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

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

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