After twenty-one weeks and 163 contestants the Hey Batter contest finally has a champion. In case the title didn’t give it away, the winner is LenFuego. It seems that winning the regular season portion of the contest and earning the ability to pick one Unpickable each week of the playoffs was enough of an edge to win it all. With the help of Jose Altuve (17), Mike Trout (25), Charlie Blackmon (34), Paul Goldschmidt (27) and Anthony Rizzo (13), LenFuego ended the playoffs with 303 points. His biggest contributors, however were Giancarlo Stanton (44) and Anthony Rendon (36).
Peter guigli finished in second place with 283 points. The difference was Jonathan Schoop, who scored 20 points for LenFuego back in week one of the playoffs. Or perhaps it was Leury Garcia who only managed five points in week four for Peter guigli. We could play this game all day, but at the end it will still be LenFuego standing tall.
The top hitter over the course of this contest was Giancarlo Stanton who scored 476 points. Joey Votto (512) and Charlie Blackmon (488) were actually one and two, but since they were Unpickables, Stanton is the king. Aside from Stanton, Jose Ramirez and Marcell Ozuna were the only other batters in the top ten that were not Unpickable players.
Congratulations to LenFuego and thanks to everyone that participated in this inaugural event. Here are the final playoff standings…
| Contestant | Week | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Score | Score | Score | Score |
| LenFuego | 1 | Jose Altuve | Mike Moustakas | Jonathan Schoop | 17 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
| LenFuego | 2 | Mike Trout | Daniel Murphy | Travis Shaw | 25 | 10 | 13 | 48 |
| LenFuego | 3 | Charlie Blackmon | Freddie Freeman | Aaron Judge | 34 | 21 | 10 | 65 |
| LenFuego | 4 | Paul Goldschmidt | Giancarlo Stanton | Jose Abreu | 27 | 44 | 19 | 90 |
| LenFuego | 5 | Anthony Rizzo | Anthony Rendon | 13 | 36 | 0 | 49 | |
| LenFuego Total | 303 | |||||||
| Peter guigli | 1 | Odubel Herrera | Gerardo Parra | Cesar Hernandez | 12 | 18 | 27 | 57 |
| Peter guigli | 2 | Daniel Murphy | Andrew McCutchen | Eric Hosmer | 10 | 12 | 22 | 44 |
| Peter guigli | 3 | Freddie Freeman | DJ LeMahieu | Ender Inciarte | 21 | 20 | 18 | 59 |
| Peter guigli | 4 | Giancarlo Stanton | Marcell Ozuna | Leury Garcia | 44 | 40 | 5 | 89 |
| Peter guigli | 5 | Adam Jones | Trey Mancini | 14 | 20 | 0 | 34 | |
| Peter guigli Total | 283 | |||||||
| Trevor | 1 | Gerardo Parra | Andrew Benintendi | Shin-soo Choo | 18 | 24 | 12 | 54 |
| Trevor | 2 | Billy Hamilton | Andrew McCutchen | Giancarlo Stanton | 10 | 12 | 39 | 61 |
| Trevor | 3 | Freddie Freeman | DJ LeMahieu | Elvis Andrus | 21 | 20 | 29 | 70 |
| Trevor | 4 | Jose Abreu | Brian Dozier | Anthony Rendon | 19 | 20 | 20 | 59 |
| Trevor | 5 | Daniel Murphy | Justin Upton | 16 | 11 | 0 | 27 | |
| Trevor Total | 271 | |||||||
| Denhusk | 1 | Gerardo Parra | Whit Merrifield | Eric Hosmer | 18 | 21 | 19 | 58 |
| Denhusk | 2 | Alex Bregman | Cody Bellinger | Brian Dozier | 14 | 30 | 40 | 84 |
| Denhusk | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Nelson Cruz | J.D. Martinez | 21 | 30 | 9 | 60 |
| Denhusk | 4 | Eddie Rosario | Kyle Schwarber | Rougned Odor | 13 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| Denhusk | 5 | Jonathan Schoop | Francisco Lindor | 18 | 27 | 0 | 45 | |
| Denhusk Total | 267 | |||||||
| Fungazi | 1 | Mark Reynolds | Jonathan Schoop | Trevor Story | 15 | 20 | -1 | 34 |
| Fungazi | 2 | Nelson Cruz | Robinson Cano | Justin Upton | 33 | 20 | 14 | 67 |
| Fungazi | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Giancarlo Stanton | Adrian Beltre | 21 | 35 | 24 | 80 |
| Fungazi | 4 | Jose Abreu | Brian Dozier | Paul DeJong | 19 | 20 | 7 | 46 |
| Fungazi | 5 | Rhys Hoskins | Alex Bregman | 19 | 19 | 0 | 38 | |
| Fungazi Total | 265 | |||||||
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron | 1 | Eric Hosmer | Nick Williams | Odubel Herrera | 19 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron | 2 | Giancarlo Stanton | Justin Upton | Dee Gordon | 39 | 14 | 6 | 59 |
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Jake Lamb | Gerardo Parra | 21 | 19 | 22 | 62 |
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron | 4 | Byron Buxton | Brian Dozier | Eddie Rosario | 40 | 20 | 13 | 73 |
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron | 5 | Mark Reynolds | Aaron Judge | 9 | -1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Cannot spell wrong without Ron Total | 246 | |||||||
| Euroalien | 1 | Mike Moustakas | Eric Hosmer | Jonathan Schoop | 14 | 19 | 20 | 53 |
| Euroalien | 2 | Daniel Murphy | Cody Bellinger | Starling Marte | 10 | 30 | 7 | 47 |
| Euroalien | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Andrew Benintendi | Giancarlo Stanton | 21 | 12 | 35 | 68 |
| Euroalien | 4 | Nelson Cruz | Carlos Santana | Ryan Zimmerman | 5 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| Euroalien | 5 | Jorge Polanco | Byron Buxton | 19 | 35 | 0 | 54 | |
| Euroalien Total | 243 | |||||||
| Foul Balls | 1 | Justin Turner | Mike Moustakas | Khris Davis | 24 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
| Foul Balls | 2 | Justin Upton | Andrew McCutchen | Jonathan Schoop | 14 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| Foul Balls | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Joey Gallo | Ender Inciarte | 21 | 24 | 18 | 63 |
| Foul Balls | 4 | Jose Abreu | Byron Buxton | Eddie Rosario | 19 | 40 | 13 | 72 |
| Foul Balls | 5 | Giancarlo Stanton | Marcell Ozuna | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 | |
| Foul Balls Total | 240 | |||||||
| jesusc97 | 1 | Justin Turner | Eduardo Nunez | Steven Souza Jr. | 24 | 33 | 11 | 68 |
| jesusc97 | 2 | Tim Beckham | Cody Bellinger | Yasiel Puig | 25 | 30 | 6 | 61 |
| jesusc97 | 3 | Giancarlo Stanton | George Springer | Aaron Judge | 35 | 12 | 10 | 57 |
| jesusc97 | 4 | Freddie Freeman | Brian Dozier | Yoenis Cespedes | 11 | 20 | 19 | 50 |
| jesusc97 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| jesusc97 Total | 236 | |||||||
| Mickey | 1 | Robinson Cano | Francisco Lindor | Eric Hosmer | 21 | 15 | 19 | 55 |
| Mickey | 2 | Daniel Murphy | Marcell Ozuna | Miguel Sano | 10 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| Mickey | 3 | Freddie Freeman | George Springer | J.D. Martinez | 21 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| Mickey | 4 | Giancarlo Stanton | Cody Bellinger | Jose Abreu | 44 | 0 | 19 | 63 |
| Mickey | 5 | Justin Turner | Kyle Schwarber | 18 | 23 | 0 | 41 | |
| Mickey Total | 226 | |||||||
| Manley Ramirez | 1 | Gerardo Parra | Odubel Herrera | Mike Moustakas | 18 | 12 | 14 | 44 |
| Manley Ramirez | 2 | Ryan Braun | Anthony Rendon | Miguel Sano | 31 | 8 | 6 | 45 |
| Manley Ramirez | 3 | Freddie Freeman | George Springer | Adrian Beltre | 21 | 12 | 24 | 57 |
| Manley Ramirez | 4 | Jose Abreu | Brian Dozier | Eddie Rosario | 19 | 20 | 13 | 52 |
| Manley Ramirez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manley Ramirez Total | 198 | |||||||
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 2 | Daniel Murphy | Anthony Rendon | Cody Bellinger | 10 | 8 | 30 | 48 |
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 3 | Yuli Gurriel | George Springer | Alex Bregman | 13 | 12 | 24 | 49 |
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 4 | Giancarlo Stanton | Jake Lamb | Justin Smoak | 44 | 4 | 14 | 62 |
| DonSlaughtOnslaught | 5 | Gary Sanchez | DJ LeMahieu | 20 | 11 | 0 | 31 | |
| DonSlaughtOnslaught Total | 190 | |||||||
| Smallwine | 1 | DJ LeMahieu | Freddie Freeman | Giancarlo Stanton | 17 | 24 | 25 | 66 |
| Smallwine | 2 | Corey Seager | Daniel Murphy | Edwin Encarnacion | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| Smallwine | 3 | Robinson Cano | Carlos Santana | J.D. Martinez | 8 | 32 | 9 | 49 |
| Smallwine | 4 | Travis Shaw | Jake Lamb | Aaron Judge | 10 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| Smallwine | 5 | Miguel Cabrera | Corey Dickerson | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |
| Smallwine Total | 174 | |||||||
| BK BROILER | 1 | Gerardo Parra | Jay Bruce | Cesar Hernandez | 18 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
| BK BROILER | 2 | Daniel Murphy | Aaron Judge | Josh Bell | 10 | 2 | 18 | 30 |
| BK BROILER | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Miguel Gonzalez | DJ LeMahieu | 21 | 0 | 20 | 41 |
| BK BROILER | 4 | Max Kepler | Brian Dozier | Rougned Odor | 7 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| BK BROILER | 5 | Trevor Story | Justin Smoak | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| BK BROILER Total | 165 | |||||||
| Thor da Man | 1 | Michael Conforto | Gerardo Parra | Mark Reynolds | 8 | 18 | 15 | 41 |
| Thor da Man | 2 | Giancarlo Stanton | Marcell Ozuna | Miguel Sano | 39 | 9 | 6 | 54 |
| Thor da Man | 3 | Freddie Freeman | Gary Sanchez | Aaron Judge | 21 | 28 | 10 | 59 |
| Thor da Man | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thor da Man | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thor da Man Total | 154 | |||||||
See you all next year. Thanks for batting!
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