Thursday, April 21, 2016

Season 30 Power Rankings #3

That's right, it's time for another edition of the power rankings.  A shocking development at the top to start, #1 is Texas!  Despite taking a few dings since their epic 36 game winning streak, they are the top team, as they lead the world in just about everything.  Atlanta is up one spot to #2, rebounding nicely from a rough 2nd quarter of the season.  Surging up to #3 is Florida, who tied for the 2nd best record in the third quarter, and has seen significant improvement in offense as of late.  Montgomery and Cheyenne round out the top 5.   Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #13 Hartford (+13), #3 Florida (+10), #14 St. Louis (+8), #23 Dover (+7), #21 Vancouver (+6)

Biggest Falls: #27 Colorado Springs (-18), #28 Detroit (-7), #10 Monterrey (-6), #25 Charleston (-6), #30 Trenton (-6)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck down the stretch!

Pitching Offense LAST 40
Team W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Texas 96 26 1 1 0 1 2 34 6
2 Atlanta  77 45 3 3 7 2 2 28 12
3 Florida 70 52 13 4 2 7 12 28 12
4 Montgomery 78 44 5 2 1 13 7 26 14
5 Cheyenne 77 45 2 5 -1 8 -3 20 20
6 Pawtucket 73 49 6 12 -1 15 -2 25 15
7 Salem 71 51 7 10 -5 11 6 24 16
8 New York (NL) 70 52 8 6 -4 9 16 23 17
9 Cleveland 63 59 10 8 -1 14 -4 19 21
10 Monterrey 69 53 4 13 1 6 -4 18 22
11 Las Vegas 66 56 11 9 3 23 -1 21 19
12 San Francisco 59 63 17 21 5 3 2 21 19
13 Hartford 57 65 26 19 4 10 1 23 17
14 St. Louis 61 61 22 14 5 24 0 22 18
15 Louisville 61 61 15 20 -2 12 3 18 22
16 Los Angeles 59 63 12 11 -4 18 0 16 24
17 New York (AL) 59 63 14 7 2 30 -22 19 21
18 Buffalo  62 60 16 21 0 17 -8 19 21
19 Salt Lake City 57 65 18 15 -2 16 0 17 23
20 Boston  53 69 20 27 0 5 2 18 22
21 Vancouver 53 69 27 24 5 19 8 22 18
22 Chicago 52 70 23 28 2 4 -3 17 23
23 Dover 53 69 30 17 -1 31 1 23 17
24 Seattle  54 68 25 18 3 21 -1 18 22
25 Charleston 56 66 19 25 -1 20 5 16 24
26 Iowa City 56 66 28 26 6 27 4 21 19
27 Colorado Springs 59 63 9 29 -12 21 -9 12 28
28 Detroit 53 69 21 15 0 32 -2 15 25
29 Milwaukee 48 74 31 30 1 29 -7 19 21
30 Trenton 47 75 24 32 -4 25 -12 15 25
31 Houston 46 76 29 23 -3 26 2 14 26
32 Charlotte  37 85 32 31 -6 28 1 9 31

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Season 30 All-Star Recap

Here's a recap of Season 30's All-Star rosters and festivities!

Teams with Most All-Stars
AL - Texas - 8
NL - Montgomery - 5

Most Appearances on this Season's Squads
Don Monahan, Las Vegas (NL) - 8th All-Star selection
Rodrigo Ontiveros, Las Vegas (NL) - 8th All-Star selection
Francisco Aramboles, Atlanta (AL) - 7th All-Star selection

Rosters
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Eric Miclat Colorado Springs 2nd
1B Willie Cerda Texas 4th
2B Crash Cepeda San Francisco 1st
3B Alving Palmeiro Colorado Springs 4th
SS Philip Vasquez Cheyenne 2nd
LF Freddy Chang Colorado Springs 2nd
CF Paul Francoeur Texas 1st
RF Ryan Martin Pawtucket 2nd
DH Benny Franco Cheyenne 6th

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Chick Munson Texas 3rd
P Randall Washington Texas 4th
P Dizzy Leonard Colorado Springs 3rd
P Felipe Unamuno Detroit 1st
P Braeden Abercrombie San Francisco 1st
P Bob Graves Cheyenne 1st
P Francisco Aramboles Atlanta 7th
P Albert Nippert Charleston 1st
P Armando Merced Texas 1st
P Carlos Prieto Texas 1st
P Antonio Ishida Chicago 5th
P Yeico Miranda Pawtucket 2nd
P Al Balentien Texas 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Daisuke Masato Chicago 3rd
1B Claude Hughes New York 1st
2B Derrek Wells New York 1st
3B Junior Roberts Cheyenne 2nd
SS Jaret Miller Atlanta 3rd
LF Michael Henn Pawtucket 1st
CF Michael Stokes Detroit 2nd
RF Vladimir Troncoso Texas 6th

AL All-Stars by Team
Texas 8
Cheyenne 4
Colorado Springs 4
Pawtucket 3
Atlanta 2
Chicago 2
Detroit 2
New York 2
San Francisco 2
Charleston 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters
Player
Franchise
Appearance
C
Julio Contreras
Montgomery
2nd
1B
Donaldo Javier
Cleveland
2nd
2B
Ron Palmer
Monterrey
1st
3B
Jhoulys Padilla
Louisville
1st
SS
Willie Esposito
Louisville
2nd
LF
Darren Mann
Buffalo
1st
CF
James Dillard
Las Vegas
6th
RF
Don Sparks
Cleveland
2nd

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Rodrigo Ontiveros Las Vegas 8th
P Davey Torrealba Montgomery 2nd
P Doug Lambert Monterrey 1st
P Red Collins Florida 2nd
P Andre Harper Louisville 1st
P Don Monahan Las Vegas 8th
P Marty Stokes Monterrey 2nd
P Alfonso Unamuno Monterrey 2nd
P Renyel Beato New York 1st
P B.C. Ortiz Florida 1st
P Willie Arredondo Vancouver 2nd
P Midre Rijo New York 1st
P Tomo Hayashi Montgomery 2nd
P Amos Payton Cleveland 2nd

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Felix Yosida Florida 2nd
1B Rico Mantalban Florida 1st
2B Ching-Lung Suzuki Louisville 3rd
3B Erubiel Perez Montgomery 1st
SS Hoss Flores Dover 1st
LF Mitchell Sweeney New York 1st
CF Jody DePaula Houston 1st
RF Edinson Hernandez Montgomery 3rd

NL All-Stars by Team
Montgomery 5
Florida 4
Louisville 4
Monterrey 4
Cleveland 3
Las Vegas 3
New York 3
Buffalo 1
Dover 1
Houston 1
Vancouver 1

Results
American League  0
National League    1
W - Collins L - Graves S - Unamuno

All-Star Game MVP: Ron Palmer, Monterrey - 1-2, RBI
Home Run Derby Champ: Vladimir Troncoso, Texas - 33 HR
Futures Game MVP:  Yan Lecuona, Monterrey - 1-2, HR, 2 RBI

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Season 30 Power Rankings #2

We're over the halfway point of Season 30, so it's time to check in with the latest power rankings! Texas holds on to the top spot continuing their stellar play going 31-10 since the last rankings. Cheyenne is up 1 spot to #2, continuing to put up solid numbers across the board.  A still tough Atlanta team falls one spot to #3, while it's Monterrey and Montgomery rounding out the top 5.  Here are the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings:

Biggest Climbers: #6 Pawtucket (+12), #17 San Francisco (+8), #19 Charleston (+8), #21 Detroit (+ 7)

Biggest Falls: #18 Salt Lake City (-12), #23 Chicago (-11), #30 Dover (-10)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the second half!

Pitching Offense LAST 41
Team W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Texas 62 20 1 1 1 3 12 31 10
2 Cheyenne 57 25 3 4 0 5 3 29 12
3 Atlanta  49 33 2 10 -3 4 -2 23 18
4 Monterrey 51 31 7 14 5 2 1 27 14
5 Montgomery 52 30 4 3 -2 20 9 25 16
6 Pawtucket 48 34 18 11 13 13 6 26 15
7 Salem 47 35 13 5 15 17 -10 25 16
8 New York (NL) 47 35 8 2 7 25 -17 23 18
9 Colorado Springs 47 35 9 17 -7 12 10 22 19
10 Cleveland 44 38 5 7 4 10 -6 19 22
11 Las Vegas 45 37 17 12 5 22 1 24 17
12 Los Angeles 43 39 10 7 -4 18 -1 19 22
13 Florida 42 40 11 6 -1 19 8 19 22
14 New York (AL) 40 42 15 9 -1 8 6 18 23
15 Louisville 43 39 16 18 3 15 -5 22 19
16 Buffalo  43 39 19 21 -4 9 7 22 19
17 San Francisco 38 44 25 26 0 5 8 22 19
18 Salt Lake City 40 42 6 13 -1 16 -11 16 25
19 Charleston 40 42 27 24 5 25 -2 23 18
20 Boston  35 47 26 27 1 7 3 20 21
21 Detroit 38 44 28 15 7 30 -2 22 19
22 St. Louis 39 43 14 19 -3 24 -12 17 24
23 Chicago 35 47 12 30 -5 1 0 12 29
24 Trenton 32 50 30 28 3 13 10 22 19
25 Seattle  36 46 23 21 -8 20 6 19 22
26 Hartford 34 48 22 23 0 11 7 16 25
27 Vancouver 31 51 31 29 -2 27 3 20 21
28 Iowa City 35 47 32 32 0 31 1 22 19
29 Houston 32 50 21 20 -6 28 -7 13 28
30 Dover 30 52 20 16 -10 32 -1 11 30
31 Milwaukee 29 53 29 31 -1 22 -2 16 25
32 Charlotte  28 54 24 25 -10 29 -24 11 30