July 10, 2010

Ryan Howard's power is back. After ending the first two months of the season with just 8 HR and 33 RBI in 50 games, Howard has added 9 HR and 32 RBI to his totals in 35 games since. In moving into a tie for first place in the NL RBI race, he is the difference between Michael Orobona and David Jones for the top spot in the pool's standings.

Of course, about half of the pool's participants picked Howard for NL RBI, so relatively speaking it's not as big of a deal as Joakim Soria moving into the AL saves lead (a week ago) and Carl Crawford climbing to the top of the AL runs list. These two stand as the only currently correct unique picks, for Aaron Smith and Steve Craig, respectively. Unfortunately, at the moment, they're all the glory Aaron and Steve, who rank 18th and 19th in our standings, can claim.