Weekly Roto Recaps · August 24, 2026 to August 31, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays Take Over at the Top
How the Roto Champ standings moved, and which teams moved them.
Aug 24the week’s race, nightlyAug 31
- 1TBTampa Bay Rays242.5+11.5
- 2PHIPhiladelphia Phillies234.0−1.5
- 3MILMilwaukee Brewers232.0+2.0
- 4ATLAtlanta Braves221.0+4.5
- 5NYYNew York Yankees211.5+9.5
Top five at the window’s close · points and the week’s swing
The Tampa Bay Rays have the lead. They passed the Philadelphia Phillies, who sit 8.5 points back after holding first a week ago.
The Baltimore Orioles were the week’s biggest riser, adding 12.5 points, climbing from 28th to 26th. The gain came from RBI (33 of them, worth 6.0 points) and wins (6 of them, worth 3.0 points). Coby Mayo drove it: two home runs, eight RBI and six runs.
The Boston Red Sox lost the most ground, 20.0 points, falling from 8th to 11th. Their own totals kept climbing: roto placement moves when rivals improve faster, and the field simply went past them.
RBI was the most volatile category. Baltimore Orioles (up 6.0, now 15th) and Tampa Bay Rays (up 4.0, now 13th) moved the furthest.
The Tampa Bay Rays carry a 8.5-point lead going into the new week.
The player chart
Tyler Glasnow made the week’s biggest climb, up 42 places to no. 113 among pitchers: 13 strikeouts and one win, a 3.00 ERA on the week. George Springer rose 41 to no. 112 among hitters.
Brent Headrick slid 22 places to no. 90 among pitchers even while producing (three strikeouts): the field around him simply did more.
New to the top 100: Mason Montgomery (no. 80 among pitchers), Geraldo Perdomo (no. 82 among hitters) and Tyler Wells (no. 87 among pitchers).
On the all-time chart, Cam Schlittler’s season climbed to no. 142 among pitchers all-time, just ahead of Walter Johnson’s 1919 and Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s season climbed to no. 243 among pitchers all-time, just ahead of Jered Weaver’s 2011.
Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs had the bat of the week: five home runs, eight RBI and six runs. Kevin Gausman of the Toronto Blue Jays had the arm of the week: 13 strikeouts and two wins.
Compiled automatically from the nightly Roto Champ standings and player stat snapshots. See the current standings.