Monday, March 16, 2015

Season 26 Power Rankings #3

These are a bit late, I apologize, but here are the 3rd edition of the power rankings for the season!

Team 
W
L
PREV
   Comments
1
Atlanta 
87
35
1
Still holding on to the top spot, playing very well
2
Texas
84
38
2
Narrowing the gap, offense is best in some time 
3
Florida
78
44
5
They are on an unreal run as of late
4
Colorado Springs
76
46
6
2nd best offense, but pitching is middle of the pack
5
New York (AL)
75
47
7
Playing very well, the pitching is outstanding
6
Philadelphia
74
48
3
Fallen off a bit, pitching has taken a step back
7
Los Angeles
70
52
12
Getting it done with pitching, offense is better too
8
Arizona
69
53
4
Their pitching has been lit up, and offense is down too
9
Las Vegas
66
56
13
Pitching has been better lately, not sure about offense
10
Charlotte 
63
59
11
Pretty solid overall, but numbers declined some
11
Salt Lake City
62
60
18
They've improved a lot, the pitching has stepped it up
12
Buffalo 
65
57
9
Struggled since last rankings, numbers down overall
13
Santa Fe
66
56
14
Played better since last rankings, number up overall
14
Houston
67
55
16
Their pitching improved somewhat and nice offense
15
Boston 
60
62
10
Offense is rolling, but pitching isn't there this season
16
St. Louis
62
60
15
They've struggled on offense, pitching is pretty solid
17
Salem
60
62
19
Pitching improved a lot since the last rankings
18
Trenton
59
63
22
Offensive numbers are up since the half way point
19
Syracuse 
52
70
28
Pitching has been significantly better as of late
20
Austin 
60
62
21
Pitching has been ok, but offense has been struggling
21
Seattle 
53
69
24
Major improvement in pitching since the last rankings
22
Cleveland
55
67
8
Their pitching has been a disaster over the last 41
23
Pawtucket
54
68
26
Pitching has been a major issue for them this season
24
Tampa Bay 
59
63
17
Pitching numbers are up, but offense has slowed some
25
Dover
54
68
23
Offense has struggled, but pitching is not bad of late
26
Jacksonville
54
68
20
Numbers are mediocre overall, but not horrible
27
San Francisco
45
77
27
They've been awful as of late, very little offense here
28
Cincinnati
50
72
25
Pitching a problem all season, and offense is slumping
29
Durham 
44
78
31
Numbers look a lot better since the last rankings
30
Cheyenne
45
77
32
Pitching improved, but offense is almost non-existent
31
El Paso
43
79
29
Hard to pinpoint any postitives at this point
32
New York (NL)
41
81
30
Same as the above, the rebuild continues here

Monday, March 2, 2015

Season 26 All-Star Coverage

The All-Stars have been named for Season 26, and we have all the coverage right here!

In the American League, Eugene Brantley of Tampa Bay leads the way in All-Star appearances, making his 7th.  Honorable mention goes to Roger DuBose of Boston (6th appearance) and Thomas Hutchinson of Atlanta (5th appearance).  Texas had the most All-Stars in the American League with 5, while Atlanta, Colorado Springs and New York all had 4.

In the National League, veteran hurler Norman LaPorta of Houston is making his 10th All-Star appearance, a truly impressive feat!  Fellow 37 year-old hurler Lyle Wallace has the next most appearances amongst the NL All-Stars with 6.  Arizona led the way with 5 All-Stars, while Cleveland Philadelphia each had 4.  Syracuse is the only team without an All-Star in the NL, every other team is represented.

Here is the complete list of this season's All-Stars!

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Jimmie Newson Tampa Bay 2nd
1B Vic Park Atlanta 3rd
2B Joshua Hendrick Texas 3rd
3B Benjamin Delcarmen Cincinnati 4th
SS Tony Cassevah Salem 1st
LF Vic Crowe Colorado Springs 3rd
CF Gary Harvey Colorado Springs 2nd
RF Vladimir Troncoso Texas 3rd
DH Albert Cruz Pawtucket 4th

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Francisco Aramboles Atlanta 3rd
P Thomas Hutchinson Atlanta 5th
P Jhoulys Olmedo Salem 1st
P Carl Young Colorado Springs 2nd
P Aneury Tejeda Atlanta 2nd
P Steve Morgan New York 1st
P Walt White Charlotte 1st
P Randall Washington Texas 1st
P Artie Stone Colorado Springs 3rd
P Henry Hermsen New York 3rd
P Fergie Lockwood New York 1st
P Paulie Gibbs New York 1st
P Jack Gwynn Trenton 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Roger DuBose Boston 6th
1B Eugene Brantley Tampa Bay 7th
2B Steve Hansell Pawtucket 3rd
3B Hideo Sakamoto Durham 3rd
SS James Dillard Charlotte 1st
LF Benito Acosta Texas 1st
CF Jared Gonzales Texas 1st
RF Carmine Avery Salem 1st

AL All-Stars by Team
Texas 5
Atlanta 4
Colorado Springs 4
New York 4
Salem 3
Charlotte 2
Pawtucket 2
Tampa Bay 2
Boston 1
Cincinnati 1
Durham 1
Trenton 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Benny Franco New York 3rd
1B Victor Guzman Arizona 2nd
2B Albert Pineda Florida 1st
3B Gail Roberts Dover 4th
SS Ching-Lung Suzuki Austin 2nd
LF Willie Cerda Jacksonville 3rd
CF Lance Matthews Austin 1st
RF Randall Coke Las Vegas 1st

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Dock Kramer Arizona 2nd
P Bart Wheeler Cleveland 1st
P Rodrigo Ontiveros Las Vegas 5th
P Wayne Barber Austin 1st
P Ebenezer Hall Philadelphia 1st
P Lefty Leverton Arizona 3rd
P Bill Hermanson Philadelphia 1st
P Norman LaPorta Houston 10th
P Hank Abercrombie Cleveland 1st
P Houston Austin Los Angeles 1st
P Paulie Flynn Seattle 4th
P Lyle Wallace Los Angeles 6th
P Don Monahan Las Vegas 5th
P Rich Miner Philadelphia 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Michael Mancuso Cleveland 1st
1B Howard Greer Cleveland 5th
2B Vin Gandarillas Arizona 2nd
3B Vic Castro Arizona 1st
SS Stan Demel Buffalo 1st
LF Ahmed Ratliff Philadelphia 1st
CF Eli Espinosa Santa Fe 3rd
RF Alex Mercedes Salt Lake City 2nd

NL All-Stars by Team
Arizona 5
Cleveland 4
Philadelphia 4
Austin 3
Las Vegas 3
Los Angeles 2
Buffalo 1
Dover 1
Florida 1
Houston 1
Jacksonville 1
New York 1
Salt Lake City 1
Santa Fe 1
Seattle 1