34TH
Season
2021
2,567 Entries
SINCE
1988
WEBSITE ESTABLISHED APRIL 2020
Reports for Games Played
thru Sunday May 2 have been posted
Next Report for GP thru May 17
Pinch Hitter Deadline 3PM (CT) Monday May 18
Fran Karm 2 snares the first ever Biggest Moves Prize of $15 by going from 2,272 to 349, a move of 1,923 spots.
There is no way James Matuszak can not finish first as he holds an insurmountable 38 Point lead as the season winds down.
At the other end of the ice there will be a ferocious battle for Last Place where 4 Points separate three spots (excluding the Wayne Giza entry which has withdrawn). Going into the final games Lee W Smith 2 holds the bottom slot with 999. But awhile back Ryan Bricker recognized that, as he put it “I suck” so he dropped Patrick Kane and added the out for the season Nikita Kucherov in an attempt to finish last. His entry 1 is 1 Point off the pace at 1,000 Points while #3 has 1,003.
For the
Good of
The Game
GOING
GOING
GYORKO
Some people have questioned why Jedd Gyorko, who is currently managing a team in a ‘prospects’ league, was included on the HR Derby 2021 Hitters List. Here’s how that happened.
The Hitters List is complied in mid-February to be released to Derbiers during the last week of the month. While it was known at that time Gyorko was not returning to Milwaukee, he was a viable Free Agent in talks with a few teams.
Also know that I check with others when preparing the list and no one brought up the possibility that Gyorko, who had 9 HRs in 117 ABs for the Brewers (a mid 30s pace in a full campaign) would not be playing in 2021.
As can be seen by the dates in the provided clips from articles below, Gyorko, a very solid 3B, was still ‘in play’ in mid-April, a couple of weeks after the start of the season. Including him was reasonable. His inability to find a roster spot is unfortunate.
how to submit a pinch hitter
Preferred method is to use the Player Replacement form (used for both HR Derby and Hockey) on the Contact Page. This form transmits all the information required in a standard format which is easy to read.
If the Player Replacement form can not be used you can send an email to mail@ h r-d e r b y.c o m
After clicking Submit Changes you will will receive an automated reply. When I have retrieved your request you will then get an email acknowledgement noting the date the transaction will take effect. This second email may not be immediate as requests are retrieved as time allows.
Please do not send a responding “Thank you” email as it clutters the inbox!
Player Replacements take effect the Monday after the Sunday of the next scheduled update which are posted every two weeks. The season update schedule can be found on the Reports Page.
To take effect on the Monday immediately after a Sunday Report Date the Player Replacement must be registered by 3:00 PM (CT) of that Monday.
This permanent, nonreversible Player Replacement Rule can be used once during the season per entry.
The Replacement Player must come from the same Group as the Replaced Player.
Do not ask “Did I pick this player?” or for a copy of your entry. A Pick Sheet of all players picked by each entry is available on the Reports Page. This Pick Sheet is updated with Player Replacements when Reports are posted
About 5% of 1,254 emails sent announcing
the posting of April 18 Reports were
returned for some reason.
If your name is on this list, or you know someone on it, please use the email form on the Contact Page to verify your correct email address so that I can copy/paste it for future (rare) emails.
