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 3 Recap

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

HR

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??

Week 2 Recap

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.

Week 1 Results..Just Getting Started

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....

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 18 and 19 Results

After a 10 day break from reality, I am back and with that comes that last 2 weeks of STUDS AND DUDS...I gotta make this quick...busy day, imagine that...

WEEK 18 STUDS- RYAN SMITH, JARED BINDEL, MICHAEL EMMONS

Congrats, all 3 had a score of 23 with 3 different players...Smittys 4th win, Bindels 2nd, and Emmons 3rd..

WEEK 18 DUDS- TY MEYER, WADE RYCHENER

Both had ZERO for the week as they went with a Pena who didnt play...whoops...I know TY had his mond on other things with his wedding and all, not sure about WR's excuse?? Ty's 4th DUD and Wades 2nd..

RECORD TIED- A number of players tied the weekly At Bat record with 34 in week 18...too bad they only got 9 pts out of that...check the records tab to see who did it

WEEK 19 STUDS - TODD GUELDE, JOEY KAPCAR, ANDY BRINK

All 3 had 22 pts for the week..congrats fellas, Joe you should make your picks after drinking 5 beers by noon more often....This was Todds 3rd STOW, Kapcars 1st, and Brinks 3rd

WEEK 19 DUDS - PUNCHES, KYLE KRAUSS, WILL KELLER

Speaking of drunk picks, that must have been what these guys did this week too...actually 2 of these 3 were on vacation too so that is possible...Actually they all scored 6 pts which is not bad at all for the DOTW...

A side congrats to TY MY on his wedding...a great time was had by all on the beaches of NC

Week 17 Results

What a huge week for a few...we had 1 weekly record broke and 1 tied....The best weekly performance of the year goes to...

STUD OF THE WEEK...ANDY BRINK

Andy went 12/22, with 5 HR and 13 RBIs...for a total of 30!(Bautista)...That sets the record for most points in a week...The big week now puts him into 2nd place in BA at 338, 13th in HRs at 19, and 4th in RBIs at 76...This is Andy's 2nd SOTW...congrats....(Emmons also picked Bautista but missed the deadline last week, so was not eligible for the SOTW) (google pic - Brink)

DUDS OF THE WEEK...BROOKS, KAPCAR

These guys both went 4/20, and that is it(Fielder)...This is also the 4th time for each that they are the DOTW...

TOUGH LUCK OF THE WEEK...TIM GUELDE

How about Tim's week...16 hits, 4 HRs, and 7 RBIs..total of 27....He would have won every week prior to this week, and ties the hit record at 16...tough luck Timmy G, great week though!

7/27 Recap

STUD - Jose Bautista - 4/4, 2HR, 5RBI...Huge pick for Brink and Emmons...
Both have 17HRs on the yr now..

DUD - Brian McCann - 0/4, K, GDP, Error...NOT PICKED THIS WEEK

PLAY O DAY - First time Cabrera not clutch this year i think...
http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10332133&topic_id=8877450&c_id=tb

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

5/25 Recap

Stud - Vladimir Guerrero - 3/5, 2 HR, 5 RBI...Nice pick by BRINK...

Dud - Rafeal Furcal - 0/4, 2 K, 2 Errors - Not Picked

Play of the day - Seems like the Reds are always involved... http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8342949

WEEK 1 RESULTS

The 1st week is the books and a veteran and a rookie share the top honors..

STUDS OF THE WEEK...Last year's Batting Average Champ is back at it...Jared Bindel went 9/24 last week with 4HRs and 10RBIs(clutch 2-run HR last night in the 9th by Albert for ya.) And we have a rookie making a splash in his debut week...Andy Brink went 10/20 and had 3HR and 10RBIs...In case you forgot this year the SOW actually means $25 to the winners by adding up the hits HRs, and RBIs...and since they both put up a 23 they each get $12.50 in the credit column...

(To all of the rookies, you are probably curious about the picture above....its a tradition unlike any other in RTTC...I type in something to do with the STUDS in Google Images and see what pops up....so this week it was Brink Jared, which of course is an album by Brink, produced by some Jared guy)

DUDS OF THE WEEK...Joe Kapcar and Doug Krauss both ended the week with only 1 lowsy hit....Joe probably didn't care much becasue he just got engaged last weekend! Congrats Joey... and Doug also has his mind on other things too as his daughter is expecting a child anytime here in the upcoming weeks...These 2 need to get their heads back in the game...

STAT OF THE WEEK...Clark Carroll had 8 RBIs last week, which puts him on pace to get 208 this year(impossible)....the previous 2 years he has 187 total...