5/30 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Paul Goldschmidt

He was 4/5 with an RBI last night but the DBacks lost to the Rangers 9-5..There were 3 picks for Goldy this week..

DUD OF THE DAY - Albert Pujols

He was 0/4 last night, but the Angels beat the Dodgers 3-2...Parker with the solo Pujols pick this week...

Week 9 Leaders - Looks to be a tight weekend in the race for $100...

PLAYER                          PTS       BA

Troy Tulowitzki	13	0.389
Carlos Gomez	11	0.333
Joey Votto	10	0.250
Robinson Cano	9	0.353
Paul Goldschmidt	8	0.667

5/29 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Troy Tulowitzki

He was 3/4, 2 HR, 3 RBI last night, but the Rox still lost to the 'Stros 6-3...TT was picked by 7 people this week...

DUD OF THE DAY - Carlos Gonzalez

0/5 last night for CarGo..was picked by 9 people this week

WEEK 9 LEADERS - Tulo's big night, puts him up top...for now

Player	Pts	BA
Troy Tulowitzki	12	0.429
Joey Votto	10	0.333
Carlos Gomez	9	0.385
Albert Pujols	5	0.400
Robinson Cano	5	0.308

5/28 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Jose Bautista

HE was 2/4, HR, RBI last night as the Braves lost a close one to the Braves...Kerbel and Sliffe with the JB pick this week...

DUD OF THE DAY -Mike Trout

He was 0/4 with a K last night...He was picked by 8 people this week

WEEK 9 LEADERS -

PLAYER                       PTS       BA

Joey Votto	7	0.375
Carlos Gomez	7	0.333
Carlos Gonzalez	5	0.400
Jose Bautista	5	0.375
Albert Pujols	4	0.429

Week 9 Preview

Top Picks of the Week

Carlos Gonzalez - 9
Mike Trout - 8
Troy Tulowitzki - 7Only 16 different players picked this week -
Only 4 people have a chance to win the $100 by themselves...

5/27 - STUD OF THE DAY - Carlos Gomez

The other CarGo was 2/3 with 2 solo HRs - Only Schmidtmeyer picked him this week -

5/27 - DUD OF THE DAY - Matt Kemp

He was 0/5 with 4 Ks...rough day at the office for Cowan...

Week 9 Leaders

PLAYER                           PTS       BA

Carlos Gomez	6	0.667
Albert Pujols	4	0.750
Carlos Gonzalez	4	0.500
Joey Votto	4	0.250
Paul Goldschmidt	3	0.500

PICKS I MISSED -

Meyer - Goldschmidt
Biederstedt - Fielder
Kerbel - Bautista

5/14 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Adrian Beltre

He was 3/5 with a HR and a RBI last night as the Rangers beat the A's 6-5 in 10 innings...AB was picked by 2 people this week...

DUD OF THE DAY - Anthony Rizzo

He was 0/4 last night as the Cubs fell to the Rockies 9-4..Rizzo was only picked by Graven this week...

WEEK 7 LEADERS- 6 different RTTC picks hit a HR last night..looking to be a very tight week

PLAYER                           PTS     BA

Allen Craig	7	0.500
Adrian Beltre	6	0.444
Vernon Wells	5	0.375
Michael Trout	5	0.333
Robinson Cano	5	0.250

5/13 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Vernon Wells

He was 2/5 with 2 RBI yesterday as the Yanks split a DH with the Tribe...He was picked by 2 people this week

DUD OF THE DAY - Mark Reynolds

He was 0/5 with a K in the DH with the Yanks yesterday - He was picked by 4 people this week...

WEEK 7 LEADERS -

PLAYER                           PTS       BA

Vernon Wells	4	0.400
Allen Craig	3	0.500
Jason Kipnis	3	0.250
Adrian Gonzalez	2	0.500
Bryce Harper	1	1.000

Week 7 Preview

Top Picks -

Robinson Cano - 15

Prince Fielder - 5

Andrew McCutcheon - 5

1st Time RTTC Pick - Starling Marte

Marte is the 2nd year LF for the Pirates..He is off to a great start this season..Batting .329, 5HR, 17RBI..He hasn't had a HR for over a week, so he may be due this week for a long ball or 2...picked by Lefkovitz this week...

2013 League Ranks:  • 5th in NL in BA (.329)
 • 1st in NL in R (29)
 • 3rd in NL in SB (10)

Week 6 Recap

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Burger, Stout, Riether, Feikle

These guys crushed everyone this week via Longoria who was 13/28, 3HR, 11RBI (27PTS)...next closest was Beltre with 17 Pts...This was SOTW #2 for Burger who is now in 6th place on the Money List... Stout is now in the top 3 in 3 categories...Riether is now in the top 15 in RBIs and Feikle is middle of the pack...

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Big Papi Owners

Sometimes being with the consensus works (Miggy last week)..Sometimes it does not...This week it did not...Ortiz was 3/25 this week (3Pts)...He was picked by 14 people...SO the 4 Studs gained 24 pts on 14 people..Of the 14 Duds, only Zeitz and Kramer are 2nd time DOTW...

MLB vs RTTC Leaders

BA

MLB - Cabrera - .379

RTTC - Williamson - .375

HR
MLB - Upton - 12
RTTC - Stout - Rychener - 14

RBI
MLB - Cabrera - 40
RTTC - Graven - 40

PTS
MLB - Cabrera - 102
RTTC - Graven - 96

5/9 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Buster Posey

Buster was 2/4, HR, 3RBI as the Giants lost to the Braves 6-3...2 picks for BP this week...

DUD OF THE DAY - Torii Hunter

He was 0/5 last night as the Tigs lost to the Nats 5-4...1 pick for TH this week..

WEEK 6 LEADERS - Longoria just pulling away with it this week...

PLAYER                            PTS      BA

Evan Longoria	19	0.529
Mark Trumbo	9	0.214
Buster Posey	8	0.333
Mark Reynolds	8	0.250
Carlos Gomez	7	0.625

5/8 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - EVAN LONGORIA

He was 3/4, HR, 3RBI as the Rays crushed the Jays 10-4...EL extends his week 6 lead

DUD OF THE DAY - DAVID ORTIZ

He was 0/5 with 2 Ks last night as the Sox lost to the Twins 15-8..That ended Papi's 27 game hit streak

WEEK 6 LEADERS - Longoria starting to run away with it..his SOTW to lose this week...

PLAYER                         PTS        BA

Evan Longoria	15	0.500
Carlos Gomez	7	0.625
Mark Trumbo	6	0.250
Ian Kinsler	5	0.231
Ryan Braun	4	0.500

5/7 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - MARK TRUMBO

He was 1/4, HR, 3RBI..but the lowly Angels couldn't beat the Astros - 7-6...MT was picked by 4 people this week...

DUD OF THE DAY - ROBINSON CANO

He was 0/4 last night as the Yanks got shut out by the Rox, 2-0...2 people picked RC this week...

WEEK 6 LEADERS - Not much movement as Trumbo had the only HR of the night...

PLAYER                            PTS       BA

Evan Longoria	8	0.375
Mark Trumbo	5	0.250
Joey Votto	4	0.375
Mark Reynolds	3	0.200
Ryan Braun	2	0.500

5/6 Recap

STUD OF THE DAY - Evan Longoria

He was 2/5, HR, 4RBI last night, but the Rays blew a 7-0 lead and lost to the Jays 8-7...EL was picked by 4 people this week...

DUD OF THE DAY - Adrian Beltre

He was 0-4 with a K as the Rangers got blown out by the Cubs 9-2...AB was only picked by Zavislak this week...

WEEK 6 LEADERS - With 6 more games this week Longoria just needs to average a little over 2 pts per game to reach 20...Longoria owners sitting pretty early on...

PLAYER                            PTS      BA

Evan Longoria	7	0.400
Mark Reynolds	3	0.500
Justin Upton	2	0.500
Joey Votto	2	0.250
Mike Napoli	2	0.200

Week 6 Preview

1st time RTTC pick...don't blow it Carlos...

21 different players picked this week...

Consensus Pick of the Week  - David Ortiz

Big Papi picked by 13 people this week..he has only played in 14 games this year, but is locked in already...  He is hitting .440 with 4HR and 17RBI

Longoria, Trout, Trumbo- Each picked 4 times this week...

1st Time RTTC Pick - Carlos Gomez

Huge start to the year for Gomez...He is at .368, 6HR, 12RBI for the Brew Crew...Below is how he stacks up in the NL...Not a bad pick for Shapiro..

2013 League Ranks:

 • 1st in NL in BA (.368)
 • 9th in NL in R (21)
 • 5th in NL in SB (7)
 • 3rd in NL in SLG (.642)
 • 2nd in NL in OPS (1.059)

Also he is 1st in the MLB in WAR at 2.3..next closest is Upton at 1.9

EMail Issues..I received picks in time for everyone this week:

Sunderman- Davis

Salvatore - Papi
Sliffe - Trumbo