August 29, 2009

The Mets' loss of Johan Santana for the remainder of the season probably means much less to their dismal 2009 campaign as it does to the pool's standings. Despite the fact that most of our current contenders lost a point since the last full update due to Santana's falling out of the NL wins lead, 4 of the top 11--including 5th place Aaron Smith--benefited from this development.

Defending champion Jon Pauley is back on top, primarily on the strength of Joe Mauer's run at the AL batting title. Or, at least that's the reason he's moved from top 10 to #1. Aaron's ascension into the top five is aided by Mark Teixeira's move into the AL RBI lead. With a low HBP total, Aaron will have to win outright, though.

With just over a month to go in the season, it seems that more people have a chance to win this thing than has ever been the case this late. I could be wrong, but with 11 of 33 participants holding either four or five categories, and an additional 11 with three, the big prize is still up for grabs. We'll be providing a little more in-depth analysis during a final month that looks like it's going to be pretty interesting.