SEASON 20 OWNER/ORGANIZATION of the YEAR AWARD

OWNER/ORGANIZATION of SEASON 20 

Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazine Owner/Organization of the Year Winner and our Owner Power Rankings. The owner with the highest winning percentage at every level at the end of the regular season and bonus points for winning the division and for making the playoffs (wildcard). The Owner with the most points will receive the McCabe Magazine Owner of the Year Award. We here at McCabe Magazine feel that a good owner should maintain a solid farm system and a winning major league ball team. His big league club should be in position to win the division and one or more of the lower level squads should be in position to capture a minor league World Series title. The Owner of the Year should field competitive teams at every level.

Bonus Points and Winning Percentages 

The Power Rankings are a combine total of each teams (RL, Low A, High A, AA, AAA, ML) winning percentage. Each team will receive one point for each win and BONUS POINTS as followed: ML Division Winner 100 points, Wildcard 75, AAA Division Winner 50 points, AAA Wildcard 45, AA Division Winner 40, AA Wildcard 35, High A Division Winner 30, High A Wildcard 25, Low A Division Winner 20, Low A Wildcard 15. Rookie Division Winner 10, and Rookie Wildcard 5.

Note: Tiebreaker total wins.     

OWNER POWER RANKINGS

Season 20 Robert E. McCabe Owner of the Year is patrickkm of the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers have a total of 555 organizational wins and 245 playoff bonus points.

Detroit Tigers Organization
Team	Level	Owner	W-L
Detroit Tigers	ML	patrickkm	96-66
Detroit Tigers	AAA	patrickkm	95-49
Detroit Tigers	AA	patrickkm	95-49
Detroit Tigers	High A	patrickkm	100-44
Detroit Tigers	Low A	patrickkm	108-36
Detroit Tigers	Rookie	patrickkm	61-15
Detroit Tigers		patrickkm	555-259

		Top 10
		Organizations/Owners
Rank	Last Year	Team	Owner	Wins	Bonus	Total
1	6	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	555	245	800
2	1	New York Yankees	ARomano *	511	220	731
3	5	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	521	150	671
4	4	Colorado Rockies	axtell	471	200	671
5	7	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	467	185	652
6	3	Richmond Virginians	sylemark *	498	150	648
7	8	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	501	140	641
8	9	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	511	115	626
9	10	Philadelphia Phillies	egw20	491	90	581
10	14	San Francisco Giants	wylie717	461	110	571
		The Next 5
Rank	Last Year	Team	Owner	Wins	Bonus	Total
11	19	Chicago Cubs	sharrow	456	115	571
12	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	433	125	558
13	2	Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	472	75	547
14	20	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23 *	395	145	540
15	13	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	489	45	534
		The Rest
Rank	Last Year	Team	Owner	Wins	Bonus	Total
16	16	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	428	105	533
17	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10 *	431	75	506
18	25	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	380	125	505
19	21	New York Mets	basebalguru	391	100	491
20	23	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer90	414	75	489
21	15	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron *	422	10	432
22	24	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	320	100	420
23	12	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask *	396	0	396
24	26	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	369	0	369
25	27	Cincinnati Reds	ctman	361	0	361
26	28	Florida Marlins	lido9615	336	0	336
27	29	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	330	0	330
28	30	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	212	100	312
29	22	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	292	0	292
30	18	Minnesota Twins	optistrat *	259	0	259
31	31	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	235	0	235
32	32	Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	208	0	208

McCabe Magazine Season 20 Power Rankings

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding Percentage. 

	Top 10
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	94-63	0.599
2	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	112-45	0.713
3	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	86-71	0.548
4	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	95-62	0.605
5	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	106-51	0.675
6	Colorado Rockies	axtell	97-60	0.618
7	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	92-65	0.586
8	New York Mets	basebalguru	90-67	0.573
9	New York Yankees	ARomano *	83-74	0.529
10	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	85-72	0.541
	The Next 5
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	78-79	0.497
12	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	83-74	0.529
13	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	79-78	0.503
14	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	74-83	0.471
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	79-78	0.503
	The Best of the Rest
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
16	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	78-79	0.497
17	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	78-79	0.497
18	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	83-74	0.529
19	Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	77-80	0.490
20	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron *	77-80	0.490

Kansas City Royals are the Bookmakers Choice

Las Vegas, NV (McC) The Las Vegas Hilton has posted the odds on the season 20 World Series. According to the bookmakers, the Kansas City Royals (106-51) are the wise guys choice to win it all in season 20, followed by the San Diego Padres (112-45), Boston Red Sox (95-62), and the Arizona Diamondback (94-63).

The Royals are the defending World Series Champions, and have won the American League pennant 3 out of the last 4 years. The bookmakers like the Padres to win the National League pennant, which they have done the last 2-years. If the wise guys are correct, this will be a fall classic rematch from season 19. Last year, Kansas City won the Championship over the Padres four (4) games to three (3). The early money according to pergame.com is going on the National League West winner to take the Series. That division has represented the league 5 out of the last 6 years in the McCabe League World Series. However, the folks we spoke to at the Hilton sports book say the early betting is from the general public, and that the professional bettor will go heavy on the Royals. We here at McCabe Magazine look forward to another electrifying major and minor league postseason.

Las Vegas Hilton Odds

Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Odds
1	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	106-51	2-1
2	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	112-45	3-1
3	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	95-62	4-1
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	94-63	5-1
5	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	86-71	6-1
6	Colorado Rockies	axtell	97-60	7-1
7	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	92-65	8-1
8	New York Mets	basebalguru	90-67	9-1
9	New York Yankees	ARomano *	83-74	10-1
10	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	85-72	11-1
11	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	83-74	12-1
12	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	83-74	12-1
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	79-78	13-1

SEASON 20 MIDSUMMER AWARDS

The Midsummer Classic and Awards

Las Vegas, NV (McC) – Before we unveil our eagerly awaited list, let us point out the performance of Baltimore Orioles third Basemen George Brantley our Player of the Game in the midsummer classic. Brantley of the losing American League squad belted 2 home runs and collected 6 RBIs. Brantley (44 HR, 112 RBI, 350 BA) is not only our All-Star Player of the Game, he is also McCabe Magazines midsummer Most Valuable Player. Some of our beat writers felt the MVP should have been giving to our runner-up, San Diego Padres left-hand starting pitcher Wandy Duran (19-4, 1.04 Whip, 2.89 ERA.).

The Orioles (58-50) are in third place and 10 games in back of Eastern division leading Boston Red Sox (68-40). The Padres (78-30) have the best record in baseball, and Duran is a big part of that success. However, the questions surrounding Duran and his sudden success has the investigated division here at McCabe Magazine licking their chops. Duran’s season 19 won-lost record 4-13, and ERA 6.05 has cause for concern. His season 18 and 17 ERA were not much better at 5.25 and 5.21. PEDs have become an enormous part of the world we live in, and we only pray they haven’t made their way into the league we all love. The bottom-line is the rumors outnumbered the votes and they will only continue until the league and the Players Association agree on a stronger testing program.   

McCabe Magazines Midsummer Awards and All-Pro Team

Most Valuable Player and Starting 3rd Basemen

George Brantley Baltimore Orioles Age: 33 B/T: L/R Born: Benton, AR Position(s): 3B/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Shortstop and Season 20 All-Star Player of the Game

Roger Culver Detroit Tigers Age: 27 B/T: S/R Born: Ogden, IA Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Second Basemen

Quinton Bryne New York Mets Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Robstown, TX Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

First Basemen

Mario Obermueller Arizona Diamondbacks Age: 31 B/T: L/L Born: Miami, FL Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Catcher

Hersh Mays Colorado Rockies Age: 28 B/T: L/R Born: Lytle, TX Position(s): C View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Outfielder

Luis Mesa Boston Red Sox Age: 26 B/T: L/L Born: Hillsborough, CA Position(s): CF/1B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Outfielder

Tony Cortes New York Mets Age: 33 B/T: R/R Born: Barahona, DO Position(s): LF/CIF/2B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Outfielder Quilvio Mendez knocked Philip Priest off our list due to the rocky mountain high effect  

Quilvio Mendez Tampa Bay Rays Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Yamasa, DO Position(s): LF/1B/RF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Designated Hitter

Isaac Blackmon Oakland Athletics Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: Onaway, MI Position(s): DH/C View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Starting Pitcher

Wandy Duran San Diego Padres Age: 30 B/T: L/L Born: Coventry, CT Position(s): P (SP3) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Setup Pitcher

Juan Azocar New York Yankees Age: 27 B/T: L/L Born: Santo Domingo, CU Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Closer 

Sidney Flaherty Chicago White Sox Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: Oakland Park, FL Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Best Rookie Pitcher

Bengie Cortes Kansas City Royals Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Yamasa, DO Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Best Rookie Position Player

Quilvio Mendez Tampa Bay Rays Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Yamasa, DO Position(s): LF/1B/RF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Season 20 Power Rankings

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding Percentage. 

	Top 10
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	32-17	0.653
2	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	30-19	0.612
3	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	32-17	0.653
4	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	32-17	0.653
5	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	31-18	0.633
6	Colorado Rockies	axtell	30-19	0.612
7	New York Mets	basebalguru	34-15	0.694
8	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	30-19	0.612
9	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	27-22	0.551
10	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	24-25	0.490
	Next 5
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	25-24	0.510
12	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	31-18	0.633
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	26-23	0.531
14	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	23-26	0.469
15	New York Yankees	ARomano	26-23	0.531
	The Best of the Rest
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
16	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	25-24	0.510
17	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	27-22	0.551
18	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	24-25	0.490
19	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	22-27	0.449
20	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	21-28	0.429

	Stat of Day Note: Click on Player for detail information
	Top 5 Rookies OPS
Rank	Player	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Max Sinclair	30	10	34	4	0.317	0.994
2	Quilvio Mendez	43	12	33	10	0.289	0.968
3	Darren Decker	43	17	52	2	0.281	0.963
4	Don Pittsley	26	7	31	4	0.293	0.897
5	Don Dong	31	15	34	0	0.275	0.892
	Top 5 Rookie Pitchers Whip
Rank	Player	GS	W	L	OAV	WHIP	ERA
1	Daniel Leonard	10	4	1	0.219	1.19	3.16
2	Howie Strange	10	1	6	0.294	1.46	5.27
3	Alexei Bennett	10	3	6	0.287	1.48	5.25
4	Branch Person	10	4	4	0.282	1.51	5.05
5	Don Seaver	12	4	4	0.316	1.62	5.10

Season 20 Preview

THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS WIN IT ALL over TORONTO BLUE JAYS 4 games to 2

Las Vegas, NV (McC) - We here at McCabe Magazine spent the offseason reviewing the rosters of all major league squads and the top level minor leaguers.  We have put together a comprehensive, and in depth forecast of the upcoming season. We would like to take this time to thank the 32 beat writers in each major league city for their contribution to the season preview.

The Playoff Teams

In the National League we think the Arizona Diamondbacks will win the pennant 4-2 over the San Diego Padres. The American League was a tough call. Half of the staff here at McCabe Magazine wanted Kansas City to be our American League champ, and the other half wanted to select the Toronto Blue Jays. As the senior editor I was the deciding vote, I pick the Blue Jays. Kansas City has played in three (3) of the last four (4) World Series however, what the staff seem to forget is Kansas City has lost 2 of their best players, Tony Cortes and Shannon High to free-agency. Kansas City is hoping the free-agent signing of power hitter  Homer Henry will makeup for the lost. With that say, our choice to win the American League pennant is the Blue Jays. Toronto will beat the Royals 4-3 to win the title.  The American League division winners, Toronto, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The National League division winners, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, and the San Diego Padres. Wildcard teams will be the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado, and the Diamondbacks.

	The Best Players
	American League
Rank	Player	Position	Team	Heigth	Weight	Age	Salary
1	Alexei DaSilva	2B	Toronto	6'0	183	24	$2.6M
2	George Brantley	3B	Baltimore	5'11	188	33	$9.8M
3	Homer Henry	LF	Kansas City	6'2	180	32	$20.0M
4	Dean Ruffin	CF	Kansas City	6'0	188	31	$9.0M
5	Juan Azocar	P	New York	6'0	236	27	$1.6M
6	Luis Mesa	CF	Boston	6'5	199	26	$8.5M
7	Steven Starr	3B	Boston	6'1	194	31	$8.8M
8	Ben Schneider	SS	Milwaukee	6'1	192	28	$9.3M
9	Benji Veras	RF	Minnesota	5'10	178	32	$8.6M
10	Mikey Weinhardt	2B	San Francisco	6'0	187	25	$8.7M
	National League
Rank	Player	Position	Team	Heigth	Weight	Age	Salary
1	Quinton Bryne	2B	New York	5'9	189	25	$11.5M
2	Mark Pence	2B	Arizona	5'11	202	30	$7.8M
3	Vince Garcia	P	Arizona	6'4	234	30	$7.5M
4	Clarence Finley	CF	Arizona	6'5	185	28	$9.5M
5	Diego Hernandez	CF	New York	6'0	197	31	$20.0M
6	Luther Abercrombie	P	Arizona	6'2	234	38	$15.3M
7	Quilvio Mendez	LF	Tampa Bay	6'1	179	23	$343K
8	Mack Crosby	SS	San Diego	6'1	185	28	$8.4M
9	Trey Robinson	3B	Colorodo	5'10	168	31	$9.9M
10	Hector Encarnacion	2B	Philadelphia	5'11	182	28	$8.0M

Where is Tony Cortes on our list? He's not in our top 10, sorry TC and Met fans. At 33 years of age we feel his best years are behind him. His skills are declining quicker than my hairline. His bat speed is still at a major league level and he still has the pop to hit 20+ homers. However, the scouts we spoke to say he won't win the Batting Crown this year and his range and speed is not at the MVP levels we've have grown of custom to seeing. If you think you've seen a drop in overall skills this year, wait untill next. Lets just hope he gets more than one vote when he retires in four years.    
 

	Best ML Starting Lineup		Best ML Rotation
Rank	Franchise	Rank	Franchise
1	Toronto	1	Arizona
2	Boston	2	San Diego
3	San Diego	3	Baltimore
4	Seattle	4	Colorado
5	Los Angeles	5	Oakland
6	Houston	6	Los Angeles
7	New York (NL)	7	Pittsburgh
8	Milwaukee	8	New York (NL)
9	Atlanta	9	Toronto
10	Colorado	10	Atlanta
	Best ML Bench		Best ML Bullpen
Rank	Franchise	Rank	Franchise
1	Seattle	1	New York (AL)
2	Minnesota	2	Toronto
3	Cleveland	3	Chicago (AL)
4	Cincinnati	4	Detroit
5	Milwaukee	5	Arizona
6	Florida	6	Baltimore
7	Atlanta	7	Richmond
8	Chicago (NL)	8	Colorado
9	Richmond	9	Chicago (NL)
10	Toronto	10	Los Angeles

Season 20 Predictions
ML AL North
Team	Owner	W-L
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin *	96-66
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	86-76
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	85-77
Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11	72-90
ML AL East
Team	Owner	W-L
New York Yankees	ARomano *	94-68
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	91-71
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask *	88-74
Washington D.C. Nationals	dffranchise *	62-100
ML AL South
Team	Owner	W-L
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	93-68
Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	81-81
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd *	75-87
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88 *	67-95
ML AL West
Team	Owner	W-L
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	92-70
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer *	83-79
San Francisco Giants	wylie715 *	71-91
Anaheim Angels	captain10a *	68-94
ML NL North
Team	Owner	W-L
Chicago Cubs	optistrat *	90-72
Cleveland Indians	chisox378	89-73
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm *	88-74
Cincinnati Reds	ctman *	74-88
ML NL East
Team	Owner	W-L
Philadelphia Phillies	egw18 *	89-73
New York Mets	basebalguru *	88-74
Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10 *	75-84
Rochester Broncos	coinguy *	63-99
ML NL South
Team	Owner	W-L
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich *	95-67
Richmond Virginians	sylemark *	83-99
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23 *	72-90
Florida Marlins	lido9613 *	64-98
ML NL West
Team	Owner	W-L
San Diego Padres	jgarron *	109-53
Colorado Rockies	axtell *	97-65
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	92-70
Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	90-72