Trade Announcement

A trade has been made between Ken and Chris. Both teams have submitted official documentation to the Commissioner's Office.

Ken receives: Robinson Cano & a 1st-round draft pick (No. 2 overall)
Chris receives: Prince Fielder & a 1st-round draft pick (No. 1 overall)

Both teams will lose their 15th-round (18) draft pick in the upcoming draft due to the rules applied for offseason keeper trades (http://mtlkeeperleague.blogspot.com/2009/06/league-rules_22.html)

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Hal the favorite to win Home-Run Derby

With David Ortiz, Jose Bautista and Matt Holliday, the PROHIBITIVE favorite to win the Home-Run Derby tonight is undoubtedly Hal.

Bautista and Ortiz are probably the two overall favorites. Holliday has participated in this event before as well.

No surprise that Hal has three guys in here, either. All his team does is hit homers. Odds of winning after the jump.


The other participants: Chris with Adrian Gonzalez and Robinson Cano; Dave with Matt Kemp; Ken with Prince Fielder; and Jack, the longshot, with Rickie Weeks (Lolz).

Call us boring, but we're going with Hal.

Official odds of winning the Home-Run Derby:

Hal ..... 2/1
Chris ..... 9/2
Ken ..... 6/1
Dave ..... 10/1
Jack ..... 15/1

Place your bets now.
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Chris loving role as the underdog

Ask Chris and he won't deny it: He didn't expect to be in the championship a few weeks ago.

Sure he wanted to be here, but no way in hell did he think he'd be in this spot. All year he complained about his team. In fact, he called his one-time undefeated squad the "worst 4-0 team in fantasy history."

At various points this season, Chris was talking about the enjoyment of getting a high draft pick and the chance to win Albert Pujols.

That was then, this is now.


"(I'm) definitely happy to be here," Chris said. "(I) had the hardest path to reach the finals and have my toughest matchup upcoming."

Even Bob was surprised that Chris made it this far.

"Chris has a good team, but I honestly thought that Hal would make it to the finals," Bob said. "But we all know that winning in the playoffs is all about getting hot at the right time and being a good manager. Chris had Hal's number in both categories this past week."

Chris cited "managing ... (and) picking up players at the right time," as his top reasons for making it to this point.

We've already seen some of that with recent pickup David Murphy going 5-for-5 in the first night of action. The Los Macironis have talented players such as Adrian Gonzalez and Robinson Cano, and they need them to have a good two weeks.

Chris thinks he will win because "my players have stepped up these past few weeks and are used to being the underdogs."

That is correct. Chris is the first No. 6 seed to reach the finals. He has championship-game experience, a loss to Joe two years ago. Back then, though, he was a division winner and expected to make it that far.

Now, he's trying to pull off an unprecedented feat.
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5 to watch: Weekend Predictions

1. The closest margin of victory will be three or greater.
Right now, we have a ton of blowouts, and I predict it stays that way through the weekend.

2. Joe will triple Shea's HR, RBI and TB total.
Joe's offense has been so ridiculous this week, it's not out of this world to think he can reach 40 RBIs.

See why Adam LaRoche is pictured as you get the rest of the predictions after the jump...


3. Our two Mets fans will lose by a combined margin greater than their N.Y. team finished out of first place last season.
That's 23 games behind for those who forgot. Let's see if Chris and Dave can keep the hammer on Mike and Ken.

4. Hal will have more losses out of his pitchers than he will home runs from his hitters.
And that, folks, his not easy to do. If you haven't seen how incredibly awful his pitching has been this week, check it out.

5. Adam LaRoche and Robbie Cano will combine to hit at least two more homers this weekend.
They already have three each (more than some teams this week) and are the early candidates for Week 4 MVP.
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