Week 23 Results - Chasing the Top

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)

Week 21 Recap - Despicable M. E.

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...

WEEK 16 RECAP

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

Week 26 Results

STUD OF THE WEEK - Emmons, Tim Guelde

They both picked Mike Stanton and he delivered with a 12/28, 1 HR, 7 RBI week...that HR would prove to be a big one for Emmons...Timmy G had a quiet year...as this was his first SOTW and only had 1 DOTW as well...good way to end the year...$12.50 is better than $0.00...pic - timmy E

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Anyone who picked Longoria..

He was a little banged up following last weekend and the Rays decided to rest him this week for the playoffs...tough break....hard to see that coming...

9/21 Recap

PICK OF THE DAY - Jayson Werth - 2-4, HR - 3 RBIs....Emmons stays hot and now has 35 bombs and 106 RBIs...and D Rychener now has 34 HRs and 115 Ribbys...Can he catch C Jones with only 12 days left???

Week 24 Recap

Wow, week 24 was a record breaking week and most likely the week that caused the most separation among the leaders ever...The magical mullet is hot and has the Rockies on another September run...to the STUDS:

STUDS OF THE WEEK...Krista Krauss, Emmons, C Jones...

These 3 plus Brooks(who got his pick in late..whats new) all picked T TULOWITZKI...who just finished the best week in RTTC History...he went 9/26 with 6 HRs and 17 RBIs...The 32 overall points are a new RTTC record as well are the 17 RBIs....the 6 HRs tie a RTTC record...Jones is now 2nd in BA at 322...Emmons is now 3rd in HRs w 34, and Jones is cruising along in RBIs in 1st place w 128, up 16 in that category...now he is chasing the record books to catch Tim Krauss 136 RBIs from last year...Congrats to you 3 for splitting the $25..(PIC - TULO)

DUD OF THE WEEK...CURLIS CREW

Mike Stanton was not kind to them this week only getting 2 hits and 1 RBI...These guys have been hot or miss lately...in the last 5 weeks they now have 2 STUDS and 2 DUDS OF THE WEEK...Their best shot at top 4 finish is probably in HRs, but will about 10 in the last 2 weeks to get up there...

The Races

BA - CARROLL keeps his hot streak going and now has opened up a 14 pt lead in and may very well crush the BA record of 336..He is at 346 right now...There are 9 others over .315 battling it out for the final 3 spots...

HR - PENNINGTON is on his way to becoming the 2010 HR Champ...currently at 39...and up 4 HRs on second place....10 others have between 30-35 to battle it out for the final 3 spots as well...

RBIs - C JONES looks to be a lock in RBIs barring another 17 RBI performance from else..he is up 16 on D Rychener with 128...7 others are over 100 RBIs trying to get in the top 4 overall...

Week 23 Results

And down the stretch we come....this is where the marathon turns into that last stretch and becomes a sprint....and the big winners in WEEK 23 were....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - ZGELA, PENNINGTON

Big week for these 2, as they picked Ryan Howard (10/29, 3 HR 11 RBIs - 24pts)...Zgela is getting hot as he wins his 4th SOTW and also for the 2nd straight week...in just 2 weeks he has gained 36 to his BA and is up to .309...15 pts out of 4th place...Speaking of hot...Pennington gets his 2nd SOTW in the last 3 weeks...and in the last 4 weeks he has 11 HRs and 27 RBIs...he is the season leader in HRs w 36...can he hang on for 3 more weeks?! (Pic Z-Pen)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - MANGAS, EMMONS, PRIGGE, KAPCAR, BINDEL

These 5 guys had a combined 0 hits this past week in a total of 12 at bats...some picked a player that got injured on Sunday, or just didnt get a pick in at all for whatever reason?? Makes it easier for the rest of us to win SOTW....but I do know Kapcar claims that he just had Tommy John Surgery and is out for the year....he isn't the smartest guy out there...and not the happiest as he saw the Wolverines beat his Irish Saturday..rough week Kappy

Handicapping the Races...

BA

To me I'd say if you are above .310 you have a chance at the end of year $..so that puts 13 players in contention here...with a few others close behind that mark...every year this category comes down to the last day...Also a player that is injured cannot be picked to "not lose any ground"...so let me know if you see any injured players selected from here on out...I will say the winner will finish at .325...

HR

On this one, I'd say above 26 HRs still gives you a shot at which means 20 players still alive for some $$...also going to go out on a limb and say Pennington cashes in even if he hits 0 HRs the rest of the way....final HR leader #...I'm going with 40

RBI

The last category..I'd say anyone above 85 right now can get finish in the top 4...every few weeks in seems there is a 10+ RBI week by someone...its easy to make ground up in this one...Winner will have....lets go with 120...

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

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 15 Results

STUDS - Biederstedt, Whittlesey, Price

Nice weekend for these 3, as they put up a solid 15..(Cruz)...This is the first time I ever remember the SOTW not hitting a HR...This is P-Diddy Price's 3rd Stud, Biederstedts 2nd and last years MVP, Whittlesey's 1st....he could be making a 2nd half surge...good way to start the 2nd half fellas...(pic- BWP)

DUDS - Sunderman, Smith, Burger, Todd Guelde, Ryan Jones, Prigge, Emmons, Mangas

Not a good weekend for these 8 as they all ended up with only 2 pts....This is Prigges 3rd, Jones, Emmons, Mangas 2nd, and for the rest, this is only their 1st Dud appearence...If there is ever a week to be the DUD, week 15 is it...back to a normal week here in week 16....

STAT OF WEEK THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME-

Rob Price batting .267 and has 65 RBIs...

Tim Guelde batting .281 and has only 31 RBIs...

6/30 Recap

STUD - VLADIMIR GUERRERO 4/4, 2 HR, 5 RBI...NOT PICKED THIS WEEK

DUD - KEVIN YOUKILIS - 0/4, 2 K, Error...Too bad for Dave Krauss and Emmons...

PLAY O DAY - The Redlegs keep hanging around... http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9514137

Week 5 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: ZGELA, CARROLL, BANKS, PRICE, EMMONS

These 5 split the Pot and get $5 each for their efforts of attaining the high of 17 this week...Zgela raises his AVG 50 pts...Carroll raises AVG over .400...Banks doubles his HRs to 6 and earns 2nd check in 3 weeks...P-Diddy Price doubles HRs to 4 and now has 20 RBIs...and Emmons raises AVG 43 points and also earns 2nd check in 3 weeks...Google pic -

DUD OF THE WEEK: BINDEL

He continues his dreadful streak with a total of 3 this week...He was the STUD in week 1, and since is .158-0HR-1RBI...This is his 2nd DUD award in the last 3 weeks...

MLB vs RTTC

AVG

RTTC Carrol .402

MLB Ethier .383

HR

RTTC D Rychener 10
MLB Konerko 13

RBI

RTTC D Rychener 28
MLB Cabrera 33

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...

4/22 POD

Ryan Braun...Big day for the Brew Crew as they killed Pittsburgh 20-0...(They missed their last extra point) Braun was 3-4, HR, 5RBIs and that is good news for Ryan Jones, Keller, and Emmons as they all 3 picked Braun this week...

Week 2 Results

STUD OF THE WEEK: Dan Rychener....he went 7-21, 5HR, 8RBI for a total of (20)..no one has has started RTTC this hot ever...Dan already has 9HRs on the year, there are 4 people without 1 still...Congrats to Dan for cashing in for Week 2 with the $25 pot...(GOOGLE PIC - D Rych)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: Leonard, Brooks, Doug Krauss, Prigge, Emmons...all 5 of these guys totalled only 3 hits for the week with 0HRs and RBIs for a total of (3)...Unfortunately for Doug Krauss he has been a DUD for the 2nd straight week and is the only one without a RBI on the year, but on the bright side, he did raise his average 23 points all the way up to .158...

STAT OF THE WEEK: Last year Dan Rychener finished his rookie year with 22HRs....this year thru 2 weeks he already has 9HR! He is on pace to hit 117...