McCABE MAGAZINE POWER RANKINGS

SEASON 42 POWER RANKINGS and TWIB NOTES

Newport, KY (McC.com) - Listed below you will find McCabe Magazines Power Rankings, This Week In Baseball (TWIB notes), and McCabe Magazine's Stat of the Day. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following Team Stats; Wins, Runs Scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage. 

		TOP 10
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	101	42
2	17	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	92	51
3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	87	56
4	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	87	55
5	10	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	83	59
6	6	Chicago Cubs	rod33	79	63
7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	90	52
8	25	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	76	66
9	2	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	71	71
10	18	San Diego Padres	jgarron	80	62
		THE NEXT 5
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	NR	New York Mets	larryscubs	78	65
12	7	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	67	76
13	11	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	77	66
14	9	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	76	66
15	14	Colorado Rockies	axtell	77	65
		THE BEST OF THE REST
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	8	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	78	65
17	22	Richmond Virginians	spintens	72	70
18	NR	Rochester Broncos	dmann2158	70	73
19	5	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	71	71
20	NR	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	69	73
		DROPPING OUT THE TOP 20
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
21	13	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	67	75
23	20	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	65	78
24	12	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	58	85
28	15	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	53	90
29	19	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	49	93

THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL (TWIB NOTES) 

Chicago Cubs 26 year-old pitcher Geovany Tabata (12-13, 3.47 ERA) tosses a complete game 7-hit shutout, a 4-0 win over the visiting Colorado Rookies. The Complete Game was his 4^th of the season which puts him in a three-way tie for 3^rd and only 2 CGs behind league leader Bill Garcia (CLE).

	League Leaders Complete Games
Rank	Player	CG	W	L	WHIP	ERA	SHO
1	Bill Garcia (CLE)	6	21	3	0.99	2.08	3
2	Cedrick Glass (PIT)	5	20	6	1.14	3.18	4
2	Jairo Cruz (CH2)	5	13	7	1.36	3.44	1
4	Bob Stull (CH2)	4	14	9	1.25	4.08	0
4	Geovany Tabata (CH1)	4	12	13	1.3	3.47	1
4	Javy Javier (CLE)	4	13	13	1.37	4.44	1

Mariner's Ryan Donaldson (P) , Glenn Vaughn (P) and Chris Little (P)  combine to toss a one hit shutout of the Cubs at Safeco Field last Saturday before a sellout crowd of 47,943 on Cedrick Hollins, P Bobble Head Day, the Mariners longtime reliever and season 27 Hall Fame inductee.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting the Pirates are looking at signing serval arbitrational eligible players to long-term extensions. According to team sources pitchers Cedrick Glass (20-6, 3.18 ERA) and Jair Polanco (3-6, 35/40 Saves, 2.87 ERA) are team priorities. Both players have been to one arbitration hearing and should be easy signs however; both are looking for 5-year deals worth $10M and up.   

Marlins R.A. Krause (2B) was 37-39 this year on SB's when Arizona catcher Sun Kang throws him out on both attempts in the 1-0 Marlins win.

The Royals have informed clubs any and everybody on the Major League roster is available. These are some of the players we think should draw considerable interest;

Player	Pos	B	T	Age	ML Years	Pro Years	Options	Salary
Daniel Florie (R)	2B	R	R	29	2	7	2	$378K
Chick Fielder (R)	1B	R	R	32	9	12	2	$7.3M
Slash Pryor (R)	RF	R	R	33	10	15	2	$5.0M
Neftali Rios (R)	P	R	R	31	7	11	1	$8.5M
Wes Gates (L)	P	L	L	32	6	10	2	$5.6M
Mule Keough (L)	CF	L	L	23	0	5	2	$327K
Kevin Takahashi (S)	P	S	R	24	0	6	1	$327K

Cubs starter Edwar Piedra (S) tosses a 4-hit complete game shutout in Great American Ball Park against the Reds for the 12-0 win.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC	ERA
E. Piedra, W (10-5)	9	4	0	0	3	10	114	2.40

Boston Red Sox are looking to start a rebuilding project following another disappointing season in Beantown. The only player listed as an untouchable is switch hitting first baseman Billy Ray Colbert (S) 40 HR 111 RBI 285 BA

Following a 4-game losing streak, wylie715 owner and general manager of the San Francisco Giants  made the following comments to a group of reports outside the Giants locker room “We need to blow this team up...anyone on my ML roster is available for prospects.”

The Highest Paid Players on the Roster;

Player	Pos	Age	ML Years	Pro Years	Salary
Breland Taijeron (L)	CF	30	6	9	$6.5M
	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OPS
	21	82	16	13	0.263	0.767
	Pos	Age	ML Years	Pro Years	Salary
Leyson Beltre (R)	P	32	10	14	$6.3M
	W	L	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
	11	7	64	138	1.29	3.35

The Cardinals  waived 37 year-old Eugenio Jose (RF) to free up some cash to so sign prospects. The fan favorite was claimed by the Minnesota Twins and then traded to the Twins for a bag of rocks. The bag of rocks has a name, 20 year-old Rookie Leaguer Pascual Liz picked in the 23 round of the season 41 draft. Jose an IFA in season 23 played his entire career in the Cardinal organization, finishing his career in St. Louis with 2331 Hits 413 HR 1379 RBI 279 BA and a 845 OPS. If he continues his career next year it will be in the Twins minor league system.   

Major injuries have crippled the Red Sox with three key players suffering season ending injuries;

Disabled List
Player	Position	Expected	Injury	Awards
Otto Magnusson	SS	OFS	Shoulder, sore	4 World Series Rings 5 All-Stars
Osvaldo Zumaya	CF	OFS	Knee, ACL Tear	1 World Series Rings 4 All-Stars
Josh Lawson	P	OFS	Elbow, surgery	None

Mariner’s owner mark3313 made these comments during his weekly radio show “I'm ready to break this team up and begin a rebuild.” The Mariners are currently in 3^rd place in their division and on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. When radio host Bob Costas grilled him on some of the questionable trades the past three years, Mr. mark3313 simply replied “I'm around if anyone wants to talk trade.” 

The Washington D.C. Nationals signed IFA Sammy Henriquez (SS) a can’t miss talent and furfure All-Star to a $21,000,000.00 contract, of which many scouts say the 18 year-old from Distrito Nacional, DO was under paid. The 5’6’’ Henriquez nickname “Raton poderoso” translation Mighty Mouse can hit both righties and lefties for average and power, with above average speed. He is presently playing shortstop at Rookie Ball but should be best suited at third base or centerfield in the majors, with secondary positions listed as ALL OF THE ABOVE.

59 Games Played at Rookie Ball;

R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
84	92	30	0	19	82	0.361	1.181

 

John Ma (1B) is upset with the Mariners front office after learning he was on the trading block earlier this season. To add to his frustration, Ma was also placed on the waiver wire late last year by Seattle.  He joined the Mariners in season 40 via a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers.  Oddly, Ma started his professional career with the Mariners in season 34 as an IFA. That same season he was placed on waivers and then resigned. The next season (35) he was traded to the Anaheim Angels. Twenty-four hours after landing in Anaheim he was told he had been traded to Milwaukee where he played 4 seasons. During those 4 seasons he was placed on waivers 5 times before being traded back to Seattle.   

John Ma (1B) Career Stats

Regular Season Batting Stats
G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
1157	689	1178	191	18	256	795	0.276	0.873
Post-Season Batting Stats
G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
40	32	45	8	0	16	43	0.285	0.990

After losing their 12th game in a row the Red Sox announce that it was willing to trade starting pitching for relief pitching.

Oakland is taking offers on either pitchers William Durham (P) or John Maeda (P), two excellent middle relievers who can eat up a ton of innings. Unfortunately, they're stepping on each other's toes, so the Athletics want to move one. They prefer prospects but, will consider anything.

Player Stats
Player	G	W	L	SV	SVO	BB	SO	OAV	WHIP	ERA
William Durham	46	9	6	3	3	22	80	0.206	1.03	2.57
John Maeda	73	7	3	5	11	70	111	0.206	1.28	4.21

New York Mets Frankie Brooks No Hit the Atlanta Braves in a 1-0 win. He threw 102 pitches, committed 2 walks while striking out 10, while only facing 28 batters. At the plate Mr. Brooks had 3 at bats, 1 hit, and scored the only run of the game when Junior Meng hit into a 6-4 fielder's choice.

	R	H	E
New York Mets	1	5	0
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0

Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
F. Brooks, W (8-3)	9	0	0	0	2	10	0	102	3.04
Batting
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
F. Brooks	P	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.194

McCabe Magazine Stat of the Day 

	Ranking 1-Run Wins
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	1-Run	1-Run PCT
1	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65 *	91-55	26-13	0.667
2	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	94-52	23-13	0.639
3	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	104-42	21-11	0.636
4	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	84-62	19-13	0.594
5	New York Yankees	staeben	72-74	25-18	0.581
6	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	66-80	29-22	0.569
7	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	68-78	23-18	0.561
8	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	72-74	26-21	0.553
9	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	58-88	17-14	0.548
T	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	74-72	23-19	0.548
11	Richmond Virginians	spintens *	74-72	22-19	0.537
12	Houston Astros	bballer2117	66-80	22-18	0.525
13	Colorado Rockies	axtell	78-68	14-13	0.519
14	Rochester Broncos	dmann2158 *	71-75	23-22	0.511
15	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	90-56	26-26	0.500
T	Chicago Cubs	rod33 *	81-65	18-18	0.500
T	Detroit Tigers	mrmich1	69-77	20-20	0.500
T	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker *	88-58	19-19	0.500
T	New York Mets	larryscubs	80-66	22-22	0.500
20	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	78-68	23-24	0.489
	Ranking Extra Inning Wins
Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Extra	Extra  Inning PCT
1	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	94-52	6-1	0.857
2	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	74-72	5-1	0.833
3	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	84-62	9-3	0.750
4	New York Mets	larryscubs	80-66	10-5	0.667
5	Detroit Tigers	mrmich1	69-77	7-4	0.636
T	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65 *	91-55	7-4	0.636
7	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	90-56	8-5	0.615
T	San Diego Padres	jgarron	83-63	8-5	0.615
9	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	49-97	6-4	0.600
10	Chicago Cubs	rod33 *	81-65	7-5	0.583
11	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	78-68	8-6	0.571
T	New York Yankees	staeben	72-74	4-3	0.571
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte *	51-95	5-4	0.556
14	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	54-92	8-7	0.533
15	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	66-80	9-8	0.529
16	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	68-78	6-6	0.500
T	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	72-74	14-14	0.500
T	Cincinnati Reds	fsubwj	43-103	2-2	0.500
T	Richmond Virginians	spintens *	74-72	5-5	0.500
T	Atlanta Braves	franknterry *	67-79	5-5	0.500