Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Season 21 Power Rankings # 3

It's time for another edition of the power rankings!  For the most part things held pretty stable since the rankings, but there were a few risers and fallers.  It will certainly be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out.  Good luck to all down the stretch!  Here are the latest rankings!


Team  W L PREV   Comments
1 Dover 84 37 1 Still rolling, great all-around team
2 Little Rock 73 48 2 Finally playing up to their numbers, it seems
3 St. Louis 75 46 4 Have played great all season and not slowing down
4 Vancouver  73 48 7 Offense has turned it up since the last rankings
5 Tampa Bay  70 51 8 Playing well as of late, solid on all fronts 
6 Los Angeles 73 48 10 Pitching is outstanding as always, offense picking it up 
7 Salt Lake City 71 50 13 Best record since the last rankings, mopping it up 
8 Boston  69 52 6 Pitching fell off a bit, but offense has been very solid
9 Colorado Springs 67 54 11 Still playing well, can they turn it up for a run at a repeat?
10 Houston 70 51 9 Pitching has fallen off a bit, but still winning a lot
11 Buffalo  66 55 3 Bad luck lately, as their numbers haven't changed
12 Pittsburgh  62 59 21 Playing like the 100 win teams of the last 3 seasons again
13 Detroit  64 57 20 Pitching has really come around as of late 
14 Atlanta  63 58 16 They're getting it together, expect to see a great last quarter
15 Durham  66 55 5 Tough run as of late, the bats haven't been producing
16 Salem 62 59 12 Pitching has been better, but offense hasn't been there
17 Boise 57 64 14 Their numbers aren't bad, just not getting wins
18 Minnesota  60 61 17 Pitching took a step forward, bats a step back 
19 Rochester 61 60 24 Still in the division race, but pitching is a bit rough
20 Honolulu  58 63 25 Pitching has improved, and a very nice offense here
21 Kansas City  58 63 15 Although improved, pitching remains an issue here
22 Charlotte  55 66 19 Pitching took a hit since the last rankings, as did the win total
23 New York  50 71 30 Over .500 since the last rankings, coming around
24 Texas 52 69 23 Numbers are mediocre across the board, but not bad
25 Burlington  54 67 18 Offense has fallen off since the last rankings
26 Syracuse  50 71 27 Have really struggled as of late, especially with pitching
27 Florida  52 69 26 Good offense, but could use a few more quality arms
28 Austin  51 70 22 Major fall off across the board since last rankings
29 Seattle  49 72 31 Pitching has stepped it up, but could use more offense
30 Jacksonville 42 79 32 New ownership is starting to right the ship
31 Colorado  36 85 28 Pitching staff has started a relocation petition
32 Philadelphia 43 78 29 Rough going lately, fall off across the board

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Season 21 All Star Coverage

The Season 21 All Star Game is upon us, and it's time to look at who made this year's teams.  Deserving a special mention in the AL, James Haselman is making his 10th appearance, while Elston Lloyd is making his 8th. In the NL, both Mendy Kondou and Clarence Loney are making their 7th appearances. Atlanta had the most All Stars in the AL with 4, while in the NL, Dover had an amazing 9 members of the All Star Team!  I guess it's not all that surprising since they are the #1 ranked team, but still impressive.  Here's a complete listing of this season's all stars.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

Player Team Appearance
C Roger DuBose Boston 1st
1B Alex Manto Atlanta 1st
2B Dustan Jackson Kansas City 3rd
3B Roberto Bennett Vancouver 6th
SS Javier Mairena Florida 1st
LF Lastings Morris Colorado 2nd
CF Morgan Cerda Atlanta 2nd
RF Mike Worthington Tampa Bay 2nd
DH Takumi Tanaka St. Louis 1st

Pitchers 

Player Team Appearance
P Jayson Klesko St. Louis 2nd
P Walt White Charlotte 2nd
P Freddy Masao Durham 1st
P Edwin Radlosky Boston 3rd
P Thomas Hutchinson Atlanta 2nd
P Alex Satou Colorado Springs 3rd
P Carl Young Detroit 1st
P James Haselman Tampa Bay 10th
P Torey Ontiveros Durham 3rd
P Javier Javier St. Louis 1st
P Miguel Sosa Charlotte 1st
P Tomas Batista Durham 2nd
P Moises Toregas Burlington 1st

Reserves  

Player Team Appearance
C Elston Lloyd Vancouver 8th
1B Luis Alarcon Colorado Springs 3rd
2B Vic Park Atlanta 1st
3B Carlos James Kansas City 4th
SS Curt Hebert Burlington 3rd
LF Stubby Shaw Boston 3rd
CF Vic Crowe Colorado Springs 2nd
RF William Sabathia Vancouver 4th

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters

Player Team Appearance
C Alex Molina Boise 1st
1B Will Maxwell Houston 3rd
2B Hootie Cookson Dover 2nd
3B Mendy Kondou Dover 7th
SS Xavier Dean Boise 3rd
LF Pascual Hernandez Buffalo 3rd
CF Chris Nye Dover 2nd
RF Garrett Patrick Dover 2nd

Pitchers  

Player Team Appearance
P Homer Butler Los Angeles 4th
P Don Monahan Dover 2nd
P Norman LaPorta Dover 6th
P Lyle Wallace Los Angeles 3rd
P Manuel Estrada Houston 2nd
P Alexi Garces Buffalo 1st
P Karim Nieto Seattle 1st
P Magglio Martinez Honolulu 1st
P Clarence Poole Houston 4th
P Marvin Walsh Pittsburgh 4th
P Lynn Mortensen Salt Lake City 2nd
P Dioner Ontiveros Austin 1st
P Bob Wood Los Angeles 2nd
P Felix Wheat Pittsburgh 3rd

Reserves 

Player Team Appearance
C Stan Dickens Dover 3rd
1B Ray Rudolph Little Rock 2nd
2B Hideo Sakamoto Salt Lake City 1st
3B Pepe Guillen Minnesota 4th
SS Albert Pineda Dover 5th
LF Clarence Loney Dover 7th
CF Del Bolivar Syracuse 1st
RF Jerrod Griffiths Houston 1st

American League All Stars by Team  
Atlanta 4
Boston 3
Colorado Springs 3
Durham 3
St. Louis 3
Vancouver 3
Burlington 2
Charlotte 2
Kansas City 2
Tampa Bay 2
Colorado 1
Detroit 1
Florida 1

National League All Stars by Team
Dover 9
Houston 4
Los Angeles 3
Austin 2
Boise 2
Buffalo 2
Pittsburgh 2
Salt Lake City 2
Little Rock 1
Minnesota 1
Seattle 1
Syracuse 1

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Season 21 Power Rankings # 2

We're about half way through Season 21, which means another edition of the power rankings.  Dover remains in the top spot, although they weren't quite as dominant as they were in the first quarter of the season.  Little Rock comes in at #2, followed by Buffalo, and the team with the best record since the last rankings comes in at #4 in St. Louis.  Durham rounds out the top 5.   Here's the complete rankings!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Dover 57 24 1 Bats are unbelievable, pitching has been rough lately
2 Little Rock 47 34 4 Great numbers, surprised they don't have more wins
3 Buffalo  48 32 6 Pretty balanced team, offense is coming around
4 St. Louis 49 32 13 Best record since last rankings, pitching is improving
5 Durham  48 32 9 Pretty steady since last rankings, pitching is hanging in
6 Boston  46 35 5 Decent since the last rankings, but numbers down a bit
7 Vancouver  48 33 2 Just above .500 since last rankings, offense cooled off
8 Tampa Bay  46 35 7 Looking pretty good, numbers are steady, but not dominant
9 Houston 47 34 8 Pitching has been lights out, offense has fallen off a bit
10 Los Angeles 47 34 10 League's top team in pitching, and offense picked up some
11 Colorado Springs 44 36 3 Big drop off everywhere, but over .500 since last rankings
12 Salem 42 38 22 They've picked it up since the last rankings, nice jump
13 Salt Lake City 43 37 14 Offense has been playing better for this squad lately
14 Boise 37 43 19 Offense is great, Pitching is not bad, surprised at the record
15 Kansas City  40 40 27 2nd worst pitching team, but getting it done on offense
16 Atlanta  38 42 28 They've come around after a rocky start, pitching is better
17 Minnesota  40 40 12 A bit of a drop off all around since the last rankings here
18 Burlington  39 41 24 Pitching is coming around, over .500 since last rankings
19 Charlotte  39 42 15 Offense is not getting it done, but pitching keeps them in it
20 Detroit  40 41 16 Had a nice streak going, may be on the verge of a big jump
21 Pittsburgh  37 44 17 Seems to be an off season for them, just can't get going
22 Austin  36 44 18 Fell off a bit since last rankings, pitching hasn't been great
23 Texas 34 46 32 Coming around after horrid start, huge improvement overall
24 Rochester 41 40 11 Good offense, but pitching fell off, leading to rough last 40
25 Honolulu  38 43 21 Great offensively, but pitching is not there yet 
26 Florida  37 43 20 Getting some good pitching, but offense is lacking so far
27 Syracuse  35 46 25 Numbers improved some, but their record didn't reflect that
28 Colorado  25 56 30 Improved as of late, but park is a problem for their pitching
29 Philadelphia 32 48 29 Their pitching did improve a lot since the last rankings
30 New York  29 51 26 It's been rough going for them since the last rankings
31 Seattle  33 48 23 Pitching got absolutely destroyed over the last 40 games
32 Jacksonville 26 54 31 Rebuild is going along well, as the pitching made strides.  

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Season 21 Power Rankings # 1

We're about a quarter of the way through Season 21, and it's time to see who lived up to the preseason hype, who faltered, and who surprised to date.  There's still a lot of time to turn it around though, so it's still anyone's game.  Without further adieu, here are the first power rankings of the season!


Team  W L PREV   Comments
1 Dover 31 10 1 Definitely living up to the preseason hype
2 Vancouver  27 14 10 Out of the gate fast, back to championship form
3 Colorado Springs 24 17 2 Looking good, despite claiming to be overrated
4 Little Rock 24 17 5 The numbers are always great for this team
5 Boston  24 17 13 Pitching is holding up so far, they're biggest concern
6 Buffalo  25 16 8 Offense not as good as teams above, but pitching is great
7 Tampa Bay  24 17 4 Solid production so far across the board
8 Houston 25 16 19 I guess the city change helped
9 Durham  24 17 17 Offense is rolling so far, and pitching is decent enough
10 Los Angeles 25 16 6 Getting no offense at all, but pitching is carrying them
11 Rochester 24 17 21 Nice start, but bad pitching numbers are a concern
12 Minnesota  21 20 12 Pitching hasn't been great, but hanging in there
13 St. Louis 22 19 7 Pretty good numbers across the board, not 
14 Salt Lake City 23 18 23 Can they get enough offense to keep up hot start? 
15 Charlotte  21 20 15 Good start, but the offense has been a bit quiet so far
16 Detroit  22 19 14 Pitching has been hit hard, if they get in line, look out
17 Pittsburgh  18 23 3 Same numbers as usual, record is a bit of a surprise
18 Austin  19 22 22 Bats have not produced so far
19 Boise 18 23 20 Numbers are pretty good, but it hasn't led to W's yet
20 Florida  22 19 25 Finally over .500, we'll see if the offense comes through
21 Honolulu  19 22 28 Fantastic offense, but pitching has been rocked
22 Salem 20 21 26 Hanging in there, pitching has been a concern
23 Seattle  20 21 31 Starting off nicely, the pitching has been there for them
24 Burlington  19 22 16 Pitching is off to a slow start here
25 Syracuse  19 22 29 Getting some good offense, but not much pitching
26 New York  17 24 24 Surprising record, their numbers say they are better
27 Kansas City  18 23 18 Pitching has been getting destroyed so far.  
28 Atlanta  16 25 9 Good offense but pitching has been roughed up
29 Philadelphia 17 24 27 Numbers don't look bad, everyone is bunched up here
30 Colorado  8 33 30 Pitching is horrid, but getting some offense
31 Jacksonville 13 28 32 Looking better, team was wrecked by previous owner
32 Texas 11 30 11 Wheels really fell off here, but they could bounce back