Happy Birthday, America, and happy week 13, RCLers. Hope all the Americans are having a wonderful holiday and can find some reason to celebrate despite the country seeming to run itself in reverse. To all non-Americans, I hope you’re having a wonderful week as well. America may be going backward, but we’re moving forward, onto the halfway point of our fantasy baseball season. Week 13 included the official 50% mark and I have halfway leaders for you as well as many other news and notes from the week that was, week 13.
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.
Knoche and Grey swapped places this week as Grey fell to fourth in the ‘Perts League. MarmosDada and I also swapped spots as I fell to eighth. MarmosDad was the big winner of the week though, picking up 5.5 points and moving into seventh. MarmosDad led the league in HR, RBIs, and batting average during the big week. Grey was the biggest loser this week, dropping 5.5 points.
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.
Beck and Strutz remain one and two in the RazzSlam but Grimey has taken the third spot for himself…Grimey! Nice work, Grimey! This is the first week that Yatta hasn’t made an appearance in the top ten overall after there was quite a shake-up at the top. Razzball’s own, Kirksey was the biggest point gainer this week with 761 points and Pierre Camus was the biggest standings gainer, jumping 45 spot thanks to 737 points. They now sit in 100th overall and Kirksey has moved up to 24th overall. Well done, Kirksey!
TOP 10
Vin’s standings as we wait for the Master Standings to get up and running.
| RANK | TEAM | LEAGUE | VINPTS | LG PTS | VINDEX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake – N – Rake | RCL 12 | 112.29 | 112 | 100.17 |
| 2 | Starfish & Coffee | RCL 33 | 108.34 | 109.5 | 99.29 |
| 3 | FANTASY ICON 5.0 | RCL 17 | 108.33 | 109 | 99.59 |
| 4 | Bayou Bombers | RCL 26 | 105.86 | 105.5 | 100.23 |
| 5 | Stolen Vortex | RCL 6 | 104.69 | 103 | 101.09 |
| 6 | Vin 34 | RCL 34 | 100.79 | 99.5 | 100.86 |
| 7 | Kiwi King | Crab Army | 99.78 | 102 | 98.54 |
| 8 | Dunphy’s Joint Venture | RCL 36 | 99.71 | 95.5 | 102.91 |
| 9 | Son | PERTS LEAGUE | 98.88 | 95.5 | 102.34 |
| 10 | Tuck It In | RCL 29 | 98.67 | 96 | 101.84 |
Wake-N-Rake and I hold onto the top to spots at the halfway mark and Fantasy Icon makes a big jump up to third from seventh as Vin falls to sixth. My Crab Army squad jumps back into the top ten overall as does Son’s Perts League team.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 6/29/2023 | RCL 29 |
Ashley Schaeffer BMW traded Sandy Alcantara & David Bednar to CaptainObvious for Nico Hoerner & Ozzie Albies
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| 6/30/2023 | Original Recipe |
Hammerin Hank traded Raisel Iglesias to Vin Origin for Josh Jung
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| 7/2/2023 | COUGS R US |
AllRice traded Esteury Ruiz to Jeremy Gibbs for Ian Happ
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| 7/2/2023 | RCL 13 |
Jeremy Gibbs traded Jesus Luzardo to TrunkPassenger for Ryan Pressly
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Four trades this week as RCLers take a breather at the halfway mark. Nothing too wild here.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 67 – stechsjj (RCL 36)
HR –24 – Turning Japanese (RCL 5)
RBIs – 71 – Deb, The Toast of Iceland (RCL 31)
SB – 14 – cubbie head (RCL 8)
AVG – .338 – troybraves (RCL 32)
K – 99 – dwightford (RCL 25)
W – 9 – MarmosDad (RCL 15)
SV – 10 – The Vottomatics (NOTLZ), THe Great Knoche (RCL 19), & Boh (RCL 2)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 0.93 – HoosierBoss (RCL 30) (in 48.1 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.611 – jacknapier26 (RCL 16) (in 54 IP)
Jacknapier 26 set a new weekly low for WHIP, but otherwise, no new records were set. VinWins provides us with some fun tidbits from the week:
47 teams hit over .300; None hit under .200
18 teams had an ERA under 2.00; 135 teams had a 5+ ERA
12 teams had 0 Wins; 74 teams had 0 Saves.
4 teams failed to steal a base; 38 had 10+. The average was 6.
HALFWAYLEADERS
The best of the best from the halfway point of the season.
R – 661 – Sea Dogs (RCL 27)
HR –206 – Starfish & Coffee (RCL 33)
RBIs – 650 – Turning Japanese (RCL 5)
SB – 161 – EarlThePearl#17 (RCL 17)
AVG – .285 – happyharry (RCL 17)
K – 1005 – Jeremy Gibbs (COUGS R US)
W – 77 – Jeremy Gibbs (COUGS R US)
SV – 95 – Derek from Texas (RCL 37)
ERA (Min. 520 IP) – 2.83 – mmdan112 (RCL 28) (in 706.1 IP)
WHIP (Min. 520 IP) – 1.077 – mmdan112 (RCL 28)
Your halfway leaders. VinWins also provided us with some mid-way notes:
Jeremy Gibbs ( COUGS ) has already reached the minimum 1000 IP
1261/2430 games completed (51.9%)
519 IP would be on pace to min. 1000
726 IP would be on pace to max 1400
Vin also tracked the Team of the Month for June, which can be found, HERE Congrats, Save the World (RCL 13)..
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: troybraves
League: RCL 32
Stats: AVG: .338, R: 57, HR: 17, RBI: 51, SB: 9
IP: 74.1, ERA: 3.03, WHIP: 0.888, K: 91, W: 7, SV: 5
Summary: Leading the RCLs in batting average for the week is a good way to start, adding on a ton of counting stats and a sub 1 WHIP, that’s TOW worthy. Troybraves shot up the standings this week, gaining 8.5 points and moving from sixth to second in RCL 32. The big week was boosted by Ronald Acuna Jr. going absolutely insane with 5 HRs and 4 SBs. On the pitching side, it was Spencer Strider and Andrew Abbot each going 13.2 IP and striking out a combined 39 batters with beautiful ratios. Nice week, Bravos, keep up the good work.
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