The prospects are coming, the prospects are coming! What fun the end of week 16 brought. I, for one, was so excited that I happened to catch the news on Twitter of Manuel Margot being pulled in the 4th inning of his game that I totally whiffed on the David Dahl news. Turns out Manny Margot just had a bum foot…awesome. Now these Hippos are almost entirely Dahl-less in the RCLs. That makes me sad. As of this writing Dahl is owned in 75% of leagues and if he stays with the club through this week and makes it back to Coors still on the roster, I could see that number growing pretty quickly. Alex Bregman also got the call, but he was already stashed in most leagues. In fact, he’s only available in three leagues as of now. Those three leagues are clearly asleep at the wheel. Trea Turner is doing his thing and all his owners are happy to see he’s not getting Dusty’d…yet. With Nomar Mazara, Wilson Contreras, Tim Anderson and Max Kepler also out there making an impact, it’s been quite the season for the rookies so far. Let’s see who out there is putting these rooks to good use and what else transpired in the week that was, Week 16:
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.
My question is, how in the world does Prospect Ralph not own Alex Bregman? He let J-FOH stash him all this time? I am appalled. At least Ralph dropped Bregman for someone worthwhile. Oh, what’s that it was Angel Pagan? Oh dear. Come, sit with me prospector, let’s talk this one out. Perhaps David Dahl will help ease Ralph’s pain, and he’s got some serious work to do now that Ralph has fallen three places, down to 6th place. Ralph was the ‘Perts League’s biggest loser this week in both the standings and total points (-4). Meanwhile, JB was moving in the opposite direction. JB was the biggest points gainer this week (3.5) and made the biggest jump in the standings, moving up two spots to 5th place. Our heros, Grey Albright and Rudy Gamble remain stuck in the middle together in 7th and 8th place respectively. At least Grey still has bragging rights going for him there.
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 | Cram It | DFSers Anonymous | 106.6 | 106 | 104 | 101.5 |
| 2 | You had to make it weird | Nico Sux Dico | 105.4 | 107 | 100 | 104.2 |
| 3 | Backdoor Sliders 1 | FCL | 104.6 | 102.5 | 104 | 100.4 |
| 4 | Team Lion | South Side Titans | 104.1 | 102.5 | 101 | 103.5 |
| 5 | Chicken Shack | American Dream | 104.1 | 104.5 | 101 | 102.7 |
| 6 | Fatuous Jeffreys | Cougs R Us | 103.3 | 100.5 | 104 | 100 |
| 7 | Team Frost | Cougs R Us | 103.2 | 100 | 104 | 100.3 |
| 8 | T 1000 | RCL 1000 | 101.7 | 99 | 101 | 102.9 |
| 9 | AK FortySevens | Night of the Living Zombinos | 100.6 | 99 | 104 | 96.3 |
We got the skinny from Cram It last week, too much time at the beach, not enough time with the roster. Cram dumped the sand out of his shorts this week and ran his league points up to 106. That, combined with a 104 LCI has Cram once again sitting in the catbird seat. Last week’s leader, Team Lion fell to 4th this week as You had to make it weird jumped over him and Backdoor Sliders, into 2nd place overall. Sliders remains in 3rd for another week, picking his spot. Chicken Shack and Fatuous Jeffreys swapped spots this week. Team Frost jumped back in the top 10, from 12th place last week. T1000 moves up one spot to 8th overall and two newcomers joined the party this week. AK FortySevens jumped from 24th to 9th this week while Team Levy made the move from 15th to 10th. Nice weeks for those two, let’s see if they can hold on.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
The trade bug really bit this week with 24 total trades made. Check them out:
| DATE | LEAGUE | TRADE |
| 7/18/16 | All Summer Long | It Went All Wong traded Kenta Maeda, Nomar Mazara and Stephen Strasburg to Vin Rolls for Roberto Osuna, Ryan Braun and Stephen Piscotty |
| 7/18/16 | Brave Frontier | Hoboken Squat Cobblers traded Corey Kluber to Team maxwell for Marcell Ozuna |
| 7/18/16 | Straight BESTBUY Homie | G and J traded Jackie Bradley Jr. and Santiago Casilla to Team mikulik for David Price and Matt Holliday |
| 7/19/16 | 12 Monkeys Clicking | Purple Headed Yogurt Slingers traded Jonathan Villar to The The Angels Angels for Justin Verlander and Ryan Braun (Purple Headed Yogurt Slingers dropped Denard Span) |
| 7/19/16 | Gettin Frisky | 24 to 35 degrees traded Adam Jones, Anthony Rendon and Justin Upton to The K Giles Band for Adam Duvall, Dexter Fowler* and Joey Votto |
| 7/20/16 | The Greatest | Team Team traded Jeremy Jeffress and Starling Marte to Wiffleball Al for Chris Sale (Wiffleball Al dropped Odubel Herrera) |
| 7/20/16 | Be About Yo’ Paper | Florida Dude traded Chris Davis to Guy Montag for Starling Marte |
| 7/20/16 | ECFBL | Creative Chaos traded Raisel Iglesias and Starling Marte to The Hippos for Evan Gattis and Kyle Seager |
| 7/20/16 | Razzball Lurkers | House of Pain traded Jay Bruce to TEAM BROKEBACK II for Corey Kluber and Gerrit Cole (House of Pain dropped Matt Harvey*) |
| 7/21/16 | Be About Yo’ Paper | Guy Montag traded Jean Segura to Londregan RazzBall for Cody Allen |
| 7/21/16 | Night of the Living Zombinos | Pittsburgh Lumber Company traded Chris Archer to WAINWRONG WAYWRONG for Santiago Casilla |
| 7/21/16 | The Third Greatest | Team Foxy traded David Price and Yasiel Puig to Team harris for Justin Turner and Marcell Ozuna |
| 7/22/16 | 12 Monkeys Clicking | Donkeycorn Apocalypse 4 traded Joey Votto and Marcell Ozuna to Purple Headed Yogurt Slingers for Carlos Santana and Corey Kluber |
| 7/22/16 | Razzball Lurkers | Better Call Sal Fasano traded Anthony Rizzo and Jake Lamb to Pa Ingalls for Chris Sale and Eduardo Nunez |
| 7/22/16 | Razzballero2 | Johnny Utahs traded Ryan Braun to Snork Juice for Cole Hamels |
| 7/23/16 | Be About Yo’ Paper | Coffee is for Closers traded Anthony Rendon to Florida Dude for Drew Pomeranz |
| 7/23/16 | All Hail Beddict Tha God | Grey’s Balls traded Matt Carpenter* to Team Levy for Zach Britton |
| 7/23/16 | ECFBL | Creative Chaos traded Danny Salazar to ThrowTheHeat Meat for Gregory Polanco |
| 7/23/16 | High Heat | Balking Tall traded Billy Hamilton to If You Can’t Stand The Heat for Adam Duvall |
| 7/23/16 | High Heat | Butte Invaders traded Dee Gordon to If You Can’t Stand The Heat for Stephen Piscotty |
| 7/23/16 | Smoke Show | Cannonball Titcomb traded Billy Hamilton and Edwin Diaz to Vinspired Ross for Jackie Bradley Jr. |
| 7/24/16 | ECFBL | Pete Browning’s Bats traded Max Scherzer to Retro Vertigo for Adam Duvall and Troy Tulowitzki (Pete Browning’s Bats dropped Brock Holt) |
| 7/24/16 | Fountains of Ralph | kumamoto expungers traded Zach Britton to TN Achilles for Wilson Ramos |
| 7/24/16 | My Church | Hardy Bombs traded Tanner Roark to Spalding Language! for Seung Hwan Oh |
You wouldn’t have thought in the preseason that Adam Jones, Anthony Rendon and Justin Upton would be getting traded for Adam Duvall, Dexter Fowler and Joey Votto, but you can see it now.I can’t believe that Jonathan Villar netted Justin Verlander AND Ryan Braun. Nice get for the Yogurt Slingers.
July 20th was Starling Marte moving day as three of the four deals made that day involved the speedy Pirates outfielder. Speed kills.
I don’t see anything else outstanding here, just the typical dose of Saves and Steals changing hands. See a great deal that I missed? Let’s hear about it!
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 67 – Slammers Slam (The Greatest)
HR –27 – Team Brown (Mighty Minions)
RBIs – 66 – Confortoable in my shoes (DriHeat)
SB – 21 – @StatsR_ Us (Straight BESTBUY Homie)
AVG – .365 – No Use For A Name (FCL)
K – 98 – AK FortySevens (Night of the Living Zombinos) & kumamoto basashi (The Force Awakens)
W – 10 – Kid A (FCL)
SV – 13 – Vin Royals (American Dream) & What’syateam Gottadowitme? (Diickin Around)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 0.66 – Team Russell (Brave Frontier) (in 41 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.72 – Buehrle Legal (Mortals Vs. Beddict) (in 48.1 IP)
The FCL showed again this week why it is such a strong league, placing two teams in the overall leaders chart.
@StatsR_Us blew past the stolen base record of 17 this week with 21! Billy Hamilton and Ryan Braun had 12 between just them. Nice week, that should be a tough record to break.
Shout out to Nick the Dick, gotta love him busting out the Positive K reference team name. You know, I got a team, but your team ain’t run by me.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Slammers Slam
League: The Greatest
Stats: H/AB: 98/294, AVG: .333, R: 67, HR: 21, RBI: 56, SB: 8
IP: 63.2, ERA: 2.26, WHIP: 1.05, K: 58, W: 6, SV: 2
Summary: The greatest week ever for Slam? I think so. Slammers Slam now sits just one point out of third place in The Greatest RCL. Slam was led by Trevor Story who’s 6 HR/2 SB killer week carried a lot of teams this week. Evan Gattis and Joey Votto each pitched in 3 HRs and Votto batted over .500 for the week. Ryan Braun swiped 4 bags this week and Corey Kluber and Steven Wright led the way on the pitching side. If only Chris Carter would do something, it’d have been a perfect week. Nice work Slam, keep it up.
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