A few announcements before we dive into the Razzball Commenter Leagues week 19 stats. First off, our RCL trade deadline is tomorrow at midnight, get those deals in while you still can. Trade B_don all your closers. Week 20 also marks the start of the next round of the Razzslam. Not much you can do here but cheer your guys on, so get your heartiest cheers prepared. We have eight scoring periods remaining in our fantasy baseball season, it seems like only yesterday we were having opening day in another country before waiting two weeks and numerous injuries before having opening day 2.0 stateside. What a time that was, we were younger then. Alas, we are now older, wiser, and filled with more Funyuns, let’s dive into week 19 stats before we age any more.
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’s now a 13 point lead for Son as he looks to run away with this thing with eight weeks to go. Son usually peaks early and fades out, but this year it seems he’s playing this perfectly. Coolwhip was the big winner this week, picking up 7.5 points and moving from tenth to eighth. I was the biggest loser, dropping five points and falling from fourth to seventh. Two steps forward, four steps back this season. I also want to note that the lowest ERA of the week was Kirksey’s 3.65. Everyone else was over 4.00. Also, shout out to MarmosDad for coming from 12th to pass me and take sixth this week. That’s a never-say-die attitude right there. Respect.
Each week we’ll also take a look at the top ten overall standings in our other Razzball sponsored league, the RazzSlam. This is our NFBC Best Ball league with managers from all across the industry, from content providers to fans and readers just like you.
Our top ten and definitely moving on to the next round. The top 30 advance to the next round with everyone else being kicked to the Wild Card Tier. The top three from the Wild Card Tier are added to the Championship Tier and fourth and fifth place remain in the Wild Card Tier:
If you were in the Wild Card Tier and weren’t one of these five teams, your RazzSlam season is at an end. Better luck next year.
From here, I believe only the top two teams will make it out of the Wild Card Tier and into the final Championship Tier along with the top 18 from the Championship Tier, leaving us with 20 teams to battle for glory. It’s confusing, but makes sense if your squint at it.
TOP 10
For those too lazy to check the MASTER STANDINGS, I present to you, the current top 10
The RCL-Bot is on vacation, but the standings should run Thursday or Friday, so check back and we’ll chat about them next week. As for this week, Vin has our current leaders for you:
HOME RUNS
259 oldrock (RCL 29)
STOLEN BASES
211 TagEmAndBagEmRCL14 (RCL 14)
RUNS
853 Touch ‘em all, Joe (RCL 33)
RBI
843 DFresh (RCL 20)
AVERAGE
.284 JKJ (RCL 14)
WINS
85 Imaginary Sportsball (RCL 8), dillondobies (RCL 28), Nimodo’s French Franchise (RCL 6)
SAVES
136 Stretch Run Punchouts (RCL 10)
STRIKEOUTS
1252 prymal2 (RCL 27) 1253.1 IP
WHIP (700 IP Min)
1.041 ejendres (RCL 14 ) 959.2 IP
ERA (700 IP Min)
2.96 RIPGrimey (DFSers Anonymous) 856.1 IP
69.1% of the schedule has been completed. 691 IP would be on pace for the 1000 IP minimum. 968 IP is on pace for the maximum 1400 IP.
TRADES
All the trades that have gone down in the past week. Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.
| DATE | LEAGUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 7/29/2024 | RCL 3 |
Ghost of Cito Gaston traded Randy Arozarena to mfkoenig for Justin Steele |
| 7/30/2024 | COUGS R US |
Again and again traded Corey Seager & Shelby Miller to The Bat Flip for Matt Olson & Taylor Ward |
| 7/31/2024 | NOTLZ |
Cleats traded Shota Imanaga to DonSlaughtOnslaught for Kyle Schwarber |
| 7/31/2024 | RCL 11 |
Rowers traded Taj Bradley to The Lineup Builder for Steven Kwan |
| 8/3/2024 | RCL 24 |
Kwantum Leap traded Wenceel Perez & Zack Wheeler to tberkman for Marcus Semien & Alec Burleson |
| 8/4/2024 | RCL 26 |
Hometown Hero traded David Bednar & Heliot Ramos to Royce and Shine for Nathaniel Lowe & Grayson Rodriguez |
| 8/4/2024 | RCL 17 |
Black Diamonds traded Tanner Houck to Hometown Hero for Bryson Stott |
Seven deals this week and again, this is the last week to make trades. Nothing too crazy here, I love making a move for Taj Bradley right now. Give me all the Taj.
WEEKLY LEADERS
The best of the best from the week that was.
R – 68 – Creative Chaos (ECFBL) & The Bananas (Crab Army)
HR –25 – Creative Chaos (ECFBL)
RBIs – 68 – Creative Chaos (ECFBL) & NAYLOR BROS INC (RCL 2)
SB – 17 – ejendres (RCL 14)
AVG – .366 – ejendres (RCL 19)
K – 88 – Organic Pringles (FCL)
W – 8 – Wellhungarian (RCL 31) & Rowers (RCL 11)
SV – 8 – A Man Named Brady (RCL 35)
ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.56 – Moodlight Graham (RCL 12) (in 52 IP)
WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.792 – St Votto’s Blue Maple Leaf (NOTLZ) (in 48 IP)
Creative Chaos had himself a week! I’ve played with CC for many years in ECFBL and he’s always a worthy adversary, nice work! Ejendres got two teams in the leaderboard and set a new weekly high for batting average. I’m a little surprised the other offense numbers weren’t higher considering the ERAs this week. Look at these stats from Vin:
4 teams had an ERA under 2. (Last Week there were 28)
82 teams had an ERA over 6. (Last Week there were 14)
7 teams hit under .200 (Last Week there were 18)
48 teams hit over .300. (Last Week there were 34)
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.
Team: Wheel of Nonsense
League: RCL 27
Stats: AVG: .288, R: 63, HR: 23, RBI: 65, SB: 10
IP: 60, ERA: 4.05, WHIP: 1.30, K: 63, W: 5, SV: 2
Summary: I wouldn’t normally give a team with poor pitching like this TOW, but when everyone has awful pitching, hitting rules the day. WoN went ham on offense, nearing the top of the charts in every category. They held onto first place in RCL 27, stretching their lead from 3.5 to 6.5. The offense was led by Jose Ramirez, who hit .391 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI. He also stole 2 bases and scored 9 runs. Ketel Marte (.370/4 HR/9 RBI), Jackson Holliday (.389/2 HR/7 RBI), and Anthony Santander (.344/3 HR/7 RBI) were also big contributors. On the pitching side, Blake Snell’s no-hitter (11 K/3 BB) carried much of the load. Paul Skenes (11.1 IP/3 ER/10 K) and Spencer Schwellenbach (7 IP/10 K/3.86/0.857) supported the effort. Robert Suarez had a win and a save and did not allow a baserunner in 2 innings. Big wheel, keep on turnin.
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