Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Week 17 Preview

10 weeks to go...let the marathon now turn into a sprint...

MOST PICKED PLAYERS FOR WEEK 17:
Encarnacion -7
Holliday - 4
Dunn - 4

MOST PICKED TEAMS:
Braves - 20
A's - 7
Dodgers - 5

Last Night STUD - Jeremy Michael

Talk about timing...Up until this week, no one had picked Kendrys Morales all year..Morales, went off for 10 pts (2/5 2HR 6RBI)... Both of his HRs were in the same inning...from each side of the plate..unreal...Michael has been struggling in his rookie season...The 6 RBIs last night for him match his RBI output in the last 4 weeks combined!  Morales is on pace for 70 pts this week (record is 41)...that will get Michael back in contention

Monday, July 30, 2012

Week 16 Recap

It was a good week to pick a big white guy from the South Side of Chicago...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - SHIPLEY, PARKER

Ship picked Adam Dunn who was 9/24, 3HR, 8RBI and Parker picked Paul Konerko who was 10/23, 3HR, 7RBI..both finished with 20 PTS...Shipley is now 5th in BA, and 1st in HRs and RBIs...serious MVP contender...Parker's best shot at a top 3 finish is in BA, where he currently sits in 17th place @ .305...

DUD OF THE WEEK - Feikle

He gambled and went with a newbie to RTTC...Cody Ross...he finished with only 4 pts...4/24...Feikle's best shot at the $$ is in the HR category... He is tied with Shipley for 1st with 26...but he only has 1HR over the past 2 weeks...

TEAM STUD PICK OF THE WEEK - REDS

Feikle was the only one to pick CINCY and they went 6-0...He picked up 3 games on Glenn Badenhop who is in 1st place...He is now only 6 games out of 1st..

TEAM DUD PICK OF THE WEEK - ASTROS-ROYALS

Riether, Schurr, Davia picked one of these 2 teams and went 1-6....Davia is in a free fall going 2-12 in the past 2 weeks..but thanks to his great start, he is only 5 games out of the playoff picture...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Week 15 Recap -

4 different picks got at least 20 points this week...One almost got 30...

STUD OF THE WEEK - CHRIS MATHEWS

Last week he picked Ryan Zimmerman and he was 15/30 with 5 HRs and 8 RBIs (28PTS)  That puts him in 4th place in BA and RBIs now...and 11th in HRs...Surprisingly, Mathews was the only player to pick a Nationals player, who had 8 games this week...sneaky double header on Saturday that Mathews took advantage of...Mathews is an RTTC MVP threat every year...Last year he won it with a season ending .335, 33, 123 line....He is on pace to finish this year with a .342, 38, 121 line...Back2Back???  Also with the $60 win (his 3rd SOTW), he is now 1st on the 2012 $ Leader Board with $75.23..Congrats CM!

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Zietz, Todd Guelde, Emmons, Schmitmeyer, Michael

Bad luck struck again for these guys...They went with Big Papi last week and he got hurt running around the bases on a Adrian Gonzalez HR...really...He was 1/3 and didn't play the rest of the week...#MondayInjuries

HOT LAST 3 WEEKS
BA - Mathews - 30/69 .435

HR - Pennington - 8

RBI - Pennington - 19

NOT LAST 3 WEEKS
BA - Krauss Krew - 10/62  .161

HR - Michael - 1 (since week 9)

RBI - Joe Kapcar, Parker - 2

TEAM STUD PICK OF THE WEEK - TIGERS

McCutcheon was the only one on the Tigs last week, and they went 6-1 and swept the...

TEAM DUD PICK OF THE WEEK - White Sox

White Sox were leading the AL Central by a few games a week ago..now they look up to Detroit...Davia was one of 3 that picked CHW..and now he dropped back quite a bit and is out of the playoffs...as of now...still plenty of time to make moves to make the top 10...

HOT Last 3 Weeks

Burger, McCutcheon 14-3

NOT Last 3 Weeks

Parker 3-12

Friday, July 20, 2012

7/19 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Brandon @datdudeBP Phillips

He was 2/4 with a HR, and 5 RBI yesterday as they Redlegs had a big come from behind win against the DBacks...Banks and Riether were the 2 to pick him this week...BP is having a solid year, but will have to step up his production with Votto out for a while...

Thursday, July 19, 2012

7/18 Recap -

STUD OF THE DAY - BILLY BUTLER

BB was 3/3, HR, RBI...(5PTS) ..Perfect night for Butler... Only picked by 2 people this week..Tim Guelde and Pennington (not eligible for SOTW)

From Elias: Billy Butler was 3-for-3 with two walks against the Mariners on Wednesday night, including a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. He's the first player in Royals history to hit a walkoff home run in a game in which he had at least five plate appearances and reached base in every one of them.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

7/17 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - MIKE TROUT

4/6 1HR 2RBI (7PTS)  He was picked by 4 people this week, and of those 4, Cowan is in the best shape.  He was hitting .320 before the week started...Trout hasn't slowed down, and may be the AL MVP...In July he is batting .440 with 5 HR and 12 RBIs..He is on pace for 23 HRs and 53 SBs..the 20-50 club has only been done by 11 players...ever...LAA is 42-27 when he plays...8-14 when he does not

2012 League Ranks:

• 1st in AL in BA (.355)

• 4th in AL in R (64)

• 1st in AL in SB (30)

• 6th in AL in SLG (.582)

• 4th in AL in OPS (.990)

Monday, July 16, 2012

Week 14 Recap -

The 2nd half is underway...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Bindel, Cowan, Price

These 3 went with the hottest player in the world right now..A McCutcheon, and he went off...again... He was 7/12 with 3 HRs and 4 RBIs (14PTS) in the shortened week...It is Price's 2nd SOTW and Bindel and Cowan's 1st of the year...McCutcheon has been the SOTW Pick in 3 of the last 4 weeks...In that span he is batting .489 with 10 HRs and 27 RBIs..Looks like the Pirates have themselves the MVP this year...Congrats on splitting the $60 fellas...

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Schurr, Gordon

Gordon picked Bryce Harper and he only managed 1 hit over the weekend (1/12)..He had more Ozzie Guillen F Bombs yelled at him than pts this weekend...and since Schurr took a prolonged All Star break and did not submit a pick..he gets saddled with the lowest score as well...

TEAM STUDS OF THE WEEK - A's, Braves, Cubs, Giants, Reds

A bunch of sweeps this weekend...most surprising one was probably the Cubs winning 3 in a row....

TEAM DUDS OF THE WEEK - Astros, Cardinals, DBacks, Twins

...also the Cards not getting a win in Cincy was kind of surprising as well...

RTTC VS MLB

BA LEADERS
RTTC - M Badenhop .368
MLB - McCutcheon .371

HR LEADERS
RTTC - M Badenhop, Davia, Feikle - 25
MLB - Dunn 28

RBI LEADERS
RTTC - M Badenhop - 76
MLB - Hamilton - 76

BEST RECORD
RTTC - G Badenhop - 61-31
MLB - Yankees - 54-34

WORST RECORD
RTTC - E Krauss 38-50
MLB - Astros 33-56