- Sadly, long gone are the days of call-ups and lineup experimentation in September which means that there is going to be a lot more days like to day in terms of picks.
- To explain that last sentence, the first order of business is the second picked out player in three days and the tenth of the season: Austin Riley. Although the Braves hot corner occupier blanked for Pavli, he began the day as one of six Braves within two selections of complete picking out. With the NL WIld Card race in constant flux, we could potentially see all of them come completely off the board by the season's end.
- Another trend that will surely carry over into the final weeks of the season is trying to catch that final lightning in the bottle from players who have topped the scorecharts more than once. Riley, Nick Castellanos (Ryan), and Anthony Rizzo (Matt) didn't produce in their games and the other double-topper (that sounded better in my head), Frank Schwindel (Greg), only slapped one single in their contest.
- But in the end, the late game is always the risky safety valve. Today it paid off for our top scorer Colin who made it two straight days with six points via Giancarlo Stanton. While the Yankees ultimately lost to the Mets in the Subway Series finale, Stanton doubled and hit a game-tying two-run home run off Brad Hand for the aforementioned six.
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