McCabe Magazine World Series Prediction

SAN DIEGO REPEATS AS SEASON 19 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Padres defeat the Kansas City Royals 4 games to 3

THE MATCHUPS

Las Vegas, NV (McC) Greetings from the Adult playground in the desert. It has been an outstanding season. And now we are down to the final four. In the American League we have the number one seed Kansas City Royals (100-62) vs the Toronto Blue Jays (95-67) the number three seed. In the National League the two finalist are number one seed San Diego Padres (111-51), season 18 World Series Champion and the number two seed New York Mets (88-74). In our season 18 preseason predictions we here at McCabe Magazine predicted the Mets would go on to win the series that year. Will this be the year? We won't put our money on it. Our cash is going on the defending World Series Champions, the San Diego Padres.

OUR PREDICTIONS

We have the Royals beating the Blue Jays 4 games to 3, and San Diego beating the Mets 4-2. The Padres will go on to defeat the Royals 4-3. Looking at the postseason stats we found some surprising numbers. The first thing that jumped off the page was the Mets postseason ERA of 1.80 which is second only to the Padres ERA of 1.00. The next thing that got our attention was team OPS. The Toronto Blue Jays lead all playoff teams with an 958 OPS following by, guess who? The New York Mets with an 939 OPS. Wait a minute, can I change our prediction? We thought about it long and hard, but we'll stick with the Pardes.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

San Diego starters Asdrubal Pelaez (23-5), Tony Tanaka (21-9) and Moose Martin (16-9). This is a rotation that carried the Padres to the best record (111 wins) in the majors. For the Mets, watch power hitters Homer Henry (43 HR, 111 RBI, 315 BA, 32 SB), Quinton Bryne (37 HR, 307 BA 55 SB) and Diego Hernandez (37 HR 120 RBI 37 SB). This group will out hit any three in baseball. For Kansas City, you have to keep an eye on the HIt King and Batting Champion Tony Cortes (29 HR, 112 RBI, 364 BA) and Barry Henley (24 HR, 102 RBI, 325 BA). The Blue Jays have the best balance of pitching and hitting with Alexei DaSilva (47 HR, 124 RBI) Charlie Morris (40 HR 103 RBI) and starting pitcher Victor Ortiz (20-6).

Las Vegas Hilton odds to win Season 19 World Series

Team	Owner	Odds
San Diego Padres	jgarron *	2-1
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	3-1
New York Mets	basebalguru	3-1
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	4-1
Colorado Rockies	axtell *	6-1
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	7-1
New York Yankees	ARomano	10-1
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask *	15-1
Cleveland Indians	chisox378	20-1
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	25-1
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	30-1
Richmond Virginians	sylemark *	35-1

          

SEASON 19 OWNER/ORGANIZATION of the YEAR AWARD

OWNER/ORGANIZATION of SEASON 19 

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 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.    

OWNER POWER RANKINGS

Season 18 Robert E. McCabe Owner of the Year is ARomano of the New York Yankees. The Yankees have a total of 544 organizational wins and 225 playoff bonus points. 

		Top 10
Rank	Last Year	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Points
1	5	ARomano	New York Yankees	544	225	769
2	1	chisox379	Cleveland Indians	504	230	734
3	8	sylemark *	Richmond Virginians	513	220	733
4	4	axtell *	Colorado Rockies	504	215	719
5	2	TenaciousTYT *	Kansas City Royals	501	200	701
6	3	patrickkm *	Detroit Tigers	548	145	693
7	7	dimestoregin	Toronto Blue Jays	475	170	645
8	10	captain10a	Anaheim Angels	474	150	624
9	6	brentcnb *	Milwaukee Brewers	505	95	600
10	NR	egw18 *	Philadelphia Phillies	490	110	600
		Next 5
Rank	Last Year	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Points
11	20	Arte *	Los Angeles Dodgers	422	125	547
12	16	bourboncask *	Baltimore Orioles	391	100	491
13	21	kgrffth *	Chicago White Sox	463	25	488
14	18	wylie715 *	San Francisco Giants	425	45	470
15	13	dffranchise	Washington D.C. Nationals	390	80	470
		The Rest
Rank	Last Year	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Points
16	22	yoker70 *	Arizona Diamondbacks	392	75	467
17	9	nbaker10 *	Pittsburgh Pirates	407	55	462
18	26	pbsilver12	Minnesota Twins	397	60	457
19	27	optistrat	Chicago Cubs	370	80	450
20	12	rsskfs24	Tampa Bay Rays	424	25	449
21	17	basebalguru	New York Mets	347	100	447
22	15	bigsammich	Atlanta Braves	413	30	443
23	NR	goldenbaer89	Texas Rangers	390	50	440
24	19	jgarron *	San Diego Padres	330	100	430
25	14	421werd	St. Louis Cardinals	388		388
26	23	toothdoc7 *	Seattle Mariners	366	10	376
27	25	ctman	Cincinnati Reds	353	5	358
28	31	lido9614	Florida Marlins	319		319
29	29	jefepwnzer	Oakland Athletics	312		312
30	28	pat007ohmss *	Boston Red Sox	230	75	305
31	32	coinguy	Rochester Broncos	220		220
32	29	ajaxx88 *	Houston Astros	217		217

SEASON 19 MAJOR LEAGUE 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	LW	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	4	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	88-52	0.629
2	3	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	86-54	0.614
3	2	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	97-43	0.693
4	5	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	81-59	0.579
5	12	Colorado Rockies	axtell *	91-49	0.650
6	1	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	72-68	0.514
7	9	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	84-56	0.600
8	NR	New York Yankees	ARomano	81-59	0.579
9	NR	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	68-72	0.486
10	NR	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	74-66	0.529
10T	NR	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18 *	70-70	0.500
		The Next 5
Rank		Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
12	NR	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	71-69	0.507
13	8	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	77-63	0.550
13T	10	New York Mets	basebalguru	76-64	0.543
13T	NR	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	71-69	0.507
16	5	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	68-72	0.486

List below you will find the Top 10 International Signings for Season 19.

	Top 10	International Signings
Player	Signing Date	Signing Franchise	Age	Pos B/T	Bonus	Hometown
Mariano Elcano	7/26/2013	Oakland Athletics	18	P L/L	$29.0M	Havana, CU
Julio Colome	7/19/2013	San Diego Padres	18	SS R/R	$23.0M	Boca Chica, DO
Tomas Padilla	7/6/2013	Toronto Blue Jays	18	SS L/R	$20.8M	Fantino, DO
Geraldo Belliard	8/12/2013	Anaheim Angels	20	SS R/R	$17.6M	Distrito Nacional, DO
Vladimir Prieto	7/10/2013	Atlanta Braves	18	P R/R	$15.0M	Santa Cruz, AW
Ivan Latos	7/13/2013	Wash D.C. Nationals	21	P R/R	$11.5M	Cordoba, MX
Tatsuya Bang	6/27/2013	Tampa Bay Rays	19	2B R/R	$8.1M	Saigon, VN
Hector Oliva	7/1/2013	Tampa Bay Rays	19	C R/R	$5.5M	Ciudad Ojeda, VE
Ismael Lopez	7/19/2013	Chicago Cubs	20	2B L/R	$3.7M	Central Tinguaro, CU
Josias Alcantara	6/27/2013	Cincinnati Reds	19	C S/R	$3.5M	Altamira, DO

Major League Wild Card Race.

ML AL Wild Card (S 19)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	81-59	0.579	-	8-2	W1
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	77-63	0.55	4	7-3	L1
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	75-65	0.536	6	7-3	W1
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	71-69	0.507	10	4-6	W2
Houston Astros	ajaxx88	71-69	0.507	10	3-7	L3
ML NL Wild Card (S 19)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Colorado Rockies	axtell *	91-49	0.65	-	6-4	W1
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	88-52	0.629	3	5-5	L1
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	71-69	0.507	20	5-5	W1
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	71-69	0.507	20	3-7	L1
Philadelphia Phillies	egw18 *	70-70	0.5	21	5-5	L2

SEASON 19 MID SEASON ALL-PRO TEAMS and AWARDS

Mid-Summer Awards

New York, NY (McC) We’re here at the site of this year’s mid-summer classic taking a final look at the players and coaches that will make up this year’s mid-summer award winners and the McCabe Magazine mid-summer all-pro squad. The McCabe Magazine selection committee is made up of McCabe Magazine baseball writers, senior editors, all 32 major league beat writers, and selected MLB front office personnel.

The Candidates

This year the mid-summer MVP candidates are Julio Martin (43 HR 315 BA) of the Chicago Cubs, last year’s winner Tony Cortes (27 HR 369 BA), and Colorado’s Philip Priest (28 HR 350 BA). With all three candidates so closely matched we decided to let the team’s records and position in the standings be the deciding factor. That said, the mid-summer MVP is Tony Cortes of the Kansas City Royals (68-44). Of the three candidates Corte’s team is the only team in first place, leading the American League South division by 9 games. With season’s 19 MVP Cortes leading the way, the Royals have won the division four consecutive years 14-18, tying with Texas in season 14 for the division crown. Cortes is a free-agent at the end of this season and at 32 will he command another max deal, and when will the skills start to decline? We’re guessing a 4-5 year deal at max money which would be well worth the cash if that signing produces a World Series contender.       

Outstanding Pitcher

Our mid-summer Outstanding Pitcher award winner came down to four excellent nominees. They are Arizona’s Luther Abercrombie (12-6, 1.99 ERA), San Diego pitchers  Asdrubal Pelaez , (17-3, 2.31 ERA), Tony Tanaka (16-5, 2.97 ERA), and New York Met’s Shawn Bunch (11-3, 2.14 ERA). After crushing the numbers and analyzing all the data we decided the winner of this year’s mid-summer Outstanding Pitcher award goes to the best pitcher on the best team, Asdrubal Pelaez. The San Diego Padres (79-33) have the best record in baseball and lead the best division in major league baseball by 7 games and well on their way of depending their season 18 World Series championship.    

Top Closers

The mid-summer Fireman award nominees are Harry Diaz (31 saves 0.96 whip 1.76 ERA) of the Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City’s Harry Diaz (29 saves 1.17 whip 1.41 ERA), and the Rockies Ronald Kipnis (22 saves 1.22 whip 1.98 ERA). Our mid-summer Fireman award winner for season 19 is Harry Diaz. This closer is a week 3 pitcher of the week award winner and should establish new career highs in saves (40) whip (1.12) and ERA (1.98).  

We recognize the Coaches 

For the first time in McCabe Magazine history, we would like to recognize some of the outstanding coaches in the Robert E. McCabe Major Leagues.  Our mid-summer Bench Coach of the year is Eddie Barker of the San Diego Padres. Our pitching coach selection is also from the Padres organization Peter Westbrook (2.96 team ERA). The hitting coach of the year is Jimmy Salazar of the Kansas City Royals which lead the majors with a .851 OPS.

Season 19 Mid-Summer All Pro Team

Catcher

Hersh Mays Colorado Rockies Age: 27 B/T: L/R Born: Lytle, TX Position(s): C View Hardball Dynasty Profile

30 HR 78 RBI 320 BA  1.045 OPS


1st Basemen 

Dicky Wilkerson Cincinnati Reds Age: 27 B/T: R/R Born: Marion, KY Position(s): 1B View Hardball Dynasty Profile

33 HR 92 RBI 296 BA  0.941 OPS

2nd Basemen

Mark Pence Arizona Diamondbacks Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: Thetford, VT Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

34 HR 82 RBI 324 BA 1.095 OPS

3rd Basemen 

Barry Henley Kansas City Royals Age: 28 B/T: L/R Born: Trail, BC Position(s): 3B/1B/2B/COF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

23 HR 78 RBI 326 BA 0.968 OPS

Shortstop

Willie Silva Boston Red Sox Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: San Francisco De Macoris, DO Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

21 HR 83 RBI 286 BA 0.846 OPS

Designated Hitter 

Neifi Vargas Chicago White Sox Age: 31 B/T: R/R Born: San Mateo, CA Position(s): DH/C/1B/COF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

30 HR 88 RBI 316 BA 1.010 OPS
Outfielders 

Tony Cortes Kansas City Royals Age: 32 B/T: R/R Born: Barahona, DO Position(s): LF/CIF/2B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

27 HR 98 RBI 366 BA 1.180 OPS

Philip Priest Colorado Rockies Age: 32 B/T: R/R Born: Carrollton, KY Position(s): LF/1B/RF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

28 HR 94 RBI 349 BA 1.102 OPS

Diego Hernandez New York Mets Age: 30 B/T: S/R Born: Oakland, CA Position(s): CF/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

35 HR 104 RBI 292 BA .965 OPS

Starting Pitcher 

Asdrubal Pelaez San Diego Padres Age: 26 B/T: R/R Born: Ciudad Bolivar, VE Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

17-3 W/L 1.02 Whip 2.31 ERA 

Middle Relief 

Evan Heving Los Angeles Dodgers Age: 27 B/T: L/L Born: Wolfforth, TX Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

72 Games 2-3 W/L 1.27 Whip 2.97 ERA

Closer

Harry Diaz Toronto Blue Jays Age: 28 B/T: S/R Born: Laguna Verde, DO Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

31 Saves 34 SVO 2-2 W/L 0.96 Whip 1.76 ERA