The humans are making their move now! Mad Beach Bums (Rakers Nation) continues to put the heat on Rudy Is Snooty and our human hero, Cram It has vaulted up the standings into third overall. It might be slightly unfair for the robots as Cram It seems to be half human, half Razzball Commenter Leagues machine. We’re all pulling for you Cram, make us humans proud! Only two of the four bots remain in the top 10 overall, however, all four remain in the top 20. Of course, two of those four bots are in the top four overall. They are the bread to the human sandwich of MBB and Cram. It was yet another excellent week for our Fantasy Master Lothario, Mr. Grey Albright. Despite this, he slipped back a spot from 7th overall to 8th overall. It was a very busy week of trading in the RCLs with a whopping 19 being completed. Some of the most competitive leagues were very active with three trades being completed in each of the ‘Perts League, ECFBL and DFSers Anonymous. All this, plus a familiar name makes an appearance as the team of the week. Come check out this and more in the week that was, week 8:
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 yet another stellar week for Grey as he gains the second most points in the league (5) to bring his total over 100. Everything Grey touches turns to gold for the past 4 weeks. I have a formula that former RCL Updater, VinWins put together to determine the Team of the Week honors every week. The formula counts X number of points for a HR, X number for RBIs, X number for a Save, etc. I then add all these together and whoever has the highest total is the TOW. Here are Grey’s standings in those ranks the past 4 weeks: 3rd, 10th, 28th and 4th this week. That’s a just plain crazy run. I am trying feebly to chase Grey down but as of this writing I’m 15 points back. FIFTEEN! The rest of us can only hope Grey goes cold here soon or this RCL race is going to be over before July.
On the flip side, Prospector Ralph is in free fall. Ralph dropped 11.5 points this week, the biggest in the league by a wide margin. Maybe it’s all the pressure Jose Altuve is putting on his other first round pick, Manny Machado. Ralph also had the biggest drop in the standings, losing two spots in falling from 4th to 6th. The second biggest drop this week belongs to Tehol, who lost 7 points and slipped from 2nd (where he’s been for three straight weeks) to 3rd.
TOP 10
For those too lazy to check the MASTER STANDINGS, I present to you, the current top 10
| RK | TEAM | LEAGUE | RCL PTS | LG PTS | LG INDEX | MASTER PTS |
| 1 | Rudy is Snooty | Take On M@ 3 | 103.5 | 108.5 | 103 | 94 |
| 2 | Rakers Nation | Rio Ruiz Super League | 102.8 | 108.5 | 103 | 91.5 |
| 3 | Cram It | Sponge-worthy Anti-Dentites | 101.8 | 109 | 101 | 93.1 |
| 4 | Grey is Bae | Sons of Beddict | 101.4 | 107 | 101 | 94.8 |
| 5 | Swamp Donkeys | Straight Cash Homie | 99.6 | 109 | 99 | 92.4 |
| 6 | Returning Champ | The Giant and the Jew | 97.8 | 103 | 102 | 88.9 |
| 7 | FIP U Guessed It | Jay’s here until Football Starts | 97.2 | 102.5 | 101 | 90.7 |
| 8 | Team Albright | Razzball ‘Perty ‘Perts | 97.2 | 99.5 | 104 | 88.8 |
| 9 | Team Dingerz | Daniel Murphy’s Porn Stash | 95.2 | 105 | 99 | 86.5 |
| 10 | Hollywood Knights | My Nightly Fantasy | 94.7 | 97.5 | 103 | 88.2 |
I already mentioned the top four in the opening paragraph, it’s going to be a fun race. Swamp Donkeys and Returning Champ swap positions this week in the overall standings, 5th and 6th respectively. FIP U Guessed It made an impressive move this week shooting from 33rd overall to 7th! Nice week there! Team Dingerz moves up seven places this week to return to the top ten and Hollywood Knights edges out Pancake Riot to get back into the top ten overall this week as well.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
| 5/28/2017 | Night of the Living Zombinos | Team Bromelia traded Trea Turner to Oh, Maybin Too Soon for Clayton Kershaw |
| 5/27/2017 | Razzball ‘Perty ‘Perts | Rudy traded Giancarlo Stanton to Tehol for George Springer, Yasiel Puig & Carlos Carrasco |
| 5/26/2017 | South Side Titans | Team Toombs traded Jose Altuve & Carlos Martinez to Lucille’s Skull Smashers for Jake Lamb & Robinson Cano |
| 5/26/2017 | ECFBL | Simply Fred traded Kris Bryant to El Macho Borracho for Anthony Rendon and Mark Trumbo |
| 5/26/2017 | ECFBL | The Hippos traded Bradley Zimmer to Team AL KOHLIC for Trevor Rosenthal |
| 5/25/2017 | DFSers Anonymous | Vottoman Empire traded Matt Carpenter, Yonder Alonso & Matt Bush to Chicago Pappy for Daniel Murphy & Stephen Strasburg |
| 5/25/2017 | DFSers Anonymous | Adderall Admirals traded Edwin Diaz & Felipe Rivero to Vottoman Empire for Chris Owings & Bradley Zimmer |
| 5/25/2017 | Razzball Writers League | M@ Hayes traded Edwin Encarnacion, Aledmys Diaz, Scott Schebler & Ivan Nova to Hip Hip Posada for Eric Hosmer, Todd Frazier, Jonathan Villar & David Peralta |
| 5/24/2017 | DFSers Anonymous | Hot Rods traded Billy Hamilton to Vottoman Empire for Michael Conforto |
| 5/24/2017 | ECFBL | El Macho Borracho traded Jose Ramirez and Craig Kimbrel to One Bad Inning for Charlie Blackmon |
| 5/24/2017 | Take on the Jay 4 | New Jersey DOMINICAN traded Dellin Betances & Aroldis Chapman to __ __ for Mark Reynolds & Darren O’Day |
| 5/23/2017 | Night of the Living Zombinos | The Beastman traded Mark Melancon to Pittsburgh Lumber Company for Eric Thames |
| 5/23/2017 | It’s Time For Dodger Baseball!! | Muskogee Wharf Rats traded Maikel Franco to Canostradamus for Aaron Hicks & Ivan Nova |
| 5/23/2017 | Frequent Commenters League | Jef with 1 F traded Carlos Martinez to Rube Waddell’s Shiny Objects for Carlos Gonzalez |
| 5/22/2017 | Cougs R Us | Team Sheridan traded Alex Bregman & Bradley Zimmer to Legal Roster for Maikel Franco & Miguel Cabrera |
| 5/22/2017 | Von Hayes and Confused | Wiffleball Wizard traded Jose Ramirez to The Road Warrior for Justin Turner & Mark Melancon |
| 5/22/2017 | Take on Jay | Page Master traded Jason Vargas to White Fang for Yasiel Puig |
| 5/22/2017 | Razzball ‘Perty ‘Perts | Prospector Ralph traded Justin Turner, Danny Duffy, Aaron Hicks & Carlos Gonzalez to M@ Hayes for Jose Altuve, Rick Porcello, Josh Reddick & Gregory Polanco |
| 5/22/2017 | Razzball ‘Perty ‘Perts | JB traded Brandon Kintzler to Tehol for Ryan Zimmerman & Santiago Casilla |
There were too many trades to go into too much detail on any this week there is, of course, Ralph’s trade heard round the RCLs for everyone to see. If you haven’t seen/heard, there you have it. You can catch Grey’s reaction to the trade on last week’s podcast. No word yet from M-Strudel on what he was thinking there.
It looks like someone got ripped off for Miggy this week…yikes.
Also, look at Bradley Zimmer making moves. Three different deals involving the speedy young prospect.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 55 – 4 Team Tied
HR –23 – FIP U Guessed It (Jay’s here until Football Starts) & New York Dahls (Keepin it Real)
RBIs – 63 – Malibu Deadbeats (Cougs R Us)
SB – 13 – Howsurwife Andmykids (Insert League Name Here)
AVG – .329 – Boston Strong (Straight Bestbuy Homie)
K – 153 – Calgary Cannons (My Nightly Fantasy) (Back to back weeks leading the RCLs)
W – 11 – Calgary Cannons (My Nightly Fantasy) (Back to back weeks leading the RCLs)
SV – 12 – Johnny Utahs (Johnson’s Ornithology E.O.D.) & High Desert Bridegrooms (Straight Bestbuy Homie)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.14 – Team AL KOHOLIC (Original Recipe 2017) (in 47.1 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.71 – The Feisty Colons (Werewolf Breeders League) (in 45.1 IP)
Congrats to frequent commenters Johnny Utahs and AL KOHLIC for their nice weeks!
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Calgary Cannons
League: My Nightly Fantasy
Stats: H/AB: 81/278, AVG: .291, R: 39, HR: 18, RBI: 47, SB: 3
IP: 174.2, ERA: 3.97, WHIP: 1.36, K: 153, W: 11, SV: 9
Summary: I didn’t speak to the Cannons achievements in the weekly leaders section because I knew I’d have the chance to here. The Calgary Cannons opted for quantity over quality in order to take home TOW honors this week. They didn’t have a super week, but when you throw 28 Games Started and 174.2 IP, your numbers pretty much dwarf everyone else. The Cannons actually finished second last week for the same reason, but only having 10 HRs didn’t boost the numbers up like this week’s 18 did. The Cannons are easily going to be the first team to cross the 180 GS threshold, likely doing so before June. As of Monday night the Cannons are sitting on 166 GS. Just 14 to go! That will leave four solid months to work down that 4.11 ERA and 1.34 WHIP while trying to add to those 61 Wins with relief pitchers. It will be interesting to see what impact RPs can have on those subpar numbers. It was a big week, but this could be the last we hear of the Calgary Cannons for a bit.
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