Week 16 Real Rankings

Five weeks to go. Judging by the offers I've seen, seems like a lot of sellers out there. It will be interesting how this impacts playoff teams during the open trade period. While every team is free to make judgments on their own team, there are only 8 games separating the 8th and 13th spots. Prestige broke the 100-loss barrier this week and sits 59 games out.

There was a changing of the guard atop the actual standings as I overtook Gibby by one game. This looks like it will come down to the wire as we face the same four opponents in five weeks (Munchkins, Prestige, Cowhide, One Nut). Three of those look like playoff teams.

The Carlos Santana-led (6 hrs!) Munchkins rebounded after some mediocre weeks with a stellar 2.9, which would've been significantly better had he some semblance of a bullpen.

The Top 25 looks a lot more normal than it did the last time we checked. Guys I wouldn't have ever expected here when the season began include Blackmon, Frazier, Brantley, Altuve, and Kazmir. Cruz has always had promise, Rizzo was a top prospect who has emerged, and Tanaka and Abreu came in with a lot of well-deserved hype.

Probably tough for Jason to look at since the top overall guy is Felix and Braun is 41st. While Cueto has maintained at 4th overall, Kipnis has been nagged by injuries and is 257th overall. The fringe guys included in those deal also hurt as Erv Santana and Drew Hutchinson have been much better than Adam Eaton and Juan Nicasio. Its not a surprise then that no other team has a more imbalanced roster as his hitting RR is 2nd overall and his pitching RR is 11th.

Top 25
1. SP Felix Hernandez - Munchkins
2. OF Mike Trout - M.E.T
3. SP Clayton Kershaw - M.E.T.
4. SP Johnny Cueto - Angry
5. SP Adam Wainright - Donkey
6. 2B Jose Altuve - Cowhide
7. 1B Paul Goldschmidt - Ring
8. OF Michael Brantley - Donkey
9. OF Giancarlo Stanton - Munchkins
10. OF Andrew McCutchen - Montezumas
11. 1B Jose Abreu - Montezumas
12. SS Troy Tulowitski - Moose
13. SP Chris Sale - Keepin
14. OF Carlos Gomez - S. Napalm
15. OF Nelzon Cruz - Cowhide
16. 1B Miguel Cabrera - Munchkins
17. OF Jose Bautista - Angry
18. 1B Anthony Rizzo - Montezumas
19. SP Masahiro Tanaka - M.E.T.
20. OF Adam Jones - One Nut
21. OF Charlie Blackmon - One Nut
22. SP David Price - Cowhide
23. 3B Edwin Encarnacion - Prestige
24. 3B Todd Frazier - One Nut
25. SP Scott Kazmir - Montezumas