This Week In Dinger Derby


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July 18

The All-Star Break is here and tonight is the annual Home Run Derby, featuring 7 of the top sluggers in the game today, and one of the best all-time. A little update before I settle in to watch the bomb show.

Standings

At the All-Star Break, Dale McDonald is the overall leader, with 196 dingers. Sean Laycock and Roberto Charles are close behind with 193 and 191 respectively. There are another 6 entries at or better than 180 with Ian Elliott, Nick Tiede and Justin Ramoutar rounding out the payout spots. Three squads are sitting 2 bombs back of Justin.

TD has been the hottest team thus far in July with 39 homeruns; 5 more than anyone else in the pool. Mike Adams had the most for the week leading into the break with 17, one ahead of TD.

At the bottom of the standings, we still have Vince Tycholas, who made a run at getting out of the bottom spot, but then fell back near the end of June. He's only 6 back of Pete Mueller currently, and with everyone having 70 some games left, there's plenty of time to stay off the Chump list.

Stats

Aaron Judge has not slowed down whatsoever, reaching the break with an impressive 33, which should see him reach 50 for the 2nd time in his career. Not a bad contract year performance. Kyle Schwarber had closed the gap to only a couple home runs, but Judge extended his lead this past week. A quick glance at the list, and I don't think anyone has both of these guys. The overall leader doesn't have either of these 2, but everyone they do have is in double digits.

The All-NL group has been a huge disappointment thus far, with only 4 of 10 hitters with 10 or more HR, while the entire AL-only Group 1 features 10 sluggers all with at least 11.

Kris Bryant has finally found his power stroke in Colorado after early injuries, and has passed 5 other players over the last month.

Stuff

Payout is posted on the Standings page. Good luck the rest of the way! 2022 Football Pools are up. Check out the facebook group or shoot me an email for more information!

Top 5 - July 18

EntryDingers
1Dale McDonald196
2Laker193
3Knuckles191
4Ian Elliott189
5TD186