Week 10 Recap -

You know there were some big numbers out there this week when someone picks Tulowitzki and gets 27 points...and doesn't win the SOTW...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Kyle Krauss, John Zeitz

It was a bad week for the "King", but a great week for the "Prince"...Prince Fielder was THE pick this week as he went 10/20 with 6 HRs and 13 RBIs (29 pts) ...The 6 HRs ties the RTTC single week record...This is the 2nd SOTW for Zeitz, and in week 6 he also had 6 HRs....So take a look at Zeitz week 6 and 10 totals: .457, 12 HR, 22 RBI...and now the other 8 weeks - .221, 4 HR, 26 RBI...talk about getting them in bunches...Kyle also is heating up bigtime...last 2 weeks he is .400, 10 HR , 20 RBIs...congrats on the SOTW and splitting the $50. (Google Pic - KKJZ)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Tim Guelde

He went with Matt Joyce last week and was let down as he only mustered 2 hits, but had 2 RBIs though...His 3 week drought is continuing as in that span he is .182, 0 HR, 6 RBIs...he looks to break out this week and make a run before the all-star break...

Stat that may only amaze me -

Andre Perrotta has 9 HRs and 41 RBIs

Doug Krauss has 9 HRs and 18 RBIs...Doug must be the king of solo HRs???

6/9 Recap - J Ham

This weeks consensus pick of Josh Hamilton (picked 7 times) did not disapoint last night as he went 2/4, with a HR and RBI, but the Rangers lost to the surging Twins...Kemp, Konerko, Berkman and Cruz also HRed last night...

Guest Blogger - Joe Kapcar

Hello fellow sport fans. This is guest blogger Joe Kapcar . I want to congratulate my Delphos St. Johns Blue Jays on making it to the state semi finals in high school boys baseball. Yet again, DSJ has
proven its self a dominate force in high school sports.

My last comment is it comment on the outstanding performance that Jessica Ceritelli is displaying with a batting average of .295, 14 homeruns, and 37 RBIs. She will be shortly changing her last name to Kapcar, because we will be getting married on June 11, followed with a trip to the Grand Caymans to drink, relax, and drink. Thanks to all of our friends who be attending the wedding and we look forward to celebrating with you.

Before I forget, there is a HUGE sweater vest sale, here in Columbus, along with cheap cars.

Good luck and GO NOTRE DAME

-Joe

**Commish Note - The views of Kappy do not reflect those of RTTC....any and all guest bloggers are welcome at any time..just send your write up to the rttcpicks@gmail.com email**

6/7 Update -

Below is a list of last night's RTTC HR Hitters:

Matt Kemp, LAD 17 (Picked by 6 players)
Prince Fielder, MIL 15 (Picked by 2 players)
Paul Konerko, CHW 14 (Picked by 1 player)
Albert Pujols, STL 14 (Picked by 3 players)
Lance Berkman, STL 13 (Picked by 1 player)

So it looks like 13 out of 53 HRed last night, pretty much 25% of us...

Week 10 Preview

Only 19 different players picked this week...one of the lowest totals of the year....

Two guys from Texas recently off the DL were the 2 most picked players this week:

J Hamilton - 7

N Cruz - 6

M Kemp - 6

R Braun - 5

Last Night's Top Performer:

Nelson Cruz was 2/4 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs...always good to get the week off to a good start...this guy seems to hit HRs in bunches, so expect more from him this week...Cowan is one of the 6 to pick Cruz, and now has 19 HRs on the year tied w/ Wyse...

**There were no late picks this week: Wyse picked Bautista, C Jones picked Kemp and Perrotta picked Bruce...just missed their emails**

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

June 1 Update - Summer is Here

The Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for this guy, so sorry for the lack of posts in the past 5 days...Week 8 saw Rossi take down SOTW honors all by himself, his 2nd of the year....and Ty My and Lynds Jones (2nd of year) were the 2 duds...

Week 9's popular picks are Pujols, and Bautista chosen 7 and 6 times respectively....

Tweet of the week... Todd Guelde ( @tguelde) is already counting his money from this weeks Stud of the week...he picked J Upton this week, and after his Monday performance, he simply wrote " Justin Upton #SOTW"...lets see if he can do it for the rest of the week...Pressure on Guelde

We are pretty much at the 1/3 mark of the season, since the all star week is short and this year week 26 will be short...lets take a look at a few things....

Whos HOT?

Last 3 weeks - Dave Krauss 55 pts - .385, 6 HR, 19 RBIs

Whos Not?

Last 3 weeks - L Jones, Roach, Doug Krauss, Banks, Ty My, Smith all with only 21 pts...

Trending Up...Finkes...He started the season at .143, but every week, he has slowly climbed up, and is now at a respectable .265

Trending Down...Zgela...He started at .455 in week 1, but since, has slid a lil but every week and is now sitting at .261

HR Streak...Only Emmons and Wyse have HR'd every week this season so far....how long will that last?

RBI Streak...Burger is the only player with at least 4 RBIs in each week....no wonder he is in 2nd place in RBIs...On the other end of the RBI spectrum....Doug Krauss has only had 2 weeks with 4 RBIs...and only has 12 for the year...doubtful he will reach his career average 104 RBIs this year...in order to do so, he will need 5 per week from here out...thats rough (google pic - 1/3 done)