The 2039 Daily Keg - Week 5

[Matt]

05/09/2039

(AP) Go Dinos Go! LA goes 5-2 and stays atop the power rankings after sweeping Carolina in a four game series to close out the week. Not to be outdone though the Kodiaks, Voodoo, and Sharks all went 6-1. California beat LA in two of three and at 21-13 have only the 3rd best record in the league, behind Bock mates LA and Seattle. New Orleans is now 20-12 and leads the Lager, while Miami is 19-14 and one and a half back from the aforementioned Voodoo. On the other side of the life it was a painful week for Lager friends Montreal and Indianapolis who went 0-6 and 0-7 respectively.

1) Los Angeles Dinos (129.8, o)
2) Seattle Pilots (125.1, +)
3) California Kodiaks (121.2, ++)
4) New Orleans Voodoo (120.5, ++)
5) Batavia Red Jackets (113.5, --)
6) Miami Sharks (109.6, ++)
7) Windy City Blues (102.6, -)
8) Denver Bulls (101.2, -)
9) Wilmington Clowns (98.6, +)
10) Washington Bats (96.6, ++)
11) Hartford Whalers (92.0, -)
12) Pittsburgh Millers (91.4, ++)
13) Toronto Canadians (85.7, ++)
14) Pawtucket Patriots (81.1, ++)
15) Maine Guides (80.7, +)
16) Indianapolis Racers (79.7, --)
17) Carolina Tobs (78.7, --)
18) Baltimore Bulldogs (78.4, --)
19) Santo Domingo Rum Runners (74.8, -)
20) Montreal Exports (66.8, --)
21) New York Knights (63.9, +)
22) Syracuse Snappers (61.5, --)
23) Philadelphia Freedom (54.9, -)
24) Phoenix Roadrunners (49.5, o)

Performance of the Week

P Barton Mejia - This just in...Barton Mejia is still the best pitcher in baseball. The 25 year old smoked Denver on May 4th with a complete game, one run, nine K performance during the Blues 6-1 victory. He's now 4-0 on the year with a 1.02 ERA and 0.88 WHIP with 59 K's and only seven walks.

Injury of the Week

2B Joseph 'Bane' Garneau - No one is more thankful for his BLBPA insurance than Garneau, who since being drafted 7th overall in 2033 has been injured 28 times. The latest is back spasms, which happened during the May 4th game, and he will miss at least six more weeks of action. On the season the 23 year old is hitting .347/.404/.495 with 1 HR and 3 RBI's in 26 games.

Prospect of the Week

LF Samuel Becker - The 20 year old slugger for the Wareham Gatemen is a two time CCBL All-Star and this season hit .318/.415/.648 with 17 HR's and 40 RBI's in 48 games. Scouts like his work habits and believe he has the potential to be a BLB level Designated Driver award winner.


Five Things We Think We Think

1. It's safe to say that it didn't take Sidney 'Doofus' Ishibashi long to adjust to BLB pitching. This last week he hit .500/.500/1.615 with 4 HR's and 11 RBI's and won the IL Player of the Week. So far in 31 games the 26 year old is hitting .270/.338/.532 with 9 HR's and 23 RBI's. The 2nd round pick of the Blues in 2033 hit 48 HR's in AAA last season and was named the AAA BCC Outstanding Hitter.

2. The new faces in new places award goes to Chet Sancez who is hitting .402 with the Voodoo, the only player in the league still over.400. He's also on pace to break the single season hit record held by California's Joe Lopez which was set back in 1995.

3. We are back to interleague this week as DL and IL teams will square off in two three-game series. The first time the leagues played each other a few weeks ago the IL won by going 42-30 over their DL counterparts with Seattle going 6-0 and Windy City going 5-1.

4. The BLB draft will fire off this week as the feeder leagues wrap up competition. In HS ball only six teams remain in the playoffs, in the CCBL the eight team playoff just started, and in the NCAA the Sweet 16 will start tomorrow. We expect Syracuse, who holds the 1st pick, to wait until the end of the week to get that extra time for some last minute scouting.

5. The Ale has one team above .500 as the Wilmington Clowns are 17-15. The Bock has one team below .500 as the Phoenix Roadrunners are 10-23. Did we mention it's interleague time! Pittsburgh gets to play Seattle, Maine plays Seattle and California, and Syracuse plays California and LAD. Could be a long week for the Ale.


Stat of the Week
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Lowest Number Of Runs Allowed Relative To League (Top 25 Teams, SD is number of standard deviations better than league average)

Team Year . RA . Lg RA Avg . Lg RA Std . SD ▾ . Washington Bats . 2003 516 637.2 45.0 2.70 Indianapolis Clowns 2002 561 669.6 42.8 2.54 Washington Bats 2032 532 677.7 58.1 2.51 Windy City Playboys 2004 479 663.1 78.1 2.36 Washington Bats 2024 517 613.8 44.6 2.17 Indianapolis Racers 2026 569 734.2 77.4 2.14 Dallas Sharks 2021 546 681.1 64.8 2.08 Washington Bats 2000 512 683.8 83.5 2.06 Virginia Colonials 1997 574 744.1 82.6 2.06 Washington Bats 2001 518 643.5 61.8 2.03 Washington Bats 2021 399 586.7 93.2 2.02 Pawtucket Patriots 2011 529 726.5 97.9 2.02 Windy City Playboys 1986 526 645.1 59.7 2.00 Dallas Snappers 1997 574 741.8 84.8 1.98 Virginia Colonials 1992 569 731.0 81.6 1.98 Death Valley Scorpions 2015 483 656.0 88.0 1.97 Maine Guides 1981 606 801.5 101.5 1.93 Maine Guides 1986 603 759.4 81.5 1.92 Maine Guides 1982 586 810.8 118.4 1.90 Maine Guides 2029 627 758.5 70.1 1.88 Pittsburgh Millers 1985 592 749.2 84.2 1.87 Maine Guides 2032 503 636.2 72.6 1.84 Pawtucket Patriots 2016 459 633.2 94.9 1.84 Miami Sharks 2034 530 681.2 82.6 1.83 Dallas Sharks 2020 542 687.8 79.5 1.83

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[PaulC]

I’m guessing that Maine and Washington must have had a lot of past success based on that SOTD.

[liquidcrash]

I didn't realize my 2032 team was so good at pitching, at least historically speaking. We got really good years from Arballo, Stokes and Borchers that year. Then Theisen came back and was dominant in the playoffs to give me the only Brew win I've had in DC.

My 2021 team has the BLB ERA record (2.29 for the season) and only allowed 399 runs, which given the shift in run scoring in the league looks pretty untouchable at the moment. That was a really great era for pitchers. Too bad they didn't have any success in the playoffs.

Chet Sanchez has been a complete monster for New Orleans so far. Huge addition for them.

[Pat]

Ahhh... my pitching and defense era.