Up until this point...
#16--Charlotte Orios
#15--Mid-Michigan Tigers
#14--Flying Squirrels of Springfield
#13--San Antonio Fire Ants
#12--North Texas Rangers
#11--Atlantic Surge
#10--Dallas Redbirds
#09--Julian Javelia
#08--Gaylord Dingers
#07--Oviedo Knights
We now leave the chop steak portion of the league and enter into the prime red meat section of eMLB.
At number 6-----Olivet Killer Eagles
Above Average Categories---Walks, HR's, SB's, Holds, Strikeouts
Below Average Categories---Saves
Larry had taken on a win in 2012 mentality early on and his first three picks in the draft reflected that. Bautisa/HanRam/Gallardo are three top quality players. Larry I'm sure is expectation a big bounce back season from Ramirez. Olivet will need big bounce back season from Morales/HanRam/Heyward in order to not only take the Great Lakes crown but to progress very far through the playoffs. The pitching is where the questions will come up. Punting saves always puts you in a hole from the outset and his starters and MRP may not be enough many weeks to squeak out wins against the better teams. The good news for Larry is the better teams are not in his division.
At number 5-----Hackensack Bulls
Above Average Categories---Average, HR's, RBI's, ERA, K's, Saves, Wins
Below Average Categories---Walks, SB, Holds
Based on the current roster you can almost conclude that the Bulls are punting Holds and Stolen Bases every week. This may well be his downfall when facing the Miracles and Heat three times each this year. On the flip side, nobody will look forward to facing CC/Freak/Strasburg/Darvish once or sometimes twice in week. That will be difficult. A couple of youngsters Ben drafted will help him this year and for years to come, specifically Mike Stanton and Eric Hosmer. This team has plenty of high octane hitting and pitching and it will be fun to see how this Texas Division plays out this year. I believe it will be the most competitive division in the league along with being the most powerful.
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Reed & Lopez should allow me to stay out of the bottom fourth of the league in Holds...10th would be nice with 3 closers and a good Rotation going. Holds can be hustled...especially if Reed and/or Lopez become Closers (as some see happening). Out of the 22 weeks, I think I have just enough steals to win 7 to 9 weeks. To me, steals are too inconsistent to invest that much draft stock into...unless you have a Sprint Relay team assembled.
ReplyDeleteWell having 4 guys who steal 15 and can hit 20 hrs 75 rbi 90 runs is better than 1 guy who can steal 45 and do jack diddly squat in everything else.
ReplyDeleteI believe my MRP will actually keep me in more games than Renner predicts, its the strength of my pitching staff and I'll take Pestano and Robertson against nearly any closer duo if you just consider the 4 other cats besides Hld/Sv
Whatever Morales does this year is a bonus, I am not depending on him for anything but depth right now. Hanley, well yes I'll need him to return to pre-2011 numbers.
Ironically enough, last year I had the best division record in the Great Lakes Division and I made lottery. That tells you how bad the division was, or how bad my team matched up against non divisional opponents
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