Season 27 All-Star Recap

Results
National    15
American   6
W - Z.Wainhouse
L - V. Diaz

All-Star Game MVP: Christopher Hamilton, Rochester - 3-3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB
Home Run Derby Winner: Geovany Arias, Helena - 33 HR, 16 in Final Round
Futures Game MVP: Pascual Trevino, Little Rock - 2 IP, 2 K, 3 H, W

Appearance Leaders
American League - Delino Santana, Charlotte - 13th Appearance
National League - Valerio Baez, Durham - 10th Appearance

Teams with Most Players
American League - Atlanta - 6
National League - Durham - 6

Complete Rosters

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Bob Small	Oakland	1st
1B	Wendell Myatt	Oakland	3rd
2B	Sean Lewis	Helena	4th
3B	Vic Zurbaran	Wichita	1st
SS	Brian Clayton	Nashville	1st
LF	Victor Querecuto	Monterrey	1st
CF	Theo Reese	Little Rock	2nd
RF	Jarrod King	Atlanta	3rd
DH	Cody Hodges	Wichita	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Kevin Tyson	Seattle	1st
P	Norberto Johnson	Ottawa	2nd
P	Shawn Olson	Helena	2nd
P	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	7th
P	Todd Morgan	Boise	2nd
P	Victor Diaz	Atlanta	3rd
P	Allan Blackley	Atlanta	6th
P	Steven Black	Atlanta	1st
P	Everth Almanzar	New Britain	3rd
P	Alvin Gonzales	Seattle	1st
P	Hector Iglesias	Wichita	1st
P	Douglas Philips	Ottawa	1st
P	Roland Piper	Seattle	2nd

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Ellie Glynn	Atlanta	1st
1B	B.C. Philips	Baltimore	3rd
2B	Trevor Gilbert	Monterrey	1st
3B	Delino Santana	Charlotte	13th
SS	Sid Davidson	Wichita	1st
LF	David Molina	Nashville	1st
CF	Mark Banks	Seattle	1st
RF	Geovany Arias	Helena	1st

AL All-Stars by Team

Atlanta	6
Seattle	4
Wichita	4
Helena	3
Monterrey	2
Nashville	2
Oakland	2
Ottawa	2
Baltimore	1
Boise	1
Charlotte	1
Little Rock	1
New Britain	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Deven Hernandez	Honolulu	3rd
1B	Max Acevedo	New York	4th
2B	Andy Minor	Honolulu	6th
3B	Ed Knapp	Tacoma	2nd
SS	Starling Ortega	Tacoma	1st
LF	Kenneth Stevens	Santa Fe	1st
CF	Edgardo Serra	Tacoma	3rd
RF	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	6th
P	Javier Ordaz	New Orleans	1st
P	Felipe Alvarez	Richmond	1st
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	8th
P	Nate Hansen	New York	1st
P	Gerald Fukudome	Tacoma	1st
P	Floyd Glenn	Durham	1st
P	Valerio Baez	Durham	10th
P	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	2nd
P	Chipper Savage	Honolulu	4th
P	Zach Wainhouse	Durham	1st
P	Pedro Tovar	New York	2nd
P	Stephen Wallace	Honolulu	1st
P	Teoscar Alberro	Buffalo	2nd

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Nicholas Rothschild	Rochester	1st
1B	Julio Park	Durham	7th
2B	Tim Howard	Durham	2nd
3B	Jason Douglas	New York	1st
SS	Noe Ortiz	New York	1st
LF	Paul Nielsen	Rochester	1st
CF	Chi-Chi Villa	Durham	1st
RF	Vic Hall	New Orleans	4th

NL All-Stars by Team

Durham	6
New York	5
Tacoma	5
Honolulu	4
Rochester	3
New Orleans	2
Buffalo	1
Burlington	1
Richmond	1
Santa Fe	1
Syracuse	1

Season 27 Power Rankings #2

A bit belated, but here are the latest power rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #10 Tacoma (+15), #5 New Britain (+12), #7 Wichita (+9), #14 Monterrey (+7), #16 Rochester (+7)

Biggest Falls: #23 Salt Lake City (-15), #17 Richmond (-13), #25 Santa Cruz (-13), #22 Charlotte (-12), #26 Burlington (-11)

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Little Rock	50	32	1	4	-3	1	1	24	17
2	Atlanta	51	31	2	1	0	7	1	24	17
3	Durham	50	32	5	2	5	5	-1	25	16
4	Boise	51	31	9	4	-1	12	9	26	15
5	New Britain	51	31	17	13	10	11	2	28	13
6	Helena	49	33	3	11	-3	4	-1	22	19
7	Wichita	49	33	16	18	9	10	-3	27	14
8	New York	47	35	7	10	-1	9	6	22	19
9	Nashville	42	40	11	15	3	8	0	21	20
10	Tacoma	41	41	25	3	9	27	1	26	15
11	Buffalo	43	39	6	8	-3	17	-5	19	22
12	Honolulu	45	37	13	17	-3	20	4	23	18
13	Ottawa	45	37	18	21	-5	18	1	23	18
14	Monterrey	39	43	21	28	-6	2	4	23	18
15	Syracuse	39	43	19	9	6	19	1	19	22
16	Rochester	39	43	23	22	2	14	0	22	19
17	Richmond	44	38	4	23	-19	14	-3	18	23
18	Santa Fe	41	41	14	30	0	3	2	19	22
19	Seattle	41	41	22	6	4	30	-2	22	19
20	New Orleans	42	40	26	29	0	16	9	22	19
21	Tampa Bay	35	47	20	7	11	22	-6	18	23
22	Charlotte	38	44	10	27	1	5	-4	15	26
23	Salt Lake City	43	39	8	16	-10	31	-8	18	23
24	Sioux Falls	38	44	30	14	12	29	1	22	19
25	Santa Cruz	39	43	12	19	-6	24	-7	17	24
26	Burlington	36	46	15	12	-1	27	-5	16	25
27	St. Louis	33	49	27	26	-2	13	5	20	21
28	Norfolk	35	47	28	23	-6	25	6	19	22
29	Oakland	33	49	29	20	0	23	3	17	24
30	Baltimore	31	51	24	31	1	21	-11	15	26
31	Omaha	29	53	31	25	-4	32	0	14	27
32	Pittsburgh	23	59	32	32	-1	26	1	10	31

Season 27 Power Rankings #1

It's hard to believe it, but it's already time for the first power rankings of the regular season!  Let's get right into it!  No change in the top 2 spots from the preseason rankings, as Little Rock comes in at #1 and Atlanta at #2, both living up to the preseason hype.  At #3, it's Helena jumping up two spots from their #5 preseason ranking, tying Atlanta for the best record in Kenny Powers to this point.  Jumping up to #4 from outside the top 10 is Richmond, who always seems to be in the mix.  Rounding out the top 5 is Durham, who is up three spots, looking very solid so far.  There's always a lot of volatility between the preseason and 1st regular season rankings, and this season is no different.  Let's take a look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #8 Salt Lake City (+22), #14 Santa Fe (+15), #15 Burlington (+12), #4 Richmond (+9), #6 Buffalo (+9)

Biggest Falls: #23 Rochester (-13), #28 Norfolk (-12), #17 New Britain (-11)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all as Season 27 carries on!

					Pitching	Offense
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Rank
1	Little Rock	26	15	1	1	2
2	Atlanta	27	14	2	1	8
3	Helena	27	14	5	8	3
4	Richmond	26	15	13	4	11
5	Durham	25	16	8	7	4
6	Buffalo	24	17	15	5	12
7	New York	25	16	12	9	15
8	Salt Lake City	25	16	30	6	23
9	Boise	25	16	3	3	21
10	Charlotte	23	18	4	28	1
11	Nashville	21	20	14	18	8
12	Santa Cruz	22	19	19	13	17
13	Honolulu	22	19	7	14	24
14	Santa Fe	22	19	29	30	5
15	Burlington	20	21	27	11	22
16	Wichita	22	19	22	27	7
17	New Britain	23	18	6	23	13
18	Ottawa	22	19	9	16	19
19	Syracuse	20	21	21	15	20
20	Tampa Bay	17	24	11	18	16
21	Monterrey	16	25	23	22	6
22	Seattle	19	22	25	10	28
23	Rochester	17	24	10	24	14
24	Baltimore	16	25	20	32	10
25	Tacoma	15	26	17	12	28
26	New Orleans	20	21	28	29	25
27	St. Louis	13	28	18	24	18
28	Norfolk	16	25	16	17	31
29	Oakland	16	25	26	20	26
30	Sioux Falls	16	25	24	26	30
31	Omaha	15	26	31	21	32
32	Pittsburgh	13	28	32	31	27

Season 27 Preseason Power Rankings

Spring training is almost over, so it's a good time to jump in with the Preseason Power Rankings!  There's always a lot of volatility from the Preseason rankings to the first regular season rankings, as a good team on paper doesn't always translate to a good team on the field.  Additionally, if you're doing something funky with your roster, it can be tough to pinpoint a true rating for certain elements that are taken into account.  Still, these are fun to do, so we'll give it our best shot.  Enjoy and good luck in the regular season!

				Starting	Relief
		Season 26		Pitching	Pitching	Offense	Fielding
	Team	W	L	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
1	Little Rock	120	42	7	29	1	2
2	Atlanta	88	74	2	4	7	12
3	Boise	96	66	5	2	6	26
4	Charlotte	83	79	1	25	5	20
5	Helena	101	61	12	1	2	12
6	New Britain	99	63	3	22	11	10
7	Honolulu	88	74	13	9	3	12
8	Durham	106	56	8	17	13	2
9	Ottawa	76	86	4	28	14	7
10	Rochester	94	68	15	5	9	1
11	Tampa Bay	68	94	11	14	12	20
12	New York	88	74	10	26	9	12
13	Richmond	102	60	15	18	8	20
14	Nashville	92	70	22	3	15	10
15	Buffalo	80	82	30	6	4	28
16	Norfolk	71	91	6	24	24	18
17	Tacoma	105	57	9	11	29	12
18	St. Louis	54	108	20	16	18	20
19	Santa Cruz	86	76	21	23	16	18
20	Baltimore	56	106	23	13	20	20
21	Syracuse	92	70	28	7	19	2
22	Wichita	79	83	15	30	17	7
23	Monterrey	78	84	14	10	26	20
24	Sioux Falls	86	76	18	8	28	5
25	Seattle	65	97	19	21	26	7
26	Oakland	49	113	27	12	22	30
27	Burlington	72	90	24	32	21	30
28	New Orleans	91	71	31	20	23	30
29	Santa Fe	62	100	29	27	25	27
30	Salt Lake City	72	90	26	15	30	5
31	Omaha	52	110	25	19	32	12
32	Pittsburgh	41	121	32	31	31	29

Season 27 Offseason Free Agency Tracker

The hot stove is firing once again in Kenny Powers, check back here to see where all the top Free Agents sign!

				Old	New	Contract
Rank	Player	Pos	Age	Team	Team	Amount	Years
1	Luis Diaz	3B	28	HEL	ATL	$65.0 M	5
	Comments: Excellent bat and a plus fielder and is only 28, which puts him on top
2	Ken Ingram	CF	32	TAC	BOI	$36.5 M	5
	Comments: 3-time former MVP still has great range and power that will help a lineup
3	Abraham O'Neill	3B	32	SCZ	TB	$37.5 M	5
	Comments: Still a solid all-around player, but age-related decline is a concern
4	Nicholas Miller	SP	36	NAS	NOR	$19.5 M	3
	Comments: 2-time Cy Young winner has great stuff still, but stamina is declining
5	Jim Forbes	SP	37	WIC	ROC	$15.0 M	2
	Comments: Still should be a solid SP for a few seasons, good for a weak SP class
6	Paul Nielsen	LF	30	NB	ROC	$9.8 M	2
	Comments: Solid bat and a nice runner, although weak LH split is a slight concern
7	Nate White	SP	32	PIT	SLC	$4.4 M	2
	Comments: Ratings look a lot better than his numbers do, but could surprise
8	Harry Young	C	27	NB	MTY	$4.6 M	1
	Comments: Very nice bat, although not strong defensively behind the plate
9	J.R. Broadhurst	RP	31	MTY	BOI	$1.6 M	1
	Comments: Excellent lefty RP who can throw a lot of innings out of the pen
10	Shawon Buckley	RP	29	SEA	NOR	$15.0 M	3
	Comments: Another nice lefty RP control specialist who can throw a lot of innings
11	Izzy Loaiza	SP	35	NY2	BAL	$13.3 M	3
	Comments: Just a solid lefty SP with nice pitches and control; splits just OK
12	Tex Logan	RP	26	CHA	RIC	$4.2 M	3
	Comments: Young, workhorse RP with decent stuff; splits a slight concern
13	Robb Gumbs	RP	31	OAK	NY2	$2.6 M	1
	Comments: Another excellent RP with outstanding pitches and good control
14	Shane Curtis	LF	35	ROC	HEL	$4.3 M	2
	Comments: Still looks great at the plate, although age-related decline is inevitable
15	Patrick Grieve	LF	33	SYR	SCZ	$32.5 M	4
	Comments: Still an outstanding baserunner with plus-plus splits and eye
16	Nipsey Watkins	C	28	CHA	TB	$4.0 M	1
	Comments: Nice bat and serviceable behind the plate, but durability is low
17	Emmanuel Moya	3B	34	ATL	SLC	$10.8 M	2
	Comments: Still outstanding baserunner and fielder and serviceable at the plate
18	Alberto Santana	1B	32	TAC
	Comments: Excellent career numbers despite low RH split, other ratings are solid
19	Carmine Cashman	SP	35	NAS	NOR	$5.4 M	1
	Comments: Still very good ratings overall besides GB/FB, low stamina for an SP
20	Adrian Skinner	LF	35	CHA	HON	$11.8 M	2
	Comments: Still excellent at the plate, but age-related decline will accelerate
21	Endy Parker	RP	33	ROC	TB	$9.6 M	2
	Comments: Great career numbers, but mediocre control is a concern, still a nice RP
22	Randy Murphy	SP	30	NY2	OAK	$1.6 M	1
	Comments: Not a bad SP with a decent track record; keeps the ball down well
23	Eugene Aardsma	RP	34	NB	STL	$2.9 M	1
	Comments: Very good ratings, but low stamina, could thrive as a closer somewhere
24	Sidney Ruffin	RP	33	ROC	ROC	$22.4 M	4
	Comments: Hard-throwing righty RP with good control, but lacks a dominant pitch
25	Omar Gomez	RP	27	OAK
	Comments: His splits aren't dominant, but all other ratings look good for this lefty RP

Season 26 Wrap Up - Durham Wins it All!

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Durham is your Season 26 Champion!

It was another eventful postseason in Kenny Powers that ended with Durham at the top of the heap, defeating Nashville in the World Series 4 games to 2.  Durham had an impressive run to end the regular season that shot them up to #2 in the Final Regular Season rankings.  That momentum carried on into the postseason as they took out Rochester in 4 games in the Divisional round and a tough Chicago team in the NLCS in just 5 games. Julio Park once again led the offense for Durham, posting a 1.025 postseason OPS, while a solid bullpen made up for the fact that their top Starting Pitcher had a less than stellar playoff run.

Nashville deserves a lot of credit as well for a solid postseason run, making it to the World Series as the 6 seed in the AL.  After two tough match-ups against New Britain and Helena, it was the battle of the underdogs in the ALCS as they faced Chicago, who knocked off defending champ and regular season powerhouse Little Rock, in which they prevailed in a back-and-forth 6-game series.  They pushed Durham hard in the World Series, but came up just short.  Still, hats off to them for a very nice playoff run.

This is Durham's and oakman310's first Kenny Powers title and for oakman310's 5th championship overall.  Congrats!

That's it for Season 26, hope to see you back for Season 27 soon!

Season 26 Awards Recap

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
American League - Jimmie Alou, New Britain - .290 AVG 44 HR 115 RBI 29 SB
The 22 year-old rookie right fielder came out of the gates swinging in his rookie campaign (Alou had not played a Major League game prior to this season), winning the AL MVP, garnering half of the votes in play.  The future is obviously bright for Alou, as very few players win the MVP their rookie season.  Alou was also an All-Star starter, won a Silver Slugger and led the AL in Slugging and OPS. It pretty much doesn't get any better than that.

National League - Jordan Lee, Las Vegas - .309 AVG 41 HR 117 RBI
It was an incredibly tight race for NL MVP, but in the end, the 31 year-old Las Vegas 1st Baseman took home the win.  It's an incredible comeback story, as Lee played sparingly last season, even spending some time in the minors.  It seems he finally found his way in Las Vegas, putting up career best numbers, and taking home a Silver Slugger award as well.  Very nice breakthrough for Lee in Season 26 indeed.

CY YOUNG AWARD
American League - Guy Maybin, Helena - 20-3 1.90 ERA 161 K
The 27 year-old hard-throwing righty out of Helena was a runaway winner of the AL Cy Young, and looking as his numbers it's easy to see why.  Maybin led the AL in ERA and tied for the lead in Quality Starts.  He also made his 1st All-Star appearance in Season 26 and posted a career high 20 wins.  This is another nice breakthrough story, although taking a glance at his ratings, it's not really all that unexpected.  

National League - Tim Blair, Syracuse - 15-4 2.03 ERA 227 K
The votes for NL Cy Young were split among several candidates, allowing Blair to take the honors for the 3rd consecutive season and for the 4th time overall with just 10 votes.  Blair didn't post the impressive Win total he has the past two seasons, but did take home his 3rd straight ERA title and made his 7th All-Star appearance.  Blair is the 3rd ever pitcher in Kenny Powers history to win 4 Cy Young Awards, and the 2nd to win it in 3 consecutive seasons.  Blair, already cemented as an all-time Kenny Powers great, could reach legendary status if he is able to win yet again next season.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
American League - Jimmie Alou, New Britain - .290 AVG 44 HR 115 RBI 29 SB
Alou also won the AL Rookie of the Year, by one vote, over a candidate that was also nominated for MVP, who received 14 less votes than Alou in that race.  Bizarre voting patterns for sure!

National League - Nicholas Rothschild, Rochester - .300 AVG 18 HR 62 RBI
The 21 year-old catcher was named NL Rookie of the Year by a landslide vote.  Rothschild also won a Silver Slugger award this season.  He has impressive durability (started all 162 games behind the plate), is fairly solid defensively, and is an OBP machine at the plate, with an elite batting eye and great contact and splits.  He has some pop, but won't hit a ton of home runs.  That aside, he should be one of the best catchers in Kenny Powers for many seasons to come.

FIREMAN OF THE YEAR
American League - Butch Gray, New York - 2.29 ERA, 40 SV - 2nd Win
National League - Livan Marin, Rochester - 5.04 ERA, 40 SV - 1st Win

SILVER SLUGGER AWARDS
American League

DH	Nick Spence	Helena	2nd
C	Javier Martis	Boise	1st
1B	Jimmie Alou	New Britain	1st
2B	Nerio Skinner	Louisville	1st
3B	Albie Latos	Nashville	2nd
SS	Sean Lewis	Helena	4th
LF	Albert Mendoza	Chicago	2nd
CF	Addison Cortes	Monterrey	1st
RF	Ernest Hancock	Little Rock	4th

National League

P	Hector Montero	Atlanta	1st
C	Nicholas Rothschild	Rochester	1st
1B	Jordan Lee	Las Vegas	1st
2B	Abraham O'Neill	Las Vegas	1st
3B	Gary Castillo	Rochester	1st
SS	Edgardo Serra	Chicago	1st
LF	Patrick Grieve	Syracuse	2nd
CF	Ken Ingram	Chicago	6th
RF	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	2nd

GOLD GLOVE AWARDS
American League

P	Crash Prades	Chicago	1st
C	Darrin Lawson	Seattle	1st
1B	Felipe Fuentes	Boise	1st
2B	Weldon Kendrick	Little Rock	1st
3B	Willy Trammell	Louisville	1st
SS	Ross Moran	New Britain	1st
LF	David Molina	Nashville	1st
CF	Pablo Arredondo	New Britain	1st
RF	Brett Puckett	Nashville	1st

National League

P	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	1st
C	Yoslan Moreno	Salt Lake City	1st
1B	B.C. Philips	Salt Lake City	1st
2B	Fausto Espinosa	Atlanta	1st
3B	Pep Saito	Salt Lake City	2nd
SS	Johnny Osborne	Atlanta	1st
LF	Brendan O'Neil	Chicago	3rd
CF	Ken Ingram	Chicago	5th
RF	Darryl Matthews	New York	2nd