Friday, October 5, 2012

2012 Season Awards

2012 RTTC MVP VOTING

#1 RYAN SMITH - .292, 43HR, 140RBI - 367 PTS
#2 Matt Banks - .295, 42HR, 114RBI - 348 PTS
#3 Tim Krauss - .334, 34HR, 112RBI - 343 PTS

2012 RTTC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

#1 BRANDON FEIKLE - .304, 39HR, 108RBI - 333 PTS
#2 Drew Hodges - .285, 36HR, 102RBI - 323 PTS
#3 Mark Gordon - .267, 37HR, 100RBI - 312 PTS

2012 MLB RTTC MVP - AL

#1 MIGUEL CABRERA - .330, 44HR, 139RBI - 388PTS
#2 Josh Hamilton - .285, 43HR, 128RBI - 330 PTS
#3 Adrian Beltre - .318, 36HR, 101RBI - 328 PTS

2012 MLB RTTC MVP - NL

#1 RYAN BRAUN - .320, 41HR, 112RBI - 343 PTS
#2 Andrew McCutcheon - .327, 31HR, 96RBI - 320 PTS
#3 Chase Headley - .285, 31HR, 113RBI - 315 PTS

Thursday, October 4, 2012

2012 SEASON RESULTS

Well I never thought we would see it happen, but Miguel Cabrera did the name of our game..got the Triple Crown..It was quite the Race as well...we had the same type of drama going into last night and it wasn't settled into the last AB of the year for Curtis Granderson...Below are the winners of the this years edition of RTTC...

BA CHAMP - TIM KRAUSS - Finished the year at .334...Tim had 8 weeks of double digit hits and hit .342 in the 2nd half of the season...The biggest week of the year for him was probably week 8, where he went 15/30...Congrats T-BAG! - $320.60

BA - 2nd Place - DAN RYCHENER - Finished the year at .329...Dan had a chance late, but went 1/10 in week 26 to fall to 2nd place...From week 20 to 25, Dan was over .300 every week to get him into the top 3 - $133.58

BA - 3rd Place - DAVE REITHER - Finished the year at .324...What a huge finish to the year by Dave..In weeks 24 and 25, he made the big comeback by hitting .490 in that span...Molina hurt him in week 26 by going just 1/7 and sitting out the last game. - $80.15

HR CHAMP - RYAN SMITH - ROB PRICE - Both finished with 43...Price had this one wrapped up seemingly up until the 7th inning last night in NY, when Curtis Granderson hit his 2nd HR of the night to pull Smith into a tie for 1st...Unreal comeback with 2 HRs on the final night of the year for Smith to cap a unreal year for him...You can look to week 5 for both of these guys - when they picked Hamilton and he had 9 HRs that week..no wonder they won ( I picked him too that week...woops, yeah I blew it this year) - Congrats on splitting 1st and 2nd $$ - $227.09 (Rob that Grandy HR last night cost you about $100 just so you know..he sent me a text last night that simply read : I HATE THE YANKEES) Well said!

HR  - 3rd Place - MATT BANKS - Finished with 42 - He has to be bummed he missed the top prize here, He was in 1st for a lot of the 2nd half of the year - and to boot, Beltran didn't play last night for him to even give him a chance...Looking back to weeks 3-6 probably cost him the big $$ as he only had 1 HR in that month span.. - $80.15

RBI CHAMP - RYAN SMITH - Finished with a new RTTC record 140 RBIs..That will be hard to break, because one would need about 5.5 a week to do it..He has had this wrapped up for a few weeks, but he kept adding on late - Grandy with 4 last night got him the record...Again week 5 when he picked Hamilton set him up for the season when he had 18 that one week - He also had 20 weeks where he had at least 4RBI..thats the consistency it takes to win these things..$320.60

RBI - 2nd Place - ROB PRICE - Finished with 120 - Broken record here, but the 18 RBIs he got from Hamilton helped him big time...Also week 21 he got 10 from Reddick and the ridiculous A's - $133.58

RBI - 3rd Place - MATT BANKS - Finished with 114 - Not sure how he hung onto 3rd place, but he deserved it after the tough luck he came into during the HR Race...He got 0 RBIs in week 26 but the 2 people behind didn't either and he hung on... $80.15

That wraps up the season ending results...Lets see how this years RTTC leaders compared to the MLB Leaders..always amazes me how close these usually are:

BA
RTTC  - T KRAUSS - .334
MLB - B. POSEY - .336
HR
RTTC - SMITH, PRICE - 43
MLB - CABRERA - 44

RBI
RTTC - SMITH - 140
MLB - CABRERA - 139

Thats pretty crazy!

The playoffs are here and once the draft gets completed, we still have to crown our 2012 WS RTTC CHAMP. I will post periodic updates on here throughout the playoffs, and at some point tonight or tomorrow reveal the MVP and Rookie of the Year as well as the final $$ distribution.  Email me your address for where to send your winnings..

Week 26 Results

The marathon is complete and 2 guys finished very strong...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - WILLIAMSON, SCHMIDT

They both went with the best 2nd baseman is the game, Robby Cano...He went 9/15 with 3HR and 9RBI in the last 3 games for the NYY..He has been so hot these past 10 days..Just 10 days ago he was hitting .293..now he hitting .313... Its so hard to raise your average that much that quickly this late in the year...Willie finished the year disappointed by his standards I am sure...This is his 4th year in RTTC, and 1st time he finished the year with under 311PTS (282)..Schmidt, a rookie had an overall rough year, but had a few good weeks winning SOTW 3 times...and finished 2nd on the year in SOTW $$ earnings..

SOTW $$ Earnings List
JOE PENNINGTON $110.45
JAY SCHMIDT $96.66
JESSICA KAPCAR $90.00
RYAN SMITH $85.45
ADAM STALEY $85.45
CHRIS MATHEWS $75.23
JOSH BIEDERSTEDT $66.66
SEAN MCCUTCHEON $66.66
ANDY BRINK $65.57
DAN RYCHENER $60.00
CHIP PARKER $60.00
BRENT WILLIAMSON $60.00
MATT BANKS $55.45
ASHLEY SHIPLEY $50.00
MATT BADENHOP $47.11
TIM KRAUSS $43.57
ROB PRICE $40.00
JOSH WYSE $35.45
JON ZAVISLAK $30.00
JEREMY STOUT $30.00
DAVE RIETHER $28.57
KRAUSS KREW $26.66
CURLIS CREW $23.57
TODD GUELDE $20.45
ERIC KRAUSS $20.00
JONATHAN DAVIA $20.00
JARED BINDEL $20.00
NEIL COWAN $20.00
SHAWN SUNDERMAN $20.00
DREW HODGES $15.23
MARK GORDON $12.11
COREY BURGER $12.00
JOHN ZEITZ $12.00
GARY SCHURR $12.00
ADAM GUINEY $12.00
KYLE KRAUSS $8.57
MICHAEL EMMONS $6.66
TY MEYER $5.45
DEREK MEEK $5.45
AARON SCHMITMEYER $5.45

SEASON ENDING RESULTS WILL BE POSTED BY THE END OF THE DAY

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

10/3 UPDATE

LAST DAY OF THE REG SEASON IS HERE...LOTS OF $$ STILL UP IN THE AIR...Very quiet night last night...I have a feeling Wednesday is gonna be filled with drama...

BA RACE - Only 1 hit out of the top 4 from last night, but it was a big one to Tim...

T KRAUSS - .334 - Going with B Butler this week 1-2 last night - Looking good for Timmy!
RYCHENER - .330 - Going with Mauer - 0-3 last night - Needs a 3 hit night or so and for Butler to take a goose egg
RIETHER - .324 - Y Molina this week - 0-4 last night - Could see Yadi sitting tonite now that STL has clinched
JESS KAPCAR - .322 Konerko this week - DNP last night - Konerko having surgery Thursday on wrist..will he play tonight??

HR RACE - Only 1 HR last night out of the top group, but it was a big one for Price..may be worth almost $200

PRICE - 43 - C Davis this week - 1 last night - Takes the lead on the 2nd to last night of year...
BANKS - 42 - Beltran this week - 0 last night - Will Beltran play tonite for STL and give Banks a shot at the title?
SMITH - 41 - Granderson this week - 0 last night - Big game for NYY tonite..short porch in right for Grandy...
FEIKLE - 39 - B Harper this week - 0 last night - Needs 2 tonite from BH and nothing from CG for 3rd...

RBI RACE - Battle for 3rd may be all thats left here...Only 1 RBI was had last night...

SMITH - 136 - Granderson this week - 0 last night - Tied T KRAUSS' 2009 RTTC RBI RECORD at 136, will he break it??
PRICE - 120 - Davis this week - 1 last night - Can't believe a guy named Chris Davis has HRd in 6 straight games and has 33 on the year...
BANKS - 114 - Beltran - 0 last night - Beltran has 97 on the year, you know he wants to get 100
SHIPLEY - 113 - Soriano - 0 last night - Ship is due for a big night...again
T KRAUSS - 112 - Butler - 0 last night - Needs at least 3 in 1 day + some help

PLAYOFF RACE - 3 changes last night...Rychener lost his last game and is the 4th seed...Punches won his last game and is now tied for the last spot with 94 wins with Graven and Krauss Krew...of those 3, the top 2 pts totals will get the 9th and 10th seeds...Tim Guelde lost, and has been eliminated...he originally had picked the Astros, but changed to the Cubs at the last second...tough second guess there...

#1 G BADENHOP - 100 -
#2 MEEK - 99
#3 WILLIAMSON - 98
#4 RYCHENER - 97 - 342PTS
#5 K KRAUSS - 97 - 270PTS
#6 BERG - 97 - 247PTS
#7 SMITH - 95 - 359PTS
#8 BURGER - 95 - 246PTS
#9 GRAVEN - 94 - 303PTS
#10 KRAUSS KREW - 94 - 284PTS
PUNCHES 94 - 278PTS

KRAUSS KREW has the 6PT edge going into tonite over PUNCHES...KK has Miguel Cabrera, who may not play tonite to preserve his Triple Crown, although I bet he gets a couple ABs....PUNCHES has Adam Jones who needs a big day

Prediction - Josh Hamilton hasn't hit a HR in 10 games..he is due for one, and TEX is in a must win situation..

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

10/2 UPDATE

2 Days left -

BA RACE - We may have to go to the 4th decimal this week to decide this one...

T KRAUSS - .333 - Going with B Butler this week 1-4 last night - Tigers partied last night, BB may see some hungover pitching today
RYCHENER - .332 - Going with Mauer - 1-5 last night - Mauer hitting .322 this year, career avg is .323
RIETHER - .326 - Y Molina this week - 1-3 last night - Will Cards rest Yadi at all before playoffs?
JESS KAPCAR - .322 Konerko this week - 2-4 last night - Sox eliminated last night, playing for stats now...

HR RACE - Can't remember a HR Race like this since Big Mac and Sosa, could we see a 1st ever 3 way tie?

BANKS - 42 - Beltran this week - 0 last night - Can Banks hang on?
PRICE - 42 - C Davis this week - 1 last night - Davis has HRd in 5 straight games and 32 on the year???...very hot bat
SMITH - 41 - Granderson this week - 1 last night - Have to like the chances of Grandy getting 1 more this week against the Sox
FEIKLE - 39 - B Harper this week - 0 last night - Nats clinched last night, but Harper can't drink yet...should be ok here BF

RBI RACE - Battle for 3rd may be all thats left here...

SMITH - 136 - Granderson this week - 2 last night - Ties T KRAUSS' 2009 RTTC RBI RECORD at 136, will he break it??
PRICE - 119 - Davis this week - 2 last night - What a pick by Price - Playing the no respect card after being snubbed from the RTTC All Star team 3 years straight

BANKS - 114 - Beltran  - 0 last night - Beltran has 97 on the year, you know he wants to get 100
SHIPLEY - 113 - Soriano - 0 last night - Ship is due for a big night...
T KRAUSS - 112 - Butler - 0 last night - Needs at least 3 in 2 days + some help

PLAYOFF RACE - A lot of the postseason seedings were settled last night...Below shows the seed, wins, and total player pts for tiebreakers

#1 G BADENHOP - 100 -
#2 MEEK - 99
#3 WILLIAMSON - 98 - 268PTS
#4 RYCHENER - 97(1 game left-TWINS) - 342PTS - If TWINS win Rychener is #3 seed, if not he is #4 seed
#5 K KRAUSS - 97 - 269PTS
#6 BERG - 97 - 245PTS
#7 SMITH - 95 - 357PTS
#8 BURGER - 95 - 246PTS
#9 GRAVEN - 94 - 301PTS (Not official yet..if Punches or Guelde win 94 and pass him in pts somehow...1% chance of happening)
#10 Last spot is up in the air - KRAUSS KREW has 94 wins and 280PTS
PUNCHES has 93 wins(1 game left - INDIANS) and 278PTS
TIM GUELDE has 92 wins (2 games left - CUBS) and 288 PTS

Monday, October 1, 2012

Week 25 RECAP

25 weeks down, and 1 3-day week left...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Sean McCutcheon -

He went with Matt Kemp and he was 11/24, 4HR, 9RBI...The only possible better pick would have been Chris Davis, who had 26 pts...McCutcheon has had a very good rookie year and should be in the rookie of the year running...It was his 2nd SOTW, and now is 7th place on the year in $$ earnings...

DUD OF THE WEEK - Ryan Howard Owners -

There were multiple people who picked RH, and he only had 1 hit and 1 RBI last week...It especially hurt Shipley, who is in the hunt in RBIs...

TEAM STUD PICK OF WEEK - DODGERS

Went 5-1..too little too late for them most likely...

TEAM DUD PICK OF WEEK - RED SOX

Went 0-5, what a debacle their year has been...

BA RACE- Hopefully this goes to down to the last AB on Wednesday...

T KRAUSS - .334 - Was 7/30 last week - .233, Can TK hang on? *RTTC RECORD IS .339*
D RYCHENER - .333 - Was 9/28 last week  - .321, Lets all hope that Tim and Dan do not pick the same player this week
RIETHER - .326 - Was 15/28 last week - .536, He may just run out of time.
JESS KAPCAR  - .321 Was 3/21 last week - Bad time to hit a rough patch
TODD GUELDE - .316 Was 9/28 last week - Needs a miracle to get 3rd..

HR RACE - Incredibly, the top didn't change at all from last week as they all added 2 more..Can someone go off and get 3 this week in 3 days to make a move?

BANKS - 42 - 2 last week - 4 in last 3 weeks *RTTC RECORD IS 44*
PRICE - 41 - 2 last week - 5 in last 3 weeks
SMITH - 40 - 2 last week - 3 in last 3 weeks
FEIKLE - 39 - 2 last week - 6 in last 3 weeks
STALEY - 38 - 2 last week - 8 in last 3 weeks

RBI RACE - Should be a good battle for 2nd and 3rd place here

SMITH- 134 - 7 last week - Pretty much a victory lap *RTTC RECORD IS 136*
PRICE - 117 - 7 last week - 14 in last 3 weeks
BANKS - 114 - 6 last week - 10 in last 3 weeks
SHIPLEY - 113 - 1 last week - 5 in last 3 weeks
T KRAUSS - 112 - 1 last week - 8 in last 3 weeks

TEAM PICKS CHAMPION -

He has 1 game left to play, but GLENN BADENHOP has clinched the regular season title with a record of 100-61..very impressive...

8 HAVE CLINCHED PLAYOFFS - The playoff draft order still may change...
Glenn Badenhop

Derek Meek
Brent Williamson
Dan Rychener
Kyle Krauss
Jeremy Berg*
Ryan Smith
Corey Burger

4 PLAYERS FOR LAST 2 SPOTS - Remember the tiebreaker if needed is the season total points from the player picks

Krauss Krew   94-68    0 games left    274 pts (thru week 25)
Kirk Graven     94-68    0 games left   298 pts
Brent Punches  93-67    2 games left    277 pts
Tim Guelde      92-67    3 games left     287 pts

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning I will update the blog this week...

Thursday, September 27, 2012

9/27 UPDATE

7 days left...

BA - Danny Rychener takes over the lead with a week to play..great battle of Archbold going on up top..Battle for 3rd shaping up nicely as well where the man from Philly (Riether) is trying to make huge comeback in the last few days...(remember these stats are unofficial)

RYCHENER - .337 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
T KRAUSS - .336 - 0/4 last night - Jeter
JESS KAPCAR - .322 - 1/4 last night - Murphy
TODD GUELDE - .320 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
RIETHER - .317 - 2/5 last night - Cano

HR - Price has tied it back up...This HR race is like a tennis match...back and forth..will Banks hold serve tonite??  Top 3 separating themselves from the pack...Price has recently informed the fantasy sports world that this will be his last year in all fantasy sports...Can he make a magical Chipper Jones type finish??

BANKS - 41 - 0 last night - A Ramirez
PRICE - 41 -1 last night - Encarnacion
SMITH - 40 - 1 last night - Encarnacion
FIEKLE - 38 - 0 last night - Beltre
RYCHENER - 37 - 0 last night - A Jones

RBI - Smitty is inching closer to the RBI record..can he get 6 more in 7 games?..Battle for 2nd and 3rd is up in the air...still waiting for someone near the top to go off for 4 here soon...

SMITH - 131 - 1 last night - Encarnacion **136 Record watch**
PRICE - 114 - 1 last night - Encarnacion
SHIPLEY -113 - 0 last night - Howard
T KRAUSS - 111 - 0 last night - Jeter
BANKS - 111 - 1 last night - A Ramirez

TEAM PICKS REG SEASON CHAMP

G BADENHOP is still in the drivers seat with only Meek and Berg able to catch him...If GB goes just 2-3 to finish out, he will win (assuming Meek and/or Berg win out)  If any of them tie, the tiebreaker will be their overall player points...

Glenn Badenhop  99-58 - 5 games left - Marlins - Lost last night - 0-2 this week
Derek Meek        98-62 - 2 games left - Rockies - Won last night - 3-0 this week
Jeremy Berg*      95-62 - 5 games left - Padres - Lost last night - 1-1 this week

PLAYOFF SPOTS
2 more clinched spots last night, K Krauss and Williamson...Underlined people clinched
3 more eliminated from the picture
As of today, 97 wins clinches a playoff spot, and a minimum of 93 wins are needed as well
6 spots left for 13 players

Player                                Wins                   Games Remaining
Glenn Badenhop                 99                                5
Derek Meek                       98                                2
Brent Williamson                97                                 1
Kyle Krauss                       97                                 0
Dan Rychener                     96                                6
Jeremy Berg*                     95                                 5
Ryan Smith                          94                                5
Corey Burger                     94                                 4
Kirk Graven                       94                                 0
Krauss Krew                     93                                  3
Joe Pennington                   93                                 2
Chris Mathews                  93                                  0
Brent Punches                   92                                  6
Brandon Feikle*                92                                 2
Sean McCutcheon*           91                                  5 
Tim Guelde                       90                                  6
Aaron Schmitmeyer*         88                                  5