Monday, February 20, 2017

Season 24 All-Star Coverage

The mid-season classic is here, so let's take a look at who this season's All-Stars are!

In the American League, the squad is led by the only player in this season's game with double digit appearances, as Delino Santana is on the team for the 10th time.  Other than him, only 2 other players have more than 3 appearances in the All-Star game!  The top two teams in the power rankings, Helena and Little Rock, lead the way with 6 All-Stars each.  12 AL All-Stars are making their first appearance in the big game!

In the National League, it's Albert Valenzuela of Buffalo making his 9th appearance that leads the way, and Durham hurler Valerio Baez gets a mention for making his 7th All-Star team.  The NL team is well spread out, with Chicago, Durham, Honolulu and Las Vegas all tied for the most All-Stars with four.  Only 8 NL All-Stars are making their first appearance.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters
Player
Team 
Appearance
C
Richard Tateyama
Little Rock
5th
1B
John Greer
Boston
2nd
2B
Sean Lewis
Helena
3rd
3B
Tuck Chester
Little Rock
1st
SS
Delino Santana
Charlotte
10th
LF
Al Hughes
Helena
3rd
CF
Steve Miller
Little Rock
2nd
RF
Max Acevedo
Helena
2nd
DH
Javier Martis
Boise
1st

Pitchers
Player
Team 
Appearance
P
Butch Gray
New York
1st
P
Ubaldo Jose
Tampa Bay
3rd
P
Dusty Cook
Madison
5th
P
Shawn Olson
Helena
1st
P
Ned Perez
Helena
2nd
P
Matty Prieto
Nashville
2nd
P
Ben Shoppach
Boise
2nd
P
Bernie Maduro
Charlotte
1st
P
Yoshinori Chang
Wichita
2nd
P
Ham Sampson
Seattle
3rd
P
Nicholas Cox
Little Rock
2nd
P
Anibal Santayana
Cleveland
1st
P
Norberto Johnson
Madison
1st

Reserves
Player
Team 
Appearance
P
Butch Gray
New York
1st
P
Ubaldo Jose
Tampa Bay
3rd
P
Dusty Cook
Madison
5th
P
Shawn Olson
Helena
1st
P
Ned Perez
Helena
2nd
P
Matty Prieto
Nashville
2nd
P
Ben Shoppach
Boise
2nd
P
Bernie Maduro
Charlotte
1st
P
Yoshinori Chang
Wichita
2nd
P
Ham Sampson
Seattle
3rd
P
Nicholas Cox
Little Rock
2nd
P
Anibal Santayana
Cleveland
1st
P
Norberto Johnson
Madison
1st

AL All-Stars by Team
Helena 6
Little Rock 6
Boise 4
Boston 2
Charlotte 2
Madison 2
Nashville 2
Cleveland 1
Kansas City 1
New York 1
Seattle 1
Tampa Bay 1
Wichita 1

National League All-Stars
Starters
Player
Team 
Appearance
C
Deven Hernandez
Honolulu
1st
1B
Julio Park
Durham
4th
2B
Albert Valenzuela
Buffalo
9th
3B
Elmer Miller
Honolulu
2nd
SS
Gary Womack
Buffalo
1st
LF
Bert Crosby
Durham
1st
CF
Ken Ingram
Chicago
6th
RF
Vic Hall
Louisville
3rd

Pitchers
Player
Team 
Appearance
P
Nicholas Gil
Las Vegas
4th
P
Gene Bonilla
Chicago
2nd
P
Boomer Lange
Chicago
4th
P
Allan Blackley
Chicago
4th
P
Tim Blair
Syracuse
5th
P
Ralph Moseley
Richmond
6th
P
Joshua Ramsay
Syracuse
2nd
P
Wiki Mateo
Las Vegas
3rd
P
Sal Nelson
Honolulu
3rd
P
Valerio Baez
Durham
7th
P
Chipper Savage
Honolulu
2nd
P
Henderson Stratton
Durham
1st
P
Endy Parker
Rochester
1st
P
Raul Alburquerque
Burlington
3rd

Reserves
Player
Team 
Appearance
C
Alfonso Estrada
Rochester
1st
1B
Horacio Guzman
Las Vegas
1st
2B
Deivi Perez
Rochester
1st
3B
Miguel Armas
Syracuse
3rd
SS
Brendan O'Neil
Oklahoma City
3rd
LF
Rogers Dixon
Las Vegas
2nd
CF
Jeanmar Pulido
Houston
2nd
RF
Darryl Matthews
New York
2nd

NL All-Stars by Team
Chicago 4
Durham 4
Honolulu 4
Las Vegas 4
Rochester 3
Syracuse 3
Buffalo 2
Richmond 2
Burlington 1
Houston 1
Louisville 1
New York 1
Oklahoma City 1

Results
Final - 10 Innings
American 4
National 5
W - Alburquerque
L - Shoppach
HR - A.Hughes, D.Perez

All-Star Game MVP - Deivi Perez, Rochester - 2-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
Home Run Derby Winner - Julio Park, Durham - 29 HR
Futures Game MVP - Josias Valdespin, New Britain - 3-4, R, 2 RBI

Friday, February 17, 2017

Season 24 Power Rankings #2

Season 24 is halfway done, so it's time to check in with a new edition of the power rankings!  At the top, the back-to-back champs Helena played well enough to hold on to the #1 rankings, with Little Rock once again a very close #2, still playing excellent ball.  Chicago jumps up 1 spot to take the #3 position, while the top 5 is rounded out by two teams surging up the rankings.  #4 Rochester jumps up 12 spots after posting the best record in Kenny Powers over the last 40 games, showing major improvement across the board.  At #5 is Durham, up 5 spots, who has surprisingly good pitching stats for playing in a pure hitters' park.   Now let's see who the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings were!

Biggest Climbers: #4 Rochester (+12), #18 Buffalo (+9), #19 Madison (+9), #22 Monterrey (+8), #8 Boise (+7)

Biggest Falls: #30 Burlington (-11), #24 Houston (-10), #14 Syracuse (-8), #32 New York (NL) (-7), #17 Seattle (-6)

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 Helena 50 31 1 3 0 2 1 23 17
2 Little Rock 56 25 2 10 0 1 0 24 16
3 Chicago 52 29 4 4 2 11 3 28 12
4 Rochester 48 33 16 2 6 12 9 29 11
5 Durham 48 33 10 5 4 10 5 27 13
6 Honolulu 47 34 5 11 0 4 4 24 16
7 Las Vegas 48 33 3 7 -2 15 -6 24 16
8 Boise 48 33 15 26 3 3 2 26 14
9 Wichita 46 35 8 8 6 14 -2 22 18
10 Richmond 46 35 7 1 0 27 -2 23 17
11 Louisville 44 37 12 21 -4 7 4 23 17
12 Charlotte 43 38 9 13 7 9 -7 20 20
13 Kansas City 38 43 17 20 1 6 1 21 19
14 Syracuse 45 36 6 6 -2 23 0 19 21
15 New York (AL) 41 40 20 13 0 24 3 23 17
16 Oklahoma City 37 44 13 17 -11 8 8 18 22
17 Seattle 42 39 11 16 -4 25 -5 19 21
18 Buffalo  35 46 27 15 9 20 -2 20 20
19 Madison 40 41 28 23 4 21 3 21 19
20 Nashville  39 42 18 29 -6 12 -2 19 21
21 Salem 37 44 24 9 6 29 0 18 22
22 Monterrey 36 45 30 18 4 26 2 22 18
23 Cleveland 38 43 21 25 1 16 -3 17 23
24 Houston 37 44 14 22 -4 19 0 13 27
25 St. Louis 33 48 29 12 3 32 0 17 23
26 Boston 32 49 22 32 0 5 -1 15 25
27 Oakland 35 46 26 31 0 17 0 16 24
28 New Britain  30 51 23 28 2 18 -12 15 25
29 Tampa Bay 33 48 32 30 -3 22 4 18 22
30 Burlington 31 50 19 19 -17 28 2 11 29
31 Washington 33 48 31 27 -2 31 0 17 23
32 New York (NL) 28 53 25 24 -5 30 -9 8 32

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Season 24 Power Rankings #1

Season 24 is out of the gates and it's time to check in with the first power rankings of the regular season.  And there's a new #1!  It's the back-to-back defending champions Helena!  Coming in at #2 in the preseason poll, the defending champs have shown they are primed to gun for a three-peat.  You could definitely make an argument for the top spot for #2 Little Rock, up 8 spots from their preseason ranking, as their offense is dominating opponents while still putting up respectable pitching numbers. #3 Las Vegas is also up 8 spots from the preseason rankings, while previous #1 Chicago and Honolulu round out the top 5.   Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #17 Kansas City (+14), #14 Houston (+10), #19 Burlington (+10), #2 Little Rock (+8), #3 Las Vegas (+8), #13 Oklahoma City (+8)

Biggest Falls: #32 Tampa Bay (-17), #27 Buffalo (-11), #29 St. Louis (-10), #11 Seattle (-7)

Here are the complete first rankings of the regular season, it will certainly be interesting to see how the season plays out, good luck to all!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Helena 27 14 2 3 3
2 Little Rock 32 9 10 10 1
3 Las Vegas 24 17 11 5 9
4 Chicago 24 17 1 6 14
5 Honolulu 23 18 8 11 8
6 Syracuse 26 15 13 4 23
7 Richmond 23 18 3 1 25
8 Wichita 24 17 5 14 12
9 Charlotte 23 18 7 20 2
10 Durham 21 20 9 9 15
11 Seattle 23 18 4 12 20
12 Louisville 21 20 6 17 11
13 Oklahoma City 19 22 21 6 16
14 Houston 24 17 24 18 19
15 Boise 22 19 12 29 5
16 Rochester 19 22 18 8 21
17 Kansas City 17 24 31 21 7
18 Nashville  20 21 20 23 10
19 Burlington 20 21 29 2 30
20 New York (AL) 20 21 14 19 21
21 Cleveland 21 20 17 26 13
22 Boston 17 24 25 32 4
23 New Britain  15 26 28 30 6
24 Salem 19 22 22 15 29
25 New York (NL) 18 23 23 13 27
26 Oakland 19 22 27 31 17
27 Buffalo  15 26 16 24 18
28 Madison 19 22 26 27 24
29 St. Louis 16 25 19 15 32
30 Monterrey 14 27 32 22 28
31 Washington 16 25 30 25 31
32 Tampa Bay 15 26 15 27 26