Mookie Betts led all hitters in week 6 with 45 points. Unfortunately, if you placed your bets on Betts, then you earned yourself 0 zero points since he is an Unpickable. Next was Buster Posey with 37 points. Unfortunately no one picked Buster. After Posey was Carlos Correa who scored 36 points. Again no one picked Correa. As it turns out no one picked the top 22 highest scoring batters. The first batter that was actually selected in week 6’s contest was Mark Reynolds who scored 24 points. So the question remains, who deserves this week’s honors, Buster Posey or Mark Reynolds? How about Buster Reynolds?
It’s not Posey’s fault that no one picked him. Last week the San Francisco backstop hit four home runs en route to his 37 point performance. He now has 7 homers on the season is on pace for a career high 27. With 102 points on the season, Buster is once again leading the way at the catcher position. Surprise, surprise!
Week 6 brings us our first tie of the year. There was actually a three-way tie for first place. Who doesn’t love a good three-way! With 57 points, DonSlaughtOnslaught, Thor da Man and MattH didn’t exactly light up the high scorers list. But there can be only one winner. And that winner is the contestant that picked Ian Desmond (15 points), Mark Reynolds (24 points) and Cody Bellinger (18 points). That contestant is Thor da Man. For those unfamiliar with the rules, a tie goes to the runner. I mean a tie goes to the contestant that submits his/her entry first.
Here are the top 5 from Week 6:
Thor da Man (57): Ian Desmond (15), Mark Reynolds (24) and Cody Bellinger (18)
DonSlaughtOnslaught (57): Robinson Cano (22), Miguel Sano (16) and Corey Seager (19)
MattH (57): Corey Seager (19), Cody Bellinger (18) and Yonder Alonso (20)
Smallwine (54): Mark Reynolds (24), Justin Turner (11) and Corey Seager (19)
LenFuego (54): Corey Seager (19), Cody Bellinger (18) and Joey Gallo (17)
Current Standings
| Contestant | Score |
| Jeff P | 398 |
| Thor da Man | 397 |
| Manley Ramirez | 383 |
| Euroalien | 364 |
| You Know Nothing, J.T. Snow | 341 |
| Mike_Vee_ | 333 |
| Shivdaddy | 328 |
| Trevor | 327 |
| Mickey | 321 |
| Robert Leiker | 321 |
| King Homer | 317 |
| Tony | 315 |
| Icalltails | 314 |
| The Great Knoche | 314 |
| Foul balls | 308 |
| Jason Heilskov | 296 |
| Smallwine | 292 |
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 291 |
| MattH | 287 |
| Tony C | 281 |
The full standings are included in the spreadsheet attached at the bottom of this post.
Week 7
Like week 6, week 7 has 48 contestants competing for the glory. There were a total of 60 different batters selected by those 48 entrants. The most selected batter was Nelson Cruz. Cruz was picked by nine different people. Next was Corey Seager, who was picked by eight. I’d like to congratulate everyone as this was the first week in which an Unpickable was not picked. There was three Repickables picked, but two of those were picked by one person. Be sure to check the spreadsheet each week when making your picks to avoid getting zeros.
The current leader for week 7 is Smallwine with 63 points. Smallwine’s batters are Nelson Cruz (18 points), J.D. Martinez (34 points) and Buster Posey (11 points). In second place, with 54 points, is Fungazi who selected Daniel Murphy (8 points), Chris Davis (25 points) and Jose Bautista (21 points).
For those trying to figure out what this whole contest is all about, please re-read this post containing the rules. For those too lazy to do so, here are the basic rules. Each week you pick three batters (no pitchers). A week (scoring period) runs from Monday through Sunday. You must have your picks submitted by 1:00 PM EDT on Monday mornings. You submit your picks by leaving a comment in the comments section of that’s week’s contest post. Comment timestamps will be used to break any ties. Once you pick a player, you cannot pick that player again in any subsequent week. A card laid is a card played. This means that once you announce your picks in the comments section, you cannot change them. It doesn’t matter the reason.
The last thing to mention are the unmentionables. Actually they are called Unpickables. You cannot pick an unpickable. Well you can, but you will get zero points.
The Unpickables – DON’T PICK THESE PLAYERS!!!
Mike Trout
Mookie Betts
Jose Altuve
Nolan Arenado
Paul Goldschmidt
Anthony Rizzo
Bryce Harper
Charlie Blackmon
Kris Bryant
Josh Donaldson
Manny Machado
Joey Votto
Miguel Cabrera
Each week is a new contest, but your weekly points will count towards your total points in the season long standings. The season will run fifteen weeks. At the end of the season there will be a five week playoff competition. In order to qualify for the playoffs you need to either win a weekly contest or finish in the top three overall season standings. That’s it. If you win more than one week and/or finish in the top three, you still only get one entry into the playoffs. However the person that finishes the regular season with the most points (first place), will be allowed to pick players from the Unpickables list during the playoffs (one per week). The winner of the playoffs will receive a brand new Razzball tee shirt. And that’s me plagiarizing me from last week again. Thank you cut and paste.
The scoring system that will be used for this contest is as follows:
1B(+1), 2B(+2), 3B(+3), HR(+4), RBI(+1), R(+1), SO(-1), BB(+1), SB(+1), CS(-1)
In case you don’t remember who you’ve already picked, you can refer to the attached spreadsheet which shows you everyone’s picks.
The contest closes on Monday at 1pm EST!!!
Important Note: Please use the same name you’ve used in previous weeks with all future submissions. Otherwise your points will not be combined and you will lose ground in the overall standings. If you are unsure of how you previously entered it, find your name in the standings tab of the spreadsheet and cut and paste it. You have been warned :)
Newcomers welcome. Just because you missed any of the previous weeks does not mean you can’t join this week. Remember all you have to do is win one week (any week) and you’re in the playoffs!
