Weekly Roto Recaps · August 31, 2026 to September 7, 2026
Chicago Cubs Surge Six Places
How the Roto Champ standings moved, and which teams moved them.
Aug 31the week’s race, nightlySep 7
- 1TBTampa Bay Rays246.0+3.5
- 2PHIPhiladelphia Phillies229.0−5.0
- 3MILMilwaukee Brewers224.0−8.0
- 4ATLAtlanta Braves218.5−2.5
- 5NYYNew York Yankees207.5−4.0
Top five at the window’s close · points and the week’s swing
The Tampa Bay Rays still lead, now by 17.0 points over the Philadelphia Phillies, up from 8.5 a week ago. The gap is widening.
The Chicago Cubs were the week’s biggest riser, adding 19.5 points, climbing from 13th to 7th. The gain came from ERA (8.0 points) and wins (5 of them, worth 7.5 points). Alex Bregman drove it: four home runs, eight RBI and seven runs.
The Washington Nationals lost the most ground, 20.5 points, falling from 7th to 9th. Their own totals kept climbing: roto placement moves when rivals improve faster, and the field simply went past them.
ERA was the most volatile category. Chicago Cubs (up 8.0, now 17th) and Arizona Diamondbacks (up 2.0, now 21st) moved the furthest.
The Tampa Bay Rays carry a 17.0-point lead going into the new week.
The player chart
Ronald Acuña Jr. made the week’s biggest climb, up 36 places to no. 78 among hitters: three home runs, nine RBI and five runs, hitting .440 for the week. Iván Herrera rose 31 to no. 69 among hitters.
Kyle Harrison slid 40 places to no. 82 among pitchers even while producing (seven strikeouts): the field around him simply did more.
New to the top 100: Cal Quantrill (no. 72 among pitchers), Bo Bichette (no. 82 among hitters) and Ranger Suarez (no. 89 among pitchers).
On the all-time chart, Cam Schlittler’s season climbed to no. 104 among pitchers all-time, just ahead of Urban Shocker’s 1922 and Chris Sale’s season climbed to no. 233 among pitchers all-time, just ahead of Larry Benton’s 1928.
Rafael Devers of the San Francisco Giants had the bat of the week: six home runs, 13 RBI and eight runs. Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Red Sox had the arm of the week: three saves, seven strikeouts and one win.
Compiled automatically from the nightly Roto Champ standings and player stat snapshots. See the current standings.