Season 20 Wrap Up

The San Diego Padres Win the World Series over the Kansas City Royals

San Diego, CA (McC) The San Diego Padres (116-46) dominated the major league regular season and postseason, winning the World Series over the New York Yankees (88-74) four games to three. The staff here at McCabe Magazine have jokingly named the fall classic the “Padre Invitational.” They have won the last 3 National League Pennants, and 2 of the last 3 World Series. The past four seasons we have seen this organization win 434 games (lost 214), and a postseason record of 38-22 over that same period.

The Postseason

The Yankees (5^th seed) won the American League Pennant by knocking off the Los Angeles Dodgers (82-80) in the opening round, the number one seed Kansas City Royals (110-52) in the divisional round, and the number 2 seed Boston Red Sox in the league championship round.  

           

San Diego swept divisional rival Colorado Rockies (99-63) in the divisional round 3-0, and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (97-65) in the league championship series 4-3. It doesn't take a PhD to know the Padres secret, it’s that incredible starting rotation in which they had three (3) pitchers win twenty games, and a fourth pitcher win fifteen. The staff included Wandy Duran (26-7, 2.99 ERA), Asdrubal Pelaez (23-2, 2.52 ERA), Moose Martin (20-11, 2.73 ERA), and Tony Tanaka (15-8, 3.95 ERA). How are they fixed for the future you might ask? Well it’s like this, Duran signed a free agent contract at the end of season 19 that runs threw season 24, and he’ll be a FA at the beginning of season 25. Pelaez is locked up until the end of season 23, and 24 year-old Martin won’t be arbitration eligible until season 22. Tanaka is the only Padre starter on the free-agent market this season. It is truly amazing how he has maintained his 4 pitches; sinker, slider, change-up, and curve during his 3-year time in San Diego. Mr. Tanaka is a 37 year-old pitcher, that showed steady decline in all areas after season 18 and was consider just another washed up starter needing someone to take a lit match to his uniform in order to get it off of him. The folks we talked to say he has lost nothing except a little velocity and should be a solid 5^th starter or long reliever in season 21. However, buyer beware, he’s 37 for crying OUT LOUD!

    

McCabe Magazines Postseason Awards

World Series and National League Postseason Most Valuable Player

Moose Martin San Diego Padres Age: 24 B/T: R/R Born: Scottsdale, AZ Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	GS	CG	W	L	OAV	OBP	SLG	WHIP	ERA
7	7	0	5	1	0.186	0.258	0.253	0.98	1.80

American League Postseason Most Valuable Player

David Wang New York Yankees Age: 31 B/T: L/R Born: El Reno, OK Position(s): 1B/C/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
24	99	16	35	6	21	0.354	0.385	0.586	0.970

McCabe Magazine Final Major League Power Rankings

Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	PCT
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	116-46	0.716
2	New York Yankees	ARomano *	88-74	0.543
3	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	110-52	0.679
4	Colorado Rockies	axtell *	99-63	0.611
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	97-65	0.599
6	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	98-64	0.605
7	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm *	96-66	0.593
8	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin *	90-72	0.556
9	New York Mets	basebalguru *	93-69	0.574
10	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23 *	87-75	0.537
11	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd *	85-77	0.525
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	82-80	0.506