Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Season 22 Power Rankings #3

As we head down the home stretch of Season 22, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Let's get to it!  No change in the top 2 as New Britain and Chicago hold steady at those positions.  From there, we have Helena coming up from #14 to #3, as they posted an impressive 33-9 record since the last rankings!  The back-to-back champs Richmond are getting hot once again and come in at #4.  At #5, it's another big climber in Louisville, up 11 spots to #5.   Here are all of the biggest climbers, as well as the biggest falls since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #3 Helena (+11), #5 Louisville (+11), #6 Seattle (+11), #9 Syracuse (+6), #22 Durham (+5)

Biggest Falls: #17 Buffalo (-12), #18 Charlotte (-11), #10 Wichita (-7), #19 Honolulu (-6)

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 New Britain  77 46 1 5 5 2 1 29 13
2 Chicago 72 50 2 2 6 4 -1 26 15
3 Helena 75 48 14 8 5 3 10 33 9
4 Richmond 75 47 6 4 0 14 3 29 12
5 Louisville 66 57 16 16 9 6 2 26 16
6 Seattle 66 57 17 1 6 28 0 27 15
7 Oklahoma City 66 57 4 6 -4 13 2 20 22
8 Mexico City 63 60 11 14 2 5 1 23 19
9 Syracuse 66 57 15 10 2 19 4 23 19
10 Wichita 64 58 3 9 0 10 -8 17 24
11 Boise 69 53 8 20 0 8 -3 22 19
12 Jacksonville 62 60 10 17 -1 7 3 20 21
13 Las Vegas 65 57 9 2 -1 30 -5 19 22
14 St. Louis 62 61 12 11 0 25 2 23 19
15 Tampa Bay 60 62 19 13 -7 17 -2 22 19
16 Detroit 63 59 20 18 3 21 5 21 20
17 Buffalo  66 56 5 23 -1 15 -9 17 24
18 Charlotte 64 59 7 22 -7 11 -3 17 25
19 Honolulu 62 60 13 23 -5 12 0 19 22
20 Rochester 57 65 18 7 -4 29 1 19 22
21 Trenton 60 62 22 26 1 16 2 21 20
22 Durham 56 66 27 30 1 9 5 20 21
23 Washington 53 70 24 28 1 1 0 19 23
24 Boston 58 65 26 29 -3 25 4 20 22
25 Salem 54 69 21 21 3 17 -6 16 26
26 Nashville  55 68 29 31 -1 20 -2 19 23
27 Kansas City 53 70 31 15 4 32 0 20 22
28 Burlington 54 69 23 12 -7 31 0 16 26
29 Cincinnati 54 69 30 27 1 23 -3 17 25
30 Oakland 49 73 25 19 -5 24 -4 15 26
31 New York 52 70 28 25 -2 27 -3 16 25
32 New Orleans 42 80 32 32 0 21 1 13 28

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Season 22 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star break is here in Season 22, and we've got all of the coverage on this year's All-Star teams!

In the American League, New Britain, #1 in the Kenny Powers rankings, had the most All-Stars with six, including Alberto Campos who made his 11th All-Star team!  Other notables include starting SS Delino Santana of Jacksonville making his 8th appearance.

In the National League, it's the #2 team in the rankings, Chicago leading the way, also with six.  Notable players on the squad include starting catcher Jeremy Randall of Buffalo raising the bar a little higher by making an incredible 13th All-Star team! Matty Posada of Oklahoma City is in the All-Star game for the 12th time, while Buffalo closer David Silva is making his 11th appearance and Honolulu slugger J.C. Ganzel is making his 10th.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters
Player
Franchise
Appearance
C
Richard Tateyama
New Britain
4th
1B
Bob Patterson
Mexico City
4th
2B
Ken Ingram
New Britain
4th
3B
Andy Minor
Mexico City
5th
SS
Delino Santana
Jacksonville
8th
LF
Al Hughes
Helena
1st
CF
Steve Miller
New Britain
1st
RF
Heathcliff Davis
New York
1st
DH
Octavio Guerrero
Detroit
2nd

Pitchers
Player
Franchise
Appearance
P
Nicholas Miller
New Britain
4th
P
Ubaldo Jose
Jacksonville
2nd
P
David Mujica
New York
1st
P
Ben Shoppach
Boise
1st
P
Shawn Melhuse
Boston
2nd
P
Alberto Campos
New Britain
11th
P
Mitch Cooper
Trenton
1st
P
Steven Sampson
Washington
1st
P
Ted Wagner
Oakland
3rd
P
Carlos Oliva
Mexico City
1st
P
Troy Bowker
Detroit
1st
P
Vin Lee
Nashville
1st
P
Dellin Sanchez
Seattle
1st

Reserves
Player
Franchise
Appearance
C
Carlos DeLeon
Wichita
2nd
1B
Wesley Pall
Trenton
1st
2B
Sean Lewis
Helena
1st
3B
Patrick Jefferies
Jacksonville
1st
SS
Banana Bergeron
New Britain
3rd
LF
Antonio Liang
Boise
2nd
CF
Rex Kennedy
Helena
4th
RF
Joaquin Gonzales
Jacksonville
2nd

AL All-Stars by Team
New Britain 6
Jacksonville 4
Helena 3
Mexico City 3
Boise 2
Detroit 2
New York 2
Trenton 2
Boston 1
Nashville 1
Oakland 1
Seattle 1
Washington 1
Wichita 1

National League All-Stars
Starters
Player
Franchise
Appearance
C
Jeremy Randall
Buffalo
13th
1B
Julio Park
Durham
2nd
2B
Albert Valenzuela
Buffalo
8th
3B
Dingo Price
Chicago
3rd
SS
Dontrelle Rooney
Buffalo
1st
LF
Domingo Iglesias
Tampa Bay
1st
CF
Rodrigo Toregas
Cincinnati
3rd
RF
J.C. Ganzel
Honolulu
10th

Pitchers
Player
Franchise
Appearance
P
Justin Jordan
Salem
6th
P
Ellis Brock
Tampa Bay
5th
P
Rico Tejera
Salem
3rd
P
Boomer Lange
Chicago
2nd
P
Wiki Mateo
Las Vegas
1st
P
Nicholas Gil
Las Vegas
3rd
P
Jordan Santangelo
Chicago
1st
P
Harry Pujols
Buffalo
1st
P
David Silva
Buffalo
11th
P
Matty Posada
Oklahoma City
12th
P
Tim Blair
Syracuse
3rd
P
Cy Sanders
Chicago
3rd
P
Raul Alburquerque
Burlington
2nd
P
Kiki Lima
Kansas City
1st

Reserves
Player
Franchise
Appearance
C
Gerald Richard
Tampa Bay
1st
1B
Vasco Correa
Chicago
2nd
2B
Jose Cortes
Chicago
1st
3B
Juan Nieves
Durham
1st
SS
Joe Farley
Kansas City
1st
LF
Rogers Dixon
Las Vegas
1st
CF
Mandy Mahler
Salem
5th
RF
Vic Hall
Louisville
1st

NL All-Stars by Team
Chicago 6
Buffalo 5
Las Vegas 3
Salem 3
Tampa Bay 3
Durham 2
Kansas City 2
Burlington 1
Cincinnati 1
Honolulu 1
Louisville 1
Oklahoma City 1
Syracuse 1

Monday, July 4, 2016

Season 22 Power Rankings #2

We're at the halfway point of Season 22, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And there's a new #1!  Coming up from the 5 spot, it's New Britain once again with a hold on the #1 ranking.  #2 and #3 remain Chicago and Wichita, while it's Oklahoma City jumping from 9 to 4, and Buffalo all the way up from #16 to round out the top 5.   Here are the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings:

Biggest Climbers: #12 St. Louis (+16), #5 Buffalo (+11), #16 Louisville (+10), #11 Mexico City (+6)

Biggest Falls: #19 Tampa Bay (-15), #20 Detroit (-9), #23 Burlington (-9), #9 Las Vegas (-8), #14 Helena (-8)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the 2nd half and have a happy 4th!

Pitching Offense  LAST 40
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 New Britain  48 33 5 10 -1 3 6 23 17
2 Chicago 46 35 2 8 -3 3 -1 22 18
3 Wichita 47 34 3 9 1 2 2 21 19
4 Oklahoma City 46 35 9 2 10 15 -5 25 15
5 Buffalo  49 32 16 22 3 6 5 27 13
6 Richmond 46 35 8 4 0 17 7 23 17
7 Charlotte 47 34 7 15 -1 8 -5 24 16
8 Boise 47 34 10 20 3 5 1 23 17
9 Las Vegas 46 35 1 1 0 25 -11 19 21
10 Jacksonville 42 39 13 16 10 10 -5 21 19
11 Mexico City 40 41 17 16 8 6 1 21 19
12 St. Louis 39 42 28 11 0 27 2 24 16
13 Honolulu 43 38 18 18 4 12 0 21 19
14 Helena 42 39 6 13 -5 13 3 17 23
15 Syracuse 43 38 15 12 1 23 3 20 20
16 Louisville 40 41 26 25 4 8 5 22 18
17 Seattle 39 42 12 7 -2 28 -7 20 20
18 Rochester 38 43 20 3 4 30 -3 20 20
19 Tampa Bay 38 43 4 6 -3 15 -7 13 27
20 Detroit 42 39 11 21 -3 26 -7 18 22
21 Salem 38 43 21 24 -8 11 9 18 22
22 Trenton 39 42 24 27 -7 18 4 20 20
23 Burlington 38 43 14 5 -3 31 -1 17 23
24 Washington 34 47 19 29 -1 1 0 16 24
25 Oakland 34 47 27 14 5 20 -3 17 23
26 Boston 38 43 25 26 -12 29 1 19 21
27 Durham 36 45 30 31 -1 14 4 19 21
28 New York 36 45 22 23 -2 24 -1 17 23
29 Nashville  36 45 29 30 1 18 -3 19 21
30 Cincinnati 37 44 23 28 -11 20 5 18 22
31 Kansas City 33 48 31 19 8 32 0 20 20
32 New Orleans 29 52 32 32 0 22 6 16 24