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Welcome back! Another week, another Top 250 update. Let’s jump right into it.
Quick reminder, these rankings are for standard 5x5 rotisserie. I’ll do my best to explain any large rankings changes and feel free to ask player specific questions in the comments. This is your weekly forum to sound off with any fantasy questions you have. I’m here to help you!
Top 250
Rank | Last Week | Change | Player | Team | Position(s) | Pos Rank |
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Rank | Last Week | Change | Player | Team | Position(s) | Pos Rank |
1 | 1 | 0 | Mike Trout | LAA | OF | OF1 |
2 | 3 | 1 | Bryce Harper | WAS | OF | OF2 |
3 | 2 | -1 | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI | 1B | 1B1 |
4 | 4 | 0 | Charlie Blackmon | COL | OF | OF3 |
5 | 5 | 0 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B | 2B1 |
6 | 9 | 3 | Nolan Arenado | COL | 3B | 3B1 |
7 | 7 | 0 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP | SP1 |
8 | 8 | 0 | Max Scherzer | WAS | SP | SP2 |
9 | 6 | -3 | Mookie Betts | BOS | OF | OF4 |
10 | 12 | 2 | Daniel Murphy | WAS | 2B/1B | 2B2/1B2 |
11 | 11 | 0 | Kris Bryant | CHC | 3B/OF | 3B2/OF5 |
12 | 10 | -2 | Aaron Judge | NYY | OF | OF6 |
13 | 13 | 0 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | 1B3 |
14 | 15 | 1 | Chris Sale | BOS | SP | SP3 |
15 | 16 | 1 | Corey Kluber | CLE | SP | SP4 |
16 | 17 | 1 | George Springer | HOU | OF | OF7 |
17 | 20 | 3 | Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | OF | OF8 |
18 | 18 | 0 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B/2B/OF | 3B3/2B3/OF9 |
19 | 19 | 0 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 1B4 |
20 | 22 | 2 | Zack Greinke | ARI | SP | SP5 |
21 | 23 | 2 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | SP | SP6 |
22 | 24 | 2 | Anthony Rizzo | CHC | 1B | 1B5 |
23 | 25 | 2 | Miguel Cabrera | DET | 1B | 1B6 |
24 | 26 | 2 | Cody Bellinger | LAD | 1B/OF | 1B7/OF10 |
25 | 21 | -4 | Corey Seager | LAD | SS | SS1 |
26 | 27 | 1 | Edwin Encarnacion | CLE | 1B | 1B8 |
27 | 29 | 2 | Dee Gordon | MIA | 2B | 2B4 |
28 | 31 | 3 | Chris Archer | TB | SP | SP7 |
29 | 35 | 6 | Kenley Jansen | LAD | RP | RP1 |
30 | 41 | 11 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | SP | SP8 |
31 | 42 | 11 | Alex Wood | LAD | RP/SP | RP2/SP9 |
32 | 28 | -4 | Carlos Martinez | STL | SP | SP10 |
33 | 32 | -1 | Yu Darvish | TEX | SP | SP11 |
34 | 33 | -1 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | SP | SP12 |
35 | 34 | -1 | Marcell Ozuna | MIA | OF | OF11 |
36 | 36 | 0 | Craig Kimbrel | BOS | RP | RP3 |
37 | 39 | 2 | Nelson Cruz | SEA | OF | OF12 |
38 | 38 | 0 | Jake Lamb | ARI | 3B | 3B4 |
39 | 40 | 1 | Miguel Sano | MIN | 3B/OF | 3B5/OF13 |
40 | 47 | 7 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | SP | SP13 |
41 | 43 | 2 | Buster Posey | SF | C/1B | C1/1B9 |
42 | 48 | 6 | Gary Sanchez | NYY | C | C2 |
43 | 53 | 10 | Khris Davis | OAK | OF | OF14 |
44 | 30 | -14 | Xander Bogaerts | BOS | SS | SS2 |
45 | 37 | -8 | Elvis Andrus | TEX | SS | SS3 |
46 | 44 | -2 | Robinson Cano | SEA | 2B | 2B5 |
47 | 55 | 8 | Jean Segura | SEA | 2B/SS | 2B6/SS4 |
48 | 58 | 10 | Luis Severino | NYY | SP/RP | SP14/RP4 |
49 | 61 | 12 | Travis Shaw | MIL | 3B/1B | 3B6/1B10 |
50 | 85 | 35 | Anthony Rendon | WAS | 3B | 3B7 |
51 | 49 | -2 | Andrew Benintendi | BOS | OF | OF15 |
52 | 50 | -2 | A.J. Pollock | ARI | OF | OF16 |
53 | 45 | -8 | Manny Machado | BAL | 3B/SS | 3B8/SS5 |
54 | 46 | -8 | Josh Donaldson | TOR | 3B | 3B9 |
55 | 51 | -4 | Francisco Lindor | CLE | SS | SS6 |
56 | 52 | -4 | Adam Duvall | CIN | OF | OF17 |
57 | 56 | -1 | Wil Myers | SD | 1B | 1B11 |
58 | 57 | -1 | Jose Abreu | CWS | 1B | 1B12 |
59 | 59 | 0 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | SP | SP15 |
60 | 60 | 0 | Jose Berrios | MIN | SP | SP16 |
61 | 68 | 7 | Michael Fulmer | DET | SP | SP17 |
62 | 69 | 7 | Michael Conforto | NYM | OF | OF18 |
63 | 90 | 27 | J.D. Martinez | ARI | OF | OF19 |
64 | 62 | -2 | Eric Hosmer | KC | 1B | 1B13 |
65 | 72 | 7 | Ryan Braun | MIL | OF | OF20 |
66 | 64 | -2 | Jon Lester | CHC | SP | SP18 |
67 | 65 | -2 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | SP | SP19 |
68 | 66 | -2 | Jake Arrieta | CHC | SP | SP20 |
69 | 54 | -15 | Aroldis Chapman | NYY | RP | RP5 |
70 | 63 | -7 | Ryan Zimmerman | WAS | 1B | 1B14 |
71 | 73 | 2 | Billy Hamilton | CIN | OF | OF21 |
72 | 75 | 3 | Jay Bruce | NYM | OF | OF22 |
73 | 76 | 3 | Brian Dozier | MIN | 2B | 2B7 |
74 | 78 | 4 | Justin Turner | LAD | 3B | 3B10 |
75 | 82 | 7 | Justin Upton | DET | OF | OF23 |
76 | 70 | -6 | Ian Kinsler | DET | 2B | 2B8 |
77 | 71 | -6 | Adrian Beltre | TEX | 3B | 3B11 |
78 | 77 | -1 | Starlin Castro | NYY | 2B | 2B9 |
79 | 74 | -5 | Corey Dickerson | TB | OF | OF24 |
80 | 79 | -1 | Andrew Miller | CLE | RP | RP6 |
81 | 80 | -1 | Roberto Osuna | TOR | RP | RP7 |
82 | 81 | -1 | Corey Knebel | MIL | RP | RP8 |
83 | 83 | 0 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | OF | OF25 |
84 | 86 | 2 | Greg Holland | COL | RP | RP9 |
85 | 87 | 2 | Wade Davis | CHC | RP | RP10 |
86 | 91 | 5 | Evan Longoria | TB | 3B | 3B12 |
87 | 93 | 6 | Mark Trumbo | BAL | OF | OF26 |
88 | 94 | 6 | Lorenzo Cain | KC | OF | OF27 |
89 | 99 | 10 | Ender Inciarte | ATL | OF | OF28 |
90 | 115 | 25 | Felipe Rivero | PIT | RP | RP11 |
91 | 119 | 28 | Jose Quintana | CHC | SP | SP21 |
92 | 84 | -8 | Domingo Santana | MIL | OF | OF29 |
93 | 88 | -5 | Mike Moustakas | KC | 3B | 3B13 |
94 | 89 | -5 | Rougned Odor | TEX | 2B | 2B10 |
95 | 150 | 55 | Starling Marte | PIT | OF | OF30 |
96 | 92 | -4 | Yoenis Cespedes | NYM | OF | OF31 |
97 | 95 | -2 | Eric Thames | MIL | OF/1B | OF32/1B15 |
98 | 96 | -2 | Justin Bour | MIA | 1B | 1B16 |
99 | 105 | 6 | Kyle Seager | SEA | 3B | 3B14 |
100 | 98 | -2 | Christian Yelich | MIA | OF | OF33 |
101 | 109 | 8 | Jonathan Schoop | BAL | 2B | 2B11 |
102 | 110 | 8 | Matt Carpenter | STL | 2B/1B/3B | 2B12/1B17/3B15 |
103 | 118 | 15 | Gerrit Cole | PIT | SP | SP22 |
104 | 116 | 12 | David Price | BOS | SP | SP23 |
105 | 129 | 24 | Trevor Story | COL | SS | SS7 |
106 | 107 | 1 | Matt Kemp | ATL | OF | OF34 |
107 | 97 | -10 | Yonder Alonso | OAK | 1B | 1B18 |
108 | 102 | -6 | Dallas Keuchel | HOU | SP | SP24 |
109 | 103 | -6 | Andrelton Simmons | LAA | SS | SS8 |
110 | 112 | 2 | Sean Manaea | OAK | SP | SP25 |
111 | 113 | 2 | Robbie Ray | ARI | SP | SP26 |
112 | 114 | 2 | Raisel Iglesias | CIN | RP/SP | RP12/SP27 |
113 | 117 | 4 | James Paxton | SEA | SP | SP28 |
114 | 104 | -10 | Jacob Faria | TB | SP | SP29 |
115 | 106 | -9 | Carlos Gonzalez | COL | OF | OF35 |
116 | 67 | -49 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | SP30 |
117 | 123 | 6 | Marcus Stroman | TOR | SP | SP31 |
118 | 111 | -7 | Carlos Santana | CLE | 1B | 1B19 |
119 | 125 | 6 | Ken Giles | HOU | RP | RP13 |
120 | 128 | 8 | Brett Gardner | NYY | OF | OF36 |
121 | 132 | 11 | Didi Gregorius | NYY | SS | SS9 |
122 | 122 | 0 | Ian Happ | CHC | OF/2B | OF37/2B13 |
123 | 140 | 17 | Gregory Polanco | PIT | OF | OF38 |
124 | 141 | 17 | Michael Brantley | CLE | OF | OF39 |
125 | 142 | 17 | Avisail Garcia | CWS | OF | OF40 |
126 | 146 | 20 | Ian Desmond | COL | OF/1B | OF41/1B20 |
127 | 120 | -7 | Salvador Perez | KC | C | C3 |
128 | 121 | -7 | J.T. Realmuto | MIA | C | C4 |
129 | 100 | -29 | Zach Britton | BAL | RP | RP14 |
130 | 136 | 6 | Edwin Diaz | SEA | RP | RP15 |
131 | 137 | 6 | Alex Colome | TB | RP | RP16 |
132 | 138 | 6 | Addison Reed | NYM | RP | RP17 |
133 | 162 | 29 | Sonny Gray | OAK | SP | SP32 |
134 | 161 | 27 | Drew Pomeranz | BOS | SP | SP33 |
135 | 163 | 28 | Jimmy Nelson | MIL | SP | SP34 |
136 | 126 | -10 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | SP | SP35 |
137 | 159 | 22 | Justin Smoak | TOR | 1B | 1B21 |
138 | 160 | 22 | Mark Reynolds | COL | 1B | 1B22 |
139 | 165 | 26 | Willson Contreras | CHC | C/OF | C5/OF42 |
140 | 108 | -32 | Chris Owings | ARI | SS/2B/OF | SS10/2B14/OF43 |
141 | 145 | 4 | Adam Jones | BAL | OF | OF44 |
142 | 130 | -12 | Eduardo Nunez | SF | 3B/SS/OF | 3B16/SS11/OF45 |
143 | 131 | -12 | Josh Harrison | PIT | 2B/3B | 2B15/3B17 |
144 | 144 | 0 | DJ LeMahieu | COL | 2B | 2B16 |
145 | 133 | -12 | Jon Gray | COL | SP | SP36 |
146 | 135 | -11 | Kelvin Herrera | KC | RP | RP18 |
147 | 134 | -13 | Jameson Taillon | PIT | SP | SP37 |
148 | 166 | 18 | Hanley Ramirez | BOS | 1B | 1B23 |
149 | 143 | -6 | Trea Turner | WAS | 2B/SS/OF | 2B17/SS12/OF46 |
150 | 127 | -23 | Mitch Haniger | SEA | OF | OF47 |
151 | 139 | -12 | Cody Allen | CLE | RP | RP19 |
152 | 151 | -1 | Gio Gonzalez | WAS | SP | SP38 |
153 | 153 | 0 | Aaron Nola | PHI | SP | SP39 |
154 | 156 | 2 | Jake Odorizzi | TB | SP | SP40 |
155 | 149 | -6 | Steven Souza Jr. | TB | OF | OF48 |
156 | 168 | 12 | Yuli Gurriel | HOU | 3B/1B | 3B18/1B24 |
157 | 147 | -10 | Brandon Belt | SF | 1B/OF | 1B25/OF49 |
158 | 101 | -57 | Johnny Cueto | SF | SP | SP41 |
159 | 154 | -5 | Rick Porcello | BOS | SP | SP42 |
160 | 155 | -5 | Jason Kipnis | CLE | 2B | 2B18 |
161 | 157 | -4 | Ervin Santana | MIN | SP | SP43 |
162 | 158 | -4 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | SP | SP44 |
163 | 179 | 16 | Zack Cozart | CIN | SS | SS13 |
164 | 178 | 14 | Evan Gattis | HOU | C | C6 |
165 | 169 | 4 | Eugenio Suarez | CIN | 3B | 3B19 |
166 | 170 | 4 | AJ Ramos | MIA | RP | RP20 |
167 | 173 | 6 | Todd Frazier | NYY | 3B | 3B20 |
168 | 174 | 6 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | BOS | OF | OF50 |
169 | 210 | 41 | Brad Brach | BAL | RP | RP21 |
170 | 164 | -6 | Taijuan Walker | ARI | SP | SP45 |
171 | 167 | -4 | Ryon Healy | OAK | 3B/1B | 3B21/1B26 |
172 | 183 | 11 | Danny Duffy | KC | SP/RP | SP46/RP22 |
173 | 186 | 13 | Rich Hill | LAD | SP | SP47 |
174 | 182 | 8 | Ivan Nova | PIT | SP | SP48 |
175 | 199 | 24 | Jim Johnson | ATL | RP | RP23 |
176 | 200 | 24 | Brandon Kintzler | MIN | RP | RP24 |
177 | 177 | 0 | Brian McCann | HOU | C | C7 |
178 | 176 | -2 | Zack Godley | ARI | RP/SP | RP25/SP49 |
179 | 188 | 9 | Jedd Gyorko | STL | 2B/3B/SS | 2B19/3B22/SS14 |
180 | 189 | 9 | Orlando Arcia | MIL | SS | SS15 |
181 | 190 | 9 | Dustin Pedroia | BOS | 2B | 2B20 |
182 | 192 | 10 | Chris Taylor | LAD | 3B/2B/OF | 3B23/2B21/OF51 |
183 | 193 | 10 | Lance Lynn | STL | SP | SP50 |
184 | 201 | 17 | Bud Norris | LAA | RP/SP | RP26/SP51 |
185 | 203 | 18 | Josh Reddick | HOU | OF | OF52 |
186 | 204 | 18 | Logan Morrison | TB | 1B | 1B27 |
187 | 205 | 18 | Nicholas Castellanos | DET | 3B | 3B24 |
188 | 206 | 18 | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3B | 3B25 |
189 | 211 | 22 | Javier Baez | CHC | 3B/2B/SS | 3B26/2B22/SS16 |
190 | 213 | 23 | Cole Hamels | TEX | SP | SP52 |
191 | NR | N/A | Tommy Pham | STL | OF | OF53 |
192 | 216 | 24 | Brandon Phillips | ATL | 2B | 2B23 |
193 | 184 | -9 | Marco Estrada | TOR | SP | SP53 |
194 | 187 | -7 | Kole Calhoun | LAA | OF | OF54 |
195 | 218 | 23 | David Peralta | ARI | OF | OF55 |
196 | 191 | -5 | Jonathan Villar | MIL | SS/2B/3B | SS17/2B24/3B27 |
197 | 197 | 0 | Julio Teheran | ATL | SP | SP54 |
198 | 215 | 17 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | SP/RP | SP55/RP27 |
199 | 198 | -1 | Dexter Fowler | STL | OF | OF56 |
200 | 202 | 2 | Jordan Montgomery | NYY | SP | SP56 |
201 | 229 | 28 | Yasiel Puig | LAD | OF | OF57 |
202 | 247 | 45 | Michael Wacha | STL | RP/SP | RP28/SP57 |
203 | 207 | 4 | Yasmani Grandal | LAD | C | C8 |
204 | 208 | 4 | Keon Broxton | MIL | OF | OF58 |
205 | 209 | 4 | Bradley Zimmer | CLE | OF | OF59 |
206 | 194 | -12 | Carlos Gomez | TEX | OF | OF60 |
207 | 212 | 5 | Troy Tulowitzki | TOR | SS | SS18 |
208 | 181 | -27 | Scott Schebler | CIN | OF | OF61 |
209 | 238 | 29 | Marwin Gonzalez | HOU | 1B/3B/SS/OF | 1B28/3B28/SS19/OF62 |
210 | 14 | -196 | Carlos Correa | HOU | SS | SS20 |
211 | 239 | 28 | Trey Mancini | BAL | 1B/OF | 1B29/OF63 |
212 | 232 | 20 | Scooter Gennett | CIN | 2B/OF | 2B25/OF64 |
213 | 217 | 4 | John Lackey | CHC | SP | SP58 |
214 | 231 | 17 | Melky Cabrera | CWS | OF | OF65 |
215 | 248 | 33 | Chris Davis | BAL | 1B | 1B30 |
216 | NR | N/A | Yoan Moncada | CWS | 3B | 3B29 |
217 | 214 | -3 | Nomar Mazara | TEX | OF | OF66 |
218 | 180 | -38 | Jason Vargas | KC | SP | SP59 |
219 | 220 | 1 | Yadier Molina | STL | C | C9 |
220 | 224 | 4 | Kendrys Morales | TOR | DH | DH1 |
221 | 228 | 7 | Victor Martinez | DET | DH | DH2 |
222 | 221 | -1 | Max Kepler | MIN | OF | OF67 |
223 | NR | N/A | Clint Frazier | NYY | OF | OF68 |
224 | 223 | -1 | Wilson Ramos | TB | C | C10 |
225 | 225 | 0 | Chase Anderson | MIL | SP | SP60 |
226 | 246 | 20 | Hector Neris | PHI | RP | RP29 |
227 | 226 | -1 | Justin Wilson | DET | RP | RP30 |
228 | 175 | -53 | Dellin Betances | NYY | RP | RP31 |
229 | NR | N/A | Trevor Rosenthal | STL | RP | RP32 |
230 | 243 | 13 | Alex Cobb | TB | SP | SP61 |
231 | 244 | 13 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | SP | SP62 |
232 | NR | N/A | Whit Merrifield | KC | 2B/OF | 2B26/OF69 |
233 | 230 | -3 | Fernando Rodney | ARI | RP | RP33 |
234 | 185 | -49 | Steven Matz | NYM | SP | SP63 |
235 | NR | N/A | Maikel Franco | PHI | 3B | 3B30 |
236 | 234 | -2 | Albert Pujols | LAA | 1B | 1B31 |
237 | 233 | -4 | Jonathan Lucroy | TEX | C | C11 |
238 | 235 | -3 | Joey Gallo | TEX | 3B/1B | 3B31/1B32 |
239 | 237 | -2 | Jacoby Ellsbury | NYY | OF | OF70 |
240 | 240 | 0 | Marcus Semien | OAK | SS | SS21 |
241 | 219 | -22 | Brandon Drury | ARI | 3B/2B/OF | 3B32/2B27/OF71 |
242 | NR | N/A | Addison Russell | CHC | SS | SS22 |
243 | 249 | 6 | Matt Adams | ATL | 1B | 1B33 |
244 | 222 | -22 | Jose Peraza | CIN | SS/2B/OF | SS23/2B28/OF72 |
245 | 148 | -97 | Cameron Maybin | LAA | OF | OF73 |
246 | 152 | -94 | Stephen Piscotty | STL | OF | OF74 |
247 | 195 | -52 | Mike Leake | STL | SP | SP64 |
248 | 196 | -52 | Dan Straily | MIA | SP | SP65 |
249 | 245 | -4 | J.A. Happ | TOR | SP | SP66 |
250 | 250 | 0 | Jed Lowrie | OAK | 2B | 2B29 |
Quick Hits
- Slow news week, huh? Before we get into trades, let’s cover the Carlos Correa injury. Correa suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks. The expectation is that it will be closer to 8 weeks. This will put him out of action until mid to late September. The Astros are fine, fantasy owners, not so much. Correa was a top 25 fantasy player this season and the far and away best SS. The most owners will get from Correa going forward is around 2 weeks of production. Stash him on your DL for now, but he drops outside the top 200 with this timetable.
- Okay, time for some trade talk! Jose Quintana, who was traded a week ago to the Cubs sees a value increase. He is going to a competitive team with a better lineup. And he is moving to the NL. Quintana has been mostly bad this season. Recently, he has looked much better. His debut with the Cubs (7IP 0ER 12K) was perhaps his best start of the year. Quintana moves up but let’s not forget, he’s a career 3.49 ERA guy. This is good, just not elite. He’s also just an average source of Ks. He has been better this season but I don’t expect double digit strikeout games to become a new normal for him.
- J.D. Martinez has a big value boost going from the Tigers to the Diamondbacks. Martinez gets a much better lineup and a better home ballpark for what he does best, hit for power. He has 16 HR and a .302 average in just 58 games. He has 30+ HR upside easily. Martinez moves into the top 20 at OF with this trade.
- The Yankees and White Sox made a trade that greatly impacted RP rankings and RP projections. Todd Frazier is fine, his value is pretty much the same. David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle lose all their fantasy value outside of AL only league or deeper leagues where holds/good ratios matter. Robertson is likely to be a setup man with Dellin Betances. Robertson drops outside my top 250 without the chance for saves. Kahnle loses potential value he had because most figured he would be the closer in Chicago when Robertson was traded. Instead, he is the 4th man in line for saves at best. Even Betances loses value simply because his role is cut because of the wealth of arms in the Yankees super bullpen. Great real life trade, bad trade for fantasy. Oh, and you can ignore Tyler Clippard.
- Lost in all this news of injuries and trades is the fact that Tommy Pham is the #1 outfielder in fantasy over the past 30 days! Pham jumps inside my top 200 and should continue to climb if he keeps producing. Add him! He is still available in far too many leagues. Pham has a .325/.389/.570 slash line with 7 HR and 7 SB over his past 30 games. Playing time was always the concern, but injuries to other Cardinals outfielders, coupled with how well Pham has played, have made him an everyday player. Prior to this season, Pham had a strikeout rate of 32%. This year that is down to 25%. Buy in!
Losing Faith
Here are a few players who dropped in my rankings and, if their poor performances continue, could soon be outside my top 250:
- Steven Matz (12 runs in 5.1 IP in his past 2 starts)
- Stephen Piscotty (I’m sorry. I was wrong)
- Mike Leake (5.04 ERA over past 10 starts)
Hello, Goodbye
The following players are new additions to the top 250:
- Tommy Pham (see above)
- Yoan Moncada (#1 prospect. Add and see what happens)
- Clint Frazier
- Trevor Rosenthal (new Cardinals closer... for now)
- Whit Merrifield
- Maikel Franco (.300 AVG with 4 HR and just 4 strikeouts in July)
- Addison Russell
The following players are no longer in my top 250:
- Michael Pineda (hate to see this with any player)
- David Robertson (see above)
- Seung-Hwan Oh (see Rosenthal)
- Aaron Altherr
- Chris Devenski
- Hunter Pence
- Aaron Sanchez (another blister)
See you next week!