July 23, 2010

It should come as no surprise that Tim Lincecum, once again, has fallen out of the NL strikeouts lead. That see-saw ride has been going on for the entire season thus far. It's probably already been pointed out here that only three pool participants did not make that pick, but what's interesting is that two of those three were identified for their uniqueness just two weeks ago.

Aaron Smith and Steve Craig still own bragging rights for the only two currently correct unique picks, Joakim Soria (AL saves) and Carl Crawford (AL runs), respectively. They're also among the three who did not pick Lincecum for NL strikeouts, so that development benefits them as well, although it's only good for vaulting them to the middle of the pack.

Defending champion John Agnello still holds onto first place, by seven HBP over relative newcomer Jason Zelesky. The standing of David Jones, though, shows us that two-plus months to go in the season are an eternity, as he moves from first place on July 12 to 16th place, less than two weeks later.

Happy Hall of Fame Weekend!