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.