Jason Collette endured Adam Conley’s short stint for Miami and rode on the strong arm of Michael Fulmer, the strong back of Josh Donaldson, and the strong legs of Jonathan Villar to not only win the final week of Period 2 of Tout Daily by RTSports.com, but also earned him a golden ticket to the August 26 finals.
Collette also received big games from Justin Smoak and Marcel Ozuna to cap his big week.
But the big story of the week was Patrick Davitt, who finished in the Top 10 for the fourth time in Period 2, the first Tout Daily player to ever do so. No player had previously achieved four top-10 performances in one four-week period last year or this.
Tied for first heading into the final week, Davitt’s performance carried him to first place, all alone, in Period 2, and earned him a golden ticket to the Tout Daily finals.
Davitt’s finish is all the more notable for he rostered not only Adam Conley, but the equally beleaguered Robbie Ray last night. But Jonathan Villar’s legs and strong nights from Ian Kinsler, Brandon Drury, Ryan Braun and Franklin Gutierrez saved the day for the champ.
Jeff Erickson finished behind not only Jason Collette on the night, but also Scott Swanay and Jeff Mans, but his 60 point night and second consecutive Top 10 finish was enough earn him third place for the period, and a golden ticket to the finals.
He rostered the two top and most expensive pitchers for the night, Felix Hernandez and Max Scherzer, both of whom flopped, but was picked up by the popular choice Villar, as well as Ryan Braun and Franklin Gutierrez, but also received big nights from Jonathan Lucroy and Jose Ramirez.
It was a night for the hitters. Only four of the Top 10 finishing team’s pitchers earned 10 or more points: Michael Fulmer, Matt Shoemaker, Masahiro Tanaka and Jacob DeGrom. The other pitchers rostered by Top 10 teams were Adam Conley, Robbie Ray, Trevor Bauer, Max Scherzer, Felix Hernandez, and Mike Wright.
Just missing the Top 3 for the period were Jeff Boggis, Scott Swanay and Michael Beller. You can see the whole leaderboard here.
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