Salvatore (Kemp) 5
4 other picks tied at 4

WEEK 25 RECAP - 3 DAYS TO GO

2011-09-26T09:51:00.002-04:00

STUDs OF THE WEEK - LEONARD, TODD G, DOUG K, MATHEWS, PENNINGTON, M BADENHOP

These 6 guys all went with Jacoby Ellsbury who went 13-34 with 4 HRS and 7 RBIs...(24 pts)...Ellsbury could very well be headed to his 1st AL MVP award this year...Mathews (3rd SOTW) has the BA Championship pretty much wrapped up and is now in fight to get a top 3 finich in RBIs...It was the first SOTW for Leonard, Todd G, and M Badenhop, and the 2nd SOTW for Doug K, and Pennington...(Google Pic - 6er)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Bindel, Krista Krauss

They both went with Aramis Ramirez, who got injured during the week and only managed 7 at bats and got only 1 hit...They both have no shot at a year end top 3, and can only hope for a week 26 SOTW...

Week 26 is only going to be 3 days long, so anyone that can manage 10 points should be in good position to cash...

I am going to go out on a limb saying that Mathews has this wrapped up, with Price in 2nd...3rd place is going to be a battle between Sigler and Jess Kapcar...

Punches has this one wrapped up....2nd place is probably going to Wyse...3rd place is currently tied between Cowan and Banks at 38...4 others are within 2 of that..

RBI

Riether has this one wrapped up...2nd and 3rd will go down to the last day...5 guys within 4 of 2nd place...

I will update the leaders every morning here thru Thursday....

Updated Leaders Thru 9/22 -Big weekend ahead

2011-09-23T15:46:00.003-04:00

Not much change from yesterday at all...lot of teams had days off...Jess Kapcar with a 3-3 night closing the gap on 3rd place...next update will be Monday, which starts the final week...

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 333...Keeps cruising along with a 9 pt lead
2 Price 324...too little too late for Price??
3 Sigler 316...Will Hosmer stay hot this weekend?
4 Jess Kap 312...Big 3-3 night for the Kung Fu Panda...
5 Smith 307...Papi needs to step up for Smitty
6 D Rych. 305...Swisher hasn't done much yet...Yanks resting starters?
7 Dillaman 300...Braun killing Dillaman

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 44...NEW RTTC RECORD, How high will it get?
2 Wyse 39...2nd not locked up yet...
3 Riether 37...Can Berkman get anymore this week?
4 Cowan, Banks, Do Krauss 36...still in the hunt for a top 3
7 Smith, D Rych, C Jones 35...all still have a shot at 3rd

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 131...NOt much change here from yesterday
2 Graven 121...
3 Burger 116...Tex hasn't shown up yet this week?
4 Punches 116...5 from A Gonz this week has been huge
5 Mathews 115...Ellsbury has gotten him 3 so far
6 Willie, Banks 114...Only 2 behind 3rd..gonna come down to last day

Leaders Thru 9/21 - 7 Days Left...

2011-09-22T09:32:00.002-04:00

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 333...Keeps cruising along with a 9 pt lead
2 Price 324...too little too late for Price??
3 Sigler 316...top 3 looks pretty solidified
4 Jess Kap 308...Panda must be hurt...only 2 pinch hit ABs this week
5 Smith 307...Papi needs to step up for Smitty
6 D Rych. 304...Swisher hasn't done mush yet
7 Dillaman 300...Braun killing Dillaman

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 44...NEW RTTC RECORD, How high will it get?
2 Wyse 39...Hamilton with 1 last night
3 Riether 37...Can Berkman get anymore this week?
4 Cowan, Banks, Do Krauss 36...still in the hunt for a top 3
7 Smith, D Rych, C Jones 35...all still have a shot at 3rd

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 131...NOt much change here from yesterday
2 Graven 121...Ortiz got him 1 last night
3 Burger 116...Tex hasn't shown up yet this week?
4 Punches 116...5 from A Gonz this week has been huge
5 Mathews 115...Ellsbury has gotten him 3 so far
6 Willie 114...Only 2 behind 3rd..gonna come down to last day

Leaders Thru 9/20

2011-09-21T17:31:00.002-04:00

Quick Update - More tommorow

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 333
2 Price 321
3 Sigler 317
4 Smith 309
5 Jess Kap 309
6 D Rych. 305
7 Dillaman 302

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 44 - NEW RTTC RECORD
2 Wyse 38
3 Riether 37 -
4 Cowan, Banks - 36

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 131
2 Graven 120 -
3 Burger 116 -
4 Punched 116
5 Mathews 115 -
6 Willie 113 -

Updated Leaderboard Thru 9/19

2011-09-20T09:50:00.002-04:00

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 334 - 4 hits from Ellsbury yesterday - 7 pts this week already
2 Price 320
3 Sigler 312 - Hosmer with a 3/5 day bolts Sigler to 3rd
4 Smith 309 - Big Papi with a 3 hit day
5 Jess Kap 309
6 D Rych. 304 - Swisher went 2/5
7 Dillaman 303 - Braun 0/4 hurts Dillaman's chances

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 43
2 Wyse 38
3 Riether 37 - Berkman with a big HR for Riether puts him into 3rd
4 Six guys tied at 35 - None of these guys hit a HR

Only other HRs near the top were G Badenhop (Uggla) and Curlis (Santana)...they both now have 34 HRs

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 129 - 2 RBIs from Berkman last night extends lead
2 Graven 120 - 1 RBI from Ortiz, trying to keep pace w DR
3 Burger 116 - Nothing from Tex
4 Mathews 115 - 2 RBIs from Ellsbury (Inside the park HR)
5 Punches 113 - 2 RBIs from A Gonzalez
6 Willie 113 - 1 from Ortiz
7 4 tied at 110

Go Rays, Go DBacks

Week 24 Results - Back 2 Back Edition

2011-09-19T10:26:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE WEEK - Tom Zgela

Back to back studs for Tommy Z, as he was the lone player to pick Josh Hamilton this week, who went off for 10 hits, 4 HRs, and 10 RBIs...(24 pts)...He doesn't have a shot at any year end honors, but he did just climb into 4th place on the money leaders list...not bad for a down year for him...Actually in the past 3 weeks he is hitting .393 with 6 HRs and 22 RBIs....Its been a good run for him, as he also walked his youngest daughter down the aisle this past weekend as well, and I will go ahead and assume that he had a couple cold ones that night as well... Double Congrats Z - Man (Google Pic -Z-Man)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Biederstedt, Price, People that didn't submit a pick??

Bieder had some bad luck and picked Tulo who got hurt on Monday...one of those years for the Bieder Bunch...Price picked a Rangers outfielder that didnt get an at bats??? He is still shy of the minimum of 550 at bats needed to qualify for the batting title....And then about 4 or 5 people didnt even submit a pick, which is pretty strange...oh well better for the rest of us....

BA RACE-

1st Mathews - .333 Pretty much wrapped up this title unless Price goes off this week...

2nd Price - .320 Could still catch Mathews if he goes 10/20 or something?? No way loses 2nd

3rd Jess Kapcar - .309 Can she hang onto 3rd? The 4 others below are the only ones that I

4th Sigler - .309 ...see catching her

5th Smith - .308

6th Dillaman - .305

7th D Rychener - .303

HR RACE -

1st Punches - 43...1 more HR sets a new RTTC Record...

2nd Wyse - 38....Needs at least 6 in 2 weeks to win, and that assumes Punches hits 0...tough

3rd Riether - 36...1 HR ahead of 5 guys who have 35...gonna be a good race here..5 others have 33 as well that still have a slight hope...

RBI RACE -

1st Riether - 127 - 10 away from breaking the record of 136...Graven still hanging around?

2nd Graven - 119 - Looking for his 1st top 3 finish since 2008

3rd Burger - 116 - Same as Graven...his last top 3 finish was in 08'...in RBIs

5 others have over 110, and 13 others have over 100...all it takes is a 12 spot to make a huge jump

9/14 Recap - Z Man Going For Back 2 Back

2011-09-15T11:32:00.002-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - JOSH HAMILTON

He only had 1 hit last night but it was a big one...a grand slam, so he had a nice 6 pt night...Zgela(who was a STUD last week) was the lone picker of Hamilton this week and already has 12 pts on the week (4 hits, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs)...Zgela may go back2back??

9/13 Recap - BoSox Strike for 18 Runs

2011-09-14T15:14:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 4/5. HR, and 3 RBIs last night as the Sox put up 18 runs...Tim Krauss was the only one to pick him this week and he is in the running for a top 3 finish in HRs and RBIs....he now has 33 HRs and 108 RBIs on the season...T-Bag is MR Consistant...in his 3 RTTC years he has been an all star 3 times and has over 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in each as well... impressive

...Everyone missed out on the other Sox player from last night who went 4/5, 2 HRs and 5 RBIs...yeah Pedroia put up an 11 spot which ranks on ESPN as the 4th best single game performance of the year.... http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/topperformers , and no one picked him...

HR RECORD UPDATE -
Punches hit #41 last night (Longoria)...getting the champagne out yet?

9/12 Recap- RTTC Video of the Year

2011-09-13T10:53:00.001-04:00

Week 24 is underway and the RTTC Stud of the night was - Ben Zobrist who went 3/5, with 3 RBIs...He was picked by Kyle Krauss who now has 107 RBIs on the year and is definately in the hunt for a top 3 finish...

Side note - Pennington did get his pick in on time, I just failed to enter it for some reason?...He is going with Adrian Beltre this week and is eligible for the SOTW...

Lastly, take a look at this video from a game 2 weeks ago in Cleveland....What a catch by our very own RTTC owner, John Zavislak...definately the RTTC Play of the Year
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18858933&topic_id=8879220&c_id=cle

Week 23 Results - Chasing the Top

2011-09-12T09:50:00.003-04:00

STUDS OF THE WEEK - ZGELA, EMMONS, WYSE

These guys all went with Ellsbury who went 13/32. 2 HR, 6 RBIs (21 pts) The Z Man gets on the board finally after having a rough year...Emmons has his 2nd SOTW in the past 3 weeks, and is only 4 HRs away from 2nd place...Wyse with his 3rd SOTW on the year, and is now the overall money leader on the year so far at $116.66...He also is right in the hunt in HRs and RBIs...could be a very nice payday for Wyse in a couple weeks...(Google Pic - ZEW)

DUD OF THE WEEK - ROACH

Roach continued his streak of picking Tribe players and Grady Sizemore didn't dissapoint...He had a big affect on the Tribe lineup coming back from the DL last week...He did have a big RBI, in 15 at bats...but, you and I both had as many hits last week..yep 0...

LEADERS PULLING AWAY -

BA - Mathews up 20 pts on Price with 3 weeks to go(2.5 really since week 26 is a shorty) at .340...he just has to avoid a big bust week like an 1-25 or something...Price is in a similar boat in 2nd place as he up 9 pts on Jess Kapcar...7 others are above .303 and are in the mix for a spot in the top 3...(ML LEADER - A GONZALEZ - .339)

HR - Big Punches pulling away much like his beloved Detroit Kitties with a career hi 40 HRs...can he get 4 more and break the RTTC single season record? 4 others are tied for second at 35...and about 15 others within shouting distance of 3rd... - (MLB LEADER - BAUTISTA 41)

RBIs- Riether pulling away here with 121 RBIs...8 ahead of Graven and 9 ahead of Mathews...15 others have over 100 and have a legit shot at a top3 finish...RBIs can pile up in a hurry, all it takes is someone with a 13 RBI week to shoot up the board...(see Mathews last week with 11) (MLB LEADER - HOWARD 112)

9/8 Recap - Slow Night

2011-09-09T13:05:00.002-04:00

Nothing stuck off the board too much to me as a HUGE night, so going with this guy...

STUD OF THE DAY - Justin Upton
All he had was 1 hit, but it was a solo bomb...I am sure someone had a better day somewhere, but since I don't check everyones stats everyday, I will go with this one...The DBacks have been quite impressive this year as they now have a 7.5 game lead over the defending champs...and now they need to fight with the Brew Crew for 2nd best record in the NL which would mean they avoid facing the Phillies in round 1...Upton now has 13 pts on the week which is unoffically 4 behind our leader V-Mart...Dan Rychener was the only one to pick J-UP this week, breaking his 5 week HR-less drought...

9/7 Recap - Back At It

2011-09-08T14:57:00.002-04:00

This week hasn't been so good with technology...I will leave it at that...Also, I was attending the funeral of the 2011 Indians as they were pronounced dead about early Wednesday afternoon...so..Back in the swing of things now for the stretch run

Yesterday's Stud of the Day - Andrew McCutchen
2/3, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs- The Meek-Shipley combo were the only one to pick him this week..(Pirates homers, haha)

Notables -
Ian Kinsler also had 2 hits yesterday...both solo HRs...good pick by Dillaman
Ellsbury - 4/5, HR, 3 RBIs...huge 8 pt day for Zgela, Emmons, Wyse
V-Mart - 2/5, HR, 4 RBIs...Tigers rollin on to the playoffs led by Vic and MiggyCab...Mathews, nice pick, Vick has 10 RBIs this week already! Mathews going for MVP!
A Gonzalez - 2/4, HR, RBI - Doug K was the only one to pick him this week...

Week 23 SOTW RACE - Thru Wednesday Games (unofficially)
Victor Martinez - 17 pts!
Tulo - 13 pts
Ellsbury - 11 pts
Papi -11 pts
A Gonzalez 10 pts

8/31 - See Ya August

2011-09-01T08:57:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - Jacoby Ellsbury
2/5, HR, 2 RBIs - Solid 5 pt day. he was picked this week by Jess Kapcar...she is having herself quite a rookie season, as she is within striking distance in all 3 categories still...best chance for her is Batting Average though, where she was .313 prior to this week...through last night she is now at .314...definately kicking her husband's a$$ this year too...

Other RTTC HRs
-Bautista hit #39 (Banks)
-Pujols hit #32 (Tim Guelde)
-Ortiz hit #28 (M Badenhop)
-Hart hit #22 (Finkes, Emmons)
-Pence hit #18 (Smith, Doug Krauss)

September is upon us, which means the marathon portion of RTTC is done...time to sprint now

8/30 Recap - Eat Subway, Ryan Howard Does

2011-08-31T14:41:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - Ryan Howard
Picked this week by the Daves (Riether and Krauss) Howard went 2/5, with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs last night as the Phills beat up on the Reds...DK now has 33 HRs on the year and Riether has 32 on the year...Also Riether now has 111 RBIs...he could be making a push for MVP...

OTHER HRs Last Night -
--STANTON hit his 31st, which means #37 for Punches(pulling away??), #31 for AF Sunderman, and #14 for TyMy...
--PENCE hit his 17th, which means #29 for Smitty, and #23 for Doug Krauss
--HAMILTON hit #19, which is #23 for Perrotta

Week 21 Recap - Despicable M. E.

2011-08-29T10:58:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE WEEK - MICHAEL EMMONS

Emmons went with Carlos Gonzalez this week and that paid off huge for him, as he went 13/27 with 3 HRs and 10 RBIs...(26 pts) He is pretty far back in AVG and RBIS, but he still has a shot at a top 3 finish in HRs, as now he only sits 6 HRs away from 3rd place...that would be a familiar place as that is where he finished last season...3rd in HRs...This was his 1st SOTW of the year and now he sits in 4th place in the Money Leaders with $50 (Finance Page) (Google Pic - ME)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Curlis and Salvatore

These guys both picked Adam (not pacman) Jones this week and he only got 1 hit...at least that 1 hit got him 2 RBIs...for a total of 3 pts this week...This is the 2nd DUD for each of them and the 2nd straight week for Curlis to be in this paragraph. It is terrible timing for Curlis as he is the hunt in both HRs and RBIs...he needs a big bounce back week...

STREAKS

- Graven has at least 8 hits in 5 straight weeks...The current RBI Leader was hitting .284 prior to that...now at .304

- Salvatore has 5 or less hits in 4 straight weeks...went from .294 to now .276

- C Jones has HR'ed at least once in 14 straight weeks...at least 2 HRs in 3 straight weeks, and has an amazing 30 HRs since week 8...

-...in comparison, his son Ryan has 0 HRs in 5 straight weeks, and 4 HRs since week 8...WOW, you are due for about 5 this week

- Punches has at least 2 RBIs in every week this season, only person to do so ...yet is still 10 RBIs out of 3rd place

- D Rychener has had 2 RBIs or less in 4 straight weeks...

8/25 Recap - All Kinds of RBIs

2011-08-26T11:16:00.002-04:00

Lots of great performances yesterday...

Stud of the Day - Brian McCann
McCann went 2/4, with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs...He was picked by Perrotta this week whom is ineligible for the SOTW...

Others Notables -
Granderson - 2/4, HR, 5 RBI...Picked both by the Malinta Mafia duo of Beiderstedt and Stout
B Butler - 4/5, 2 RBI...Picked by Jeff Dillaman
Cano - 2/4, HR, 5 RBI...Picked by Burger and Riether...Riether started the week in 2nd in RBIs with 100...Burger was 4th with 95...

8/24 Recap - AL MVP in Boston?

2011-08-25T11:50:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 3/5, HR, 2 RBIs last night as the Red Sox crushed the Rangers... Not real sure where the power has come from this year for Ellsbury, but he now has 23 HRs on the year, 2 more than teammate Adrian Gonzalez..I could see him getting lots of MVP votes in October...Rob Price and Todd Sigler were the 2 players to pick him this week, who are 2nd and 5th in Batting Average...

8/23 Recap - Here Comes D Rychener

2011-08-24T11:08:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - Aramis Ramirez
He as the consensus pick of the week and he didn't let the 4 players that picked him down...He went 5/5 with 2 RBIs...so far this week he is a scorching hot 8 for 9 (.889) Of the 4 players that picked ARARAM this week, D Rychener started the week with the highest AVG at .301...and now is already at .313...things can change quick in the BA category, which makes it the most fun to watch down the stretch...

Week 21 Preview - Sweet Lou Edition

2011-08-23T13:54:00.004-04:00

32 Different players picked this week...Which I believe is an all-time RTTC high

Most picked player of the week is Aramis Ramirez, the Week 20 Stud...picked 4 times

New pick to the RTTC Board is a doozy...

K Roach picked:

Louis Glenn Marson , Catcher, Indians

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1986 in Scottsdale, AZ (Age 25)
High School: Coronado (Scottsdale, AZ)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Sent to Cleveland in the Cliff Lee trade..

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Coming in to the week Lou was hitting .214 with 1 HR and 10 RBIs...so of course in his RTTC debut last night, he goes 3-3 with an RBI....Roach deserves the Stud of the Week already...

Week 20 Results - Timmy G Salvages Season

2011-08-22T10:54:00.004-04:00

Stud of the Week - Tim Guelde

It has been a pretty brutal year overall for Tim G....but this week he salvaged his season with a solo SOTW performance, its his 1st of the season...Unless he can go on a HR binge, its not looking likely he will finish in the top 3 ... He is currently 11 HRs behind 3rd place right now...Congrats Tim on your $50...(Google Pic - Timmy G)

DUDS of the Week - Stout, Todd G., Finkes, T Krauss, Curlis, Holbrook, D Rychener, Roach

The early week injury struck again taking out 8 guys this week...6 of the guys picked Big Papi, who has a bad foot (don't think on the DL) and one guy picked J Kipnis, he was placed on the DL on Monday night..The other, Roach, didn't even get a pick in so he went 0-21, really hurting his BA chances...A few of those guys are in the hunt in the season ending awards, so this week was a bad blow to them.

Last 3 weeks - HOT OR NOT

BA
HOT - PRICE - 28/67 - .417 - Has gained 17 pts on his AVG and is now in 2nd place

NOT - R JONES - 10/61 - .164 - Has lost 17 pts on his AVG and is now in 42nd place

HOT - PUNCHES - 8 , Now has 35, 1st place

NOT - 4 Players have 0, Notable: D Rychener has 31 HRs, still in 4th despite the drought

RBI

HOT - E KRAUSS - 22, Now has 75 on the year, good for 32nd...too little too late

NOT - D RYCHENER - 3, In 26th place with 80

8/16 Recap - Graven Tops a Hundo

2011-08-17T13:33:00.003-04:00

Busy night in RTTC Land, as a bunch of picked players hit dongs...8 by my count...

Studs of the Day - The 5 Cano Owners...
Robby went 2/5 last night with a HR and 4 RBIs...Graven is one of those owners and thus has topped 100 RBIs for the year...He is looking to soon blow past his career high of 111 RBIs from 2008...The RTTC record of 136 could be in jeopardy at this pace...Mathews also picked Cano and is still keeping strong with his average...

OTHER RTTC Picks that HR'd
Punches hit league leading #34 (Bautista's 35th...he had 3 BBs though, so might not get much to hit)
Pujols - ho hum #30
Tulo hit #25
Aramis Ramirez -#22
Ellsbury - (he has 22 HRs?!?!)
Melky Cabrera - #16
Hamilton - #15...something tells me he could end up with 30 this year yet
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This will be the last update of the week as I am heading down to Jacksonville to watch some AA baseball between the Suns and the BayBears the rest of the weekend, and who knows, I may even watch the Jacksonville Sharks Arena Bowl Championship parade...how fun would that be?!

Week 19 Recap - Lucky #7

2011-08-15T10:21:00.004-04:00

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, AF Sunderman, Graven, Willie, Price, Brink, Curlis

These guys all went with Justin Upton this week and he responded by going 13/27 with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs...(23 pts) This is Price and Brink's 3rd SOTW, Punches, Graven, Willie's 2nd SOTW, and the 1st for Sunday and Curlis... Punches is now tied for 1st in HRs with 33, and Graven now leads RBIs with 98...will he be the 1st to 100 this year?? Congrats you guys split the $50, $7.14 each...big bucks (Google Pic - Lucky 7)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Brooks

Troy Boy got the shaft this week as Beltran didn't play due to an injury...so that is an obvious 0 pt week...Technically 0 pts is worse than 1 pt, but Mark Reynolds went 1-26 this week...so for that, Ty Meyer and Tim Guelde get the honorable mention Duds...

Where We Rank - MLB vs RTTC Leaders

BA
RTTC - Mathews - .337
MLB - A Gonzalez - .352

HR
RTTC - Punches, Cowan - 33
MLB - Bautista - 34

RBI
RTTC - Graven - 98
MLB - Howard - 95

8/11 Recap - Don't Ya Know

2011-08-12T09:23:00.002-04:00

STUD of the DAY - ROBBIE CANO

Cano was 3/4, HR, 4 RBIs...Nice 8 pt day for E Krauss (bout time I get some action on here)

Runner up Stud of the Day - Albert Pujols

Pooey was 4/4 with a HR and 2 RBIs (7 pts)...he was picked by 4 different players

8/10 Recap - Week 18 Scoring Change

2011-08-11T10:14:00.002-04:00

I ran across an article that explains what happened last week in an at bat with Big Papi, read about here ->
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/08/david_ortiz_get.html

Anyways, long story short, the Red Sox appealed a play to MLB where Papi should have been credited with an RBI, and they overturned the initial scoring, so in week 18 Papi now is credited with 4 RBIs, instead of 3. Riether and Salvatore were given credit for the extra RBI...
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Back to this week -

8/10 STUD of the Day
Matt Kemp was 4/5 with an RBI...

Others: Tulo, Cano, Votto, and Pence were the picks that hit bombs last night...

8/9 Recap - Riether Shows Thome Love

2011-08-10T14:14:00.003-04:00

In an email from RTTCer Dave Riether:

"This is for the Midwest fellas in the RTTC league (most of you) about my thoughts on this. It is criminal.

Jimmy Thome is about to hit his 600th career homer steroid-free yet it's not even being talked about, amazes me. 8 people in history have done it! 8! Three of those having cheated the game by the way. (Bonds, A Rod, Sosa)

One of the classiest guys ever. Deserves more praise. "

Dave, as a Life Long Tribe Fan...I totally echo your post...Gotta love the Thomenator

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Last Night's Stud - Justin Upton

J-Up was picked by 7 people this week and last night was a great night for them...as he went 3/5, HR, 4 RBIs...a nice 8 pointer to start the week out...

8/8 Recap - CarGo Sighting

2011-08-09T09:39:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - John Zavislak

It looks like he hit the only HR of the day with Carlos Gonzalez who was 2-5, HR, and 2 RBIs. He now has 24 HRs on the year with 82 RBIs...definately in the hunt in both categories...

Week 18 Recap

2011-08-08T10:14:00.003-04:00

Week 18 was a strange one....The Stud only got 19 pts, and the Duds got 6...so as a whole, not much movement this week...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Josh Wyse

Wyse was 11/29 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs (Pence)...It is his 2nd win of the year and he now finds himself in 2nd place in HRs and 8th in RBIs...Could be on track for Rookie of the Year honors...(Google Pic - Wyse 2)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - R Jones, J Biederstedt

Both of these guys didn't have a typical DUD week as they finished with 6 pts each...For sure the best DUD week of the year so far...Bieder actually raised his average 3 pts this week...Overall this year though, both of these guys have struggled, and barring a miracle tear in the last 2 months, will not finish in the top 3...It's Bieders 3rd DOTW, and Jones 2nd...

BA RACE -

Right now it looks as if it is Mathews race to lose as he currently sits at .339, he hasn't been that high since week 3...Smith is in 2nd at .319, and their are 6 others above .300 looking to make a run

HR RACE -

Cowan is hanging on right now with 32...D Rychener and Wyse are close behind with 31...10 others have at least 25 HRs and are within reach of Cowan..but still plenty of time for others down the list to get hot and make a run...HR LEADER PROJECTED TOTAL = 46 HRs

RBI RACE -

Riether currently in the lead with 92 RBIs...Graven on his tail with 91...13 others have 80 or more and RBIs can pile up in a hurry...the RTTC week record is 17 in a week, so if anyone can approach a number like that, it could change the leaderboard in a hurry...RBI LEADER PROJECTED TOTAL = 132 RBIs

8/4 Recap - 2LO

2011-08-05T15:41:00.004-04:00

Stud of the Day - Troy Tulowitzki

Tulo went 3/4, HR and and RBI as the Rox beat the Nats...The 3 hits is just business as usual for the RTTC BA Leader, Chris Mathews...if he can continue to get multi hit games a couple times a week, it may be tough to catch him...So far this week Mathews is 4/12...good for .333, his season avg entering this week - .332

Other HRs

Only other RTTC HR was big Al Pujols, who hit his 25th of the year...he was picked by 3 thre players this week...

8/3 Recap - Huge Night

2011-08-04T10:58:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - Michael Cuddyer

Clark Carroll with the big night...2/5, 2HR, 5RBI...9 pointer...Clark is still within striking distance if he stays hot for a couple of weeks...should be in contention for SOTW this week

Other Notable Picks

Granderson - 4/6, 5 RBIs...

Cano - 3/5, HR, 4 RBIs...

Howard also HR'd for the 3rd time this week...

8/1 Recap - Cabrera Crushin'

2011-08-02T09:32:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day - Asdrubal Cabrera (Evgeni Malkin look-alike)

He was only picked by Krista Krauss, as she said "He will be big for the Tribe this week during a rough stretch in Boston and Texas...can't go against the Tribe this week"... (even though she didn't watch a single pitch last night)...anyways he went 3-5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs...nice 9 pointer to start the week there KJ...

Week 17 Recap - BAs Going Up

2011-08-01T09:57:00.003-04:00

Big week for alot of players raising their average...11 of the 26 players picked this week had at least 10 hits...The top dogs were...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Burger, Williamson

These guys both went with Adrian Gonzalez who went 14/27 with a HR and 8 RBIs (23pts)...That shot Burger up 18 pts to .300 and is now in the top 10, definately with a shot to finish high in BA...he is also tied for 6th in RBIs now...big moving week for CB...Willie shot his avg up 16 pts to a respectable .276, He still has some work to do there, but he is only 8 RBIs back of 3rd place with 77, which is easily reachable...Congrats on the $25 each fellas...it can go towards each of your wedding plans....(Google Pic - WB)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - M Badenhop, Sigler

Not very often will the guy you picked hit .333 for the week and still be the dud...B McCann went 2-6 this week, but then got hurt, so this is a tough luck pick for sure...It is the 2nd time this year that Badenhop has gotten the early week injury...Of the 2...Sigler has the best shot in BA, as he is currently in 9th place at .301, up from .300 last week...Not too bad of a dud week at all

Doppelgangers of the week:

Josh Wyse - .272, 29 HR, 79 RBIs

Curtis Granderson - .269, 28 HR, 78 RBIs

Todd Guelde - .281, 20 HR, 73 RBIs

Troy Tulowitzki - .289, 20 HR, 73 RBIs

7/28 Recap - Slow Day

2011-07-29T11:00:00.002-04:00

Fairly quiet day yesterday as far as RTTC picks go...

Miguel Cabrera was 2/5 , HR, RBI...Tigers trying their best to keep the Indians in this ALC race...Punches only player to choose him this week

Also with HRs yesterday:

Braun
Pedroia

Look for Mike Stanton to be a hot pick the rest of the way..he is tied for 2nd in HRs in the NL and has only been picked in RTTC 4 times this year...

7/27 - Upton Scorching

2011-07-28T12:05:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day - Justin Upton - 2/4, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs
This dude has been as hot as anyone in the game for the past 2+ weeks...he is batting over .300 now and has 20 HRs...he will be a hot pick the rest of the season...

Other top performances -
Ellsbury and Pedroia both - 3/4, HR, 2 RBIs
Papi 1-4 but is was a grand slam...RBI record could be in jepardy this week
Mauer - 2/4, HR, 2 RBIs..Mauer's 1st HR of year!
Ackley - 3/5, 3 RBIs...this guy will be playing for a long time...

7/26 Recap - Biiiig Papi

2011-07-27T15:52:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - Papi -

David Ortiz who went 4/5 with 5 RBIs for a crazy 9 pts...That has to be the most pts we have had someone have in 1 day without hitting a HR...Papi was picked by 5 different players this week...I love that pic of him above w Pierce, Allen and Garnett...looks so little

Others -

Pedroia - 4/5, 1 RBI

R Howard - 2/4, HR, 2 RBIs

7/25 Recap - Be Like Mike

2011-07-26T13:24:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day - Michael Young - 3/5, HR, 3 RBI - 7 pts

The rich got richer last night...All Star Chris Mathews is the current BA Leader and is now at .328 after he was the only player to pick Young this week...Unofficially he has about a 20 pt lead in BA now and if he widens the gap more this week, Week 17 could be the week that makes Mathews some $$ at the end of the year...

(Side note) - Any Rangers player would have been good last night as they had 27 hits and 20 runs...

WEEK 16 RECAP

2011-07-25T09:36:00.002-04:00

It was a rough week for many of us as only 14 players actually improved thier batting average..what a good week to win the SOTW for...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Ryan Smith

Big week for Smitty as not only does he win it all by himself, but that everyone else struggled so much that he now finds himself in 3rd place in BA at .309 ...He went with Jacoby Ellsbury, who was a 1st time RTTC pick and he went 12-26, with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs (22pts). This was his 2nd solo SOTW in the past 5 weeks, and now finds himself as the current 2011 money leader at this point. Congrats Smitty on your winnings...aka diaper stash...(google pic - 2 smitty)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Emmons, Salvatore

This was the 1st DUD for both of these guys this year...They each only got 2 pts this week going with BJ Upton and Adam Dunn...Dunn has just been awful this year...he went 2/12 this week and that RAISED his season average..He is probably hitting his 6th grade weight...At least most of the rest of league had a bad week as well..so could have been worse for these 2...

HOT - last 3 weeks

BA - Smith - 25/66 - .379

HR - Smith, C Jones - 6

RBI - Riether - 16

NOT - last 3 weeks

BA - Leonard - 5/33 - .152

HR - Krista Krauss - 0

RBI - Bindel, Leonard - 3

7/20 Recap - New Guys Go for 6

2011-07-21T12:04:00.003-04:00

With the 1st time ever being picked in RTTC this week, Jacoby Ellsbury put up a 6 pointer with 2 hits-both being solo HRs...What a nice pick by Ryan Smith, not sure how he pulled that one off?

Jess Kapcar with the nice pick of rookie and recent RTTC addition, Dustin Ackley who also had 6 points..2/4, HR and 3RBIs...

Others-
Granderson and Han-Ram also went yard - 11 people picked one of those 2...

7/19 Recap - Full of Duds

2011-07-20T10:37:00.002-04:00

Not much positive action I see from last nights games...looks like 0 HRs were hit combined by all 53 of us..I don't track stats daily, but I have to believe that doesn't happen often...

Yesterday's Top RTTC Duds

Prince Fielder - 0/5 , 2 Ks, GDP
Adrian Gonzalez - 0/4, 2 Ks, GDP
Joey Votto - 0/4, 3 Ks

Week 15 Results

2011-07-18T09:40:00.004-04:00

Sorry for the mess up yesterday, the "last 7 days stats" on MLB.com Fantasy for some reason was counting July 14th games twice, very strange...so i guess just a good reminder to always double check what your stats are in case their is a mess up...so the revised week 15 SOTW are...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Doug Krauss, Derek Meek

Both of these guys get their 1st SOTW of their careers...Markakis was the man for Doug and Hanley Ramirez for Meek as they both pulled in 12 pts in the 4 day week, which would equal 21 pts during a normal week, which sounds about par for the course...Doug is having his best success this year on the BA side of things where he is at .285 and definately capable of making a run there...look for him to start picking all high average guys in the 2nd half...Meek (and his silent "partner" Shipley) are probably having their best success in HRs where they are only 6 back from 3rd place right now....so there is plenty of time climb the board...Congrats on the $25 each....(Google Pic - Double D)

DUDS of the WEEK - Tim Guelde, Kyle Krauss, Krista Krauss

Rough short week for these 3...Tim and Krista went with A Gonzalez who went 1 for 15, and Kyle went with C Pena who also went 1 for 15...Of the 3, Kyle is in the best shape overall being in the top 10 in HRs and RBIs, but any more weeks like this and the SOTWs will be the only way to get some cash...Tim has had a forgettable past month and half as he has 3 Duds in the last 6 weeks, and now finds himself 2nd to last in BA...speaking of slumping bad....Krista has 7 pts in the last 3 weeks!...I think that is karma for talking trash at home to me throughout this whole season...live and learn KJ...

MLB VS RTTC - Where we rank

RTTC - W Rychener - .324
MLB - J Reyes - .354

RTTC - D Rychener - 28
MLB - J Bautista - 31

RBI

RTTC - D Riether - 79

MLB - A Gonzalez - 77

Week 14 Results

2011-07-11T10:41:00.003-04:00

The MLB All Star break is finally here, so we are off until Thursday when action resumes for Week 15...Week 15 will be a short week that only lasts 4 days, so around 15 points should have a good chance at the SOTW...Here is what happened last week...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Rossi, C Jones

It is fitting that these 2 finished off the 1st half with the SOTW as they both are now tied for the most this season with 3 each. They picked Aramis Ramirez and he put up 20 pts... Rossi is the current $ Leader so far with $85 in the bank, overall though his numbers are just a little bit better than average, but he is still capable of getting a top 3 finish in 1 of the categories. Jones has been absolutely on fire in the past 6 weeks...In that time he has gotten 3 SOTWs, 10 hits: 5 different times...batting .409 with 17 HRs and 43 RBIs...his first 8 weeks he was .251 with 5 HRs and 28RBIs...Last years MVP is looking to make it back to back this year...Also he is pissed that he got snubbed from this years All Star Game...(Google Pic - RJ3)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Leonard, Price

The tough luck losers of week 14...They went with Braun last week who got a total of 0 at bats....ouch...It is always tricky when there is a Sunday injury and he doesn't go on the DL...not much you can do about it. Leonard has had a fairly average year so far and this is his 2nd DOTW...Price is having a good season and is only 1 of 10 players currently batting over .300, and is in the top 15 in RBIs...Regroup over the break fellas...

2011 RTTC $$ Leaders

27 of the 53 players have at least 1 SOTW this year, thus are on the $ board...here are the leaders that are over $50...

1. Rossi - $85

2. Wyse - $50

3. Smith - $50

4. Zeitz - $50

5. Palumbo - $50

6. Sigler - $50

Week 15 picks due Thursday at 5PM...Those of us that are not all stars, enjoy your 3 day vacation..

Evan Hitsem Long-oria

2011-07-07T10:09:00.003-04:00

Last nights top RTTC pick was Evan Longoria, who went 3/6, HR, and 4 RBIs...good for an 8 pointer...The Rays beat up on the Twins 12-5 and quietly have the 3rd best record in the AL..too bad they are in the AL East, behind both the Sox and Yanks...

Biederstedt, Cowan both picked Long-gone-goria this week...

7/5 Recap - Grandy Man Edition

2011-07-06T10:40:00.003-04:00

Granderson was 3-6 with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs last night as the Yanks spanked the Tribe 9-2...He has 25 HRs on the year now...only trailing Bautista who has 28...

Dave Krauss, Lyndsay Jones, Derek Meek all picked the Grandy Man this week..he also had a HR on Monday, so you could be looking at the week 14 Studs right here...lots of ball left though this week...

2011 RTTC ALL STAR SELECTIONS

2011-07-05T16:25:00.004-04:00

We are at the offical RTTC season halfway mark...13 weeks down, 13 to go...but in the last 13 weeks we will have 2 shortened weeks...Week 15 will after the MLB ALL Star game and will only consist of 4 days, and Week 26 will only be a 3 or 4 day week as well...but anyways, there is still lots of cash to be handed out with the SOTW plus the 9 year end spots...Onto the mid-year awards(which mean nothing, just pride baby)

1st Half Stud - Dan Rychener - .323 - 25HR - 62RBIs - "190 pts"

It will be hard to keep that pace up for the 2nd half...or will it?? Dan, it is your MVP trophy to lose...

1st Half Dud - Eric Krauss - .231 - 8HR - 38RBIs - "107 pts"

I would like to think it will be hard to keep this awful pace up as well...wow, talk about getting lapped by the field..I have 61 hits this season...17 players have at least that many RBIs!!!..SMH

1st Half Rookie of the Year - Todd Sigler -.321 - 18HR - 62RBIs - "183 pts"

Todd has had a great 1st half and is in good position to place in all of the top 3's...unless he switches his focus to one category????

2011 RTTC All Star Selections:

(in paranthesis denotes # of All Star selections in career)

Top 5 in each category make all star team:

Mathews - (2)

W Rychener - (2)

D Rychener - (2)

Sigler

Brink

D Rychener - (2)

Cowan

Wyse

Sunderman - (3)

T Krauss - (3)

RBI

Graven - (3)

Curlis

T Krauss -(3)

Pennington

Zeitz

Riether - (2)

Congrats to all of you except Sunderman...

See ya June...

2011-07-01T09:40:00.003-04:00

The week 12 consensus picks strikes....Troy Tulowitzki with only 1 hit last night, but he made it count as it was a 3 Run Homer...He also drew 2 BBs , but the Rockies blew the lead that Tulo gave them as they lose in 10 innings to the hated White Sox...

Remember that Monday is a holiday, so you may not be around to check email..get your picks in ASAP so you are not late. have a great weekend!

6/29 Recap - Mets Beat Miggy

2011-06-30T10:17:00.004-04:00

Stud of the Day -

Miguel Cabrera - 2/4, 2HR, 4RBI...nice little 8 pt performance by Miggy...he was picked by 6 people this week...The Tigers have given up 30 runs to the Mets in the past 2 days...good thing they have the best pitcher in the game going today in Verlander, otherwise Miggy would need about 4 bombs...

Week 13 Preview

2011-06-28T14:07:00.004-04:00

With only 1 week left before the RTTC All-Star selections are made, lets see who can make a push to be in the top 5, of 1 of the 3 categories and be named and all-star (which means nothing by the way)

-28 different picks this week, I think most of the year

-Tulo was the top pick getting snagged 7 times

-Miguel Cabrera was 2nd most with 6

-Josh Hamilton had 4 picks

New to the RTTC Board-

Melvin Emanuel Upton AKA - BJ which stands for "Bossman Junior", because his Dad was called Bossman...really...I can't make that up...He joins his bro Justin on the RTTC board, and are the only 2 players related on the board...I think, although there are tons of Cabrera's and Gonzalez's, etc??

6/27 Stud

CARGO - 2/4 - 2HR - 2RBI....not a bad start, I would say

Week 12 Recap -

2011-06-27T09:38:00.003-04:00

It was a big week for the Batting Averages for a lot people...There were 26 different players picked this week and 10 of them hit over .300 for the week...which brings us to the to pick of the week...

STUD OF THE WEEK - RYAN SMITH

Just over a week ago a quote from Smitty that was based off his RTTC struggles..."Man, I am about done with RTTC...that game is dumb"...well maybe he should say that every week, as he went 13/27 with 4 HRs and 9 RBIs...26 pts...via M. Young...In the past 2 weeks he has raised his AVG 36 pts and now is over .300 and in great shape...Speaking of "Young"...Smitty is about a month-ish away from having a couple of young ones as he and his wife are expecting twins...Hope the $50 will buy some nice diapers..Congrats - (Google Pic - Dirtball (in Honor of Punches))

DUD OF THE WEEK - JESS KAPCAR

Jess went w B Gardner this week and he did dissapoint by getting only 3 hits...The first week back from her honeymoon to boot, ouch...talk about back to reality quick..oh well I am sure the beach was well worth it...but time to refocus, beacuse the honeymoon is over...Overall, she is still in good shape, as she is in the top third of each category still...

WHO'S HOT/NOT - LAST 3 WEEKS

HOT - Zeitz - 32/74 - .432
NOT - Todd Guelde - 13/72 - .181

HOT - Zeitz - 8

NOT - WRychener, Perrotta - 0

RBI

HOT - Zeitz - 27
NOT - Perrotta, Carroll - 5

I think it is safe to say the Zeitz is enjoying a nice little run here...This is the last week to make your all-star push...

6/22 Recap - Miggy Hits #15

2011-06-23T11:54:00.003-04:00

Miguel Cabrera is quietly on his was to another .320 - 30HR and 120 RBIs...hard to argue against him being the best hitter in the game...He was picked 3 times this week and last night he was 2/3 with a HR and 2 RBIs...On a side note Bautista hit the MLB leading #22 last night, and he was only picked by 1 person this week - Tim Guelde...It is not too often that someone can be the lone picker for the MLB HR leader...Tim is looking to take advantage of that with abut 4 more HRs from Joey Bats...

6/21 Recap - Konerko Streakin'

2011-06-22T10:04:00.004-04:00

No one is hotter in MLB right now than Paul Konerko...he has HRed in 5 straight games, and now has 21 on the year, tied for the MLB lead...There were 6 players that went with Paulie this week..

Michael Young also homered last night, which ended up being a pretty quiet night in the RTTC world...

Week 11 Recap -

2011-06-20T09:33:00.003-04:00

In the last few week there were multiple players that ended the week with over 20 pts...not so much this week...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Nick Palumbo

Rookie, Nick Palumbo was the lone STUD this week as he went with Cano and ended the week 11/29 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs...(18 pts)...The nice week for Nick puts him in 4th place in Batting Average now at .313...He is also in the top 15 in RBIs only 10 back from the leader with 53... Congrats Nick on your first SOTW (Google Pic - Palumbo)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Jeremy Stout

Stout with a very rough week going 2/24 with Longoria...That dropped his avg from the league leading .328 last week, to .305 this week, dropping 7 spots in that span. He has a league average 14 HRs and is only 8 back in RBIs with 55...so overall, Stoutit is having a very nice year...

RTTC vs MLB LEADERS:

RTTC - W Rychener - .322
MLB - A Gonzalez - .348

RTTC - Wyse - 22

MLB - Bautista, Granderson, Tex - 21

RBI

RTTC - Price - 63

MLB - A Gonzalez - 64

We are pretty much right on pace with the MLB...kinda strange how that seems to work out...

6/15 Recap - 2 Tex Messages

2011-06-16T08:45:00.002-04:00

The pick of the day yesterday was another Yankee...Mark Teixeira who went 3/5 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs, good for a 10 pointer....a lot of us won't get 10 pts all week!...he was picked by 3 different players...Tex now leads the MLB in HRs with 21, tied with Granderson and Bautista...must be an AL East thing to drop bombs

Mark Teixeira ties Eddie Murray, Chili Davis, hitting HR from both sides of the plate for 11th time in career.

6/14 Recap - Curtis Crushin It

2011-06-15T08:49:00.004-04:00

Well, the RTTC Consensus picks have been doing very well the past few weeks...this weeks top of Granderson is no exception..he went 2/4 last night with a HR and 4 RBIs, good for a 7 point night...and now has 8 pts for the week...he is now tied for J Bautista for the most HRs in the MLB with 21...and is on pace for 52 this year...his previous career hi in HRs is 30...

Week 11 Preview Grand Picks

2011-06-14T09:38:00.004-04:00

Granderson is the top pick of week 11, being picked 8 different times...

Last weeks Stud Prince Fielder was picked 7 times this week...

Monday Recap -

Joey Votto was the top RTTC performer last night with his late 3 run HR...that was his only hit of the night, but was good enough for a 5 pt night....Ryan Jones was the only one to pick Votto this week...

Week 10 Recap -

2011-06-13T09:45:00.002-04:00

You know there were some big numbers out there this week when someone picks Tulowitzki and gets 27 points...and doesn't win the SOTW...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Kyle Krauss, John Zeitz

It was a bad week for the "King", but a great week for the "Prince"...Prince Fielder was THE pick this week as he went 10/20 with 6 HRs and 13 RBIs (29 pts) ...The 6 HRs ties the RTTC single week record...This is the 2nd SOTW for Zeitz, and in week 6 he also had 6 HRs....So take a look at Zeitz week 6 and 10 totals: .457, 12 HR, 22 RBI...and now the other 8 weeks - .221, 4 HR, 26 RBI...talk about getting them in bunches...Kyle also is heating up bigtime...last 2 weeks he is .400, 10 HR , 20 RBIs...congrats on the SOTW and splitting the $50. (Google Pic - KKJZ)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Tim Guelde

He went with Matt Joyce last week and was let down as he only mustered 2 hits, but had 2 RBIs though...His 3 week drought is continuing as in that span he is .182, 0 HR, 6 RBIs...he looks to break out this week and make a run before the all-star break...

Stat that may only amaze me -

Andre Perrotta has 9 HRs and 41 RBIs

Doug Krauss has 9 HRs and 18 RBIs...Doug must be the king of solo HRs???

6/9 Recap - J Ham

2011-06-10T09:13:00.002-04:00

This weeks consensus pick of Josh Hamilton (picked 7 times) did not disapoint last night as he went 2/4, with a HR and RBI, but the Rangers lost to the surging Twins...Kemp, Konerko, Berkman and Cruz also HRed last night...

Guest Blogger - Joe Kapcar

2011-06-09T14:01:00.003-04:00

Hello fellow sport fans. This is guest blogger Joe Kapcar . I want to congratulate my Delphos St. Johns Blue Jays on making it to the state semi finals in high school boys baseball. Yet again, DSJ has
proven its self a dominate force in high school sports.

My last comment is it comment on the outstanding performance that Jessica Ceritelli is displaying with a batting average of .295, 14 homeruns, and 37 RBIs. She will be shortly changing her last name to Kapcar, because we will be getting married on June 11, followed with a trip to the Grand Caymans to drink, relax, and drink. Thanks to all of our friends who be attending the wedding and we look forward to celebrating with you.

Before I forget, there is a HUGE sweater vest sale, here in Columbus, along with cheap cars.

Good luck and GO NOTRE DAME

-Joe

**Commish Note - The views of Kappy do not reflect those of RTTC....any and all guest bloggers are welcome at any time..just send your write up to the rttcpicks@gmail.com email**

6/7 Update -

2011-06-08T08:45:00.003-04:00

Below is a list of last night's RTTC HR Hitters:

Matt Kemp, LAD 17 (Picked by 6 players)
Prince Fielder, MIL 15 (Picked by 2 players)
Paul Konerko, CHW 14 (Picked by 1 player)
Albert Pujols, STL 14 (Picked by 3 players)
Lance Berkman, STL 13 (Picked by 1 player)

So it looks like 13 out of 53 HRed last night, pretty much 25% of us...

Week 10 Preview

2011-06-07T08:41:00.002-04:00

Only 19 different players picked this week...one of the lowest totals of the year....

Two guys from Texas recently off the DL were the 2 most picked players this week:

J Hamilton - 7

N Cruz - 6

M Kemp - 6

R Braun - 5

Last Night's Top Performer:

Nelson Cruz was 2/4 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs...always good to get the week off to a good start...this guy seems to hit HRs in bunches, so expect more from him this week...Cowan is one of the 6 to pick Cruz, and now has 19 HRs on the year tied w/ Wyse...

**There were no late picks this week: Wyse picked Bautista, C Jones picked Kemp and Perrotta picked Bruce...just missed their emails**

Week 9 Results

2011-06-06T09:32:00.003-04:00

Big week for many of you out there...and some bad luck out there as well...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, Stout, Banks, Cowan, Price, C Jones, G Badenhop

One of the biggest weeks of the year as these guys all went (before this week struggling) Al Pujols...All he did was go 12/27, 5 HRs and 10 RBIs...including walk off bombs Saturday and Sunday...This is Banks, Stout, and Badenhop's 2nd SOTW of the year...Stout has now taken over the BA lead at .327...Cowan is now 2nd in HRs at 17....and Stout is now 4th in RBIs with 49...C Jones may be getting his MVP form back from last year as he doubled his HR total this week to 10....Congrats on the big week and the $7.14...lunch is paid for today...(Google Pic - Super 7)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Burger

One of the couple of people who got hurt by some bad luck this week was Burger...In the first AB of the week from Soriano, he pulled his quad and finished the week at 0/1....The Monday injury strikes again...Tim Guelde and Doug Krauss also with some bad luck with Holliday and Kubel...at least hey got some hits first....its a part of the game, and nothing you can do about it...

How We Stack Up vs MLB Leaders

RTTC Stout .327

MLB Bautista .348

RTTC Wyse 19

MLB Bautista 20

RBI

RTTC Curlis 55

MLB A Gonzalez 50

June 1 Update - Summer is Here

2011-06-01T13:29:00.004-04:00

The Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for this guy, so sorry for the lack of posts in the past 5 days...Week 8 saw Rossi take down SOTW honors all by himself, his 2nd of the year....and Ty My and Lynds Jones (2nd of year) were the 2 duds...

Week 9's popular picks are Pujols, and Bautista chosen 7 and 6 times respectively....

Tweet of the week... Todd Guelde ( @tguelde) is already counting his money from this weeks Stud of the week...he picked J Upton this week, and after his Monday performance, he simply wrote " Justin Upton #SOTW"...lets see if he can do it for the rest of the week...Pressure on Guelde

We are pretty much at the 1/3 mark of the season, since the all star week is short and this year week 26 will be short...lets take a look at a few things....

Whos HOT?

Last 3 weeks - Dave Krauss 55 pts - .385, 6 HR, 19 RBIs

Whos Not?

Last 3 weeks - L Jones, Roach, Doug Krauss, Banks, Ty My, Smith all with only 21 pts...

Trending Up...Finkes...He started the season at .143, but every week, he has slowly climbed up, and is now at a respectable .265

Trending Down...Zgela...He started at .455 in week 1, but since, has slid a lil but every week and is now sitting at .261

HR Streak...Only Emmons and Wyse have HR'd every week this season so far....how long will that last?

RBI Streak...Burger is the only player with at least 4 RBIs in each week....no wonder he is in 2nd place in RBIs...On the other end of the RBI spectrum....Doug Krauss has only had 2 weeks with 4 RBIs...and only has 12 for the year...doubtful he will reach his career average 104 RBIs this year...in order to do so, he will need 5 per week from here out...thats rough (google pic - 1/3 done)

5/25 Recap

2011-05-26T10:24:00.002-04:00

Stud of the Day - David Rossi

Rossi with a big day going with Carl Crawford, who went 4/4, HR, 2 RBIs as the Sox roughed up the Tribe...Crawford is starting to heat up, he is still only batting .229 for the year, but in the past 7 days he is at .370 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs...he is due to start playing well again..

5/24 Recap - A CarGo Sighting

2011-05-25T09:36:00.003-04:00

Stud of the day - The 3 Carlos Gonzalez Owners....

The Rockies split a double header with Zona and CarGo had quite a day, going 3/8, 2 HRs and 4 RBIs....After a breakout season last year finishing 3rd in the MVP voting, CarGo has been fairly quiet thus far in 2011...thru yesterday he is hitting .251...so expect CarGo to be a solid pick for the rest of the RTTCers...

Week 8 Preview

2011-05-24T16:44:00.002-04:00

No surprise here as Jose Bautista was the consensus pick this week as 9 players picked him...and he HR'd in his first AB...

Ryan Howard was picked 7 times...and Adrian Gonzalez was picked 5 times...

Only 21 different players were picked this week...

**Brooks got his pick before the start of the Brewers game last night and picked Braun, just will not be eligible for SOTW**

Week 7 Recap

2011-05-23T09:56:00.003-04:00

Not very often does the concensus top pick of the week ened up being the SOTW, but this week that is exactly what happened...

Studs of the Week - Stout, Da. Krauss, Kapcar, R. Jones, Price, Pennington, Finkes, Perrotta

These 8 all went with Adrian Gonzalez who has been absoultely nuts in the month of May...Last week he was 13/27 with 7 RBIs (20pts)...This may be the first time ever that the SOTW did not hit any HRs...Each of the 8 Studs all on average raised their BA about 40 pts...Also this was the 1st SOTW for all 8 players getting them a pay out of $6.25 per....Congrats on the big week...(Google Pic - Elite 8)

Duds of the Week - Biederstedt, Banks, Brink

The not so killer B's this week all went with V Martinez and he did not deliver as he only got 3 hits in 19 at bats for a total of 3 pts....Of the 3, Brink is having the best year so far and is now under .300 for the first time all year at .295...

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME:

Since week 3, E Krauss (ME) has only 14 hits total...the SOTWs had 13 this week....unreal...and a side note the STL Cards "big 3" has just killed me this year going 9/66 .136 total when I picked them.

5/18 Recap

2011-05-19T08:39:00.003-04:00

Too bad Sunderman didn't get his pick in on time and isn't eligible for the SOTW, because Ryan Ludwick is off to a good start this week...last night he went 2/3, HR, 2 RBIs...Matt Joyce also had a good night going 1/3, HR and 2 RBIs for the 2 Joyce owners...

5/17 Recap - The Loner Homer

2011-05-18T10:35:00.003-04:00

Only 1 player picked this week HRed last night...and that is Matt Kemp...he was picked by 2 players:

Burger now has 10HRs and Rossi now has 9...

Week 7 Preview

2011-05-17T10:24:00.004-04:00

The top pick of the week is Adrian Gonzalez, as he was picked 8 times, and he is off to a good start as he had 3 hits and 3 RBIs last night, including a walk off 2B.

Jose "Babe" Bautista was picked 6 times and Ryan Braun was picked 5 times.

First Time RTTC Picks-

Matt "Sweet Swingin"Joyce

Jeff "Frenchy" Francoeur

Both of these newcomers were picked twice

**Sunderman picked Ryan Ludwick before the SDP game last night, and is not eligible for the SOTW**

Week 6 Results

2011-05-16T10:39:00.002-04:00

What a week for a lot of RTTCers....I never would have thought a guy with 5 HRs and 10 RBIs (Gonzalez)...in a week would come in 2nd place in SOTW Rankings...most weeks those 24 pts would have been an easy winner...but not this week...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Zeitz - KJ Krauss
A very good week by these 2 capped off by a GREAT sunday where J Bautista hit 3 HRs...and gave him 6 for the week...a stat line of 11/26 6 HRs and 9 RBIs (26 Pts)! This is the 1st SOTW for both of them..They are in the middle of the pack in all categories, except Krista is now 2nd in HRs with 13...Big Papi - Dave Krauss also picked Bautista and was credited with full stats, just wasn't eligible for the SOTW for being late with his pick...(he was still pissed about the Derby results) (Google Pic - KJZ)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Roach

The bad luck hit Roach this week as his guy Adam Lind was scratched from the lineup all week with a bad back, tough to see that coming when he isn't even on the DL...The Blue Jays like to do this it seems....I got screwed with Bautista last week doing the same thing....tough luck Roach, go get em this week buddy

Where we rank-

MLB - Matt Holliday - .379

RTTC - W Rychener - .353

MLB - Jose Bautista - 16

RTTC - Curlis - 14

RBI

MLB - Ryan Howard - 35

RTTC - Curlis - 44

5/11 Recap

2011-05-12T09:14:00.001-04:00

Not one player stuck out too much yesterday, so here are the picks that HR'd yesterday:

Curtis Granderson, NYY 12 Bot 3: 2-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Prince Fielder, MIL 8 Bot 5: 2-1, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Ben Zobrist, TB 8 Top 7: 0-0, 0 Outs. None on.
Adrian Gonzalez, BOS 7 Top 6: 3-2, 1 Out. None on.

Granderson leading the Majors in HRs...and is on pace for 57??? wow

A Gonz keeps on his torrid pace w another bomb.

5/10 Recap - Adrian Again

2011-05-11T08:40:00.003-04:00

STUDS OF THE DAY - A Gonzalez Owners...

4 different players picked AGONZ this week and he is off to a huge start for them...last night he went 3/6 with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs...Can Gonzalez be a back-to-back stud of the week award winning pick?

Week 6 Preview

2011-05-10T08:55:00.002-04:00

The most picked player for week 6 is Mark Teixeira with 6. Andre Ethier was picked 5 times, while Prince and AGonz was picked 4 times each...

RTTC First Time Selections:

Gabriel "Gaby" Sanchez

Ben "The Zorilla" Zobrist

5/9 Stud of the Day - Jared Bindel

Bindel picked a great time to get Gaby Sanchez in the RTTC world, as he went 3/4, HR, and 3 RBIs...That is JRB's first HR since week 3...

Week 5 Recap

2011-05-09T09:24:00.003-04:00

Lots of poor results for a lot of people this week, except for...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Banks - Graven - Rossi - Riether - G Badenhop
All 5 of these guys get there 1st stud of the week award going with Adrian Gonzalez who went 9/28, with 3HRs and 9 RBIs (21 pts)...Banks and Graven who are known to have their own weekly side wagers on RTTC, get to split the $50 5 ways...each get $10...Glenn Badenhop is now in 2nd place in BA at .333, thanks to a lot of the leaders having awful weeks...Graven, Badenhop and Reither are all 5 behind the leader in HRs with 7, and Graven is only 1 RBI off the lead in RBIs with 33. Good week fellas..(Google Pic - 5 guys)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Cowan
Rough week for our man from Minnesota....he went 2/21 via J Heyward...He dropped 43 pts to .297, but is still in good shape overall in BA...he is also in the middle of the pack in the other 2 categories...In his 3rd year, he is trying to make is first all star game, and it looks like his BA is his best bet for that.

Rough week for the BAs...
Only 17 of the 53 players raised their averages this week..and only 7 players are currently over .300, and 11 players are under .220

HRs
T Krauss is on pace for 62 HRs....Will this be the year some one breaks the record of 43 set in 2009. Currently 11 players are on pace for at least 44....

RBIs
T Krauss is also the only player that has had at least 5 RBIs in each week....consistency wins in this league...

5-5 Recap - Bruuuuuuuce

2011-05-06T15:10:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day - Jess Ceritelli

She had 3 hits a HR and an RBI (Bruce) as she continues her hot start...

Berkman hit another HR, who has 10 on the year, 1 behind the ML leader, Alfonso Soriano, who has 11 and is on pace to hit 59....

Have a great weekend...hoping for the Tribe to pull out 1 game of 3 in LA....

5-3 Recap - A Gone-Zo and a No-No

2011-05-04T09:42:00.004-04:00

On the night where F Lariano threw a No-Hitter, lets see how the RTTC picks fared:

Studs of Day - The 5 Adrian Gonzalez owners....

2/4, HR, 2 RBIs....Of the 5 players that picked AGonz, Graven is in the best shape, as he now has 5 HRs and 26 RBIs

5 others hit a HR last night as well

Week 5 Preview

2011-05-03T08:50:00.002-04:00

This week Robinson Cano is the top pick as 7 people selected him...Adrian Gonzalez and Joey Votto were also picked 5 times each...

27 different players were picked this week...

New to the RTTC Board:

Brett Wallace, HOU

**I missed an email from Zgela yesterday, he sent in Placido Polanco, and is eligible for the SOTW**

5/2 Recap

This guy is on just on fire, Lance Berkman was 2/3, HR, 4 RBIs....He was picked by 4 players

Week 4 Results

2011-05-02T09:24:00.003-04:00

The Tribe is on fire and Bin Laden is donezo...all is right in America!...to the week 4 results:

Stud of the week - TODD SIGLER

Big week for Todd as he went 11/24 with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs...(Berkman) Its hard enough to be the only person to select a certain player, let alone that player having the best week of anyone...Todd did both and rightfully deserves the $50 week 4 prize...he jumped about 30 pts in Batting Average and now finds himself in 2nd place @ .358 ... He is in the middle of the pack in HRs w 5 now, and 8 off the pace in RBIs with 21...congrats on a great week Todd - (google pic - Sig...ironic pic the week we gun done Osama, love it)

Duds of the week - Dave Krauss and Lyndsay Jones

They both go 3/20 with an RBI this week (Tulo)..They both now are in the bottom third of all 3 categories, but is still very early..plenty of time to creep back up towards the top.

WHO'S HOT in last 2 weeks.

BA - Sigler - 21/57 (.368)

HR - Tim Krauss and Dan Rychener both have 6 HRs.

RBI - Burger and T Krauss with 13.

WHO"S NOT in last 2 weeks.

BA - Ty Meyer and A Perrotta both with only 7 hits.

HR - 6 players with 0.

RBI - L. Jones with only 1.

4/28 Recap - The Big Puma Strikes

2011-04-29T09:25:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - Todd Sigler

The only guy to pick Lance Berkman, who went nuts yesterday...4/5, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs...Sigler has to be the front runner to be the week 4 Stud...Lets see who can catch him this weekend...

4/27 Recap - Don't Ya Know....Robby Cano

2011-04-28T11:56:00.003-04:00

Only 5 players had HRs yesterday via (Robby Cano and Ryan Howard). Although Cano only had 1 hit, it was a 3-run bomb...his 2nd in 2 days...It has been a pretty slow week so far for HRs...lets see if draft night brings some long ball...

Prediction tonite- Hoping Browns pick Patrick Peterson at #6 (crosses fingers)

4/26 Recap

2011-04-27T08:56:00.002-04:00

Out of the 18 players picked only Ryan Braun (2nd of the week), Robinson Cano, and Prince Fielder had HRs yesterday...so that means 9 RTTCers homered, all 3 of the homers were solo shots too...so overall, not much action yesterday.

Week 4 Preview - AL East Edition

2011-04-26T09:38:00.003-04:00

-Only 18 different players picked this week

-27 of the 53 picks come from player in the AL East

-A-Rod and J Bautista both picked 9 times...Teixeira - 6 times

-J Votto picked 16 times last week...this week ZERO

First Time Pick

-Starlin Castro (0-5, 3 errors yesterday...first time RTTC pick jitters for sure)

4/25 Studs of the Day: The 5 Braun Owners...

2/5, HR. 2 RBIs.....Bautista also HR'ed

Week 3 Recap

2011-04-25T09:06:00.004-04:00

I am going to go out on a limb and say that this past week will be the weakest of the year, with the studs only getting 17 pts....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Brink, Ceritelli

Brink and Ceritelli both take advantage of a weak week and get to split the $50 prize...(via Beltre, and Granderson...The 17 pts they got are the lowest Stud totals of the year....Brink stays hot as this is his 2nd straight co-stud award....The rookie J-Ceritelli is looking to make a run at rookie of the year and female of the year, (meanwhile her fiance, Joe Kapcar is a lock for over-achiever of the year) (Google Pic - B2C)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - R Jones, Perrotta

Forgettable week 3 for these guys as they both get 2 pts (Carlos Gonzalez)...Both of these guys are hurting in BAVG early on, but that changes alot early in the season, and shouldn't be of concern...they both have 4 and 5 HRs though, already, so they should be fine...with the studs only getting 17 pts, this was a good week to be a dud.

WHERE WE RANK

B.A.

RTTC - Brink, W Rychener - .405

MLB - M. Kemp - .402

RTTC - Brink - 9

MLB - 6 guys tied w 7

RBI

RTTC - Brink - 26

MLB - P Fielder - 22

How long can Brink keep up this pace??

4/19 Recap - "Something Sort of Grandish"

2011-04-20T13:32:00.004-04:00

Nothing stuck out to me as far as a great day...so...here are the HRs that were hit yesterday...Notice only 1 by an RTTCer

PLAYER HR PITCHER SITUATION
Mark Teixeira, NYY 6 Drabek Top 6: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.
Curtis Granderson, NYY 5 Frasor Top 7: 2-2, 1 Out. None on. (Ceritelli)
Ryan Braun, MIL 5 Halladay Top 3: 3-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Pablo Sandoval, SF 5 Jimenez Top 1: 1-2, 1 Out. 2 on.
Jose Bautista, TOR 4 Burnett Bot 1: 1-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Dan Uggla, ATL 4 Troncoso Top 9: 2-0, 1 Out. 2 on.
Chris Young, ARI 4 LeCure Top 6: 3-0, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 4 LeCure Top 5: 0-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Drew Stubbs, CIN 4 Galarraga Bot 3: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Carlos Beltran, NYM 3 Rodriguez Bot 7: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 3 LeCure Top 1: 2-0, 1 Out. None on.
Mark Trumbo, LAA 3 Lewis Top 4: 3-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Vladimir Guerrero, BAL 2 Nathan Bot 8: 3-1, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Yorvit Torrealba, TEX 2 Rodriguez Bot 9: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Aubrey Huff, SF 2 Morales Top 7: 1-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Maicer Izturis, LAA 2 Lewis Top 5: 3-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Kelly Johnson, ARI 2 LeCure Top 3: 0-1, 1 Out. None on.
Martin Prado, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 6: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Casey McGehee, MIL 2 Herndon Top 7: 1-0, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Peter Bourjos, LAA 2 Kirkman Top 7: 2-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Freddie Freeman, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 7: 2-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Eric Hinske, ATL 1 Jansen Top 9: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.

from espn.com HR page

Week 3 Preview - Joey Votto Week

2011-04-19T08:59:00.004-04:00

Only 23 different players were picked this week...

16 of 53 picked Joey Votto (30%), 7 picked Tulowitzki (13%)

So if you didn't pick one of them, you have a good opportunity this week to make up ground or extend your lead, assuming they don't do to well..

First time RTTC picks (at least in the last 2 seasons since we used the new spreadsheet)

-Lance "The Big Puma" Berkman

-Curtis "The Grandy Man" Granderson

-Asdrubal "Scroobs" Cabrera

4/18 Stud of the Day -

Last weeks - Co-stud stays hot, Andy Brink...he went - 2/4, HR, 3RBIs (Beltre)

Week 2 Recap

2011-04-18T09:33:00.003-04:00

Lets get right into it...short morning with the 11AM game....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - W Rychener, Brink, Salvatore...

All 3 of these guys finished with a crazy 26 pts (14/27, 4HR, 8RBIs via Tulo)...This has put each of them in the top 10 of all 3 categories...lets see how long they can stay up top....Congrats on all 3 for splitting the $50...(Google Pic - RBS)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Zgela, Leonard

Each of them only got 2 pts this week via Crawford and Kinsler...Zgela is still at .340 though, but Leonard fell below the .200 mark at .191...

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME -

W Rychener has 28 hits this season so far, getting 14 each week...M Badenhop has 3...total...he is due for a breakout week.

4/14 Recap

2011-04-15T11:55:00.003-04:00

Might as well change this to the daily Tulowitzki update or better yet instead of Stud of the Day:

Tulo of the Day - The Rox played a double header yesterday, so naturally Tulo hit 2 HRs...1 in each game..so on the day he was 5/8, 2HR, and 2RBI, already has 7 on the year....Matt Kemp also with a very nice day...

Dating back to last season, T2 has 23 HRs in his last 38 games...just dumb

4/13 Recap

2011-04-14T09:21:00.002-04:00

Trivia of the Day - What does AJ Burnett, Dan Haren, and Jered Weaver have that the Boston Red Sox don't? Answer below...

Stud of the Day - Troy Tulowitzki Owners...Tulo went 3/4. HR, 3 RBIs and is off to a very nice start for the Rockies as they beat the Mets last night 5-4...

Other notable RTTC picks....ARod and Russell "the love muscle" Branyan went deep as well and had very productive games...

Answer: 3 wins

4/12 Recap - Rain Outs, Hamilton Out

2011-04-13T09:26:00.003-04:00

Yesterday there were 3 rain outs taking out action, never a good thing when your pick misses at bats, but that means there will be some double-headers down the road for certain teams...Speaking of missing at bats....

The Week 2 I Got Screwed Award goes to....Doug Krauss...I bet he wasn't thinking that Josh Hamilton was going to slide into home head first and break his arm/shoulder (at least wait until Saturday to do that)...and he will miss at least 2 months...the early week injury streak is now at 2....who will be week 3???

Studs of the Day - The Hunter Pence Owners - 3/5, 4 RBIs...nice little 7 pt day there against the lowly Cubs...

Week 2 Preview

2011-04-12T11:34:00.004-04:00

Week 2 is underway....

Stud of 4/11....The Tulo Owners....2/4, HR, 3 RBIs...

28 different players were picked in week 2...

7 players picked Miguel Cabrera...

And 3 new players were added to the RTTC Database...

You know you have finally made it as an MLB player when you get picked in RTTC...

First timers this week:

Howie Kendrick

Melky Cabrera

Nick Hundley

Week 1 Recap - Wyse Guy

2011-04-11T09:16:00.003-04:00

Week 1 (and a half) is in the books and was the longest "week" in RTTC history. I really thought though there would be a lot more inflated stats because of that, but it wasn't too bad....No weekly records were broken except for the most at bats, which is now 42, by Ty Meyer...Now for the S+Ds...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Josh Wyse

The rookie went with Paul Konerko and he was 14/35, with 3 HRs and 11 RBIs, a total of 28 pts...This is the 2nd straight year that the 1st Stud is a rookie and wins it outright...The Prince Fielder Club just missed a share of the SOTW as they finished with 27 pts....step your game up....Wyse, congrats on the $50 start to your RTTC career...(Google Pic "wyse"- Rookies, this is also a tradition here at RTTC...whoever wins the SOTW I will just enter a part of their name into Google Images and post what appears...it is quite random, and I enjoy it)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Glenn Badenhop, Matt Badenhop

This was mentioned last monday on the update that they both picked Longoria who got hurt in the 2nd game and finished the week 0-5...tough luck...Dud runners up goes to Chris Mathews who got only 2 pts this week..rough

Average - There are 8 guys currently over .400 to start the year, I say by week 3, there will be 0. There are 10 under .200...

HRs - Sunderman with an impressive 5 HRs in the 1st week...15 guys still looking for their 1st long ball...

RBIs - 7 guys over 10 already...3 (all mentioned in the Dud section looking to get numero uno this week...

We are off and running and don't be surprised by the Tribe start...I failed to mention last week why they would make the playoffs this year:

#1 - Orlando Cabrera has mad the playoffs the last 4 years....all with different teams

#2 - The last 5 times the ground hog saw its shadow, the Tribe has made the playoffs...I can't make that up....google it...

Good Luck in week 2, get picks in by 12:35PM EST...

4/8 Recap: Manny is Done

2011-04-09T11:31:00.003-04:00

Stud of Day - Krista Krauss - 2/4, HR, 2 RBIs..via J Upton...as the D-Backs rail the Reds last night

Dud of the Day - Carlos Gonzalez owners - 0/7 w/ 3 Ks last night as the Rockies got walked off on by the fiesty Pirates...There were also 2 game cancellations last night too..thats never good...

Manny Done Being Manny....One of the most picked players in the first 2 seasons of RTTC has called it a career, instead of getting hit with a 100 game suspension...Say what you want about him, good or bad, for the most part, he made baseball fun...

4/7 Recap - Tulo Getting Hot

2011-04-08T08:58:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - DEREK MEEK + ANDRE PERROTTA - 2/3. HR, 2B, 3RBIs...They have 3 HRs and 6 RBIs heading into the weekend via (Tulowitzki)

DUD OF THE DAY - Broken Record....for the 3rd time this week...Rob Price...0/4, 2 Ks, Error....via P Alvarez...He has 10 Ks and 0 BBs so far this year..

0-6 Alert....Since 1900 only 6 teams have started 0-6 and even madeit back to .500 by years end....ZERO have made the playoffs....Not good news for the "best ever?"Red Sawx as they limp home today and face the Yanks fresh off the sweeping by the Tribe...

4/5 Recap - Royals Rolling

2011-04-06T09:36:00.003-04:00

STUD OF THE DAY - TY Meyer- 3/5, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBIs...hitting .375 early on (Alex Gordon w the 1st place Royals)...

DUD OF THE DAY - Rob P. P. Diddy Price...again...0/4, 3 Ks, GDP (Alvarez)...forgetable start to the year for Diddy...

BROOKS STILL HOT - Mark Teixeira's got 4 HR and 10 RBI already in April...Yankee stadium plays like a wiffle ball stadium...

4/4 Review...Sunderman Cruz'n

2011-04-05T08:40:00.003-04:00

STUD of the Day - Jessica Ceritelli...2/3, HR, 2 RBIs via A Soriano...

DuD of the Day - Rob Diddy Price...0/4, 2 Ks....via P Alvarez

Sunderman HR Watch---Nelson Cruz became the 3rd player in MLB history to HR in the first 4 games of the year...Cruz joined Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998) as the only players to go deep in each of their first four games of a season. Aww Sunderman

Week 1 Results..Just Getting Started

2011-04-04T09:09:00.003-04:00

The opening weekend is in the books and we have some out to a fast start, and some that wish they could get a mulligan....BUT...it is a long long season, and things tend to average themselves out over the long run....So don't get TOOOO upset if you picked Longoria for the first week (which happens to be the longest week in RTTC history) , and he is now on the DL after putting up an 0-5 effort....(Ouch..the dreaded april oblique injury)...Lets take a look at the first update of the season...Remember Week 1 ends on April 10th, with Week 2 picks due the April 11th....

Greg Leonard out to a very nice start hitting .625..but that is only after 8 at bats....so chances are that will be down come next Monday...But he does have 10 "pts" already...(Rookies: When i refer to pts, that is how we come up with the Stud of the Week...Hits + HRs + RBIs = _ pts...On average last year.... a score of 18-20 pts would win the SOTW Pot)

Sunderman and Brooks both start the weekend off with 3 bombs each...lets see if they can beat the record of 6 in a week..if so there will be an *, especially if Sunderman breaks it....Only 41 more to break the season HR mark..

Brooks also leading the RBIs with 7....Brink is on his tail 6...Brooks is known to toss back a couple cold ones on Sunday nights and forget to make his picks on time monday morning...lets see if this hot start makes him more focused in 2011...

On the other end of the spectrum....

5 players still looking for their 1st hit....26 players looking for the 1st HR, and 19 looking for the 1st RBI....

I Got Screwed Award goes to: Both Badenhops....As rookies I am sure they just wanted to get a nice solid start with a very dependable player in Longoria....he gets 5 ABs then hurts his side...DL - 3 Weeks...rough start fellas....but look at the bright side...at least you won't go 1 or 2-20 which someone usually does per week...

Good Luck for the remainder of the 1st week of 2011....

4-2 Recap

2011-04-03T11:51:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day: ARod Owners...

2-3, HR, 2 RBIs

Dud of the Day: Ty Meyer

Alex Gordon went 0-4, K, GDP

Play of The Day: The mighty Greg Dobbs off K Rod...

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13413989

April Fools Day

2011-04-02T08:44:00.003-04:00

Stud of the Day - JP Arencibia, TOR 3/4 , 2 HRs, 5 RBIs...was not picked in week 1

DUD of the Day - Kevin Kouzmanoff, 0-3, K, 2 Errors....was not picked this week either

Top Play of the Day - Neil Walker with a grand tater...

Neil Walker went 2-for-4 with a grand slam in a 6-3 win over the Cubs on Friday.
The fifth-inning blast brought the Pirates back from an early two-run deficit. Walker is just the second player in Pirates history to hit a grand slam on Opening Day and the first since Roberto Clemente in 1962. Walker was overlooked in many fantasy leagues, despite batting .296 with 12 homers last season. We think he'll end up being a nice value pick -rotoworld