Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Season 34 Power Rankings #3

As we head down the stretch of Season 34, let's check in with another edition of the power rankings! And there is another change at the top!  Salem reclaims the #1 spot as their pitching got back on track since the last rankings, while their offense remained tops.  A surging Monterrey squad, who posted the best record since the last rankings, is up 7 spots to #2!  The top rated pitching team, Houston comes in at #3, while Florida slides down 3 to #4, as while their pitching has improved, their offense has staggered somewhat.  A solid Cincinnati squad rounds out our top 5.  Now, let's take a look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #12 Cleveland (+11), #11 Pawtucket (+10), #2 Monterrey (+7), #24 Atlanta (+4), #26 Colorado Springs (+4)

Biggest Falls: #17 Boston (-9), #10 Montgomery (-5), #23 Kansas City (-5), #29 Little Rock (-5), #7 Nashville (-4)

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

Pitching Offense LAST PER
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Salem 84 38 2 6 9 1 0 29 12
2 Monterrey 79 44 9 9 10 3 1 32 10
3 Houston 74 49 4 1 0 7 4 25 17
4 Florida 81 41 1 5 5 10 -3 25 16
5 Cincinnati 72 51 6 4 -1 13 4 24 18
6 Cheyenne 72 51 7 8 0 8 0 24 18
7 Nashville 74 48 3 14 -7 5 -1 23 18
8 Minnesota 69 53 11 7 -2 16 3 25 16
9 Fargo 69 54 10 3 1 24 5 25 17
10 Montgomery 70 52 5 11 1 4 -1 19 22
11 Pawtucket 64 59 21 14 6 17 6 23 19
12 Cleveland 61 62 23 22 4 9 1 27 15
13 Chicago 58 64 14 21 0 6 2 21 20
14 Jackson 65 57 12 17 -3 15 -1 22 19
15 Detroit 62 60 16 19 -1 14 -2 22 19
16 Charlotte  66 57 13 25 -3 11 -5 22 20
17 Boston  65 58 8 10 -4 18 -3 18 24
18 Dover 61 62 15 13 0 18 -1 21 21
19 Buffalo  60 63 17 14 3 20 -4 20 22
20 New York 63 59 20 12 -1 28 -2 20 21
21 Los Angeles 56 67 19 18 -3 21 -1 20 22
22 St. Louis 54 68 22 2 0 32 0 19 22
23 Kansas City 53 69 18 20 -12 23 2 17 24
24 Atlanta  48 75 28 24 1 22 -2 18 24
25 Colorado 46 77 25 32 0 2 0 12 30
26 Colorado Springs 52 70 30 29 1 26 1 20 21
27 Milwaukee 51 71 27 26 1 24 -2 17 24
28 Richmond 53 70 26 22 1 29 -5 17 25
29 Little Rock 47 75 24 31 -2 12 0 13 28
30 Portland 43 79 32 27 1 30 0 15 26
31 Sacramento 46 77 29 30 1 27 0 15 27
32 Boise 42 80 31 28 -5 31 0 14 27


Thursday, May 18, 2017

Season 34 All-Star Recap

The Mid-season Classic has come and gone for Cobbfather Season 34.  Let's take a look back and see who made this season's teams!

The AL team was headlined by 10-time All-Star Francisco Aramboles of Cheyenne, who has put together another spectacular season which should see him eclipse the 3,000 strikeout mark!  11 AL squad members are first-time All-Stars.  Charlotte, Cheyenne and Salem all tied for the most All-Stars in the AL with 5.

No player on the NL roster is making more than their 4th All-Star Appearance, and it's Nashville leading the way with 6 players making the squad.

Salem CF Raul Galvez pitched out a shutout in the Home Run Derby finals, winning 5-0.  He then crushed 3 more bombs in the All-Star game leading the AL to a 12-7 win, earning himself All-Star Game MVP honors in the process.  The Futures Game was a hearty display of pitching prowess with the World Team winning 1-0.  Ironically, the MVP was rewarded to an offensive player, Cleveland Catcher Roosevelt Schoeneweis, who homered to account for the game's only run.

Here are this season's complete All Star Rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters
Player Team Appearance
C Victor Roberts Sacramento 1st
1B Alex Mercedes Atlanta 4th
2B Heath Kelly Fargo 4th
3B Sean Gosling Charlotte 1st
SS Ugueth Perez Fargo 3rd
LF Bruce Lambert Detroit 1st
CF Raul Galvez Salem 3rd
RF Larry Brown Fargo 1st
DH Andres Alou Jackson 1st

Pitchers
Player
Team
Appearance
P
Carlos Colome
Salem
4th
P
Adrian Simon
Pawtucket
1st
P
Francisco Aramboles
Cheyenne
10th
P
Bob Berg
Cheyenne
4th
P
Jiggs Cuddyer
Salem
6th
P
Yeico Miranda
Pawtucket
5th
P
Bob Graves
Cheyenne
5th
P
Troy Hudek
Charlotte
5th
P
Braeden Abercrombie
Sacramento
4th
P
Jimmie Hartman
Jackson
1st
P
Red Collins
Cheyenne
5th
P
Carlos Prieto
Houston
2nd
P
Derrick Beltran
Sacramento
1st

Reserves
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Roger Simpson
Boston
1st
1B
Emmanuel Moore
Charlotte
2nd
2B
Wandy Guillen
Cheyenne
3rd
3B
Tony Cassevah
Salem
5th
SS
Alex Shouse
Charlotte
1st
LF
Graham Wallace
Charlotte
1st
CF
Norman Berry
Little Rock
2nd
RF
Francis King
Salem
3rd

AL All-Stars by Team
Charlotte 5
Cheyenne 5
Salem 5
Fargo 3
Sacramento 3
Jackson 2
Pawtucket 2
Atlanta 1
Boston 1
Detroit 1
Houston 1
Little Rock 1

National League All-Stars
Starters
Player
Team
Appearance
C
David Martin
Colorado
2nd
1B
Darren Mann
Buffalo
2nd
2B
George Dubler
Nashville
1st
3B
Marcell Johnson
Montgomery
3rd
SS
Willie Tejeda
Chicago
1st
LF
Yoenis Portillo
Buffalo
1st
CF
Gerry Camilli
Florida
2nd
RF
Ahmed Ratliff
Cleveland
3rd

Pitchers
Player
Team
Appearance
P
Shane Williams
Cincinnati
3rd
P
Yasmany Gonzalez
Nashville
1st
P
Andre Harper
Richmond
3rd
P
Shane Bellhorn
Minnesota
1st
P
Jhoulys Olmedo
Minnesota
4th
P
Ryan Fisher
Dover
1st
P
Elmer Engle
Monterrey
1st
P
Hugh Sexton
Nashville
1st
P
Rigo Vega
Chicago
2nd
P
Gerald Cora
Minnesota
1st
P
Jayson Hume
Cincinnati
1st
P
Rex Washington
Nashville
1st
P
Tomo Hayashi
Montgomery
4th
P
Evan Gant
Florida
1st

Reserves
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Seth Robinson
Nashville
1st
1B
Felipe Bennett
Cincinnati
3rd
2B
Bill Stutes
Florida
1st
3B
Kirt Raggio
Cincinnati
1st
SS
Hoss Flores
Florida
2nd
LF
Haywood Swann
Nashville
1st
CF
Kevin Coomer
Los Angeles
1st
RF
Philip Cox
Colorado
1st

NL All-Stars by Team
Nashville 6
Cincinnati 4
Florida 4
Minnesota 3
Buffalo 2
Chicago 2
Colorado 2
Montgomery 2
Cleveland 1
Dover 1
Los Angeles 1
Monterrey 1
Richmond 1

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Season 34 Power Rankings #2

It's already the midpoint of Season 34, so it's time to check in with another edition of the Power Rankings!  The top 5 teams are the same, although in a slightly different order, including a new #1 team!  That team is Florida, who has the best record in all of Cobbfather, and has been playing some very consistent ball on the field.  Previous #1 Salem falls one spot, still looking strong with their #1 offense.  Nashville jumps up 2 spots to #3, will Houston and Montgomery round out the top 5, each dropping one spot.  Despite having the same top 5, there was some movement otherwise, so let's look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #19 Los Angeles (+10), #10 Fargo (+7), #14 Chicago (+6), #15 Dover (+6), #18 Kansas City (+6)

Biggest Falls: #20 New York (-7), #25 Colorado (-7), #13 Charlotte (-6), #17 Buffalo (-5), #21 Pawtucket (-5)

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 56 25 2 10 -3 7 1 26 14
2 Salem 55 26 1 15 -10 1 0 25 15
3 Nashville 51 30 5 7 4 4 1 23 17
4 Houston 49 32 3 1 1 11 -2 23 17
5 Montgomery 51 30 4 12 0 3 0 23 17
6 Cincinnati 48 33 10 3 4 17 -1 26 14
7 Cheyenne 48 33 6 8 -2 8 -1 23 17
8 Boston  47 34 9 6 -2 15 0 25 15
9 Monterrey 47 34 8 19 -5 4 2 22 18
10 Fargo 44 37 17 4 -1 29 2 24 16
11 Minnesota 44 37 11 5 5 19 -1 20 20
12 Jackson 43 38 15 14 1 14 3 23 17
13 Charlotte  44 37 7 22 -6 6 -2 20 20
14 Chicago 37 44 20 21 -3 8 12 21 19
15 Dover 40 41 21 13 10 17 2 21 19
16 Detroit 40 41 14 18 1 12 0 20 20
17 Buffalo  40 41 12 17 -4 16 -5 20 20
18 Kansas City 36 45 24 8 14 25 -1 20 20
19 Los Angeles 36 45 29 15 4 20 5 22 18
20 New York 43 38 13 11 -2 26 0 18 22
21 Pawtucket 41 40 16 20 -3 23 0 19 21
22 St. Louis 35 46 19 2 -1 32 0 19 21
23 Cleveland 34 47 23 26 2 10 0 18 22
24 Little Rock 34 47 25 29 1 12 0 18 22
25 Colorado 34 47 18 32 0 2 0 13 27
26 Richmond 36 45 22 23 6 24 -10 16 24
27 Milwaukee 34 47 27 27 -3 22 6 16 24
28 Atlanta  30 51 28 25 -6 20 2 16 24
29 Sacramento 31 50 32 31 0 27 2 18 22
30 Colorado Springs 32 49 26 30 -3 27 -6 15 25
31 Boise 28 53 30 23 2 31 -5 14 26
32 Portland 28 53 31 28 -2 30 0 13 27