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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 19 scorecard
| Name | Week 19 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 19 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Punk is Dead | 7 | Nelson Cruz (4) | Rafael Devers (1) | Justin Turner (2) | 86 |
| Ezra Laemmle | 5 | Mike Trout (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Javier Baez (1) | 88 |
| Pete Rogers | 4 | Pete Alonso (0) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Xander Bogaerts (2) | 104 |
| Heath Capps | 4 | Cody Bellinger (2) | Aaron Judge (1) | Freddie Freeman (1) | 100 |
| Calvin C | 4 | Daniel Vogelbach (1) | Mookie Betts (1) | Rougned Odor (2) | 77 |
| GratefulMatt | 4 | George Springer (1) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Freddie Freeman (1) | 98 |
| Feslenraster | 2 | Mike Trout (2) | Tommy Pham (0) | Luke Voit (0) | 84 |
| Mark Abell | 1 | Pete Alonso (0) | Nicholas Castellanos (0) | Kevin Pillar (1) | 83 |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 | |
| Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
Congrats to Punk is Dead for taking home the win last week thanks to Nelson Cruz flexing that power we all know and love. I was going to be real upset if Rafael Devers had given Punk anything truly productive since I feel like that’s my guy but I knew Devers had my back. The one home run makes it look like he still kinda tried but he knew not to try as hard as he normally does since I wouldn’t benefit from the dingers. Don’t worry Devers, you’ll be on my squad this week so you can get back to crushing balls.
Speaking of my guys, Pistol Pete and I need to sit down and have a long chat. The last few times I’ve picked Pete Alonso as my elite I feel like he’s let me down big time. Need to avoid that rookie wall and keep going yard whenever I want. At least I have Mark to suffer with me this week (that being said, Mark has a lot more to suffer over this week then I do).
I’m glad to see Aaron Judge listened to Heath and gave him...... one dinger. Just give up Heath. He’s not worth your time.
We got two more months left of dinger action, LET’S KEEP GOING!
Week 20 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 106 | 476 | 36 | 0.363 |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 103 | 460 | 37 | 0.358 |
| Nelson Cruz | Twins | 83 | 357 | 30 | 0.354 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 109 | 465 | 36 | 0.346 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 110 | 468 | 34 | 0.324 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 102 | 372 | 30 | 0.318 |
| George Springer | Astros | 80 | 368 | 25 | 0.301 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 109 | 470 | 27 | 0.297 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 97 | 425 | 24 | 0.291 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 103 | 464 | 30 | 0.285 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 101 | 451 | 30 | 0.279 |
| Trevor Story | Rockies | 99 | 445 | 25 | 0.278 |
| Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 93 | 428 | 22 | 0.272 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | Mariners | 103 | 411 | 26 | 0.271 |
| Franmil Reyes | Indians | 103 | 370 | 27 | 0.271 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 113 | 468 | 29 | 0.266 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 109 | 486 | 27 | 0.264 |
| Josh Donaldson | Braves | 109 | 461 | 26 | 0.264 |
| Eugenio Suarez | Reds | 110 | 460 | 29 | 0.264 |
| Max Muncy | Dodgers | 109 | 447 | 27 | 0.263 |
| Rhys Hoskins | Phillies | 110 | 486 | 24 | 0.262 |
| Javier Baez | Cubs | 109 | 467 | 26 | 0.261 |
| Joc Pederson | Dodgers | 102 | 369 | 23 | 0.259 |
| Ketel Marte | Diamondbacks | 108 | 476 | 24 | 0.258 |
| Xander Bogaerts | Red Sox | 110 | 497 | 25 | 0.258 |
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).