The Owl has compiled his last set of Power Rankings as we surge into the last leg of the season. How does this compare with the Power Rankings from the first month? Who is too high? Too low? Surprise of the season? Disappointment? You tell us.
1. Texas- Injuries are showing how much depth this
team has. Team to beat
2. Dodgers- Team still clicking and gearing for the
playoffs but is the window of opportunity getting
smaller?
3. Phillies- Defending NL Champs will not be an easy
nut to crack. Team capable of winning it all.
4. Twins- another team that should win 100 games. No
way they can be overlooked.
5. Royals- Gambled by paying big bucks for Free
Agents. They got a great return for their investment.
6. Seattle- Great job by Arvin. Watch out for this
team in the future
7. Reds- Hard to believe this team had a 8 game losing
streak but they hung in there and have a good shot at
the playoffs.
8. Astros- Astros have been hot and made some late
season moves that could lead them to the playoffs.
9. Marlins- Could they be on the outside looking in at
the playoffs. Need to have a last minute surge.
10. A's- Coming on of late so they have something to
build on next season.
11. Indians- Season of disappointment but team has a
good future.
12. Yankees- Team made some much needed late season
moves and they have helped. Team will make the
playoffs and you never know.
13. Expos- Team making strides and already have 5 more
wins then last season.
14. Braves- Team never got it going. Just a few
players away from contending.
15. Rockies- Another team happy to end the season that
wasn't.
16. Giants- Team faded but that could be due to the
youth on this team. Look for improvement next season.
17. Cards- Team has some great young prospects. When
they arrive so should this team.
18. White Sox- Team getting close using young players.
Matter of time before they turn the corner.
19. Brewers- Team should of been better. Could a
management change be in the near future.
20. Tigers- Tigers could only rely on a two man
pitching staff. Just wasn't enough. Time to rebuild?
21. Red Sox- Team management tried to find the
combination for success but it will have to find help
in the off season.
22. Padres- Piece by piece this team is putting
together a puzzle to success.
23. Mets- Team is down but past history would suggest
a rapid recovery.
24. O's- Gehrig is having a stellar season but he
doesn't pitch. Lucky he doesn't have to face the O's
staff. The damage he could cause if he did!
25. Cubs- Took awhile but this team has played solid
of late.
26. Pirates- Season of promise turned into a mess.
Team hoping for young pitchers to help in the future.
27. Toronto- Path to move up will be long. But in AL
East it could be shorter then you might think.
28. Angels- KL making some moves that the fans should
like. Hope is alive.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
13 comments:
If hope is alive, that's good.
Since it's about all we have :(
I maybe a little out of touch, but is this based on current season or prospective futures? Too many teams getting free passes for having prospects in distant future. Just looking for an explanation. For biased point of view, Detriot has more holes than an afghan. Montreal is fielding a crew of AA pitchers. RedSox's ragged for constant deal making, but they went from a team with LF Kevin Mitchell being lone star; to having P Joss, Niekro,Brett,Wise along with solid offense and 1st in upcoming ammy draft. The cast has had awful seasons; beware of next year!
Mike (Boston)
Mike, It's the end of season rankings and I did use a combination of this years rankings but threw some comments on where I think teams are going. Mike you have a solid base plus some nice off season picks that will help in the future but you did have more than Mitchell to obtain what you did. Players like Canseco, Tarabull,Strawberry and Williamson come to mind and who knows where the team would be if they stayed. But it's always easy to 2nd guess after the fact. Bottom line to me is Boston better then last year? Yes!
Some teams overachive and others don't.
The Expos pitching is poor but improving. The Expos were as many as 16 games under .500 in July and now only 4. The results don't lie.
One thing about expressing opinions about teams. You never make everybody happy. Thing is I'll admit when proven wrong so it doesn't faze me.
Gary/Expos
Yeah, Gary, and we don't want to make everybody happy. That is what makes for some good blog discussion right?
I think I would put the Twins 3rd, ahead of the Phillies. Luke has an amazing pitching staff this year and his hitting is always good. I really hope to avoid them in the first round if possible.
I was a little surprised to s4ee Seattle 6th. They are certainly on the way up, but I'm nut sure I'd say top 6 yet.
I hope to Avoid your Rangers and win the Central.. My Royals have never won a playoff series and I dont think That streak would end vs TEXAS. So I NEEEEEED that Central Crown and play the winner of the EAST.
I maybe a little out of touch, but is this based on current season or prospective futures?
If my future (i.e. prospects/youth) still add up to me being the worst team in the league, I need to resign now for good.
No, KL. It's now. No need to resign.
Surprises of the year:
The surprise team that did better than I thought is the Expos. They were ranked 23rd in July and are now ranked 13th. I expected them to be one of the worst 4 or 4 in the league, but they have really picked it up and overachieved in my opinion.
The surprise team that did worse than expected in my opinion is the Pirates. They were consistently only 2 games out of first place for the first month and looked like they might contend for the Wildcard. Instead, their young players fell off and never got it together. I still think they have the makings of a good team, but it didn't happen this year.
What do you think?
We should compare this to the Fearless's Predictions
Fearless had the Expos going 70-92 finishing in last place. Right now they are 75-80, have clinched 4th place, and could possibly finish 3rd if the Mets balk.
Fearless had PGH finishing 77-84 and finishing 3rd. They are 58-98 right now and have nearly clinched last place.
Here are the complete standings as predicted by Fearless:
Philadelphia 96 – 66
Florida 92 – 70
Atlanta 83 – 79
New York 80 – 82
Montreal 70 – 92
Houston Astros 97 – 65
Cincinatti Reds 94 – 68
Pittsburgh Pirates 77 – 84
St. Louis Cardinals 74 – 88
Chicago Cubs 66 – 96
Los Angeles 93 – 69
Colorado 92 – 70
San Francisco 87 – 75
San Diego 76 – 86
Detroit 86 – 76
Baltimore 82 – 80
New York 77 – 85
Boston 74 – 88
Toronto 55 – 107
Cleveland Indians 92 – 70
Minnesota Twins 90 – 72
Milwaukee Brewers 89 –73
Chicago White Sox 86 – 76
Kansas City Royals 81 – 81
Texas 100 – 62
Oakland 86 – 76
Seattle 81 – 81
Anaheim 70 – 92
With 1 sim left to go, I compared the fearless predictions vs the standings right now. Here are the biggest diferentials:
(+/- refers to more or less wins than predicted)
1. ANA -27
2. BAL -23
3. PGH -19
4. NYN -18
5.(tied)KC +17
5.(tied)COL -17
I guess it shows that KC was the biggest surprise for the better, and the only one that make the top 6.
Maybe it was worth $58 Million. lol ;) And Maybe I might know what I'm doing from time to time.. or should I say in between sips. lol
Post a Comment