Welcome to our second RCL Master Standings update! We are ten weeks in and the first Tuesday of the month means we have updated standings! Who sits atop the RCL universe now? Scroll and find out! We also have our usual weekly numbers, trades, and a RazzSlam update. Make sure to get those RazzSlam FAAB bids in now. This is your last chance to improve your team this year. VinWins also went and named a Team of the Month and also took a look at each top 10 teams in the Master Standings and found their top three draft picks for you. You might be surprised to learn that drafting Spencer Strider did not tank people’s seasons. Makes you wonder if drafting a pitcher in the first round is even worth it if he can go down and it doesn’t even matter. Hmm.
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.
First, an update on what must be one of the closest leagues going right now where four teams are within 0.5 points of each other thanks to a tie for first and a tie for second separated by 0.5 points. B_don claims the crown this week over Miek C thanks to tie-breakers. B_Don only gained 2.5 points this week but shot up three spots. The Lineup Builder gained the most this week, gaining six points and also moving up three places. All that ERA/WHIP luck last week regressed for Mike C this week as he posted a league worst 6.07 ERA/1.50 WHIP and lost eight points, this most this week. Kirksey was right behind him dropping 7.5 points and falling four places in the standings.
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.
Eric Erhardt holds on for one more week. Smada jumped up two places to fourth this week and Ariel Cohen has now aggregated his way into fifth place overall. He’s not sure who to thank for this achievement so he thanks, all of you. Ninth place Kevin Strutz vaulted into the top ten this week thanks to a RazzSlam best 692 points. Casey Symonds moved up the most places this week (60) thanks to 624 points gained but still sits in 228th.
Once again, remember to get those FAAB bids in. FAAB runs tonight at 10 ET
TOP 20
For those too lazy to check the MASTER STANDINGS, I present to you, the current top 20
| RK | TEAM | LEAGUE | RCL PTS | LG PTS | LG INDEX | MASTER PTS |
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| 1 | Bluefield Baby Birds | RCL 13 | 101.9 | 101 | 102 | 99.9 |
| 2 | rloyod | RCL 24 | 101.8 | 100 | 103 | 99 |
| 3 | cubbiehead | RCL 31 | 100.2 | 99 | 102 | 98.5 |
| 4 | Revenge of the Witt | RCL 12 | 99.2 | 101 | 100 | 97.3 |
| 5 | Gunk Squad | RCL 13 | 98.7 | 98 | 102 | 96.7 |
| 6 | Stop looking at me Kwan! | RCL 20 | 98.6 | 97 | 102 | 98.1 |
| 7 | Todd, the Future of Dance | COUGS R US | 98.4 | 93 | 104 | 98.3 |
| 8 | Mr. Wu`s Little Piggies | DFSers Anonymous | 97.9 | 95.5 | 104 | 95.1 |
| 9 | Hugh`s Bots | RCL 20 | 97.5 | 95 | 102 | 97.9 |
| 10 | Longballers | COUGS R US | 97.2 | 92.5 | 104 | 96.4 |
| 11 | Norm_Cash | RCL 33 | 96.9 | 98 | 101 | 94.1 |
| 12 | DonSlaughtOnslaught | NOTLZ | 96.8 | 92 | 105 | 94.5 |
| 13 | RIPGrimey | DFSers Anonymous | 96.7 | 94 | 104 | 94.3 |
| 14 | Satchel Rages | NOTLZ | 96.2 | 90.5 | 105 | 94.8 |
| 15 | The Highlanders | RCL 3 | 95.7 | 96 | 102 | 92.3 |
| 16 | dwightford | RCL 1 | 95.5 | 102 | 98 | 92.4 |
| 17 | password is taco | RCL 5 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 99 | 95.2 |
| 18 | Irish007 | RCL 19 | 94.2 | 93 | 102 | 92.6 |
| 19 | Pawnee Rangers | RCL 25 | 94.1 | 95.5 | 100 | 93 |
| 20 | Scoboticus | RCL 2 | 93.5 | 96 | 100 | 90.8 |
Bluefield Baby Birds takes over the overall top spot this month. You may recall the Baby Birds from them winning the Laura Holt Challenge league last season and they are looking for a repeat this year with a little extra on the side. Last month’s number one team, Longballers, still held onto the top ten and that 104 league index could be a difference maker. Cubbiehead made a nice 17 place jump to move into the top three.
As promised, here are the overall top ten’s draft picks:
| RK | TEAM | LEAGUE | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bluefield Baby Birds | RCL 13 | Spencer Strider | Shohei Ohtani | Luis Castillo |
| 2 | rloyod | RCL 24 | Shohei Ohtani | Gunnar Henderson | Luis Robert Jr. |
| 3 | cubbiehead | RCL 31 | Kyle Tucker | Yordan Alvarez |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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| 4 | Revenge of the Witt | RCL 12 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Rafael Devers | Ozzie Albies |
| 5 | Gunk Squad | RCL 13 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Francisco Lindor | Corbin Burnes |
| 6 | Stop looking at me Kwan! | RCL 20 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Jose Ramirez | Jose Altuve |
| 7 | Todd, the Future of Dance | COUGS R US | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Yordan Alvarez | Bo Bichette |
| 8 | Mr. Wu`s Little Piggies | DFSers Anonymous | Spencer Strider | Aaron Judge | Adolis Garcia |
| 9 | Hugh`s Bots | RCL 20 | Kyle Tucker | Gunnar Henderson |
Elly De La Cruz
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| 10 | Longballers | COUGS R US | Mookie Betts | Pete Alonso | Bo Bichette |
Bobby Witt is certainly making his presence felt. Maybe the most interesting draft picks comes from the 40th place team, Bend the Knee of RCL 21 who drafted Trea Turner in the first and was lucky enough to Spencer Strider come back around in the second before grabbing Jose Altuve in the third. And here they are, 40th overall in the Master Standings. That’s quite something.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 5/24/2024 | RCL 34 |
Afternoon Delights traded Shota Imanaga & Raisel Iglesias to Duck Snorts & Jimmy Jacks for Fernando Tatis Jr. & Teoscar Hernandez
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| 5/24/2024 | RCL 21 |
OBWon traded Hunter Greene to Team Money for Carlos Estevez
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| 5/25/2024 | RCL 5 |
Hometown Hero traded CJ Abrams to The Great Knoche for Freddy Peralta
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| 5/26/2024 | RCL 11 |
Rowers traded Chris Bassitt & Ranger Suarez to sandlot33 for Blake Snell & Tanner Bibee
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| 5/27/2024 | RCL 12 |
PlatanoPowers traded Edwin Diaz to Revenge of the Witt for Ranger Suarez
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| 5/29/2024 | RCL 34 |
Afternoon Delights traded Wyatt Langford to rams550 for Starling Marte
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| 5/29/2024 | RCL 35 |
bellow traded Pete Alonso to tHosE guYs for Luis Castillo
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| 5/30/2024 | RCL 1 |
DFresh traded Ryan Helsley to Whack Daniels for Zac Gallen
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| 5/30/2024 | COUGS R US |
Again and again traded Ha-seong Kim & Randy Arozarena to Man or Stroman for Jordan Westburg & Pablo Lopez
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| 5/31/2024 | Writers League |
BillyAngel traded Jason Foley to Duderinos for Kerry Carpenter
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| 5/31/2024 | RCL 25 |
As Good As It BETTS traded Mookie Betts to Bayou Crawdads for Aaron Judge
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| 6/2/2024 | RCL 10 |
Stretch Run Punchouts traded Alexis Diaz to Vin X for Joey Ortiz
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| 6/2/2024 | RCL 10 |
Bomba Squad traded Taylor Ward to Stretch Run Punchouts for Robert Suarez
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I realized this past week that FanTrax stopped sending me emails on trades despite my having notifications set to do so. So I manually went through and grabbed all the trades from the past two weeks that I missed. Thirteen total, including the RCL saves leader shedding two closers.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 61 – Team 0 (Original Recipe)
HR –18 – World Eater (RCL 14)
RBIs – 59 – World Eater (RCL 14)
SB – 19 – Bear Sox (RCL 3)
AVG – .338 – The Woke Mob (RCL 7)
K – 96 – Great Stott! (RCL 4)
W – 9 – 4 Teams Tied
SV – 10 – Stretch Run Punchouts (RCL 10)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 0.82 – SHOhei Money (RCL 25) (in 43.2 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.756 – SHOhei Money (RCL 25)
No new records this week, and trading two closer didn’t slow Stretch Run Punchouts down this week. Also, I hear that World Eater is on something of a heater, spittin rhymes just like Justin Bieber. You might think this team is but a sleeper, give ‘em a week and they gonna be the leader. JKJ best watch for the reaper, no sitting back and looking for a breather. Getting led to the promised land by Jesse Winker.
Before we jump in TOW, some stats for this point in the season from VinWins:
36.7% of the schedule has been completed. 367 IP would be on pace for the 1000 IP minimum. 513 IP is on pace for the maximum 1400 IP.
19 teams are below the minimum IP pace.
229 are ahead of the maximum IP pace.
SAVES:
Average: 28
33 teams have 0 saves.
34 teams have 50+ saves.
STOLEN BASES:
Average: 62
5 teams have 100+ steals.
MOVES:
17 teams have made 0 moves.
The average # of moves is 54.
87 teams have made 100+ moves.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Todd, the Future of Dance
League: COUGS R US
Stats: AVG: .292, R: 45, HR: 17, RBI: 58, SB: 13
IP: 54.2, ERA: 2.80, WHIP: 1.079, K: 70, W: 4, SV: 8
Summary: The future of dance is in good hands after this big week. Todd busted a move for 11.5 points and took over first place in our champion’s league this week. On the offensive side, it was Willy Adames who hit .385 with 10 RBI and 7 Runs, Alex Bregman who hit 4 home runs, and Lane Thomas and Jesse Winker who each stole 4 bases. As for pitching, Freddy Peralta had a win and 18 strikeouts while Jhoan Duran added 4 saves. Not too shabby, makes me wanna shake a leg.
Before we part, VinWins also calculated the Team of the Month for May. Spoiler: it was Finkelstein Ballers (RCL 7), but you can click HERE and see all the juicy data for yourself.
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