Welcome back to the most important Razzball Commenter Leagues post you will read all week. Okay, well, it’s the only one, but lets not split hairs. Speaking of splitting hairs, I really need a haircut and a beard trim. I look like a hippy. Which reminds me of a movie I watched the other day after another fantasy related bout of insomnia. Back in the 90’s, we had a lot of good low budget flicks to entertain us while we waited for the internet to get better. PCU was one of my favorites from this genre that still to this day holds up with its commentary on the ridiculousness of higher education, why you shouldn’t get high and go out in public and of course the concept of don’t be that guy. [Jay’s Note: Swingers is better.] Oh the good times we had on couches with cheap pizza and malt liquor. Now, you might be wondering what this movie has to do with the RCL’s and you are right in asking, so I’ll tell you. Nothing, I’m just distracting you because it’s still too early for the master standings. I’m sorry guys and four girl readers. We will have to wait until next week to premier the official standings. Until then, assume you are in first overall if you are in first place in your league. We cool? Alright then let’s move on…
VIN WINS!
Every week I will try and share the RCL data collected by Vin to shed some light on this maddening format we all punish ourselves with. This week I’ll be highlighting some of the trades that went down in week one and let you decide what to think. The chart below shows the team name and player(s) that each team gave up in the trade to the other owner. Well played guys…or ladies.
| League | Manager & Players | Manager & Players |
|---|---|---|
| Lester’s RCL #1 | Team Stone Alex Gordon & Greg Holland |
For Shizzo My Rizzo Carlos Gonzalez & Joe Nathan |
| RCL FG Caught Looking | Operation Shutdown Neftali Feliz & Jason Grilli |
Trunk Monkeys Gerrit Cole & Jake McGee |
| The Razzies Challenge | Pete Rose Hall Monitors Aroldis Chapman |
WhiffleBall Kings Scott Kazmir & Chris Sale |
| Muscle Car Fanatics | Manscapers Anonymous Steve Cishek & Lance Lynn |
The Skins Chris Sale |
| Lester’s RCL #2 | My Mustache Has A Mustache Craig Kimbrel |
Buffalo Runner Chris Davis |
Every trade here involved a closer and two involved Chris Sale. In the RCLs, closers have a massive amount of value because the format doesn’t count their innings against you. Now don’t get me wrong, SAGNOF is always key to winning, but a strong closer always helps for those who can’t be there to work the waiver wire as soon as news breaks about bullpen changes. I think the best pull in this is Manscapers Anonymous, who unloaded shaky Cishek and middle of the pack Lynn for Sale. As long as Sale stays on the field, this can end up being a game changer for his season. If any of those involved in the above trades reads this, I invite you into the comments to talk about why you made the moves.
Below are the team category leaders for week 1. Some pretty impressive weeks on this list. Great job you guys…or ladies.
| RUNS | 60 | Los Atléticos de Havana | King Ralph’s Emporium |
| HR | 18 | All in The Game | Hoodie Dreams |
| RBI | 65 | 65 Ford Mustangs | Muscle Car Fanatics |
| SB | 18 | West Texas hothot | Beddict’s Brood of Bros |
| AVG | .328 | Ray Hill | The Underground |
| K | 95 | Cips FBC | Razzball Soccer Sympathizers |
| W | 9 | Left Arm Of God | The Razzies Challenge |
| SV | 13 | DONT TOUCH MY WONG! | Tehol and Taints |
| ERA | 0.47 | Team McAdams | The Underground |
| WHIP | 0.66 | The Slumpbusters | Freebird |
RCL ‘PERTS
The ‘Perts league is Grey and Rudy’s annual Friends and Family RCL. Or as I like to call it “the people that don’t mind Grey’s cackle and his in your face criticism of their work” league. I’ll be honest, I had to look up what a pert was, because at first I thought it was a perp league, which makes me a perfect candidate for it since I had a felony arrest and a handful of questionable life decisions before I ended up here. After correcting my error, I looked up Pert and found a lot of definitions. It can mean attractively lively or cheeky, jaunty or if I went with the British definition it can mean saucy, impudent, or forward. Cheeky? Saucy? Jaunty? There’s got to be a portmanteau in there. Either way it sounds like us. Along with Grey and Rudy, the league consists of Sky, Jay, JB, Mike, Tehol, Dalton Del Don from Yahoo, Tim McLeod from RotoRob, Mike Gianella from Baseball Prospectus, Ryan Carey from Mastersball and your RCL host, myself, Mr. J-FOH.
- What a first week for yours truly. Holla at me! Drafting Adrian Gonzalez to be my CI is making me feel pretty good about myself. Will my place hold up? Most likely not, but I will be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at these guys as I try to overcome some really sketchy draft picks. For now, I will go bump some theme music and celebrate my one week at the top.
- Who cares about me, I know you are here to see what’s going on in the Grey vs. Rudy match-up. Grey is right on my tail in 2nd as Rudy chills in 8th like a snake in the grass. I know the war is coming because these two are strictly business in here.
- Of the “friends” group, Yahoo’s Dalton Del Don is hanging in the top three right now while Jay lurks behind him in 4th. I’m watching you steppin’ at me Jay.
- The season is young but the writers around here like when I talk about them. Hi guys! Tehol and Sky, Mike and JB, and Bobby and Timmy and Cindy too…huh? I’m delirious, I hope you enjoyed the hip-hop.
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