Quick Draft Results - Rd 1

Very quickly with no analysis, here's a view of how all of the 1st round selections are performing:

• Four Players - Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Tip O'Neill, and Randy Johnson are struggling and making their owners look bad.
• Eight players are not quite leaving up to expectations, but aren't killing their teams either - Pedro Martinez, Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Ross Barnes, George Brett, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, and Nap Lajoie
• The rest are performing at  or above expectations.

Congrats to the green owners!  Sorry for the red, I think only Joe D is virtually assured of turning it around.

• Randy Johnson is a new year, and a gamble
• Tip O'Neill was an 1800s reset
• Ty Cobb was an odd year choice, and any year of Cobb can backfire.  He is a boom or bust type player historically,

The Great 8

The weekly Power Alley rankings for the current Top-8 teams in the league

Power Alley - Week 3

+7: Helena Handbasket
+5: Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters
+4: Indiana Black Sox

-4: Sparta Hoplites
-7: New Orleans Thrill
-11: Leesburg Snow

Standings Summary - Week 3

This week we review the National League...

The trading frenzy of last week forces us to begin with Joe T's Helena Handbasket.  This is a good thing, as Helena also owns the best overall record in Week 3 regardless of League, in part because of the trade for Walter Johnson.  The big  right hander was undefeated in 3 starts, completing two games on his own and striking out 17 against just 6 walks.  In 27 1/3 innings he yielded just 19 hits and 5 runs (1.65 ERA).  His presence seemed to have sparked the whole rotation as Helena hurlers combined for Week 3 team ERA of 2.66 and WHIP of 1.25

While the rest of the division slid back, division rivals Rusty Kuntz almost kept the pace with a good 9-6 week of their own,   The Traveling All Stars were led by Ben Sheets and Al Orth who combined for a 1.88 ERA in 48 innings.

In the NL East, 4 teams are within a game and a half of a playoff birth with the Banana Bears surging to take the division lead thanks to a 9-5 record.  An incredible offense was their own key to success - as a team they hit 24 homer runs and scored an incredible 86 runs, over 6 runs per game.  Player of the week hopeful Ken Griffey Jr batted .471 / .481 / .941, slammed 7 out of the park, and drove in 21.

Winning 8 of 14, the Ee-Yah Orators were also solid as flamboyant catcher King Kelly caught fire batting .426 in 47 at bats.  The timing was perfect as their rotation was awful, especially Larry Dierker who went 0-3 with an 11.09 RCERA.

Players of The Week

Jerry Reuess, the 5th man in the Carnie's rotation is our Week 3 Pitcher of the week.  Reuss, drafted for the first time this season is off to a great start and this sim went 3-0, 0.72 ERA, 25 IP, 13 H, 2 BB, 9 K, 0.60 WHIP, 0.87 RCERA.

Our batter of the week turned in one of the more impressive stat lines on record for a single sim:  .471 / .481 / .941 with 7 HR, 15 R, and 21 RBI.  Congratulations Ken Griffey Jr of the North Podunk Banana Bears, you son of a ____, I have still never completely gotten past the 1995 ALDS.

Around the Horn

Musing from around the league

• The Orators are dead last in ATB in 1st innings runs scored at 13; they are tops in ATB in 9th inning runs scored with 28
• The "Mechanics" have been shut out an ATB leading 8 times while the Gossamers, Orators, Thrill, and World Police have scored at least 1 run in every game
• Dogphin29 managed to get a hit in 14 straight innings between May 8th and 9th.  They also own the league best feat of scoring in 6 consecutive innings during that same stretch.
• Speaking of meaningless stats, the Fishbiscuits have a team OPS of .879 when it's hotter than 84 degrees; the "Mechanics" team OPS is just .532 at this temperature or higher.
• This is insanity.  Check out the score sheet for the 4th inning, Chips at the plate.
• Joe Kelley leads the league with 1.071 OPS while pinch hitting (6-15, HR)
• Over the past month, Dan Brouthers (Thrill) leads the league in RC (.368 / .444 / .570 )
• Over the past month, Cy Blanton (Tommyknockers) is 8-1 with a 1.41 ERA
• Finally, a chart:

Average Innings by Starters

Team               IP/G   Games   

 Gossamers         6.8    42      

 Carnies           6.6    43      

 The Game          6.6    14      

 Shadows           6.4    40      

 Hoplites          6.4    40      

 White Rats        6.3    40      

 Banana Bears      6.3    42      

 Fishbiscuits      6.2    42      

 Chips             6.2    40      

 Black Sox         6.1    27      

 29                6.1    40      

 Handbasket        5.9    43      

 Travel All Star   5.9    42      

 "Mechanics"       5.7    42      

 Snow              5.7    39      

 Tommyknockers     5.7    43      

 Pinata Beaters    5.7    43      

 Orators           5.7    41      

 Red Lectroids     5.6    40      

 Slammers          5.5    42      

 Thrill            5.4    42      

 World Police      5.4    43      

 Brews             5.3    41      

 Daffiness Boys    5.3    40      

 Fanclub           4.8    41   

Sim 3E Complete!

Preventing Stolen Bases

Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Base % for Each Team


Team               SB   CS   SB%    G    
 Chips             33   6    84.6   40   
 Banana Bears      52   18   74.3   42   
 Snow              59   23   72.0   39   
 Thrill            46   18   71.9   42   
 Handbasket        51   20   71.8   43   
 Orators           48   19   71.6   41   
 Black Sox         26   11   70.3   27   
 Pinata Beaters    37   16   69.8   43   
 World Police      34   15   69.4   43   
 Hoplites          29   14   67.4   40   
 Tommyknockers     46   23   66.7   43   
 Fanclub           54   29   65.1   41   
 Red Lectroids     26   14   65.0   40   
 Shadows           39   21   65.0   40   
 Carnies           34   19   64.2   43   
 Gossamers         23   13   63.9   42   
 Fishbiscuits      40   23   63.5   42   
 29                50   29   63.3   40   
 Brews             41   24   63.1   41   
 Daffiness Boys    41   26   61.2   40   
 White Rats        41   27   60.3   40   
 Slammers          27   18   60.0   42   
 Travel All Star   27   21   56.3   42   
 "Mechanics"       20   27   42.6   42   

The Good, The Great, and The Ugly

Week 3

RSAA Update

RSAA Report

League Average ERA's

4.07 - Starters

3.77 - Relievers

Top 10 by Position

Starters

-16.3: Blanton,Cy 1935 - 1.71 RCERA (HT)
-13.3: Reuss,Jerry 1980 - 1.77 RCERA (BIC)
-12.7: Maddux,Greg 1995 - 2.39 RCERA (SWR)
-11.5: Brecheen,Harry 1948 - 2.26 RCERA (NPB)
-11.2: Gooden,Dwight 1985 - 1.97 RCERA ( )
-9.8: Mathewson,Christy 1908 - 2.27 RCERA (D29)
-9.6: Lowe,Derek 2002 - 2.44 RCERA (IBS)
-9.3: Koufax,Sandy 1965 - 2.32 RCERA (SS)
-9.2: Wyatt,Whit 1941 - 2.56 RCERA (HT)
-9: Haren,Danny 2009 - 2.23 RCERA (BIC)

Closers

-8.3: Berry,Joe 1944 - 1.81 RCERA (HH)
-7.1: Abernathy,Ted 1967 - 1.95 RCERA (DB)
-6.7: Neale,Joe 1890 - 2.5 RCERA (NOT)
-5.8: Hall,Dick 1964 - 2.02 RCERA (JMF)
-5: House,Tom 1974 - 2.05 RCERA (D29)
-4.7: Hiller,John 1973 - 2.14 RCERA (WPM)
-4.4: Jones,Doug 1997 - 1.79 RCERA (PRL)
-4: Garber,Gene 1978 - 2.63 RCERA (BS)
-3.7: Fultz,Aaron 2005 - 2.11 RCERA (SH)
-3.6: Murray,Dale 1974 - 2.53 RCERA (WPM)

Relievers

-7.6: Zimmerman,Jeff 1999 - 0.38 RCERA (BIC)
-6.8: Meredith,Cla 2006 - 0.37 RCERA (SPB)
-6.5: Ryan,B.J. 2006 - 1.36 RCERA (GCG)
-5.5: White,Gabe 2000 - 2.21 RCERA (DCC)
-5.4: Eckersley,Dennis 1990 - 2.3 RCERA (DCC)
-4.5: Wagner,Billy 1999 - 1.65 RCERA (PRL)
-3.8: Soria,Joakim 2008 - 0.66 RCERA (WPM)
-2.9: Rivera,Mariano 2008 - 2.53 RCERA (NOT)
-2.8: Dotel,Octavio 2002 - 2.19 RCERA (TWP)
-2.8: Tekulve,Kent 1983 - 1.68 RCERA (OFB)