Saturday, July 9, 2011

7/9 NL League News, Notes, and MiLB Power Rankings

The All-Star break is upon us, and it's time to review the first half.

NL News and Notes:
- Gil Tunkel has led the way for the Memphis RedBirds. In 17 starts, Tunkel already has 13 wins to go with his 0.90 WHIP and 1.80 ERA. All three lead the league. Tunkel was the key free agent signing for Memphis, where he had played in Colorado Springs, Salem, and most recently Trenton.
- Toledo leads the North by 2 games over Burlington. Buffalo is still lurking at 9 games back.
- Durham leads by 4 over Indianpolis.
- Little Rock has stepped up to challenge Memphis in the South. They now trail by 2 games.
- Colorado Springs has started to pull away in the West. Their lead is now 7 games over Las Vegas.
- Looking at potential playoff teams, Buffalo and Las Vegas have surprising indicated they could be looking to next year and are selling. Surprising considering both teams are in the wild card hunt. If the playoffs were start today:
Toledo, Burlington, Durham, Memphis, Little Rock, and Colorado Springs. Buffalo (2 games out), Syracuse (5 games out), Indy (5 games out), and Las Vegas (5 games out).
- Marc Cameron (CSP), and Tyler Ball (VC) have 26 homeruns on the year to lead the NL. Cameron leads all in OPS with 1.007.
- Christan Miller (BUF) leads the RBI race with 79. Pedro Montanez and Greg Menechino of Burlington trail with 74 and 68.
- Enrique Lucano has 49 steals in Burlington. He also shares the longest hit streak (20) with Derrick Kulik.
- Vin Kerr (Vegas) leads the league with 26 saves. Ringo Clapp (Tol) leads league with 110 K's.


1. Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants (60-18)





2. Charlotte Knights (54-24)






3. Toledo MudHens (51-27)






4. Fresno Grizzlies (51-27)





5. Burlington Lake Monsters (49-29)






6. Kansas City T-Bones (47-31)







7. Colorado Springs Sky Sox (46-32)




8. Memphis RedBirds (46-32)






9. New Britain Rock Cats (46-32)






10. Little Rock Travelers (44-34)

Saturday, July 2, 2011

7/2 Power Rankings

As the playoffs start to take shape, some teams are putting distance between themselves and the competition. Usually these are teams that other teams FEAR. Some think that FEAR stands for "face everything and recover". However, when you see a team like Toledo, Memphis, Burlington, Fresno, Charlotte, Sioux Falls, or Kansas City it actually means "F everything and RUN".
Who has other teams FEARing them? The new top 10 power rankings...

(w-l/runs scored-runs allowed)



1.





Toledo MudHens 43-17/367-217


2.






Charlotte Knights 41-19/307-186


3.





Fresno Grizzlies 42-17/277-156



4.




Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants 46-14/318-204



5.





Memphis Redbirds 40-20/316-200



6.




Kansas City T-Bones 35-25/345-268




7.




Burlington Lake Monsters 39-21/324-252



8.




Durham Bulls 38-21/296-265



9.


Colorado Springs Sky Sox 34-25/261-254


10.




Buffalo Bisons 32-28/305-244



Honorable Mentions:

1. New Britain 32-27/252-236

2. Little Rock 33-27/274-229

3. Charleston 30-29/252-236