May 30, 2010

This week's update has Rajai Davis reclaiming a share of the AL SB lead, a category that looks like it's going to be a dogfight between Davis and several others, including Brett Gardner and Carl Crawford; and Ryan Braun taking over the NL batting lead, another race that looks like it's way up for grabs.

These two developments have vaulted David Jones and Rob LaColla to the top of the standings, but David's 2 HBP lead looks to be brief, with Jon Lester taking the mound for the Red Sox today, trailing Jered Weaver by two strikeouts for the AL lead (as of yesterday's standings, Lester and LaColla were on top). That would benefit several people, one of whom is LaColla, who is poised to recapture first place as a result.

A short two months down, and a long four to go.

May 29, 2010

May 23, 2010

Given that Tampa Bay Rays hold all the top spots in AL pitching categories—with Texas's Neftali Feliz tied with Rafael Soriano for the saves lead—and that, collectively, we've picked zero Tampa Bay pitchers, this begins to tell the story of the pool so far this year.

Things are looking a little better than last week, though, thanks mostly to Michael Bourn adding a point to all but three participants. Prior to today's action, second-year pooler Tim Farrell spends his first week atop the leader board, with his hold on first place hanging on the tenuous lead of Evan Longoria in AL RBI—he’s actually tied with Miguel Cabrera in that category.

May 15, 2010

What a difference a week makes.

If you happened to check in on the blog last week, you may have noticed that our average correct picks per person had increased from 2.48 on May 1 to 4.09 on May 8. Well, as of today, only one week later, that average is down to 1.65. No longer does Felix Hernandez lead the AL in IP, so we're down to Roy Halladay (NL IP) and Tim Lincecum (NL SO) as the two pitchers preventing us from being nearly completely shutout.

Two of those three unique picks (Miguel Cabrera - AL BA, Jose Valverde - AL Saves) are what has David Jones and Michael Orobona on top of the leader board. Hopefully next week brings us a little better luck. It's a long season, of course.

May 8, 2010

May 1, 2010

In this, our first update of the 2010 season, the top of the standings has a certain redundancy to it. That is, eight of the top ten are there because they picked Felix Hernandez for AL IP, Roy Halladay for NL IP and Tim Lincecum for NL SO.

Believe it or not, pool leader Amy Gill is one of only five entrants who hasn't picked at least two of those three guys. This makes Amy's performance, so far, all the more remarkable. She has only Lincecum as one of her five correct categories, including three unique ones: Miguel Cabrera (AL RBI), Brett Gardner (AL SB) and David Aardsma (AL Saves). She's already looking vulnerable in the HBP department, though, but it's way early.

Unfortunately, those three previously mentioned stud pitchers are just about all we've gotten right so far, with Robinson Cano (AL BA), Rajai Davis (AL SB), and Pablo Sandoval (NL BA) being the only other exceptions.

It's looking like we have another exciting baseball season in store for us, with the pool adding just a little spice to the real deal. Good luck everyone, and thanks for being on board.