It’s substitute time! Anything goes! It’s not exactly the way Matt does it, but, hey, I do what I want. I’m VinWins!
The MLB trade deadline day left some RCL teams short on closers, so teams are looking to deal. Friday at noon ET is the RCL trade deadline, so not much time to negotiate. Just remember, Saves is just one category! Ah, who am I kidding? Saves are GOLD!! Also, you may want to check out your league standings page to see who has used up all or most of their 180 starts. Maybe you can get a good deal on an ace! Of course, it can be tough to find a willing trade partner at the deadline with many owners already having checked out. I’ve been trying to acquire an ace from a team who has used all their starts, but negotiations have stalled. I can’t afford to give up too much, and the other owner doesn’t want to be underpaid. And, that’s the way it often goes. I don’t really need another ace, so I’m probably lucky he didn’t accept my offer of Charlie Blackmon. Anyway, good luck to all.
Or maybe you can make some moves to make a run at an RCL record. Here are the season leaders in each category with the record in brackets:
RUNS: 872 – Donkeycorn Apocalypse 4 (12 Monkeys Clicking) (1239)
HOME RUNS: 269 – Team Russell (Brave Frontier) (368)
RBI: 854 – Team mack (Opening Day) (1149)
STEALS: 164 – Vin Spins (Saskatchewan) (270)
AVERAGE: .291 – Good Fastball (The Heat Is On) (.297)
STRIKEOUTS: 1253 (126 starts) – Rudy is Booty (Baba Booey) (1697)
WINS: 97 (182 starts) – Calgary Cannons (Razzballero1) (119)
SAVES: 182 – Rudy is Booty (Baba Booey) (250)
E.R.A.: 2.76 – Fred Rogers Cardigan (The Force Awakens) (2.57)
WHIP: 1.030 – Team Riese (Talkin’ Baseball) (1.001)
8 weeks to go! Good luck!
Here’s what else went down in the RCLs in the week that was, Week 18.
‘PERTY ‘PERTS
Each week we’ll peek in at our resident ‘perts & other industry names to see who is laying claim to best “expert” RCLer in the land. We’ll take notes, check the standings and generally stalk them. Click the heading above to check out the ‘Perts League home page and follow along.
Grey gained 6 points Sunday to jump up to 5th place, thanks to outstanding pitching from Tanner Roark and Yu Darvish, along with 4 relievers, who managed to overcome David Price‘s dismal performance.
For the week, Grey was up 4-and-a-half points, while Ralph added 3.5 to his total. Smokey and Rudy, who had an uncharacteristically bad week from his pitchers, each lost 5 points. JB led 3 categories with 54 RBI, 13 steals, and a 2.12 ERA, but just broke even for the week.
TOP 10
Check out the MASTER STANDINGS, or just look at the current top 10 I have provided for you:
| RK | TEAM | LEAGUE | RCL PTS | LG PTS | LG INDEX | MASTER PTS |
| 1 | Backdoor Sliders 1 | FCL | 108.7 | 107 | 105 | 102.7 |
| 2 | Fatuous Jeffreys | Cougs R Us | 105.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 101 |
| 3 | Team Lion | South Side Titans | 105.3 | 104 | 102 | 104 |
| 4 | Cram It | DFSers Anonymous | 105 | 102 | 104 | 101.4 |
| 5 | Team Levy | All Hail Beddict Tha God | 105 | 104 | 101 | 104.4 |
| 6 | Big Magoo | Razzballero1 | 103.8 | 103.5 | 102 | 101.2 |
| 7 | Chicken Shack | American Dream | 103.6 | 104.5 | 101 | 102 |
| 8 | ExtremeMakeover Ploop Edition | Great Knocks | 102.9 | 101 | 101 | 103.6 |
| 9 | You had to make it weird | Nico Sux Dico | 102.5 | 103.5 | 100 | 101.9 |
| 10 | S’All Goooood, Man | Razzballero1 | 102.4 | 100 | 102 | 102.1 |
Backdoor Sliders extended their lead this week, but the big news is highly-respected Razzball icon Big Magoo jumping all the way from 31st into the top 10! Regular RCL updater Matt Truss also makes an appearance, climbing from 11th to 8th. Well done, boys!
TOP 100 Highlights
1 Backdoor Sliders 1: The Big Yabu had the 5th and 17th place teams in 2015. 566 moves. 50 starts left. 1st pick: (1) Mike Trout.
2 Fatuous Jeffreys: 423 moves. 68 starts left. 1st pick: (1) Mike Trout.
3 Team Lion: 102 moves. 56 starts left. 1st pick: (3) Paul Goldschmidt.
4 Cram It: The defending champion is in the hunt again! 401 moves. 64 starts left. 1st pick: (11) Kris Bryant. Also has the 73rd place team.
5 Team Levy: 133 moves. 79 starts left. 1st pick: (10) Carlos Correa.
6 Big Magoo: 173 moves. 71 starts left. His 2.88 ERA is 4th best in the RCL. The man has 3 top 100 teams (1st picks: (6) Josh Donaldson and (5) Josh Donaldson again and (3) Bryce Harper). Magoo is coming off a 2015 where he sported 3 top 30 teams.
7 Chicken Shack: 76 moves. 52 starts left. 1st pick: (5) Giancarlo Stanton.
8 ExtremeMakeover Ploop Edition: Truss didn’t draft this team, but took it over preseason and quickly made it his own. An impressive 83 wins/127 GS ratio. 289 moves. 53 starts left. 1st pick: (4) Clayton Kershaw. Matt had a top 10 team last year.
9 You had to make it weird: 405 moves. 55 starts left. 1st pick: (11) Josh Donaldson.
10 S’All Goooood, Man: 223 moves. 75 starts left. 1st pick: (1) Mike Trout.
17 Simply Fred (ECFBL): Fred spent some time at the top of the standings, and has managed to stay close despite tough competition eating away at his lead in the ECFBL. 690 moves. 52 starts left. 1st pick: (4) Nolan Arenado.
21 Rudy is Booty (Baba Booey): Drafted pitchers in the first 9 rounds, then grabbed Billy Hamilton as his first hitter. Has made 1882 moves to stay competitive in the hitting categories. Has 54 starts left. 1st pick: (10) Max Scherzer.
23 Samuel Colt Debate Team (DFSers Anonymous): Cram It appears to have this league well in hand, but Mauledbypandas is trying to keep him honest. The Debate Team is counting 56 points in the pitching categories. 1st pick: (2) Paul Goldschmidt. Pandas had the #6 team in 2015.
28 Harper Bullies (Night of the Living Zombinos): The first of 3 top 40 teams in this league. 1st pick: (3) Bryce Harper. Satchel Rages (30) and AK FortySevens (36) are keeping it interesting. Their first picks were (2) Paul Goldschmidt and (7) Nolan Arenado respectively.
33 Team McLeod (Razzball Perty Perts): @TimothyLMc has spent 10 straight weeks atop Perts and is only scoring 2 points in saves, with just Seung Hwan Oh closing games (drafted Trevor Rosenthal in the 8th round). 1st pick: (10) Jose Altuve. They have made 44 moves and have 51 starts left. Last season this team finished 800th overall.
52 Team harris (The Third Greatest): Gareth has built up a nice 10.5-point lead, while 2nd place Team Gunn has used all their starts and will likely drop some points in Wins and Ks. 1st pick: (2) Bryce Harper.
76 Monsters of Butt Rock (Fountains of Ralph): Prospector Ralph built a veteran team to show he is not a one-trick pony. 1st pick: (3) Bryce Harper.
80 Kid A (FCL): After 5 top 100 teams last year, the Kid downsized to 2 teams, but still has a presence at the top. 1st pick: (4) Anthony Rizzo.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DFSers Anonymous | Samuel Colt Debate Team traded Zach Britton to The People’s Champ for Billy Hamilton |
| South Side Titans | Enter Xandman traded David Phelps to Sippin’ on Gin Andrus for Drew Pomeranz |
| ECFBL | I Can Play– Centerfield traded Todd Frazier to Nine Pound Hammer for Aroldis Chapman |
| Cougs R Us | Team Frost traded Ken Giles to The Grand Dudapest Hotel for Hanley Ramirez |
| ECFBL | Evil Evies traded Travis Jankowski to Simply Fred for Jose Fernandez |
| Razzball Commenter League Max | Bless You Boys traded Aaron Nola* and Brian Dozier to Capital Offense for Alex Colome and Tyler Thornburg |
| That’ll do Puig | TEAM BROKEBACK traded Chris Sale, Chris Tillman, Kevin Pillar, Starling Marte and Yasmany Tomas to The Cheap Seats for Brian Dozier, Carlos Gonzalez, Dellin Betances and Jeurys Familia (The Cheap Seats dropped Curtis Granderson) |
| The Third Greatest | M@’s Third traded J.T. Realmuto to Vin Reds for Brandon Maurer |
| My Church | Spalding Language! traded Craig Kimbrel and Tyler Thornburg to Team maxwell for Rougned Odor (Team maxwell dropped Delino DeShields) |
| Summer of 69 | Random Druncs traded Xander Bogaerts to Rube Waddells Shiny Objects for Eduardo Nunez, Francisco Rodriguez and Jeanmar Gomez (Random Druncs dropped Brandon McCarthy and Will Harris) |
| Straight BESTBUY Homie | G and J traded Gregory Polanco to Team maxwell for Jacob deGrom |
| Dropped Third Strike | A Man Named Brady traded Carlos Estevez and Francisco Rodriguez to Calmer Than You Are for Jake Lamb (Calmer Than You Are dropped Joe Musgrove) |
| DFSers Anonymous | Butterfly Pimp traded Christian Yelich, J.D. Martinez and Rich Hill* to Samuel Colt Debate Team for Chris Sale, Sam Dyson and Todd Frazier |
| DriHeat | Confortoable in my shoes traded Mark Trumbo to D.B Cooper for Michael Saunders and Noah Syndergaard (Confortoable in my shoes dropped Trevor Story*) |
| Emasculating Throat Lozenges | Bklyn Zoo traded Corey Kluber to Jim Abbotts Right Hand Man for Roberto Osuna |
| 12 Monkeys Clicking | Donkeycorn Apocalypse 4 traded George Springer, Matt Carpenter and Sam Dyson to Purple Headed Yogurt Slingers for Jose Altuve and Rajai Davis (Purple Headed Yogurt Slingers dropped Hector Neris) |
| FCL | Cram It traded Bryce Harper and Christian Yelich to Odin’s Virulent Man Beard for Ken Giles, Kenley Jansen, Travis Jankowski and Zach Britton (Cram It dropped Anthony DeSclafani and Chris Devenski) |
| Original Recipe 2016 | Summah’ Dawgs traded Trea Turner to Team denzik for Kelvin Herrera and Yu Darvish (Summah’ Dawgs dropped Homer Bailey) |
With the 18 trades this week, the total is at 249 for the season. That works out to just under 3 per league. Last year there were 14 deals completed during trade deadline week, and a total of 2.86 per league.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 68 – Butte Invaders (High Heat)
HR –25 – Calgary Cannons (Razzballero1)
RBIs – 63 – Calgary Cannons (Razzballero1) & Team A-Roider (Dropped Third Strike)
SB – 18 – Channel 4 News Team (Take on the JayWrong #4)
AVG – .369 – Your Mom (Brave Frontier)
K – 109 – TN Achilles (Stream or die!)
W – 9 – Bar Breakers (Diickin Around), Cram It (FCL), Iowa Smokeyes (Smoke Show)
SV – 15 – Vin Reigns (Baba Booey)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.20 – InDaButt UpchuckYoMouth (12 Monkeys Clicking) (in 52.2 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.73 – I’m Going to Kyle You !! (Great Knocks) (in 49 IP)
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Mordecai Brown Baggers
League: Oscar’s Gambling on this League
Stats:
H/AB: 101/311, AVG: .325, R: 62, HR: 18, RBI: 54, SB: 7
IP: 69.2, ERA: 2.20, WHIP: 0.89, K: 77, W: 5, SV: 8
Summary:
The Brown Baggers sped past Marte Par-Tay and took over first place with a 12-point jump this week. Kyle Hendricks (2 Wins/9 Ks/ 0.55/0.80) and Danny Duffy (2 Wins/22 Ks/1.23/0.61) set the pace on the mound, with Edwin Diaz chipping in 4 saves. The offense was also impressive, despite Paul Goldschmidt‘s .217/0 HR week. Brad Miller (.320/6 Runs/3 HR/7 RBI/2 SB) and Brian Dozier (.324/6 Runs/3 HR/9 RBI) took up the slack.
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