6/20 RECAP - B.O. Edition

STUDS OF THE DAY - Ryan Braun, David Ortiz

Both guys had a total of 6pts, that included a HR...6 guys picked Braun this week...3 picked Papi..

Braun is having a huge year and will be in the running for NL MVP again...(if any writers will vote for him again)  Triple Crown is very possible as well..

Braun 2012 League Ranks:

• 8th in NL in BA (.321)

• 1st in NL in HR (20)

• 2nd in NL in RBI (51)

Papi is having a great year as well...for some reason it seems very quiet to me, as I havent heard much about him...Sox being in last is probably 1 reason...He had a grandy last night...From Elias: David Ortiz's grand slam on Wednesday night was the 10th of his career at Fenway Park -- nine for the Red Sox and one for the Twins. (His lone road grand slam for Boston was against Tampa Bay in 2006.) Only two other players have hit at least 10 grand slams at one venue: Lou Gehrig had 11 at Yankee Stadium and Willie McCovey had 11 at Candlestick Park.

Papi 2012 League Ranks:

• 6th in AL in BA (.313)

• 6th in AL in HR (18)

• 5th in AL in RBI (49)

WEEK 11 PREVIEW - Votto - DBacks Edition

3 more weeks until the prestigous RTTC All-Star Teams are announced...The grind continues....On to week 11...

Top Picks -
Votto - 7
Braun - 6
Dunn - 6
Granderson - 6

Overall, 13 people picked a Reds players (Votto, Bruce, Phillips)

Top Chance for $60? - Emmons
He is the only player to pick Adam Jones...who is currently 6th in MLB in total PTS with 139...

Top Team Picks -
DBacks - 11
Yankees - 8
Rangers - 6

Rooting Against -
BA LEADER -
Krauss Krew .352 - (A McCutcheon)

HR and RBI LEADER -
Shipley 19, 60 (C Gonzalez)

Best Record -
Kyle Krauss - 45-23 (DBacks)

Due to Lose Some Games? - Kyle Krauss
He is 19-5 in the last 4 weeks to overtake the top spot...

Due to Win Some Games? - Matt Banks
He is 4-16 in his last 3 weeks...and is 12.5 games out of the last wild card spot...

WEEK 10 RESULTS

We are 39% done with the RTTC season...the season is starting to take a clear shape..

STUD OF THE WEEK - Stout, Williamson

Stout and Willie both went with Braun who had a heck of a week...He was 10/28 with 4HRs and 7 RBIs (21PTS) (Midura picked Braun as well, but was late, so was not eligible) Its the 1st SOTW for both Stout and Williamson and the 2nd time this year Braun has been the top pick...They are both in the middle of the pack in all categories, except Stout is in the top 10 in BA....They share the $60..Congrats

DUD OF THE WEEK - Josh Biederstedt, Pennington, Schmidt

 These guys went with Goldschmidt or Napoli this week...either way only had 1 hit (1PT) This is Bieders 3rd DOTW, Schmidt's 2nd DOTW and Pennington's 1st....Of all 3, thus far, Schmidt has the best shot in RBIs and is currently in 16th place there...Not a good debut week for Napoli on the RTTC board...

MLB VS RTTC LEADERS

BA: Votto - .366...Krauss Krew - .352

HR: Dunn - 23...Shipley - 19

RBI: Hamilton - 62...Shipley - 60

Will we get swept by the MLB leaders this season?

TEAM STUD OF THE WEEK - REDS, YANKEES

Both the Reds and Yanks went unbeaten last week 6-0...only 3 people picked them...Yanks are now 1st place in the East, and the Reds are 1st in the Central

TEAM DUD OF THE WEEK - ASTROS, BRAVES, INDIANS, ROCKIES

These teams all struggled during interleague play going 1-5..7 players picked these teams...

MLB VS RTTC LEADERS

Dodgers 42-25  .627
Kyle Krauss 45-23  .662

LAST WILD CARD SPOT

Braves  35-31  .530
Williamson 42-28  .600

LAST PLACE

Cubs 22-44  .333
Emmons 29-37  .409