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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 24 scorecard
| Name | Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Punk is Dead | 5 | Cody Bellinger (1) | Nicholas Castellanos (2) | Willie Calhoun (2) | 112 |
| Heath Capps | 5 | Mike Trout (2) | Aristides Aquino (1) | Aaron Judge (2) | 120 |
| Mark Abell | 4 | Juan Soto (2) | Aristides Aquino (1) | Yordan Alvarez (1) | 103 |
| Pete Rogers | 4 | J.D. Martinez (1) | Aristides Aquino (1) | Nolan Arenado (2) | 124 |
| GratefulMatt | 2 | Christian Yelich (1) | Bryce Harper (0) | Nolan Arenado (1) | 126 |
| Calvin C | 2 | Cody Bellinger (1) | Eduardo Escoba (0) | Yordan Alvarez (1) | 97 |
| Feslenraster | 1 | Freddie Freeman (0) | Aristides Aquino (1) | Gavin Lux (0) | 101 |
| Ezra Laemmle | -- | -- | -- | 105 | |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 | |
| Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
It’s almost as though everyone we picked knew this week would be overshadowed by football so decided to phone in their weekly performance. No one drafted hit more than two dingers last week with the majority hitting one or none. Yikes. You can tell it’s the end of the season.
Congrats to Punk is Dead and Heath Capps (despite his being “so lazy”) for taking home the win with at least mildly decent performances. Extra big shoutout to Heath whose favorite person in the whole wide world Aaron Judge finally did something this week and actually hit a few homers. Way to stick with him Heath.
Somehow, even though I doubled his score, GratefulMatt is still beating me which is really just tearing me upside. I gotta make sure I strike gold this week because there isn’t much time left to get that shirt!
TIME TO MAKE YOUR WEEK 25 SQUADS!
Week 25 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 134 | 600 | 45 | 0.353 |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 128 | 574 | 44 | 0.344 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 140 | 595 | 44 | 0.336 |
| Nelson Cruz | Twins | 104 | 452 | 35 | 0.322 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 141 | 609 | 45 | 0.320 |
| Eugenio Suarez | Reds | 141 | 586 | 44 | 0.298 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 138 | 596 | 36 | 0.295 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 128 | 566 | 32 | 0.294 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 144 | 601 | 41 | 0.288 |
| Joc Pederson | Dodgers | 132 | 461 | 32 | 0.286 |
| Juan Soto | Nationals | 131 | 581 | 33 | 0.282 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 106 | 473 | 32 | 0.281 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 138 | 616 | 34 | 0.280 |
| Josh Donaldson | Braves | 140 | 593 | 36 | 0.280 |
| George Springer | Astros | 106 | 493 | 31 | 0.278 |
| Kyle Schwarber | Cubs | 136 | 530 | 34 | 0.278 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 129 | 462 | 31 | 0.275 |
| Max Muncy | Dodgers | 129 | 534 | 33 | 0.271 |
| Freddie Freeman | Braves | 143 | 634 | 38 | 0.271 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 131 | 587 | 36 | 0.270 |
| Ketel Marte | Diamondbacks | 135 | 595 | 32 | 0.269 |
| J.D. Martinez | Red Sox | 131 | 592 | 35 | 0.269 |
| Austin Meadows | Rays | 122 | 517 | 28 | 0.267 |
| Nolan Arenado | Rockies | 141 | 598 | 37 | 0.266 |
| Franmil Reyes | Indians | 135 | 491 | 34 | 0.266 |
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).