Dynasty league updates 9-10 and Looking for players for A New 1969 Draft League and face to face league UPDATE Several 69 teams taken since posting…

Here is the current state of the online and table top baseball leagues I run and ore are in. All current leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

Since our last update more teams have been taken in online leagues the face to face league is deep into the playoffs and a new online draft league is forming

Postseason Key

Z Clinched home field throughout playoffs
Y Clinched Division Title
X Clinched Wild Card home
W Clinched Wild Card away
V Clinched Playoff spot

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings. This league is nearly finished.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers y	91	68	.572	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox w	85	74	.535	6	No	away
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	75	84	.472	16	Yes	E
2003 Detroit Tigers	59	100	.371	32	No	E

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals v	96	63	.604	_____	Yes	n/a
2012 Minnesota Twins v	93	66	.585	3	No	+8
2008 Seattle Mariners	80	79	.503	14	Yes	E
1973 Texas Rangers	69	90	.434	27	Yes	E

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	—–	No	N/A
1967 Kansas City A’s	77	82	.484	2	No	E
1957 Washington Senators	73	86	.459	6	No	E
2019 Baltimore Orioles	71	88	.447	8	No	E

AL Leaders: Hitting:

Avg Mauer Min .353, OBP, Mauer Min .463, Slug Huff TB .600 Runs Harper .Mil 139, Hits: Harper Mil 218, 2B Ibanez Sea, 50, 3B Crowe Cle 15, SB Suzuki 54 , BB Mauer Min 118 HR Sievers Wash 46, RBI Sievers Wash 137

Pitching: Wins Hernandez Sea, 22, ERA Diamond Min 2.91, IP John Chi 274 2/3, K’s Hernandez Sea 239, Avg against Krausse KCA .208 WHIP Krause KCA 1.07 HR/9 Hyde Wash 0.27 Saves Yan TB 31

Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos Z	92	62	.610	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals v	90	69	.566	7	Yes	+ 3
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	85	74	.535	12	Yes	2
1998 Florida Marlins	70	89	.440	27	Yes	E

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2000 Philadelphia Phillies Y	80	76	.513	—–	Yes	N/A
2012 Houston Astros	70	86	.449	10	Yes	E
2017 San Francisco Giants	70	86	.449	10	No	E
2015 Atlanta Braves	66	90	.423	14	No	E

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	89	67	.571	_____	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	87	72	.547	3 1/2	No	_____
1974 Chicago Cubs	77	82	.484	13 1/2	No	E
1993 San Diego Padres	70	86	.449	19	No	E

NL Leaders Hitting:

AVG Gwynn SD .361, OBP Giles Pit .450 Slug Giles Pit .623, Runs Giles Pitt 114, Hits Gwynn SD 189 2B Gwynn SD 56, 3B Guerrero Mon 15, SB Morgan Wash 45, BB Giles Pit 101, HR Murray Mets 34, RBI Ramirez Pit 114

Pitching Wins Hermanson Mon 29, ERA Hermanson Mon 1.82, IP Soto Cin 278 1/3, K’s Soto Cin 338, Avg against Soto Cin .197 WHIP Hermanson Mon 1.00 HR/9 Berenyi Cin 0.30, Saves Urbina Mon Zamora ChC 33.

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	82	50	.621	—–	No	n/a
1957 Baltimore	68	64	.515	14	Yes	+2
1973 New York (A)	64	68	.485	18	Yes	2
1967 Washington	59	73	.447	23	Yes	7

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit v	86	46	.652	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	56	76	.424	30	No	10
1973 Minnesota	56	76	.424	30	No	10
1998 Chicago (A)	46	86	.348	40	No	20

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	79	53	.598	—-	Yes	n/a
2018 Los Angeles (A)	66	66	.500	13	Yes	_______
2017 Kansas City	65	67	.492	14	No	1
2005 Toronto	63	69	.477	16	Yes	3

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min .344, OBP Trout LAA .436, SLUG Trout LAA .637, Runs Cabrera Det 116, Hits Carew Min 188, 2B Cabrera Det 45, 3B Durham ChW, 16, SB Carew Min 49 BB Trout LAA 100 HR Howard Wash(A) 41, RBI Cabrera Det 125

Pitching

Wins Verlander Det 20, ERA Clemens Bos 2.39, IP Vernalder Det 256 2/3, K’s Blyleven Min 240, Avg against Cahill Oak .205, WHIP Darwin Bos 0.99, HR/9 Bibby Cle 0.35, Saves Valverde Det Russell Bos 27

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1967 Pittsburgh	82	56	.594	______	No	n/a
2018 Washington	80	55	.593	1/2	No	+12
1957 Philadelphia	60	72	.455	19	Yes	8
1975 New York (N)	55	80	.407	25 1/2	Yes	14

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	72	63	.533	_____	No	n/a
1975 St. Louis	68	64	.515	2 1/2	Yes	_____
2000 Colorado	70	68	.507	3 1/2	Yes	2
1973 Houston	59	73	.447	11 1/2	Yes	9

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	82	50	.621	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	67	65	.508	15	Yes	1
2007 Los Angeles (N )	57	75	.432	25	Yes	11
1982 San Diego	54	81	.400	29 1/2	Yes	15 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

AVG Clemente Pit .372, OBP Mitchell Cin .453, Slug Clemente Pit .604, Runs Larkin Cin 111, Hits Clemente Pit 207, 2B Cirillo Col 60, 3B Clemente Pit 21, SB Pierre LAD 69 BB Larkin Cin 100, HR Helton Col 29, RBI Helton Col 118

Pitching Wins Scherzer Wash 19, ERA Scherzer Wash 2.33, IP Scherzer Wash 262 2/3, K’s Scherzer Wash 309, Avg Against Scherzer Wash .207, WHIP Scherzer Wash 0.96, HR/9 Reed StL 0.34, Saves Face Pitt 32

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings. Two teams have been picked up since the last posting (oddly not the Orioles)

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	65	34	.657	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	56	43	.566	9	No	+6
1961 Yankees	49	47	.510	14 1/2	No	1/2
1999 Boston	41	58	.414	24	No	9

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	56	43	.566	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	50	49	.505	6	No	—–
2006 Detroit	47	55	.461	10 1/2	Yes	4 1/2
1974 Oakland	40	59	.404	16	Yes	10

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	53	46	.535	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	48	48	.500	3 1/2	No	1/2
1924 Washington	42	60	.412	12 1/2	No	9 1/2
1967 Minnesota	39	60	.394	14	Yes	11

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min ,369 , OBP Olerud Tor .466, Slug Mantle NYY61 .659, Runs Jeter NYY09 87, Hits Jeter NYY09 150, 2B Olerud Tor 38, Triples Taylor Wash 16, SB Henderson Tor 54, BB Killebrew Min 79, HR Mantle NYY61 31, RBI Hamilton Tex 81

Pitching Wins Martinez Bos 15, ERA Martinez Bos 2.25, IP Johnson Wash 196 2/3, K’s Martinez Bos 285, Avg against Martinez Bos .201 WHIP Martinez Bos 0.90 HR/9 Martinez Bos .034 Saves Ward Tor 29

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	55	44	.556	—–	No	N/A
2019 Washington Nats	51	48	.515	4	Yes	_____
1998 Atlanta	47	49	.490	6 1/2	No	2 1/2
1955 Brooklyn	45	54	.455	10	Yes	6

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	53	46	.535	_____	No	+2*
1985 St. Louis	53	46	.535	_____	No	+ 2*
1971 Pittsburgh	46	53	.465	7	Yes	5
2003 Cubs	44	55	.444	9	Yes	7

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	79	29	.707	—-	No	n/a
1977 Philadelphia	48	51	.485	22	Yes	3
2001 Arizona	45	54	.455	25	Yes	6
2007 Colorado	42	54	.438	26 1/2	Yes	7 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

Avg Kendrick Wash .369, OBP Morgan Cin .464, Slug Galarraga Atl .627, Runs Morgan Cin 91, Hits Kendrick Wash 146, 2B Kendrick Wash 34, 3B McGee StL 14, SB Morgan Cin 54, BB Morgan Cin 82, HR Campanella Bkyn, Aaron Mil 27, RBI Aaron Mil 89

Pitching Wins Nolan Cin 15, ERA Tudor StL 1.80, IP Tudor StL 174 2/3, K’s Johnson Arizona 226, Avg against Tudor StL .181, WHIP Tudor StL 0.82 HR/9 Buhl Mil 0.28, Saves Chapman Cubs16 27

There will be a new Draft league starting in October beginning in the 1969 season. Each player will select a franchise and one player to protect and the rest of the players will go in the draft.

Out of a max of 24 teams available here are the teams selected with the player they choose to protect all others go into the draft. All unlisted franchises are still available franchise with a * are teams that have been picked but the confirmation email has not yet been received

Players may join up until Sept 30th or until we reach 24 teams The draft is scheduled for the 1st week of October and will last one week. Teams will draft until they have 35 players or until we run out of players to draft.

At the end of the season each team will be able to protect 4-12 players based on their finish plus new rookies (IE Bowa Phi Blyleven Minn) who don’t count toward that total, all others go into the draft, draft order for the 1970 season will be based on the finish.

This league will play twice a week 5-6 games

UPDATE: This list has been updated for several teams now taken since the post went up

Team Selected	Player withheld from Draft
Oakland A’s	Not announced
Chicago White Sox	LHSP Tommy John
Baltimore Orioles	1B Boog Powell
Atlanta Braves	OF Hank Aaron
Cincinnati Reds	C Johnny Bench
Los Angeles Dodgers	RHSP Don Sutton
Montreal Expos	Not Announced
New York Mets	RHSP Tom Seaver
Pittsburgh Pirates	OF Roberto Clemente
St Louis Cardinals	RHSP Bob Gibson
San Francisco Giants	OF Bobby Bonds
New York Yankees	SP Fritz Peterson
Cleveland Indians	LHSP Sam McDowell
Washington Senators	SS Ed Brinkman
Minnesota Twins	2B Rod Carew

If you are interested in this or any other league contact me in comments.

The face to face league in Fitchburg MA has finished its regular season here are the final standings

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	41	19	.683	—-	n/a
San Francisco Giants	35	25	.583	3 1/2	Bye
St. Louis Cardinals	32	28	.533	7	Home
Colorado Rockies	24	36	.400	14 1/2	ELIM

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	39	21	.650	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	28	33	.459	11 1/2	Away
Seattle Mariners	27	34	.442	12	ELIM
San Diego Padres	17	43	.283	21	ELIM

Nationals and Mariners played a 61th game to break a tie for the final wild card spot

Here are the playoff results to date:

Wild Card Playin at St Louis

St. Louis Cardinals 8 Washington Nationals 5

Playoffs round one: best of five

Tampa Bay Rays defeat St. Louis Cardinals 3 games to 1

New York Yankees defeat defending WP champ San Francisco Giants games to one

World Series Best of seven

9/11 NYY at TB

On 9/25 at 1:30 PM at Zeda’s Pizza in Fitchburg MA our face to face draft league which first began playing in 1987 in Fitchburg Massachusetts will have it’s meeting to finalize the plans for our next season (2020) We currently have 8 teams in two divisions and would like to expand to at least nine or possibly 10. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to show up. Issues to be decided

Dues (currently $35 a season)
Number of games (currently 60 but may shrink to let us catch back up with MLB)
Number of weeks per month. (currently playing every other week, considering adding one extra week or more)
Date for draft (and / or expansion draft) and date to begin season.

New players are always welcome

The Agony of Choice Dynasty Protected Player Edition

My Dynasty face to face 2019 face to face league season is over as my Washington Nationals fell to St. Louis in the wild card game 8-5.

So now comes the decision making time. As the Wild Card team that lost the play-in game I am allowed to retain 10 players on my roster who are not subject to next years draft.

That number does not include any new rookies for the Washington Nationals ( my franchise) who have their 1st card this year. All of those players are protected automatically although I do have the right to release them to make room on my 35 man roster or if they are fringe players (% players or limited AB vs LH or RH) can be put on my five man AAA roster)

Any man who was on my roster last year who is a fringe player (as described above) can be retained even if they can’t be used in play. Any player who did not have a card last year due to injury or the COVID opt out who is currently on my roster CAN be retained but again I would have to commit a roster spot to them.

This season is a tad odd in one respoect. Because of the COVID the league was put on hold for a while so we will be starting our 2020 season at a point were we are deep into the actual 2021 season so we know if a player is having a good (or bad) year which will of course affect our decision to keep players.

As of this moment here are the players that will absolutely make my protected list:

Abreu 1b: Clutch Rating Incredible power both sides improved range over the previous season and having a strong year for a team heading to the playoffs

Othani: DH While he had a bad card last year his stats this year plus the potential of filling both a pitching and a batting slot next season demands I keep him here.

Lindor SS While he is having a disappointing season this year his numbers last year combined with excellent defense ratings at a key position guarantee his roster spot

Scherzer RHSP Jam Rating While his 2020 season was below avg he’s still better than a lot out there combine this with a jam rating and a strong 2021 and Scherzer makes the team

Molina C (H & R rating) A -3 arm behind the plate forgives a lot of sins among pitchers combine that with a H & R rating and you’ve got a key position covered.

Hand LHRP Hand led the league in saves last year with a 7-1 K-BB ratio and no HR’s given up he’s a keeper without a jam+ rating which he had the year before.

Rendon 3B Clutch rating: Rendon has a big dropoff over his Washington numbers and led the AL in double plays last year but his defense is still strong and that clutch rating still makes him worth a spot.

Devers 3B: Clutch rating With Rendon at 3B & Devers defense not existent one might think he was worth risking in the draft but his powerful bat at DH will complement Abreu & Rendon in a lineup and if Rendon’s decline continues he might even get the starting job next year.

That leaves me two spots left and here are the players who are fighting for them:

Whit Merrifield 2B. While is 2019 states particularly on defense are down his 2020 starts are still pretty good. the real question is: Do I want to spend a draft pick on a second baseman or would I rather keep Merrifield and save the pick for someone else.

Eddie Rosario OF Rosario was one of the heroes of the team last season after the Mookie Betts trade and it was his bat that put the team into the playoffs. His bat is not as impressive this year and the clutch rating is gone but he still has plenty of pop to play with.

Edwin Diaz RHRP Diaz is a pretty solid reliver but not at Hand’s level. Again his stats were down from 2018 but this year they are back up and running.

Eric Hosmer 1b: Clutch rating. Hosmer as always has solid numbers and if it wasn’t for Abreu he would likely have a spot sewn up. He certainly could make a RH DH to platoon with Devers

Javier Baez SS Baez was my #1 pick last season but while is defense shines his power numbers are down for 2020 even if they have recovered in 2021. He is unlikely to take the SS spot from Lindor in 2020 but if kept might be the man in 2021, but is that worth a roster spot.

Anthony Rizzo 1B A mainstay of my team, Abreu’s improved range means he has no chance to start and the degree of depth at 1st makes keeping him a luxury.

Deshields OF: Speed, defense and the ability to bunt (a rare gift these days) are all in his favor but I’m almost certainly going to find a better outfield in the draft even as last as the 7th or 8th round.

Longshots include Josh Reddick, Sergio Romo Adam Plutko and Wade Miley

I’ve got several weeks to make up my mind as to who to keep and who to toss. If you have any suggestions I’ll be happy to entertain them.= in comments.

Dynasty League Updates 8-14 Leaders and two leagues near their finish.

Here is the current state of the table top baseball leagues I run. All leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

Since our last update more teams have been taken in online leagues.

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings. This league is nearly finished.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	86	61	.585	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	78	69	.531	8	No	—-
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	69	78	.452	17	Yes	9
2003 Detroit Tigers	53	94	.361	33	No	E

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals	91	56	.619	_____	Yes	n/a
2012 Minnesota Twins	86	61	.585	5	No	+8
2008 Seattle Mariners	74	73	.503	17	Yes	4
1973 Texas Rangers	63	84	.429	28	Yes	15

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	72	75	.490	—–	No	6*
1967 Kansas City A’s	72	75	.490	____	No	6*
1957 Washington Senators	68	79	.463	4	No	10
2019 Baltimore Orioles	66	81	.449	6	No	12

AL Leaders: Hitting:

Avg Mauer Min .353, OBP, Mauer Min .459, Slug Huff TB .603 Runs Harper .Mil 135, Hits: Harper Mil 203, 2B Ibanez Sea, A Cabrera Cle Harper Mil 45, 3B Cabrera Cle Crowe Cle 14, SB Revere Min 77, BB Mauer Min 105 HR Sievers Wash 39, RBI Harper Mil 125

Pitching: Wins Hernandez Sea, Johnson KCR 21, ERA Hyde Wash 2.88, IP Hernandez Sea 250 1/3, K’s Hernandez Sea 223, Avg against Sosa TB .202 WHIP Krause KCA 1.05 HR/9 Hyde Wash 0.30 Saves Yan TB Perkins Min 29,

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	91	56	.619	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	84	63	.571	7	Yes	+ 3
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	81	66	.551	10	Yes	4
1998 Florida Marlins	64	83	.435	27	Yes	E

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	72	75	.490	—–	Yes	N/A
2012 Houston Astros	65	82	.442	7	Yes	E
2015 Atlanta Braves	65	82	.442	7	No	E
2017 San Francisco Giants	62	82	.431	8 1/2	No	E

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	82	65	.558	_____	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	79	65	.549	1 1/2	No	1/2
1974 Chicago Cubs	71	76	.483	11	No	11
1993 San Diego Padres	67	80	.456	15	No	15

NL Leaders Hitting:

Pitching Wins Hermanson Mon 25, ERA Hermanson Mon 2.00, IP Soto Cin 262 1/3, K’s Soto Cin 321, Avg against Soto Cin .201 WHIP Hermanson Mon 1.03 HR/9 Gooden Mets, 0.34, Saves Urbina Mon 33.

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	74	46	.617	—–	No	n/a
1973 New York (A)	60	60	.500	14	Yes	+1
1957 Baltimore	57	63	.475	17	Yes	2
1967 Washington	51	69	.425	23	Yes	8

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	80	40	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	53	67	.442	27	No	6
1973 Minnesota	52	68	.433	28	No	7
1998 Chicago (A)	44	76	.367	36	No	15

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	71	49	.592	—-	Yes	n/a
2017 Kansas City	59	61	.492	12	No	_______
2018 Los Angeles (A)	59	61	.492	12	Yes	_______
2005 Toronto	58	62	.483	13	Yes	1

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min .358, OBP Trout LAA .440, SLUG Trout LAA .637, Runs Cabrera Det 106, Hits Carew Min 176, 2B Cabrera Det 43, 3B Durham ChW, 13, SB Carew Min 46 BB Trout LAA 91 HR Trout LAA 34, RBI Cabrera Det 112

Pitching

Wins Verlander Det 18, ERA Halladay Tor 2.26, IP Vernalder Det 238 2/3, K’s Verlander Det 219, Avg against Eckersley Cle .200, WHIP Darwin Bos 0.97, HR/9 Lehman Bal 0.30, Saves Valverde Det 26

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2018 Washington	73	50	.593	________	No	n/a
1967 Pittsburgh	74	52	.587	1/2	No	+8
1957 Philadelphia	53	67	.442	18	Yes	10
1975 New York (N)	53	70	.431	18 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	65	58	.528	_____	No	n/a
2000 Colorado	63	57	.525	1/2	Yes	____
1975 St. Louis	64	59	.520	1	Yes	1/2
1973 Houston	55	71	.437	11 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	73	47	.608	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	62	58	.517	11	Yes	1
2007 Los Angeles (N )	53	67	.442	20	Yes	10
1982 San Diego	46	74	.383	27	Yes	17

NL Leaders Batting

AVG Clemente Pit .375, OBP Mitchell Cin .443, Slug Clemente Pit .608, Runs Larkin Cin 104, Hits Clemente Pit 190, 2B Cirillo Col 54, 3B Clemente Pit 19, SB Pierre LAD 66 BB Larkin Cin 96, HR Helton Col 27, RBI Helton Col 109

Pitching Wins Scherzer Wash 18, ERA Scherzer Wash 2.38, IP Scherzer Wash 245 2/3, K’s Scherzer Wash 292, Avg Against Scherzer Wash .205, WHIP Scherzer Wash 0.95, HR/9 Cahill Ari 0.33, Saves Brantley Cin , Face Pitt 27

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings. Two teams have been picked up since the last posting (oddly not the Orioles)

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	60	30	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	52	38	.578	8	No	+5
1961 Yankees	48	45	.516	13 1/2	No	1/2
1999 Boston	38	52	.422	22	No	9

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	48	39	.552	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	47	43	.522	2 1/2	No	—–
1974 Oakland	39	51	.433	10 1/2	Yes	8
2006 Detroit	40	53	.430	11	Yes	9 1/2

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	48	42	.533	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	43	44	.494	3 1/2	No	2 1/2
1924 Washington	36	54	.400	12	No	11
1967 Minnesota	33	57	.367	15	Yes	14

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min ,360 , OBP Olerud Tor .475, Slug Mantle NYY61 .653, Runs Jeter NYY09 78, Hits Jeter NYY09 136, 2B Olerud Tor 36, Triples Taylor Wash 14, SB Henderson Tor 47, BB Killebrew Min 71, HR Mantle NYY61 30, RBI Blanchard NYY61 80

Pitching Wins Leonard KC, Martinez Bos, Cuellar Bal 13, ERA Martinez Bos 1.83, IP Johnson Wash 147 2/3, K’s Martinez Bos 217, Avg against Martinez Bos .205 WHIP Martinez Bos 0.86 HR/9 Martinez Bos .033 Saves Ward Tor 26

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	49	41	.544	—–	No	N/A
2019 Washington Nats	44	43	.506	3 1/2	Yes	_____
1998 Atlanta	43	44	.494	4 1/2	No	1
1955 Brooklyn	42	48	.467	7	Yes	3 1/2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	49	41	.544	_____	No	N/A
1985 St. Louis	48	42	.533	1	No	+ 2 1/2
1971 Pittsburgh	44	46	.489	5	Yes	1 1/2
2003 Cubs	39	51	.433	10	Yes	11

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	62	28	.689	—-	No	n/a
1977 Philadelphia	45	45	.500	17	Yes	1/2
2001 Arizona	41	49	.456	21	Yes	4 1/2
2007 Colorado	39	51	.433	23	Yes	6 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

Avg Lofton Cubs03 .361, OBP Morgan Cin .469, Slug Galarraga Atl .644, Runs Morgan Cin 81, Hits Kendrick Wash McGee StL 124, 2B Clemente 31, 3B McGee StL 14, SB Morgan Cin 47, BB Schmidt Phil, Morgan Cin 77, HR Ga;arraga Atl, Aaron Mil 26, RBI Aaron Mil 85

Pitching Wins Nolan Cin 14, ERA Tudor StL 1.76, IP Tudor StL 158 2/3, K’s Johnson Arizona 207, Avg against Tudor StL .182, WHIP Tudor StL 0.83 HR/9 Buhl Mil 0.23, Saves Chapman Cubs16 25

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of the online leagues teams contact me in comments.

As a bonus here are the standings of our face to face draft league which first began playing in 1987 in Fitchburg Massachusetts. We have two divisions with 4 teams each playing a 60 game season every other Saturday at Zeda’s Pizza in Fitchburg MA. The individual leagues are named for deceased members of the league. Five teams make the playoffs, the best record gets home field throughout and 2nd best record of the division leaders gets a home series against the best non-division winner while the final two teams play a one game playin for the right to face the best division winner in the playoffs.

New players are always welcome

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays (x)	36	18	.667	—-	n/a
San Francisco Giants(w)	34	23	.596	3 1/2	+ 9
St. Louis Cardinals(w)	29	25	.537	7	+ 5 1/2
Colorado Rockies	23	34	.404	14 1/2	2

w clinched at least wildcard game x clinched playoff spot

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees (XY)	38	19	.667	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	25	32	.439	13	_____
Seattle Mariners	24	33	.421	12	6
San Diego Padres	17	40	.298	21	ELIM

Y clinched division

the new season and draft will start shortly after this season ends additional teams for expansion are most welcome

Dynasty League Updates 7-7-21 Leaders and some Teams no longer available.

Since our last update several teams that were previously open in various league have been taken.

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	74	55	.574	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	65	61	.516	7 1/2	No	—-
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	57	69	.452	15 1/2	Yes	8
2003 Detroit Tigers	47	82	.364	27	No	20

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals	77	52	.597	_____	Yes	n/a
2012 Minnesota Twins	74	52	.587	1 1/2	No	+9
2008 Seattle Mariners	66	63	.512	11	Yes	1/2
1973 Texas Rangers	52	77	.403	25	Yes	14 1/2

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	65	61	.516	—–	No	n/a
1957 Washington Senators	62	64	.492	3	No	3
1967 Kansas City A’s	63	66	.488	3 1/2	No	3 1/2
2019 Baltimore Orioles	59	67	.468	6	No	6

AL Leaders: Hitting:

Avg Mauer Min .346, OBP, Mauer Min .455, Huff TB Slug .601 Runs Harper .Mil 119, Hits: Suzuki Sea 181, 2B Ibanez Cle, A Cabrera Cle 42, 3B Cabrera Cle 13, SB Revere Min 65, BB Mauer Min 92 HR Sievers Wash 35, RBI Sievers Wash 113

Pitching: Wins Hernandez Sea, Johnson KCR 18, ERA Butler KCR 2.85, IP John Chi 212, K’s Hernandez Sea 196, Avg against Sosa TB 207 WHIP Krause KCA 1.08 HR/9 Bibby Tex 0.35 Saves Sanders Mil 26

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	80	49	.620	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	76	53	.589	4	Yes	+ 3 1/2
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	70	62	.530	11 1/2	Yes	4
1998 Florida Marlins	58	71	.450	22	Yes	14 1/2

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2015 Atlanta Braves	60	69	.465	—–	No	12 1/2 *
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	60	69	.465	—–	Yes	12 1/2*
2012 Houston Astros	57	72	.442	3	Yes	15 1/2
2017 San Francisco Giants	54	75	.419	6	No	18 1/2

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 New York Mets	73	56	.566	_____	No	n/a
1982 Cincinnati Reds	74	58	.561	1/2	No	______
1974 Chicago Cubs	62	67	.481	11	No	10 1/2
1993 San Diego Padres	52	72	.442	16	Yes	15 1/2

NL Leaders Hitting:

Pitching Wins Hermanson Mon 21, ERA Hermanson Mon 2.06, IP Soto Cin 230, K’s Soto Cin 279, Avg against Soto Cin .199 WHIP Soto Cin 1.02, HR/9 Quintana Mets, Berenyi Cin 0.21, Saves Urbina Mon 29.

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	63	43	.600	—–	No	n/a
1957 Baltimore	52	53	.495	11	Yes	2
1973 New York (A)	51	54	.486	12	Yes	3
1967 Washington	46	59	.438	17	Yes	8

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	69	36	.657	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	47	58	.448	22	No	7
1973 Minnesota	45	57	.441	22 1/2	No	7 1/2
1998 Chicago (A)	38	67	.362	31	No	16

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	60	45	.571	—-	Yes	n/a
2017 Kansas City	53	48	.520	5 1/2	No	+ 1/2
2018 Los Angeles (A)	54	51	.514	6	Yes	—-
2005 Toronto	47	58	.448	13	Yes	7

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min .359, OBP Trout LAA .443, SLUG Trout LAA .645, Runs Cabrera Det 96, Hits Carew Min 150, 2B Cabrera Det 39, 3B Durham ChW, Jackson Det, Francona Bal 11, SB Carew Min 38 BB Trout LAA 79 HR Trout LAA 30, RBI Cabrera Det 97

Pitching

Wins Verlander Det 16, ERA Halladay Tor 2.11, IP Vernalder Det 205, K’s Verlander Det 185, Avg against Eckersley Cle .199, WHIP Halladay Tor 0.98, HR/9 Bibby Cle 0.21, Saves Valverde Det, Alvaraez LAA 21

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1967 Pittsburgh	65	43	.602	_____	No	n/a
2018 Washington	63	42	.600	1/2	No	+ 7 1/2
1957 Philadelphia	47	58	.448	16 1/2	Yes	8 1/2
1975 New York (N)	45	60	.429	18 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	57	48	.543	_____	No	n/a
2000 Colorado	57	51	.528	1 1/2	Yes	____
1975 St. Louis	53	52	.505	4	Yes	2 1/2
1973 Houston	45	60	.429	12	Yes	10 1/2

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	62	43	.590	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	52	53	.495	10	Yes	3 1/2
2007 Los Angeles (N )	47	58	.448	15	Yes	8 1/2
1982 San Diego	42	63	.400	20	Yes	13 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

AVG Clemente Pit .378, OBP Mitchell Cin .459, Slug Clemente Pit .622, Runs Larkin Cin 93, Hits Clemente Pit 165, 2B Cirillo Col 47, 3B Clemente Pit 19, SB Pierre LAD 58 BB Larkin Cin , Ashburn Phil 58, HR Young Ari 24, RBI Helton Col 95

Pitching Wins Scherzer Wash 14, ERA McBean Pit 1.28, IP Scherzer Wash 208 2/3, K’s Scherzer Wash 247, Avg Against McBean Pit .201, WHIP Scherzer Wash 0.93, HR/9 McBean Pitt 0.08, Saves Brantley Cin 24

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings. Two teams have been picked up since the last posting (oddly not the Orioles)

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	50	22	.694	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	43	29	.597	7	No	+2
1961 Yankees	35	37	.486	15	No	6
1999 Boston	28	44	.389	22	No	13

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	42	30	.583	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	41	31	.569	1	No	—–
2006 Detroit	31	41	.431	11	Yes	10
1974 Oakland	29	43	.403	13	Yes	12

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	38	34	.528	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	36	39	.480	3 1/2	No	6 1/2
1924 Washington	28	47	.373	11 1/2	No	14 1/2
1967 Minnesota	26	46	.361	12	Yes	15

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Howard NYY61 .356, OBP Olerud Tor .472, Slug Mantle NYY61 .655, Runs Mantle NYY61 64, Hits Jeter NYY09 108, 2B Olerud Tor 29, Triples Taylor Wash 13, SB Henderson Tor 42, BB Henderson Tor 62, HR Mantle NYY61 25, RBI Rudi Oak 67

Pitching Wins Leonard KC, Hardin Bal, Cuellar Bal 11, ERA Feller Cle 1.83, IP Johnson Wash 147 2/3, K’s Martinez Bos 217, Avg against Martinez Bos .190 WHIP Martinez Bos 0.86 HR/9 Wilson Tex 0.38 Saves Ward Tor 21

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	38	31	.551	—–	No	N/a
1955 Brooklyn	36	36	.500	3 1/2	Yes	1
2019 Washington Nats	33	39	.458	6 1/2	Yes	4
1998 Atlanta	31	38	.449	7	No	4 1/2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1985 St. Louis	40	32	.556	____	No	N/a
1957 Milwaukee	39	33	.542	1	Yes	+2
1971 Pittsburgh	34	38	.472	6	Yes	3
2003 Cubs	31	41	.431	9	Yes	6

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	49	23	.681	—-	No	n/a
1977 Philadelphia	37	35	.514	12	Yes	___
2001 Arizona	36	36	.500	13	Yes	1
2007 Colorado	33	39	.458	16	Yes	4

NL Leaders Batting

Avg Kendrick Wash .358, OBP Morgan Cin .476, Slug Galarraga Atl .705, Runs Morgan Cin 70, Hits Kendrick Wash 106, 2B Helton Col, Holiday Col, Rendon Wash 27, 3B McGee StL 12, SB Morgan Cin 39, BB Schmidt Phil, Morgan Cin 62, HR Ga;arraga Atl 22, RBI Aaron Mil 69

Pitching Wins Nolan Cin 12, ERA Tudor StL 1.82, IP Tudor StL 133 2/3, K’s Johnson Arizona 166, Avg against Tudor StL .188, WHIP Tudor StL 0.84 HR/9 Buhl Mil 0.18, Saves Chapman Cubs16 19

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of the online leagues teams contact me in comments.

New players are always welcome

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	31	17	.614	—-	n/a
St. Louis Cardinals	27	21	.563	4	+1
San Francisco Giants	26	22	.542	5	___
Colorado Rockies	22	26	.458	9	4

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	32	16	.667	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	20	28	.417	12	6
Seattle Mariners	20	28	.417	12	6
San Diego Padres	14	36	.280	19	ELIM

the new season and draft will start shortly after this season ends additional teams for expansion are most welcome

Dynasty League Update 5-5-21 with Bonus Face to Face League info

As of this week I am adding the wild cards standings for the play-in game

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	60	42	.588	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	53	49	.520	5 1/2	No	—-
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	46	59	.438	15 1/2	Yes	10
2003 Detroit Tigers	42	63	.400	19 1/2	No	14

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Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2012 Minnesota Twins	59	43	.578	____	No	n/a
1970 Kansas City Royals	56	43	.566	1 1/2	No	+4 1/2
2008 Seattle Mariners	53	49	.520	6	Yes	—–
1973 Texas Rangers	37	65	.363	22	Yes	16

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	53	49	.520	—–	No	n/a
1957 Washington Senators	50	52	.490	3	No	3
1967 Kansas City A’s	50	52	.490	3	No	3
2019 Baltimore Orioles	48	51	.485	3 1/2	No	3 1/2

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	64	38	.627	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	61	41	.598	3	Yes	+ 5
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	53	49	.520	11	Yes	3
1998 Florida Marlins	42	60	.412	22	Yes	13

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2015 Atlanta Braves	51	51	.500	—–	No	n/a
2012 Houston Astros	50	52	.490	1	Yes	6
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	44	58	.431	7	Yes	12
2017 San Francisco Giants	42	57	.424	7 1/2	No	12 1/2

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	59	43	.578	—-	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	56	46	.549	3	No	—–
1974 Chicago Cubs	48	54	.471	11	No	8
1993 San Diego Padres	44	55	.444	13 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	44	34	.564	—–	No	n/a
1973 New York (A)	39	39	.500	5	Yes	—-
1957 Baltimore	36	42	.462	8	Yes	3
1967 Washington	33	45	.423	11	Yes	6

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Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	50	28	.641	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	37	41	.474	13	No	2
1973 Minnesota	34	44	.436	16	No	5
1998 Chicago (A)	31	47	.397	19	No	8

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Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	46	32	.590	—-	Yes	n/a
2017 Kansas City	42	36	.538	4	Yes	+3
2018 Los Angeles (A)	39	39	.500	7	Yes	—-
2005 Toronto	35	43	.449	11	Yes	4

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2018 Washington	49	32	.605	—-	No	n/a
1967 Pittsburgh	49	35	.583	1 1/2	No	+7
1975 New York (N)	38	40	.487	9 1/2	Yes	1
1957 Philadelphia	38	40	.487	9 1/2	Yes	1

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	40	38	.513	_____	No	n/a
1975 St. Louis	39	39	.500	1	Yes	——
2000 Colorado	39	39	.500	1	Yes	——
1973 Houston	34	44	.436	6	Yes	5

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	48	30	.615	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	38	43	.469	11 1/2	Yes	2 1/2
2007 Los Angeles (N )	34	44	.436	14	Yes	5
1982 San Diego	33	51	.393	18	Yes	9

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	32	13	.711	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	29	19	.604	4 1/2	No	+5 1/2
1961 Yankees	22	23	.489	10	No	——
1999 Boston	18	27	.400	14	No	4

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	30	15	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	22	23	.489	8	Yes	—–
2006 Detroit	21	24	.467	9	Yes	1
1974 Oakland	18	27	.400	12	Yes	4

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	23	25	.479	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	20	25	.444	1 1/2	Yes	2
1924 Washington	20	28	.417	3	No	3 1/2
1967 Minnesota	16	29	.356	5.5	Yes	6

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	25	20	.556	—–	No	N/a
1955 Brooklyn	23	25	.479	3 1/2	Yes	1/2
1998 Atlanta	21	24	.467	4	No	n/a
2019 Washington Nats	21	24	.467	4	Yes	2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	27	18	.600	—–	Yes	n/a
1985 St. Louis	25	20	.556	2	No	+2
1971 Pittsburgh	23	22	.511	4	Yes	____
2003 Cubs	17	28	.378	10	Yes	6

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	32	13	.711	—-	No	n/a
2001 Arizona	22	23	.489	10	Yes	1
1977 Philadelphia	23	25	.479	10 1/2	Yes	1 1/2
2007 Colorado	19	29	.396	14 1/2	Yes	5

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of the online leagues teams contact me in comments.

New players are always welcome

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	22	11	.667	—-	n/a
St. Louis Cardinals	19	14	.576	3	+3
San Francisco Giants	15	18	.455	7	+1
Colorado Rockies	13	20	.394	9	1

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	24	9	.727	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	14	19	.424	10	—–
Seattle Mariners	14	19	.424	10	—–
San Diego Padres	11	22	.333	13	3

GERBL SABLE Dynasty Baseball 2019 Sim Season Draft

There is more to life than Democrats creating magic ballots to steal the republic thus crisis or no our Sable / Gerbel face to face tabletop baseball lead held our draft on Saturday.

The Draft order was determined by last years record and draft picks for the 1st five rounds were eligible to trade. Teams were able to retain from 6 to 16 of their previous players and then drafted till they held 35.

Drafting Team	Player	MLB Team	Position	C ?	SP ?	RP ?

Round 1
San Diego	Brett Sutter	MIL	LR			x
Seattle	Emilio Pagan	TB	SR			x
Tampa Bay	Marcus Simeon	OAK	SS
San Francisco	Tyler Glasnow	TB	SP		x
Washington	Javier Baez	ChC	SS
NYY	Michael Brantley	HOU	LF
St. Louis	German Marquez	COL	SP		x
Colorado	Darvish	ChC	SP		x

Round 2
San Diego	Aaron Bummer	ChC	LR			x
Seattle	David Fletcher	ANA	3B
Tampa Bay	Victor Robles	WSH	CF
San Francisco	Zach Gallen	ARI	SP		x
Washington	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	CF
NYY	Roberto Perez	CLE	Cat	x
Tampa Bay	Roman Laureno	OAK	CF
Colorado	Charlie Morton	TB	SP		x

Round 3
San Diego	Casey Sadler	LAD	LR			x
Seattle	Max Keplar	MIN	RF
Tampa Bay	Howie Kendrick	WSH	1B
San Francisco	Ryu	LAD	SP		x
Tampa Bay	Pettit	TB	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Oliver Drake	TB	LR			x
St. Louis	Starling Marte	PIT	CF
Tampa Bay	Lucas Giolito	CWS	SP		x

Round 4
San Diego	Mark Melancon	ATL	RP			x
Seattle	Alex Gordan	KC	LF
Tampa Bay	Wilson Conteras	CHC	C	x
San Francisco	Josh Hader	MIL	RP			x
Washington	Yadier Molina	StL	C	x
NYY	Justin Turner	LAD	3B
St. Louis	Christian Vazquez	BOS	C	x
Colorado	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B

Round 5
San Diego	Tony Walters	COL	C	x
Seattle	Matt Chapman	OAK	3B
Tampa Bay	Josh Bell	PIT	1B
San Francisco	Tyler Duffy	MIN	SR			x
Washington	Whit Merrifield	KC	2B
NYY	Cory Seager	LAD	SS
Tampa Bay	Andrelton Simmons	ANA	SS
Tampa Bay	Manny Machado	SD	3B

Round 6
San Diego	Yolmer Sanchez	CWS	2B
Seattle	Maillex Smith	SEA	CF
Tampa Bay	Buster Posey	SF	C
San Francisco	David Doll	COL	OF
Washington	Odorizzi	MIN	SP		x
NYY	Steven Strausberg	WSH	SP		x
St. Louis	Joe Musgrove	PIT	SP		x
Colorado	Alex Cologme	CWS	RP			x

Round 7
San Diego	Peon Braxton	SEA	CF
Seattle	Miguel Rojaz	MIA	SS
Tampa Bay	Edwin Encarnacion	NYY	1B
San Francisco	Brad Peacock	HOU	SP		x
Washington	Robby Ray	ARI	SP		x
NYY	Jonathan Villar	BAL	2B
St. Louis	Eric Sogard	TB	2B
Colorado	Jorge Solair	KC	OF

Round 8
San Diego	Yuli Guriel	HOU	1B
Seattle	Ross Stripling	LAD	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Brandon Workman	BOS	SR			x
San Francisco	Hanser Alberto	BAL	2B
Washington	Domingo German	NYY	S/RP		x	x
NYY	Mike Soroka	ATL	SP		x
St. Louis	Oscar Mercado	CLE	CF
Colorado	Danny Santana	TEX	1B

Round 9
San Diego	Evan Longoria	SF	3B
Seattle	Chad Green	NYY	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Cam Bedroisian	ANA	RP			x
San Francisco	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	OF
Washington	Gabriel Ynoa	BAL	S/RP		x	x
NYY	Marcus Stroman	NYM	SP		x
St. Louis	Eduardo Escobar	ARI	3B
Colorado	Hunter Renfro	SD	OF

Round 10
San Diego	Trevor May	MIN	RP			x
Seattle	Colin Mchugh	HOU	S/RP		x	x
Tampa Bay	Liam Hendricks	OAK	SR			x
San Francisco	Nick Wittgren	CLE	RP			x
Washington	Marcus Waldon	BOS	LR			x
NYY	Mike Zunino	TB	C	x
St. Louis	Melvis Goloria	KC	C	x
Colorado	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B

15 minute break

Round 11
San Diego	Carlos Santana	CLE	3B
Seattle	Tyler Clippard	CLE	RP			x
Tampa Bay	Ehire Adranza	MIN	SS
San Francisco	Mitch Garber	MIN	C	x
Washington	Sergio Romo	MIN	RP			x
NYY	Zach Britton	NYY	RP			x
St. Louis	Julio Urias	LAD	RP			x
Colorado	James McCann	CWS	C	x

Round 12
San Diego	Hunter Wood	CLE	RP			x
Seattle	Anthony Bass	SEA	RP			x
Tampa Bay	David Peralta	ARI	LF
San Francisco	Kevin Newman	PIT	SS
Washington	Anibel Sanchez	WSH	SP		x
NYY	Alex Verdugo	LAD	OF
St. Louis	Brandon Kintzler	CHC	RP			x
Colorado	Billy Hamilton	ATL	OF

Round 13
San Diego	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
Seattle	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
Tampa Bay	Zach Plesac	CLE	SP		x
San Francisco	Byron Buxton	MIN	CF
Washington	Kurt Suzuki	WSH	C	x
NYY	Alberto Mondesi	KC	SS
St. Louis	Jose Berrios	MIN	SP		x
Colorado	Kyle Schwarber	CHC	LF/C	x

Round 14
San Diego	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
Seattle	Dee Gordon	SEA	2B
San Francisco	Josh Osich	CWS	RP			x
Washington	Francisco Lindor	CLE	2B
NYY	Glaybar Torres	NYY	ss
St. Louis	Albert Pujols	ANA	1B
Colorado	Ian Happ	CHC	2B

Round 15
San Diego	Vladimer Guerrero Jr.	TOR	3B
Seattle	Adam Frazier	PIT	2B
San Francisco	Biggio	TOR	2B
Washington	Delino Deshields	TEX	2B
NYY	Scott Kingery	PHI	CF
St. Louis	Luis Rendiko	ANA	2B
Colorado	Stephan Creighton	ARI	LR			x

Round 16
San Diego	Jason Hayward	CHC	OF
Seattle	Harison Bader	StL	CF
San Francisco	Wil Harris	HOU	RP		x
Washington	Kyle Farmer	Cin	2B/C	x
NYY	Tanaka	NYY	SP		x
St. Louis	Greg Allen	CLE	LF
Colorado	Madea	LAD	S/RP		x	x

Round 17
San Diego	Francisco Cervelli	ATL	C	x
Seattle	Michael Conforto	NYM	RF
San Francisco	Robinson Chirinos	HOU	C	x
Washington	Austin Hedges	SD	C	x
NYY	Roberto Osuna	HOU	RP			x
St. Louis	Brian Anderson	MIA	3B
Colorado	Anthony Desciafani	CIN	SP		x

Round 18
Seattle	Isaih Kiner-Falefa	TEX	C/3B	x
San Francisco	Mike Canha	OAK	OF
Washington	Adam Plutko		S/RP		x	x
NYY	Pedro Baez	LAD	RP			x
St. Louis	Trevor Bauer	Cin	SP		x
Colorado	Joc Peterson	LAD	LF

Round 19
Seattle	Daniel Vogelbach	SEA	1B
San Francisco	Hunter Pence	Tex	OF
Washington	Wade Miley	HOU	SP		x
NYY	Scott Oberg	COL	RP			x
St. Louis	Daniel Murphy	COL	1B
Colorado	Lance Lynn	TEX	SP		x

15 Minute Break

Round 20
San Francisco	Matt Baumgardner	SF	SP		x
Washington	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP			x
NYY	Danny Swanson	ATL	SS
St. Louis	Hector Neris	PHI	RP			x
Colorado	Ryan Pressley	HOU	RP			x

Round 21
San Francisco	Tommy Phan	TB	LF
Washington	Eric Hosmer	SD	1B
NYY	Jandal Gustave	SF	RP			x
St. Louis	Ansel Robles	ANA	RP			x
Colorado	Carson Kelly	ARI	C	x

Round 22
San Francisco	Sean Doolittle	WSH	RP			x
Washington	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF
NYY	Ian Kennedy	KC	RP			x
St. Louis	Jeff Samarga	SF	SP		x
Colorado	Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B

Round 23
San Francisco	Nikki Lobez	KC	2B
Washington	Jason Kitmas	CLE	2B
NYY	Austin Meadows	TB	CF
St. Louis	Jiman Choi	TB	1B
Colorado	Jordan Hicks	STL	RP			x

Round 24
San Francisco	Sevy Zavala	CWS	C	x
Washington	Colin Moran	PIT	2B
NYY	Rowdy Tellez	TOR	1B
St. Louis	Brandon Drury	TOR	3B
Colorado	Christian Walker	ARI	1B

Round 25
Washington	Chris Owings	BOS	2B
NYY	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF
St. Louis	Jorge Polanco	MIN	SS
Colorado	Noah Sindergarten	NYM	SP		x

Round 26
Washington	Leroy Garcia	CWS	3B
NYY	Luis Serverino	NYY	SP		x
St. Louis	Jorge Polanco	MIN	SS
Colorado	Homer Bailey	OAK	SP		x

Round 27
Washington	Eddie Rosario	MIN	OF
Colorado	Dede Gregorious	NYY	SS

Round 28
Colorado	Carlos Carrera	HOU	SS

Round 29
Colorado	Reyes	HOU	RF

Round 30
Colorado	Adrian Howser	MIL	RP			x

Round 31
Colorado	Shane Green	ATL	RP			x

In addition to the standard draft there was the AA draft. This is a draft of any fringe player (fringe meaning a batter with a % or a pitcher with a spot start rating and no relief rating )

Teams were able to hold the rights to up to five AA players who can not be used this season. Franchises can retain up to five rookies that they already had rights to and then can fill any remaining spots via said draft.

1st Rnd
Team	Player	Position

San Diego	Jose Rodo	RP	OAK
Seattle	Chad Walch	C	MIA
Tampa Bay	Wil Smith	C	LAD
Washington	Adam Haseluy	CF	PHI
NYY	Bo Bichette	OF	TOR
St. Louis	Genesis Cabrera	S/RP	StL

2nd Rnd

Seattle	Tim Lopes	CF	SEA
Tampa Bay	Dustin May	RP	LAD
Washington	Emmanuel Place	RP	TEX
NYY	Austin Riley	LF	ATL
St. Louis	Adam Duval	OF/1B	ATL

3rd Rnd

Seattle	Austin Adams	RP	SEA
Tampa Bay	Wendelken	RP	OAK
NYY	Eric Kratz	C	TB


4th Rnd

Seattle	Marco Hernandez	2B	BOS
Tampa Bay	Gonsolin	SP	LAD

5th Rnd

Seattle	Tyler Alexander	RP	DET

St. Louis also has Sean Manaea

If a player retains “fringe” status the following season a team may keep them on their AA roster. If said player gets fulltime status they must either be kept on their standard 35 man roster or be released.

Opening Day is Black Saturday (Nov 28th) for a 60 game season. Good luck to all.

If you have an interest in joining next year contact us. if we have multiple players interested a short AA season might be possible as a test run to be played at the same time as the regular season using the non-drafted fringe players as a roster.

Dynasty 100 Loss All Futility League Report: East Divisions 5-24

The latest of a weekly series on the teams in my Online (or in person) Dynasty baseball simulation leagues I run. All are leagues are currently full but if you have an interest in joining the expanded futility league next season or want to be in the waiting list for the great teams league leave a message in comments.

This week we visit the Dynasty All Pathetic 100 loss league consisting only of teams that lost 100 games in a season. As of today most teams have 10 or less games for their season. All starts are current as of 9:30 PM EST Saturday

American League

1973 Chicago White Sox 1st place

When we last left the 1970 White Sox Tampa Bay was nipping at their heels and how it would end was anyone’s guess. Today barring a historic last minute collapse the White Sox look poised to lock up the AL East. 9 1/2 games up with 11 to play.

Heroes: Bill Melton (.268 35 HR 124 RBI ) and Ed Herrmann (..291 37 HR 103 RBI) are contending for the RBI & HR lead respectively. Meanwhile Tommy John Quest for 20 wins might come up short, but he’s continues to lead the league in innings and remains in the top five in ERA, wins, K’s and avg against.

Zeros: When last time we looked Sid O’Brien was hitting a bit better than Bobby Knoop and still is .221 to .219 but also like last time his fielding numbers .927 at 3rd and .947 at 2nd aren’t up to grade. If you want to point to a reason why Chicago might clinch this week starter Barry Moore isn’t one of them at 5-9 with a team worst 6.28 ERA over 25 starts.

Wild Cards: The White Sox are the only team in the AL with an ERA under 4 (3.98) and the biggest part of that is the Solid Defense up the middle provided by Luis Aparicio at short, Bobby Knoop at second base and Ken Berry in Center Field.

Coming Attractions: Chicago only needs two wins to clinch but the schedule won’t help much as they play their final three game home series against the west leading 2008 Seattle Mariners and then finish the season on the road visiting the red hot 1973 Texas Rangers 3 three then head for Tampa Bay for a pair against the 2nd Place 2002 Devil Rays before finishing the regular season in Kansas City with three against the 2005 Royals.

Injury Report: The team is all present and accounted for although pitcher Bart Johnson is a tad overworked. However Manager Ingemi has noted that he will be pitching John on three days rest in order to give him the three starts needed for a chance at 20 wins (currently at 17) that might be a risky move with the playoffs coming up.

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2nd 67-76 10 GB Tragic number 2

Despite some of the biggest producers in the league Tampa Bay finds itself on the cusp of elimination with 11 games to go. Can their big bats pull off a final miracle to give them that chance?

Heroes: The one two punch of Aubrey Huff who leads the majors in Batting, Slugging, OPS and Hits while leading the AL in OBP and HR & RBI’s is complemented by Randy Wynn who leads the majors in runs while settling for 2nd in the AL in batting, Triples, OPS 3rd in Doubles, 4th in hits and 5th in OPS.

Zeros: Unfortunately while Huff and Wynn taketh , pitchers like starters Joe Kennedy (6-12 5.00 ERA .299 Avg against, Tanyon Sturtze (9-9 5.15 ERA 3.03 avg against ) givith away with a lot of help from the bullpen members like Wilson Alverez (5-7 6.96 ERA 1 sv 4 bs ) givith away.

Wild Card: While I specified Alversz under zeros due to the worst ERA on the team the closing staff in general like Steve Kent (3 saves 5 blown) Victor Zambrano (4 saves 4 blown) and particularly Estiban Yan (23 saves 10 blown) contributed to the Rays having the most blown saves in the AL

Coming Attractions: Tampa is the only other AL east team with meaningful games reaming concluding their final road trip with three in Baltimore to face the 2018 Orioles and 3 more in Kansas City vs the 2005 Royals. Then it’s back home to finish the season with a pair against the 1970 White Sox and 3 vs the 1973 Texas Rangers.

Injuries: If Tampa is Eliminated this week it won’t be due to injuries as all are healthy and ready to play

2018 Baltimore Orioles 59-84 3rd 18 GB

In theory the O’s have a shot to catch Tampa Bay to finish 2nd but their main concerning is keeping that half game lead over Detroit to keep from finishing in the basement and trying to miss the 90 loss mark.

Heroes: Johnathan Villar has been a bright spot on the O’s leading the league in SB with a chance to catch Huff for the Runs lead while 3rd in the league in walks and top ten in OBP, OPS & hits. When they managed to get a late lead closer Mychal Glvens has done the job leading the league with 28 saves while blowing only 4

Zeros: Starters David Hess (7.46 ERA .310 avg against) and Bundy Dillan (6-15) 6.34 ERA .311 avg against have a lot to do with where the Orioles are but according to manager Keith D the range or lack there of of outfielders Trey Mancini, Danny Valencia and occasional lapses by Adam Jones when he plays right have a lot to do with the team’s 5.83 ERA.

Wild Cards: Manny Machado came back to the O’s late in the season but he has made an impact hitting .344 and driving 20 in 22 games. Would a full season have done the trick?

Coming attractions: Baltimore will have a lot to do with how things end with 9 games at home first with a chance to eliminate the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3 then 3 vs 1982 Minnesota Twins also dodging elimination then finishing their home season with a pair vs the West leading 2008 Seattle Mariners fighting to keep their lead before traveling to Detroit to take on the 2003 Tigers in three games to decide who will take up the division’s rear.

Injuries: If Baltimore had made it to the playoffs there was a chance that infielder Tim Beckham might have played again this season but as it is Baltimore will have to play spoiler without him.

2003 Detroit Tigers 59-85 4th place 18 1/2 GB

The Tigers are playing for pride and thanks to a late Mets surge prevent themselves from finishing with the worst record in the majors. Can they pass the Orioles to finish 3rd or will they become a byword for futility?

Heroes: Dimitri Young remains one of the most dangerous hitters in the league currently top in in six different offensive categories and in striking distance in batting slugging and OPS. Alex Sanchez 13 Triples leads the league and his .322 avg is good enough for 8th with a chance to go higher.

Zeros: Mike Maroth leads the American league with 18 losses which is not a surprise given his .312 avg against and 6.41 ERA, but Nate Comejo’s 6.53 ERA & .347 avg is worse despite his 11-13 record but even though Gary Knotts 6.18 & .305 avg against his better than both his 3-11 record is a lowlight for the team.

Wild Card: Despite playing in home run friendly Detroit for half their games the Tigers are Dead last in the AL in homers with only 120 so far this season. Meanwhile their team ERA 5.15 is only outdone by the O’s in futility.

Coming Attractions: Detroit will have a lot to do with how the West is won welcoming the 1973 Texas Rangers and the 2008 Seattle Mariners for 3 each at home before their final brief two game road trip to Minnesota vs the 1982 Twins become coming home to face the 2018 Orioles to decide who is the worst team of them all.

Injuries: Everyone is healthy but given their record not sure if that’s good or bad.

National League East

2009 Washington Nationals 96-50 1st Clinched

The Washington Nationals have had the best record in the majors and the only question left is will they get to the 100 win mark. They are the prohibitive favorite for the World Series but in the playoffs anything can happen.

Heroes:Adam Dunn, josh Willingham, Nyler Morgan Christan Guzman & Willie Harris are all leading or in the top 3 of every offensive category except doubles n the mound closer Mike MacDougal has a 1.98 ERA & leads the league in saves (28) only blowing 5.

Zeros: Livan Hernandez has managed to go 5-8 win 30 starts on a 96 win team. I suspect his 6.52 ERA and .323 avg against has something to do with this. Another weak link is reliever Ron Villone who despite his 6-4 record has blown 4 of 6 games with a 5.30 ERA in 65 games.

Wild Cards: How good is this team? Catcher Will Nieves is about the only member of the team not producing big his .258 avg is the team low with only 1 homer and his 49 RBI is the lowest almond any player with more than 200 ab.

Coming attractions: the quest for 100 wins goes on at home with 3 vs the 1998 Florida Marlins and 2 vs the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates before finishing the regular season in NYC with 3 vs the 1967 Mets

Injury Report: Wil Nieves will miss game one vs the Marlins and Austin Kearns will not be available until the playoffs but the question is will the Nats sit key starters vs letting them compete for batting and slugging titles?

1998 Florida Marlins 80-66 2nd place 16 GB Eliminated

In any other division the Marlins would either be leading or in the thick of things but thanks to the domination of the Nationals they will have to wait for expansion next year for a chance at a playoff spot.

Heroes: Edger Renteria is tied for the league lead in runs (115) & 3rd in SB. CLIFF FLOYD is 3rd in the league in RBI’s (116) & hits (179) and top 10 in batting slugging and OPS and doubles.. One the Mound Livan Hernandez is third in ERA (3.02) and 4th in wins, (14) K’s (170) and inning pitched (217 2/3). In the Pen Matt Mantei is not only 15 of 17 in save chances but 9-4 with a 2.28 ERA out of the pen.

Zeros: If you want to point fingers at how Florida ended up eliminated. Simply look at Andy Larkin (0-8 in 30 games 17 starts ERA 7.13 avg .321) and Ryan Dempster (0-6 10 starts 12.16 ERA .420 avg against. If even five of those 14 losses had been wins. Florida would not be eliminated yet.

Wild Card: Florida as a team is only 1 game over .500 in nine inning games but once you get into extras they are 16-3 the best record by far in the majors and that’s after going 2-3 in their last five games in extra.

Coming Attractions: Florida is playing for pride and stats these days with 3 at Washington vs the 2009 Nationals followed by a quick 2 game final homestand vs the 1967 Mets before heading back on the road Pittsburgh to end their season vs the 2010 Pirates.

Injury Report: Veteran Catcher Gregg Zaun will miss the 1st two against the Nats but will be back to finish the season.

2010 Pittsburgh Pirates 73-73 3rd place 23 GB Eliminated

The Pirates can claim a moral victory. For a ling time they had the worst record in the league and fought back to .500 with 8 games to play. If they were in the west they would only be a game out. Can they finish with a record that would have won the west?

Heroes:Aramas Ramirez is leading the league in RBI’s s (179) and top 10 in batting slugging and OPS and doubles.. Brian Giles is hitt .324 (3rd) with an OBP .435 (2nd) OBS of 1.004 (2nd) slugging .569 (2nd) third in runs (113) triples (11) and walks (105) On the mound Dave Williams 2.80 is currently 2nd s (170) as is his WHIP of 1.01.

Zeros: Mike Fetters leads the NL in blown saves with 8 a 40% failure rate. but with an 8.49 ERA that’s to be expected. At the plate Jack Wilson’s triple crown numbers of .218 3HR 39 RBI’s isn’t scaring anybody.

Wild Cards: Pittsburgh offense is driven by the HR their 148 is third in the majors , their .250 team batting avg is however also 3rd worst in the majors.

Coming Attractions: Pittsburgh’s quest for an over .500 record continues in NY with three vs the 1967 Mets then heads for DC for a pair against the 2009 Nationals before they head home to finish vs the 1998 Florida Marlins.

Injury Report: Armando Rios and Mike Lincoln are both out for the year. Damaso Marte will miss the series vs the Mets but Keith Osik will be available by game 3.

1967 New York Mets 58-88 38 GB Eliminated.

For a good chunk of the season there was a real question if the Mets would loos 100 but now they have an outside chance of NOT finishing with the worst record in the majors? Can they pull one final rabbit out of the hat?

Heroes While :Tommy Davis at 179 hits (2nd) and a .320 avg (4th) and 8th in SB is worth a mention The fact that Tom Seaver has won 20 games for the team with the worst record is the majors (tied for 1st with Randy Johnson is astounding. Seaver is 7th in ERA 2nd in Strikeouts (213) 8th in innings, and 1st in fewest HR per 9 innings (0.49) the ONLY non relief category that anyone is beating Johnson in. If it wasn’t for Randy he would be a shoo in for the NL Cy Young.

Zeros: How poor have Jerry Grote and Jerry Bucheck hit? Tom Seaver has a better avg than both. But if you want to choose a zero Well there’s Don Cardwell (5-14) Jack Fisher (3-20) leading the league in losses and Dennis Bennett (5-11) and of course Ron Taylor with 4 saves in 11 chances.

Wild card: How critical is Seaver? The Mets 4.51 ERA is 7th in the 16 team major leagues. remove Seaver and it becomes 4.80 which would be 11th. But when you hit only 67 home runs last in the majors not to mention last in the majors in doubles hits and RBI’s and last in the NL in walks those 20 wins look even more miraclious.

Coming Attractions: The Mets have three at home vs the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates before jetting to Florida for their final away series vs the 1998 Marlins before ending the season vs the 2009 Washington Nationals. Can Seaver finish ahead of Johnson in wins?

Injury Report: The entire team is healthy for those final eight games?

Dynasty 100 Loss All Futility League Report: East Divisions

The latest of a weekly series on the teams in my Online (or in person) Dynasty baseball simulation leagues I run. If you have an interest in joining one leave a message in comments.

This week we visit the Dynasty All Pathetic 100 loss league consisting only of teams that lost 100 games in a season. We are in the home stretch here with about 40 games to go of a 154 game season.

AL East

1970 Chicago White Sox

With 38 games to go the Mariners are just one series away from tying. Can the White Sox continue to hold their lead with a few big bats and and the best pitching in the AL or will a suspect defense at the corners let them down?

Heroes: Bill Melton (29 HR 98 RBI ) and Ed Herrmann (30 HR 80 RBI) may be the 2nd best HR duo for a team but they have made the difference in game after game. Meanwhile on the mound Tommy John has been an innings horse 208 innings, 10 complete games and a respectable 3.72 ERA

Zeroes: Barry Moore has been much worse than his 5-5 record indicates, with a 5.69 ERA and a .296 batting avg against he’s kept many a door open. Meanwhile while Sid O’Brien has been acceptable at the bat when occasionally starting his .933 percentage at 2nd and .930 at 3rd has helped extend plenty of rallies but when it come to bad defense Walt Williams takes the cake with an .897 in left and a 917 in right.

Wild Cards: The best arms in the White Sox bullpen are looking tired as the season nears its end. That could spell disaster shortly.

Coming attractions: The Pale Hose finish a 4 city roadtrip with a pair against the 1st place 1982 Twins before a quick stop at home for a pair vs the 2003 Tigers before heading off to Baltimore for a 4 game series that will likely make or break the 2018 Orioles.

2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Tampa under it’s new manager has risen to within three games of Chicago and on occasion even closer. Can the timely hitting overcome an average pitching staff?

Heroes: No question who the heroes are on this team Aubrey Huff leads the league in batting (.358) Slugging .631 OB+Slugging (1.053) and Runs Batted in. and is top five in Runs, Hits and On Base Percentage. The only reason he’s not a lock for the MVP is teammate Randy Wynn who leads the league in Runs, Triples, Stolen bases 2nd in Avg, .(356) Hits (172) Doubles (37) and is top five in two others.

Zeroes: Estaban Yan may have 21 saves but he’s also blown 8 on the way accounting 4.11 ERA & 6-10 record, and of course a lot of runs don’t help a lot when you have starters Joe Kennedy (6-9 ERA 5.00 AVG .302) and Tanyon Sturtez (7-7 ERA 4.99 Avg .304) helping the other guys along.

Wild Cards: Almost half of their remaining games are against teams currently in or tied for 1st place in a division.

Coming Attractions: It’s two in Minnesota against the 1st place 1982 Twins before a 9 game home stand vs 2008 Mariners (4), 2018 Orioles (2) and the 2005 Royals (3).

2018 Baltimore Orioles

Despite losing their manager early in the season the Orioles still have an outside shot (a very outside shot). Can this ship without a rudder steer itself straight in the closing weeks of the campaign?

Heroes: Jonathan Villar has provided the triple crown numbers for the team (.325, 21HR 71 RBI) while leading the team in runs by more than 40 and stealing 37 bases. While reliever Mychal Givens has proved to be not only a workhorse but one of the best closers in the league with 23 saves with only 4 blown and a 6-2 record to go along with it.

Zeroes: Having a great closer doesn’t help if you can’t get to him and the O’s boast the worst pitching in the AL as David Hess (7.58 ERA 19 HR allowed .316 avg) Dylan Bundy (5.95 ERA 19 HR .305 allowed ) and Andrew Cashner (5.22 ERA .290 AVG 13 HR allowed) just haven’t done the job.

Wild Cards: What as bad as having the worst pitching in the league, having the lowest fielding percentage in the majors (.978)

Coming Attractions: after a pair vs the slugging 1973 Texas Rangers the O’s have 4 at home vs the 1970 White Sox and then start a road trip that begins in Tampa Bay with a pair against the 2002 Devil Rays. If they are to climb back into the race this will be their chance.

2003 Detroit Tigers:

The math still says that the Tigers have a shot but with pitching only slightly better than Baltimore and Hitting that is meh. It will take a real run of luck for these cats to roar into the playoffs.

Heroes: Dimirti Young has been at the top of his game all year with 26 HR 91 RBI a .341 abg and an OPS of .992 On a bad pitching staff Wil Ledezma has managed to put together a 6-3 record mostly from the bullpen with a few starts for good measure and Chris Spurling has thrown 106 innings all in relief with an era under 4 on a team whose ERA is over 5.

Zeroes: While Omar Infante (.205 0HR 25 RBI in 111 games is an obvious choice if you list the Tigers pitching by ERA their four primary starts are at the bottom with only Jeremy Bonderman with an ERA below six (5.45) but Nate Cornejo (9-11 6.14 ERA .343 avg) Gary Knotts (3-10 6.28 ERA 16 HR allowed) and Mike Maroth (6-16 6.75 ERA 24 HR allowed .327 Avg) have been the gifts that keep giving to opposing batters.

Wild Card: Whatever is to blame for Detroit’s problems it’s not the glovework as the Tigers are tied for the best fielding percentage in the league.

Coming Attractions: If Detroit is going to make a move the best time for them is now with a pair at Chicago followed by 4 at home vs the last place 2005 Kansas City Royals and then back on the road for the 1973 Texas Rangers.

National League East

2009 Washington Nationals

The Nationals have dominated the National League since almost the start beginning with a pair of 4 game win streaks to start and never looking back. The only question left is can they sustain this level of winning when the playoffs come around?

Heroes: Adam Dunn has been a monster a the plate with 36 HR and 105 RBI’s meanwhile Morgan Nyjer has not only hit .335 but has stolen 63 bases and scored 96 runs meanwhile John Lannan’s 13-5 record is driven by a .203 batting avg against and 2 k’s for every walk 114 vs 57 (despite 17 HR)

Zeroes: It’s hard to find zeros on a team that has only lost 37 games but while starter Livan Hernandez has given up just one less HR than Lannan he’s also allowed a .312 avg against and a 6.41 ERA on a team that has outscored their opponents by over 175 runs certainly qualifies. How good is this offense? Their “Zero” in the hitting column Elijah Dukes is hitting .235 with 13 HR 83 RBI and 24 doubles. Even their least productive overall hitter Wil Nieves whose .261 avg 1 HR & 39 RBI in 353 AB are not impressive is hitting .315 with runners in scoring position.

Wild Card: Since acquiring their new manager the Nationals who were already solidly in command have won 12 of their last 14.

Coming Attractions: The Nats welcome the NL West with series vs the 1st place 2012 Houston Astros (2) and the 1973 Padres (4) before heading off to a three city Road stand that will take them to Milwaukee, Florida and Pittsburgh.

1998 Florida Marlins

If you moved the Marlins to any other division in the league they would be leading by anywhere from 3 to 8 games instead they find themselves 10 games back with 38 to play. Can they recover?

Heroes: The Marlins have won with pitching (3.72 team ERA) and Starter Livan Hernandez (12-9 2.68 ERA .140 avg .228 avg against) has been the biggest part of an excellent staff, it helps when your closer Matt Mantei is 14 of 16 in save chances with a 9-3 record and workhourse reliever Vic Darensbourg with a 1.51 ERA in 101 1/3 innings and a 9-2 record in relief. Of course Cliff Floyd’s 18 HR and 92 RBI’s haven’t hurt either.

Zeroes: The only dark spot on the rotation has been Andy Larkin (0-7 in 15 starts with an era of 6.63 almost double the team avg. At the plate Derrek Lee has 14 HR but has only hit .201, .180 with runners in scoring position and managed an OBP of .288 while Gregg Zaun has managed only .212 with 4 HR and 44 RBI.

Wild Cards: If you’re going to beat the Marlins you had better do it in nine innings. They are a perfect 15-0 in extra inning games.

Coming Attractions: Florida finishes a home stand with 2 against the 1973 Padres and a pair against the 2002 Brewers before heading on the road to try and knock the 2012 Astros off their perch at the top of the NL West.

2010 Pittsburgh Pirates

After a horrible start the Pirates have somehow managed to make it back to .500. With only 38 games to go can they rally to make a respectable finish?

Heroes: Brian Giles (.327 20 HR 72 RBI) numbers are nothing to sneeze at but for pure power i’s been Aramis Ramierz with 30 HR (2nd in NL) and 117 RBI (1st) that has really done the job

Zeroes: While the injury bug has not been kind to Bronson Arroyo it’s not a good excuse for an ERA 2 full runs over the team avg and a .310 avg .062 above the rest of the staff. Jack Wilson has been a disappointment with a .221 3 28 triple crown line and an OBP under .300 (.291)

Wildcard: The Pirates have been incredibly average everywhere with identical 29-29 records at home and on the road, but have blown 22 out of 56 save chances.

Coming Attractions: Pittsburgh’s quest to go beyond avg continues with a pair vs 2004 Arizona and then 4 at 2002 Milwaukee before they come home for a nine game set that begins with the 1967 Mets

1967 New York Mets

In a league of 100 loss teams the 1967 Mets have been a loser among losers as with 38 games to go they are a single loss away from being mathematically eliminated. Dare I say Amazing?

Heroes: No question who the hero is on this team Tom Seaver is 15-8 with an ERA of 3.36 and 167 K’s vs only 58 walks he’s also pitched 8 complete games which is seven more than the rest of the rotation combined. Despite playing in 103 games Bob Johnson has only managed 167 at bats but in those limited at bats he’s hit .365 with an OPS of .880

Zeroes: At the plate Jerry Grote has been the lowest of the low lights for the gothamites (.170 1 HR 26 RBI in 317 AB) on the mound despite Jack Fisher’s 2-16 record the biggest villains in the rotation are Don Cardwell (4-12 3.16 avg 5.58 ERA) and Dennis Bennett (4-10 6.26 ERA 19 HR in 100 2/3 innings)

Wild Cards: Polhittingly Correct The Mets bats are careful not to offend anyone. They are not only the last in the league in HR, but last in Runs, Doubles RBI’s OBP Slugging and OPS

Coming Attractions: the 1974 SanDiego Padres get the honor of trying to officially eliminate the Mets at their home but if they fail to do so, the 2004 Arizona Diamondback get four chances to do it in Shea before they head off to Houston to face the 2012 Astros.

Dynasty Players Choice League AL / NL Div C Report

The Latest of our reports from my Dynasty Players Choice league by division. Next week we’ll bring you updates from our all futility league but for now. Division C in the Players Choice League:

AL Division C

2015 Kansas City Royals

After a slow start the Royals not only have 1st place in the AL Division C but the best record in the American league. Can their one run heroics (7-3) in one run games continue to keep them on top?

Heroes: It’s hard to pick one hero on this team but but Kendrys Morales is a great candidate. with his team leading .315 avg. 15 RBI while hitting .364 with runners in scoring position. On the Mound Johnny Cueto is 4-0 with a team leading 43 2/3 innings 2 complete games and a WHIP of only 1.17. While Wade Davis is 4-4 in save chances twice as many k’s as BB and has yet to give up an earned run.

Zeroes: Salvador Perez is a reluctant choice for a zero. His .214 avg is last on the team and 17K’s in 84 AB is a lot but he’s driven in 9 runs (.333 with 2 outs & RISP) and has caught 2 of 7 who have tried to steal off him. However there is no doubt about Starters Danny Duffy (1-3) .398 avg against 8.35 ERA and Jeremy Guthrie (0-2 .410 avg against 12.00 ERA) their seven starts are the reason this team is not a lot farther ahead.

Wildcard: Ben Zobrist was hitting .455 with runners in scoring position and .333 with 2 outs and runners in scoring position with 5 HR in only 13 games before going on the DL. Now that he’s back a team expect the teams -2 Run differential to change dramatically, particularly against opponents with a combined 28-33 record.

Coming attractions: A quick 3 game homestand vs the 2009 Yankees is followed by a six game road trip to opposite ends of the Country against the 1988 A’s in Oakland and then the 2013 Redsox in Boston.

1924 Washington Senators

A just over .500 record might be good enough and even stats might be a big improvement over last seasons epic 4-21 finish to the season but if they expect to do better than fighting for the last playoff spot they will have to surge.

Heroes: Roger Peckinpaugh’s 3 HR is more than all he hit last year. Combine that with a dozen RBI, a dozen walks and the team lead in runs despite batting 6-9th and he’s looking good. Tommy Taylor might be a part time player but he’s hitting .297 and shares the league lead in triples with teammate Sam Rice with 4. On the Mound George Mogridge is 4th League ERA (2.38) 2nd in wins (4) 3rd in avg against (.216) and is the reason why the Senators are only 1 1/2 out.

Zeroes: Curly Ogden has been nothing short of disaster both as a starter and a reliever 0-3 8.27 ERA Seven walks and 4 HR allowed vs only one strikeout. Bucky Harris has scored 13 runs but is batting only .234 with a .237 slugging percentage and with .077 avg when leading off isn’t getting the table set. Not that it would matter for Joe Judge whose slump which started at the end of last season keeping him from 100 RBI’s continues. He has only 5 RBI a .237 avg and an anemic .111 avg with runners in scoring position and is hitless with runners in scoring position with 2 outs.

Wild Card: Walter Johnson has been a workhorse 3rd in inning pitched in the league holding batters to a .217 avg (4th) & a WHIP of 1.18 (6th) in the lead while hitting .364 with 1 HR and 4 RBI’s off the bench but only has a only a 3-3 record thanks to a 3.61 ERA and six homers. Will he settle down or will the use of him on 3 days rest mean an average Johnson.

Coming Attractions: The Senators finish a home stand vs the 2009 Yankees, Fly off to Oakland to face the 1998 A’s for a series before beginning a long 21 game homestand staring against the 2013 Redsox.

2009 New York Yankees

After losing six of their first 8 the Bronx Bombers are only a game under five hundred winning six of their last 8. Are they poised to make their move or are the roadblocks ahead too big?

Heroes: Derek Jeter’s .337 avg coupled with his team lead in hits high RBI & runs scored totals coupled with error less play at short are huge although perhaps not as huge as Mark Teixeira’s league lead in HR and 8th spot in the RBI race. Meanwhile on a Pitching staff that has been avg or worse reliever Alfredo Aceves WHIP of 1.09 and 2.87 ERA is a breath of fresh air.

Zeroes: Mariano Rivera‘s four blown saves vs 3 saves and ERA over 5 (5.52) is a big reason why the Yanks are under .500 but with AM Burnett (2-2 6.39 ERA .310 avg against) Andy Pettitte (0-3 6.67 ERA .339 avg against) and Joba Chamberlain (0-2 7.45 ERA .316 avg against) putting up these kind of numbers over 13 starts it’s a wonder there they are only a game under .500. of course Jorge Posada .130 avg and single HR coupled with 6 bases stolen against and two errors doesn’t help much either.

Wildcards: The Yanks are 7-5 in games outside the division but with an unbalanced schedule that can be fatal, however they are a perfect 2-0 in extras.

Coming Attractions: The Yanks get a chance to climb back in the race with a 12 game road trip that starts with a pair of division rivals ahead of them as it takes them to Washington to face the 1924 Senators and the 1st place 2015 Royals before heading off to Chicago to face the 2005 White Sox and Toronto for the 1993 BlueJays

2002 Anaheim Angles

The Angels are one of two teams still without a full time manager and it shows. With both the worst record in the league and the worst run differential is it a lost season or can the Halos turn it around.

Heroes: David Eckstein’s .327 avg and .412 OB is a big reason why he leads the teams in runs and a .333 avg with runners on isn’t bad either (although those five errors haven’t helped) much. On the pitching side Brendan Donnelly has been spectacular in relief with a 3-0 record and a WHIP of 0.91 in 6 games has been one of the few reasons to cheer.

Zeroes: Oh the Agony of choice on this team for this dishonor but let’s begin with starters Kevin Appier (1-4 8.77 ERA .342 avg against ) and Jon Lackey ( 0-1 8.71 ERA only 10 1/3 innings in 3 starts) who haven’t done the job on the mound, while Ben Molina’s 3 errors behind the plate while batting .171 at it have been disastrous.

Wild Card: The lack of a full time manager makes things harder but not as hard as Left handed pitching. The team is 1-9 against southpaws.

Coming Attractions: A 9 game road trip might just be the thing to get their minds off their troubles. They’ll start in Chicago to face the 2004 White Sox head north to Detroit for the 1968 Tigers and then to Cleveland against the defending AL champs the 1954 Indians.

NL Div C

2016 Chicago Cubs

With a team Tied for the 2nd best record in the league and in first place it would seem like smooth sailing for the Cubs however when despite all this you share 1st with another team it looks like this season is going to be a fight from 1st to last.

Heroes: On a Team that’s only batting .232 Dexter Fowler’s .311 avg 2 HR 11 RBI and four triples (2nd in the league) stands out. But with a team ERA of .263 there are a bunch of candidates, so we’ll name John Lackey (3-0 .182 avg 1.98 ERA) and Jon Lester (2-0 2.10 ERA and 31 K vs 11 walks to start) with Aroldis Chapman (1-0 2 sv 22k vs 3 BB and no runs allowed in 11 1/3 ) leads the way.

Zeroes: the only dark spot in the rotation has been Kyle Hendricks with a 4.15 ERA and a 2-3 Record and a fielding percentage of .667. Javier Baez .191 avg and .242 OB is the worst of a bad lot

Wild Cards Despite the 2nd best record in the league the Cubs OBS of .666 is the 2nd worst. Jake Arrieta has been the teams hard luck loser at 1-4 with a 2.06 ERA but he’s had even harder luck in his two away starts with an 0-2 record despite a 1.72 ERA and 21k vs 5 walks.

Coming Attractions: the Cubs put their incredible ERA to the test in Cincinnati against the 1975 Big Red Machine before coming home to face power hitting 2019 Nationals and then Hank Aaron’s 1957 Braves.

1962 San Francisco Giants

The defending division champs want another chance that the Pennant but despite the 2nd best record in game those pesky Cubs won’t give in and Philly is even in the loss column. Can they make some distance.

Heroes: Willie McCovey has been pounding the ball with a .397 avg 7 HR and 22 RBI’s and Felipe Alou at .375 6 HR and 24 RBI is right behind. While on the mound Juan Marichal (3-1 1.93 ERA in six starts) leads the way.

Zeroes: Don Larson two blown saves in two chances are no accident with hitters batting .320 vs him and and a 9.00 ERA. While Bobby Bolin’s ERA is a full run better (7.85) five HR in 18.1 innings means trouble but so does Jose Pagan .170 avg with but a single dinger

Wild Cards: The Giants have feasted on right handers with a 12-5 record and have really shined in day games at 6-2.

Coming Attractions: It’s a nasty road Trip for the Giants: with three in Philly vs the 2008 Phillies followed by a trip to Brooklyn for the 1955 Dodgers and before finishing back in their old stomping ground of New York against the 1986 Mets.

2008 Philadelphia Phillies

Sitting even in the loss column with both the Giants and Cubs The Phillies just on burst away from heading right to the top.

Heroes: Shane Victorino has been an RBI machine driving in 19 with a .326 avg while also scoring a team leading 14. Closer Brad Lidge has been the warrior with 6 saves in 7 chances, a 1.35 ERA and 17k’s in 13 1/3 innings over 13 games. In 19 games Geoff Jenkins is hitting .418 with 2 homers and 12 RBI’s

Zeroes: Kyle Kendrick only managed 14.2 innings in four starts with a 10.43 ERA and 11 walks vs 5 k’s. Rudy Seanez ERA is almost 5 runs better at 5.82 but he’s 0-3 with a blown save in 13 games of unimpressive relief.

Wild Cards: Ryan Howard is only hitting .152 but with 12 hits but with those 12 hits he’s managed 5 HR and 9 RBI while scoring 13 runs.

Coming Attractions: It’s 3 on the road with the 2005 Astros before heading home with a shot at the 1962 San Francisco Giants before heading on the road again first to face the 1975 Cincinnati Reds and the 2019 Washington Nationals.

2005 Houston Astros

A 9-12 start isn’t a disaster this early in the season but with the three teams ahead all in single digits for losses there are a lot of people to pass to get back in this race.

Heroes: Orlando Palmeiro is hitting .362 over 18 games while Morgan Ensberg has managed five homers and 14 RBI’s and an .885 OPS to lead the team in all three categories. Willy Travers 24 hits leads the team and he has 9 SB to go along with it. Roger Clemens has an 1.88 ERA with three complete games and three wins in six starts.

Zeroes: Andy Pettitte’s 4.66 ERA doesn’t sound bad but on a team with an ERA of 3.03 it’s been good for a 0-4 record thanks to six HR allowed, a full half the amount of the entire staff. Meanwhile Brad Lidge has been the opposite of his Philadelphia twin blowing 2 of 3 save chances with a team worst 4.82 ERA. Brad Ausmus .164 avg is the worst on a bad team of those who qualify.

Wild Cards: The good news is the Astros are holding their opponents to a .219 avg with only 9 HR over 21 games. The bad news is they’re only batting .215 with 9 HR themselves.

Coming Attractions: It’s three games at home vs the 2008 Phillies then it’s on the road to NYC 1st to Brooklyn vs the 1955 Dodgers, and then to Shea for the 1998 Mets then it’s south to Florida for 3 vs the 1997 Marlins

Sunday Morning Under the Fedora Media vs Brady, Kyrie addition by subtraction, Tampa Bay Lightning not striking twice, Betts as Ruth Redux and Games on paper vs games on paper

Are we still after last year seeing sports casters saying that even if the New England Patriots win against the hapless Dolphins today that the only question in the playoffs is: “Do the Patriots lose to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at home or in Kansas city?”

Now don’t get me wrong, Kansas City is a good team and as demonstrated earlier in the year they are quite capable of beating any team including the Patriots, but I can’t think of anything that is more likely to motivate an already great Patriots defense and Tom Brady back into “Deflategate revenge tour” mode than stuff like this.

It’s still very early in the season but I’d like to point out that last year the Brooklyn Nets finished the year at 42-40 with a .512 winning percentage without Kyrie Irving as the 6th seed while the Boston Celtics finished at 49-33 with a .598 winning percentage as the 5th seed in the east with Kyrie irving.

This year Irving left the Celtics and the team is currently the #3 seed at 22-8 with a .733 winning percentage and even with the #2 Miami Heat in the Loss Column. Irving signed with the nets who are currently 16-15 with a .516 winning percentage and 7th seeded in the conference, but more importantly is 12-8 with a .600 winning percentage since an injury sidelined Irving after a 4-7 start.

This man is the anti-Brady

Last year in the NHL during the Regular Season the Tampa Bay Lightning simply dominated the league in a way we hadn’t seen in years until the playoffs came around. I remember driving home after game one listening to sports radio as they declared that despite that loss Columbus had no chance right up until they finished the lightning off.

It’s a year later and the team that managed 128 points, a solid 20 above every other is now currently at 42 points five points behind the last wild card team. Now there are still 46 games to go but it’s an important reminder that you have to take advantage of any opportunity you have because you just might not get another chance.

Speaking of not getting another chance as the year ends and the 2020 season draws near we are still getting “the trade or don’t trade Mookie Betts” debate in Boston.

It’s been a pretty quiet off season for the Red Sox with three players from last world series win (Brock Holt, Mitch Moreland, Rick Porcello ) currently testing free agency and Catcher Sandy Leon traded to Cleveland for minor league pitcher Adenys Bautista. As of today their current offensive depth chart looks like this (via redsox.com):

With the exception of Pedroia this is pretty much the Red Sox offence that tore up the league last year but was betrayed by injuries in the rotation and weakness in the bullpen. Or to put it another way, this team is one closer and perhaps one healthy rotation away from fielding a team more than capable of dominating the American league with a monster offense, a zipper outfield and a rotation as good as any other in baseball.

So to those who say forget 2020 and trade Mookie let me remind all these people who have forgotten the lean times of a little history.

Exactly 100 years ago another Red Sox had an off season at 66-71-1 (one game called after 10 innings never made up) where they had dropped to sixth a year after winning the world series. They decided to get rid of their star right fielder, who could also pitch a bit, before the start of their next season selling him for a price higher than the entire payroll of the the previous year’s team. More money than the combined salaries of the top 8 players in the league.

That team had won five World series in the 20th century at that point, they would not win another.

Now Mookie Betts is no Babe Ruth but the point of the story is when you have a chance to win a World Series take it, because it might be another 86 years before you win another.

Finally as I mentioned before the old table top face to face fantasy baseball league that I started 32 years ago (the year before I got married) was revived this year. Going into Friday I had a record of 8-4 having won my 1st 4 series with a pair of series coming up against two relative newcomers with one season of experience between them both with losing records.

Over the next two days I lost 4-6 including a 9th inning blown save by Kimbrel, a 14th inning marathon, and had a team with Mookie Betts batting 1st and Anthony Rendon hitting 3rd shut out for the final 20 innings of the last two games against a sixteen year old kid who was playing in his 1st baseball simulation league 50 years after I had gotten my 1st baseball simulation game, Milton Bradley baseball for Christmas in 1969 (great game btw you can get it on eBay here) at the ripe old age of six.

This demonstrates a sports rule that extends even to games on paper. No matter what the betting line or the prognosticators say there is a reason why you actually play the games.