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Welcome to the Ding Dong Challenge, a game were we try and correctly predict who will hit the most home runs in a given week, keep score throughout the entire season, and win a free, awesome t-shirt.
Week 17 scorecard
| Name | Week 17 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 17 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Pete Rogers | 7 | Christian Yelich (3) | Rafael Devers (3) | Nolan Arenado (1) | 96 |
| Punk is Dead | 6 | Mike Trout (2) | Yuli Gurriel (2) | Lourdes Gurriel Jr (2) | 78 |
| GratefulMatt | 6 | Christian Yelich (3) | Aaron Judge (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (1) | 91 |
| Heath Capps | 5 | Edwin Encarnacion (2) | Aaron Judge (2) | Nolan Arenado (1) | 93 |
| Mark Abell | 4 | Jose Ramirez (2) | Yordan Alvarez (1) | Juan Soto (1) | 81 |
| Calvin C | 4 | Edwin Encarnacion (2) | Nate Lowe (0) | A.J. Pollock (2) | 69 |
| Feslenraster | 2 | Cody Bellinger (1) | Kole Calhoun (0) | Ronald Acuna Jr (1) | 80 |
| Ezra Laemmle | -- | -- | -- | 82 | |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 | |
| Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
Glad I ran Rafael Devers back! Way not to let me down young man! The combo of Devers and Christian Yelich was what I needed to take home the win this week (with a little of Nolan Arenado sprinkled in) but I was worried given that GratefulMatt also had Yelich along with Aaron Judge (who’s kinda hitting ropes this year) and the greatest player in the MLB right now: Ronald Acuna Jr. Seriously, what can’t that man do?
Shoutout to Calvin C for his super nice total score so far. Nice.
Also I promise we’re back on the Monday schedule from here on out. My summer is starting to calm down now and I’ll be able to make sure this gets out when it should. Hopefully that way we can continue to get a full squad submitting teams.
Anyways, onto Week 18!
Week 18 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 91 | 406 | 35 | 0.384 |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 94 | 420 | 32 | 0.364 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 97 | 418 | 34 | 0.358 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 98 | 417 | 33 | 0.345 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 90 | 325 | 28 | 0.341 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 97 | 422 | 27 | 0.322 |
| Gary Sanchez | Yankees | 75 | 318 | 24 | 0.289 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 84 | 366 | 20 | 0.288 |
| Joc Pederson | Dodgers | 91 | 328 | 23 | 0.288 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 90 | 399 | 29 | 0.288 |
| Franmil Reyes | Padres | 93 | 330 | 26 | 0.284 |
| Mike Moustakas | Brewers | 93 | 400 | 26 | 0.283 |
| Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 82 | 381 | 21 | 0.282 |
| Max Muncy | Dodgers | 98 | 399 | 26 | 0.277 |
| Nelson Cruz | Twins | 71 | 308 | 19 | 0.273 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 101 | 416 | 27 | 0.272 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 98 | 439 | 26 | 0.271 |
| Matt Chapman | Athletics | 97 | 415 | 22 | 0.269 |
| Trevor Story | Rockies | 87 | 392 | 22 | 0.269 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | Mariners | 91 | 362 | 23 | 0.269 |
| Freddie Freeman | Braves | 100 | 450 | 25 | 0.266 |
| Josh Donaldson | Braves | 97 | 406 | 23 | 0.265 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 90 | 406 | 24 | 0.262 |
| Kris Bryant | Cubs | 94 | 414 | 20 | 0.261 |
| Javier Baez | Cubs | 97 | 415 | 24 | 0.261 |
Anyone not on this list is an Everyone Else. Reminder: you pick one Elite and two Everyone Else each week so choose wisely! Leave your team in the comments if you want to play this week (and feel free to leave your twitter handle as we’ll give a shoutout each week to the previous week’s winner).