4/28 Recap - The Big Puma Strikes

STUD OF THE DAY - Todd Sigler

The only guy to pick Lance Berkman, who went nuts yesterday...4/5, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs...Sigler has to be the front runner to be the week 4 Stud...Lets see who can catch him this weekend...

4/27 Recap - Don't Ya Know....Robby Cano

Only 5 players had HRs yesterday via (Robby Cano and Ryan Howard). Although Cano only had 1 hit, it was a 3-run bomb...his 2nd in 2 days...It has been a pretty slow week so far for HRs...lets see if draft night brings some long ball...

Prediction tonite- Hoping Browns pick Patrick Peterson at #6 (crosses fingers)

4/26 Recap

Out of the 18 players picked only Ryan Braun (2nd of the week), Robinson Cano, and Prince Fielder had HRs yesterday...so that means 9 RTTCers homered, all 3 of the homers were solo shots too...so overall, not much action yesterday.

Week 4 Preview - AL East Edition

-Only 18 different players picked this week

-27 of the 53 picks come from player in the AL East

-A-Rod and J Bautista both picked 9 times...Teixeira - 6 times

-J Votto picked 16 times last week...this week ZERO

First Time Pick

-Starlin Castro (0-5, 3 errors yesterday...first time RTTC pick jitters for sure)

4/25 Studs of the Day: The 5 Braun Owners...

2/5, HR. 2 RBIs.....Bautista also HR'ed

Week 3 Recap

I am going to go out on a limb and say that this past week will be the weakest of the year, with the studs only getting 17 pts....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Brink, Ceritelli

Brink and Ceritelli both take advantage of a weak week and get to split the $50 prize...(via Beltre, and Granderson...The 17 pts they got are the lowest Stud totals of the year....Brink stays hot as this is his 2nd straight co-stud award....The rookie J-Ceritelli is looking to make a run at rookie of the year and female of the year, (meanwhile her fiance, Joe Kapcar is a lock for over-achiever of the year) (Google Pic - B2C)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - R Jones, Perrotta

Forgettable week 3 for these guys as they both get 2 pts (Carlos Gonzalez)...Both of these guys are hurting in BAVG early on, but that changes alot early in the season, and shouldn't be of concern...they both have 4 and 5 HRs though, already, so they should be fine...with the studs only getting 17 pts, this was a good week to be a dud.

WHERE WE RANK

B.A.

RTTC - Brink, W Rychener - .405

MLB - M. Kemp - .402

HR

RTTC - Brink - 9

MLB - 6 guys tied w 7

RBI

RTTC - Brink - 26

MLB - P Fielder - 22

How long can Brink keep up this pace??

4/19 Recap - "Something Sort of Grandish"

Nothing stuck out to me as far as a great day...so...here are the HRs that were hit yesterday...Notice only 1 by an RTTCer

PLAYER HR PITCHER SITUATION
Mark Teixeira, NYY 6 Drabek Top 6: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.
Curtis Granderson, NYY 5 Frasor Top 7: 2-2, 1 Out. None on. (Ceritelli)
Ryan Braun, MIL 5 Halladay Top 3: 3-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Pablo Sandoval, SF 5 Jimenez Top 1: 1-2, 1 Out. 2 on.
Jose Bautista, TOR 4 Burnett Bot 1: 1-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Dan Uggla, ATL 4 Troncoso Top 9: 2-0, 1 Out. 2 on.
Chris Young, ARI 4 LeCure Top 6: 3-0, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 4 LeCure Top 5: 0-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Drew Stubbs, CIN 4 Galarraga Bot 3: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Carlos Beltran, NYM 3 Rodriguez Bot 7: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 3 LeCure Top 1: 2-0, 1 Out. None on.
Mark Trumbo, LAA 3 Lewis Top 4: 3-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Vladimir Guerrero, BAL 2 Nathan Bot 8: 3-1, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Yorvit Torrealba, TEX 2 Rodriguez Bot 9: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Aubrey Huff, SF 2 Morales Top 7: 1-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Maicer Izturis, LAA 2 Lewis Top 5: 3-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Kelly Johnson, ARI 2 LeCure Top 3: 0-1, 1 Out. None on.
Martin Prado, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 6: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Casey McGehee, MIL 2 Herndon Top 7: 1-0, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Peter Bourjos, LAA 2 Kirkman Top 7: 2-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Freddie Freeman, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 7: 2-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Eric Hinske, ATL 1 Jansen Top 9: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.

from espn.com HR page

Week 3 Preview - Joey Votto Week

Only 23 different players were picked this week...

16 of 53 picked Joey Votto (30%), 7 picked Tulowitzki (13%)

So if you didn't pick one of them, you have a good opportunity this week to make up ground or extend your lead, assuming they don't do to well..

First time RTTC picks (at least in the last 2 seasons since we used the new spreadsheet)

-Lance "The Big Puma" Berkman

-Curtis "The Grandy Man" Granderson

-Asdrubal "Scroobs" Cabrera

4/18 Stud of the Day -

Last weeks - Co-stud stays hot, Andy Brink...he went - 2/4, HR, 3RBIs (Beltre)