Monday, September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019

Congratulations to Stephen Craig, winner of the 2019 MLB Predictions Pool! Steve becomes our fourteenth new winner in his eleventh year as an entrant.

  • Three of us made “unique" picks this year: Greg Glassman (Anthony Rendon - NL RBI), Jeff Gatland (Ronald Acuña Jr. - NL runs), and Amy Gill (Jacob deGrom - NL SO).
  • Danton Boller wins the annual Hughie Jennings Memorial Award, leading the pool with 55 tiebreaker points.
Here are the season category leaders, with bold indicating players we actually chose:

AL BA: Tim Anderson
AL HR: Jorge Soler
AL RBI: José Abreu
AL R: Mookie Betts (12)
AL SB: Mallex Smith (5)
NL BA: Christian Yelich (6)
NL HR: Pete Alonso
NL RBI: Anthony Rendon (1)
NL R: Ronald Acuña Jr. (1)
NL SB: Ronald Acuña Jr.

AL IP: Justin Verlander (2)
AL W: Justin Verlander (2)
AL ERA: Gerrit Cole
AL SO: Gerrit Cole (3)
AL S: Roberto Osuna (5)
NL IP: Stephen Strasburg
NL W: Stephen Strasburg
NL ERA: Hyun-Jin Ryu
NL SO: Jacob deGrom (1)
NL S: Kirby Yates

AL HBP: Alex Gordon
NL HBP: Anthony Rizzo (10)
AL HB: Spencer Turnbull
NL HB: Julio Teherán


Thanks a lot to everyone for participating this year, and big ups to Brian for making the daily Twitter and blog updates possible. Enjoy the playoffs!

-Jud and Dan




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