Sunday, April 23, 2017

S38 DS Playoff Capsules

#1 Kansas City Yardbirds (93-69) vs. #4 Florida Freaks (84-78)
Season Series: Kansas City Won 6-4

Kansas City Florida
Owner: holleybard Owner: flyairbourne
Recent Playoff Appearances Recent Playoff Appearances
S37: no appearance S37: lost in AL Play-In (as Nashville)
S36: lost in World Series S36: lost in ALCS (as Nashville)
AL Team Rankings AL Team Rankings
Runs Scored: 813 (5th) Runs Scored: 850 (4th)
Team ERA: 4.45 (9th) Team ERA: 4.28 (5th)
Fielding %: .985 (9th) Fielding %: .981 (15th)
Award Nominees & All-Stars Award Nominees & All-Stars
LF - Felipe Osoria: MVP Finalist, Silver Slugger, All-Star P - Alex James: FOY Nominee, All-Star
P - Marcus Ledee: All-Star SS - Cristobal Izquierdo: Silver Slugger
P - Noel Lima: All-Star CF - Sidney Zagone: Silver Slugger
1B - Rickie Halama: All-Star LF - Daryle Swann: Gold Glove, ROY Finalist
3B - Hugh Patterson: All-Star RF - Eduardo Aguilar: ROY Finalist


#2 Omaha Oracles (90-72) vs. #6 Milwaukee Magnitude (87-75)
Season Series: Tied 5-5

Omaha Milwaukee
Owner: npbed Owner: horvie78
Recent Playoff Appearances Recent Playoff Appearances
S37: no appearance S37: lost in ALCS
S36: no appearance S36: lost in ALDS
AL Team Rankings AL Team Rankings
Runs Scored: 732 (12th) Runs Scored: 781 (10th)
Team ERA: 3.59 (1st) Team ERA: 4.07 (3rd)
Fielding %: .987 (3rd) Fielding %: .986 (8th)
Award Nominees & All-Stars Award Nominees & All-Stars
P - Rondell Collins: All-Star P - Yoshinori Zhou: Cy Young Finalist, All-Star
P - Dillon Abbott: All-Star, FOY Finalist DH - Vince Tollberg: Silver Slugger
P - Renyel Gonzalez: All-Star LF - Cookie Tapia: Impact Player
P - Joely Hiller: ROY Finalist RF - Michael Chong: Impact Player
1B - Francisco Cervantes: Impact Player P - Alex Espinosa: Impact Player


#1 Louisville ARF ARF ARF ARF's (102-60) vs. #4 Albuquerque Komodo Dragons (75-87)
Season Series: Louisville Won 6-4

Louisville Albuquerque
Owner: Arfy Owner: csudak
Recent Playoff Appearances Recent Playoff Appearances
S37: lost in NLDS S37: lost in NLDS
S36: no appearance S36: lost in NLCS
NL Team Rankings NL Team Rankings
Runs Scored: 769 (1st) Runs Scored: 675 (8th)
Team ERA: 3.33 (3rd) Team ERA: 3.97 (10th)
Fielding %: .989 (1st) Fielding %: .986 (8th)
Award Nominees & All-Stars Award Nominees & All-Stars
P - Randall Hundley: All-Star RF - Harry Pizzaro: All-Star
P - Edgmer Bournigal: All-Star, ROY Finalist P - Rey Prior: Impact Player
C - Louie Seanez: All-Star, Silver Slugger P - Wilt Sizemore: Impact Player
2B - Jairo Cedeno: All-Star SS - Andres Oliva: Impact Player
P - Pasqual Feliz: ROY Finalist LF - Vicente Palmeiro: Impact Player


#2 Cincinnati Firestorm (99-63) vs. #3 Iowa City Hawkeyes (96-66)
Season Series: Iowa City Won 6-4

Cincinnati Iowa City
Owner: jbburner Owner: tk21775
Recent Playoff Appearances Recent Playoff Appearances
S37: lost in NL Play-In S37: no appearance
S36: lost in NL Play-In S36: no appearance
NL Team Rankings NL Team Rankings
Runs Scored: 763 (2nd) Runs Scored: 657 (10th)
Team ERA: 3.65 (5th) Team ERA: 3.02 (1st)
Fielding %: .983 (13th) Fielding %: .988 (2nd)
Award Nominees & All-Stars Award Nominees & All-Stars
3B - Sherm Springer: All-Star, Gold Glove 3B - Santo Herrera: MVP Finalist
C - Tomas Urena: All-Star P - Travis Morris: Cy Young Finalist, All-Star, SS
P - Rickey Percival: Impact Player 1B - Billy Long: ROY Finalist
P - Charles Punto: Impact Player LF - Stan Stroud: All-Star
1B - Harley Rose: Impact Player P - Omar Mercedes: Impact Player

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Season 38 All-Star Blog

Season 38 Midseason Classic
The Pine-Tar Season 38 All-Star Game took place a few weeks ago, where the American League was victorious over the National League by a score of 6-2.  23 year-old Ralph Rekar (Boston) earned the MVP honors thanks to his 2-run homer in the 2nd inning, which helped to give Boise pitcher Eddie Plant the win.  In other All-Star weekend festivities, Atlanta youngster Roy Wilson defeated Cincinnati's Sherm Springer in the finals of the Home Run Derby, and last season's highest paid International Free Agent Albert Ayala (San Francisco) was MVP of the Futures Game.

There was plenty of talent on show from the Midwest, as Kansas City and St. Louis tied for producing the most all-stars at 5 apiece.  The lists below highlight first time all-stars, youngest all-stars, veteran all-stars, highest paid all-stars, and the four "diamond in the rough" all-stars.

Teams with the most All-Star selections:
Kansas City Yardbirds - 5
St. Louis Miracles - 5
Syracuse Orange - 4
New York Sultans of Swat - 4
Philadelphia Moneymakers - 4
Louisville ARF ARF ARF ARF's - 4
Dover Dinklebergs - 3
Boston Screaming Babies - 3
Omaha Oracles - 3
Pawtucket Patriots - 3
Atlanta Apaches - 3

Teams with zero All-Star selections:
Chicago Black Sox
Tampa Bay Thunder
El Paso Walkers
Wichita Tornadoes
Houston Hot Dogs
Seattle Strikers

All-Stars by Division
AL East - 12
NL North - 10
NL East - 10
AL North - 9
AL West - 7
NL South - 6
NL West - 4
AL South - 2

*Links are posted - click on an individual player's name to open their HBD profile
First Time All-Stars – American League

First Time All-Stars – National League

All-Stars Making Their 5th Appearance or Greater
RF - Eugenio Canseco (Screaming Babies) - 10th Appearance
P - Yoshinori Zhou (Magnitude) - 9th
3B - Bartolo Ortiz (Journey) - 9th
P - Alex James (Freaks) - 8th
LF - Roger Byrne (Sultans of Swat) - 8th
SS - Lefty Twitchell (Volcanoes) - 7th
P - Moises Olmedo (Apaches) - 7th
CF - Fernando Espinosa (Orange) - 6th
P - Richard Huang (Sultans of Swat) - 5th
P - Benny Villano (Dinklebergs) - 5th
3B - Hugh Patterson (Yardbirds) - 5th
RF - Harry Pizzaro (Komodo Dragons) - 5th

All-Stars Who Are 24 Years Old or Younger
P - Noel Lima (Yardbirds) - 23
P - Renyel Gonzalez (Oracles) - 22
P - Ralph Wood (Moneymakers) - 22
P - Edgmer Bournigal (ARF ARF ARF ARF's) - 24
P - Andrew Allen (Flying Squirrels) - 23
1B - Victor Cortes (Moneymakers) - 24
2B - Ralph Rekar (Screaming Babies) - 23
2B - John Rivera (Orange) - 24
2B - Jairo Cedeno (ARF ARF ARF ARF's) - 23
3B - Bartolo James (Screaming Babies) - 22
LF - Roy Wilson (Apaches) - 24

Highest Paid All-Stars
RF - Eugenio Canseco (Screaming Babies) - $30,000,000
P - Yoshinori Zhou (Magnitude) - $20,000,000
P - Rondell Collins (Oracles) - $20,000,000
1B - Joe Montgomery (Dinklebergs) - $20,000,000
P - Randall Hundley (ARF ARF ARF ARF's) - $15,000,000
CF - Julio Fuentes (Dinklebergs) - $14,000,000
2B - Ricardo Sosa (Moneymakers) - $12,000,000
LF - Felipe Osoria (Yardbirds) - $10,000,000

"Diamond in the Rough" All-Stars
P - Tim Darnell (Sultans of Swat)
P - Stewart Cradle (Miracles)
C - Xander Merced (Orange)
C - Tomas Urena (Firestorm)