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Report League News to Steve Ross at
chimpfreq@yahoo.com
March 2006
Last year, the rotation rankings correctly
predicted 5 of the 6 division winners....If this hold true
this season, we should have a few new division champs this
year. Here are this year's rotation rankings:
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American League |
National League |
| Texas |
2034 |
Florida |
1878 |
| Tampa |
1930 |
St Louis |
1872 |
| Oakland |
1734 |
Pittsburgh |
1549 |
| Toronto |
1352 |
New York |
1482 |
| Minnesota |
1338 |
Atlanta |
1457 |
| KC |
1250 |
LA |
1399 |
| Detroit |
1140 |
Arizona |
1368 |
| LA |
1081 |
SF |
1142 |
| Seattle |
1012 |
Chicago |
1117 |
| Chicago |
995 |
Houston |
955 |
| Boston |
867 |
Washington |
856 |
| Cleveland |
808 |
Cincinnati |
820 |
June 2005
Rotation Rankings as a Predictor of
Wins and Losses
In January, I ranked all APBL teams based
on their starting rotation grades. That was all well
and good but how well have those rankings predicted team
success so far? Let's take a look
| Team |
Pre-season Pitching
Ranking |
W/L (Rank) as of June
1, 2005 |
| Tampa Bay |
1 |
44-22 (1st) |
| St. Louis |
2 |
44-22 (1st) |
| Atlanta |
3 |
35-31 (3rd) |
| New York Mets |
4 |
27-39 (4th) |
| Texas |
5 |
33-33 (2nd) |
| Minnesota |
6 |
35-31 (t-1st) |
| Pittsburgh |
7 |
42-24 (2nd) |
| Houston |
8 |
32-34 (1st) |
| Florida |
9 |
43-23 (1st) |
| Seattle |
10 |
32-34 (3rd) |
So it's far from a perfect predictor, but
it is interesting that 5 division leaders are represented in
the top 10. The exception: The Oakland Athletics who
have done well despite their 17th ranked staff.
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January 2005
Rating the Rotations
Everyone knows that starting
pitching plays a big part in the success of a team.
So who has the best rotation going into the 2005
season? We took pitchers grades for the best 162
starts on a team's pitching staff and added them up:
(grade x game start = rating)
The result is a rough ranking of the
best rotations in the ABPL...will this translate into
wins during the season? We will see. For
more explanation on methods,
contact me.
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American League |
National League |
| Tampa Bay |
1741 |
St. Louis |
1434 |
| Texas |
1383 |
Atlanta |
1425 |
| Minnesota |
1373 |
New York Mets |
1423 |
| Seattle |
1256 |
Pittsburgh |
1358 |
| Toronto |
1192 |
Houston |
1306 |
| Kansas City |
1187 |
Florida |
1290 |
| Boston |
1158 |
Arizona |
1226 |
| Oakland |
1124 |
San Francisco |
1224 |
| Cleveland |
918 |
Chicago Cubs |
1220 |
| Anaheim |
864 |
Los Angeles |
1084 |
| Chicago Whitesox |
774 |
Montreal |
1181 |
| Detroit |
770 |
Cincinnati |
839 |
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November 2004
2004 DRAFTWATCH: Hindsight is
20-20
Who had the foresight to find that
diamond in the rough? Who believed the hype to
only to see a touted prospect fall from glory...?
Check out the current 2004 stats of the last two years
top draft picks and judge for yourself...
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2003 Draft |
2004 Draft |
1.Hou -Sean Burroughs
(.298, 2 HR)
2.Hou - Carl Crawford
(.296, 11 HR)
3.SF-Oliver Perez
(12-10, 2.98)
4.TB-Jake Peavy
(15-6, 2.27)
5.Hou-Brett Myers
(11-11, 5.52)
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1.Hou-Jose
Guillen
(.294, 27 HR)
2.Hou-Khalil Greene
(.273, 15 HR)
3.TB-Richie
Weeks
(AAA)
4.Pit-Luis
Matos
(.224, 6 HR)
5.Sea-Jody
Gerut
(.252, 11 HR)
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