Friday, July 22, 2016

Season 31 Power Rankings #3

As we down the corner down the stretch of the regular season in Season 31, it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  And there's a #1, as it has bounced backed to Cheyenne, who held the top spot after the first quarter of the season.  Their top rated offense and improved pitching propel them to #1 after a mediocre second quarter.  Holding steady at #2 is Texas, still playing solid ball.  Up 6 spots to #3 is Montgomery, who posted a league best 31-9 record over the last 40 games, thanks to improved pitching.  Cleveland's improved offense has landed them at #4, and previous #1 Florida checks in at #5, still having the top rated pitching staff, but has seen it's offense tail off since the midway point.  Now, for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #13 St. Louis (+11), #17 Monterrey (+10), #11 Vancouver (+8), #10 Atlanta (+7), #3 Montgomery (+6)

Biggest Falls: #14 Dover (-10), #23 Detroit (-9), #21 Chicago (-5), #28 San Francisco (-5)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck down the home stretch of the season!

Pitching Offense LAST 40
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Cheyenne 80 41 3 8 5 1 0 28 12
2 Texas 79 42 2 2 0 6 9 27 13
3 Montgomery 76 45 9 5 10 4 1 31 9
4 Cleveland 72 49 6 3 -1 11 11 23 17
5 Florida 79 42 1 1 0 13 -3 21 19
6 New York (NL) 67 54 8 11 -5 3 1 22 18
7 Salt Lake City 70 51 5 4 0 15 -2 22 18
8 Pawtucket 71 50 10 6 5 24 -1 26 14
9 Salem 67 54 7 14 -5 9 -2 21 19
10 Atlanta  65 56 17 20 2 8 1 23 17
11 Vancouver 62 59 19 27 4 2 0 25 15
12 Montreal 62 59 12 17 -1 10 -4 19 21
13 St. Louis 58 63 24 7 7 26 2 25 15
14 Dover 68 53 4 14 -4 16 -8 17 23
15 New York (AL) 62 59 11 9 -1 21 -1 18 22
16 Las Vegas 63 58 13 9 -4 25 1 19 21
17 Monterrey 50 71 27 24 4 7 9 22 18
18 Buffalo  61 60 15 13 4 18 -2 18 22
19 Louisville 62 59 22 26 0 19 0 23 17
20 Milwaukee 58 63 18 18 0 19 1 20 20
21 Chicago 59 62 16 31 -1 5 -2 19 21
22 Charleston 55 66 20 14 -2 23 -5 20 20
23 Detroit 60 61 14 23 1 16 -4 15 25
24 Colorado Springs 57 64 26 32 0 14 0 20 20
25 Boston  52 69 21 29 -2 12 -1 16 24
26 Los Angeles 46 75 25 12 -6 30 -1 16 24
27 Trenton 46 75 31 21 1 28 -1 17 23
28 San Francisco 52 69 23 22 -2 27 -2 13 27
29 Charlotte  44 77 30 30 -1 22 2 13 27
30 Iowa City 50 71 28 28 -3 31 0 16 24
31 Seattle  43 78 29 19 0 32 0 12 28
32 Houston 40 81 32 25 -4 29 1 13 27

Monday, July 11, 2016

Season 31 All-Star Coverage

The Season 31 All-Star break is here, so let's see who made this year's teams!

In the AL, Cheyenne led the way with 6 All-Stars, followed closely by Pawtucket and Texas with 5 each. Francisco Aramboles of Atlanta is making his 8th All-Star appearance, as is his former Atlanta staff mate, now with Pawtucket, Thomas Hutchinson.  The AL roster includes 10 first time All-Stars!

On the NL side, it's Florida and Montgomery tying for the most All-Stars with 4 each.  The ageless wonder Don Monahan of Las Vegas makes his 9th appearance in the All-Star game, as does teammate Rodrigo Ontiveros. The NL roster includes 13 first time All-Stars.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C Daisuke Masato Montreal 4th
1B Michael Henn Pawtucket 2nd
2B Wandy Guillen Cheyenne 1st
3B Junior Roberts Cheyenne 3rd
SS Philip Vasquez Cheyenne 3rd
LF Vic Park Texas 6th
CF Raul Galvez Salem 1st
RF Vladimir Troncoso Texas 7th
DH Robert Hamilton Montreal 1st

Pitchers

Player Franchise Appearance
P Bob Berg Cheyenne 1st
P Jiggs Cuddyer Boston 4th
P Francisco Aramboles Atlanta 8th
P Lariel Benitez Texas 1st
P Tony Benavente Charlotte 1st
P Braeden Abercrombie San Francisco 2nd
P Carlos Colome Salem 1st
P Bob Graves Cheyenne 2nd
P Thomas Hutchinson Pawtucket 8th
P Kory Holloway Milwaukee 1st
P Juan Seanez Cheyenne 5th
P Yeico Miranda Pawtucket 3rd
P Paul Burroughs New York 1st

Reserves

Player Franchise Appearance
C Sean Dahl Atlanta 4th
1B Willie Cerda Texas 5th
2B Joshua Hendrick Texas 7th
3B Alving Palmeiro Colorado Springs 5th
SS Dan Pribanic Boston 1st
LF Donaldo Javier Pawtucket 3rd
CF Wilfredo Rincon Boston 1st
RF Ryan Martin Pawtucket 3rd

AL All-Stars by Team

Cheyenne 6
Pawtucket 5
Texas 5
Boston 3
Atlanta 2
Montreal 2
Salem 2
Charlotte 1
Colorado Springs 1
Milwaukee 1
New York 1
San Francisco 1

National League
Starters
Player Franchise Appearance
C David Martin Vancouver 1st
1B Julian Barber Vancouver 1st
2B Oswaldo Blanco Vancouver 1st
3B Ernie McEnerney Cleveland 2nd
SS Cyrus Stottlemyre Salt Lake City 1st
LF Felipe Bennett Chicago 2nd
CF Jared Gonzales Montgomery 3rd
RF Albert Pineda Florida 4th

Pitchers
Player Franchise Appearance
P Rodrigo Ontiveros Las Vegas 9th
P Bo Nelson Florida 2nd
P Juan Belliard Trenton 2nd
P Felix Tanaka Cleveland 3rd
P Ronny Wilson Seattle 1st
P B.C. Ortiz Florida 2nd
P Davey Torrealba Montgomery 3rd
P Don Monahan Las Vegas 9th
P Quilvio Odor Montgomery 1st
P Pedro Castillo New York 1st
P Bryant Landrum Florida 2nd
P Gregory Evans Louisville 2nd
P Branch Willis New York 1st
P Andruw Gumbs Dover 1st

Reserves
Player Franchise Appearance
C Edgardo Vazquez Salt Lake City 1st
1B Byron Price Louisville 1st
2B Wilmer Ortega Salt Lake City 1st
3B Benny McAnaney Dover 2nd
SS Rymer Mota Cleveland 3rd
LF Mitchell Sweeney New York 2nd
CF Everth Sosa Buffalo 1st
RF Wiki Unamuno Montgomery 3rd

NL All-Stars by Team
Florida 4
Montgomery 4
Cleveland 3
New York 3
Salt Lake City 3
Vancouver 3
Dover 2
Las Vegas 2
Louisville 2
Buffalo 1
Chicago 1
Seattle 1
Trenton 1

Friday, July 8, 2016

Season 31 Power Rankings #2

We're at the half-way mark of the regular season here in Cobbfather, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!   

And there's a new #1, dominating the first half of the regular season was the team that won 3 out of the last 5 NL pennants, and now add another accomplishment in earning their first #1 ranking it's Florida, led by the league's top pitching staff and a very nice offense.  Texas holds steady at #2, while previous #1 Cheyenne drops to #3.  At #4, up 7 spots, is a surging Dover squad who's pitching has improved greatly the last 40 games.  Salt Lake City rounds out the top 5, up one spot from the last rankings. 

The biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings were:

Biggest Climbers: #10 Pawtucket (+12), #14 Detroit (+9), #4 Dover (+7), #21 Boston (+7)

Biggest Falls: #25 Los Angeles (-12), #17 Atlanta (-10), #20 Charleston (-10), #30 Charlotte (-10), #32 Houston (-8)

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

Pitching Offense LAST 40
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Florida 58 23 3 1 0 10 2 27 13
2 Texas 52 29 2 2 0 15 -5 24 16
3 Cheyenne 52 29 1 13 -10 1 1 23 17
4 Dover 51 30 11 10 13 8 0 26 14
5 Salt Lake City 48 33 6 4 0 13 4 23 17
6 Cleveland 49 32 12 2 6 22 0 27 13
7 Salem 46 35 5 9 2 7 0 22 18
8 New York (NL) 45 36 4 6 -2 4 1 19 21
9 Montgomery 45 36 8 15 3 5 -2 22 18
10 Pawtucket 45 36 22 11 -1 23 8 27 13
11 New York (AL) 44 37 16 8 6 20 5 24 16
12 Montreal 43 38 9 16 -3 6 8 20 20
13 Las Vegas 44 37 18 5 3 26 3 24 16
14 Detroit 45 36 23 24 0 12 9 24 16
15 Buffalo  43 38 14 17 -2 16 -7 26 14
16 Chicago 40 41 17 30 -2 3 1 21 19
17 Atlanta  42 39 7 22 -5 9 -3 19 21
18 Milwaukee 38 43 19 18 -2 20 -1 21 19
19 Vancouver 37 44 15 31 -2 2 -1 18 22
20 Charleston 35 46 10 12 -6 18 -2 13 27
21 Boston  36 45 28 27 4 11 3 20 20
22 Louisville 39 42 27 26 1 19 -1 21 19
23 San Francisco 39 42 29 20 5 25 1 20 20
24 St. Louis 33 48 30 14 8 28 2 18 22
25 Los Angeles 30 51 13 6 6 29 -5 9 31
26 Colorado Springs 37 44 21 32 -6 14 -2 18 22
27 Monterrey 28 53 26 28 4 16 -6 13 27
28 Iowa City 34 47 32 25 5 31 -3 20 20
29 Seattle  31 50 25 19 -12 32 0 15 25
30 Charlotte  31 50 20 29 -9 24 -2 11 29
31 Trenton 29 52 31 22 -1 27 0 15 25
32 Houston 27 54 24 21 -2 30 -10 10 30