- There is a pair of emerging whipping boys in the Pick One Challenge. One club is getting battered against while the other is having its ranks picked frequently as well as their opponents.
- The latter of those two clubs is the Washington Nationals. Sitting in dead last in the NL East, and second-worst overall to the team we'll discuss shortly, it has been more of a pitching problem for the Nats. Nevertheless, they still garner plenty of attention from our participants including two selections on the day.
- Ryan made it four straight days with production as Yadiel Hernandez singled twice. Al made Josh Bell the second man to seven selections and earned three total bases for it as well.
- But with their pitching woes, game leader Matt decided to jump on Washington's opponent, Colorado. Randal Grichuk raised his batting average to .325 for the rejuvenated Rox with one of his two hits leaving the yard.
- It wasn't as happy a tale for the man who was traded to Toronto for Grichuk this offseason, Lenny's pick Raimel Tapia. He went 0-for-5 against the Guardians and his side lost cleanly to a man who came into the contest sporting an ERA over 10.00.
- Eric Hosmer has yet to be held without a hit in the month of May. He kept that streak alive with a single for Colin as the Padres beat the Marlins.
- The man who picked Hosmer the day prior extended a streak of his own on this day. Joseph pushed his hitting tear to 13 days with a pair of singles from Shohei Ohtani who also pitched seven shutout innings against Boston.
- Minnesota may have lost their series against the Orioles, but Nate gained his momentum back after a crushing failed HRH attempt with a single from the Twins' Jorge Polanco.
- And now for the first team alluded to in that opening bit, the Cincinnati Reds. Sitting at 3-22 after trading or failing to re-sign several handfuls of quality players, the Reds have let up the most runs in baseball and scored the third-fewest. Milwaukee has come to town and completely jumpstarted their start/stop offense with 34 runs in 3 games.
- However, Buddy somehow dodged all that positivity by taking one of the two Brewers not to collect one of their twelve hits or six home runs against Hunter Greene and company. Hunter Renfroe seemed to have too much compassion for a fellow Hunter by going 0-for-4 and striking out to end a second inning rally.
- Pavli's pick Rowdy Tellez didn't quite hit the 11 total base heights like he did the day before, but a pair of doubles was more than enough to bring him back into a tie for third place overall.
- A much-needed top score was fulfilled though by Scott through Christian Yelich. The former MVP finished a triple short of the cycle and scored every time he was on base in the rout.
- Optimally, there were three options that could have netted you to eight total bases. Manny Machado, Ryan Mountcastle, and Willy Adames all hit a pair of home runs in their respective games, all wins.
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