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

9/11 Recap

Carp (Biederstedt) with a huge PH grand slam vs the Rays

Top Players from Wednesday

Alot of HR action last night...

J HAMILTON - 3 HITS
B MOSS - 3 HITS
K MORALES - HR
R CANO - HR
Y PUIG - HR
M CARP - HR, 4 RBI
R ZIMMERMAN - HR
M TRUMBO - HR
E GATTIS - HR

WEEK 24 LEADERS

PLAYER                     PTS          BA

Josh Hamilton	14	0.667
Mark Trumbo	14	0.667
Jayson Werth	13	0.429
Evan Gattis	10	0.308
Andrew McCutchen	8	0.556

9/9 Recap

Brooks now with 29 HRs (He has Werth this week)

Mondays Top Players

H RAMIREZ - HR
R ZIMMERMAN - HR
J WERTH - HR, 3 RBI

WEEK 24 LEADERS

PLAYER                PTS          BA

Jayson Werth	6	0.400
Hanley Ramirez	4	0.667
Eric Hosmer	3	0.500
Josh Hamilton	3	0.500
Ryan Zimmerman	3	0.333

Week 23 Recap

STUD OF THE WEEK - Ryan Sliffe

Sliffe wins the tightest week of the year..He picked B BUTLER, who finished in a 3-way tie at 17 PTS..but Butler hit .429 for the week, edging out the other 2 - (Freeman - .280, Donaldson - .400)...That is Sliffe's 3rd SOTW of the year and now he holds the overall Money Lead at $204.76...Congrats RS

DUD OF THE WEEK - Ty Meyer , Midura, Lefkovitz

Ty My with some tough luck this week as Craig got hurt on Wednesday, and was held to only 1 hit in 10 ABs...that hurts in his push in HRs and RBIs...Midura and Lefkovitz didn't submit a pick and share the Craig numbers for the week...

BA RACE
Stout makes up 9 PTS and shares the lead...Brink just 2 weeks ago had a 13 pt lead...

1. Stout gains 5 pts this week and now sits at .323
2. Brink loses 4 pts this week and is also at .323
3. Feikle loses 2 pts and is now at .313
4. B Leonard loses 2 pts and is also at .313
7 others above .300

HR RACE
K Krauss gets a share of the lead back

1. Stout shut out of HRs last week - still at 38
2. K Krauss with 1...ties it up with Stout at 38
3. Kramer - hit 1 last week - now at 35
4 - 4-way tie with 31
13 others within 3 HRs of 4th place

RBI RACE
Kramer with a huge RBI week puts him in the lead

1. Kramer had 8 last week - now at 115
2. K Krauss with 3 - now at 114
3. Stout with 2 - now at 106
4. Zavislak with 3 - now at 104
5 others have over 100 RBI

Least Pts Race (aka 1st playoff pick)

1. Jess Kapcar - 191
2. Bindel - 211
3. Guelde - 212

9/5 Recap

Thursdays Top Players

Butler led KC in a walk off win last night...only 4.5 GB of WC spot

Light Thursday night schedule..

B BUTLER - 5 HITS
S-S CHOO - HR
A JONES - HR

WEEK 23 LEADERS

It is wide open heading to the weekend...

PLAYER                   PTS      BA

Shin-Soo Choo	12	0.400
Freddie Freeman	12	0.308
Edwin Encarnacion	11	0.500
Billy Butler	11	0.471
David Ortiz	11	0.312

9/4 Recap

Joe Kapcar was the only one on Papi this week, now has 27 HR

Wednesdays Top Players

D ORTIZ - 3 HITS, 2 HR, 4 RBI
J DONALDSON - HR, 3 RBI
B PHILLIPS - HR
B MOSS - HR
H PENCE - HR, 3 RBI
A JONES - HR
F FREEMAN - HR

WEEK 23 LEADERS

PLAYER                     PTS     BA

Freddie Freeman	12	0.308
Edwin Encarnacion	11	0.500
David Ortiz	9	0.250
Michael Cuddyer	8	0.455
Shin-Soo Choo	8	0.333
Josh Donaldson	8	0.333

9/3 Recap

Davia now with 31 HR on the year via Encarnacion

Tuesday's Top Players

Quiet night...

E ENCARNACION - 3 HITS, HR
A SORIANO - 2 RBI

WEEK 23 LEADERS

PLAYERS                PTS       BA

Edwin Encarnacion	9	0.667
Freddie Freeman	9	0.333
Shin-Soo Choo	5	0.333
Alfonso Soriano	5	0.250
Michael Cuddyer	4	0.333

Week 22 Results

STUD OF THE WEEK - GREG LEONARD

Its been a rough year for Leonard, but he may have pulled off the best pick in RTTC history last week...He went with COCO CRISP who was picked for the 1st time in RTTC history, and piled up 17 PTs to edge out the weekly win...He now finds himself 4th in the $$ list..Congrats on the great pick...

DUD OF THE WEEK - Biederstedt, Guelde

Bieder tried to pull a Leonard and go off the radar, but it didn't work out as well... Stubbs had 1 PT in 12 ABs...Guelde didn't get a pick in and had to suffer with Bieder...

BA RACE
Stout gained 4 pts on Brink...

1. Brink dropped from .330 to .327
2. Stout improved from .317 to .318
3. Pennington dropped 1 pt to .316
4. Feikle dropped 1 pt to .315
Only 5 others above .300

HR RACE
Stout takes the lead

1. Stout hit 2..now at 38
2. K Krauss hit 1..now at 37
3. Kramer with 0...still at 34
4. G Badenhop with 1..at 31
21 others within 5 HRs of Badenhop

RBI RACE
K Krauss gains 1

1.  K Krauss with 4..now at 111
2.  Kramer with 3, now at 107
3.  Stout with 5, now at 104
4.  Zavislak with 3, now at 101
12 others within 10 RBI of Zavislak

September is here...if you are within range...good luck!