Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Season 25 All-Star Recap

The All-Star break has passed for Season 25, so let's take a look back at the festivities!

On the AL team, Delino Santana of Charlotte made his 11th All-Star Appearance to lead the way.  There were 18 first-time All-Stars on the AL team, with only one other player making more than their 3rd appearance.  Boise had the most AL All-Stars with 7.

The NL team had 10 first-time All-Stars, with Durham's Valerio Baez and Honolulu's Justin Jordan leading the way, each make their 8th All-Star appearance.  Durham had the most All-Stars on the NL side with 5.

The Home Run Derby saw Durham's Julio Park dominate the Final, winning 9-3, making him the back-to-back champion, a feat that you don't see too often.

The All-Star game itself was a thriller, with the NL scoring 2 in the top of the 9th to take a 5-3 lead, only for the AL to come back with 3 in the bottom half to take the 6-5 win. Kennie Owen hit the game-winning double with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th to put him at 3 for 3 for the day, good enough to win All-Star Game MVP.

The US team dominated the Futures Game, led by lead-off man Vince Knotts who was 1 for 2 with 3 walks, 3 runs and a stolen base that earned him the game's MVP honors.

Here is the complete list of All-Stars for Season 25!

American League
Starters
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Harry Young
New Britain
1st
1B
Jose Reyes
Charlotte
5th
2B
Tuck Chester
Little Rock
2nd
3B
Albie Latos
Nashville
1st
SS
Delino Santana
Charlotte
11th
LF
Patrick Grieve
New Britain
2nd
CF
Charles Gang
Oakland
1st
RF
Ernest Hancock
Little Rock
3rd
DH
Wendell Myatt
Oakland
2nd

Pitchers
Player
Team
Appearance
P
Howie Lockwood
Nashville
2nd
P
Jamey Spiers
Charlotte
1st
P
Everth Almanzar
New Britain
2nd
P
Boone James
Ottawa
1st
P
Henry Colin
Cleveland
3rd
P
Roland Piper
Seattle
1st
P
Diego Campos
Nashville
1st
P
Omir Kelly
Boise
1st
P
Alex Wong
Helena
2nd
P
Nicholas Cox
Little Rock
3rd
P
Pedro Rios
Oakland
1st
P
Todd Morgan
Boise
1st
P
Jimmie Machado
Little Rock
1st

Reserves
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Morris Washington
Boise
1st
1B
Sherman Dunston
Boise
3rd
2B
David Messmer
Boise
1st
3B
Alving Osoria
Pawtucket
1st
SS
Weldon Kendrick
Little Rock
1st
LF
Tim Holm
Boise
1st
CF
Rougned Flande
Nashville
1st
RF
Kennie Owen
Boise
1st

AL All-Stars by Team
Boise 7
Little Rock 5
Nashville 4
Charlotte 3
New Britain 3
Oakland 3
Cleveland 1
Helena 1
Ottawa 1
Pawtucket 1
Seattle 1

National League
Starters
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Ron Bailey
New York
2nd
1B
Julio Park
Durham
5th
2B
Rodrigo Toregas
Louisville
5th
3B
Gary Castillo
Rochester
1st
SS
Gonzalez Bennett
Syracuse
1st
LF
Bert Crosby
Durham
2nd
CF
Ken Ingram
Chicago
7th
RF
Christopher Hamilton
Rochester
1st

Pitchers
Player
Team
Appearance
P
Burke Gibson
Salt Lake City
2nd
P
Matty Prieto
Durham
3rd
P
Tim Blair
Syracuse
6th
P
Nathan Ross
Richmond
3rd
P
Ellis Brock
Salt Lake City
7th
P
Alex Rosa
Chicago
1st
P
Ralph Moseley
Richmond
7th
P
Valerio Baez
Durham
8th
P
Justin Jordan
Honolulu
8th
P
Nicholas Gil
Las Vegas
5th
P
Norberto Morales
Richmond
4th
P
Albie Tavarez
Washington
1st
P
Teoscar Alberro
Buffalo
1st
P
Douglas White
Rochester
1st

Reserves
Player
Team
Appearance
C
Darrel Atkins
Syracuse
1st
1B
Kyle Surtain
Syracuse
5th
2B
Abraham O'Neill
Las Vegas
2nd
3B
Dingo Price
Chicago
5th
SS
Edgardo Serra
Chicago
1st
LF
Scott Serrano
Richmond
4th
CF
Ivan Veras
Louisville
1st
RF
Jarrod King
Durham
2nd

NL All-Stars by Team
Durham 5
Chicago 4
Richmond 4
Syracuse 4
Rochester 3
Las Vegas 2
Louisville 2
Salt Lake City 2
Buffalo 1
Honolulu 1
New York 1
Washington 1

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Season 25 Power Rankings #2

We're past the halfway mark of Season 25, so it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  And we have a new number 1!  Posting the best record since the last rankings with the #1 offense is Little Rock, and they top this edition of the rankings.  Chicago has bounced back from a slow start and is up 7 spots to #2.  Up 9 spots to #3 is the team leading the world in pitching, Salt Lake City.  Syracuse is also up 9 spots, climbing to #4 with greatly improved hitting.  Rounding out the top 5, is preseason #1 Boise, who got out of the gate slow, but is heating up.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #3 Salt Lake City (+9), #4 Syracuse (+9), #16 Oakland (+9), #14 New York (NL) (+8), #2 Chicago (=7)

Biggest Falls: #28 Kansas City (-14), #17 Louisville (-10), #13 Buffalo (-8), #18 Honolulu (-8)

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

Pitching Hitting LAST 41
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Little Rock 58 24 2 8 8 1 1 31 10
2 Chicago 46 36 9 2 5 6 4 26 15
3 Salt Lake City 53 29 12 1 5 14 2 30 11
4 Syracuse 48 34 13 4 0 15 9 26 15
5 Boise 50 32 8 17 5 2 -1 27 14
6 Durham 53 29 1 12 -10 8 0 23 18
7 Richmond 47 35 11 11 -6 9 11 24 17
8 Nashville  47 35 3 3 -2 12 -1 22 19
9 Rochester 46 36 4 13 -5 4 2 22 19
10 New Britain  46 36 16 5 9 19 0 23 18
11 Charlotte 46 36 6 17 1 11 -7 22 19
12 Pawtucket 44 38 15 16 1 10 -1 22 19
13 Buffalo  44 38 5 19 -7 7 -2 21 20
14 New York (NL) 41 41 22 10 3 23 3 24 17
15 Las Vegas 40 42 21 7 8 21 2 22 19
16 Oakland 40 42 25 22 6 12 1 25 16
17 Louisville 45 37 7 26 -1 2 1 20 21
18 Honolulu 45 37 10 15 -4 17 0 20 21
19 Helena 43 39 17 14 -11 24 4 22 19
20 New York (AL) 39 43 20 9 1 28 -3 21 20
21 Ottawa 38 44 23 6 3 32 0 20 21
22 Norfolk 40 42 27 24 3 22 5 21 20
23 Cleveland 39 43 18 23 -3 18 -6 17 24
24 Seattle 40 42 19 20 1 26 -11 19 22
25 Monterrey 37 45 28 27 2 16 2 21 20
26 Santa Fe 31 51 26 31 1 5 9 14 27
27 Burlington 32 50 24 25 -1 24 -2 15 26
28 Kansas City 32 50 14 30 -11 20 -13 10 31
29 Atlanta 30 52 29 20 3 31 -2 15 26
30 Washington 32 50 30 29 -3 29 2 15 26
31 Oklahoma City 25 57 32 28 2 30 0 13 28
32 Albuquerque 15 67 31 32 -1 27 -6 3 38

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Season 25 Power Rankings #1

A quarter of the season has passed, so it's time to see how the power rankings have shifted from the preseason rankings!  And yes, there's a new #1.  First time #1 Boise couldn't hold the top spot, so they pass the baton to another first time #1, the team off to the hottest start this season, Durham! Little Rock is up 4 spots to claim the #2 ranking.  All the way up from #21 to #3 is the world's top pitching team, Nashville!  Rounding out the top 5 is two more teams making the jump from outside the top 10, Rochester and Buffalo.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #3 Nashville (+18), #7 Louisville (+11), #4 Rochester (+10), #16 New Britain (+10)

Biggest Falls: #17 Helena (-13), #32 Oklahoma City (-13) #15 Pawtucket (-12), #22 New York (NL) (-12), #19 Seattle (-11)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all as the season trucks on!

Pitching Hitting
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Durham 30 11 9 2 8
2 Little Rock 27 14 6 16 2
3 Nashville  25 16 21 1 11
4 Rochester 24 17 14 8 6
5 Buffalo  23 18 11 12 5
6 Charlotte 24 17 2 18 4
7 Louisville 25 16 18 25 3
8 Boise 23 18 1 22 1
9 Chicago 20 21 5 7 10
10 Honolulu 25 16 13 11 17
11 Richmond 23 18 7 5 20
12 Salt Lake City 23 18 16 6 16
13 Syracuse 22 19 15 4 24
14 Kansas City 22 19 22 19 7
15 Pawtucket 22 19 3 17 9
16 New Britain  23 18 26 14 19
17 Helena 21 20 4 3 28
18 Cleveland 22 19 17 20 12
19 Seattle 21 20 8 21 15
20 New York (AL) 18 23 23 10 25
21 Las Vegas 18 23 12 15 23
22 New York (NL) 17 24 10 13 26
23 Ottawa 18 23 20 9 32
24 Burlington 17 24 28 24 22
25 Oakland 15 26 30 28 13
26 Santa Fe 17 24 31 32 14
27 Norfolk 19 22 24 27 27
28 Monterrey 16 25 32 29 18
29 Atlanta 15 26 25 23 29
30 Washington 17 24 27 26 31
31 Albuquerque 12 29 29 31 21
32 Oklahoma City 12 29 19 30 30