SEASON 24 POWER RANKINGS

The McCabe Magazine Power Rankings

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Wins, OPS, Runs Scored, ERA, WHIP, and Fielding Percentage. 

	TOP 10
Rank	Team	Owner	Win	Lost
1	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	40	9
2	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	32	17
3	Chicago Cubs	carseneau	32	17
4	San Diego Padres	jgarron	30	19
5	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	29	20
6	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	32	17
7	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	29	20
8	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	30	19
9	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	24	25
10	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	29	20
	The next 5
Rank	Team	Owner	Win	Lost
11	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	25	24
12	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	24	25
13	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	28	21
14	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	26	23
15	Florida Marlins	lido9613	26	23
	The Best of the Rest
Rank	Team	Owner	Win	Lost
16	Colorado Rockies	axtell	27	22
17	Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	23	26
18	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	24	25
19	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	27	22
20	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	24	25

Stat of the Day

Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazines Top 5 Rookies in the Major Leagues

Darrel Davies Washington D.C. Nationals Age: 22 B/T: L/L Born: Kaneohe, HI Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Darrel Davies (WAS)	13	51	2	0.332	0.966
2	Vince Valiquette (COL)	10	27	3	0.271	0.905
3	Louis James (COL)	7	27	6	0.341	0.894
4	Don Sugawara (CLE)	7	33	1	0.290	0.816
5	Francicso James (SF)	5	30	3	0.291	0.806

McCabe Magazines Top 5 Major League Rookie Pitchers 

 

Placido Perez Toronto Blue Jays Age: 23 B/T: L/L Born: Edo Lara, DO Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	WHIP	ERA
1	Placido Perez (TOR)	23	3	1	6	22.2	0.88	1.59
2	Trevor Loney (TEX)	16	1	1	0	11.1	0.88	1.59
3	Orber Brock (SEA)	11	0	2	2	11.1	0.97	2.38
4	Archie French (ATL)	9	1	1	1	14	1.21	1.93
5	Alex Henriquez (MIN)	11	0	0	1	12.1	1.22	2.19
5T	Stryker Turner (CIN)	13	0	1	1	21.2	1.29	2.91

McCABE MAGAZINE'S SEASON 24 PREDICTIONS

DODGERS WIN THE WORLD SERIES

The Chicago Cubs fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 2 

Cincinnati, OH (McC.com) - It’s that time of year when the most comprehensive baseball preview magazine is release. The Baseball Writers of America, McCabe Magazine, all 32 beat writers in each major league city, along with some input from several front office personnel has help us each year with the preview issue. As in years past, we are the most accurate preview magazine on your newsstand and on the web. That’s not just us making that claim, last year for the 10^th year in a roll we here at McCabe Magazine have received a Pulitzer for outstanding sports writing and for the 13^th year the Scripts Howard Editors Award. We are recognized as the best professional baseball magazine on the planet.   

     

In season 23 preview issue we correctly predicted all 4 division winners in the America League and 5 of 6 playoff teams. In the National League we got 3 of the 4 division winners and 4 of the 6 playoff teams. When we do our highly scientific analysis of the clubs, we look at the starting lineups, bench, rotations, the bullpen, potential injuries, minor leaguers ready for call up, and most importantly the general manager and manager. This is not an easy process, once the season ends and the World Series champion is crowned the all-knowing, all-seeing machine known as the McCabe Magazine crane up the computers, and compiled the data for the next season. This year we feel the strongest major league teams from top to bottom is the Anaheim Angels, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, another AL West club, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, and the San Diego Padres.  

Playoff Teams and Division Winners

In the American League the division winners will be the Angeles, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, and the Texas Rangers. In the National League we like the Cubs, Padres, Florida Marlins, and the New York Mets. Our Wildcard winners will be the Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves, and the Detroit Tigers. Los Angeles will triumph over Anaheim to win the AL pennant and the Cubs will finish off the Mets to take the NL flag.

Season 24 Predictions

ML AL North					ML NL North
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	101	61		Chicago Cubs	carseneau	95	67
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	90	72		Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	91	71
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	88	74		Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	86	76
Minnesota Twins	optistrat	80	83		Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	75	87
ML AL East					ML NL East
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
New York Yankees	ARomano *	91	71		New York Mets	basebalguru	85	77
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	88	74		Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	84	78
Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	82	80		Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	71	91
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	81	81		Rochester Broncos	coinguy	68	94
ML AL South					ML NL South
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	83	79		Florida Marlins	lido9613	90	72
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	80	82		Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	89	73
Houston Astros	ajaxx88	70	92		Richmond Virginians	spintens	81	81
St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	67	95		Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	79	83
ML AL West					ML NL West
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Anaheim Angeles	captain10a	102	60		San Diego Padres	jgarron	93	69
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	93	69		Colorado Rockies	axtell	86	76
San Francisco Giants	wylie715	82	80		Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	80	82
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	74	88		Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	75	87

Season 24 Award Winners 

American League Most Valuable Player

Jose Colon Los Angeles Dodgers Age: 28 B/T: L/L Born: Chiriqui, PA Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

National League Most Valuable Player

Calvin Pote Chicago Cubs Age: 26 B/T: S/R Born: Santee, CA Position(s): LF/1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

American Cy Young Award Winner

Mariano Elcano Oakland Athletics Age: 23 B/T: L/L Born: Havana, CU Position(s): P (T4B) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

National League Cy Young Winner

Lou Richard Atlanta Braves Age: 30 B/T: R/R Born: Altamont, KS Position(s): P (T2B) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

American League Fireman of the Year

Harry Diaz Toronto Blue Jays Age: 33 B/T: S/R Born: Laguna Verde, DO Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

National League Fireman of the Year

Pedro Manuel San Diego Padres Age: 27 B/T: R/R Born: Los Teques, VE Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

American League Rookie of the Year

Didi Alvarez Chicago White Sox Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Changuinola, PA Position(s): CF/CIF/2B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

National League Rookie of the Year

Don Sugawara Cleveland Indians Age: 22 B/T: R/R Born: Kwangsan-Ku Songjungdong, KR Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

      

McCABE MAGAZINE HALL OF FAME RECOMMENDATIONS

McCabe Magazines Selections

Cincinnati, OH (McC.com) McCabe Magazine would like to enlighten the league on the players deserving to be elected into the McCabe League Hall of Fame (HOF). The baseball experts and insiders here at this well run establishment have poured through countless stacks of data and material so we can rank the HOF candidates to assist the voters in making their selections. We have broken down the candidates into three categories, 1) First Ballot, 2) McCabe Magazine Choice, and 3) Long Shot. As always, the choice is yours, we only ask for 100% participation. Thanks for reading. 

Hall of Fame Rankings

First Ballot selections

1.

Luther Abercrombie none none Age: 42 B/T: L/L Born: Newark, NJ Position(s): P (SP1) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Abercrombie is number one on the career Wins list with 355, Strikeouts 4,449, Quality starts 492, Innings pitched 5198.3, and Games started 782. He is number 2 in shutouts with 22, which is 25 behind Vince Garcia, and 2nd on the complete game list with 75, also behind Garcia.   

McCabe Magazine Choice

2.

Abdullah Beckham none none Age: 38 B/T: R/R Born: Manchester, MI Position(s): C/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Beckham is 2nd among all HOF candidates with a .316 Batting Average, 6 time All-Star, a World Series winner, and 3 time Silver Slugger award winner.

Home Runs	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
405	1146	0.316	0.413	0.577	0.990

3.

Julio Ramirez none none Age: 41 B/T: R/R Born: Sinaloa, MX Position(s): P (SP5) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Ramirez is number 1 on the HOF candidate list with an ERA of 2.96, OVA .225, OBP .287, and WHIP 1.14. He 2nd on the candidate list with 285 career wins, Innings pitched 3366.1, and Strikeouts 3360, behind Abercrombie,

Our Long Shot

4.

Pedro Perez none none Age: 38 B/T: R/R Born: Hato Mayor, DO Position(s): LF/1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Perez is number 1 on the candidates list with 2582 Hits, Runs Scored 1556, and Doubles 564. He is a 3 time World Series winner, 5 time All-Star, 2 time Silver Slugger, and 2 time Gold Glove award winner.

SEASON 23 OWNER/ORGANIZATION of the YEAR AWARD

OWNER/ORGANIZATION of SEASON 23 

Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazine Owner/Organization of the Year Award Winner and our Owner Power Rankings. This year we at McCabe Magazine will award organizations bonus points for winning the World Series and Pennant at each level. In addition, the owner will receive bonus points for total wins at every level, winning the Division title, and for making the playoffs as a 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 club. 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 for Total Wins and Playoff Teams 

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 30, AA Division Winner 40, AA Wildcard 20, High A Division Winner 30, High A Wildcard 15, Low A Division Winner 20, Low A Wildcard 10. Rookie Division Winner 10, and Rookie Wildcard 5.

Bonus Points for World Series and League Pennant

ML World Series winner 100 points, ML Pennant winner 75, AAA World Series winner 50 points, AAA Pennant winner 30, AA World Series winner 40 points, AA Pennant winner 20, High A World Series winner 30 points, High A Pennant winner 15, Low A World Series winner 20 points, Low A Pennant winner 10, Rookie World Series winner 10 points, and Rookie Pennant winner 5.

Note: Tiebreaker total wins.     

OWNER POWER RANKINGS

Season 23 Robert E. McCabe Owner of the Year, and our back to back winner is captain10a of the Anaheim Angels. The Angels have a total of 501 organizational wins, 255 playoff bonus points, which include a World Series Championship 100 for an organization total of 756 points. 

Franchise	Owner	Level	W	L	Bonus	WS
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	ML	99	63	100	100
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	AAA	84	60
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	AA	98	46	40
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	High A	93	51	15
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	Low A	88	56
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	Rookie	39	37
Anaheim Angels	captain10a
Anaheim Angels	captain10a		501	313	155	100

TOP 10
Franchise	Owner	W	L	Bonus Pts	Total
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	501	313	255	756
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	543	271	195	738
New York Yankees	ARomano	536	278	155	691
Philadelphia Phillies	egw21	510	304	160	670
Chicago Cubs	mitt0111	477	337	190	667
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	476	338	190	666
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	467	347	190	657
Richmond Virginians	spintens	464	350	150	614
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	505	309	95	610
San Francisco Giants	wylie718	489	325	120	609
The Next 5
Franchise	Owner	W	L	Bonus Pts	Total
Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	501	313	100	601
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	452	362	125	577
Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	467	347	85	572
New York Mets	basebalguru	362	452	185	547
Colorado Rockies	axtell	445	369	85	530
The Rest
Franchise	Owner	W	L	Bonus Pts	Total
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	439	375	85	524
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs26	417	397	100	517
Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	456	358	50	506
Florida Marlins	lido9616	422	392	80	502
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker73	439	375	60	499
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	427	387	70	497
San Diego Padres	jgarron	344	470	150	494
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer91	418	396	40	458
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	304	510	100	404
Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker13	377	437	0	377
Minnesota Twins	optistrat	323	491	0	323
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	318	496	0	318
Rochester Broncos	coinguy	268	546	0	268
Seattle Mariners	mark3316	261	553	0	261
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	249	565	0	249
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	216	598	0	216
Houston Astros	ajaxx91	151	663	0	151

McCABE LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Pennant Contenders Baltimore Orioles vs. Anaheim Angels 

New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs

The Playoff Teams

Chicago, ILL (McC.com) – The first round of the McCabe League playoffs started with the number 4 seed New York Mets (87-75) sweeping the 5^th seed Florida Marlins (89-73), the 3^rd seed Tampa Bay Rays (89-73) sweeping the Detroit Tigers (86-76) 6^th seed. In the American League, the Baltimore Orioles (81-81) 4^th seed eliminated the Los Angeles Dodgers (95-65) 5^th seed, 3 games to 1, and the number 3 seed Kansas City Royals (98-64) knocked out the Chicago White Sox (95-67) 6^th seed, 3 games to 2.  

American League Opening Round  

In the opening round we saw the Baltimore, who barely made the fall classic, pitching staff hold the Dodgers to 11 runs in 4 games for an average of 2.75 runs per game. The Dodgers scored 920 runs during the regular season for an average of 5.6 runs per game. Jose Colon, Dodgers (1B) and MVP candidate disappeared in the series, batting .200 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs. In the Kansas City and Chicago series, the White Sox young pitching staff was pulverized for 35 runs in 5 games (7 runs per game). Homer Henry (LF) was the star of the opening round series for the Royals with a .478 BA, 3 HR, 8 RBI.

National League Opening Round

They brought out the brooms in the NL opening round. Met Closer Benji Schulte (L) saved all 3 games verse the Marlins with a 0.00 ERA. Tampa swept Detroit 3-0 and outscored the Tigers 13-2 in the series. Michel Concepcion (SP) started game 3 and went 7 innings for the win. He gave up 1 run on 4 hits and was named player of the game.

Divisional Championship Series

The Orioles took care of the Toronto Blue Jays (100-62), McCabe Magazines choice to win the World Series in surprising fashion, 3 games to 1, OUCH! All four games were tightly contested with the margin of victory being 1.5 runs. Anaheim Angels (99-63) swept the Royals 3-0 with a pitching staff that combined for a .162 OVA, .239 OBP, .232 SLG, 0.86 Whip, and a 1.24 ERA. In the National League the Mets astonishing hurlers (post-season .223 OVA, 1.13 Whip, 2.43 ERA) out dueled the San Diego Padres (99-63) outstanding staff (post-season .239 OVA, 3.28 ERA) and shocked the editors here at McCabe Magazine, and the baseball world with a 3 games to 1 series win. The Chicago Cubs (94-68) led by Bill Henry (2B) who batted .429 in the series outscored the Rays 21-5 in the 3 game sweep.

League Championship Series Odds

Las Vegas MGM Sports Book Odds to Win the McCabe League World Series

Franchise		W-L		Odds
Anaheim Angels		99-63		2-1
Chicago Cubs		94-68		4-1
New York Mets		87-75		5-1
Baltimore Orioles		81-81		8-1

OPS Ranking

Franchise	Owner	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	21	5	19	1	0.275	0.798
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	12	6	12	3	0.243	0.783
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	40	6	37	6	0.286	0.753
New York Mets	basebalguru	31	8	30	5	0.254	0.719

ERA Ranking

Franchise	Owner	W	L	SV	OAV	WHIP	ERA
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	3	0	1	0.162	0.86	1.24
Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	3	0	2	0.124	0.89	1.67
New York Mets	basebalguru	6	1	5	0.223	1.13	2.43
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	6	2	5	0.268	1.33	3.01