Led by another strong week by Aaron Judge, a monster week for David Fry, and five double-digit outings by starting pitchers, Sam made pretty easy work of Sean's Marauders in this one.

Sean has been sputtering lately, finishing among the bottom five scorers three times in the last four weeks. Despite this recent downward trend, he remains undefeated against every AOA opponent he's faced other than Sam.

For a second straight week, Sam led all teams in home runs. This time he was the only manager to get at least 10 dingers from his lineup, which helped him lead the league in OPS and RBI for the week. His 43 runs batted in ranks 26th in league history for a 7-day matchup and is the most for such a matchup this season.

As impressive as the 23-point advantage those numbers gave Sam in the offensive department was, he had an even bigger 32-point advantage from his pitching staff.

Four of Sean's seven pitcher starts resulted in fewer than 5 points being scored, while five of Sam's seven pitcher starts netted his Airlanders at least 10 points. Quite a week for the league's scoring leader through the first half of the season.

In an even less exciting matchup, Rich joined his Week 10 opponent in improving to 2-0 on the season against his Week 9 opponent.

Ironically, this matchup featured the two highest scoring players of the week on opposite sides of the coin. Rich had the league's only 20-point scorer in Luis Castillo, who put together two quality starts and allowed just 2 earned runs across 13 innings in Week 9. Meanwhile Andrew had the league's highest scoring outfielder, Juan Soto, who came just half a point shy of joining Castillo in reaching the 20-point threshold.

Andrew also boasted the league's top reliever of the week and a terrific early-week start from Joe Ryan that was unfortunately undermined by a very poor second outing on Saturday. But he didn't do those three strong performances any favors by only using eight other players total for the week. In fact, only six hitters played in a single game this week for Andrew.

Rich, meanwhile, enjoyed the best batting average any team put together this week, a big part of his league-leading 34 runs scored.

Cory's 268 plate appearances this week were the second most any team has had this season, behind only his Week 8 total of 283. How much that helped is certainly up for debate. While he certainly got a lot of volume opportunities, his hitters didn't take full advantage. His team had the worst batting average of the week and by far the most strikeouts with 68, more than double his opponent.

Because of that, Alex overcame that 32-plate appearance deficit to ouscore Cory by 20 points on offense. He was helped by George Springer, who led his team with 16.50 points as the third highest scoring outfielder of the week.

The dagger for Alex was pitching. Cory used seven different starting pitchers and five of them reached double digits; two of the four relievers he used joined them. Cory had 21 more innings of volume and logged better ERA, WHIP, and FIP metrics. In all, Cory's pitchers outscored Alex's 94.75 points to 48.75, more than making up for his offensive deficiency.

Eric finally showed up this week with some lineup adjustments. This was the first time all season he maxed out his pitcher starts; in fact, he'd only come within one of the max once prior to this week. He nearly hit 200 plate appearances for the first time since Week 3, he tied his season high for innings pitched, and his team enjoyed its best batting average and OPS since Week 1.

Unfortunately he came up just a bit short of notching his first win of the season. But this was without a doubt the best week he's had this season. It was the first time he finished among the top five scorers, making this an unlucky loss for him, something I honestly wasn't sure we'd see. Hopefully this will give him some confidence that he can compete and maybe make things a bit interesting in the second half of the season.

Stephen, meanwhile, continued his recent tear. He's been a top 5 scorer four times in the last five weeks. While this week was disappointing in terms of his point total compared to his last two weeks, he's certainly got something to hang his hat on this week.

For the first time all season, if the season were to end today, Stephen would be squarely in the playoffs without any need to consider tiebreakers.

As a fun side note: Both managers' top scoring players this week are named Tanner. Bibee led Eric's team with 14.25 points while Houck led Stephen's squad with 14.75 points.

For the second straight week, and the third time this season, Cory enjoyed a lucky win. Back in Week 1 he got a victory as the second lowest scorer, this week he won as the third lowest scorer, and last week he won as the fourth lowest scorer.

No matter, with Sean's loss to Sam, Cory is now tied for the best record in the league! This week he was the beneficiary of a strong Wednesday start by Corbin Burnes and a terrible week for Evan Ash, who had just two 10-point scorers on his team.

Evan managed a narrow advantage on the offensive side thanks to a batting average 22 points higher than Cory's and an OPS 46 points higher. He gave up that advantage and more on the pitching side with a 16-inning deficit and a higher ERA, though he did best Cory in the WHIP and FIP departments.

Total Points

1. Sam Martin: 1223.25

2. Richard Blorstad: 1192.25

3. Stephen April: 1189.50

Point Differencial

1. Sean Kennedy: +142.50

2. Stephen April: +136.25

3. Cory Frontin: +135.50

Hitting Points

1. Sean Kennedy: 581.75

2. Richard Blorstad: 571.75

3. Sam Martin: 558.25

Pitching Points

1. Stephen April: 673.00

2. Sam Martin: 666.50

3. Richard Blorstad: 620.50

Catcher Points

1. Richard Blorstad: 92.00

2. Cory Puffett: 78.50

3. Stephen April: 66.75

1st Baseman Points

1. Richard Blorstad: 88.00

2. Andrew Perez: 80.50

3. Cory Frontin: 74.50

2nd Baseman Points

1. Stephen April: 74.00

2. Evan Ash: 71.50

3. Andrew Perez: 67.75

3rd Baseman Points

1. Stephen April: 92.75

2. Alex Mayo: 66.50

3. Sean Kennedy: 59.00

Shortstop Points

1. Sean Kennedy: 96.50

2. Stephen April: 94.75

3. Richard Blorstad: 76.25

Outfielder Points

1. Sam Martin: 221.25

2. Richard Blorstad: 214.25

3. Sean Kennedy: 175.00

Utility Points

1. Alex Mayo: 98.75

2. Evan Ash: 96.50

3. Sam Martin: 93.75

Starting Pitcher Points

1. Sam Martin: 550.25

2. Stephen April: 524.75

3. Sean Kennedy: 482.25

Relief Pitcher Points

1. Alex Mayo: 199.25

2. Richard Blorstad: 188.75

3. Cory Puffett: 169.75

Total Points

1. Eric Meyer: 826.00

2. Andrew Perez: 827.50

3. Cory Frontin: 1071.00

Point Differencial

1. Eric Meyer: -387.75

2. Andrew Perez: -210.25

3. Evan Ash: -38.50

Hitting Points

1. Eric Meyer: 393.00

2. Andrew Perez: 444.25

3. Evan Ash: 469.00

Pitching Points

1. Andrew Perez: 383.25

2. Eric Meyer: 433.00

3. Cory Frontin: 582.25

Catcher Points

1. Alex Mayo: 20.75

2. Andrew Perez: 25.75

3. Evan Ash: 26.25

1st Baseman Points

1. Eric Meyer: 32.25

2. Stephen April: 37.00

3. Cory Puffett: 50.00

2nd Baseman Points

1. Richard Blorstad: 20.00

2. Eric Meyer: 39.00

3. Alex Mayo: 58.50

3rd Baseman Points

1. Richard Blorstad: 24.50

2. Eric Meyer: 33.00

3. Evan Ash: 33.25

Shortstop Points

1. Andrew Perez: 3.00

2. Evan Ash: 24.50

3. Cory Puffett: 31.25

Outfielder Points

1. Stephen April: 119.25

2. Eric Meyer: 150.00

3. Cory Frontin: 151.25

Utility Points

1. Stephen April: 32.00

2. Eric Meyer: 36.00

3. Cory Frontin: 36.25

Starting Pitcher Points

1. Andrew Perez: 295.00

2. Eric Meyer: 334.50

3. Alex Mayo: 405.75

Relief Pitcher Points

1. Andrew Perez: 88.25

2. Eric Meyer: 98.50

3. Sean Kennedy: 104.25

Plate Appearances

1. Cory Puffett: 2340

2. Richard Blorstad: 2218

3. Sam Martin: 2194

Hits

1. Richard Blorstad: 521

2. Cory Puffett: 513

3. Sean Kennedy: 512

Doubles

1. Sean Kennedy: 108

2. Sam Martin: 104

3. Cory Frontin: 103

Triples

1. Richard Blorstad: 15

2. Stephen April: 13

3. Alex Mayo: 12

Home Runs

1. Stephen April: 93

2. Sam Martin: 85

3. Andrew Perez: 74

Runs

1. Richard Blorstad: 307

2. Stephen April: 284

3. Sean Kennedy: 276

RBI

1. Sam Martin: 290

2. Stephen April: 289

3. Sean Kennedy: 285

Stolen Bases

1. Sean Kennedy: 83

2. Richard Blorstad: 61

3. Alex Mayo: 50

Walks

1. Sam Martin: 230

2. Richard Blorstad: 216

3. Alex Mayo: 208

Strikeouts

1. Alex Mayo: 329

2. Evan Ash: 373

3. Andrew Perez: 386

Batting Average

1. Sean Kennedy: .271

2. Richard Blorstad: .267

3. Cory Frontin: .266

On Base Percentage

1. Richard Blorstad: .343

2. Sean Kennedy: .342

3. Cory Frontin: .339

Slugging Percentage

1. Sean Kennedy: .455

2. Stephen April: .454

3. Sam Martin: .450

OPS

1. Sean Kennedy: .797

2. Sam Martin: .785

3. Andrew Perez: .774

Stolen Base Percentage

1. Evan Ash: 89.5%

2. Alex Mayo: 89.3%

3. Sean Kennedy: 81.4%

Plate Appearances

1. Andrew Perez: 1741

2. Eric Meyer: 1961

3. Evan Ash: 2049

Hits

1. Andrew Perez: 367

2. Eric Meyer: 404

3. Evan Ash: 467

Doubles

1. Andrew Perez: 72

2. Eric Meyer: 85

3. Stephen April: 86

Triples

1. Cory Frontin: 4

2. Andrew Perez: 5

3. Evan Ash: 5

Home Runs

1. Cory Puffett: 50

2. Cory Frontin: 50

3. Alex Mayo: 52

Runs

1. Eric Meyer: 232

2. Andrew Perez: 238

3. Cory Frontin: 243

RBI

1. Cory Frontin: 208

2. Alex Mayo: 209

3. Eric Meyer: 214

Stolen Bases

1. Andrew Perez: 19

2. Eric Meyer: 30

3. Cory Frontin: 32

Walks

1. Stephen April: 161

2. Evan Ash: 169

3. Cory Frontin: 181

Strikeouts

1. Sam Martin: 529

2. Cory Puffett: 499

3. Eric Meyer: 479

Batting Average

1. Eric Meyer: .234

2. Andrew Perez: .244

3. Cory Puffett: .245

On Base Percentage

1. Eric Meyer: .309

2. Stephen April: .310

3. Cory Puffett: .317

Slugging Percentage

1. Cory Puffett: .376

2. Alex Mayo: .400

3. Eric Meyer: .400

OPS

1. Cory Puffett: .693

2. Eric Meyer: .709

3. Alex Mayo: .733

Stolen Base Percentage

1. Andrew Perez: 61.3%

2. Eric Meyer: 71.4%

3. Cory Frontin: 74.4%

Innings Pitched

1. Stephen April: 420.0

2. Cory Puffett: 415.2

3. Sam Martin: 412.2

Wins

1. Stephen April: 32

2. Alex Mayo: 29

3. Evan Ash: 28

Losses

1. Eric Meyer: 13

2. Alex Mayo: 14

3. Evan Ash: 15

Quality Starts

1. Stephen April: 36

2. Cory Frontin: 33

3. Sean Kennedy & Sam Martin: 32

Saves

1. Richard Blorstad: 33

2. Alex Mayo: 30

3. Cory Puffett: 24

Holds

1. Andrew Perez: 18

2. Cory Frontin: 11

3. Eric Meyer: 11

Blown Saves

1. Evan Ash: 0

2. Richard Blorstad: 2

3. Andrew Perez: 2

Hits Allowed

1. Andrew Perez: 190

2. Alex Mayo: 210

3. Eric Meyer: 225

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Andrew Perez: 95

2. Alex Mayo: 107

3. Evan Ash: 114

Home Runs Allowed

1. Eric Meyer: 24

2. Andrew Perez: 31

3. Evan Ash: 32

Walks Issued

1. Alex Mayo: 69

2. Andrew Perez: 82

3. Eric Meyer: 101

Strikeouts

1. Sean Kennedy: 427

2. Sam Martin: 419

3. Cory Puffett: 419

ERA

1. Evan Ash: 2.71

2. Sam Martin: 2.77

3. Alex Mayo: 3.11

WHIP

1. Alex Mayo: .902

2. Evan Ash: .967

3. Sean Kennedy: 1.009

FIP

1. Alex Mayo: 2.85

2. Evan Ash: 3.25

3. Eric Meyer: 3.27

Save Percentage

1. Evan Ash: 100.0%

2. Richard Blorstad: 94.3%

3. Alex Mayo: 88.2%

Innings Pitched

1. Andrew Perez: 255.2

2. Eric Meyer: 285.2

3. Alex Mayo: 309.1

Wins

1. Andrew Perez: 14

2. Eric Meyer: 16

3. Cory Puffett, Cory Frontin & Richard Blorstad: 21

Losses

1. Cory Frontin: 28

2. Cory Puffett: 25

3. Sean Kennedy: 25

Quality Starts

1. Eric Meyer: 16

2. Andrew Perez: 17

3. Alex Mayo: 24

Saves

1. Andrew Perez: 0

2. Sean Kennedy: 6

3. Eric Meyer: 7

Holds

1. Evan Ash: 0

2. Richard Blorstad: 1

3. Alex Mayo: 3

Blown Saves

1. Sean Kennedy: 7

2. Cory Puffett: 5

3. Eric Meyer & Stephen April: 5

Hits Allowed

1. Stephen April: 335

2. Cory Frontin: 326

3. Cory Puffett: 307

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Cory Puffett: 185

2. Stephen April: 165

3. Sean Kennedy: 160

Home Runs Allowed

1. Cory Puffett: 61

2. Richard Blorstad: 48

3. Stephen April: 47

Walks Issued

1. Sam Martin: 149

2. Cory Frontin: 137

3. Stephen April: 127

Strikeouts

1. Sean Kennedy: 427

2. Sam Martin: 419

3. Cory Puffett: 419

ERA

1. Cory Puffett: 4.01

2. Eric Meyer: 3.72

3. Cory Frontin: 3.63

WHIP

1. Cory Frontin: 1.173

2. Eric Meyer: 1.141

3. Stephen April: 1.100

FIP

1. Cory Puffett: 3.99

2. Cory Frontin: 3.94

3. Richard Blorstad: 3.87

Save Percentage

1. Andrew Perez: 0.0%

2. Sean Kennedy: 46.2%

3. Eric Meyer: 58.3%