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  

SEASON 19 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	7	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	35-22	0.614
2	3T	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	40-17	0.702
3	6	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	34-23	0.596
4	9	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	33-24	0.579
5	2	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	34-23	0.596
5T	1	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	32-25	0.561
7	3T	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	34-23	0.596
8	8	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	35-22	0.614
9	12	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	37-20	0.649
10	14	New York Mets	basebalguru	35-22	0.614
		Next 5
Rank	LW	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	NR	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	33-24	0.579
12	3T	Colorado Rockies	axtell *	33-24	0.579
13	15	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	32-25	0.561
14	NR	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	29-28	0.509
15	NR	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	25-32	0.439

Stat of the Day

Top 10 Pinch Hitting Teams

Rank	Team	Owner	Hits	Pinch AB
1	Chicago Cubs	optistrat	25	75
2	Florida Marlins	lido9613	23	93
3	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	22	73
4	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	20	69
5	Colorado Rockies	axtell	18	54
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	16	76
6T	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	16	70
8	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	15	51
8T	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	15	66
10	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	14	65
10T	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	14	62

Billy Damon Chicago Cubs Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Vandalia, IL Position(s): LF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Billy Damon of the Chicago Cubs has the most pinch-hits (15-35) in the majors. 

Top 10 Quality Starts 

Rank	Franchise	Owner	QS
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron	41
2	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	38
3	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	37
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	35
5	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	32
6	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	30
7	Colorado Rockies	axtell	29
7T	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	29
7T	New York Mets	basebalguru	29
7T	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	29
7T	Cincinnati Reds	ctman	29

Asdrubal Pelaez San Diego Padres Age: 26 B/T: R/R Born: Ciudad Bolivar, VE Position(s): P (SP1) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Asdrubal Pelaez (8-1, 2.24 ERA) has the best quality starts in the majors with 12. 

SEASON 19 POWER RANKINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

List below you will find McCabe Magazine's first Power Ranking installment for season 19. The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding Percentage. As you can see the computers didn't give any love to the 12th ranked Kansas City Royals (24-10) and lots of TLC to number one ranked St. Louis Cardinals (21-13). The Royals have  the best record in baseball, a three (3) game lead over the Cardinals in the south division, and number one in the majors with a .912 team OPS. However, the nerds in the sabermetric lab point to the Royals team pitching 5.32 ERA (29 ranked) and .980 fielding (22 rank) as to why the they are not in the top 10. I was told by a reliable source that the computer they are using is an outdated refurbished BCS computer donated to McCabe by the NCAA. The nerds did not confirm nor deny this information.      

You will also note that all four National League West teams made our rankings and the National League North was the only division not to have a team in the top 15.    

		Top 10
Rank	S18 Final	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	25	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	21-13	0.618
2	4	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	21-13	0.618
3	10	Colorado Rockies	axtell *	22-12	0.647
3	4T	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	22-12	0.647
3	14T	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	21-13	0.618
6	2	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	20-14	0.588
7	14T	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	18-16	0.529
8	27	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	21-13	0.618
9	1	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	18-16	0.529
10	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	18-16	0.529
		Next 5
Rank	S18 Final	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	8	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	20-14	0.588
12	6	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	24-10	0.706
13	12	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	18-16	0.529
14	7	New York Mets	basebalguru	19-15	0.559
15	3	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	21-13	0.618

Stat of the Day

Top 10 Base Stealing Teams 

Rank	Franchise	Owner	SB	CS
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron	75	19
2	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	52	11
3	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	51	15
4	Cincinnati Reds	ctman	51	14
5	New York Mets	basebalguru	39	14
6	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	38	14
7	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	37	14
8	Colorado Rockies	axtell	36	18
9	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	36	18
10	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	35	24
	League Average:	-	29	13

Omar Paniagua San Diego Padres Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: Pueblo Nuevo, DO Position(s): CF/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

20 Stolen Bases 2 Caught Stealing 

Top 10 Base Stealing Defense 

Rank	Franchise	Owner	CS	SBA	CS%	Pickoffs
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	12	27	0.444	2
2	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	18	41	0.439	1
3	San Diego Padres	jgarron	18	43	0.419	1
4	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	22	54	0.407	2
5	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	13	32	0.406	2
6	New York Mets	basebalguru	14	36	0.389	2
7	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	12	31	0.387	1
8	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	16	42	0.376	0
9	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	16	45	0.356	1
10	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	13	37	0.351	0
	League Average:	-	11	41	0.277	1

Wandy Vizcaino Los Angeles Dodgers Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: St. George, UT Position(s): C View Hardball Dynasty Profile

12 Caught Stealing 27 Stolen Bases Attempted .444 SBA % 

McCabe Magazine Notebook

TWIB Notes 

New York, NY (McC) With the season barely out of the starting gate, we here at the Robert E. McCabe Magazine would like to make a few observations. The first item we would like to point out is the pitching of Boston’s 34 year-old right-hander T.J Harden (4-1, 2.48 ERA). T.J. was an 18 game winner last year and is off to a hot start this year with a complete game No-Hitter on 6/27PM2 against the Washington D.C. Nationals.

T.J. Harden Boston Red Sox Age: 34 B/T: S/R Born: Hale Center, TX Position(s): P (SP6) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Here are a few teams our staff here at McCabe missed on. They are the St Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and the Colorado Rockies. All three were predicted to finish last in their division. However, as of this printing all three were in first place in this early stretch of the season.

Congratulations to Cedrick Hollins of Seattle Mariners on this 400^th career save.  Hollins has played his entire career with the Mariners and has moved into 5^th on the All-Time save list, 1 save ahead of Donnie Martin (399), and 9 behind 4^th place career leader Brett Upshaw (409). The All-Time career save leader is Hall of Famer Skeeter Brown.

Cedrick Hollins Seattle Mariners Age: 33 B/T: R/R Born: Wrightsville, GA Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Notable injuries: Oakland pitcher Clay Porter placed on the 60-Day Disable list with elbow tendinitis. And, Atlanta’s Eugene Roberts (SP) had season ending elbow surgery. Roberts injured the elbow during his first appearance in spring training.     

Player Highlights: In a game that resembled a beer league softball game Donaldo Johnson (3B) of the Detroit Tigers drove in 8 runs against the Cincinnati Reds. The Tigers won the game 24-12. In another football like scoring game, Toronto 20 Houston 10, Julio Castro  (RF) drove in 7 runs. And Benny Cruz (SS) of the Philadelphia Phillies hit for the cycle in a 6-5 win over the Richmond Virginians.   

Stat of the Day

Top 10 Home Pitching ERA

Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	SV	SVO	ERA
1	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	6	0	4	5	1.67
2	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	3	3	1	1	2.29
3	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	6	1	1	2	2.39
4	San Diego Padres	jgarron	6	4	3	5	2.60
5	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	4	2	2	3	2.62
6	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	4	2	0	1	3.05
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	7	3	2	2	3.13
8	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	4	2	2	2	4.00
9	Washington D.C. Nationals	dffranchise	6	4	1	1	4.01
10	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	5	5	2	3	4.16