| TOP 10 | |||||
| Rank | Last Week |
Franchise
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Owner | W | L |
| 1 | 3 | Seattle Mariners | mark3313 | 88 | 33 |
| 2 | 6 | Pittsburgh Pirates | sportbanker | 72 | 49 |
| 3 | 12 | Philadelphia Phillies | sbank65 | 77 | 44 |
| 4 | 1 | Texas Rangers | goldenbaer88 | 78 | 43 |
| 5 | 2 | Chicago Cubs | rod33 | 74 | 47 |
| 6 | 4 | Toronto Blue Jays | dimestoregin | 71 | 50 |
| 7 | 8 | Minnesota Twins | optistrat | 71 | 50 |
| 8 | 5 | Atlanta Braves | franknterry | 77 | 44 |
| 9 | 9 | Milwaukee Brewers | cpintens | 55 | 66 |
| 10 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals | slurie2001 | 67 | 54 |
| THE NEXT 5 | |||||
| Rank | Last Week |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 11 | 7 | Washington D.C. Nationals | Saffron | 69 | 52 |
| 12 | 13 | Colorado Rockies | axtell | 57 | 64 |
| 13 | NR | San Francisco Giants | wylie715 | 66 | 55 |
| 14 | 11 | Boston Red Sox | pat007ohmss | 63 | 58 |
| 15 | 18 | Chicago White Sox | kgrffth | 62 | 59 |
| THE BEST of the REST | |||||
| Rank | Last Week |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 16 | 16 | Anaheim Angels | captain10a | 66 | 55 |
| 17 | 20 | Kansas City Royals | TenaciousTYT | 63 | 58 |
| 18 | 10 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Frozenherd | 63 | 58 |
| 19 | NR | Florida Marlins | lido9613 | 58 | 63 |
| 20 | NR | Oakland Athletics | ojinga | 58 | 63 |
| DROPPED OUT the TOP 20 | |||||
| Rank | Last Week |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 21 | 15 | Cleveland Indians | CollegeBoy33 | 49 | 72 |
| 24 | 17 | Houston Astros | bballer2117 | 45 | 76 |
| 29 | 19 | Tampa Bay Rays | rsskfs23 | 45 | 76 |
TWIB NOTES
THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL
Boston Red Sox go 2-8 over a 10 game stretch and fall from
1st place to 5 games back!
Brewer shopping starter Fred Hart (P)14-4, 4.47 ERA, could
be a good #2-5 starter on a contender.
Pirates Alexi Solis is the Pitcher of the Week. He gave
up 5 earned runs in 36 innings for an ERA of 1.25. He went 4-1 over a span of 5
games. Solis struck out 20 while only walking 12.
Chicago Cubs Alex Javier named the Player of the Week. He
went 31/69 for a batting average of .449 and hit 7 homeruns in 17 games. Javier
also drove in 15 runs, stole 2 bases and made 1 good play.
Mets rookie .331
hitter Javy Martin (1B)is on
the trading block according to sources in the front office. Also Sammy Petersen (CF) and Pascual Fuentes (LF) both are slated
to be moved
The Yankees have updated the list of players they are willing
to let go for prospects.
Marlins owner and operator lido9613 sent a strange tweet at
3 AM to all major league owners on Tuesday with the following proposal; Florida
will not be required to travel to Seattle and vice versa. The league shall
agree to just split the games 50/50 as it relates to wins and losses. After
reading the early morning tweet the local sheriff’s office was notified to do a
wellness check on Mr. Iido9613. It was discovered the owner had not been taking
his medication. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for observation.
With the trade deadline approaching, the Kansas City Royals
are not sure if they are buying or selling, but have asked clubs to take a look
at their roster and make an offer.
The Dallas Morning Star is reporting the Rangers are looking
for an offensive 3B type. They presently do not have true third-basemen (3B) on
the major league roster. Juan Benitez (SS) 8 HR, 44 RBI 93 games 75
games at 3B, Nigel Song (SS) 4 HR 8 RBI 59 games 31 games at
3B, and Walter Sparks (SS) 1 HR, 5 RBI 53 games 18
games at 3B.
With the deadline coming up, Brewers front office has let it
known they’re willing to move some key pieces which could help a contender
looking for that last piece.
The Yankees are looking to trade first-basemen Danry Beltran 102 games, 19 HR 72 RBI 272 BA.
He hit 31 HR and 104 RBI 290 BA in season 37 and 25 HR 96 RBI 318 BA in season
38.
Mariners are shopping 32 year-old pitcher Louie Collins 8 games 1-1 with 1 save 3.72 ERA.
He has played for 6 teams during his 14 year pro career. His career numbers;
30-28 with 2 saves 1.41 Whip and a 4.85 ERA.
Colorado Rockies have added the following quality players to
the trade block.
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Position Players
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Player
|
Pos
|
G
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
AVG
|
OPS
|
|
Ronald Nimmo
|
RF
|
86
|
32
|
60
|
14
|
1
|
15
|
41
|
0.319
|
1.019
|
|
Felipe Gomez
|
CF
|
101
|
73
|
127
|
18
|
2
|
17
|
54
|
0.308
|
0.842
|
|
Rob Jarvis
|
SS
|
97
|
45
|
94
|
21
|
1
|
17
|
48
|
0.301
|
0.882
|
|
David Oliva
|
3B
|
102
|
67
|
120
|
24
|
1
|
22
|
79
|
0.282
|
0.827
|
|
Flip Gibson
|
1B
|
91
|
29
|
63
|
14
|
0
|
6
|
26
|
0.258
|
0.714
|
|
Pitchers
|
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|
Player
|
G
|
GS
|
W
|
L
|
SV
|
IP
|
BB
|
SO
|
WHIP
|
ERA
|
|
Shane Dawkins
|
27
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
46.1
|
21
|
30
|
1.4
|
3.88
|
|
Kid Richard
|
20
|
20
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
108.1
|
42
|
76
|
1.33
|
4.57
|
|
Darrell Taubensee
|
41
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
47.1
|
23
|
43
|
1.63
|
6.65
|
|
Robinzon Leon
|
18
|
18
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
77.2
|
45
|
49
|
2.03
|
7.07
|
All-Star Game Headline National League wins! Chicago Cubs
shine; Jackie Waterson hits Grand Slam, Jeromy Hayes homers, and Geovany Tabata was the winning pitcher. Phillies
centerfielder Phil Sullivan hits 2 dingers.
Jackie Waterson wins the Home Run Derby with 10
first round homers, 15 second round homers, and 8 third round home runs.
New York Mets looking to move Yohan Alberro (P) 6-4, 1,16
WHIP 3.84 ERA.
The injury bug has hit the best team in baseball, Mariners four
injuries in 4 days 3 to the starting pitching rotation.
The Cubs 75-47 are 36-25 at the friendly confines and 39-22
on the road.
In two enter-league games against the Colorado Rockies Ignacio Valentin has ripped the White Sox pitching staff for 5 homeruns and 7 RBIs.
Kansas City has officially dubbed season 39 as the
"Alvin Gentry" season......aka a dumpster fire. Hitters can’t hit.
Pitchers can’t pitch. After 4 consecutive losses in the ALDS, KC ownership
decided to flip the entire coaching crew. THAT was a mistake.
Mariners looking to trade some pitching for hitting, if
clubs are interest.
Braves season 39
draft pick (21 round) Doc Easley showed up in camp, handed the
coaches a letter from his mother, asking that we don't work her boy too hard in
the hot weather. He’s batting .143 in 6 Rookie league games.
STAT OF THE DAY
|
Team Stats OPS
|
||||||||||
| Rank |
Franchise
|
R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OPS |
| 1 | Boston Red Sox | 778 | 1297 | 235 | 16 | 210 | 753 | 86 | 0.292 | 0.861 |
| 2 | Colorado Rockies | 709 | 1266 | 205 | 15 | 213 | 699 | 82 | 0.288 | 0.833 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Phillies | 698 | 1129 | 203 | 20 | 199 | 682 | 90 | 0.268 | 0.825 |
| 4 | Anaheim Angels | 679 | 1286 | 198 | 21 | 195 | 668 | 77 | 0.289 | 0.823 |
| 5 | Texas Rangers | 673 | 1241 | 157 | 31 | 196 | 656 | 98 | 0.283 | 0.817 |
|
Team Stats ERA
|
||||||||||
| Rank |
Franchise
|
CG | SHO | W | L | SV | SVO | OAV | WHIP | ERA |
| 1 | Seattle Mariners | 1 | 1 | 88 | 34 | 46 | 61 | 0.227 | 1.14 | 2.97 |
| 2 | Atlanta Braves | 2 | 0 | 78 | 44 | 56 | 68 | 0.244 | 1.23 | 3.41 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 1 | 72 | 50 | 39 | 56 | 0.254 | 1.31 | 3.73 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 5 | 78 | 44 | 42 | 53 | 0.250 | 1.25 | 3.74 |
| 5 | Texas Rangers | 10 | 1 | 78 | 44 | 37 | 54 | 0.251 | 1.29 | 3.82 |
