RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 9, 2026

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend, for those who got one.  I’m keeping my intro short and sweet this week since I have the day off and despite the rain moving through (so many baseball rainouts this weekend), I plan to enjoy some time off from the grind, maybe stare at my rosters a bit, and contemplate why I started so many teams with Vlad Jr. and Fernando Tatis from the 11 spot.  I believe I have three teams with this exact build, netting me three homers and 16 steals, and it’s almost June!  These two need to get scorching hot after the unofficial start of summer.  Here’s hoping.

‘PERTY ‘PERTS

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.

Derek held on to first for another week, adding 1.5 points.  Mike gained 4.5 this week (the most in the league) to move into second (up from fifth) and is hot on Derek’s heels, just 5.5 back.  Mike had an outstanding 1.44 ERA and 0.847 WHIP in 43.2 IP.  His squad also co-led the league in steals (with Grey) with 12.  Coolwhip moved the other this week, dropping 7.5 points and sliding to fifth.

RAZZSLAM STANDINGS UPDATE

Each week we’ll also take a look at the top ten overall standings in our other Razzball sponsored league, the RazzSlam.  This is our NFBC Best Ball league with managers from all across the industry, from content providers to fans and readers just like you.

The standings held relatively firm this week with James Sweeny remaining on top of the heap.  Roto_Wan moved up a slot while Andy and Mike C held onto fifth and seventh for another week.  Maybe now we’ve reached the point where standings don’t change.

Darius Austin had the most points this week with 636, moving them up 27 places to 14th overall.  Meanwhile, John Giancotti moved up the most spots this week, gaining 68 places in the standings and moving to 142nd overall thanks to 621 points scored.

TRADES

All the trades that have gone down in the past week.  Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.

Five trades this week, including one for Robbie Ray, who looked like butt on Sunday, one for the nuclear Ketel Marte, and a deal for Zach Neto that I really like.

WEEKLY LEADERS

The best of the best from the week that was.

R – 61 – Jerk Store (COUGS R US)

HR –19 – Big Doinks (RCL 6)

RBIs – 59 – Minnesota Homers (RCL 1)

SB – 16 – SquatCobblers (RCL 21)

AVG – .333 – Minnesota Homers (RCL 1) & GMoney Squared (FCL)

K – 95 – WooderIce (RCL 29)

W – 8 – heythereitsjon (RCL 10), Kangaroo Court (DFSers Anonymous), & giantstep500 (RCL 4)

SV –  8 – 4 Teams Tied

ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 0.94 – Crystallizing (RCL 31) (in 48 IP)

WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.746 – edg88 (RCL 16) (in 64.1 IP)

No new weekly records this week, must be the calm before the hot weather storm.

Some additional weekly stats from VinWins:

37 teams had an ERA under 2, while 27 teams were over 6.

18 teams hit under .200, and 10 hit over .300.

96 teams had 0 saves.

32.6% of games have been played. 326 IP is on pace for 1000. 457 IP is on pace for the max 1400.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.

Team: DFresh

League: NOTLZ

Stats:   AVG: .299, R: 52, HR: 17, RBI: 58, SB: 5

IP: 67, ERA: 2.15, WHIP: 1.134, K: 66, W: 5, SV: 4

Summary: A common theme of TOW possibilities this week was Ketel Marte.  The man could not be stopped.  The one-man wrecking crew went 15 for 28 (.536) with 3 home runs, 11 runs scored, and 12 driven in. (Lead all MLB players in hits, runs, and RBI this week). Willson Contreras and Jordan Walker each hit 2 homers and drove in 8. Sal Stewart and CJ Abrams also homered twice, while Jackson Merrill chipped in a couple of steals. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge contributed 1 long ball among his 3 hits. On the pitching side, Max Meyer led the way with 13 scoreless innings in 2 victories. He allowed just 9 baserunners and struck out 14. Braxton Ashcraft (1 ER/9 K), Kevin Gausman (1 ER/8 K), and Logan Henderson (0 ER/7 K) all won their starts. Bryan King threw 3 and a third shutout innings and earned 2 saves, while teammate Bryan Abreu and Andres Munoz added 1 save each.  The big week pushed DFresh up a whopping 15 points to move up from 5th to 1st in one of, if not the toughest RCL.  Nice work, D!

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