Welcome to the Razzball Commenter League week 18 recap! I’m on family vacation this week and will keep this short and sweet, but load it with all the usual numbers. VinWins ran the Emmanuel Clase report earlier this week and asked if it’s something I’d be interested in using and I jumped at the chance. This is the final week (well, actually just three more days) to improve your team via trade and one of the biggest trade targets is Saves. Clase was the top drafted closer during draft season and Vin checked in to see how each team that drafted him is doing, let’s have a look:
| LEAGUE | DRAFTED | ROUND | TEAM | POSITION | POINTS | MOVES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECFBL | 8 | 1 | Baltimore Oreos | 12 | 47 | 12 |
| NOTLZ | 28 | 3 | DonSlaughtOnslaught | 5 | 69.5 | 240 |
| PERTS | 37 | 4 | The Lineup Builder | 11 | 41 | 20 |
| 6 | 42 | 4 | Yankee Doodle | 9 | 49 | 32 |
| 23 | 42 | 4 | Cup4Water | 4 | 74.5 | 107 |
| 5 | 44 | 4 | Nocler | 3 | 83.5 | 96 |
| COUGS | 44 | 4 | Jeremy Gibbs | 11 | 45.5 | 87 |
| 30 | 45 | 4 | mrschaef | 7 | 65.5 | 232 |
| CRABARMY | 45 | 4 | Apple Bottoms | 7 | 61 | 51 |
| 1 | 46 | 4 | Kitten Mittens | 2 | 90 | 103 |
| 20 | 46 | 4 | Magnificently MediOAKer | 7 | 63.5 | 95 |
| 17 | 47 | 4 | Irish11561 | 4 | 75 | 107 |
| 18 | 48 | 4 | Bluefield Baby Birds | 2 | 89 | 168 |
| 11 | 49 | 5 | Highland Park Hounds | 3 | 92 | 152 |
| 37 | 49 | 5 | LickettySplits | 3 | 78.5 | 66 |
| DFSers | 49 | 5 | The Lineup Builder | 5 | 70 | 18 |
| 15 | 51 | 5 | West Foundation | 3 | 82 | 16 |
| 25 | 51 | 5 | Peoria Aliens | 9 | 65 | 36 |
| 28 | 51 | 5 | Say Hey Kid | 6 | 71 | 28 |
| WRITERS | 51 | 5 | D4RKSH33P | 9 | 49 | 0 |
| FCL | 52 | 5 | Little Lebowski Urban Achievers | 9 | 55.5 | 149 |
| 13 | 53 | 5 | Jeremy Gibbs | 6 | 68.5 | 89 |
| 27 | 53 | 5 | Jeremy Gibbs | 9 | 60.5 | 77 |
| 29 | 53 | 5 | Longballers | 4 | 89.5 | 310 |
| 33 | 53 | 5 | Science, Bitch! | 2 | 89.5 | 111 |
| 36 | 53 | 5 | stechsjj | 2 | 83 | 122 |
| 19 | 54 | 5 | RE-UP_XIX | 1 | 90 | 98 |
| 22 | 55 | 5 | cubbiebluez | 7 | 66 | 146 |
| 26 | 57 | 5 | bummers | 11 | 49 | 13 |
| OR | 57 | 5 | Clay Pigeons | 4 | 75.5 | 114 |
| 9 | 59 | 5 | parkerd | 11 | 43.5 | 7 |
| 14 | 60 | 5 | jjbanks | 5 | 72.5 | 58 |
| 35 | 60 | 5 | The Sneetches | 8 | 58.5 | 192 |
| 4 | 61 | 6 | AustinKnight | 8 | 64.5 | 13 |
| 16 | 61 | 6 | Run Faster | 8 | 63 | 64 |
| 32 | 62 | 6 | Naples Illini | 10 | 52.5 | 60 |
| 2 | 63 | 6 | Babip Shark IV | 5 | 71.5 | 56 |
| 8 | 63 | 6 | mpaltrow | 9 | 50.5 | 7 |
| 34 | 63 | 6 | Team Truss | 3 | 81.5 | 175 |
| 12 | 64 | 6 | Roto_Wan | 8 | 54 | 8 |
| 31 | 65 | 6 | RamblinWreck | 6 | 64 | 50 |
| 3 | 66 | 6 | Swing Away | 1 | 88 | 73 |
| 10 | 66 | 6 | MyOtherLeague | 8 | 60 | 28 |
| 21 | 69 | 6 | StlPerfectos | 11 | 49 | 64 |
I’m not sure we learn a whole lot from this info. The fifth round was the most popular place to pick Clase, but interestingly, those who drafted him in the sixth seem to be doing worse, which is odd. Getting a bargain on the draft’s top closer wouldn’t seem to be a negative. I think the biggest takeaway here is that of all 44 teams who drafted Clase, we have two in first place and four in second. In other words, it may not pay off to go after that top closer on draft day. What do you think?
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.
Son held onto first for another week despite dropping six points. He was helped by Cram It losing 1.5 points despite leading the league in Runs, HRs, RBIs, Saves, and ERA. Meanwhile, MarmosDad continued his yo-yo season, gaining 8.5 points this week, the most of anyone. Great Knoche took the biggest tumble, dropping a whopping 11 points this week thanks in part to a 9.30 ERA and 2.033 WHIP. Luckily that was only 30 IP worth of ratios.
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.
And then there was Son.
TOP 10
VinWins take on the Master Standings while we await official standings.
| RANK | LEAGUE | TEAM | LeaguePts | VINDEX | VPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RCL 17 | FANTASY ICON 5.0 | 108.5 | 99.79 | 108.16 |
| 2 | RCL 12 | Wake – N – Rake | 107.5 | 100.18 | 107.79 |
| 3 | RCL 6 | Stolen Vortex | 104.5 | 101.36 | 106.64 |
| 4 | RCL 33 | Starfish & Coffee | 107 | 98.8 | 105.08 |
| 5 | RCL 26 | Bayou Bombers | 104.5 | 100.17 | 104.77 |
| 6 | RCL 31 | Deb, The Toast of Iceland | 103 | 100.07 | 103.11 |
| 7 | RCL 29 | Tuck It In | 99 | 102.31 | 102.46 |
| 8 | CRAB ARMY | Kiwi King | 105 | 98.32 | 102.37 |
| 9 | Perts League | Son | 97.5 | 102.75 | 101.56 |
| 10 | RCL 34 | Vin 34 | 101 | 100.28 | 101.42 |
Fantasy Icon holds on to the top spot for another week and Wake-N-Rake takes over the second spot as Son falls to ninth. Everyone else moves up one spot. Deb and Vin jump back in the top ten this week, sandwiching my Crab Army squad.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 7/31/2023 | RCL 18 |
Atavistic Abalones traded Trea Turner to NCPhilly for Bo Bichette
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| 8/2/2023 | RCL 33 |
olaxsoxo traded Elly De La Cruz to Starfish & Coffee for Devin Williams
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| 8/2/2023 | RCL 6 |
Yoshi’s Sushi & Sake traded Daulton Varsho to Stolen Vortex for Esteury Ruiz
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| 8/4/2023 | COUGS R US |
AllRice traded Trea Turner, Tyler O’Neill, & Brandon Nimmo to Jeremy Gibbs for Anthony Volpe & Zack Wheeler
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| 8/5/2023 | COUGS R US |
BallBusters traded Freddie Freeman to AllRice for Aaron Judge
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| 8/5/2023 | RCL 21 |
StlPerfectos traded Ryan O’Hearn & Will Smith to Analyzing Unathletic Success for Tanner Bibee, Ryan McMahon, & Daulton Varsho
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Six trades this, penultimate trade week, and a couple of doozies. Aaron Judge for Freddie Freeman is maybe the biggest. I have a 20 save lead in RCL 33 and sent Devin Williams packing for Elly De La Cruz (I have points to gain in SBs) and I scooped Gallegos…who is maybe a closer to replace Williams. We’ll see. Trea Turner was moved twice, once for Bo Bichette, that’s tough luck.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 67 – Bayou Swampers (RCL 28)
HR –27 – Team Shiomo (RCL 26)
RBIs – 68 – Rmuzz55 (RCL 11)
SB – 23 – STL Cardinals (RCL 12)
AVG – .345 – Rmuzz55 (RCL 11)
K – 90 – Ripken Randos (RCL 21) & dwightford (RCL 27) (though, Ripken did in 30 less IP)
W – 9 – Pooh Diddy & the Hizzies (RCL 35), GB’S BUMS (RCL 35), & rloyod (RCL 36)
SV – 12 – Magnificently MediOAKer (RCL 20)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.25 – Bayou Bombers (RCL 26) (in 43.1 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.725 – CBamks81 (RCL 28) (in 40 IP)
Team Shiomo set a new weekly HR record, led by Dansby Swanon’s five dingers. STL Cardinals tied the stolen base mark with 23.
Some more notes from the week courtesy of VinWins:
40 teams hit over .300; 5 hit under .200
7 teams had an ERA under 2.00; 64 teams had a 6+ ERA (The Great Knoche: Perts 9.30 in 30 IP; RCL 1 – 9.00 in 22 IP)
12 teams had 0 Wins; 81 teams had 0 Saves.
2 teams failed to steal a base; 20 had 15+. The average was 7.5.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Bayou Swampers
League: RCL 28
Stats: AVG: .344, R: 67, HR: 23, RBI: 55, SB: 11
IP: 71.1, ERA: 3.66, WHIP: 0.953, K: 68, W: 5, SV: 6
Summary: The Bayou gang had a very nice week for themselves which includes winning TOW. Those hitting numbers are bonkers and while what ERA and K/9 aren’t the best, that sub one WHIP always maes me drool. Adolis Garcia and Lane Thomas led the way on offense and Zach Eflin and Dane Dunning killed it on the pitching side. Nice work to the Bayou Bunch!
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