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The world is right again now that Seattle is back on top of the PR after going 5-1, which included a three game sweep of Windy City and losing only one game to LAD by the score of 7-6. Indy, Syracuse, and SDR also went 5-1 while California, Windy City, and New Orleans went 1-5. The team stat leaders of the week: Phoenix cracked 15 home runs, Seattle scored 42 runs, Wilmington stole 14 bases, Syracuse posted a 1.83 team ERA, and Washington struck out 57 opponents.
Power Rankings
1) Seattle Pilots (118.6, ++)
2) Santo Domingo Rum Runners (115.3, +)
3) Pittsburgh Millers (108.1, -)
4) Hartford Whalers (108.1, --)
5) Washington Bats (106.3, +)
6) Syracuse Snappers (102.7, ++)
7) Miami Sharks (102.5, o)
8) Indianapolis Racers (97.6, ++)
9) Maine Guides (96.1, o)
10) Denver BC (93.1, ++)
11) Los Angeles Dinos (92.9, ++)
12) New York Knights (90.9, ++)
13) California Kodiaks (89.5, --)
14) Baltimore Bulldogs (88.3, -)
15) Philadelphia Freedom (86.2, --)
16) Phoenix Roadrunners (84.5, +)
17) New Orleans Dukes (84.3, --)
18) Carolina Tobs (81.4, --)
19) Batavia Red Jackets (81.4, --)
20) Pawtucket Patriots (78.4, -)
21) Wilmington Wildcats (69.3, +)
22) Windy City Blues (65.8, -)
23) Montreal Exports (60.5, -)
24) Toronto Canadians (57.6, o)
Performance of the Week
3B Ron Snider - The big FA acquisition from Pittsburgh this off-season smoked Indy for the second highest batting score of the season on July 12th. In five at bats he recorded four hits, two of which were home runs, and drove in an amazing seven runners in a 12-2 Indy victory over New Orleans. On the season Snider is hitting .230 with 22 HR's and 54 RBI's while compiling a 2.2 WAR.
Injury of the Week
P Louie Sumski - The relative unknown Sumski strained and abdominal muscle on 7/12 pitching against Toronto and will be out for at least a month. He was rewarded a few days later though when he was selected to the DL All-Star team after compiling a 7-4 record with a 1.90 ERA and 0.90 WHIP. He won't be unknown for long.
Prospect of the Week
C Dave Nichols - Selected with the 21st overall pick of the 2028 draft by Miami the now 21 year old is tearing up AAA and might get called up sooner than later. Currently he's hitting .363 with 3 HR's and 44 RBI's and a 3.4 WAR in 69 games. His arm and overall ability behind the plate make him even more valuable to pitchers and he is known to play a heck of a game of poker.
Five Things We Think We Think
1. We're not sure if the Stout is just a land of equality or what as from Washington (1st) to Batavia (6th) the split is only 10 games. The other three leagues feature first to worst separation of 22.5, 23.5 and 22.5 games.
2. Pawtucket is currently sitting at a team ZR of -35.1, almost 10 points worse than 2nd to last place Toronto and 57 points worse than the highest rated team in the league in Maine. The main culprit for the Patriots is 26 year old center fielder Pat James who's -16.9 ZR leads the entire BLB. He was a second basemen but has slowly moved into the outfield. He has the range and arm, and very rarely makes errors, but it's unknown if he will ever master playing center.
3. Redford Jeralds (Mon) is 4-9, Pat Kubacki (Pho) is 3-9, and Erik Cortese (Wil) is 4-9. The thing that ties them together is they are the only pitchers in the league with an average run support of under 2.0 a game. The other end of the rainbow features Donny Brunke (Ind) and Jimmy Maggio (Bal) who come in a 4.6 runs a game. Combined they are 17-8.
4. On July 14 Phoenix traveled to Los Angeles and took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning. LA was quickly in the hole as Jarrod Atterson and Ted Christopher grounded out and Phoenix starter Mark DeGennaro was one out away from getting a complete game victory. Instead the manager brought in Ethan Jackson who promptly gave up a three run home run to Tommy Fields, his 12th of the season. Phoenix hit a solo home run in the 12 but LA responded when Tom Allgood drove in Robby Brooksher with a sacrifice fly. The game was reaching the 5 1/2 hour mark when in the bottom of the 16th CJ Stripling hit a two out, full count pitch 398 feet over the wall and finally sent everyone home.
5. The 2032 All-Star rosters have been announced. We'd like to congratulate the following:
DL All-Stars
SP Enrique Bernardi (NO) - 7-7, 2.90 ERA, 136.1 IP, 1.00 WHIP, 5.3 K/9, 2.9 WAR
SP Dave Calvert (PIT) - 9-3, 2.80 ERA, 112.1 IP, 1.13 WHIP, 4.4 K/9, 3.0 WAR
SP Mel Fagnini (PIT) - 10-5, 2.56 ERA, 105.1 IP, 1.29 WHIP, 5.8 K/9, 2.4 WAR
SP Noel Graham (MAI)* - 9-3, 2.27 ERA, 122.2 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 4.2 WAR
SP Micah Laird (SYR) - 8-4, 2.47 ERA, 113.0 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 6.9 K/9, 3.0 WAR
SP Micah Scott (IND) - 6-6, 2.35 ERA, 118.2 IP, 1.18 WHIP, 6.4 K/9, 3.0 WAR
SP Dave Short (MAI) - 10-2, 2.32 ERA, 132.0 IP, 1.18 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 3.4 WAR
SP Louie Sumski (SDR) - 7-4, 1.90 ERA, 99.2 IP, 0.90 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 3.5 WAR (Injured)
RP Alex Avila (WIL) - 1-1, 1.55 ERA, 46.1 IP, 1.04 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, 1.1 WAR
RP Pat Clatterbuck (MAI) - 2-4, 1.56 ERA, 57.2 IP, 0.80 WHIP, 5.9 K/9, 1.5 WAR
RP David Miranda (SYR) - 3-3, 24 SV, 1.62 ERA, 50.0 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 5.8 K/9, 1.4 WAR
RP Aidan Sahr (MIA) - 5-4, 2.17 ERA, 58.0 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 2.0 WAR
CL I-po Chai (PIT)* - 4-2, 24 SV, 1.68 ERA, 59.0 IP, 0.92 WHIP, 11.6 K/9, 2.6 WAR
CL J.D. Harrison (MIA) - 4-1, 22 SV, 1.88 ERA, 62.1 IP, 1.11 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 1.4 WAR
C Jamari Bess (IND) - .276/.333/.511, 268 AB, 14 HR, 129 wRC+, 2.6 WAR
C Dave Girard (PIT) - .286/.368/.446, 213 AB, 9 HR, 135 wRC+, 2.3 WAR
C Ian James (SDR)* - .278/.351/.478, 291 AB, 14 HR, 131 wRC+, 2.9 WAR
1B Pat Walton (HAR)* - .250/.329/.535, 344 AB, 27 HR, 144 wRC+, 3.0 WAR
1B Jermaine Williams (IND) - .318/.383/.571, 352 AB, 20 HR, 16 SB, 166 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
2B Alex Arana (SDR)* - .262/.307/.448, 344 AB, 13 HR, 16 SB, 107 wRC+, 2.3 WAR
2B Gil Porter (IND) - .331/.364/.430, 372 AB, 3 HR, 6 SB, 123 wRC+, 2.4 WAR
3B Frank Hernandez (PAW) - .282/.320/.410, 373 AB, 7 HR, 11 SB, 102 wRC+, 1.4 WAR
3B J.R. Walling (MIA)* - .288/.363/.473, 330 AB, 13 HR, 136 wRC+, 3.0 WAR
SS Norm Cutshall (HAR)* - .291/.344/.429, 340 AB, 9 HR, 118 wRC+, 2.1 WAR
LF Micah Anderson (SDR) - .283/.375/.491, 269 AB, 13 HR, 135 wRC+, 2.2 WAR
LF Akiyuki Kimura (MAI) - .293/.344/.511, 307 AB, 13 HR, 12 SB, 137 wRC+, 2.5 WAR
CF Ron Kissane (TOR) - .294/.314/.463, 231 AB, 8 HR, 116 wRC+, 1.2 WAR
CF Robby Lee (PIT)* - .277/.329/.523, 346 AB, 24 HR, 10 SB, 142 wRC+, 3.1 WAR
RF Zachary Bradley (SDR) - .306/.358/.568, 366 AB, 21 HR, 1 SB, 162 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
RF R.J. Kapper (PIT)* - .367/.419/.524, 275 AB, 6 HR, 18 SB, 170 wRC+, 4.1 WAR (Injured)
RF Dave Maldonado (MON)* - .275/.330/.469, 367 AB, 16 HR, 6 SB, 125 wRC+, 2.4 WAR
DH Ron Hutchison (HAR)* - .313/.351/.601, 371 AB, 29 HR, 170 wRC+, 3.6 WAR
IL All-Stars
SP Pat Arballo (WAS) - 8-2, 2.35 ERA, 142.0 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 3.3 WAR
SP Dusty Dills (CHI) - 10-3, 2.40 ERA, 116.1 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 3.3 WAR
SP Manabu Hamada (PHI) - 7-5, 2.93 ERA, 122.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 3.5 WAR
SP Pat Schick (NYK)* - 11-5, 2.59 ERA, 128.1 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 6.4 K/9, 3.0 WAR
SP Joey Seymour (SEA) - 9-3, 2.00 ERA, 103.1 IP, 0.99 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 2.6 WAR
SP Pang Shuai (DEN) - 8-5, 2.74 ERA, 124.2 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 3.4 WAR
SP Jaime Stone (SEA) - 7-4, 2.73 ERA, 125.1 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 4.7 K/9, 3.2 WAR
RP Zack Coffey (NYK) - 5-1, 1.36 ERA, 46.1 IP, 0.60 WHIP, 8.7 K/9, 1.0 WAR
RP Jayden Crawl (SEA) - 4-1, 1.38 ERA, 32.2 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 1.2 WAR
RP Luke Pfaff (NYK) - 4-0, 0.50 ERA, 36.0 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 0.8 WAR
RP Pat Wood (SEA) - 5-1, 2.08 ERA, 56.1 IP, 1.07 WHIP, 8.3 K/9, 1.6 WAR
CL Josh Robinson (CAL) - 2-1, 26 SV, 1.20 ERA, 45.0 IP, 1.18 WHIP, 9.6 K/9, 1.5 WAR
CL Fenton Soto (WAS)* - 3-9, 24 SV, 3.80 ERA, 47.1 IP, 1.33 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 0.5 WAR
C Josh Allen (WAS) - .236/.340/.366, 276 AB, 8 HR, 105 wRC+, 1.7 WAR
C Dave Henningar (PHI) - .306/.343/.468, 186 AB, 6 HR, 131 wRC+, 1.9 WAR
C Alpha McCormick (NYK)* - .276/.313/.479, 290 AB, 15 HR, 123 wRC+, 2.5 WAR
1B Colin Bailey (PHI) - .334/.365/.524, 395 AB, 16 HR, 154 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
1B Joy-shan Guo (BAT) - .304/.372/.627, 276 AB, 21 HR, 181 wRC+, 3.1 WAR
1B Mike Morla (CAL) - .309/.371/.570, 337 AB, 21 HR, 8 SB, 157 wRC+, 3.1 WAR
2B Dave Bickford (NYK)* - .299/.341/.446, 361 AB, 9 HR, 123 wRC+, 2.7 WAR
3B Chris Pineda (NYK)* - .244/.301/.438, 336 AB, 18 HR, 2 SB, 103 wRC+, 1.8 WAR
3B Johnny Swope (SEA)* - .311/.388/.594, 286 AB, 21 HR, 1 SB, 173 wRC+, 3.6 WAR (Injured)
SS Dave Davis (NYK)* - .262/.311/.379, 351 AB, 7 HR, 29 SB, 90 wRC+, 2.7 WAR
SS Dusty Schmidl (PHO) - .272/.333/.445, 346 AB, 14 HR, 119 wRC+, 3.4 WAR
SS Erik Ward (BAL) - .270/.350/.445, 326 AB, 16 HR, 3 SB, 127 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
LF Robby Brooksher (LAD) - .259/.333/.464, 351 AB, 15 HR, 9 SB, 125 wRC+, 2.7 WAR
LF Josh Wright (NYK)* - .299/.402/.523, 241 AB, 16 HR, 1 SB, 167 wRC+, 2.6 WAR
CF Tom Stark (CHI)* - .224/.293/.425, 299 AB, 12 HR, 14 SB, 102 wRC+, 2.6 WAR
RF Robby Brainard (CAR) - .263/.335/.488, 334 AB, 19 HR, 132 wRC+, 1.8 WAR
RF Jimmy Jeffs (SEA)* - .348/.383/.542, 345 AB, 14 HR, 164 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
RF Dusty Phares (DEN)* - .303/.346/.507, 357 AB, 16 HR, 6 SB, 137 wRC+, 2.5 WAR
Stat of the Week
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