Friday, September 18, 2015

Season 28 Power Rankings #1

We're about a quarter of the way through Season 28, which means it is time for the first power rankings of the season!  Atlanta continues to hold the top spot with a 30-10 record and ranking in the top 3 in both pitching and offense.  Texas holds on to #2 with a solid start, followed by Florida, Las Vegas and Chicago.  The biggest surprise thus far has been Detroit, vaulting an incredible 22 spots from 30 to 8.  Let's look at the rest of the biggest climbers, and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #8 Detroit (+22), #13 Tacoma (+15), #12 Dover (+7), #7 Charlotte (+5), #18 Santa Fe (+5)

Biggest Falls: #19 Salt Lake City (-14), #25 Boston (-11), #20 Philadelphia (-9), #9 Colorado Springs (-5), #26 Cincinnati (-5), #29 San Francisco (-5)

It's still early, so it will be interesting to see how things continue to shake out.  Here are the complete rankings!
Pitching Offense
Team W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Atlanta  30 10 1 2 3
2 Texas 27 13 2 13 1
3 Florida 27 13 6 1 20
4 Las Vegas 26 14 7 3 16
5 Chicago 24 16 3 21 2
6 New York 24 16 9 9 12
7 Charlotte  23 17 12 13 16
8 Detroit 23 17 30 10 8
9 Colorado Springs 22 18 4 18 3
10 St. Louis 22 18 8 12 29
11 Salem 22 18 10 11 9
12 Dover 22 18 19 8 24
13 Tacoma 22 18 28 5 25
14 Seattle  21 19 13 7 27
15 Nashville 21 19 15 15 13
16 Vancouver 21 19 16 16 18
17 Los Angeles 20 20 17 4 30
18 Santa Fe 20 20 23 19 7
19 Salt Lake City 19 21 5 22 10
20 Philadelphia 19 21 11 17 14
21 Hartford 19 21 18 25 6
22 Buffalo  19 21 20 6 28
23 Cheyenne 19 21 26 20 26
24 Durham  17 23 22 29 15
25 Boston  15 25 14 24 19
26 Cincinnati 13 27 21 32 5
27 Syracuse  18 22 25 28 22
28 Houston 16 24 29 26 21
29 San Francisco 10 30 24 27 32
30 Monterrey 10 30 27 31 11
31 Iowa City 15 25 32 23 31
32 Charleston 14 26 31 30 22

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Season 28 - Cobbfather's Best Players

With the season about to kickoff, we ran through all of the players in Cobbfather through the super secret Post Gazette rating system to find out who the top players in Cobbfather.  Here's what we came up with!

OFFENSE
TOP OVERALL PLAYERS
 
Enrique Garces
Atlanta
Expos
Age: 30B/T: R/R
Born: Villa Mella, DO
Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH
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Enrique Garces rates as the top overall player in Cobbfather.


Player Team Position Rating
1 Enrique Garces ATL 2B 53.0
2 Willie Cerda MTY LF 51.5
3 Joshua Hendrick TEX 2B 51.0
4 Wiki Unamuno SFE RF 50.5
5 Ernie McEnerney PHI SS 50.3
6 Calvin Hukata DET 2B 50.1
7 Tony Cassevah SAL 3B 50.0
8 Albert Cruz CIN DH 49.5
9 Vic Crowe CSP 2B 49.3
10 Joe Foster LV 3B 49.0

TOP PURE HITTERS

Albert Cruz
Cincinnati
CAPs
Age: 28B/T: L/L
Born: Brockport, NY
Position(s): DH/1B
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Albert Cruz is Cobbfather's Top Hitter


Player Team Position Rating
1 Albert Cruz CIN DH 46.5
2 Benny Franco HAR C 46.0
3 Willie Cerda MTY LF 44.0
4 Aurelio Lima TEX 1B 43.5
5 Julio Contreras SFE C 43.0
6 Enrique Garces ATL 2B 42.6
7 Vic Crowe CSP 2B 42.4
8 Cyrus Morton NY1 1B 42.2
9 Greg Riley DOV 1B 42.0
10 Benito Acosta TEX LF 41.0

TOP STARTING PITCHERS

Braeden Abercrombie
San Francisco
Calis
Age: 24B/T: S/R
Born: Little Rock, AR
Position(s): P (SP2)
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Abercrombie rates as Cobbfather's top SP!


Player Team Rating
1 Braeden Abercrombie SF 51.9
2 Randall Washington TEX 50.9
3 Thomas Hutchinson ATL 49.5
4 Armando Merced TEX 49.5
5 Don Monahan LV 49.3
6 Chick Munson NAS 48.9
7 Francisco Aramboles ATL 48.3
8 Yeico Oliva ATL 48.2
9 Fergie Lockwood CH1 47.0
10 Hensley Breslow SLC 46.7

TOP RELIEF PITCHERS 

Artie Stone
Vancouver
Moose Knuckle
Age: 27B/T: L/L
Born: Cameron, OK
Position(s): P (ClA)
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Artie Stone gets the nod as the top RP in Cobbfather!


Player Team Rating
1 Artie Stone VC 50.5
2 Troy Hudek ATL 50.0
3 Alex Alfonzo LV 49.0
4 Jim Goulet CHA 47.7
5 Ed Flair NY1 47.5
6 Carlos Prieto TEX 47.2
7 Tomo Hayashi SFE 47.1
8 Antonio Ishida CH1 47.0
9 Yordano Oropesa SLC 46.3
10 Gus Masaoka TEX 46.0

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Season 28 Preseason Power Rankings

Season 28 will kickoff tomorrow, so it's a great time to weigh in with the preseason power rankings!  At the top is the two-time defending champion Atlanta.  Gotta give them their respect as champs, and a great roster returning yet again.  An extremely close #2 is Texas, whom our scouting department tells us it could be their year to give Atlanta a run for their money.  Rounding out the top 5 are Chicago, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City, all with very strong rosters.

Here are the complete rankings, I'm sure it will serve as bulletin board material for some teams, it will be interesting to see how the season plays out.  Good luck everyone!





Starting  Relief 



Season 27 Pitching Pitching Hitting Fielding


W L Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Atlanta  110 52 1 17 2 13
2 Texas 101 61 2 1 1 3
3 Chicago 90 72 11 2 6 6
4 Colorado Springs 93 69 19 7 3 25
5 Salt Lake City 84 78 17 8 5 6
6 Florida 99 63 7 5 11 6
7 Las Vegas 96 66 5 4 11 14
8 St. Louis 85 77 16 14 7 9
9 New York 72 90 22 3 8 3
10 Salem 96 66 14 11 15 2
11 Philadelphia 97 65 3 28 19 9
12 Charlotte  65 97 15 16 10 23
13 Seattle  91 71 20 25 9 11
14 Boston  81 81 18 12 17 26
15 Nashville 66 96 4 23 22 15
16 Vancouver 78 84 23 6 13 15
17 Los Angeles 87 75 6 10 26 3
18 Hartford 59 103 26 29 4 28
19 Dover 68 94 21 18 18 15
20 Buffalo  85 77 9 15 25 21
21 Cincinnati 87 75 12 27 20 32
22 Durham  64 98 13 21 23 29
23 Santa Fe 92 70 27 9 20 26
24 San Francisco 67 95 10 13 29 31
25 Syracuse  63 99 31 20 16 21
26 Cheyenne 86 76 8 31 28 15
27 Monterrey 76 86 30 32 14 29
28 Tacoma 76 86 24 22 30 1
29 Houston 79 83 28 26 26 15
30 Detroit 77 85 25 24 31 15
31 Charleston 71 91 32 19 24 23
32 Iowa City 51 111 29 30 32 11