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

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

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