Three weeks in and I’m sure there’s some of you out there pressing as much as Jose Abreu right now. Is it too soon to be worried that you’re falling behind in stolen bases? Probably not, unless of course you lost Starling Marte for 80 games. What a bummer. You can’t hold a guy on the bench for half the season, can you? I’ve seen him dropped in several leagues and picked right back up. I don’t think I’d have the stomach to waste a roster spot for 3 months, but to each their own. After next week we’ll be at a good point to stop and assess our teams as well as start scouring for trades to address whatever weaknesses we find. It’s still early folks and there’s no reason to be dropping a guy like Jose Abreu or doing anything else crazy just yet.
A big thank you to Rudy and Malamoney this week as we now have Master Standings! Who’s numero uno? You’ll have to read on to see. We also now have data that helps me put together the weekly leaders and the Team Of The Week! I’m giddy, are you? If so, let’s go check out the goods:
Each week we’ll peek in at our resident ‘perts to see who is laying claim to best “expert” RCLer in the land. We’ll take notes, check the standings and generally stalk them. The heading is also hyperlink, so feel free to follow along as we go.
JB was the big…nay…GIANT winner this week. JB jumped up nine spots in the standings from 10th all the way to first! JB only had 54 standings points at this time last week. He added a whopping 22 points to take the lead. JB led the ‘Perts league in HRs, SBs, and WHIP while finishing second for the week in ERA. Not too shabby. It’s not too late to make big jumps like this. Cram It made a decent jump of his own adding 16.5 points this week to move from 9th to 4th. Only seven points separates 7th from 1st so being anywhere in this mix means you have a chance at the top spot. Rudy was the biggest loser this week as he let 17 points slip from his total and fell from the catbird seat to 5th place.
TOP 10
For those too lazy to check the MASTER STANDINGS, I present to you, the current top 10
| RK | TEAM | LEAGUE | RCL PTS | LG PTS | LG INDEX | MASTER PTS |
| 1 | Pancake Riot | BigThreeSports + Razzball = Love Standings | 99.8 | 104.5 | 102 | 92.6 |
| 2 | Hats For Bats | Take on the Jay 5 Standings | 98.8 | 104 | 103 | 89 |
| 3 | Team Sullivan | Beddict Believers Standings | 97.5 | 105 | 101 | 88.4 |
| 4 | South Side Hitmen | Von Hayes and Confused Standings | 97.4 | 105 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 5 | Rakers Nation | Rio Ruiz Super League Standings | 96.2 | 99 | 103 | 88.9 |
| 6 | Gomes’ Gnomes | Johnson’s Ornithology E.O.D. Standings | 94.7 | 101.5 | 101 | 86.1 |
| 7 | Skook Trouts | Take on Jay Standings | 93.3 | 101.5 | 98 | 88.5 |
| 8 | Piscotty Dont know | Prospector Ralph’s Cavern Standings | 92.9 | 102.5 | 100 | 84.1 |
| 9 | Team Booher | Original Recipe 2017 Standings | 92.8 | 99 | 101 | 85.7 |
| 10 | Rigolets Specks | That’ll do Puig Standings | 92.3 | 98 | 100 | 87.1 |
In our first official top 10 Team Sullivan loses their grip on the top spot as the Pancake Riots take over. Team Sullivan is still tied for the top spot with the most league points. However, with LCI now in the mix, it’s the Pancake Riots at number one. The Riots mixed two non-Grey picks (Kershaw/Pollock) with two very-Grey picks (Freeman/Story) in the first four rounds along with some Souza-phone action for the top spot overall.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
| 4/23/2017 | Gasoline Suits | Portland Zoo Keepers traded Nolan Arenado and Michael Conforto to SF Bomber for Kris Bryant and Eric Hosmer |
| 4/23/2017 | Original Recipe 2017 | Team AL KOHOLIC traded Aroldis Chapman to Teufel’s Shuffle for Stephen Strasburg |
| 4/22/2017 | Frequent Commenters League | Veagan Steamers traded Edwin Diaz and traded Koda Glover to Rube Waddell’s Shiny Objects for Robinson Cano |
| 4/22/2017 | Show Me The malamoney | florida Cardinals traded Sean Manaea to Raiders Stay Rowdy for Dellin Betances |
| 4/21/2017 | Take on the Jay 4 | Jody Highrollers traded Kyle Seager to Marlins Men #HUMBLE for Xander Bogaerts and Yunel Escobar |
| 4/20/2017 | Show Me The malamoney | Yuma Papagiorgio’s traded Lance McCullers Jr. to Bad and Bourjos for Andrew Miller and Neftali Feliz |
| 4/20/2017 | Viz Versus The Commenters | The Craptaculars traded Todd Frazier to Forty Acres and a Fool for Brandon Phillips |
| 4/20/2017 | It’s Time For Dodger Baseball!! | TurnerP 4 wut traded Joey Votto to Hairy Manbuns for Eric Thames |
| 4/19/2017 | Straight Cash Homie | Swamp Donkeys traded Stephen Strasburg to Mega Powers for Eduardo Nunez and Andrew Miller |
| 4/19/2017 | Original Recipe 2017 | Unmanly for Hanley traded Hector Rondon and Noah Syndergaard to Teufel’s Shuffle for Clayton Kershaw |
| 4/18/2017 | Jay’s here until Football Starts | Strong Island traded Zack Greinke to BackBroke Valley for Francisco Rodriguez |
Closers are flying all over the place this week. I made a trade with our friendly Vegan commenter, trading an excess of 2B talent for some save help. Expect Cano to now hit 17 HRs in 7 games.
I know Brandon Phillips is pretty hot right now, but for Todd Frazier seems a bit odd.
I wonder if the Hairy Manbuns instantly regrets trading Thames?
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 60 – B.J. and The Bears (We’re All Winners)
HR –23 – RR Silver Ghosts (Muscle Car Fanatics)
RBIs – 69 – The Feisty Colons (Werewolf Breeders League)
SB – 12 – 7 Teams Tied
AVG – .360 – Goo Goo Dahls (BigThreeSports + Razzball = Love)
K – 108 – Grey is Fey (Take On Jay)
W – 9 – 3 Teams Tied
SV – 13 – Grey Is Bae (Sons of Beddict) & Team Ash (Make RCL Grey Again)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.02 – Fly Ballz (Daniel Murphy’s Porn Stash) (in 44IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.78 – Lords of the Swing (Take On The Jay 3) (in 65.1IP)
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Calgary Cannons
League: My Nightly Fantasy Standings
Stats: H/AB: 101/312, AVG: .323, R: 44, HR: 14, RBI: 60, SB: 7
IP: 114.1, ERA: 4.01, WHIP: 1.18, K: 103, W: 6, SV: 6
Summary: This is a familiar name among us RCLers. The Calgary Cannons made many an appearance on the weekly leaderboards last year for their extreme streaming. The Cannons will regularly toss up over 100 IP and shared records last year for most wins and most saves in a week. It’s not just spamming stats with pitchers though as you can see from the .323 batting average this week. Remember the name, this won’t be the last time you see it.
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