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

Season 25 Wrap Up - Little Rock Claims the Title

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Little Rock is the Season 25 Kenny Powers Champion!

After a tremendous regular season that saw them win 127 games, Little Rock capped off their season with a decisive 4-0 sweep of Richmond, who was going for back-to-back titles and their 4th in 6 seasons, to take the World Series crown.  This is the first Kenny Powers championship for ab90 and Little Rock.  The champs only lost 2 games during the entire playoffs to rival Boise in the ALCS, who edged them out in the Season 24 Divisional Series.  The Little Rock bats were firing on all cylinders throughout the postseason, putting up an .863 team OPS with 29 home runs in 13 games.  That was good enough to support the pitching staff that posted a 4.03 team playoff ERA, resulting in a successful postseason run.  It was a season for the ages in Little Rock.  It will be interesting to see what teams will step up to challenge them in Season 26, there are certainly some very capable teams.

That's it for Season 25, see you back when we fill up and are set to go for Season 26!!

Season 25 Awards Recap

Here's your recap of the Season 25 Award Winners!

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
American League - Albie Latos, Nashville - .318 AVG 38 HR 143 RBI 53 SB
The 22 year-old Nashville 3rd Baseman followed up a solid rookie campaign by exploding on to the scene with an MVP season.  Latos led the AL in Hits and RBI, made his 1st All-Star appearance and won his first Silver Slugger Award in Season 25.  Latos can do it all, hit for average, power, run the bases and is an excellent fielder.  He should be in the conversation for future MVP awards without a doubt.

National League - Julio Park, Durham - .293 AVG 48 HR 145 RBI 20 SB
The 27 year-old went back-to-back, picking up his second MVP in a row, leading the offense for one of the NL's best teams, Durham.  He made his 5th All-Star appearance this season, and made it a season of back-to-back's by also winning the Home Run Derby for the second straight season.  He was also the NL RBI leader.  He'll look to three-peat in Season 26 by keeping up his streak of 5 straight seasons with at least 48 HR and 135 RBI, which he certainly appears capable of doing.

CY YOUNG AWARD
American League - Jamey Spiers, Charlotte - 21-4 2.43 ERA 155 K
The 26 year-old righty had a breakout campaign in Season 25, exceeding the 20-win mark with an impressive ERA.  He led the AL in Wins, ERA and Quality Starts and made his 1st All-Star appearance as well.   The former #7 overall draft pick (Season 19) is a true talent, with very few weaknesses in his makeup and should be in the Cy Young conversation in future seasons, no doubt.

National League - Tim Blair, Syracuse - 23-3 1.63 ERA 229 K
It was another epic season for Blair, yet again posting phenomenal numbers, in route to his 3rd Cy Young Award, also having earned the honors in Seasons 19 and 24.  His ERA in Season 25 was 3rd best all-time in Kenny Powers and his WHIP was 2nd best in world history.  He also led the NL in Wins and Quality Starts and made his 6th All-Star team.  Blair is putting together a resume that will rank him among the all-team great hurlers in Kenny Powers.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
American League - Theo Reese, Little Rock - .292 AVG 35 HR 102 RBI 21 SB
The 23 year-old rookie for the world's leader in regular season wins brings an exciting combination of power, hitting ability and speed to the lineup.  He was used at 1B this past season, a position he is more than capable of excelling at, which resulted in him winning a gold glove.  Reese started the season in the minors, so it will be compelling to see what he can do when he gets in a full season in the bigs.  The results should be excellent.

National League - Justin Penny, Honolulu - .289 AVG 32 HR 83 RBI
The 22 year-old hitting specialist provided a nice boost to the Honolulu lineup this season, and in the process he earned NL Rookie of the Year honors.  Like his AL counterpart, he started the season in the minors, so expect some upside from his Season 25 numbers.  This is confirmed by taking a glance at his ratings, which show he has potential to be one of the great hitters in Kenny Powers.  Pretty good return for a player who has selected with 31st pick in the Season 22 draft.

FIREMAN OF THE YEAR
American League - Howie Lockwood, Nashville - 2.58 ERA, 50 SV - 1st Win
National League - Matty Prieto, Durham - 3.19 ERA, 50 SV - 2nd Win

SILVER SLUGGER AWARDS
American League

DH	Wendell Myatt	Oakland	3rd
C	Harry Young	New Britain	2nd
1B	Sherman Dunston	Boise	8th
2B	David Messmer	Boise	1st
3B	Albie Latos	Nashville	1st
SS	Deven Uribe	Pawtucket	1st
LF	Patrick Grieve	New Britain	1st
CF	Charles Gang	Oakland	1st
RF	Ernest Hancock	Little Rock	3rd

National League

P	Hector Conti	Atlanta	1st
C	Kazuhiro Ryu	Burlington	1st
1B	Ryan Moore	Louisville	2nd
2B	Trey Dawkins	Burlington	1st
3B	Dingo Price	Chicago	5th
SS	Chi-Chi Villa	Durham	1st
LF	Turner Lincoln	Buffalo	1st
CF	Ken Ingram	Chicago	5th
RF	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	1st

GOLD GLOVE AWARDS
American League

P	Cy Sanders	Little Rock	2nd
C	Robinzon Ramirez	Ottawa	1st
1B	Theo Reese	Little Rock	1st
2B	Jeremy Adams	Pawtucket	1st
3B	Marc Towers	Seattle	2nd
SS	Leon Wiltse	Ottawa	1st
LF	Adrian Skinner	Charlotte	2nd
CF	Rex Kennedy	Helena	5th
RF	Kennie Owen	Boise	1st

National League

P	Floyd Glenn	Durham	2nd
C	Ron Bailey	New York	1st
1B	Quilvio Limon	Atlanta	1st
2B	Tim Howard	Durham	2nd
3B	Jason Douglas	New York	2nd
SS	Burch Fontenot	Syracuse	1st
LF	Brendan O'Neil	Chicago	2nd
CF	Ken Ingram	Chicago	4th
RF	Willy Lester	Salt Lake City	1st

Season 25 Minimum Win Requirement Update

Our minimum win rule in Kenny Powers is 55 wins in one season (50 if you are a first season owner) and 185 wins over 3 seasons. You get 2 "strikes" against the policy, and on the third strike, you're out. If you don't earn any strikes over 3 consecutive seasons, all previous strikes are wiped out.

Two strikes were earned this season, for each owner it is their first.  kujhawker failed to win 50 games as a first season owner and spcaesar failed to meet the 55 win floor.  dhanson32 does not receive a strike, as he took over the team midseason, nor would this season's win total count against the 185 wins over 3 seasons requirement.

For next season, owners needing to win more than 55 games in Season 26 to avoid a strike are spcaesar (68 wins needed) and hrrng_dnn (60 wins needed)

Here's the complete summary through Season 25.

						Wins
American League					3-Season	Needed in
Team	Owner	S23	S24	S25	Win Total	S26 for 185
Little Rock Little Necrophiliac Nine	ab90	108	112	127	347
Seattle SuperSonics	alogman1	93	86	76	255
Norfolk Tides	bjc30			78
Helena Bighorns	bluebaran	107	108	88	303
Boise Taters	bubbleboy	85	95	95	275
Ottawa Code Blue	fireattack		86	80
Nashville Neutron Dance	Ghostrunner	88	86	101	275
Charlotte StarLords	goodtymes31	82	96	91	269
New York Yankees	grissom97	81	83	84	248
Pawtucket Pats	jamesp469	95	85	79	259
Oakland Invaders	jnosek	58	68	74	200
Oklahoma City Redhawks	kujhawker			46
New Britain Frothing Walruses	merott	63	59	88	210
Cleveland Rocks	scotsmet		76	77
Monterrey Charros	sethstorer		65	74
Kansas City Monarchs	spcaesar		71	46		68
						Wins
National League					3-Season	Needed in
Team	Owner	S23	S24	S25	Win Total	S26 for 185
Buffalo Tiny Chickens	AceCards	78	73	83	234
Burlington Giant Pumpkins	breezee	60	69	70	199
Albuquerque Isotopes	dhanson32
Honolulu Tiki Gods	dodgersrays	84	88	92	264
Atlanta Waffle Houses	drzachary			64
Syracuse Blizzard	groth911	91	89	93	273
Salt Lake City Stormin' Mormons	habslmets			102
Washington D.C. Senators	hrrng_dnn		66	59		60
Rochester Garbage Plates	jimt14120	75	82	86	243
Santa Fe Salad Forks	nhaller			55
Durham Screwballs	oakman310	96	104	104	304
Las Vegas Crap Shoot	pbsilver11	87	88	73	248
Chicago White Sox	slashtc	106	91	102	299
Louisville Oaks	t22u			91
New York Empire	tmfran	76	64	83	223
Richmond Manamfasha	TXLnghrn	101	94	91	286

Strikes in S25		Strike
kujhawker	Failure to win 50 games in S25 (new owner)	1st
spcaesar	Failure to win 55 games in S25	1st

Season 25 League Leaders

Here's your recap of this season's league leaders!

All-Time Top 5 Performances in Season 25
WHIP - Tim Blair, Syracuse - 0.87 - 2nd All-Time
ERA - Tim Blair, Syracuse - 1.63 - 3rd All-Time

Multiple Category Leaders
Tim Blair, Syracuse (NL) - 4 - ERA, Wins, WHIP, Quality Starts
Jamey Spiers, Charlotte (AL) - 3 - ERA, Wins, Quality Starts
Everth Almanzar, New Britain (AL) - 2 - Strikeouts, Shutouts
Nicholas Gil, Las Vegas (NL) - 2 - Complete Games, Shutouts
Oswaldo Campos, Burlington (NL) - 2 - Innings Pitched, Complete Games
Albie Latos, Nashville (AL) - 2 - RBI, Hits
Ernest Hancock, Little Rock (AL) - 2 - Runs, OBP
Javier Martis, Boise (AL) - 2 - Slugging, OPS
Alfredo Ortiz, Chicago (NL) - 2 - Slugging, OPS
Christopher Hamilton, Rochester - 2 - Hits, Runs

LEAGUE LEADERS

Offense
American League
Batting Average	Wendell Myatt	Oakland	.338
Home Runs	Angel Perez	Little Rock	49
RBI	Albie Latos	Nashville	143
Stolen Bases	Che Sung	Oakland	77
Hits	Albie Latos	Nashville	203
Runs	Ernest Hancock	Little Rock	137
OBP	Ernest Hancock	Little Rock	.418
SLG	Javier Martis	Boise	.638
OPS	Javier Martis	Boise	1.054
National League
Batting Average	Scott Serrano	Richmond	.318
Home Runs	Rodrigo Toregas	Louisville	56
RBI	Julio Park	Durham	145
Stolen Bases	Edinson Pescado	Burlington	66
Hits	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	201
Runs	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	135
OBP	Harry Barajas	Rochester	.390
SLG	Alfredo Ortiz	Chicago	.625
OPS	Alfredo Ortiz	Chicago	1.010
Pitching
American League
ERA	Jamey Spiers	Charlotte	2.43
Wins	Jamey Spiers	Charlotte	21
Strikeouts	Everth Almanzar	New Britain	189
Saves	Howie Lockwood	Nashville	50
WHIP	Nicholas Cox	Little Rock	1.03
Innings Pitched	Henderson Valdes	Oakland	245.0
Quality Starts	Jamey Spiers	Charlotte	28
Complete Games	Macier Gil	Kansas City	9
Shutouts	Scot Edwards	Nashville	2
	Everth Almanzar	New Britain	2
	Butch Mancini	New Britain	2
National League
ERA	Tim Blair	Syracuse	1.63
Wins	Tim Blair	Syracuse	23
Strikeouts	Ralph Moseley	Richmond	240
Saves	Manny Prieto	Durham	50
	Burke Gibson	Salt Lake City	50
WHIP	Tim Blair	Syracuse	0.87
Innings Pitched	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	263.1
Quality Starts	Tim Blair	Syracuse	30
	Boomer Lange	Chicago	30
Complete Games	Nicholas Gil	Las Vegas	8
	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	8
	Zach Wainhouse	Durham	8
Shutouts	Nicholas Gil	Las Vegas	4

Season 25 Final Power Rankings

The regular season has wrapped up in Season 25 and the playoffs are under way.  Let's see how the Final Power rankings shaped up!  Not surprisingly, Little Rock remains #1 on the heels of an incredible regular season.  Chicago remains #2, while Nashville is up one spot to #3.  Rounding out the top 5, we have 2 teams each jumping 2 spots in Durham and Syracuse.  Now, for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #11 Helena (+10), #17 Ottawa (+9), #13 New York (NL) (+6), #9 Louisville (+5)

Biggest Falls: #22 Las Vegas (-9), #16 New Britain (-8), #26 Norfolk (-8)

It should certainly be an interesting postseason with several teams having dominant regular seasons in the mix.  Little Rock was dominant, but there's a handful of teams that should put forth a good challenge.  Good luck to the playoff teams and here are the complete final power rankings for Season 25!

					Pitching		Hitting		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Little Rock	127	35	1	3	2	1	0	34	5
2	Chicago	102	60	2	2	0	3	0	24	16
3	Nashville	101	61	4	5	-2	5	2	26	13
4	Durham	104	58	6	10	1	7	-1	25	14
5	Syracuse	93	69	7	1	3	14	0	25	15
6	Salt Lake City	102	60	3	4	-3	16	-4	23	17
7	Richmond	91	71	9	9	1	10	-1	23	16
8	Boise	95	67	5	18	-3	2	0	19	21
9	Louisville	91	71	14	21	5	4	1	26	14
10	Charlotte	91	71	10	14	-2	8	2	23	16
11	Helena	88	74	21	13	-1	18	10	26	14
12	Honolulu	92	70	11	8	1	19	0	21	18
13	New York (NL)	83	79	19	11	-3	21	3	24	15
14	Rochester	86	76	12	16	1	11	-3	19	20
15	New York (AL)	84	78	15	6	0	27	-3	24	16
16	New Britain	88	74	8	19	-5	9	1	17	23
17	Ottawa	80	82	26	12	7	28	2	26	13
18	Buffalo	83	79	17	17	0	13	2	21	19
19	Pawtucket	79	83	16	20	0	15	1	16	23
20	Seattle	76	86	23	14	2	23	-1	20	19
21	Cleveland	77	85	20	24	-2	12	5	17	23
22	Las Vegas	73	89	13	7	0	26	-8	12	28
23	Burlington	70	92	25	22	3	20	1	20	19
24	Monterrey	74	88	27	26	1	21	2	21	19
25	Oakland	74	88	22	27	-3	17	-5	15	24
26	Norfolk	78	84	18	25	-2	24	-4	16	24
27	Santa Fe	55	107	24	30	0	5	-1	10	30
28	Atlanta	64	98	29	23	-2	29	3	17	22
29	Washington	59	103	28	28	0	30	-4	10	30
30	Kansas City	46	116	31	31	0	25	2	9	30
31	Albuquerque	40	122	32	32	0	31	-2	16	23
32	Oklahoma City	46	116	30	29	0	32	-1	7	33