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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 3 results
| Name | Week 3 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 3 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Pete | 6 | Fernando Tatis Jr (1) | Matt Olson (3) | Cody Bellinger (2) | 12 |
| Heath | 5 | Fernando Tatis Jr (1) | Trevor Story (1) | Nolan Arenado (3) | 19 |
| feslenraster | 5 | Nick Castellanos (1) | Ronald Acuna Jr (0) | Anthony Santandar (4) | 11 |
| Garrett | 4 | Christian Yelich (1) | Trevor Story (1) | Cody Bellinger (2) | 18 |
| Mark | 4 | CJ Cron (0) | Franmil Reyes (3) | J.D. Martinez (1) | 13 |
| cazmart | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
Round of applause for your’s truly who not only took home the win this week, but also did so after debating long and hard about picking Mookie Betts, didn’t because the wound is still too raw, and then watching him hit four dingers this past week. If I would have lost this week and all I needed to do was pick Mookie to have won, it would have been a sad, sad day in the Rogers household.
Shoutout to Fes who took Anthony Santander and watched the young man go yard four times this week. Little fantasy baseball advice here from the guy that doesn’t play: go get Anthony Santander if he’s available in your league. The kid is good.
Also props to Mark who’s elite didn’t play a game this week and he still managed to tie for with Garrett.
Best ding donger of the week: Anthony Rendon & Juan Soto (5)
Onto Week 4!
Week 4 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Aaron Judge | Yankees | 17 | 68 | 9 | 0.468 |
| J.T. Realmuto | Phillies | 16 | 65 | 8 | 0.417 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | Reds | 20 | 85 | 8 | 0.413 |
| JaCoby Jones | Tigers | 18 | 60 | 5 | 0.407 |
| Brandon Lowe | Rays | 22 | 89 | 7 | 0.400 |
| Tyler O'Neill | Cardinals | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0.400 |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 18 | 82 | 9 | 0.384 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | Padres | 23 | 102 | 9 | 0.378 |
| Teoscar Hernandez | Blue Jays | 18 | 76 | 7 | 0.356 |
| Anthony Santander | Orioles | 21 | 90 | 7 | 0.353 |
| Mookie Betts | Dodgers | 22 | 94 | 8 | 0.349 |
| Jesse Winker | Reds | 20 | 64 | 5 | 0.346 |
| Anthony Rendon | Angels | 18 | 81 | 6 | 0.339 |
| Rio Ruiz | Orioles | 15 | 67 | 6 | 0.333 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | Giants | 23 | 100 | 5 | 0.329 |
| Wil Myers | Padres | 21 | 82 | 5 | 0.315 |
| Bo Bichette | Blue Jays | 14 | 64 | 5 | 0.311 |
| Bryce Harper | Phillies | 17 | 70 | 4 | 0.309 |
| Eloy Jimenez | White Sox | 20 | 79 | 7 | 0.307 |
| Colin Moran | Pirates | 17 | 68 | 6 | 0.306 |
| Robbie Grossman | Athletics | 18 | 73 | 3 | 0.304 |
| Matt Chapman | Athletics | 22 | 97 | 6 | 0.301 |
| Pedro Severino | Orioles | 18 | 67 | 5 | 0.300 |
| Matt Olson | Athletics | 22 | 98 | 8 | 0.296 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 20 | 86 | 6 | 0.293 |
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).