Season 26 All-Star Recap

Results
American 5
National   4
W - H. Ong
L - O. Rios
S - R. Borders

All-Star Game MVP: Willie Puello, Chicago - 2-2, HR, 2 RBI, SB, R
Home Run Derby Winner: Heathcliff Davis, New York (AL) - 22 HR
Futures Game MVP: Audry Altuve, Charlotte - 1-3, HR, 3 RBI, R

Appearance Leaders
American League - Delino Santana, Charlotte - 12 appearances
National League - David Silva, Buffalo - 12 appearances

Teams with Most Players
American League - Helena - 6
National League - Durham - 5

Complete Rosters

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Javier Martis	Boise	2nd
1B	Jimmie Alou	New Britain	1st
2B	Nerio Skinner	Louisville	1st
3B	Albie Latos	Nashville	2nd
SS	Erik Buhner	New York	1st
LF	Theo Reese	Little Rock	1st
CF	Rex Kennedy	Helena	5th
RF	Ernest Hancock	Little Rock	4th
DH	Nick Spence	Helena	4th

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Butch Gray	New York	2nd
P	Ben Shoppach	Boise	3rd
P	Howie Lockwood	Nashville	3rd
P	Guy Maybin	Helena	1st
P	Dean Clarkson	Little Rock	1st
P	Felipe Gomez	Helena	1st
P	Nicholas Gil	Chicago	6th
P	Esteban Valentin	Helena	1st
P	Allan Blackley	Chicago	5th
P	Peter Chang	New Britain	1st
P	Hak-Ju Ong	Chicago	1st
P	Rich Borders	Little Rock	1st
P	Anibal Santayana	Detroit	2nd

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Jason Rivers	Helena	1st
1B	Carlos Guzman	New York	1st
2B	Eli Guillen	Nashville	1st
3B	Willie Puello	Chicago	1st
SS	Delino Santana	Charlotte	12th
LF	Albert Mendoza	Chicago	2nd
CF	Addison Cortes	Monterrey	1st
RF	Heathcliff Davis	New York	3rd

AL All-Stars by Team

Helena	6
Chicago	5
Little Rock	4
New York	4
Nashville	3
Boise	2
New Britain	2
Charlotte	1
Detroit	1
Louisville	1
Monterrey	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Ron Bailey	New York	3rd
1B	Julio Park	Durham	6th
2B	Tim Howard	Durham	1st
3B	Miguel Armas	Syracuse	4th
SS	Edgardo Serra	Chicago	2nd
LF	Bert Crosby	Durham	3rd
CF	Ken Ingram	Chicago	8th
RF	Sean Hollins	Richmond	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Norberto Morales	Richmond	5th
P	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	1st
P	Pedro Tovar	New York	1st
P	Clyde Rose	Las Vegas	1st
P	Matty Prieto	Durham	4th
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	7th
P	Chipper Savage	Honolulu	3rd
P	Boomer Lange	Chicago	5th
P	Valerio Baez	Durham	9th
P	David Silva	Buffalo	12th
P	Oswaldo Rios	Las Vegas	1st
P	Nathan Ross	Richmond	4th
P	Endy Parker	Rochester	2nd
P	Douglas White	Rochester	2nd

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Jamie Chong	Buffalo	1st
1B	Max Acevedo	New York	3rd
2B	Ed Knapp	Chicago	1st
3B	Pep Saito	Salt Lake City	1st
SS	Rodrigo Toregas	New Orleans	6th
LF	Patrick Grieve	Syracuse	3rd
CF	Luis Acosta	New Orleans	1st
RF	Darryl Matthews	New York	3rd

NL All-Stars by Team

Durham	5
Chicago	4
New York	4
Richmond	3
Syracuse	3
Buffalo	2
Las Vegas	2
New Orleans	2
Rochester	2
Burlington	1
Honolulu	1
Salt Lake City	1

Season 26 Power Rankings #2

The halfway mark of the regular season has come and gone for Season 26 of Kenny Powers, so it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  There was significant movement from the first power rankings; however, it's the same team at the top, as Little Rock remains #1, continuing their great start to the season.  The rest of the top 5 is new teams moving in, Richmond claims the #2 spot with significant improvement all around.  Durham climbs 4 spots to #3, with their pitching stepping up.  New Orleans climbs an incredible 15 spots to land at #4, tying for the best record since the last rankings!  And it's Helena, up from #9, rounding out the top 5.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #4 New Orleans (+15), #8 Honolulu (+10), #11 Syracuse (+10), #20 Monterrey (+10), #2 Richmond (+9)

Biggest Falls: #16 New York (AL) (-14), #15 Buffalo (-12), #24 Burlington (-10), #25 Salt Lake City (-9), #29 Detroit (-7)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Little Rock	59	23	1	2	-1	3	-1	28	13
2	Richmond	54	28	11	3	9	9	8	29	12
3	Durham	51	31	7	6	5	4	1	27	14
4	New Orlears	50	32	19	9	5	8	12	29	12
5	Helena	47	35	9	15	-8	2	4	24	17
6	New York (NL)	48	34	4	1	3	21	-11	24	17
7	Nashville	49	33	15	21	5	7	4	27	14
8	Honolulu	46	36	18	3	13	16	3	25	16
9	Chicago (NL)	48	34	6	5	-2	15	-7	24	17
10	Chicago (AL)	45	37	5	13	-3	1	0	22	19
11	Syracuse	41	41	21	10	7	12	3	26	15
12	Boise	47	35	8	18	-12	5	8	22	19
13	Las Vegas	45	37	10	7	-5	13	1	22	19
14	New Britain	47	35	13	12	7	20	-4	23	18
15	Buffalo	45	37	3	14	-9	10	-2	18	23
16	New York (AL)	48	34	2	16	-4	17	-14	19	22
17	Rochester	42	40	12	20	0	6	-2	20	21
18	Ottawa	38	44	25	11	6	22	5	22	19
19	Charlotte	40	42	20	22	5	14	-7	19	22
20	Monterrey	35	47	30	24	6	19	6	23	18
21	Santa Fe	36	46	24	30	-1	10	2	18	23
22	Norfolk	39	43	17	17	-9	30	-1	17	24
23	Louisville	36	46	23	27	-3	18	0	18	23
24	Burlington	38	44	14	19	-10	25	-4	17	24
25	Salt Lake City	39	43	16	26	-12	23	3	15	26
26	Seattle	31	51	27	8	13	32	-1	15	26
27	Atlanta	31	51	26	22	3	24	0	14	27
28	Washington	32	50	28	27	1	26	-3	17	24
29	Detroit	33	49	22	29	-6	27	-5	12	29
30	Oakland	27	55	31	31	0	28	0	17	24
31	Omaha	27	55	29	25	-3	31	-1	12	29
32	Pittsburgh	18	64	32	32	0	29	3	11	30

Season 26 Power Rankings #1

A quarter of the regular season is in the books in Season 26, so it's time to check in with the power rankings!  Always a lot of shuffling in the first rankings, so let's get to it.  On top, motivated by a low preseason ranking, Little Rock, the defending champion, jumps five spots to #1.  They have the top ranked pitching staff and #2 offense.  Jumping an amazing 21 spots up to #2, is the red hot New York Yankees.  Their pitching has been good and their offense has been great!  Buffalo is up 15 spots to #3, and the NL New Yorkers and AL Chicago team round out the top 5.  A lot of shuffling indeed, so let's check out the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #2 New York (AL) (+21), #13 New Britain (+18), #3 Buffalo (+15), #14 Burlington (+13), #17 Norfolk (+12)

Biggest Falls: #20 Charlotte (-19), #23 Louisville (-13), #25 Ottawa (-11), #27 Seattle (-11), #21 Syracuse (-9)

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

					Pitching	Offense
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Rank
1	Little Rock	31	10	6	1	2
2	New York (AL)	29	12	23	12	3
3	Buffalo	27	14	18	5	8
4	New York (NL)	24	17	7	4	10
5	Chicago (AL)	23	18	2	10	1
6	Chicago (NL)	24	17	9	3	8
7	Durham	24	17	8	11	5
8	Boise	25	16	3	6	13
9	Helena	23	18	5	7	6
10	Las Vegas	23	18	13	2	14
11	Richmond	25	16	4	12	17
12	Rochester	22	19	15	20	4
13	New Britain	24	17	31	19	16
14	Burlington	21	20	27	9	21
15	Nashville	22	19	17	26	11
16	Salt Lake City	24	17	21	14	26
17	Norfolk	22	19	29	8	29
18	Honolulu	21	20	11	16	19
19	New Orlears	21	20	22	14	20
20	Charlotte	21	20	1	27	7
21	Syracuse	15	26	12	17	15
22	Detroit	21	20	19	23	22
23	Louisville	18	23	10	24	18
24	Santa Fe	18	23	30	29	12
25	Ottawa	16	25	14	17	27
26	Atlanta	17	24	20	25	24
27	Seattle	16	25	16	21	31
28	Washington	15	26	24	28	23
29	Omaha	15	26	32	22	30
30	Monterrey	12	29	25	30	25
31	Oakland	10	31	26	31	28
32	Pittsburgh	7	34	28	32	32

Season 26 Preseason Power Rankings

A new season is upon us and spring training has just concluded, so it's time for the preseason power rankings!  The preseason rankings are toughest to complete, as when the rosters are grabbed for analysis, sometimes they aren't fully complete.  But nonetheless, we bring you these rankings.  The winner of the preseason #1 honors is none other than Charlotte, who went 91-71 last season, and who ranked out #2 in starting pitching and #1 in hitting.  Where do the rest fall?  Check out the below. Good luck to all in Season 26!

				Starting	Relief
		Season 25		Pitching	Pitching	Hitting	Fielding
	Team	W	L	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
1	Charlotte	91	71	2	26	1	11
2	Chicago (AL)	79	83	3	3	9	15
3	Boise	95	67	1	7	12	18
4	Richmond	91	71	4	2	13	15
5	Helena	88	74	5	10	4	8
6	Little Rock	127	35	12	25	2	8
7	New York (NL)	83	79	6	22	5	4
8	Durham	104	58	8	16	14	18
9	Chicago (NL)	102	60	14	6	10	11
10	Louisville	46	116	9	18	11	21
11	Honolulu	92	70	10	21	6	11
12	Syracuse	93	69	18	4	8	5
13	Las Vegas	73	89	16	12	15	18
14	Ottawa	80	82	7	27	18	11
15	Rochester	86	76	29	8	3	1
16	Seattle	76	86	11	19	20	5
17	Nashville	101	61	15	1	24	8
18	Buffalo	83	79	28	5	7	24
19	Detroit	77	85	17	15	21	25
20	Atlanta	64	98	22	24	16	5
21	Salt Lake City	102	60	27	13	19	2
22	New Orlears	91	71	23	28	17	30
23	New York (AL)	84	78	20	13	27	2
24	Washington	46	116	25	20	25	30
25	Monterrey	74	88	24	11	29	15
26	Oakland	74	88	26	16	28	25
27	Burlington	70	92	21	32	22	28
28	Pittsburgh	59	103	19	29	30	25
29	Norfolk	78	84	31	23	26	22
30	Santa Fe	55	107	30	31	23	28
31	New Britain	88	74	13	9	32	32
32	Omaha	40	122	32	30	31	22

Season 26 Offseason Free Agency Tracker

It's hot stove season in Kenny Powers, check back here to see where all of the top Free Agents sign!

				Old	New	Contract
Rank	Player	Pos	Age	Team	Team	Amount	Years
1	Hector Iglesias	SP	30	CH1	LOU	$67.5 M	5
	Comments: In a not-so-great SP FA class, he is the cream of the crop
2	John Greer	LF	31	NOR	OTT	$28.0 M	3
	Comments: Our top rated hitter has raked to the tune of a .900 career OPS
3	Jarrod King	RF	30	DUR	CH1	$37.0 M	4
	Comments: Great all-around hitter and pretty good on the basepaths too
4	Al Hughes	LF	30	HEL	HEL	$40.0 M	5
	Comments: Solid hitter who crushes lefties and is serviceable in a pinch at 2B
5	Harry Pujols	SP	30	BUF	LOU	$20.8 M	4
	Comments: A nice SP with just good, not great splits being only weak point
6	Ollie Keppel	SP	33	NB	NOR	$3.9 M	3
	Comments: Another solid SP, but may be slightly vulnerable against RH batters
7	Patrick Grieve	2B	32	NB	SYR	$11.0 M	2
	Comments: Can get on base and excellent speed/baserunning, age is a slight concern
8	Kenneth Shave	DH	30	HEL	NOR	$4.2 M	3
	Comments: Solid across the board hitting, yet not spectacular, probably ok at 1B or LF
9	Alex Bonilla	SP	29	ROC	MTY	$21.6 M	4
	Comments: Excellent ratings all around, but low stamina will limit his innings
10	Junior Won	SP	33	NB	DUR	$13.8 M	3
	Comments: Solid lefty hurler, despite average RH split, but can eat some innings
11	Norm Hodges	CF	33	SLC	RIC	$26.6 M	4
	Comments: Great glove in CF, can get on base and run, but range declining with age
12	Miguel Armas	3B	32	SYR	SYR	$5.1 M	3
	Comments: Speedy 3B with plus fielding attributes who has put up some nice numbers
13	Pablo Perez	SP	29	DET	DUR	$30.6 M	5
	Comments: Nice ratings, but low stamina and gives up fly balls, solid otherwise
14	Alex Lawrence	RP	29	HON	NO	$4.6 M	1
	Comments: The top RP on the board, age is a plus, and pretty solid ratings overall
15	Carlos Santos	SP	31	NO	SFE	$5.2 M	2
	Comments: Stamina is slightly low, and splits are average, but everything else is good
16	Yoshinori Chang	SP	36	CH1	NOR	$2.2 M	2
	Comments: Solid lefty with a nice track record, but age is a concern with him
17	Bo Edmonds	RP	37	CH2	BOI	$10.0 M	2
	Comments: Still an excellent RP at age 37, should still have a few nice seasons left
18	Carmine Cashman	SP	34	HON	NAS	$5.2 M	1
	Comments: Great track record, despite fly ball tendency, but low stamina for an SP
19	Mandy Mahler	CF	36	SEA	LOU	$4.4 M	2
	Comments: Looks to still be solid hitting and running, but age is bound to set in
20	Gerardo Guerrero	2B	30	CHA	BUR	$1.0 M	1
	Comments: Decent hitter with plus speed/baserunning, but low contact will result in K's
21	Julio Mairena	RP	35	HON	DUR	$8.8 M	2
	Comments: Very good RP with nice ratings, could be decent in Setup A or closer role
22	Steve Miller	CF	32	LR	OTT	$20.8 M	3
	Comments: Excellent batting eye and runs the bases well, he can be useful
23	Yorrick Stilson	1B	26	CHA	ATL	$8.4 M	3
	Comments: Solid hitter who could find a role, but limited in the field, which curbs his value
24	Barry Aspromonte	DH	29	HEL
	Comments: His power bat could help someone, but he can't play the field at all
25	Deivi Perez	2B	29	ROC	ROC	$15.3 M	3
	Comments: Nice hitter with a solid track record, but RH split and eye are low