Leaders Thru 9/20

Quick Update - More tommorow

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 333
2 Price 321
3 Sigler 317
4 Smith 309
5 Jess Kap 309
6 D Rych. 305
7 Dillaman 302

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 44 - NEW RTTC RECORD
2 Wyse 38
3 Riether 37 -
4 Cowan, Banks - 36

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 131
2 Graven 120 -
3 Burger 116 -
4 Punched 116
5 Mathews 115 -
6 Willie 113 -

Updated Leaderboard Thru 9/19

BA LEADERS
1 Mathews 334 - 4 hits from Ellsbury yesterday - 7 pts this week already
2 Price 320
3 Sigler 312 - Hosmer with a 3/5 day bolts Sigler to 3rd
4 Smith 309 - Big Papi with a 3 hit day
5 Jess Kap 309
6 D Rych. 304 - Swisher went 2/5
7 Dillaman 303 - Braun 0/4 hurts Dillaman's chances

HR LEADERS
1 Punches 43
2 Wyse 38
3 Riether 37 - Berkman with a big HR for Riether puts him into 3rd
4 Six guys tied at 35 - None of these guys hit a HR

Only other HRs near the top were G Badenhop (Uggla) and Curlis (Santana)...they both now have 34 HRs

RBI LEADERS
1 Riether 129 - 2 RBIs from Berkman last night extends lead
2 Graven 120 - 1 RBI from Ortiz, trying to keep pace w DR
3 Burger 116 - Nothing from Tex
4 Mathews 115 - 2 RBIs from Ellsbury (Inside the park HR)
5 Punches 113 - 2 RBIs from A Gonzalez
6 Willie 113 - 1 from Ortiz
7 4 tied at 110

Go Rays, Go DBacks

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

9/14 Recap - Z Man Going For Back 2 Back

STUD OF THE DAY - JOSH HAMILTON

He only had 1 hit last night but it was a big one...a grand slam, so he had a nice 6 pt night...Zgela(who was a STUD last week) was the lone picker of Hamilton this week and already has 12 pts on the week (4 hits, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs)...Zgela may go back2back??

9/13 Recap - BoSox Strike for 18 Runs

STUD OF THE DAY - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 4/5. HR, and 3 RBIs last night as the Sox put up 18 runs...Tim Krauss was the only one to pick him this week and he is in the running for a top 3 finish in HRs and RBIs....he now has 33 HRs and 108 RBIs on the season...T-Bag is MR Consistant...in his 3 RTTC years he has been an all star 3 times and has over 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in each as well... impressive

...Everyone missed out on the other Sox player from last night who went 4/5, 2 HRs and 5 RBIs...yeah Pedroia put up an 11 spot which ranks on ESPN as the 4th best single game performance of the year.... http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/topperformers , and no one picked him...

HR RECORD UPDATE -
Punches hit #41 last night (Longoria)...getting the champagne out yet?

9/12 Recap- RTTC Video of the Year

Week 24 is underway and the RTTC Stud of the night was - Ben Zobrist who went 3/5, with 3 RBIs...He was picked by Kyle Krauss who now has 107 RBIs on the year and is definately in the hunt for a top 3 finish...

Side note - Pennington did get his pick in on time, I just failed to enter it for some reason?...He is going with Adrian Beltre this week and is eligible for the SOTW...

Lastly, take a look at this video from a game 2 weeks ago in Cleveland....What a catch by our very own RTTC owner, John Zavislak...definately the RTTC Play of the Year
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18858933&topic_id=8879220&c_id=cle

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)