Welcome back my friends and opponents to the best RCL coverage on the net… hey, wait, didn’t I say that last week? Get some new tricks J-FOH! Oh hi there Sky, how did you get into my post? I don’t appreciate you telling everyone that I’ll be jumping out of a cake. You know I hate cake and consider myself a pie guy. Sorry, but I thought the pie trick would be messy. Would you prefer if I have you jump out of an over-sized keg? Perfect, as long as it’s half full, now carry on. [Jay’s Note: I’m pretty sure he would demand that it be a fad microbrew instead…] Thanks for coming in Sky. Okay, now back to where I talk about you readers. It’s still early and it looks like some of you are going into panic mode and that’s one reason why I’ll be highlighting some trades that have gone down this past week that show how hard people are reaching… (these views and opinions do not reflect Grey Albright Inc./Razzball and any affiliates and/or subsidiaries). Not all of them are reaches, but I wouldn’t make some of these trades. I hope some of the traders read this and come in and talk about those deals. As usual, we have the leaders of the week, the leaders of the pack (the top-10) and a new twist on an old staple where I highlight a random league for the whole world to see. You better put your pants because you never know when I will be popping in to take a snap shot. Oh, who am I kidding, who wears pants when they play fantasy baseball? I literally wear the same basketball shorts and sleeveless shirt all season. I wash it during the all-star break.
Category Leaders, Week 3
The writers strike back this week as Ralph the soccer guy and the Big Magoo (twice) appear on this list. Semien Sale is going back to back on the leader board. Last week he had the top batting average and this week he tied for first in dongs. Kudos to you Semien. Is it me, or do the Captains of Outer Space league sound like some misplaced LARP troop? I kid guys, but that is a very unlikely league name for this group. I’m almost certain that RBI leader RA the Rugged Dickies is frequent commenter and fantasy freestyler Nick the Dick. Cool name, now here’s a cool RA video.
| RUNS | 57 | Boston Ralph’s | Razzball RCL Writers League |
| HR | 17 | *3 tied with 17 | See Below |
| RBI | 62 | RA the Rugged Dickies | King Ralph’s Emporium |
| AVG | .343 | Laser Show | The Captains of Outer Space |
| SB | 18 | Left Arm of God | The Razzies Challenge |
| K | 85 | Sin City | Northern Exposure |
| W | 10 | Big Magoo | Razzball RCL Writers League |
| SV | 15 | The Dynasty V | Dropped Third Strike |
| ERA | 0.66 | Big Magoo | Take on Magoo |
| WHIP | 0.66 | Team Harrahy | Razzball Riverboat |
Note: ERA and WHIP are based off 40 innings pitched minimum.
* Pete Browning’s Bats, ECFBL / Los Pandas, FCL / Semien Sale, Take on Jay #3
The RCL Top 10, Week 3
This is the best around!… For the season… so far. Do you want to be Daniel Larusso? Then you got to beat all the Cobra Kai’s and win the All Valleys RCL Championship. Word around the office is that the grand prize is Sky jumping out of a cake in your living room and doing a strip tease to the the tune of Moment of Truth by Survivor. The table below contains the rank, team name, league name, RCL points, and League Index.
| 1 | Nick the Dick | FCL | 108.19 | 108 |
| 2 | St Louis Browns | Don’t even remember last year | 107.43 | 99 |
| 3 | Astros to Mouth | Spiders and Snakes | 107.38 | 100 |
| 4 | Team Albright | RCL ‘Perts | 107.20 | 101 |
| 5 | Sussex Wasps | CharlieHustlers | 106.48 | 104 |
| 6 | Orange Snacks | Skunk Beard | 106.01 | 100 |
| 7 | Money Ballers | JB’s RCL | 105.83 | 101 |
| 8 | I’ve got Wood…Phrasing! | Take on Jay #1 | 104.96 | 99 |
| 9 | Big Magoo | Take on Magoo | 104.68 | 101 |
| 10 | Jets Dynasty | Early Birds | 104.54 | 102 |
Razzball Commenter Leagues 2015 MASTER STANDINGS
What a difference a week makes in April. From last week we only have two teams on the list (Astros to Mouth was Team Smith last week and the St. Louis Browns) carry over and everyone else is new. Our illustrious leader cracks the top 10 as does our numbers man the Big Magoo. Frequent commeneter and leaguemate of mine in the FCL Nick the Dick takes over the top spot. Congrats Nick. I’m expecting a new RCL flow in the comments today.
Making Trades and Taking Names
The chart below shows the team name and player(s) that each team gave up in the trade. All data provided by Vin Wins!
| League | Manager & Players | Manager & Players |
|---|---|---|
| Nova Scotia | Detroit Stars: Kris Bryant & George Springer | Braun Weasley’s: Andrew McCutchen & Chase Headley |
| Jay’s Family and Friends | The Ladies Tree: Mookie Betts | Jupiter Jazz: J.D. Martinez & Zach Britton |
| In The Danger Zone | The Kris-tening: Jose Bautista | JasonWSchilling: Adrian Gonzalez |
| Euro Razzball | Apple Sauce: Jason Grilli | Miggy Mouse Club: David Ortiz |
| Damaged Goods | Florida Dude: Michael Brantley & Carlos Carrasco | Utica Blue Sox: Steven Souza & Michael Wacha |
Panic mode has set in for a few of these owners. Grilli for Papi is just crazy to me. But saves are saves and Grilli is churning them out like an amish girl making butter. If you would of told me in March that Joey Bats would be traded for Gonzo in week 3, I would have told you to get the f*** outta here. I love the haul that The Ladies Tree pulled in by stealing J.D. and the Britton for Betts. Very well done. Utica buying low on Brantley and Hot Carrasco Sauce is the kind of deal that will win them their league. For those discouraged with Brantley should note that he only has 44 AB’s and is hitting .341. He missed some time to start the year and is heating up (.458 the last week). I wouldn’t go into panic mode with him just yet. Lastly is Braun Weasley’s pull of Springer and Bryant, which can/should give him 50 dongs for the cost of an ailing dreadless pirate and Jaywrongs favorite player.
League of the Week
Every week…okay almost every week because I will talk about the RCL ‘Perts league and the Writers League at random, I will highlight an RCL league by putting up a screen shot of their standings and talking about your league.
- This week we have The Donkey is a Unicorn as our random league of the week. Excellent choice for a league name…very Classic Razzball at its finest. Their league index is 99.
- The current leader is The Swinging (90.92 RCL points), who if memory serves me well is a frequent commenter that goes by the same name. So far so good there. Looks like you are really working that wire with Jeurys Familia, Jason Grilli, Jimmy Nelson, and Kendrys Morales. Well done so far with your SAGNOF!
- Right on the heels of The Swinging is Team Deal and Gabba Gabba Hey! who both are over 90 league points. Looks like Deal is going with my favorite RCL strategy with a heavy pen which is demonstrated by his 150 K’s in 13 games starts. I like your style Deal. Gabba on the other hand is stacked with starting pitchers and is already at 29 game starts.
- While looking at the standings I see this league can be flipped on its head really quick. You guys…or girls, but most likely guys, need to start making more moves and pull that index up. Looks like you have two teams not playing. Bummer!
- I welcome you all to come into the comments and talk about your season so far.
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