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.
I’m sorry everyone. With football ramping up and last week spent in a state of chaos getting the fantasy draft kit together and getting all our football content out I totally spaced on the Ding Dong Challenge. So, I guess it’s another impromptu 2-week challenge. WOOT WOOT! Man the baseball season is long...
Week 22/23 scorecard
Name | Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
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Name | Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
Punk is Dead | 8 | Cody Bellinger (1) | Willie Calhoun (5) | Yordan Alvarez (2) | 107 |
GratefulMatt | 7 | Christian Yelich (1) | Ronald Acuna (1) | Nolan Arenado (5) | 124 |
Mark Abell | 7 | Mike Trout (2) | Yordan Alvarez (2) | Aristides Aquino (3) | 99 |
Calvin C | 6 | Rafael Devers (1) | Gleyber Torres (4) | Wilmer Flores (1) | 95 |
Heath Capps | 6 | Mike Trout (2) | Ronald Acuna (1) | Aristides Aquino (3) | 115 |
Feslenraster | 5 | Mike Trout (2) | Ronald Acuna (1) | Yordan Alvarez (2) | 100 |
Ezra Laemmle | 5 | Cody Bellinger (1) | Ronald Acuna (1) | Miguel Sano (3) | 105 |
Pete Rogers | 4 | Pete Alonso (3) | Ronald Acuna (1) | -- | 120 |
Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 | |
Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
Big, big weeks for Willie Calhoun and Nolan Arenado who took full advantage of the double week to post big home run numbers for Punk is Dead and GratefulMatt’s squads. Also shoutout to Punk is Dead for yet again winning the week’s challenge. I feel like you’re starting to get on a roll here and I do not like it. Especially since my lead has been chopped to bits. I even tried to (unintentionally) cheat last week, listing Rafael Devers as one of my “Everyone Else” despite the fact he was an elite that week. Welp, last place is what I deserve for that abomination. I swear it’ll never happen again.
Props to Punk is Dead, Mark Abell and Calvin C who didn’t have Ronald Acuna Jr on their team and benefited because of it. Not the best two weeks for everyone’s favorite dinger king.
Alright, time for Week 24 as we approach the final stretch. We’re getting there, and I’m getting that shirt GratefulMatt, watch the eff out.
Week 24 Elites
Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
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Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
Mike Trout | Angels | 129 | 585 | 43 | 0.349 |
Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 134 | 570 | 43 | 0.343 |
Christian Yelich | Brewers | 122 | 546 | 42 | 0.343 |
Nelson Cruz | Twins | 99 | 429 | 34 | 0.333 |
Peter Alonso | Mets | 135 | 579 | 43 | 0.324 |
Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 121 | 535 | 32 | 0.302 |
Josh Bell | Pirates | 133 | 574 | 35 | 0.298 |
Eugenio Suarez | Reds | 136 | 568 | 40 | 0.285 |
Max Kepler | Twins | 124 | 559 | 36 | 0.283 |
Jorge Soler | Royals | 138 | 576 | 38 | 0.283 |
Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 125 | 450 | 31 | 0.282 |
Juan Soto | Nationals | 124 | 550 | 31 | 0.280 |
Freddie Freeman | Braves | 137 | 611 | 38 | 0.280 |
Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 101 | 451 | 30 | 0.279 |
Alex Bregman | Astros | 132 | 589 | 32 | 0.275 |
George Springer | Astros | 103 | 479 | 29 | 0.273 |
J.D. Martinez | Red Sox | 125 | 568 | 34 | 0.273 |
Max Muncy | Dodgers | 129 | 534 | 33 | 0.271 |
Matt Olson | Athletics | 103 | 439 | 28 | 0.269 |
Kyle Schwarber | Cubs | 130 | 506 | 32 | 0.269 |
Franmil Reyes | Indians | 128 | 461 | 33 | 0.269 |
Xander Bogaerts | Red Sox | 132 | 598 | 31 | 0.268 |
Josh Donaldson | Braves | 134 | 570 | 33 | 0.268 |
Matt Chapman | Athletics | 133 | 565 | 30 | 0.265 |
Mike Moustakas | Brewers | 122 | 516 | 31 | 0.265 |
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).