RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 16, 2026

Happy All-Star break, everyone!  Hope you’re enjoying the restful week, or at the very least are spending it staring at all your Razzball Commenter Leagues rosters and wondering what went wrong.  Just me?  Maybe the World Cup can fill the void.  Has everyone caught soccer fever?  Is your algorithm filled with as much Erling Haaland as mine is?  Maybe the 17-hour home run derby will be the replacement we all need?  Has the derby run its course?  Is it time to introduce a skills competition instead?  Maybe we fill the outfield with targets, use a pitching machine, and treat this like Top Golf?  There’s got to be something else we can mix in. 

Post Derby edit: That was actually awesome!  Nevermind, do not change.

Despite no baseball scores, we still have lots of stats to cover from the past week, and it’s a good time to check in on our season-long leaders.  Next week’s update will only be for three days, so expect a smaller version.  This week, however, we’re jumbo-sized.  Let’s get to it!

 

‘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.

It was a pretty wild week in the Perts League as we head into the ASB.  The Itch took over first place after a three week hiatus.  Itch actually lost a point, but still had a 7.5 point lead over Mike C as Mike went ice cold this week and dropped an astounding 14.5 points.  A meager five homer week is mostly to blame, along with a 5.31 ERA and a 1.534 WHIP.  The biggest gainer of the week was me, with ten points gained, which must have meant I was very close to Mike in several categories, because I only led the league in Runs and didn’t have a very remarkable week.  Son picked up 7.5 points and led the league in HRs and average.  We each gained one spot in the standings.

 

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.

That is a wrap on regular season play.  If you finished in the top two of your league, congratulations!  You have advanced to the Championship Bracket.  If you finished 3-5, congrats to you too!  You earned a spot in the Consolation bracket!  Everyone else…RazzBowl signups are happening NOW.  I expanded to the top 20, plus one to get an extra Razzball writer some love, plus I wanted my name highlighted as Kevin Hasting, and I finished for a dead tie in our league 1190.  Todd Clark finishes the regular season as the top team, congratulations!  Daniel Craig was our biggest mover this week, gaining 688 points in the nick of time.  Erik Erhardt was the biggest jumper, picking up 30 places to move into 88th place thanks to 654 points gained.  Again, great time to have a big week.

 

TRADES

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

DATE	LEAGUE	DETAILS
7/6/2026	Caught Looking	B’more like 1983! traded Mike Trout to Fightin Gobblers for Caleb Kilian
7/6/2026	COUGS R US	TripleBs traded Jac Caglione & David Bednar to Isotopes for Jazz Chisholm Jr
7/8/2026	RCL 17	MyBestEffort traded Tanner Scott to Hankg for Jake Bauers
7/9/2026	RCL 19	Low-End Seamster traded Bo Bichette to Sea Pilots for Sean Burke
7/10/2026	RCL 30	Aluminum Bats traded Kyle Tucker to FOUL BALLS for Kyle Harrison
7/11/2026	PERTS	MarmosDad traded Bryan Woo to MattTruss for Bryan Baker
7/12/2026	RCL 26	1DraftDodgers traded Kyle Harrison to All about the Basallo for Ceddanne Rafaela
7/12/2026	Caught Looking	B’more like 1983! traded Julio Rodriguez to Team Money for Bryce Miller & Shane McClanahan

Eight trades this week involving 18 players. That brings our season total to 91 trades involving 256 players (167 unique players). Bo Bichette was traded for the fifth time this week.  No one wants to keep this guy.  MarmosDad and I made a swap, you’ll hear more about that on Thursday when Marmos will be the lede article for the day.  Long story short, I’m doing anything I can to gain points, and my ratios are a train wreck there.

 

WEEKLY LEADERS

The best of the best from the week that was.

R – 65 – Vin Fifteen (RCL 15)

HR –27 – There’s a drive into deep left field (RCL 29)

RBIs – 71 – QuietJon (RCL 22)

SB – 15 – A Team has no Name (RCL 28)

AVG – .308 – Bucks in 6 (RCL 10)

K – 109 – Eggplant (RCL 16)

W – 10 – sochucksays (Crab Army)

SV –  9 – murderbydeath (RCL 7)

ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.13 – Early and Often (Original Recipe) (in 55.2 IP)

WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.773 – The The (RCL 22) (in 44 IP)

We tied the dinger record this week.  There’s a drive had an insane hitting week, they would have been TOW, but only had 32 IP. What a hitting line though: 63 R/27 HR/67 RBI/8 SB/.301.  Eggplant also took over the weekly strikeout record with 109.

 

Some more weekly and year-long stats from VinWins:

19 teams had an ERA under 2, while 26 teams were over 6. Last week’s TOW was at 6.39, all good things must end.

27 teams hit under .200; only 4 hit over .300.

76 teams had 0 saves this week.

59.4% of games have been played. 594 IP is on pace for 1000. 832 IP is on pace for the max 1400.

 

YEARLY LEADERS

Let’s do a midseason check-in on our best teams in each category.

HOME RUNS – 235 – Oh LaLa (FCL) (40 fewer than this time last year)

STOLEN BASES – 162 – Vin 27 Outs (RCL 27)

RUNS – 769 – cjsullivan3 (RCL 9)

RBI – 736 – Razzkai – 1st Judge (RCL 11)

AVERAGE – .269 – Derek – TLB (Perts League)

WINS – 78 – Kangaroo Court (DFSers Anonymous)

SAVES – 108 – Drop Zone Players (RCL 8)

STRIKEOUTS – 1120 – Real Joey Bart (RCL 14) 1113 IP

ERA (600 IP Min) – 2.97 – Man or Stroman? (RCL 22) 818.2 IP

WHIP (600 IP Min) – 1.042 – Diamond Archers (RCL 33) 706.1 IP

K/9 – 10.78 McQuat (RCL 24) 832 K/694.67 IP [McQuat (RCL 23) is at 11.79, but just 1 and 2/3 innings below the minimum.]

Crab Jake (Crab Army) has 9.8 IP/Win, but they are behind the pace for the minimum 1000 IP. Hey you, Hey! Neo Suarez!!! (RCL #34) have 11.5 IP/Win (66 W/774.33 IP.)

Most decisions are 160 for Drop Zone Players (RCL 8) 52 W/108 S.

21 teams have made 0 moves. The average is 79 moves. Password is taco (RCL 34) lead with 340  (297 moves is on pace for the maximum 500.) 

Also ahead of the pace:

327 TrixMcGee (RCL #26)

317 Dunphys Joint Venture (The Laura Holt Challenge)

306 TripleBs (COUGS R US)

306 tberkman (RCL #19)

300 WAR Path  (COUGS R US)

 

CLOSE RACES

Vin has all the races at the bottom of his RCL PAGE, these are the close ones.

Tie for 1st in RCL 25.

3.5 points separate the top 5 teams in CAUGHT LOOKING.

1st and 2nd are just a half point apart in DFSers ANONYMOUS and RCL 2.

RCL 29 is the biggest runaway at 23 points.

 

TEAM OF THE WEEK

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

Team: Gracie Cashman Nepotastic

League: RCL 7

Stats:   AVG: .289, R: 53, HR: 17, RBI: 56, SB: 11

IP: 66.2, ERA: 2.43, WHIP: 0.99, K: 67, W: 5, SV: 2

Summary: Ben Rice was the hitting star with a .423 average, five home runs, and twelve driven in. GCN acquired Rice (and Austin Riley) back in April for Paul Skenes. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Jose Caballero each popped two long ones and drove in six. Caballero also stole two bases. Carson Benge hit .375 with a homer and four steals, along with a team-high seven runs scored. Jonathan Aranda matched Rice’s .423 average and chipped in a homer and six ribbies. Taj Bradley led the stellar pitching staff with 16 strikeouts and two wins. He allowed just two runs and ten baserunners in 14 innings. Cam Schlittler was almost as good, earning a win and striking out 14 while giving up two runs in 14.2 IP. Dylan Cease (8 shutout innings/11K) and Michael King also notched victories. Cade Smith picked up two saves and struck out six in four innings.  The big week added nine points and moved GCN up from 7th to 4th.

 

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