Power Rankings Update....finally

The current record follows, then in parenthesis, where they were the last power rankins update and the final parenthesis is their record since that power rankings.


1. Detroit FC Dinamo………….83-31………(3)……………..(39-14)
2. Monterrey Cheese…………...80-34……….(2)…………….(34-19)
3. LA Blue Knights…………….78-36………(5)……………..(40-14)
4. Augusta Vacationers………...73-41………(4)……………..(34-20)
5. Baltimore O’s………………..69-45………(7)……………..(33-21)
6. SD Land Sharks……………..72-42……….(1)……………..(26-28)
7. Richmond Spiders……………68-46………(8)……………..(34-19)
8. Milwaukee Brewers………….68-46……….(6)…………….(31-22)
9. Colorado Commodores………66-48………(10)……………(31-23)
10. Toronto Thoroughbreds……66-48……….(16)……………(33-20)
11. Seattle Spartans…………….63-51……….(11)……………(30-24)
12. Arizona Painted Rocks……..61-53……….(14)……………(30-24)
13. Helena Hitters………………60-54……….(13)……………(29-25)
14. San Jose Crabs………………60-54………(9)……………..(25-29)
15. Chicago Bruisers…………….57-57………(20)……………(28-25)
16. Little Rock R’backs…………57-57………(18)……………(27-26)
17. Wash DC Lawmakers………..55-59………(26)……………(30-24)
18. Chicago Prime Movers………56-58………(15)…………….(26-27)
19. New York Mets………………55-59………(12)……………(22-32)
20. New Orleans Nasty…………..55-59……….(17)……………(25-28)
21. Tampa Bay Yankees…………53-61……….(21)……………(26-28)
22. San Juan Slug Diablos………..53-61……….(22)……………(26-28)
23. OKC Farfanoogats……………53-61……….(19)……………(25-28)
24. El Paso Miners………………..52-62………(27)…………….(27-26)
25. New Britain Conn Ghosts…….40-74……….(32)……………(25-29)
26. Tacoma Mist………………….46-68……….(25)……………(20-34)
27. Atlanta Shredders……………..46-68……….(23)……………(19-34)
28. Florida Beach Bums…………..43-71……….(24)……………(18-36)
29. Buffalo Iroquois……………….35-79………(30)……………(18-35)
30. Pittsburgh Great Ones…………35-79………(31)…………….(19-34)
31. Wichita Earps………………….36-78………(28)…………….(13-40)
32. Houston Crackerjacks…………33-81………(29)…………….(13-40)

Updated Power Rankings (After 60/61 Games)

Team...........................Record..... Opening Rank ..................Comment

1. San Diego Land Sharks......46-14........... 6.............Surprising 8-game lead over LA and took 2/3 from Monterrey
2. Monterrey Cheese.............46-15.............1..............Bones-Estalella-Carter will be a tough 3 to face come playoff time
3. Detroit FC Dinamo..............44-17............2.............RED hot, won 10 straight and given up only 24 runs in those 10 games
4. Augusta Vacationers............39-21............3.............23-11 on the road and 6 different pitchers have saved at least 2 games
5. Los Angeles Blue Knights........38-22.........4.............8 consecutive Divisional crowns are in serious danger.
6. Milwaukee Brewers...............37-24...........5..............Terry Williams, 64 hits….33 have been over the fence
7. Baltimore O's.......................36-24.............10..............recovered nicely from sluggish start. Albert Sosa is a force in this lineup
8. Richmond Spiders.................34-27..............8...............11-16 at home, 23-11 on the road. Sup with that?
9. San Jose Crabs......................35-25...............27...............The league's biggest surprise. Franchise never finished better than 82-80.
10. Colorado Commadores............35-25............11.................wow, .321 team BA and 117 HR's in 60 games…mashing the ball
11. Seattle Spartans.....................33-27................9................2 games behind SJ/Col in the league's Best division…the AL West
12. New York Mets...................33-27.................15..................2-8 in their last 10 but no other team is a threat. 11-16 at home.
13. Helena Hitters...................31-29...................16...................buried in the strong NL West but slugger Victor Cordero is making an MVP case
14. Arizona Painted Rocks...........31-29..............13..................last place at 31-29, but just 4 games back, another nice rebound from a poor start
15. Chicago Prime Movers.............30-31............23.................9-9 in 1-run games. 0-4 in extra innings.
16. Toronto Thoroughbreds.............30-31.............7................playing better ball, needs to keep it up to snag their 6th straight wild card
17. New Orleans Nasty....................30-31..............18.................below .500 but in 1st place in the dismal AL South. Craig Rivers, 18 games 0.54 ERA
18. Little Rock Razorbacks.............30-31..............14................David Ross, tough luck ace at 3-8 with a 3.39, closer Juan Berroa has 13 svs and 6.92
19. Oklahoma City Farfanoogats...........28-33..........25.............solid turn around after some moves were made. Building for season 11
20. Chicago Bruisers.....................29-32....................12................5.31 team ERA is disappointing. And a closer with a 7.36 ERA to boot
21. Tampa Bay Yankees.................27-33................21.................do they have it in them to push the Mets? Vet Duke Olson is 7/7 closing games at 40
22. San Juan Slugging Diablos............27-33.............17...............22 1-run games is the most in baseball. Team is 11-11 but an astounding 0-8 in extra innings.
23. Atlanta Shredders....................27-34................24................surprising start is all gone. Juan Nieves is a force. .374-29-73 and 50 bb with only 22 k's
24. Florida Beach Bumbs...............25-35...............30..............5-12 in 1-run games. Still, team is highly improved and very competitive.
25. Tacoma Mist......................26-34.....................26................1-9 in the division. 25-25 vs the rest. Has been a long project but showing signs
26. Washington DC Lawmakers.........25-35..........20...............5.46 team ERA is the reason 10 under. Dan Redman has not pitched well.
27. El Paso Miners..........................25-36..............29................5 game winning streak has them just 5 back in sorry division but 11-26 in home games.
28. Wichita Earps........................23-38...................28................lost 9 of 10 sinking team that was showing signs. Detroit outscored them 34-0 in 2 games
29. Houston Crackerjacks.............20-41...............19.................disappointing first 61 games. This team has a little more talent than that.
30. Buffalo Iroquois.......................17-44.................31................5-15 in 1 run games but 3-1 in extra innings…if they can just get through the 9th
31. Pittsburgh Great Ones............16-45...............32...............Sandy Pederson quietly having a solid year at the plate. .348 with 1.031 OPS.
32. New Britain Connecticut Ghosts...........15-45..........22.............ownership cleaned house and brought in new folks. Lotta work to be done

20% of the Season Completed Update! (after 36 games)

20% Of The Season Gone Awards

First, the playoff seedings would be this:

AL

#1 Seed- Detroit FC Dinamo (24-12)
#2 Seed- Seattle Spartans (23-13)
#3 Seed- Augusta Vacationers (22-14)
#4 Seed- Atlanta Shredders (21-15)
#5 Seed- San Jose Crabs (21-15)
#6 Seed- Chicago Bruisers (20-16)

San Jose @ Atlanta
Chicago @ Augusta

Surprise Team- Atlanta Shredders
Disappointing Team- Toronto Thoroughbreds

NL

#1 Seed- Monterrey Cheese (31-5)
#2 Seed- San Diego Land Sharks (28-8)
#3 Seed- New York Mets (22-14)
#4 Seed- Milwaukee Brewers (21-15)
#5 Seed- Los Angeles Blue Knights (26-10)
#6 Seed- Helena Hitters (19-17)

Helena @ New York
Los Angeles @ Milwaukee

Surprise Team- Helena Hitters
Disappointing Team- Richmond Spiders

AL MVP- Chin Hui Martin, Seattle .347-23-61
AL CY- Guillermo Garza, Chicago 5-1, 2.81 1.04

ALL AL TEAM

C- Felipe Castro, Augusta .303-7-17
1B- Chin Hui Martin, Seattle .347-23-61
2B- Jin Chi Hasegawa, Colorado .325-10-35
SS- Lorenzo Perez, San Juan .366-13-43
3B- Al Whitman, Colorado .397-19-37
LF- Jeremy Meluskey, San Jose .315-15-38
CF- Felipe Flores, Toronto .369-9-25, 19 SB’s
RF- Charlie Gold, Chicago .346-4-22, 13 SB's
DH- Juan Nieves, Atlanta .385-18-49
SP- Guillermo Garza, Chicago 5-1, 2.81
SP- Nigel Lee, Buffalo 4-1, 2.01
RP- Ryan Knotts, Seattle 6-0, 3.78
CL- Lou Crosby, Detroit 13 saves, 2.08 ERA

ALL NL TEAM

NL MVP- Jamie Chang, Monterrey .345-17-37
NL CY- Nash Hyers, San Diego 6-0, 1.88


C- Jose Fuentes, Wash DC .258-9-26
1B- Terry Williams, Milwaukee .279-21-44
2B- Ozzie Chang, San Diego .322-3-21, 34 SB’s
SS- Lee Austin, Los Angeles .333-7-34
3B- Armando Almanza, WashDC .321-15-38
LF- Norm Holmes, San Diego .385-6-37
CF- Jamie Lee, Little Rock .346-7-26
RF- Jamie Chang, Monterrey .345-17-37
UT- Vinny Itou, San Diego .389-4-24, 14 SB's
SP- Nash Hyers, San Diego 6-0, 1.88
SP- Red Carter, Monterrey 5-0, 1.80
RP- Bob Thomson, New York 3-0, 1.13
CL- Jon Roth, Helena 9 svs 1.26

POWER RANKINGS (AFTER 22 GAMES)

BIG MOVERS
Moving Up- Chicago Prime Movers & New Britain Connecticut Ghosts
Slipping Down- Toronto Thoroughbreds & Washington DC Lawmakers

Team........................... Record ........... Last Week ............... Comment

1. Monterrey Cheese (21-1)......1........ 20 game winning streak Dominating!!
2. San Diego Land Sharks (17-5)......... 3............ 70 steals in 22 games!!
3. Los Angeles Blue Knights (17-5)............4......... 168 runs scored leads league
4. Augusta Vactioners (17-5)...........5........... 5-0 in 1-run games
5. Seattle Spartans (15-7)............ 7............. only 18 HR’s allowed in 22 games
6. Detroit FC Dinamo (14-8)........... 2..............518 slugging pct is 3rd in baseball
7. Milwaukee Brewers (14-8)............. 6.............most saves in the league without a blown save 8. San Jose Crabs (14-8)........... 11............... 4-1 in extra inning games
9. Atlanta Shredders (14-8) .............17........... .313 team BA is 2nd in baseball
10. Little Rock Razorbacks (11-11)...........13........... Juan Berroa, 7-8 in save situations
11. New Orleans Nasty (11-11)............ 14……………..Freddie Hudson, 7 saves and 0.83 WHIP
12. Chicago Bruisers (11-11).............. 8............. 58 walks allowed, 3rd in baseball for best control 13. Chicago Prime Movers (12-10)............ 25………outscored opps 45-21 during 6 game Win streak
14. Helena Hitters (11-11)........... 19…………….. .258 team BA is not “Hitter” like
15. New Britain Connecticut Ghosts (11-11) ............15............... pitching should carry team in weak division
16. Baltimore O’s (10-12) .............20.............. 1.60 WHIP is killing this team
17. Florida Beach Bums (10-12).............. 21................. hitters have K’d 164 times which is 2nd in baseball
18. Colorado Commodores (10-12)............... 22............ astounding .339 team BA
19. Toronto Thorougbreds (8-14).............. 9..............reputation keeping this team from being ranked lower
20. Richmond Spiders (9-13)................ 10................. hitters are really struggling
21. New York Mets (10-12)................ 15................ .289 OBP is 31st in the league
22. Arizona Painted Rocks (10-12)................ 28............ beginning to rebound from a poor start
23. San Juan Slugging Diablos (9-13)............ 12............have already played eight 1-run games (5-3)
24. Wichita Earps (10-12) ............30 ...............have won 7 of 12 but defense is ranked 31st
25. Buffalo Iroquois (8-14)............... 24..............been caught stealing 18 times to lead the league 26. Tampa Bay Yankees (8-14) ............26…………2-5 in 1-run games
27. Houston Crackerjacks (8-14)............. 18...............lost 9 of 12 but starter Spud Small has a 1.91 ERA in 5 starts.
28. Washington DC Lawmakers (7-15).............. 16............... outscored 68-34 during current 9 game skid
29. El Paso Miners (7-15).................. 32................ .showing signs of life lately
30. Tacoma Mist (7-15)................ 29................ pitchers have issued a league leading 106 walks
31. Oklahoma City Farfanoogats (6-16) .................23................averaging less than 4 runs scored a game
32. Pittsbugh Great Ones (5-17) ..................31 ..............6.24 ERA to go along with 7 blown saves

POWER RANKINGS (After 10 Games)

Let the debate begin. The updated rankings took the schedule so far into consideration as well as record.

BIG MOVERS
UP- San Jose Crabs & Atlanta Shredders
Down- Arizona Painted Rocks & Colorado Commodores

Team........................... Record ........... Last Week ............... Comment

1. Monterrey Cheese 9-1......1........ 8 game winning streak and a 4-gm lead.

2. Detroit FC Dinamo 7-3......... 2............ .311 team BA through 10 games.

3. San Diego Land Sharks 8-2............ 6......... 2.33 ERA leads the entire league

4. Los Angeles Blue Knights 7-3 ...........4........... 2.90 ERA 2nd in the league

5. Augusta Vacationers 7-3............ 3............. cupcake schedule so far

6. Milwaukee Brewers 7-3........... 5................. closer Ricky Allen off to great start

7. Seattle Spartans 7-3............. 9............. sweep in Baltimore was impressive

8. Chicago Bruisers 7-3........... 12............... split with rival Tor. 5-1 vs cupcakes

9. Toronto Thoroughbreds 5-5 .............7........... 18 steals is 2nd in all of baseball

10. Richmond Spiders 5-5........... 8........... .235 team BA has to be concerning

11. San Jose Crabs 6-4............ 27................. Impressive start vs difficult schedule

12. San Juan S'Diablos 5-5.............. 17............. held own vs Aug, Bal & Az

13. Little Rock R'Backs 5-5............ 14............ needs to show better vs Cheese

14. New Orleans Nasty 5-5........... 18............. careful, 6.03 ERA is frightening

15. New York Mets 5-5 ............15............... series vs LA was a downer

16. Washington DC L'makers 5-5 .............20.............. lost 2 outta 3 to the Mets

17. Atlanta Shredders 6-4.............. 24................. great start, team could surprise

18. Houston Crackerjacks 5-5............... 19............ good power, poor speed, average

19. Helena Hitters 4-6.............. 16.............. needs to play better vs TB

20. Baltimore O's 4-6................ 10................. reeling after Seattle sweep

21. Florida Beach Bums 4-6................ 30................ nice series win at Colorado

22. Colorado Commodores 4-6................ 11............ only 9 players have AB's so far

23. Oklahoma City F'noogats 4-6............ 25................. stayed afloat after difficult sched

24. Buffalo Iroquois 4-6 ............31 ...............won 2 out of 3 in Houston

25. Chicago Prime Movers 4-6............... 23.............. pitching needs to improve

26. Tampa Bay Yankees 4-6 ............21............ sorry, can't put last

27. New Britain Con Ghosts 4-6............. 22............... easy schedule, little results

28. Arizona Painted Rocks 3-7.............. 13............... panic on the streets in Phoenix

29. Tacoma Mist 3-7.................. 26................ .231 ave might spell doom

30. Wichita Earps 3-7................ 28................ 15 errors in 10 games

31. Pittsburgh Great Ones 3-7 .................32................ 16 errors in 10 games

32. El Paso Miners 1-9 ..................29 ..............7.42 team ERA, uh oh

AL EAST SNEAK PREVIEW- SEASON 10

AL EAST PREVIEW

1) AUGUSTA VACATIONERS

Owner- Averyk73
Career Record- 861-597 .591
Franchise Record- 861-597 .591
History- 7 AL East Division Championships (Season 3 to Season 9) World Champs (Season 5)

Key Returnees- 3 Time All Star P Rich May, Former league MVP OF Harold Martin, 2 time All Star and former Rookie of the Year P Danys Vasquez, 2 time All Star and Silver Slugger 1b Russ Flanagan.

Key Additions- Rookie Sam Ledee

Strengths- Team Power, Arm Accuracy, Glove, Batting Eye
Weaknesses- Range, Velocity, Pitch 2

Season 10 outlook

The Vacs have owned this division for the past 7 seasons even though ownership wise, this has been one of the more stable divisions. Until someone knocks them off, the 1st place prediction is an easy one. (Power Ranking- 3rd)


2) BALTIMORE O’S

Owner- jfribush
Career Record- 533-601 .470
Franchise Record- 620--838 .425
History- 1 Wild Card berth….Season 9

Key Returnees- Season 9 Rookie & Fireman of the Year Felipe Cora, All Star P Matty Gibson
Key Addition- SS Miguel James

Strengths- Velocity, Contact, Baserunning, Stamina
Weaknesses- Durability, Power, hitting vs Lefties, batting eye

Season 10 outlook

The O’s took a major stride last season and look to continue the momentum in S10 to upend the Vacs. It appears ownership has things figured out and the addition of Miguel James may really boost the offense. (Power Ranking-10th)


3) SAN JUAN SLUGGING DIABLOS

Owner- Swindy10
Career Record- 708-750 .486
Franchise Record- 708-750 .486
History- no playoff appearances despite having won 90 & 94 games in a season.

Key Returnees- Silver Slugger SS Lorenzo Perez, All Star and Gold Glove P Rick Douglas, 3-Time All Star Reliever Tanyon Dunn, 3-Time All Star Reliever Seth Brower

Key Additions- P David Chang, P Mark Cohen, P Pedro Marquez

Strengths- Durability, Power, Control
Weaknesses- pitching vs righties, pitch 2, Speed

Season 10 outlook

The Diablos are optimistic about Season 10 but have a lot of ground to make up on Augusta and Baltimore. Pitching has always been the Achilles heel and playing 81 games in San Juan doesn’t help. But 86 wins in Season 10 should be reachable. (Power Ranking- 17th)

4) FLORIDA BEACH BUMS

Owner- itomcny
Career Record- 99-235 .296
Franchise Record- 689-769 .473
History- Franchise won the World Series in Season 2 as well as 2 AL East crowns in Seasons 1 and 2.

Key Returnees- P Tom Hauser, 1b Phil Carver, P Don Lambert

Key Additions- SS Douglas Kelleher, P Carlos Delgado(on DL in Season 9)

Strengths- Arm Strength, Durability, Power, Baserunning
Weaknesses- Arm Accuracy, Makeup, Control, Velocity

Season 10 outlook

The Beach Bums do not have a player on their opening day roster older than 29 and only 4 players on payroll who make over $378k. Ownership obviously has a plan but much work to do. There was improvement in Season 9 and Season 10 should probably see this team lose less than 100 games for the first time in 3 seasons. (Power Ranking- 30th)

S10 POWER RANKINGS- POLL 1

Let the debating begin. Email me and say "screw you swindy"! But nothing like a "Power Rankings" to last throughout the season. Obviously this 1st one will be the hardest since I went on last season, ownership, stability and franchise rankings. Here you go ...and good luck in S10 (Season 10).

Gehringer Power Rankings

1. Monterrey Cheese ------------2 Rings in 4 seasons..and Zach F’ing Bones
2. Detroit FC Dinamo -----------Still stinging over last seasons World Series Collapse
3. Augusta Vacationers---------- 7 straight AL East Championships
4. Los Angeles Blue Knights --------8 straight NL West Championships…no rings….ouch
5. Milwaukee Brewers ------------5 straight NL North Championships
6. San Diego Land Sharks -----------stuck in the wrong division, might make a push in S10.
7. Toronto Thoroughbreds ----------see above San Diego
8. Richmond Spiders ---------------are they ready to push Monterrey?
9. Seattle Spartans -------------------improved by 30 games from S8 to S9…bigger push now?
10. Baltimore O’s ------------------another major improvement from S8 to S9
11. Colorado Commodores--------------- big players in free agency took over solid team
12. Chicago Bruisers ------------------in oh so tough division year after year
13. Arizona Painted Rocks ---------------might be a player this season, could surprise
14. Little Rock Razorbacks ----------solid foundation but has Monterrey and Richmond in front
15. New York Mets --------------------might drop off some this season
16. Helena Hitters -----------------------nother tough division, can he bust outta 3rd?
17. San Juan Slugging Diablos ----------------long time franchise heading up
18. New Orleans Nasty ---------------------took over a division champ but has work to do
19. Houston Crackerjacks ------------------can new ownership turn things around?
20. Washington DC Lawmakers -----never finished higher than 3rd but division is getting easier
21. Tampa Bay Yankees -------------one time World Champ needs to reverse recent trend
22. New Britain Connecticut Ghosts --------ownership hopes the season isn’t as long as the team name
23. Chicago Prime Movers ----------------new owner improved franchise by 10 games in S9
24. Atlanta Shredders -----------------2nd place finish in S9 but just 75 wins
25. Oklahoma City Farfanoogats -----------tough division and but this owner knows how to win
26. Tacoma Mist -------------------franchise has never placed higher than 3rd
27. San Jose Crabs---------------- this historic poor franchise has some talent
28. Wichita Earps -------------------a playoff team just 2 years ago needs work
29. El Paso Miners ---------------------franchise has 4 divisional crowns but 4th in S9.
30. Florida Beach Bums -----------------110+ losses in 3 straight seasons
31. Buffalo Iroquois -------------previous ownership kept getting worse by 10 games each year
32. Pittsburgh Great Ones ------------------ton of work to do with this bunch