9/27 UPDATE

7 days left...

BA - Danny Rychener takes over the lead with a week to play..great battle of Archbold going on up top..Battle for 3rd shaping up nicely as well where the man from Philly (Riether) is trying to make huge comeback in the last few days...(remember these stats are unofficial)

RYCHENER - .337 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
T KRAUSS - .336 - 0/4 last night - Jeter
JESS KAPCAR - .322 - 1/4 last night - Murphy
TODD GUELDE - .320 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
RIETHER - .317 - 2/5 last night - Cano

HR - Price has tied it back up...This HR race is like a tennis match...back and forth..will Banks hold serve tonite??  Top 3 separating themselves from the pack...Price has recently informed the fantasy sports world that this will be his last year in all fantasy sports...Can he make a magical Chipper Jones type finish??

BANKS - 41 - 0 last night - A Ramirez
PRICE - 41 -1 last night - Encarnacion
SMITH - 40 - 1 last night - Encarnacion
FIEKLE - 38 - 0 last night - Beltre
RYCHENER - 37 - 0 last night - A Jones

RBI - Smitty is inching closer to the RBI record..can he get 6 more in 7 games?..Battle for 2nd and 3rd is up in the air...still waiting for someone near the top to go off for 4 here soon...

SMITH - 131 - 1 last night - Encarnacion **136 Record watch**
PRICE - 114 - 1 last night - Encarnacion
SHIPLEY -113 - 0 last night - Howard
T KRAUSS - 111 - 0 last night - Jeter
BANKS - 111 - 1 last night - A Ramirez

TEAM PICKS REG SEASON CHAMP

G BADENHOP is still in the drivers seat with only Meek and Berg able to catch him...If GB goes just 2-3 to finish out, he will win (assuming Meek and/or Berg win out)  If any of them tie, the tiebreaker will be their overall player points...

Glenn Badenhop  99-58 - 5 games left - Marlins - Lost last night - 0-2 this week
Derek Meek        98-62 - 2 games left - Rockies - Won last night - 3-0 this week
Jeremy Berg*      95-62 - 5 games left - Padres - Lost last night - 1-1 this week

PLAYOFF SPOTS
2 more clinched spots last night, K Krauss and Williamson...Underlined people clinched
3 more eliminated from the picture
As of today, 97 wins clinches a playoff spot, and a minimum of 93 wins are needed as well
6 spots left for 13 players

Player                                Wins                   Games Remaining
Glenn Badenhop                 99                                5
Derek Meek                       98                                2
Brent Williamson                97                                 1
Kyle Krauss                       97                                 0
Dan Rychener                     96                                6
Jeremy Berg*                     95                                 5
Ryan Smith                          94                                5
Corey Burger                     94                                 4
Kirk Graven                       94                                 0
Krauss Krew                     93                                  3
Joe Pennington                   93                                 2
Chris Mathews                  93                                  0
Brent Punches                   92                                  6
Brandon Feikle*                92                                 2
Sean McCutcheon*           91                                  5 
Tim Guelde                       90                                  6
Aaron Schmitmeyer*         88                                  5

9/26 Update

8 days left...

BA - Not much of a shift between 1 and 2 last night...Battle for 3rd shaping up nicely..Riether is coming on strong

T KRAUSS - .339 - 1/4 last night - Jeter
RYCHENER - .338 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
JESS KAPCAR - .323 -  0/4 last night - Murphy
TODD GUELDE - .321 - 1/4 last night - A Jones
RIETHER - .317 - 3/3 last night - Cano

HR - On Monday, Banks lost 1 HR to everyone behind him, Yesterday he got it back..At absolute worst, it would seem he has 3rd place wrapped up, unless Fiekle hits 4 HR or Rychener hits 5 in the last 8 days...

BANKS - 41 - 1 last night - A Ramirez
PRICE - 40 - 0 last night - Encarnacion
SMITH - 39 - 0 last night - Encarnacion
FIEKLE - 38 - 0 last night - Beltre
RYCHENER - 37 - 0 last night - A Jones

RBI - The battle for 2nd and 3rd stayed even, but RBIs can change quick...all it takes is someone to put up a 5 spot to shake everything up

SMITH - 130 - 1 last night - Encarnacion **136 Record watch**
PRICE - 113 - 1 last night - Encarnacion
SHIPLEY -113 - 1 last night - Howard
T KRAUSS - 111 - 0 last night - Jeter
BANKS - 110 - 1 last night - A Ramirez

TEAM PICKS

G BADENHOP is still in the drivers seat with only Meek and Berg able to catch him...Badenhop needs 3 more wins to clinch the title (assuming Meek and Berg win out)...Rychener has the same pick as Badenhop this week, so he can't catch  him...

Glenn Badenhop  99-57 - 6 games left - Marlins

Dan Rychener      96-59 - 7 games left - Marlins
Derek Meek        97-62 - 3 games left - Rockies
Jeremy Berg*       95-61 - 6 games left - Padres

Last playoff spot..

McCutcheon still has the last playoff spot, but there are 6 people within a game and a half of him..20 overall still have a shot at the playoffs...3 were eliminated last night...

Player                     W L PCT GB GR

Glenn Badenhop     99 57 0.635 0.0 6 
Dan Rychener         96 59 0.619 2.5 7
Derek Meek           97 62 0.610 3.5 3
Jeremy Berg*         95 61 0.609 4.0 6
Ryan Smith             94 62 0.603 5.0 6
Brent Williamson    96 64 0.600 5.0 2
Kyle Krauss           96 65 0.596 5.5 1
Corey Burger         93 64 0.592 6.5 5
Brent Punches        91 64 0.587 7.5 7
Sean McCutch*     91 65 0.583 8.0 6
Krauss Krew         92 66 0.582 8.0 4
Joe Pennington       92 67 0.579 8.5 3
Brandon Feikle*    92 67 0.579 8.5 3
Kirk Graven          93 68 0.578 8.5 1
Tim Guelde           89 66 0.574 9.5 7
Chris Mathews      93 69 0.574 9.0 0
Curlis Crew           91 71 0.562 11.0 0
Aaron Schmitm*   89 87 69 0.558 12.0 6
Steve Midura*      86 69 0.555 12.5 7
Josh Wyse            85 70 0.548 13.5 7

Already Clinched Playoffs

BADENHOP
MEEK

9/25 UPDATE

9 DAYS LEFT

BA

Some big movements last night..T KRAUSS 6 pt lead evaporates overnight

T KRAUSS - .339...Has Jeter this week - 1/3 last night...RTTC record is .339
RYCHENER - .339...Has A Jones this week - Huge night in thier DH...went 6/9
JESS KAPCAR - .325...Has David Murphy - 0/4 last night
TODD GUELDE - .321...Also has A Jones this week - 6/9 last night
RIETHER - .313...Cano - 0-4

HR

Banks lost ground on everyone last night...

BANKS - 40...Aramis Ramirez this week - 0 last night...RTTC record is 44
PRICE - 40...Encarnacion....1 last night
SMITH - 39...Encarnacion...1 last night
FEIKLE - 38...Beltre...1 last night
RYCHENER - 37...A Jones....1 last night

RBI

Well impossible for Price to catch Smith this week, picking same player...Looks like Smitty has the RBI championship wrapped up...

SMITH - 129...Encarnacion - 2 last night..RTTC record in 136
PRICE - 112...Encarnacion - 2 last night
SHIPLEY - 112...Howard - DNP last night
T KRAUSS - 111...Jeter - 0 last night
BANKS - 109...Aramis R - 1 last night

TEAM PICKS

Looks like G Badenhop has the regular season championship locked up...he and Rychener both picked the Marlins this week...if Meek wins out and G Badenhop loses out, Meek will win...not likely

MCCutcheon is in 10th place right now with 91 wins...That means technically 23 players can finish with at least that many wins and are still alive...

Week 24 Results

24 down, 2 to go...Lots of $$ to be determined yet...

STUD OF THE WEEK - Staley

Staley was the only one on Miguel Cabrera last week, and he again was the SOTW...He went 9/26 with 4HR, and 10RBI...Staley has had a very good rookie year...Now has 36 HR on the year and 99 RBI...Back in week 1, he had 6 HRs with Kemp, then from week 2 to 18, he had a total of 15...then now since week 19, he has hit 15 more HRs and now is in position at a top 3 finish...He looks to be finishing strong...He is now tied for 3rd in the Money Leaders...

DUD OF THE WEEK - BURGER + Non Pickers

Burger picked Josh Hamilton and he had 1 at bat this week with no hits...another case of injury bad luck...he did get married though on Saturday, which may or may not make him feel better about his Dud week..he and his lovely bride did throw a heck of a party though, so it turned out allright for ya Boogs...he has to be happy wedding planning is over, because the last 3 weeks he has been 4/47, with 1HR and 2RBI..time to get your focus back Corey..

BA OUTLOOK

T KRAUSS - .339... .318 last week...3rd straight week over .300
D RYCHENER - .333... .375 last week..gained some ground on TK...5th straight week over .300
JESS KAPCAR - .327... lost some ground ... .227 last week
2 tied at .315..may be out of time for Guelde and Riether

HR OUTLOOK

BANKS - 40 - 2 big HRs last week, 40 new career hi for MB
PRICE - 39 - Stayed on pace with 2 HRs last week
SMITH - 38 - Shut out last week in HRs...now fighting to stay in top 3...
FEIKLE - 37 - Had 3 HRs last week..big jump into top 3 picture...
2 tied at 36

RBI OUTLOOK

SMITH - 127 - 6 RBI last week...barring something crazy, Smitty has this locked up
SHIPLEY - 112 - 2 RBI last week...can she hold onto 2nd?
T KRAUSS - 111 - 5 RBI last week...2 top 3 finishes for TK?
PRICE - 110 - 5 RBI last week - looks like this 3rd place finish is gonna be decided on the last day
5 others with over 100 RBI still have a shot

TEAM STUD PICK OF WEEK - Cardinals, Orioles

2 possible playoff teams  Both went 5-1 last week

TEAM DUD PICK OF WEEK - Rockies

They are pretty bad and went 0-7 last week

REG SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP OUTLOOK -

G BADENHOP - 99-56 - Went 4-2 last week..7 games left
D RYCHENER - 96-58 - Also went 4-2 last week...still 2.5 GB...8 games left
No one else closer than 5 GB..looks to be a 2 man race here

PLAYOFF OUTLOOK -

MCCUTCHEON currently holds the 10th spot...yet only 2.5 GB of 3rd place...lots of changes will take place yet here...6 others within 2.5 GB of that last playoff spot...

LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE

Mathews has finished his season on Saturday at 93-69..currently 2 GB of the playoffs...he needs some help to get in...not looking good though

Remember, once you hit 162 games played...your season is done...any tiebreakers will be settled by overall player pick points

With only 10 days left in the season, I will update the blog daily with stat updates...good luck to those still in contention...if not, you have 2 weeks to get that SOTW...

WEEK 22 RECAP

22 weeks down, 4 to go

STUD OF THE WEEK - SMITH

He was the lone player to pick Jay Bruce this week and he delivered.  He was 11/22, 4HR, 9RBI - 24 pts...Only Chase Headley and Adam LaRoche had more pts last week, although no one picked them...On the year now, Smitty has 37HR and 118RBI..He is looking 2 win 2/3 categories, and perhaps MVP...This is his 5th year in RTTC and he has never finished in the top 3, in any category...he already has career highs in HR and RBIs this year, with 4 weeks to play...With the $60, he is now in 2nd place in total winnings this year with $85.45...

DUD OF THE WEEK - Zeitz (and the No-Pickers)

Zietz went with Josh Reddick and he was bad...2/24 with an RBI...It was the 2nd DOTW for JZ this year and it looks as if he is playing to win another SOTW, as he is pretty much out of contention for the year long awards....

STUD TEAM PICK - Angels

They were 6-0..Mathews and Curlis with the big pick of the week...Curlis coming on strong...he is 13-0 in the last 2 weeks..and now only a couple games out of the last playoff spot...Dan Rychener and Glenn Badenhop are neck and neck for the regular season crown, and would think are locks for the playoffs, unless they pull a Red Sox from last September...

DUD TEAM PICK - Rockies

They were 1-6, bad

BA

T Krauss still hanging on strong at .337...he hit .355 last week
D Rychener .330 ... he had a solid week at .304...3 straight weeks of over .300
Jess Kapcar .327...she also was .355 last week and gained a lil ground on Rychener..

HR

Banks - 38..he hit 3 more HRs last week, ties his career high with 38
Smith - 37 - 4 big ones last week - 4th different week, with at least 4 HRs..hits em in bunches
Price - 36 - had 2 last week - has 9 in last 4 weeks..if he hits 9 in next 4 weeks, that may do it for him

RBI

Smith - 118, hard to think he can blow this lead, up 10 with 4 weeks to go...RBI record (136) in jeopardy
Shipley - 108, Had 5 more last week, 3 straight weeks of at least 5 rbis...
Banks - 104, Also had 5 last week, only 2 weeks this year with 0 RBI
T Krauss -104,  5 RBI last week..now has 100 RBIs in every season (4 in a row, no one else has done that)

Week 20 Recap

STUD OF THE WEEK - PENNINGTON

When the player you pick has 3HRs one night and then hits for the cycle the next night, chances are you are going to be in the $$ that week...Thats what Pennington had this week with his lone pick off A Beltre...He finished the week 13/30, 5HR, 9RBI (27PTS)...next closest was the Curlis Crew at 23....This was the 3rd SOTW for JP and 2nd in the last 3 weeks...he is now in 4th place with HRs (31) and 9th place in RBIs (86)...With the $60 all to himself this week, he now also is the season long $$ leader at over $80 so far..He was the HR champ in 2010 with 42...lets see if he can reach that mark again....if so, chances are he will finish in the top 3...

DUDs OF THE WEEK - ROSSI + All of the no pickers

Rossi was the only one on Carlos Beltran, and he didn't show up for him...He was just 3/20 (3pts)   At this point Rossi's best shot is probaly in HRs...He has 22, and is 10 behind 3rd place right now...This was Rossi's first DOTW for the year...

RTTC VS MLB LEADERS
BA
RTTC - T Krauss .340 - big 10/22 last week
MLB - Me Cabrera - .343 (I wonder if he will qualify for the BA title at the end of the year?)

HR
RTTC - Banks 34 - Went with big Donkey last week and..
MLB - Dunn 38 - ...he had 3 hits...all HRs haha

RBI
RTTC - Smith 105 - added 3 more last week -
MLB - Hamilton 111 - big 9 RBI week for JH

STUD TEAM PICK - PADRES

Josh Biederstedt was the lone SDP pick and is now only 5.5 GB of the last playoff spot..peaking at right time?

DUD TEAM PICK - ASTROS, INDIANS

How bad are these 2 teams right now..Combined they are 10-37 in August...BAD...3 people picked them probably thinking they were due to win some games...nope

G BADENHOP is starting to pull away and has the largest lead of the year at 3 games over D RYCHENER...but things can change quick...

Week 19 Recap -

Just about a quarter of the year remains..

STUD OF THE WEEK - JESSICA KAPCAR

Her first of the year, and she doesn't have to split the $ with someone else!..She picked Jay Bruce this week and he went 12/28 with 3 HR and 7 RBI (22PTS)...She edged out the Pujols owners (21PTS)...Only 3 other players would have been better picks this week - H Ramirez - 23 PTS, Swisher and G Jones - 25 PTS...She is now 3rd in BA at .330, and that looks to be her best shot at the year end money...

DUDS OF THE WEEK - CANO OWNERS

He only played in 4 games during the week and struggled... 8 people picked him this week and he had 1 hit in 17 ABs..(1PT)...Of all the Cano Owners, the Krauss Krew was hurt the most, the others aren't really in major contention...Krauss Krew was .324 before the week, now sit at .313...big blow...

TAKING A LOOK AT BA

In my opinion, anyone over .300 still has a shot at a top 3 finish with 7 weeks to go...That leaves 16 players with a legit shot at  the BA Title..The past 3 years the champ has averaged about .337..Right now T Krauss is at .335

TAKING A LOOK AT HR

HRs can add up in a hurry..it is possible in a 7 week span to have about 3 per week, So anyone with over 20 HRs could make a run yet...that leaves 43 players with a shot at of at least 40 HRs if they get real hot...the past 3 years, an average of 43 HRs has been the champ...Right now Smith is on pace for about 44 for the year...

TAKING A LOOK AT RBI

Just like HRs, RBIs can add up fast..a couple double digit weeks in a row can make for a quick comeback...There are 24 people within 20 RBIs of 3rd place right now...Smitty has a 7 RBI lead right now and is on pace for around 140 RBIs...The champ in the past 3 years has averaged around 133.

TEAM PICKS STUD - REDS OWNERS

REDS with a nice 5-2 week...5 people picked them...

TEAM PICKS DUD - ANGELS, PADRES OWNERS

Not a good week to pick these 2 west coast teams...6 people picked them....

If playoffs started today...this would be the guys to make the playoffs..

Glenn Badenhop

Dan Rychener
Kyle Krauss
Brent Williamson
Derek Meek
Jeremy Berg*
Corey Burger
Kirk Graven
Joe Pennington
Brandon Feikle*

There are another 13 players within 5 games of the last playoff spot...