Update Thru Game 5

Papi batting .733 in WS...rest of team is .144

Boston is now 1 game away from the title...an Big Papi has all but wrapped up the MVP...
Shapiro is hoping that they can finish it off tomorrow, that way Holliday and Beltran don't get an extra game to catch up...I have a feeling Big Papi might have a game 6 that looks like this - 0/1, 3 BBs

DAVID ORTIZ (Shapiro)	36
MATT HOLLIDAY (Guelde)	31
CARLOS BELTRAN (Curlis)	30
JACOBY ELLSBURY (Hodges)	26

Update After World Series Game 1

Robbed Papi of 5 pts with this catch...

Last night was an awful night for the Cards, as they fell 8-1...

Papi with the big night, with 3 RBI...could have been 6 RBI if it wasn't for the HR robbing catch by Beltran..

Speaking of Beltran..he was hurt on that great catch and is a game time decision for game 2...He still holds the overall lead, but barely...

Here is the leaderboard after Game 1...it looks like it may be a 4 player race, especially if this series only goes 3 more games...however if it goes 6 or 7 games, it will buy time for guys further back to catch up..

CARLOS BELTRAN	24
VICTOR MARTINEZ	23
DAVID ORTIZ	23
ADRIAN GONZALEZ	22
MATT HOLLIDAY	22
JACOBY ELLSBURY	21
MIGUEL CABRERA	20
DUSTIN PEDROIA	19
HANLEY RAMIREZ	18
JHONNY PERALTA	18
SHANE VICTORINO	18
YASIEL PUIG	17
MIKE NAPOLI	17
MATT ADAMS	16

10/17 Update

Detroit with a big win last night to tie up the ALCS at 2-2
The Dodgers also stay alive with their win over STL...

AGONZ with the big night with 2 solo HRs..

Here is the updated leaderboard...

Chip Parker	ADRIAN GONZALEZ	22
Curlis Crew	CARLOS BELTRAN	19
Brad Leonard*	VICTOR MARTINEZ	19
John Zeitz	HANLEY RAMIREZ	18
Tim Guelde	MATT HOLLIDAY	18
Matt Banks	JHONNY PERALTA	17
Ryan Jones	YASIEL PUIG	17
Jessica Kapcar	MIGUEL CABRERA	17
Drew Hodges	JACOBY ELLSBURY	17
Brett Shapiro*	DAVID ORTIZ	16

10/15 Update

Big win for the Dodgers last night as they are back in the series...HAN-RAM with a solid 2 hit, 1 RBI night to put Zeitz back in the lead...

HANLEY RAMIREZ	18
CARLOS BELTRAN	17
JHONNY PERALTA	16
DAVID ORTIZ	16
VICTOR MARTINEZ	15

10/14 Update

Big Papi had the biggest hit of the playoffs so far last night with a 6 pt swing..Shapiro who has Ortiz, is now tied for 2nd with 16 pts...

Huge game tonight for the Dodgers as they can not afford going down 3-0 to STL..

PLAYOFF LEADERS

CARLOS BELTRAN	17
JHONNY PERALTA	16
DAVID ORTIZ	16
HANLEY RAMIREZ	15
VICTOR MARTINEZ	15

10/9 Update

The Braves and Rays have exited the playoffs, which means 17 players are now knocked out of the running...

Here is the list of players that have at least 10 pts so far...Zeitz is looking good with Hanley up top and assured at least 4 more games in the NLCS...

HANLEY RAMIREZ - LA	15
CARLOS BELTRAN - STL	12
CHRIS JOHNSON- DONE	12
YOENIS CESPEDES - OAK	12
MARLON BYRD - PIT	11
ADRIAN GONZALEZ - LA	11
JACOBY ELLSBURY - BOS	11
YASIEL PUIG - LA	10
DAVID ORTIZ - BOS	10

Tonight is Game 5 for the Cards and Bucs....

If the Cards lose - 7 players will be eliminated

If the Pirates lose - 3  players will be eliminated

10/7 Update

Zeitz looking good early with HanRam

Han-Ram has the early lead here...
The Dodgers, Red Sox and Pirates could all punch their tickets to the Championship Series'
today..

HANLEY RAMIREZ	14
CARLOS BELTRAN	12
MARLON BYRD	11
ADRIAN GONZALEZ	10
CHRIS JOHNSON	8
YASIEL PUIG	8
JASON HEYWARD	8

10/4 Update

AGONZ has Chip Parker out in front early on...

4 games are in the books, and we haven't really had a good one yet...I am sure that will change today with all 4 games in action..

Yesterday A GONZ and BELTRAN both went deep and are on top of the Playoff Leaderboard for now...

ADRIAN GONZALEZ	5
CARLOS BELTRAN	5
MARLON BYRD	4
ANDREW MCCUTCHEN	4
DAVID FREESE	4

10/1 Recap - Reds Eliminated

It was quite the scene last at PNC as t

Byrd with a HR in his 1st playoff AB, I think I see Davia in the background

he Pirates advance...the Reds are going home...see ya Dusty Baker...

4 players are eliminated with the Reds gone...

Davia has the early lead with Byrd...

MARLON BYRD	4
SHIN SOO CHOO - DONE	3
ANDREW MCCUTCHEN	2
JAY BRUCE - DONE	2
JUSTIN MORNEAU	1

RTTC AWARDS

RTTC MVP - JEREMY STOUT - .320, 43HR, 120RBI
2ND  - KYLE KRAUSS - .305, 41HR, 128RBI
3RD - JON ZAVISLAK - .279, 33HR, 119RBI

RTTC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - JOE KRAMER - .266, 39HR, 126RBI
2ND - RYAN LOWRY - .308, 33HR, 102RBI
3RD - KRIS KRUPA - .255, 29HR, 116RBI

RTTC - AL MVP - MIGUEL CABRERA - .348, 44HR, 137RBI
2ND - CHRIS DAVIS - .286, 53HR, 138RBI
3RD - ADAM JONES - .285, 33HR, 108RBI

RTTC - NL MVP - PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT - .302, 36HR, 125RBI
2ND - FREDDIE FREEMAN - .319, 23HR, 109RBI
3RD - HUNTER PENCE - .283, 27HR, 99RBI

The MLB leaders dominated the RTTC leaders this season...We were much more aligned with the 2nd place MLB players this season, as Cabrera, Davis, and Trout had exceptionally great years in their respective category

BA CHAMPS
MLB - CABRERA - .348 (2nd - Cuddyer - .331)
RTTC - BRINK - .334

HR CHAMPS
MLB - DAVIS - 53 (2nd - Cabrera - 44)
RTTC - STOUT - 43

RBI CHAMPS
MLB - DAVIS - 138 (2nd - Cabrera - 137)
RTTC - K KRAUSS - 128

WAR CHAMPS
MLB - TROUT - 10.4 (2nd - McCutchen - 8.2)
RTTC - STOUT - 8.1

2013 Year in Review

And just like that...the season is over....

Week 26 STUD OF THE WEEK - Sunderman

He went solo with Longoria who put up 20 crucial pts in the Rays playoff push...Congrats Sunder..

Lets take a look at the year end winners

BA CHAMP - Brink - .334
He sealed the deal by hitting .422 in the last 3 weeks of the season.  .334 is the 4th highest BA in RTTC history, and the same as last year's champ Tim Krauss...

2nd place - Stout - .320 - Career year for J Stout
3rd place - Salvatore - .317 - hit .361 in 2nd half to get some $$$
4th place - Brooks - .311 - 6th year in RTTC for him, previous BA hi was .279 in 2009

HR CHAMP - Stout - 43
He was MR Consistency all year...He had 22 HRs in the 1st half of the year and 21 in the 2nd half...tied for 2nd most HRs in RTTC history.

2nd place - K Krauss - 41 - only 5 HR in last 6 weeks cost him the HR title
3rd place - Kramer - 39 - He had 4 different weeks with at least 4 HRs..
4th place - Davia - 36 - 7 HRs in September earned him 4th place...

RBI CHAMP - K Krauss - 128
A 5 week span between week 10 and 14, he had 46 RBI..that hot run carried him to the title..his previous RBI was 112 in 2011.

2nd place - Kramer - 126 - led the league with 75 RBI at the All Star Break, only 51 in 2nd half
3rd place - Stout - 120 - 13 in the last 2 weeks, kept him in 3rd place...
4th place - Zavislak - 119 - 5 wk stretch(15-19) he only had 12 RBI..hurt his top 3 chances

MVP, ROY and Updated Record Book will be posted on Tuesday -

9/26 Recap

Top Player From Yesterday

E LONGORIA - 3 RBI

BA RACE
That noise you hear is Brink popping champagne bottles, celebrating his BA Title... 

Brink (Freeman)          .332 - 2/3
Stout (Beltre)              .321 - 1/4
Salvatore (Holliday)     .313 - DNP
Brooks (Goldy)           .311 - 1/4
BLeonard (Hosmer)     .310 - -0/4 Lowry* (Johnson)        .310 - 1/5

HR RACE

None of the leaders went yard last night...

Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	42
Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	41
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	37
Koel Davia* (Goldy)	36
Matt Badenhop (Bruce)	35
Corey Burger (Beltre)	34
4 tied with 33

RBI RACE

Only Stout with any action last night in RBIs..Can he finish top 2 in all 3 categories?? $$$$??

Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	124
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	120
Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	119 - 1 RBI
Jon Zavislak (Perez)	115
Kris Krupa* (Myers)	114

Williamson (Kinsler)                112

WEEK 26 LEADERS

LONGORIA - 17 PTS (Sunderman..don't choke this weekend)

KINSLER - 12 PTS

HAMILTON - 10 PTS

9/25 Recap

Pretty slow night overall..not much movement...

Top Players From Yesterday

E LONGORIA - 3 HITS, 2 HR, 4 RBI
M ADAMS - HR
I KINSLER - HR
N SWISHER - HR

BA RACE
The battle for 3rd and 4th is gonna come down to the last ABs on Sunday..Leonard jumped Lowry.. 

Brink (Freeman)  .330 - 0/0
Stout (Beltre)  .321 - 1/4
Salvatore (Holliday) .313 - 0/3
Brooks (Goldy) - .312 - 1/4
BLeonard (Hosmer) - .312 - 1/4 Lowry* (Johnson) - .311 - 0/3

HR RACE

None of the leaders went yard last night...Sunderman (Longoria) now has 33... 

Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	42
Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	41
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	37
Koel Davia* (Goldy)	36
Matt Badenhop (Bruce)	35
Corey Burger (Beltre)	34
4 tied with 33

RBI RACE

None of the top 5 leaders had any RBIs last night..Williamson (Kinsler) now has 112...

Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	124
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	120
Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	118
Jon Zavislak (Perez)	115
Kris Krupa* (Myers)	114

Williamson (Kinsler)                112 - 2 RBI

WEEK 26 LEADERS

LONGORIA - 12 PTS

KINSLER - 10 PTS

HAMILTON - 9 PTS

9/24 Recap

Tribe Magic - Punches tanking strategy backfired last night

Tuesdays Top RTTC Picks

J GIAMBI - HR
A BELTRE - HR
P GOLDY - HR
P ALVAREZ - 3 RBI

BA RACE
Brink is sitting pretty up 8 pts with 5 games to go...

Brink (Freeman)  .330 - 2/4
Stout (Beltre)  .321 - 1/2
Salvatore (Holliday) .315 - DNP
Brooks (Goldy) - .312 - 1/4
Lowry* (Johnson) - .312 - DNP
BLeonard (Hosmer) - .312 - 2/4
KKrauss (Stanton)   .308 - 1/4 Pngton (Donaldson)  .307 - 0/4

HR RACE

Stout takes the overall lead, Davia now controls 4th place...Burger looking to make a late run at the $

Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	42 - HR
Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	41
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	37
Koel Davia* (Goldy)	36 - HR
Matt Badenhop (Bruce)	35
Corey Burger (Beltre)	34 - HR
3 tied with 33

RBI RACE

Stout creeping a bit closer to 2nd place...

Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	124
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	120
Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	118 - 1 RBI
Jon Zavislak (Perez)	115
Kris Krupa* (Myers)	114

WEEK 26 LEADERS

CHOO - 7 PTS   .500

BELTRAN - 6 PTS - .429

ALVAREZ -  6 PTS - .333

9/23 Recap

Mondays Top Players

S CHOO - 3 HITS
S PEREZ - 3 HITS
C BELTRAN - HR

LAST NIGHTS MOVEMENT

BA RACE
Not much action last night..Pennington with the best night of anyone...

Andy Brink (Freeman)	0.329 - DNP
Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	0.321 - 0/3
Vince Salvatore (Holliday)	0.315 - DNP
Troy Brooks (Goldy)	0.313 - 1/4
Ryan Lowry* (Johnson)	0.312 - 0/4
Brad Leonard* (Hosmer)	0.311 - 1/6
Joe Pennington (Donaldson)	0.309 - 2/5
Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	0.309 - 0/2

HR RACE

Only 1 HR yesterday in RTTC and no one in the top 8 hit it...

Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	41
Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	41
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	37
Koel Davia* (Goldy)	35
Matt Badenhop (Bruce)	35
Vince Salvatore (Holliday)	33
Corey Burger (Beltre)	33
Kirk Graven (Zimmerman)	33

RBI RACE

Things are heating up for the 3rd and 4th spots

Kyle Krauss (Stanton)	124
Joe Kramer* (Pence)	120
Jeremy Stout (Beltre)	117 - 1 RBI
Jon Zavislak (Perez)	115 - 2 RBI
Kris Krupa* (Myers)	114 - 2 RBI

4 tied at 109

Week 25 Recap

7 Days to go...can the guys on top hang on for 1 more week...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Stout, Parker

They went with Goldy this week and who finished with 22 pts, just inching past the 6 Holliday owners who had 21...They say MVP awards are usually won in September, and in the clutch..J Stout came through in a big way last week, and now has a legit shot to finish in the top 3 in all 3 categories, and with a crazy good week 26, could pull off the triple crown win...what a career year for Stout...Parker who has not had the greatest year earns a nice parting gift of $50 for the co-SOTW effort..Congrats fellas...Stout is now 3rd on the Money List..Parker is now 18th...

DUDs OF THE WEEK - Feikle, Gordon

Coming into week 25 Feikle was in the top 4 for BA at .311..well after a Hunter Pence 1-for-21..his BA Money dreams have all but vanished..he now sits at .302...Gordon has 31 HRs and getting nothing last week hurt his chances at a top 4 HR finish..He will likely need 5 this week to have a chance...

BA RACE
Brink gained 2 pts since last week over Stout...Looks to be a huge race for 3rd and 4th place, that will likely get settled on Sunday...

Andy Brink,	0.329 +5pts
Jeremy Stout	0.323 +3pts
Vince Salvatore	0.315 +3pts
Ryan Lowry*	0.314 +2pts
Troy Brooks	0.313 +1pt
Brad Leonard*	0.313 +4pts
Kyle Krauss	0.310 +9pts
Joe Pennington	0.308 -3pts

HR RACE

Looks like Stout and KK will finish 1 and 2, but not sure in which order...Kramer looks to be in good shape for a top 4 finish as well...

Jeremy Stout	41 +3HR
Kyle Krauss	41 +1HR
Joe Kramer*	37 +2HR
Koel Davia*	35 +2HR
Matt Badenhop	35 +3HR
Vince Salvatore	33 +1HR
Kirk Graven	33 +1HR
Corey Burger	33 +2HR

RBI RACE

KK seems to be a lock for a top 2 finish..Kramer also in good shape for a top 3 finish here...

Kyle Krauss	124 +7RBI
Joe Kramer*	120 +4RBI
Jeremy Stout	116 +9RBI
Jon Zavislak	113 +7RBI
Kris Krupa*	112 +6RBI
Chris Mathews	109 +7RBI
Drew Hodges	109 +4RBI
Kirk Graven	108 +7RBI
Brent Williamson	108 +4RBI

1st Playoff Draft Pick Race (Fewest PTS)

Jessica Kapcar	201 +7PTS
Jared Bindel	217 +3PTS
Tim Guelde	232 +10PTS
Sean McCutcheon	232 +11PTS
Brent Punches	234 +10PTS

9/19 Recap

Top Players From Thursday

N SWISHER - 4 HITS
M KRAUSS - 3 HITS
M HOLLIDAY - 3 HITS
R ZIMMERMAN - 3 HITS
T TULOWITZKI - HR

BA RACE
Brink was 0/6 yesterday..Brooks was 4/4...huge shift right there...

Andy Brink	0.326
Jeremy Stout	0.323
Troy Brooks	0.317
Vince Salvatore	0.313
Ryan Lowry*	0.312
Brad Leonard*	0.310
Brandon Feikle	0.307
Kyle Krauss	0.307
Joe Pennington	0.306
Brent Williamson	0.306

HR RACE
Only 1 HR yesterday - Reither who now has 29

Kyle Krauss	41
Jeremy Stout	40
Joe Kramer*	36
Koel Davia*	34
Kirk Graven	33
Matt Badenhop	33
Vince Salvatore	32
Ryan Lowry*	32
Glenn Badenhop	32
Curlis Crew	32

RBI RACE

Krauss, Zavislak, Mathews, Graven (Holliday) with 2 last night...

Kyle Krauss	122
Joe Kramer*	117
Jeremy Stout	112
Jon Zavislak	111
Kris Krupa*	109
Chris Mathews	107
Kirk Graven	106
Brent Williamson	106
Andy Brink	106
Drew Hodges	106

WEEK 25 LEADERS

HOLLIDAY      14    .500

GOLDY             13    .429

CARPENTER    11    .368

9/18 Recap

It is starting to look like we have a 2 man race for 1st place in each category

BA RACE
Brink has gained another pt on Stout, lead now at 7

Andy Brink	0.330
Jeremy Stout	0.323
Vince Salvatore	0.312
Ryan Lowry*	0.312
Troy Brooks	0.311
Brandon Feikle	0.309
Brad Leonard*	0.309
Joe Pennington	0.308
Brent Williamson	0.308

HR RACE
Stout with another HR via Goldy..M Badenhop inches closer via Cespedes

Kyle Krauss	41
Jeremy Stout	40
Joe Kramer*	36
Koel Davia*	34
Kirk Graven	33
Matt Badenhop	33
Vince Salvatore	32
Ryan Lowry*	32
Glenn Badenhop	32
Curlis Crew	32

RBI RACE
Top 2 stay put...Stout and Krupa moving upwards....

Kyle Krauss	120
Joe Kramer*	117
Jeremy Stout	111
Jon Zavislak	109
Kris Krupa*	109
Brent Williamson	106
Andy Brink	106
Drew Hodges	106

Week 25 Leaders

CARPENTER  11    .538
GOLDY           11    .500
HOLLIDAY      9     .417

9/17 Recap

Yesterdays Top Players

M HOLLIDAY - 4 HITS, HR, 3 RBI
M CARPENTER - 3 HITS
J DONALDSON - 3 HITS
A GONZALEZ - HR
R ZIMMERMAN - HR

BA RACE
Brink and Stout both gain 2 pts...Salvatore jumps a few spots to 3rd...

Andy Brink	0.328
Jeremy Stout	0.322
Vince Salvatore	0.313
Ryan Lowry*	0.312
Troy Brooks	0.311
Brandon Feikle	0.311
Brad Leonard*	0.310
Joe Pennington	0.310

HR RACE
A bunch of action at the top...K Krauss with a big HR...3 away from the HR record of 44

Kyle Krauss - HR     41

Jeremy Stout           39

Joe Kramer* - HR     36

Koel Davia* - HR      34 K Graven - HR         33

5 tied at 32

RBI RACE K Krauss and Kramer looking good in the top 2....Zavislak jumps into 3rd... Kyle Krauss -3 RBI      120

Joe Kramer* - 1 RBI     117

Jeremy Stout              109

Jon Zavislak - 3 RBI     109

Kris Krupa* - 1 RBI      107

Week 25 Leaders

Carpenter -8   .556
Holliday - 8     .500
Goldy - 6       .500  

9/16 Recap

Top Monday Players

Stout w/ the big day via Goldy - 

Dunn - HR
Goldschmidt - HR

BA RACE
Brink extends lead by 2 pts...Lowry drops from 3rd to 7th

Andy Brink   2/4	0.326
Jeremy Stout   1/3	0.320
Troy Brooks  1/2	0.312
Joe Pennington  1/3	0.312
Brandon Feikle   DNP	0.311
Vince Salvatore   0/2	0.311
Ryan Lowry*   0/4	0.310

HR RACE
Stout with a big HR (Goldy)

Kyle Krauss           40

Jeremy Stout - HR  39

Joe Kramer*          35

Koel Davia*           33

6 tied at 32

RBI RACE
Stout with the only RBIs in the top 5

Kyle Krauss              117

Joe Kramer*             116

Jeremy Stout -2 RBI  109

Jon Zavislak               106

Kris Krupa*              106

Week 25 Leaders

Goldy - 4
Dunn - 3
Carpenter - 3

My mistake - Ryan Sliffe picked Swisher this week

Week 24 Recap

STUD OF THE WEEK - Carl Jones

He has lost tiebreakers a couple times this year...finally he gets the top spot... He was 11/30 with 4 HR and 5 RBI (Zimmerman) He has 6 HRs in the past 2 weeks (30 overall)  If he can get 6 more in the next 2 weeks, he will have a good chance at top 4 HR finish..He is now in 5th place in the $$ leaders...Congrats on your win...

DUDs OF THE WEEK - Punches, Joe Kapcar, McCutcheon

Adam Donkey Dunn didn't do much 2/20..The good news is that they improve their playoff draft position with only 2 pts this week...

BA RACE -
Brink has a big bounce back week and gains 4 pts on Stout...like most years, this may go down to the last day...

1. Brink gains 1 pt, is now at .324
2. Stout loses 3 pts, is now at .320
3. Lowry gains 9 pts, is now at .312
4. Brooks stays even at .312
6 others above .300 with a shot...

HR RACE - 
Big week for KK as he regains his HR lead with 2 weeks to go

1. K Krauss hit 2,is now at 40
2. Stout with nothing, still at 38
3. Kramer with nothing, still at 35
4. Davia hit 2, now at 33
15 others have at least 30 HR...

RBI RACE - 
K Krauss regains the RBI lead as well..Krupa with huge weeks puts him in the thick of the race

1. K Krauss with 3, now at 117
2. Kramer with 1, now at 116
3. Stout with 1, now at 107
4. Zavislak with 2, now at 106
4. Krupa with 7, now at 106
9 others above 100 RBI

1st Pick in Playoff Draft Race (Least PTS)

1. Jess Kapcar - 194 - 3pts last week
2. Bindel - 214 - 3 pts last week
3. McCutcheon - 221 - 2 pts last week