Week 24 Results - Back 2 Back Edition

STUD OF THE WEEK - Tom Zgela

Back to back studs for Tommy Z, as he was the lone player to pick Josh Hamilton this week, who went off for 10 hits, 4 HRs, and 10 RBIs...(24 pts)...He doesn't have a shot at any year end honors, but he did just climb into 4th place on the money leaders list...not bad for a down year for him...Actually in the past 3 weeks he is hitting .393 with 6 HRs and 22 RBIs....Its been a good run for him, as he also walked his youngest daughter down the aisle this past weekend as well, and I will go ahead and assume that he had a couple cold ones that night as well... Double Congrats Z - Man (Google Pic -Z-Man)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Biederstedt, Price, People that didn't submit a pick??

Bieder had some bad luck and picked Tulo who got hurt on Monday...one of those years for the Bieder Bunch...Price picked a Rangers outfielder that didnt get an at bats??? He is still shy of the minimum of 550 at bats needed to qualify for the batting title....And then about 4 or 5 people didnt even submit a pick, which is pretty strange...oh well better for the rest of us....

BA RACE-

1st Mathews - .333 Pretty much wrapped up this title unless Price goes off this week...

2nd Price - .320 Could still catch Mathews if he goes 10/20 or something?? No way loses 2nd

3rd Jess Kapcar - .309 Can she hang onto 3rd? The 4 others below are the only ones that I

4th Sigler - .309 ...see catching her

5th Smith - .308

6th Dillaman - .305

7th D Rychener - .303

HR RACE -

1st Punches - 43...1 more HR sets a new RTTC Record...

2nd Wyse - 38....Needs at least 6 in 2 weeks to win, and that assumes Punches hits 0...tough

3rd Riether - 36...1 HR ahead of 5 guys who have 35...gonna be a good race here..5 others have 33 as well that still have a slight hope...

RBI RACE -

1st Riether - 127 - 10 away from breaking the record of 136...Graven still hanging around?

2nd Graven - 119 - Looking for his 1st top 3 finish since 2008

3rd Burger - 116 - Same as Graven...his last top 3 finish was in 08'...in RBIs

5 others have over 110, and 13 others have over 100...all it takes is a 12 spot to make a huge jump

8/24 Recap - AL MVP in Boston?

Stud of the Day - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 3/5, HR, 2 RBIs last night as the Red Sox crushed the Rangers... Not real sure where the power has come from this year for Ellsbury, but he now has 23 HRs on the year, 2 more than teammate Adrian Gonzalez..I could see him getting lots of MVP votes in October...Rob Price and Todd Sigler were the 2 players to pick him this week, who are 2nd and 5th in Batting Average...

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 14 Results

The MLB All Star break is finally here, so we are off until Thursday when action resumes for Week 15...Week 15 will be a short week that only lasts 4 days, so around 15 points should have a good chance at the SOTW...Here is what happened last week...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Rossi, C Jones

It is fitting that these 2 finished off the 1st half with the SOTW as they both are now tied for the most this season with 3 each. They picked Aramis Ramirez and he put up 20 pts... Rossi is the current $ Leader so far with $85 in the bank, overall though his numbers are just a little bit better than average, but he is still capable of getting a top 3 finish in 1 of the categories. Jones has been absolutely on fire in the past 6 weeks...In that time he has gotten 3 SOTWs, 10 hits: 5 different times...batting .409 with 17 HRs and 43 RBIs...his first 8 weeks he was .251 with 5 HRs and 28RBIs...Last years MVP is looking to make it back to back this year...Also he is pissed that he got snubbed from this years All Star Game...(Google Pic - RJ3)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Leonard, Price

The tough luck losers of week 14...They went with Braun last week who got a total of 0 at bats....ouch...It is always tricky when there is a Sunday injury and he doesn't go on the DL...not much you can do about it. Leonard has had a fairly average year so far and this is his 2nd DOTW...Price is having a good season and is only 1 of 10 players currently batting over .300, and is in the top 15 in RBIs...Regroup over the break fellas...

2011 RTTC $$ Leaders

27 of the 53 players have at least 1 SOTW this year, thus are on the $ board...here are the leaders that are over $50...

1. Rossi - $85

2. Wyse - $50

3. Smith - $50

4. Zeitz - $50

5. Palumbo - $50

6. Sigler - $50

Week 15 picks due Thursday at 5PM...Those of us that are not all stars, enjoy your 3 day vacation..

Week 9 Results

Big week for many of you out there...and some bad luck out there as well...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, Stout, Banks, Cowan, Price, C Jones, G Badenhop

One of the biggest weeks of the year as these guys all went (before this week struggling) Al Pujols...All he did was go 12/27, 5 HRs and 10 RBIs...including walk off bombs Saturday and Sunday...This is Banks, Stout, and Badenhop's 2nd SOTW of the year...Stout has now taken over the BA lead at .327...Cowan is now 2nd in HRs at 17....and Stout is now 4th in RBIs with 49...C Jones may be getting his MVP form back from last year as he doubled his HR total this week to 10....Congrats on the big week and the $7.14...lunch is paid for today...(Google Pic - Super 7)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Burger

One of the couple of people who got hurt by some bad luck this week was Burger...In the first AB of the week from Soriano, he pulled his quad and finished the week at 0/1....The Monday injury strikes again...Tim Guelde and Doug Krauss also with some bad luck with Holliday and Kubel...at least hey got some hits first....its a part of the game, and nothing you can do about it...

How We Stack Up vs MLB Leaders

BA

RTTC Stout .327

MLB Bautista .348

HR

RTTC Wyse 19

MLB Bautista 20

RBI

RTTC Curlis 55

MLB A Gonzalez 50

Week 7 Recap

Not very often does the concensus top pick of the week ened up being the SOTW, but this week that is exactly what happened...

Studs of the Week - Stout, Da. Krauss, Kapcar, R. Jones, Price, Pennington, Finkes, Perrotta

These 8 all went with Adrian Gonzalez who has been absoultely nuts in the month of May...Last week he was 13/27 with 7 RBIs (20pts)...This may be the first time ever that the SOTW did not hit any HRs...Each of the 8 Studs all on average raised their BA about 40 pts...Also this was the 1st SOTW for all 8 players getting them a pay out of $6.25 per....Congrats on the big week...(Google Pic - Elite 8)

Duds of the Week - Biederstedt, Banks, Brink

The not so killer B's this week all went with V Martinez and he did not deliver as he only got 3 hits in 19 at bats for a total of 3 pts....Of the 3, Brink is having the best year so far and is now under .300 for the first time all year at .295...

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME:

Since week 3, E Krauss (ME) has only 14 hits total...the SOTWs had 13 this week....unreal...and a side note the STL Cards "big 3" has just killed me this year going 9/66 .136 total when I picked them.

4/7 Recap - Tulo Getting Hot

STUD OF THE DAY - DEREK MEEK + ANDRE PERROTTA - 2/3. HR, 2B, 3RBIs...They have 3 HRs and 6 RBIs heading into the weekend via (Tulowitzki)

DUD OF THE DAY - Broken Record....for the 3rd time this week...Rob Price...0/4, 2 Ks, Error....via P Alvarez...He has 10 Ks and 0 BBs so far this year..

0-6 Alert....Since 1900 only 6 teams have started 0-6 and even madeit back to .500 by years end....ZERO have made the playoffs....Not good news for the "best ever?"Red Sawx as they limp home today and face the Yanks fresh off the sweeping by the Tribe...

4/5 Recap - Royals Rolling

STUD OF THE DAY - TY Meyer- 3/5, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBIs...hitting .375 early on (Alex Gordon w the 1st place Royals)...

DUD OF THE DAY - Rob P. P. Diddy Price...again...0/4, 3 Ks, GDP (Alvarez)...forgetable start to the year for Diddy...

BROOKS STILL HOT - Mark Teixeira's got 4 HR and 10 RBI already in April...Yankee stadium plays like a wiffle ball stadium...

4/4 Review...Sunderman Cruz'n

STUD of the Day - Jessica Ceritelli...2/3, HR, 2 RBIs via A Soriano...

DuD of the Day - Rob Diddy Price...0/4, 2 Ks....via P Alvarez

Sunderman HR Watch---Nelson Cruz became the 3rd player in MLB history to HR in the first 4 games of the year...Cruz joined Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998) as the only players to go deep in each of their first four games of a season. Aww Sunderman

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...

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 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

4/26 POD

Brandon Inge...3/5, 2HR, 3RBIs...First 2 HRs of the year for Inge as the Tig's win at Texas 8-6....Inge has not been picked this year yet...Does Inge look like Colt McCoy at all???

Also, a quick shoutout to Rob Price, Doug Krauss, and Tim Krauss and the birth of their son, grandson and nephew last week...Quintin Price...future RTTCer possibly?