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 1 Recap - Wyse Guy

Week 1 (and a half) is in the books and was the longest "week" in RTTC history. I really thought though there would be a lot more inflated stats because of that, but it wasn't too bad....No weekly records were broken except for the most at bats, which is now 42, by Ty Meyer...Now for the S+Ds...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Josh Wyse

The rookie went with Paul Konerko and he was 14/35, with 3 HRs and 11 RBIs, a total of 28 pts...This is the 2nd straight year that the 1st Stud is a rookie and wins it outright...The Prince Fielder Club just missed a share of the SOTW as they finished with 27 pts....step your game up....Wyse, congrats on the $50 start to your RTTC career...(Google Pic "wyse"- Rookies, this is also a tradition here at RTTC...whoever wins the SOTW I will just enter a part of their name into Google Images and post what appears...it is quite random, and I enjoy it)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Glenn Badenhop, Matt Badenhop

This was mentioned last monday on the update that they both picked Longoria who got hurt in the 2nd game and finished the week 0-5...tough luck...Dud runners up goes to Chris Mathews who got only 2 pts this week..rough

Average - There are 8 guys currently over .400 to start the year, I say by week 3, there will be 0. There are 10 under .200...

HRs - Sunderman with an impressive 5 HRs in the 1st week...15 guys still looking for their 1st long ball...

RBIs - 7 guys over 10 already...3 (all mentioned in the Dud section looking to get numero uno this week...

We are off and running and don't be surprised by the Tribe start...I failed to mention last week why they would make the playoffs this year:

#1 - Orlando Cabrera has mad the playoffs the last 4 years....all with different teams

#2 - The last 5 times the ground hog saw its shadow, the Tribe has made the playoffs...I can't make that up....google it...

Good Luck in week 2, get picks in by 12:35PM EST...

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 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....

9/13 Recap

Pick of the Day - Joey Votto - 2-4, HR, RBI....The Reds with another W and now up 7 games w 18 to play...looking pretty good in Cincy, and only a 1.5 behind Philly for best record in NL...

Punches and Sunderman w the Votto pick this week..Punches hits HR #24 and Sunderman with #30.

Week 21 Results

We are closing in on the last month of the season, and while I know a lot of people are gearing up for the football season to get going, there is still a lot of $$ on the line in RTTC...still 5 more SOTWs to be given out, along with the 12 season long winners....This weeks winners were....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Sunderman, Graven, T Krauss, Keller, Pennington, Curlis

They all went w MLBs leading HR hitter (Bautista) and he came up huge for them..10/20, 4 HR, 7 RBIs...21 total...one of the lowest SOTW totals all year...This was Kellers 4th SOTW and leads the HR race w/33....This was Sundermans 3rd SOTW, Graven and TKrauss' 2nd, and Pennington and Curlis both got thier 1st of the year....Pennington stayed on Kellers trail and now has 32 HRs...(pic - 6 pack)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Tim Guelde

Timmy G went w - Ryan Howard who sucked this week...2-25 is all he could do...Prior to this week he was about 15 pts out of 4th place in BA, but now he dropped from .299 to .288, and is 31 pts out of 4th....He is only 4 HRs out of 4th place w/24, so I expect to see some power hitters picked by him in the last month....This was his 1st DOTW

Multiple SOTW Picks

Cabrera - 4

Pujols - 3

Ethier - 2

Teixeira - 2

Cano - 2

A Rod - 2

Bautista - 2

Hamilton - 2

Multiple DOTW Picks

Utley - 2

Heyward - 2

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 13 Results - All Star Team Revealed

STUD OF THE WEEK - Hernandez, Brooks, Reither, Keller, W Rychener

These guys all had big weeks via big AL Pujols ( 8/27, 4 HR, 9 RBI) 21 pts...Its Hernandez 1st SOTW, Brooks 2nd in 3 weeks, Reithers 1st, Keller's 3rd, and W Rycheners 1st SOTW of the year....Each will get $5 for their efforts..(pic, 5 for 5)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Punches, R Jones

These guys got pretty much screwed this week as Utley (1 pt) was injured on tuesday and missed the rest of the week...not much you can do about that...its just the RTTC gods being unkind....Its Punches 2nd DUD and Ry Jones 1st....

ALL STAR SELECTIONS: (Top 5 in each category)

Clark Carroll...1st selection... .344, 10 HR, 58 RBI

Krista Krauss... 1st selection... .341, 11 HR, 46 RBI

Tim Krauss... 2nd selection... .337, 14 HR, 50 RBI

Brandon Hernandez...3rd selection... .337, 14 HR, 49 RBI
Carl Jones... 1st selection... .337, 11 HR, 58 RBI

Will Keller... 1st selection... .317, 20 HR, 60 RBI

Shawn Sunderman... 2nd selection... .290, 20 HR, 57 RBI

Dan Rychener... 1st selection... .327, 19 HR, 69 RBI

David Reither... 1st selection... .292, 18 HR, 53 RBI

Wade Rychener... 1st selection... .265, 17 HR, 54 RBI

Week 11 Recap

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Smith, Sunderman, Zgela, Brooks, TKrauss, Mathews, CJones

Huge week for these guys as they put up a record tying performance. They all went 16/27, 1 HR and 6 RBIs (Hamilton). Those 16 hits tie the most in a week of RTTC...Last who did it was Punches in Week 5 of 2009....It is the 2nd SOTW for Smith, Sunderman, Zgela, and CJones....1st of the year for Brooks, TKrauss, and Mathews...They all jumped in BA about 35-40 points each...(google pic - 7 guys)

DUD OF THE WEEK - TY MEYER

Ty My with only 3 points this week (Carter) marks the 2nd straight week he is the dud...and 3rd DUD week since week 3....Last 2 weeks he has 4 hits and has dropped a total of 27 pts down to .232...still only 5 HR behind the leader though...

Stats of the week:

Number of weeks E KRAUSS has hit better than .223 - (1) - unreal

Current Number of weeks in a row with a HR - Sunderman - (8)

Number of players w/at least 2 RBI each week - (1) - Keller

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 6 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK - TODD GUELDE

Guelde was 10/29, 3HR, 8RBI (Zimmerman) for a weekly total of 21...This is Todd's 2nd STUD in the past 3 weeks...His recent push has made him a co-leader in HRs (10) and 2nd in RBIs (31)...His 2 STUD weeks have been big because he picked a player no one else did each time, (which is tough enough to do by itself) which means he doesn't share the winnings..He is the YTD $$ leader at $50...Congrats Guelde...(google pic - tg2)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - E KRAUSS, KAPCAR, D RYCHENER

All 3 guys went 2/14 (Braun) this week for a lousy total of 2...he was sidelined for 3 of the days after getting drilled in the elbow on Monday...part of the luck of RTTC...EKRAUSS drops down to .213...KAPCAR continues his terrible start and is in the cellar at .156..D RYCHENER is still in great shape in all 3 catagories, but missed a chance to increase HR lead as he is still stuck on 10...

STAT OF THE WEEK -

AWW SUNDERMAN is the only player with 3 RBIs in each week so far...consistency is a good thing...

The Results Are In

Final 2009 RTTC Standings

BA CHAMP...JARED BINDEL...336(new record

2nd...Brandon Hernandez...322

3rd...Jay Persinger...314

HR CHAMP...JEREMY WHITTLESEY...43(new record)

2nd...Troy Brooks...41

3rd...Eric Krauss...38

RBI CHAMP...TIM KRAUSS...136(new record)

2nd...Jeremy Whittlesey...131

3rd...Shawn Sunderman...120

3rd...Eric Prigge...120

Google pic...the 3 champs (JJT)

MVP AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON

WEEK 13 RESULTS - MIDSEASON REPORT

STUD OF THE WEEK - SHAWN HERLIHY

.480 4HR 8RBI....Herlihy had the highest BA, and HR this week, and that carried him to Stud of the week honors...he is at .305 19HR and 65RBI for the first half, which has him in great position in all 3 cats....His huge week in RBIs gave him his first All-Star selection...Prime candidate for Rookie of the Year...(google pic...Herl)

DUDS OF THE WEEK- TOM ZGELA, JARED BINDEL

0-6, 0HR 0RBI...The injury bug strikes again...this is the 2nd time for Zgela this year...also he is in danger of not qualifying for the BA Title...A minimum of 503 ABs is needed per RTTC Rules...3.1 ABs per game X 162 games) Despite the bad luck, ZMan and Bindel both are sitting pretty good overall, just need to avoid the injury bug.

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

Well, we are halfway done with season...time to unleash the 2009 RTTC All-Star Team...This is determined by the top 5 in each category....(the career total is in parenthesis)

B.Hernandez .355 (2nd selection)

S. Clark .316

Dave Krauss .315 (2nd selection)

K. Graven .313 (2nd selection)

C. Mathews .311

J. Whittlesey 23HR-64RBI

T. Brooks 23HR-70RBI

Jodi Biederstedt 22HR-67RBI

S. Sunderman 21HR-64RBI

E. Krauss 21HR

Tim Krauss 66RBI

S. Herlihy 65RBI

Overall 5 Rookies and 3 second-time All-Stars

2ND HALF PREDICTIONS...

I am going to keep it simple and go off of last years standards that were set..

.320 is what it is gonna take to win BA
40 is what it is gonna take to win HR
130 is what it is gonna take to win RBI

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