Thursday, January 21, 2016

Season 29 Power Rankings #3

With just a quarter of the regular season left, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  On top, Atlanta remains #1, as they continue to dominate in pretty much every category.  Defending champ Texas is up one spot to #2, and Las Vegas is up one spot to #3.  Two teams come from outside the top 10 to round out the top 5 as Salem and Florida come in at #4 and #5 respectively.

Those 2, along with #7 Cheyenne and #10 Seattle, were the biggest climbers in this edition of the rankings.  Quite predictably, Boston was the biggest fall, dropping 13 spots to #20.  Here are the rest of the biggest climbers and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #4 Salem (+7), #5 Florida (+7), #7 Cheyenne (+7), #10 Seattle (+7), #12 Chicago (+6), #24 Houston (+6)

Biggest Falls: #20 Boston (-13), #17 Salt Lake City (-11), #15 Buffalo (-10), #30 Milwaukee (-9), #28 San Francisco (-7)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all for the stretch run!
Pitching Offense  LAST 41
Team W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Atlanta  90 32 1 1 0 1 0 30 11
2 Texas 75 47 3 2 0 6 2 27 14
3 Las Vegas 73 49 4 9 1 7 -4 23 18
4 Salem 75 47 11 20 -1 3 11 28 13
5 Florida 72 50 12 3 5 26 -2 29 12
6 St. Louis 70 52 10 4 1 18 9 24 17
7 Cheyenne 72 50 14 13 -1 13 7 26 15
8 Philadelphia 71 51 2 8 1 11 -2 21 20
9 New York 63 59 8 4 2 15 -2 22 19
10 Seattle  66 56 17 4 -1 26 0 26 15
11 Los Angeles 70 52 15 4 0 28 2 26 15
12 Chicago 59 63 18 12 3 8 1 22 19
13 Pawtucket 67 55 9 14 4 16 -1 21 20
14 Santa Fe 64 58 16 26 3 2 2 21 20
15 Buffalo  64 58 5 10 -3 22 -5 18 23
16 Colorado Springs 62 60 13 25 -4 5 -1 20 21
17 Salt Lake City 59 63 6 17 -4 9 -3 16 25
18 Dover 63 59 19 22 0 20 2 22 19
19 Detroit 52 70 23 16 7 13 -2 18 23
20 Boston  60 62 7 30 -3 3 -1 15 26
21 Vancouver 53 69 20 11 0 18 0 16 25
22 Louisville 54 68 24 18 -1 23 2 19 22
23 Columbus 52 70 27 21 -5 24 -3 21 20
24 Houston 49 73 30 14 6 21 1 19 22
25 Monterrey 52 70 28 27 -1 12 3 20 21
26 Trenton 56 66 25 19 -5 29 2 17 24
27 Charleston 55 67 26 23 2 30 -2 18 23
28 San Francisco 56 66 21 24 0 25 -6 16 25
29 Hartford 44 78 29 32 0 9 3 14 27
30 Milwaukee 48 74 22 31 -3 17 -10 13 28
31 Iowa City 43 79 32 28 2 32 0 16 25
32 Charlotte  43 79 31 29 2 31 -3 12 29

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Season 29 All-Star Recap

Season 29's All-Star festivities are in the books, so let's take a look at who made this year's squads.

In the American League, Albert Cruz of Milwaukee made his 7th All-Star appearance, the most of any player in either league.  11 different teams were represented, led by the #1 team in Cobbfather, Atlanta with an impressive 8 All-Stars!  7 players on the AL squad made their first All-Star appearance.   

In the National League, James Dillard of Las Vegas made his 5th All-Star appearance, the most of any NL All-Star this season.  13 different teams were represented on the NL squad, with Philadelphia leading the way with 6 All-Stars.  14 NL All-Stars were making their first ever All-Star Appearance.

Here are the complete rosters!

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Sean Dahl Atlanta 3rd
1B Vic Park Atlanta 5th
2B Joshua Hendrick Texas 6th
3B Alving Palmeiro Colorado Springs 3rd
SS Rymer Mota Salem 2nd
LF Damaso Rojas Chicago 1st
CF P.J. Roberts Pawtucket 2nd
RF Ryan Martin Pawtucket 1st
DH Albert Cruz Milwaukee 7th

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Troy Hudek Atlanta 3rd
P Tony Mota St. Louis 3rd
P Yeico Oliva Atlanta 4th
P Randall Washington Texas 3rd
P Jiggs Cuddyer Boston 3rd
P Francisco Aramboles Atlanta 6th
P Jhoulys Olmedo Salem 2nd
P Chick Munson Texas 2nd
P Felipe Sosa Salem 1st
P Jonny Bonds Pawtucket 1st
P Juan Saenz Cheyenne 5th
P Ned Morris New York 2nd
P Yeico Miranda Pawtucket 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Daisuke Masato Chicago 2nd
1B Kendry Lunar Boston 2nd
2B Dizzy Hawkins Atlanta 1st
3B Tony Cassevah Salem 3rd
SS Jaret Miller Atlanta 2nd
LF Vinny Dickinson Atlanta 4th
CF Gary Harvey Colorado Springs 4th
RF Francis King Salem 1st

AL All-Stars by Team
Atlanta 8
Salem 5
Pawtucket 4
Texas 3
Boston 2
Chicago 2
Colorado Springs 2
Cheyenne 1
Milwaukee 1
New York 1
St. Louis 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Julio Contreras Santa Fe 1st
1B Brett Yarbrough Philadelphia 1st
2B Edinson Hernandez Santa Fe 2nd
3B Joe Foster Las Vegas 4th
SS Juan Benitez Columbus 1st
LF Alex Mercedes Salt Lake City 3rd
CF James Dillard Las Vegas 5th
RF Wiki Unamuno Santa Fe 2nd

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Will Morris Monterrey 1st
P Edward Presley Philadelphia 2nd
P Lefty Leverton Los Angeles 4th
P Oswaldo Gil Dover 1st
P Artie Stone Vancouver 4th
P Rajai Rossy Seattle 2nd
P Bo Nelson Florida 1st
P Felix Tanaka Philadelphia 2nd
P Josh Stark Las Vegas 1st
P Albert Tapies Seattle 1st
P Alexi Garces Philadelphia 2nd
P Tony Yang Philadelphia 2nd
P Benny Arias Los Angeles 1st
P Kevin Thurman Buffalo 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Lyle Bradford Seattle 1st
1B Adalberto Cerveza Dover 1st
2B Ernie McEnerney Philadelphia 1st
3B Vic Castro Vancouver 3rd
SS Wilfredo Javier Las Vegas 1st
LF Tony Hujimoto Vancouver 2nd
CF Jared Gonzales Louisville 2nd
RF Albert Pineda Florida 3rd

NL All-Stars by Team
Philadelphia 6
Las Vegas 4
Santa Fe 3
Seattle 3
Vancouver 3
Dover 2
Florida 2
Los Angeles 2
Buffalo 1
Columbus 1
Louisville 1
Monterrey 1
Salt Lake City 1

RESULTS
American League 4
National League   1
W - Armaboles L - Tanaka S - Miranda
HR - Hendrick (1)

All-Star Game MVP: Joshua Hendrick, Texas
Home Run Derby Champ: Francis King, Salem
Futures Game MVP: Willie Tejeda, Columbus

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Season 29 Power Rankings #2

Since we're at the midpoint of Season 29, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Holding on to the top spot and pulling away from the pack is Atlanta, who went 33-7 since the last rankings and is tops in pitching and offense.  They look like the team to beat this season once again.  Philadelphia comes in at #2 and the NL's top rated team.  Texas, Las Vegas, and Buffalo, who climbed from #15, round out the top 5.  Also surging is Boston, up 22 spots to #7 recovering nicely from a slow start.   Here are the rest of the biggest climbers, as well as the biggest falls since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #7 Boston (+22), #9 Pawtucket (+13), #5 Buffalo (+10), #6 Salt Lake City (+8), #8 New York (+8)

Biggest Falls:  #25 Trenton (-14), #14 Cheyenne (-12), #30 Houston (-11), #17 Seattle (-8), #20 Vancouver (-8)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all in the second half of Season 29!
Pitching Offense  LAST 40
Team W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Atlanta  60 21 1 1 0 1 3 33 7
2 Philadelphia 50 31 4 9 0 9 -1 23 17
3 Texas 48 33 3 2 3 8 -1 24 16
4 Las Vegas 50 31 6 10 0 3 0 25 15
5 Buffalo  46 35 15 7 9 17 2 26 14
6 Salt Lake City 43 38 14 13 -1 6 6 23 17
7 Boston  45 36 29 27 3 2 12 27 13
8 New York 41 40 16 6 12 13 -5 22 18
9 Pawtucket 46 35 22 18 10 15 -4 26 14
10 St. Louis 46 35 7 5 -3 27 -8 23 17
11 Salem 47 34 5 19 -12 14 -1 20 20
12 Florida 43 38 8 8 6 24 6 21 19
13 Colorado Springs 42 39 10 21 -8 4 13 21 19
14 Cheyenne 46 35 2 12 -10 20 -5 18 22
15 Los Angeles 44 37 13 4 13 30 -1 23 17
16 Santa Fe 43 38 18 29 -4 4 -2 23 17
17 Seattle  40 41 9 3 5 26 -5 19 21
18 Chicago 37 44 17 15 5 9 -8 19 21
19 Dover 41 40 20 22 -3 22 6 21 19
20 Vancouver 37 44 12 11 -7 18 4 16 24
21 San Francisco 40 41 25 24 -2 19 4 20 20
22 Milwaukee 35 46 21 28 -4 7 -3 16 24
23 Detroit 34 47 23 23 0 11 -1 15 25
24 Louisville 35 46 26 17 4 25 -2 17 23
25 Trenton 39 42 11 14 -3 31 -5 16 24
26 Charleston 37 44 31 25 4 28 2 21 19
27 Columbus 31 50 24 16 -10 21 4 13 27
28 Monterrey 32 49 30 26 1 15 3 14 26
29 Hartford 30 51 27 32 0 12 -6 16 24
30 Houston 30 51 19 20 -5 22 -6 10 30
31 Charlotte  31 50 28 31 -5 28 -1 13 27
32 Iowa City 27 54 32 30 1 32 0 16 24