RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 15, 2025

Week 15 is in the books, next week is the All-Star Break and a little breather for those of us who have been grinding Razzball Commenter Leagues.  Let’s finish strong, rest up, and then hit the ground running in the second half.  This is also your final week to make it into the top two in your RazzSlam league.  If you’re not (like me) also know that the RazzBowl is now accepting participants over on the football side.  We also have updated Master Standings this week for you to pore over during the break, agonizing over why that team behind you in the league standings is ahead of you in the Master Standings.  It does happen, there’s a lot more than league standings that go into the overall.  Let’s take a look at those and the rest of the goodies from the week that was, week 15.

‘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.

Kirksey pulled back up and created some more cushion, gaining two points this week as Son lost 2.5.  The big gainer this week was Mike C, who tossed an incredible 83.2 IP to the tune of 2.80 ERA and a 0.825 WHIP.  Incredible.  That was good for a 5.5 point gain this week.  Going the other way was Grey, who dropped 7.5 points after a rough week of offense (8 homers) and ratios (5.22/1.336).  Grey slipped to eighth with that showing.

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.

Expanding to the top 20 this week, before we swap to Championship and Consolation standings.  This also allows us to show off Rudy and Knoche doing work for Team Razzball.  Taylor Case held onto the top spot this week.  Robert Weddig had a nice week, moving up three places to third overall, and Matt Poole also moved up three spots to sixth, thanks to the most points scored this week (768).  Greg Hoogkamp moved up the most standings places this week with a 39-spot jump, thanks to 678 points scored.  Nice work, everyone.

TOP 20

For those too lazy to check the MASTER STANDINGS, I present to you, the current top 20

Last year’s overall champ is still clinging to their overall lead this update, nice work, Gunk!  Those 110 league points are going to be very hard to beat in that super competitive league.

There are a few other teams surging, though.  Longballers jumped into second overall with an 11 spot jump and sits solidly on the podium for now.

Jerk Store & Raleigh ‘Round the Family each had big jumps this period, vaulting themselves into the top ten overall.

Plenty of other familiar names pepper the top 20, Laura, Backdoor, password is taco, and more.  There’s still plenty of baseball to be played coming out of the ASB.  I know I’m shooting for another top 20 finish from at least one team.  Good luck!

TRADES

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

Only four deals this week, all from our legacy leagues.  Some big names on the move too, Max Fried, Kyle Schwarber, Mookie Betts, Mike Trout, and a pair of Durans.  I like the Megill / Uribe combo, could end up with two closers there if Megill gets traded.

WEEKLY LEADERS

The best of the best from the week that was.

R – 73 – Big Boppers (RCL 26)

HR –27 – JamScandal (NOTLZ)

RBIs – 70 – Big Boppers (RCL 26)

SB – 13 – TripleBs (RCL 8) & SquatCobblers2 (RCL 17)

AVG – .341 – Bob Sugar’s Baseball Club (RCL 26)

K – 106 – Srbanator (RCL 22)

W – 9 – Gilson Schmilsson (COUGS R US)

SV –  11 – Team Tokyo (RCL 5)

ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 0.96 – MonoStereo (RCL 27) (in 46.2 IP)

WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.628 – Lindorphins (RCL 30) (in 49.1 IP)

Boppers gonna bop, and bop they did.  Big Boppers got bopped out of the weekly HR record by JamScandal (more on them in a minute), but managed to set a new record in Runs, so they remain on the board in some capacity.

JamScandal, meanwhile, led the RCLs in HR this week, increasing their overall lead in the category (254, 30 more than second place) and are now on pace to beat the season long record (440), being on pace for 456.  Raleigh, Judge, and Schwarber are leading the way.  Pretty remarkable numbers so far.

And some more stats from the week from VinWins:

35 teams had an ERA below 2.00. 26 were above 6.

6 teams hit under .200  (6 last week)

39 teams hit over .300.  (22 last week)

55.6% of the schedule has been completed. 556 IP would be on pace for the 1000 IP minimum. 778 IP is on pace for the maximum 1400 IP.

Before we jump into TOW, Vin also collects the monthly numbers and anointed a Team of the Month for June, which you can find HERE.

Only 49 SB led the way in June. Last month it was 69.  Interesting that the number dropped so much.  Probably because Chandler Simpson was demoted.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

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

Team: cubbiehead

League: COUGS R US

Stats:   AVG: .300, R: 54, HR: 20, RBI: 70, SB: 8

IP: 66.1, ERA: 2.31, WHIP: 0.95, K: 71, W: 5, SV: 4

Summary: COUGS R US, the RCL Champion’s League features the top 12 or so finishers from the overall standings the previous season and pits them all against each other.  Needless to say, this league is a bloodbath, and just finishing above sixth is an accomplishment.  There are no gimmes here.  No team is missing the IP limit, and the chances of finding a new closer on the wire are slim to none.  That said, cubbiehead made strides this week, gaining 9.5 points and moving from third to second.  George Springer, who cubbiehead claimed off waivers March 31, was the offensive hero, hitting .429 with 5 home runs, 13 runs batted in, 9 runs scored, and even added a steal. Willy Adames finally started contributing, driving in 8 while leading the team with a.474 average. Peter Crow-Armstrong and Jasson Dominguez each knocked 2 bombs and stole 2 bases while batting over .400.  There was an obvious leader on the pitching side as well. Zack Wheeler (acquired in an April trade) tossed 2 gems, earning 2 victories and striking out 22 in 17 innings with pristine ratios of 0.53/0.412. Nathan Eovaldi (5 shutout innings) and Seth Lugo (7 strikeouts) also recorded wins. Kevin Gausman struck out 12 in his 2 starts. Mason Miller (picked up in a deal at the start of June with Tanner Bibee for Cole Ragans) had 2 saves, while Felix Bautista added a win and a save.  Cubbiehead now sits just 3.5 points from overtaking Gilson Schmilsson for the league lead.  Well played.

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