McCabe Magazine Power Rankings and The Divisional Races

McCabe Magazine Power Rankings  TOP 10 Ranking Last Rank Franchise Owner W L 1 1 Kansas City Royals TenaciousTYT 97 42 2 3 Seattle Mariners mark3313 104 35 3 5 Philadelphia Phillies sbank65 96 43 4 6 Milwaukee Brewers cpintens 81 58 5 8 Chicago Cubs rod33 79 60 6 15 New York Mets gurubaseball 79 60 7 2 St. Louis Cardinals slurie2001 76 63 8 4 Florida Marlins lido9613 77 62 9 9 Toronto Blue Jays dimestoregin 77 62 10 14 Washington D.C. Nationals Saffron 78 61 The Next 5 Ranking Last Rank Franchise Owner W L 11 12 Houston Astros bballer2117 77 62 12 11 Arizona Diamondbacks Frozenherd 75 64 13 13 Colorado Rockies axtell 76 63 14 7 Oakland Athletics ojinga 70 69 15 17 Anaheim Angels captain10a 68 71 The Best of the Rest  Ranking Last Rank Franchise Owner W L 16 20 Chicago White Sox kgrffth 76 63 17 10 Cleveland Indians CollegeBoy33 70 69 18 16 Pittsburgh Pirates sportbanker 69 70 19 18 Richmond Virginians spintens 72 67 20 19 Boston Red Sox pat007ohmss 67 72 A LOOK AT THE SEASON 36 PLAYOFFS Cincinnati, Ohio (McC.com) – Welcome to another issue of the world renowned and critically acclaimed McCabe Magazine. We are the only publication in America with a columnist/author with 3 Nobel Prize awards in Literature and a winner of the KONS International Literary Award, Mr. Sam “no spell check” Willie. For those of you who question these outstanding accomplishments, McCabe Magazine will happily email you a copy of Mr. Sam Willies resume which documents each award with dates and times of the presentations. To confirm the authenticity of the hand written resume, we here at McCabe had the resume sent to an FBI hand writing specialist who verified the resume was in fact written by Sam. The framed resume is presently on displace in the main lobby at the McCabe offices here in Cincinnati. With the regular season quickly coming to its conclusion we wanted our award winning writers and editors to take a look at the divisional races and the playoff picture. DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME American League North In the American League North we pegged the Milwaukee Brewers as our pick to win the Division in our season 36 preview issue. With 23 games left in the season and a 4 and 5 game lead over Toronto and Chicago it should be a good bet that the Brewers will hold onto that slim lead and win its third consecutive division crown.  ML AL North Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Milwaukee Brewers cpintens * 81-58 .583 - 3-7 L3 Toronto Blue Jays dimestoregin 77-62 .554 4.0 4-6 W3 Chicago White Sox kgrffth * 76-63 .547 5.0 3-7 L1 Minnesota Twins optistrat 39-100 .281 42.0 3-7 L3 Player to watch; Kid Richard (P) 23-4, 1.16 WHIP, 2.44 ERA Note; the entire division is struggling down the stretch with a combine 16-27 record over the last 10 games. American League East American League East belongs to the Washington Nationals. They are in position to capture their 12th consecutive division title and their 4th consecutive World Series Championship, a feat that has never been done in Major League baseball history. Picking the Nationals to win the AL East is like picking the low hanging fruit. However, what our readers should be impressed about is the exact order of finish we predicted in our preview issue.    ML AL East Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Washington D.C. Nationals Saffron 78-61 .561 - 7-3 W2 Boston Red Sox pat007ohmss * 67-72 .482 11.0 5-5 W1 New York Yankees staeben * 65-74 .468 13.0 7-3 L1 Baltimore Orioles kingkai53 62-77 .446 16.0 5-5 W3 Player to watch; Darrel Davies (1B) 36 HR, 106 RBI, 328 BA, 992 OPS Note; Boston, New York, and Baltimore all are under .500 American League South Our preseason selection of the St. Louis Cardinals is presently 21 games behind division leader Kansas City Royals. You don’t have to look to far to see why the Royals are in first, they currently have a division record of 16-5, Cardinals 12-9, Houston 8-13, and the Rangers 6-15.   ML AL South Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Kansas City Royals TenaciousTYT 97-42 .698 - 5-5 W1 Houston Astros bballer2117 77-62 .554 20.0 6-4 L3 St. Louis Cardinals slurie2001 76-63 .547 21.0 5-5 W1 Texas Rangers goldenbaer88 57-82 .410 40.0 6-4 W3 Player to watch; Wilkin Lopez 39 HR, 125 RBI, 319 BA, 1.022 OPS Note; St. Louis major injury Louie Albaladejo (P) 7-3, 1.10 WHIP, 2.65 ERA American League West The Oakland A’s, Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in battle to the end. As of 6/13 AM games, the Angels are on a 4 game winning streak have closed the gap to 1 game and the Dodgers, also on a 4 game streak are just 4 back of division leader Oakland. The winner of this division will make the playoffs, and 2nd and 3rd will be at home watching.  ML AL West Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Oakland Athletics ojinga 70-69 .504 - 7-3 W1 Anaheim Angels captain10a 68-71 .489 2.0 3-7 L1 Los Angeles Dodgers Arte * 65-74 .468 5.0 4-6 L2 San Francisco Giants wylie715 * 60-79 .432 10.0 7-3 L1 Player to watch; Shawn Camp (LAA) 43 HR, 118 RBIs, 303 BA Note; No wildcard for the runner up ML AL Wild Card Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Toronto Blue Jays dimestoregin 77-62 .554 - 4-6 W3 Houston Astros bballer2117 77-62 .554 - 6-4 L3 St. Louis Cardinals slurie2001 76-63 .547 1.0 5-5 W1 Chicago White Sox kgrffth * 76-63 .547 1.0 3-7 L1 Anaheim Angels captain10a 68-71 .489 9.0 3-7 L1 Boston Red Sox pat007ohmss * 67-72 .482 10.0 5-5 W1 National League North Chicago is in firm control of the NL North with 23 games to go. We had predicted Cleveland winning the division in our season 36 preview, and it looks like they will not only not win the division, but miss out on a playoff berth. They are at the moment 9 games back in the Wildcard Division. ML NL North Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Chicago Cubs rod33 79-60 .568 - 6-4 W2 Cleveland Indians CollegeBoy33 70-69 .504 9.0 5-5 L3 Cincinnati Reds kujhawker 52-87 .374 27.0 3-7 L2 Detroit Tigers mrmich1 48-91 .345 31.0 2-8 L1 Player to watch; Jackie Waterson (CH1) 51 HR, 123 RBIs, 291 BA, 23-3 SB. 981 OPS  Note; The Cubs have a team ERA of 4.28 which will make a short season 36 playoff run. National League East Philadelphia our preseason selection to win the division, is well on their way to winning the National League East with a 17 game lead over the second place Mets, and a whopping 27 game lead over the third place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.       ML NL East Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Philadelphia Phillies sbank65 96-43 .691 - 7-3 W1 New York Mets gurubaseball 79-60 .568 17.0 8-2 W5 Pittsburgh Pirates sportbanker 69-70 .496 27.0 6-4 W1 Rochester Broncos ajaxx88 38-101 .273 58.0 3-7 L1 ML NL South Players to watch; Whitey Corino (PHI) 16-8, 1.15 WHIP, 2.93 ERA, Shawon Mathews (PHI) 40 HR, 109 RBIs, 299 BA Note; The Mets have a 3 game lead over the Colorado Rockies in the Wildcard Division. National League South Our preseason prediction of Richmond winning the division is not looking good at this juncture of the season; however our selection of the Florida Marlins battling the Seattle Mariners for the NL pennant is looking like an excellent choice.  ML NL South Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Florida Marlins lido9613 77-62 .554 - 4-6 L2 Richmond Virginians spintens 72-67 .518 5.0 7-3 W2 Atlanta Braves franknterry 59-80 .424 18.0 3-7 L1 Tampa Bay Rays rsskfs23 57-82 .410 20.0 2-8 L4 Player to watch; Lon Post (FLA) 46 SB, 283 BA, and Sammy Benoit (FLA) 42 SB, 286 BA Note; Florida and Richmond are tied for third place in the major leagues with 187 team stolen bases, behind Seattle (207) and Kansas City (203).  National League West Seattle has owned this division the last 5 seasons and it is no surprise they have a 28 game lead over Wildcard contenders Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks. With 18 games to go in the season the NL Wildcard Division is shaping up to be settled on the last day of the season. ML NL West Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK Seattle Mariners mark3313 * 104-35 .748 - 9-1 W5 Colorado Rockies axtell * 76-63 .547 28.0 5-5 W1 Arizona Diamondbacks Frozenherd 75-64 .540 29.0 8-2 W3 San Diego Padres jgarron 58-81 .417 46.0 2-8 L6 Player to watch; Frankie Brooks (SEA) 19-3, 0.89 WHIP, 1.68 ERA. Note; Wildcard Standings Mets, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Richmond, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.   ML NL Wild Card Team Owner W-L PCT GB L10 STRK New York Mets gurubaseball 79-60 .568 - 8-2 W5 Colorado Rockies axtell * 76-63 .547 3.0 5-5 W1 Arizona Diamondbacks Frozenherd 75-64 .540 4.0 8-2 W3 Richmond Virginians spintens 72-67 .518 7.0 7-3 W2 Cleveland Indians CollegeBoy33 70-69 .504 9.0 5-5 L3 Pittsburgh Pirates sportbanker 69-70 .496 10.0 6-4 W1