Week 19 Recap - Lucky #7

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

Week 17 Recap - BAs Going Up

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

Week 20 Results

20 down, 6 to go...its go time...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - STOUT, C JONES

They both had monster weeks...going 9/27, 4 HR and 13 RBIs...(26 pts- Cano)...This marks Stouts first time in the winner circle and for Jones, it is his RTTC leading (tied w Smith) 4th time as SOTW...Stouty is very much alive in 2 races yet...He is 5th in HRs and 7th in RBIs....CJones is a legot threat for the RTTC triple crown...He is 3rd in BA, 9th in HRs, and leading RBIs with 101...Congrats on the win fellas...(Pic- SJ4)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - BURGER, HERNANDEZ, WILLIAMSON, KELLER

The RTTC jinx struck again...the dreaded Monday night injury....They all pickes ARod and he onl managed 3 ABs...w 0 hits....All4 guys are over .300 on the year, Keller couldnt raise his HR lead at 29, and Burger lost some ground as he is 5th in the RBIs race...tough luck guys...

Where we rank:

BA

MLB Hamilton 357

RTTC BRINK 335

HR

MLB Bautista 38 - (where in the hell did this come from?)

RTTC KELLER 29

RBI

MLB Cabrera 102

RTTC CJONES 101

Wow, will we win any of these this yr?? 6 weeks to go

Week 9 Results

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Kyle Krauss, Smith, Sunderman, Williamson, D Rychener, Price

Big week for these 6...All of them had 11 hits, 2 HR, and 8 RBIs(A-Rod, A Gonzalez, Cano) for a total of 21...this is the 2nd SOTW for Willy, Rychener, and Price...they all hit the jackpot with this one, earning $4.16 each....(Pic - KSSWRP)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, Bieders, Mathews, Stout, DKrauss, Brink

All 6 of the Duds had a total of just 4 (Teixeira, Heyward)...And its the 1st Dud of the year for each of them...

HOT - Last 3 weeks
Burger - 30 hits
Ty My - 7 HRs
Kyle Krauss - 21 RBIs

NOT - Last 3 weeks
E Krauss - 12 hits
Leonard, Mathews 0 HRs
Carroll - 3 RBIs

Week 7 Results

Studs of the Week - Graven, Rossi, KJ Krauss, Keller

Huge week for all 4 as they went 13/27, 2HR, 9RBIs (Morneau)....This is Graven's 1st Stud this year and is now 3rd in RBIs...This is Rossi's 1st SOTW as well and raises his average 44 pts...This is also the 1st SOTW for Krista Krauss and she is the lone female in this years crop...She is now 3rd in BA, and has the early season bragging rights over me...grrreat...The last SOTW is Keller and this is 2nd SOTW in the past 5 weeks..He is 2nd in BA, and 1st in RBIs, could be Rookie of the year at this pace...Congrats to all...$6.25 to each for your efforts...Google pic - (GRKK)

Dud of the Week - Carl Jones

More of an unlucky week than a bad week...His pick Jorge Posada was scratched before Mondays game and he didn't play the entire week...That is the worst thing that can happen in RTTC...and to add to to it, his daughter is one of the Studs of the week, and he is a season ticket holder for the Cavs...not a good stretch...

HOT

Williamson - 6 HRs last 3 weeks...

NOT

Kapcar - 0 HRs last 5 weeks...

Week 3 Results

STUDS OF THE WEEK: Banks, Williamson, RJones, Keller, Emmons, and CJones...These 6 either picked Miguel Cabrera or Ryan Braun...either way all had very solid weeks, but not spectacular for SOTW standards...The winning number this week was 18....each week that has gone down...My guess is that this week will be one of the lowest Stud totals of the year...congrats to each of you for making your 1st earnings of the year ($4.16 each) (Google Pic - BWJKEJ) ??

DUDS OF THE WEEK: 10 players tied for this weeks dump award...including all 8 Pedroia pickers...ouch...The low this week was a 4...not too bad really...Opposite of the Stud total, the Dud total has gone up each week...Notable DUD...Prigge...he has been a back to back Dud...not good...

SEPARATION: About 37% of us were either the STUD or DUD this week...that shows how quick things can change from week to week...

2009 MVP and ROY

2009 MVP and ROY Final Voting

MVP JEREMY WHITTLESEY
2nd Tim Krauss
3rd Jared Bindel
4th Shawn Herlihy
5th Brent Williamson

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: JEREMY WHITTLESEY
2nd Tim Krauss
3rd Shawn Herlihy
4th Brent Williamson
5th Doug Krauss

Congrats to Jeremy Whittlesey for cleaning house...it was a fun year...I have some ideas for next year to make RTTC even better...(weekly winner)...Winners send me your address...Later

WEEK 22 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK...BRENT WILLIAMSON

.321, 3HR, 12RBI...Willie with a big week puts him up to 4th place in RBIs with 103..20 behind the leader TKrauss....last 2 weeks 18 RBI for him..(GOOGLE PIC...B WILLIE)

DUD OF THE WEEK... Neil Cowan, Jodi Biederstedt.

.118, 0HR, 0RBI...last years, co-HR champ Jodi B is 7 back from the leaders in HRs...so time is running out on her to defend her half of the crown...Cowan pretty much ranks out as average in all 3 categories....he would need a miracle last month to place in the top 3...

BA RACE...Bindel has finally overtaken Hernandez by 1 pt at .334-.333...Hernandez led BA since week 4

HR RACE...Brooks and Whittlesey are all tied at 38...could we have a split HR champ again this year?

RBI RACE..Tim Krauss has a commanding 10RBI lead in this one over Whittlesey...4 more and he breaks the single season record at 127

WEEK 20 RESULTS

Alright, I am getting back into the swing of things...after countless Dos Equis, and about 3 layers of skin on my shoulders, I am ready to dive back into RTTC...here we go....

STUD OF THE WEEK: JOE KAPCAR

.462 4HR, 9RBI.......Kapcar with a big week, but he is gonna need a couple more of these if he is gonna cash a check come october.(PIC...KapTruck)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: Ty Meyer, Kyle Krauss, Brent Williamson, Jeremy Whittlesey

0-2..............Wow...the monday injury attacks again, and in the thick of the RTTC strecth run...all 4 of these guys still have a very good shot at $$...this could be a week that haunts them..

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME

Last 2 weeks...Kyle Krauss has gone 1-3...

HOT

Brooks..last 4 weeks... .407

Sunderman...last 3 weeks..9HR

Zgela...33RBI last 4 weeks

NOT

KKrauss.. .178, 0HR, 5RBI...last 5 weeks

SGuelde.... .179 last 3 weeks..(PS...just sent her pick in, oh and her water broke about an hr ago...trooper)...GOOD LUCK GUELDES!

WEEK 11 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: SHAWN SUNDERMAN, TROY BROOKS

.389...4 HR 11 RBIs...Huge week for these guys...this puts Sunder right back in contention and puts T-roy Brooks on top...he is now the leader in RBIs at 64, also only 1 back in HRs...(Google Pic..Aww F Troy)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: TIM KRAUSS, BRENT WILLIAMSON

0-8, 0HR-0RBIs..The dreaded early week injury strikes again...they are both very much alive, but a wasted week can come back and haunt ya in September...TBag is only 7 off the pace in RBIs..

HOW WE MATCH UP:

BA

Ichiro .358

Hernandez .345

HR

Pujols 26

Whittlesey 22

RBI

Pujols 68

Brooks 64

WEEK 7 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: Brent Williamson, Doug/Tim Krauss and Jeremy Whittlesey

.444-5HRS-10RBIS...These guys combined for 20 hrs and 40 rbis this week. These are all rookies that are all over the top of the leaderboards, with Whittlesey leading HRs and RBIs...There is a good chance that the Rookie of the Year will come out of this group of players. (Google Pic-willie, doug, tbag, j whitt)

DUD OF THE WEEK: Mike Meyer

.087-1HR-1RBI...Terrible week for Monk...luckily for him, one of his whopping 2 hits left the park. He better pick up his pace as he is the only player under 20 RBIs with 17.

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME:

Whittlesey .297-43 RBIs

Zorn .297-20 RBIs

WEEK 6 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: Clark Carroll and Dave Krauss

They both went for .407, 3HRs and 8RBIs...Clark bumped his BA up 27 points to .321, while Dave, the defending BA Champ raised his average to .346. Both players are also in the top 3rd in HRs and RBIs..(google pic: Dave Clark)

DUD OF THE WEEK: Brent Punches

.000-0-0...Punches literally had nothing this week. Last year's MVP went w/Delgado who was day-to-day up until Friday as he went on the DL...Below is a true email quote from Punches prior to week 6:

"carlos delgado or david wright?? Flipping the coin now....heads delgado, tails wright:

....heads, delgado"

Should have went best of three Punches.

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME:

Tim Guelde and Brent Williamson who I am pretty sure do not know each other at all, so would have no way of talking about thier picks have made identical picks the last 3 weeks. What are the odds?

WEEK 3 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK: TOMMY "The Z-Man" ZGELA

.450 3 HRS 11 RBIs...Big week for Zgela as he goes on vacation and still kicks our A$$. Anytime you can reach double digits in RBIs you are gonna be making a move up the list. He is tied for 4th now in RBIs.

DUD OF THE WEEK: BRENT "Willie" WILLIAMSON

.182 0 HRs 0 RBIs...Willie was one of two people that had a 0-0 week but took the dud status as he failed to top .200. Its a good thing that he had a big opening week because since he is: 9-49, 0 HR, 2 RBIs.

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME:

Stout's power surge. He needs only 12 more HRs to match his total from last yr.

Big Al

One of yesterdays top performers was the one and only, Albert Poo-Holes...he had a dong and 2 RBIs...Congrats Willie on your 1st career HR