August 29, 2011

Curtis Granderson seizes control of AL HR/RBI/R, Justin Verlander maintains AL dominance despite a shaky Saturday start, and Roy Halladay slides down the NL leaderboards. Net result? Dan remains on top.

Amy Gill needs to outscore Dan to win, and Jason Salavon can tie by scrounging up a leader-point of his own somewhere. Prince Fielder in NL HR and Halladay in NL IP might be their best resources for catch-up points, although Amy can also score if Tim Lincecum snatches the ERA title from Johnny Cueto, who needs 22+ innings in September to qualify.

Keep checking www.mlbpool.blogspot.com for the latest injury updates and more frequent standings.

August 21, 2011

Not much has changed since last week. Ryan Braun takes over the NL runs lead from the injured Jose Reyes, vaulting Jason Salavon from 16th to 7th and dropping Aaron Smith from 20th to 22nd.

As we approach the season's final month, look for some more in-depth coverage as the pool gets down to the wire.

August 14, 2011

After an uncharacteristically slow start to the season, including over two weeks lost due to injury, Albert Pujols shows up among the MLB category leaders for the first time this season, pulling into a tie with teammate Lance Berkman for the NL lead in home runs, prior to today's action.

Despite picking Pujols in four different categories, Dan McCloskey took over first place in the pool a little over a month ago, and has only relinquished the lead for one update since. So, the recent Albert Pujols development would seem to be big news, but actually...not so much.

The top six leaders in the pool all have Pujols for NL HR, so his recent resurgence only negatively affects a few, including Sid Harris and Amy Gill, who fall from top five to outside of the top ten as a result.

August 9, 2011

Sorry about the lapse in coverage... both Jud and Dan have been on vacation.

Categories to watch: AL HR (Bautista 33, Teixeira 32), NL HR (Berkman 28, Pujols 27, Fielder 26), NL R (Reyes on DL), NL ERA (Vogelsong 2.48, Halladay 2.51), NL S (Kimbrel 35, Wilson 34).