Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Season 32 Power Rankings #3

It's that time again, we're back with another edition of the power rankings!  Texas tightened their grip on the top spot, with the best record since the last rankings by six games, getting it done with dominant pitching, and a tremendous offense.  At #2, it's Salem, who's up one spot, still playing excellent ball, followed by defending champion Montgomery at #3, who is looking forward to another potentially strong playoff run.  Cheyenne and resurgent Atlanta round out the top 5.  Let's check the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #19 Richmond (+9), #17 Charleston (+8), #10 New York (NL) (+5), #15 Dover (+5)

Biggest Falls: #27 Detroit (-11), #23 Los Angeles (-9), #13 Cleveland (-5), #8 Pawtucket (-4), #28 Vancouver (-4)

Here are the complete rankings, as we head down the stretch of Season 32, good luck to all!

Pitching Offense LAST 41
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Texas 88 34 1 1 0 3 3 33 8
2 Salem 79 43 3 2 0 6 -1 25 16
3 Montgomery 80 42 5 6 1 4 0 26 15
4 Cheyenne 76 46 2 3 3 1 0 22 19
5 Atlanta  70 52 7 13 5 2 0 26 15
6 Florida 79 43 6 8 1 11 0 25 16
7 Monterrey 69 53 10 16 -1 7 5 27 14
8 Pawtucket 74 48 4 4 -1 12 -5 18 23
9 Cincinnati 68 54 9 23 2 5 -2 21 20
10 New York (NL) 66 56 15 10 3 21 1 24 17
11 Buffalo  59 63 13 15 1 10 -1 20 21
12 Fargo 67 55 12 9 -2 28 2 23 18
13 Cleveland 64 58 8 14 -4 16 0 19 22
14 Las Vegas 64 58 11 7 4 24 -4 19 22
15 Dover 61 61 20 25 1 9 5 23 18
16 Trenton 59 63 17 10 -6 18 7 20 21
17 Charleston 61 61 25 21 2 25 1 24 17
18 Houston 57 65 18 17 0 15 9 19 22
19 Richmond 56 66 28 19 1 23 5 22 19
20 St. Louis 55 67 23 12 0 30 1 20 21
21 New York (AL) 57 65 22 19 -5 29 0 20 21
22 Milwaukee 57 65 19 22 0 16 2 17 24
23 Los Angeles 52 70 14 4 1 31 -4 13 28
24 San Francisco 56 66 21 27 0 14 -1 18 23
25 Boston  52 70 27 30 0 8 -1 19 22
26 Salt Lake City 54 68 26 24 -3 22 1 19 22
27 Detroit 55 67 16 18 1 26 -9 16 25
28 Vancouver 51 71 24 28 1 13 -3 18 23
29 Iowa City 48 74 30 31 0 19 0 18 23
30 Charlotte  48 74 29 29 -1 20 -5 16 25
31 Portland 35 87 32 26 -2 32 0 13 28
32 Colorado Springs 35 87 31 32 0 27 -7 13 28

Friday, October 14, 2016

Season 32 All-Star Coverage

We've made it to the Season 32 All-Star break, so let's see who will be playing in the mid-season classic this season!

In the AL, Texas came away with the most All-Stars with 6, while Cheyenne and Salem each had 5. It's Thomas Hutchinson of Pawtucket making his 9th All-Star appearance as the most senior member of the AL squad.  The AL team includes 11 first time All-Stars.

On the NL side, it's Montgomery with an impressive 7 All-Stars leading the way, with Florida and New York each having 4 players make the team as the next most.  A lot of newer players seem to be on the NL squad, as Lefty Leverton of Los Angeles leads the way for most appearances, making his 5th.  There are 10 first time All-Stars on the NL team, with a lot making their 2nd or 3rd appearance.

Here are the complete rosters, congrats to those who had players make the teams!

American League All-Stars
Starters
Player  Franchise  Appearance
C Jesus Tarraga San Francisco 1st
1B Cyrus Morton Cheyenne 1st
2B Calvin Hukata Detroit 1st
3B Marcell Johnson Fargo 2nd
SS Rymer Mota Salem 4th
LF Leonardo Jefferies Cheyenne 1st
CF Raul Galvez Salem 2nd
RF Vladimir Troncoso Texas 8th
DH Timothy Steinbach Atlanta 1st

Pitchers
Player  Franchise  Appearance
P Felipe Sosa Salem 2nd
P Midre Tavarez Texas 1st
P Carlos Colome Salem 2nd
P Bob Graves Cheyenne 3rd
P Jiggs Cuddyer Boston 5th
P Tony Corpas Texas 1st
P Lariel Benitez Texas 2nd
P Bob Berg Cheyenne 2nd
P Enrique Bastardo Milwaukee 1st
P Thomas Hutchinson Pawtucket 9th
P Armando Merced Texas 2nd
P Ed Flair Pawtucket 1st
P Antonio Ishida Cheyenne 6th

Reserves
Player  Franchise  Appearance
C Marvin Crosby Boston 1st
1B Willie Cerda Texas 6th
2B Dizzy Hawkins Atlanta 2nd
3B Davey Franco Charleston 1st
SS Jaret Miller Atlanta 3rd
LF Donaldo Javier Pawtucket 4th
CF P.J. Roberts Pawtucket 3rd
RF Francis King Salem 2nd

AL All-Stars by Team
Texas 6
Cheyenne 5
Salem 5
Pawtucket 4
Atlanta 3
Boston 2
Charleston 1
Detroit 1
Fargo 1
Milwaukee 1
San Francisco 1

National League All-Stars
Starters
Player 
Franchise 
Appearance
C
Julio Contreras
Montgomery
2nd
1B
Benito Acosta
Las Vegas
3rd
2B
Oswaldo Blanco
Vancouver
2nd
3B
Eli Calixte
Dover
1st
SS
Alexei Castro
Trenton
1st
LF
Edinson Hernandez
Montgomery
4th
CF
Jared Gonzales
Montgomery
4th
RF
Wiki Unamuno
Montgomery
4th

Pitchers
Player 
Franchise 
Appearance
P
Andre Harper
Richmond
2nd
P
Jhoulys Olmedo
New York
3rd
P
Damaso Estrada
Monterrey
1st
P
Bo Nelson
Florida
3rd
P
Eduardo Jose
Los Angeles
1st
P
Lefty Leverton
Los Angeles
5th
P
Groucho Leiter
New York
3rd
P
Don Martin
New York
1st
P
Erubiel Morales
Montgomery
2nd
P
Red Collins
Florida
3rd
P
B.C. Ortiz
Florida
3rd
P
Del Chang
Monterrey
1st
P
Dock Kramer
Monterrey
3rd
P
Tomo Hayashi
Montgomery
3rd

Reserves
Player 
Franchise 
Appearance
C
Derrick Frank
Dover
1st
1B
Adalberto Cerveza
Dover
2nd
2B
Yohan Gomez
Buffalo
1st
3B
Brett Yarbrough
Cleveland
2nd
SS
Ugueth Perez
Montgomery
1st
LF
Mitchell Sweeney
New York
3rd
CF
Heath Kelly
Florida
3rd
RF
Daryl Mercedes
Cincinnati
1st

NL All-Stars by Team
Montgomery 7
Florida 4
New York 4
Dover 3
Monterrey 3
Los Angeles 2
Buffalo 1
Cincinnati 1
Cleveland 1
Las Vegas 1
Richmond 1
Trenton 1
Vancouver 1

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Season 32 Power Rankings #2

We're at the midpoint of Season 32, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And it's an extremely tight race at the top, as six teams have pulled away and are all within two games of each other.  But it's Texas reclaiming the top spot in this edition of the rankings, with their top rated pitching staff mowing down batters in an offense heavy season.  The top ranked team in offense comes in at #2 as Cheyenne moves up two spots, with previous #1 Salem checking in at #3, still playing extremely well.  Pawtucket and Montgomery round out the top 5, with Florida at #6.   Let's see who the biggest climbers and biggest falls were since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #18 Houston (+11), #10 Monterrey (+10), #7 Atlanta (+8), #19 Milwaukee (+6), #16 Detroit (+5)

Biggest Falls: #26 Salt Lake City (-9), #21 San Francisco (-8), #27 Charleston (-7), #28 Richmond (-6)

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

Pitching Offense LAST 40
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Texas 55 26 2 1 0 6 -2 28 12
2 Cheyenne 54 27 4 6 5 1 1 29 11
3 Salem 54 27 1 2 4 5 -4 26 14
4 Pawtucket 56 25 3 3 1 7 3 28 12
5 Montgomery 54 27 6 7 5 4 4 30 10
6 Florida 54 27 5 9 0 11 -2 23 17
7 Atlanta  44 37 15 18 9 2 1 27 13
8 Cleveland 45 36 10 10 -3 16 9 24 16
9 Cincinnati 47 34 7 25 -11 3 2 21 19
10 Monterrey 42 39 20 15 4 12 0 24 16
11 Las Vegas 45 36 8 11 -3 20 -4 21 19
12 Fargo 44 37 11 7 -2 30 -4 22 18
13 Buffalo  39 42 16 16 -1 9 8 19 21
14 Los Angeles 39 42 9 5 -3 27 -8 18 22
15 New York (NL) 42 39 14 13 4 22 -3 20 20
16 Detroit 39 42 21 19 -3 17 6 21 19
17 Trenton 39 42 12 4 -1 25 6 16 24
18 Houston 38 43 29 17 3 24 5 22 18
19 Milwaukee 40 41 25 22 2 18 1 20 20
20 Dover 38 43 23 26 -1 14 -4 20 20
21 San Francisco 38 43 13 27 1 13 -8 17 23
22 New York (AL) 37 44 19 14 7 29 -3 16 24
23 St. Louis 35 46 24 12 -2 31 -1 18 22
24 Vancouver 33 48 27 29 0 10 -3 19 21
25 Charleston 37 44 18 23 -1 26 -9 18 22
26 Salt Lake City 35 46 17 21 -8 23 1 15 25
27 Boston  33 48 28 30 0 7 5 15 25
28 Richmond 34 47 22 20 3 28 -13 16 24
29 Charlotte  32 49 26 28 -2 15 7 12 28
30 Iowa City 30 51 31 31 0 19 9 12 28
31 Colorado Springs 22 59 32 32 0 20 -6 13 27
32 Portland 22 59 30 24 -6 32 0 10 30