110 Game Update
A lot of the early predictions from the blog have proven to be pretty good so far.
I would like to provide an update on the season at the 110 game mark!
St. Louis, Los Angeles, Tampa, Trenton and Houston are looking very solid. Las Vegas is in the mix and multiple teams in the NL will battle for not enough open WC spots. The blog missed St. Louis and Las Vegas being as strong as they are. Tacoma proved to be better than the blog expected, swing and a miss!
The disappointing starts for Boise, Fargo and Atlanta turned into disappointing seasons so far. Joining that group are Cincy, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Texas and New Orleans.
Top 5 ML Teams by Runs Scored
Rochester, Tucson, Toronto, Trenton, Los Angeles
Top 5 ML Teams by Runs Allowed
Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Tacoma
NOTE: Los Angeles is in the top 5 in both pitching and hitting.
Seattle is the top Fielding team
Stats of Interest –
Milwaukee’s Jackie Robbins had a 27 game hit streak and his OBP is .469
New York’s Alex Gonzalez has a .686 Slugging Percentage
Trenton’s Leon Holden has a .675 Slugging Percentage
Milwaukee’s Jackie Robbins has a .376 Batting Average
New York’s Alex Gonzalez has 45 Home Runs
109 RBI’s for Tampa Bay’s JT LaRocca
Florida’s Edgardo Manuel has 67 Stolen Bases
Rochester’s John Blair has a .180 Batting Average Against and a 0.94 WHIP
Los Angeles’ Jim Bush has a 2.21 ERA
New York’s Dan Marte has 35 Saves
Rochester’s Sun Sakamoto has 180 Strikeouts
Baltimore’s Macbeth Slaughter has 47 Errors, more than 15 more than the next guy
New Orleans’ Juan Mercedes is 4-14 with a 6.94 ERA and 87 BB’s
Favorite Stat – 11 Plus plays each for Los Angeles’ Nick Banks and New Orleans’ Jerrod Simpson. 19 MINUS plays for Toronto’s Juan Duran in CF with 0 plus plays.
30 Game Update
A lot of the early predictions from the blog have proven to be pretty good so far.
I would like to point out a few surprises and a few nice starts.
St. Louis, Memphis, Scranton and Los Angeles are the best record teams coming out of the gates. Memphis has been impressive coming out of the gates. The stiff competition from Tampa and Houston means there will still be plenty of work to do for these guys. Scranton was also predicted to be behind Trenton and Philly but they are off to a really impressive start. St . Louis is hot and they have other good teams in that division.
Houston is 17-13 but has played only 9 Road Games.
Texas is 15-15 but has played only 9 Road Games.
Disappointing starts are underway in Atlanta, Fargo and Boise.
Top 5 ML Teams by Runs Scored
Rochester, Scranton, St. Louis, Trenton, Texas
Top 5 ML Teams by Runs Allowed
Los Angeles, Tacoma, Memphis, Rochester, Scranton
NOTE: Rochester and Scranton are top 5 in both pitching and hitting.
Seattle is the top Fielding team
Stats of Interest –
Milwaukee’s Jackie Robbins has a current 20 game hit streak and his OBP is .485
Trenton’s Leon Holden has a .750 Slugging Percentage
Philadelphia’s Kevin Ogawa has a .376 Batting Average
Portland’s Eddie Taylor has 15 Home Runs
33 RBI’s for Rochester’s Alex Milton, Scranton’s Dwezil Richards, Texas’ Chris Ward, Tampa Bay’s JT LaRocca
Boston’s Randy Dixon has 19 Stolen Bases
Rochester’s John Blair has a .155 Batting Average Against
Los Angeles’ Jim Bush has a 1.00 ERA and a 0.71 WHIP
New York’s Dan Marte has 12 Saves
Rochester’s Sun Sakamoto has 56 Strikeouts
Atlanta’s Justin Drees has 16 Errors and Darrin Stevenson has 31 Base on Balls
New Orleans’ Juan Mercedes is 0-6 with a 7.39 ERA
Favorite Stat – Arizona’s Nolan Ruebel has 6 minus plays but also has 8 assists from the outfield. He is a risk taker with a canon arm is the assumption!
By Special Request - The new ownership in Burlington called to complain about a lack of press. Burlington is having a fine satart to their season. They have been to the playoffs 4 consecutive years so anything less than a strong start would be a surprise. Doyle Bloom's pitching is to be expected and he is off to a an ace level start. Parker Dunn is hitting the hide off of the ball. We expect the power but we do not expect the average to last. Alex Dong and Fonzie Hamilton have slumped out of the gate. They both need to support Dunn better than they have to date. Damain Rubel has also been a poor performer. Burlington has played a number of games onthe road. If they keep the home record winning percentage they should walk away with the division.
