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Keep Climbing

Photo by USATSICITY SLICKERS II’s 9th place WHIP ranking back in week two is a distant memory these days. Their 1.01 WHIP pushed them into 2nd place this week. Coach DeMonte’s squad got three solid performances, courtesy of Masahiro Tanaka, Aaron Civale, and Taylor Rogers, who together produced a 0.68 WHIP in 17 and 2/3 innings.

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Photo by USATSISCHNOOKERS got more of the performances that had them moving up the overall standings in each of the previous three weeks. They can attribute the move to good performances in three stat categories, including moving up four places in wins. Justin Verlander was the key contributor, notching 2 wins. That helped SCHNOOKERS move up from 6th to 2nd in the wins standings.

Monster

Photo by USATSIDEADZONES got the league’s top stolen base performance this week from Adalberto Mondesi. Mondesi swiped 4 bases while leading DEADZONES to 5 stolen bases overall. He is on quite a hot streak, having totaled more stolen bases than any other starting player over the last three weeks. Nevertheless, DEADZONES stayed in 5th place in the stolen bases standings.

Producing the Goods

Nothing got past Colt 45s‘ batsmen, who had a .306 batting average this week. They did well with a balanced effort, as seven players outperformed the league average. Matt Duffy was the best of the bunch, hitting .444. Duffy’s performance this week stopped his nine game streak of not meeting his projections. As a result, Colt 45s jumped up one spot and into 3rd in the batting average standings, passing SHAMS. Unfortunately though, Colt 45s fell from 3rd to 5th in the overall rankings.

Can We Get…Any Stats?

SKINS’s bad season got a whole lot worse this week. They only managed 15 category points, which was the lowest total of any team this season. Coaches Mark Hodgkins and Frank Grzegorzewski’s squad managed to finish worst in the league in RBIs, home runs, stolen bases, WHIP, and ERA (with 18 RBIs, 5 HRs, 0 stolen bases, a 0.93 WHIP, and a 1.39 ERA). As a result, SKINS fell from 10th to 12th in the overall rankings.

Roto Weekly Performance
Week Rank	Team	Season Rank (of 324)	Season Percentile
1	SCHNOOKERS	20	94th
2	SPACE COWBOYS	27	92nd
3	DEADZONES	44	86th
4	MASTERBLASTERS	44	86th
5	Colt 45s	63	81st
6	CITY SLICKERS II	111	66th
7	TEABAGGERS	136	58th
8	DEADWOODS	214	34th
9	ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS	251	23rd
10	SALUKIS	286	12th
11	SHAMS	315	3rd
12	SKINS	324	< 1st

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Marching Towards the Top

SCHNOOKERS has now improved their overall ranking each week for the past two straight weeks. They rose up due to good performances in two categories, including a one spot jump in wins. Coach Schneller’s squad had two main stars in Zack Greinke and James Paxton, who together won 4 games. Greinke’s performance this week ended a three game streak of failing to hit his projections.

Power Hour

Photo by USATSICITY SLICKERS II showed everybody how it’s done in the home runs department, blasting 19 of them. No other team clobbered more HRs this week. Jose Altuve was the leader in that area for CITY SLICKERS II, launching 3 HRs to go along with 4 RBIs and 1 stolen base. CITY SLICKERS II moved up the HRs standings for the 2nd straight week, going from 5th to 4th.

TIMBER!

Photo by USATSIHard to believe, but DEADWOODS used to be in 2nd place in the ERA standings. That was back in week sixteen. Unfortunately, things have gone downhill since. They fell down one spot to 9th place this week after sporting a 7.82 ERA. Mike Fiers loomed large in the result, totaling a 40.50 ERA in 2 and 2/3 innings. Fiers has posted the highest ERA of any starting player over the last three weeks.

Quick Fall from Grace

Colt 45s came out of the gate hot this week in the batting average department, batting a league-leading .350 over the first four days of the week. Unfortunately, that performance was anything but predictive, as Coach Kelly’s gang hit only .224 the rest of the way, which was the worst mark in the league. That fall-off more than made up for any early heroics, as Colt 45s wound up in 9th place for the week.

Lost Cause

SALUKIS got busy this week digging themselves an even bigger hole in the WHIP category. They suffered a bad case of WHIPlash with a sorry 1.8 WHIP. Reynaldo Lopez and Mike Montgomery put a big hurt on SALUKIS’s chances this week, tallying a 2.07 WHIP in 9 and 2/3 innings between them. SALUKIS are now 0.03 WHIP behind DEADZONES.

Roto Weekly Performance
Week Rank	Team	Season Rank (of 312)	Season Percentile
1	CITY SLICKERS II	3	99th
2	MASTERBLASTERS	15	95th
3	SCHNOOKERS	56	82nd
4	SKINS	84	73rd
5	SPACE COWBOYS	106	66th
6	TEABAGGERS	148	53rd
7	Colt 45s	207	34th
8	DEADZONES	207	34th
9	DEADWOODS	247	21st
10	ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS	277	11th
11	SALUKIS	294	6th
12	SHAMS	294	6th

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Catch Me if You Can!

Photo by USATSISPACE COWBOYS are just showing off in the home runs category at this point. They had a great week in the HRs department, clobbering 14 of them. Mitch Garver and Jorge Soler were the key contributors, banging out 3 HRs each. SPACE COWBOYS are now way ahead of MASTERBLASTERS, to the tune of 41 HRs.

Group Project

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SCHNOOKERS dominated the home runs category this week, blasting 16 HRs. A league-high eleven different players contributed in that category, with Rougned Odor (3 HRs) leading the way. Odor’s performance this week stopped his four game streak of not meeting his projections. His performance pushed SCHNOOKERS from 7th to 5th in the HRs standings.

Sinking Feeling

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MASTERBLASTERS got the league’s top RBI performance this week from Jose Abreu. Abreu produced 9 RBIs while leading MASTERBLASTERS to 39 RBIs overall. He has been on fire during the last three weeks, putting up more RBIs than any other starting player. Nevertheless, MASTERBLASTERS stayed in 3rd place in the RBIs standings. They fell from 2nd to 3rd in the overall rankings.

Poor Performance

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Colt 45s put up a rare bad effort in the ERA category this week. Their ERA was more LOL as it rounded out to a pitiful 7.24. Rick Porcello stuck out as the worst performer, sporting a 13.50 ERA in 8 innings. Despite that, Colt 45s held on to their 1st place position in the ERA rankings.

Flameout

Last week’s .346 BA performance was something to remember… this week’s performance is one that ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS will likely try to forget. They stumbled their way to batting only .204. They were practicing their manners as they put every other team ahead of themselves in the BA category this week. As a result, they fell from 8th to 9th in the batting average standings, .001 BA behind SPACE COWBOYS. ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS also fell from 11th to 12th in the overall rankings.

Roto Weekly Performance
Week Rank	Team	Season Rank (of 300)	Season Percentile
1	SCHNOOKERS	2	99th
2	CITY SLICKERS II	28	91st
3	SHAMS	76	75th
4	TEABAGGERS	82	73rd
5	MASTERBLASTERS	86	71st
6	SPACE COWBOYS	123	59th
7	DEADZONES	181	40th
8	SALUKIS	194	35th
9	SKINS	239	20th
10	Colt 45s	253	16th
11	ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS	268	11th
12	DEADWOODS	294	2nd

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Doin Work

Photo by USATSIDEADWOODS stood out in the home runs category, clobbering 14 of them. C.J. Cron and Aaron Judge were the prime movers for DEADWOODS, cranking out 3 HRs each. The Judge became the third fastest ever to hit 100 home runs with this 462-foot rocket to straightaway center Tuesday afternoon. DEADWOODS moved up from 7th to 5th in the HRs standings.

Can’t Touch This

ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS batted only .220 last week, but really turned things around this week. They came through to the tune of a .346 BA. That wasn’t just the best result this week in the batting average category, it was the best result for the season. As a result, ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS jumped up two spots and into 8th in the batting average standings, less than .001 BA behind SPACE COWBOYS. ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS also were no longer in last place overall, moving up to 11th.

Before and After

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Colt 45s can happily forget their 12th place ranking in the RBIs standings 22 weeks ago. They moved into 4th place this week after logging 52 RBIs. Coach Kelly’s squad was led by the tag team of Marcus Semien and J.D. Martinez, who together notched 21 RBIs. Semien alone racked up 11 RBIs, which topped all players this week.

The King is Dead

MASTERBLASTERS fell off their perch at the top of the league and into 2nd place overall. They had poor showings in four stat categories, including moving down one spot in wins. Coaches Colin Scoggins and keith mckinley’s squad suffered from eight zeros in that category, one of which came from Cam Bedrosian, who also sported a 20.25 ERA and produced a 3.75 WHIP. Bedrosian’s performance this week broke his three game streak of surpassing his projections.

Ouch…Just Ouch

SALUKIS were already struggling this season, and that was before they collectively took week 24 off. They fell in behind all other teams, earning only 38.5 category points this week. SALUKIS came in dead last in wins, ERA, and stolen bases with 0 wins, a 9.00 ERA, and 0 stolen bases. They stayed in 11th place in the overall standings this week.

Roto Weekly Performance
Week Rank	Team	Season Rank (of 288)	Season Percentile
1	Colt 45s	44	85th
2	CITY SLICKERS II	48	83rd
3	SPACE COWBOYS	58	80th
4	DEADWOODS	84	71st
5	MASTERBLASTERS	112	61st
6	TEABAGGERS	145	50th
7	ARMCHAIR SLUGGERS	155	46th
8	SCHNOOKERS	179	38th
9	SHAMS	179	38th
10	SKINS	219	24th
11	DEADZONES	231	20th
12	SALUKIS	244	15th