April 26, 2009

Three weeks into the season, and it's time for our first proper update. Prior to today's action, it appears the difference between the leaders and the "also-rans" is a pair of Kansas City Royals. Also, it looks like the (so far) correct selections of Jacoby Ellsbury (AL steals) and Johan Santana (NL ERA) are virtually meaningless...with almost half of the pool's entrants picking both, and all but three people having at least one of them.

On the strength of hot starts by Zach Greinke and Joakim Soria, Jim Kushner leads the pack, with Jon Pauley, Mike Orobona and Amy Gill close behind. This, of course, is the only thing these Yankees fans have to be excited about this weekend.

Lastly, I want to give some recognition to the only two unique picks who are "in the money" as of this update: Amy Gill's selection of Chad Billingsley for NL wins, and Gert Quigley's pick of Carlos Pena for AL homers.