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Welcome to the week that was, week 7 in the Razzball Commenter Leagues.  Vin tells me this past week marked the 25% point of our season.  I’d say it’s officially panic time for those of us in the bottom of the league standings.  For every team I have with PCA, I have one with Roki Sasaki absolutely devastating my ratios.  What a disappointment.  I had such high hopes after watching him in the WBC and really thought he would dominate stateside.  Between that and random reliever implosions (Porter Hodge, Kevin Ginkel, even Emmanuel Clase) I’m lucky to have any teams with an ERA under 4.00.  It’s not pretty out there, and it’s getting late early, but still we fight on.  Plenty of people are doing just fine with their teams and avoiding landmines, so let’s focus on them, some trades, and the rest of the week that was week 7.

 

‘PERTY ‘PERTS

Each week we’ll peek in at our resident ‘perts to see who is laying claim to best “expert” RCLer in the land.  We’ll take notes, check the standings and generally stalk them.  The heading is also hyperlink, so feel free to follow along as we go.

There wasn’t a ton of movement this week as standings start to normalize.  See my panic above.  Mike C had the best week of the bunch, gaining 7.5 points and moving up to second place thanks to 77.2 IP, 7 Wins, 75 Ks, and some very nice ratios (2.78/1.185).  Blair and MarmosDad brought up the rear, dropping 4.5 and 4 points, respectively, and slipping further into the basement.

 

RAZZSLAM STANDINGS UPDATE

Each week we’ll also take a look at the top ten overall standings in our other Razzball sponsored league, the RazzSlam.  This is our NFBC Best Ball league with managers from all across the industry, from content providers to fans and readers just like you.

Zach Meyer remains in first place while brocnessmonster kept climbing the standings to land in second, overtaking SaucyMittenz.  Vottoman Empire continued to try and claw back to the top three, finishing the week in fourth.  Rob Sherwood, friend of the show, had the most points in the Razzslam this week (716) gaining 26 spots in the standings and landing in the top ten overall.  Meanwhile, Dan Parsons had the biggest standings jump this week, gaining 678 points and moving up 72 spots to 110th overall.

 

TRADES

All the trades that have gone down in the past week.  Public ridicule is not only allowed, but encouraged.

DATE	LEAGUE	DETAILS
5/5/2025	ECFBL	Kitten Mittens traded Wilyer Abreu to Retro Vertigo for Zac Gallen
5/5/2025	RCL 33	Isotopes traded Roki Sasaki to Starfish & Coffee for Drew Rasmussen
5/5/2025	RCL 4	PlatanoPowers traded Ben Rice to The Great Knoche for Devin Williams
5/6/2025	NOTLZ	Creative Chaos traded Logan Webb to Keen Witt for Marcell Ozuna
5/7/2025	RCL 8	Razzball – The Lineup Builder traded Spencer Schwellenbach to TripleBs for Michael Harris II
5/8/2025	RCL 7	ChangeOfPace traded CJ Abrams to JulioistheGoat for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
5/9/2025	RCL 18	Maximum Bubic traded Hunter Greene & Cam Smith to unathletic cart for Felix Bautista & Matt Chapman
5/11/2025	RCL 20	Clear Vision traded Marcus Semien & Ryan Helsley to Vin Twenty for Tanner Bibee & Nico Hoerner

Eight trades this week, including me trading FOR Roki Sasaki, help me, I have a problem.  My thanks for this trade was something like 12 ER in 3 IP and no strikeouts.  I’m not sure how I feel about Knoche’s deal for Ben Rice, but getting some value for Williams probably is a good call.  I really don’t like TLB’s deal for Harris.  I’m a Braves fan too, and MHII is so fun, he’s just not great for fantasy right now.

 

WEEKLY LEADERS

The best of the best from the week that was.

R – 64 – JamScandal (NOTLZ)

HR –21 – BryceGaskin (RCL 11)

RBIs – 68 – Village Vagrants (RCL 18)

SB – 16 – milothecat (NOTLZ)

AVG – .329 – Crab Army Majordomo (CRAB ARMY)

K – 110 – FuzzyD (RCL 17)

W – 10 – cubbiehead (COUGS R US)

SV –  7 – 5 Teams Tied

ERA (Min. 40 IP) – 1.10 – goobjones (RCL 29) (in 57.1 IP)

WHIP (Min. 40 IP) – 0.746 – Lindorphins (RCL 30) (in 60.1 IP)

NOTLZ came out swinging this week!  FuzzyD broke their own strikeout weekly mark to take sole possession of the record.  110 strikeouts in only 87 IP.  How does that happen?  Cubbiehead was my hero this week, breaking a six-way tie for the Wins record and bumping it to ten.  On a total sidenote, I love the Lindorphins team name.

 

A couple more notes from the week from VinWins:

42 teams had an ERA below 2.00. 32 were above 6. (I think 8 of those were my teams)

3 teams hit under .200  (5 last week)

25 teams hit over .300.  (59 last week)

 

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Our weekly shout out to the team that killed it the previous week.

Team: Longballers

League: RCL 35

Stats:   AVG: .281, R: 59, HR: 16, RBI: 59, SB: 6

IP: 47.1, ERA: 2.47, WHIP: 1.056, K: 52, W: 5, SV: 5

Summary: Longballers lived up to their name this week, cracking 16 long balls and moving into first place in RCL 35.  Longballers gained 7.5 points in moving from third to first.  The big names paced the offense with Trea Turner (.370 with a homer and three steals) and Aaron Judge (.333/3 HR/6 RBI) showing the way. Willson Contreras and Carlos Santana also drove in six each. Santana did it in 14 at bats as Longballers picked him up and dropped him twice. Trevor Larnach was added on Friday and went 6 for 13 with a home run.  Sometimes you can do no wrong.  Nathan Eovaldi was the top pitcher with 2 wins and 14 strikeouts while allowing just one run and 9 baserunners in 13 innings. Garrett Crochet struck out 9 en route to a victory, while Kevin Gausman struggled but did record a win. Jhoan Duran appeared in 4 games, compiling a win and three saves while striking out six. Emmanuel Clase and Emilio Pagan each added a save.  Nice work, Longballers!

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