McCABE MAGAZINE SEASON 43 MID-SEASON

McCABE MAGAZINE SUMMER UPDATE 

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS 

Nashville, TN (McC.com) - Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazines Mid-Season Power Rankings. 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 RANK	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	62	40
2	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	69	33
3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	60	42
4	NR	Houston Astros	bballer2117	60	42
5	8	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	59	43
6	NR	New York Yankees	staeben	58	44
7	9	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	56	46
8	6	Chicago Cubs	rod33	55	47
9	7	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	54	48
10	10	San Diego Padres	jgarron	59	43
		THE NEXT 5
RANK	LAST RANK	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	11	New York Mets	larryscubs	57	45
12	12	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	52	50
13	2	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	51	51
14	NR	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	50	52
15	15	Colorado Rockies	axtell	53	49
		THE BEST OF THE REST
RANK	LAST RANK	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	16	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	54	48
17	14	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	44	58
18	5	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	55	47
19	NR	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	52	50
20	NR	Detroit Tigers	mrmich1	51	51
		DROPPING OUT
RANK	LAST RANK	Franchise	Owner	W	L
22	13	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	50	52
23	17	Richmond Virginians	spintens	39	63
25	20	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	42	60
26	19	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	46	56
27	18	Rochester Broncos	dmann2158	47	55

McCabe Magazine Mid-Season Most Valuable Player 

Jerome Surtain Houston Astros Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Tenafly, NJ Position(s): 3B/IF/OF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Jerome Surtain (HOU)	78	124	34	86	10	0.320	1.018
2	Shawn Camp (LAA)	67	126	35	80	0	0.307	0.985
3	Billy Ray Colbert (BOS)	74	115	32	92	6	0.313	1.073
4	Jackie Waterson (CH1)	71	115	37	90	3	0.290	0.948
5	Rougned Schoop (CH2)	84	113	33	94	4	0.285	0.958

McCabe Magazine Mid-Season Cy Young 

Andrea Wright Pittsburgh Pirates Age: 30 B/T: S/R Born: Egg Harbor Cit, NJ Position(s): P (SP5) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	GS	W	L	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
1	Andrea Wright (PIT)	18	12	0	34	64	1.19	2.29
2	Davey Jones (LA)	19	11	4	51	94	1.23	1.82
3	Ryota Uehara (SEA)	19	12	4	32	54	1.05	2.70
4	Javier Alfonseca (HOU)	21	12	3	36	99	1.12	2.93
5	Whitey Corino (PHI)	21	12	5	34	148	1.17	3.13

McCabe Magazine Mid-Season Fireman 

Pedro Calderon New York Mets Age: 32 B/T: L/L Born: New Brighton, MN Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	W	L	SV	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
1	Pedro Calderon (NY2)	1	0	34	12	27	0.84	1.22
2	Will Delahanty (LA)	0	0	27	5	25	0.94	2.28
3	Jair Polanco (PIT)	3	4	29	9	34	1.09	2.52
4	Yadiel Duran (SEA)	0	5	23	10	32	1.17	2.70
5	Wascar Ontiveros (ARI)	0	4	26	11	36	1.19	2.83

McCabe Magazine Mid-Season Rookie

Gerald Rossy New York Yankees Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Hindman, KY Position(s): RF/LF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Gerald Rossy (NY1)	67	112	28	81	9	0.295	0.955
		GS	W	L	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
2	Jose Rios (SD) Pitcher	16	9	2	35	71	1.10	2.32
		R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
3	Oscar Grilli (TB)	63	92	29	67	10	0.231	0.807
		W	L	SV	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
4	Efren Pimentel (SD)Closer	7	1	28	13	36	1.11	2.64
		R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
5	Brendan Romero (MIN)	60	108	21	63	4	0.276	0.866
6	Tito Lipka (ATL)	63	105	15	43	18	0.266	0.804

SEASON 43 ALL-STAR RECAP 

All-Star MVP 

Gerald Rossy New York Yankees Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Hindman, KY Position(s): RF/LF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
4	1	1	3	1	0	2

National League
at
American League
Kauffman Stadium
1 Royal Way
Kansas City, MO
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NL All-Star Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
AL All-Star Team	0	2	1	0	4	2	1	1	x	11	12	0
PITCHERS A. Rodriguez, W (1-0) W. Corino, L (0-1)

NL All-Star Team
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
T. Brown	DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0.333
C. Welsh	LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000
D. Pirela	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
G. Manaea	3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0.000
M. Ortiz	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
J. Beltre	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
J. Hayes	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
R. Diaz	1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.333
J. Waterson	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000
Z. Wagner	CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.500
A. Ortiz	RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.500
C. Washington	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
C. Ruiz	SS	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0.500
M. Lopez	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
N. Spangenberg	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.333
Game Totals	--	32	0	6	0	3	6	20	0.188
BATTING
BASERUNNING
SB: C.Ruiz (1)
CS: C.Welsh (1)
FIELDING
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
W. Corino, L (0-1)	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	31	9.00
G. James	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	27	9.00
R. Escalona	1.1	4	4	4	0	0	1	23	27.00
A. Wright	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	24	10.80
J. Rios	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	15	27.00
R. Uehara	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	6	13.50
C. Stange	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.00
Game Totals	8	12	11	11	4	5	5	136
AL All-Star Team
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R. Pan	2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
M. Paniagua	2B	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0.667
O. Franco	CF	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.000
G. Burks	CF	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
R. Rosado	C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.500
S. Reith	C	3	2	1	2	0	0	3	0.333
B. Ray Colbert	1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0.500
G. Rossy	RF	4	1	1	3	1	0	2	0.250
P. Guerrero	DH	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.000
S. Camp	DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
J. Surtain	3B	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.500
C. Osterbrock	3B	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
R. McCartin	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
B. Rooney	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
D. Martinez	LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
J. Jang	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Game Totals	--	35	11	12	11	4	5	11	0.343
BATTING
2B: B.Colbert (1)
HR: M.Paniagua (1), S.Reith (1), G.Rossy (1), J.Surtain (1), C.Osterbrock (1)
RBI: M.Paniagua (1), S.Reith 2 (2), B.Colbert 2 (2), G.Rossy 3 (3), J.Surtain 2 (2), C.Osterbrock (1)
2-Out RBI: S.Reith 2, B.Colbert
HBP: B.Colbert, B.Rooney
BASERUNNING
FIELDING
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
C. Leach	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	43	0
A. Rodriguez, W (1-0)	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	31	0
D. Jones	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	34	0
H. Harding	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	0
A. Bonifacio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Game Totals	9	6	0	0	3	6	0	143

THE ALL- STAR COUNT

A total of 26 teams sent players to this year’s All-Star game in Kansas City. The Pittsburgh Pirates led that list with 8 players followed by the Minnesota Twins with 5. The Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, and the New York Yankees each had 4 players selected. Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the San Diego Padres rounded out the top ten with 3 players each had to the summer classic.

All-Star Breakdown 

Rank	Franchise	Owner	All Stars
1	Pirates	sportbanker	8
2	Twins	optistrat	5
3	Astros	bballer2118	4
3	Brewers	cpintens	4
3	Cubs	rod34	4
3	Yankees	staeben	4
7	Blue Jays	dimestoregin	3
7	Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	3
7	Padres	jgarron	3
10	Dodgers	Arte	2
10	Mets	larryscubs	2
10	Rangers	goldenbaer89	2
10	Reds	fsubwj	2
10	Rockies	axtell	2
15	Angels	captain10a	1
15	Athletics	ojinga	1
15	Braves	franknterry	1
15	Broncos	dmann2159	1
15	Indians	CollegeBoy34	1
15	Mariners	mark3314	1
15	Nationals	kujhawker	1
15	Orioles	kingkai54	1
15	Phillies	sbank66	1
15	Red Sox	pat007ohmss	1
15	Virginians	spintens	1
15	White Sox	kgrffth	1

MAJOR LEAGUE SKILLS COMPETITION

Fifteen (15) Major League All-Stars will compete in 5 events in a decathlon type format. The winner of the competition will be declared the season 43 Major League Five Tool Champion. The winner of each event will receive fifteen (15) points and the player who finishes last will get one (1) point. The odds makers in Vegas has installed Mariano Paniagua of the Toronto Blue Jays  as the favorite to win the skills competition with  Tex Brown of the Atlanta Braves and Boots Rooney, Minnesota Twins as his biggest competition.

Note: TOP SECRET I used an analytical and scientific method to determine the winner of Major League Skills Competition and the Futures Home Run Derby. I used the dice in my APBA Baseball board game.I added the dice roll total to the players rating. My wife thinks I've lost my mind (giggling :-)

Events		Scoring
1.      Base Running		1.      First place 15 points
2.      Throwing		2.      Second 14 points
3.      Hitting		3.      Third place 13 points
4.      Power		4.      Fourth place 12 points
5.      Fielding		5.      Fifth place 11 point

Note in order to qualify for the skills competition each player must have a minimum rating of 75 in three (3) of the listed minimum requirements;

Skill Competition Events 

Base Running	(Speed)
Throwing	(Arm)
Hitting	(Contact)
Home Run Derby	(Power)
Fielding	(Glove)

The Skills Competition Participants

All-Star	Position		Glove	Arm	Speed	Hitting	Power
Tex Brown	SS	Braves	90	94	99	73	56
Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	81	85	96	73	72
Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	90	96	52	78	85
Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	81	79	76	83	80
Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	79	81	76	67	84
Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	80	61	84	68	91
Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	72	55	92	80	83
Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	76	82	72	57	95
Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	86	90	57	77	70
Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	80	84	85	72	58
Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	87	79	69	51	93
Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	67	57	92	79	80
Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	80	56	78	73	82
Jake Valle	3B	Padres	76	82	83	63	64
Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	30	80	8	92	96

WINNER OF THE SKILLS COMPETITION

Tex Brown Atlanta Braves Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: Brenham, TX Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Tex Brown wins the first ever Major League Five-Tool Skills Championship with a total of 56 points. He finished First (1st) in both the Fielding and Base Running events. Second (2nd) in the throwing event, sixth (6th) in the Hitting, and fourteenth (14th) in the Home Run competition.

FINAL STANDINGS  

Final Standings	All-Star	Position	Team	Total Points
1	Tex Brown	SS	Braves	56
2	Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	50
3	Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	44
3	Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	44
5	Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	43
6	Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	42
7	Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	41
7	Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	41
9	Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	38
10	Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	37
10	Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	37
12	Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	36
12	Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	36
14	Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	31
15	Jake Valle	3B	Padres	24

			Fielding						Throwing
All-Star	Pos	Team	Finals	Points		All-Star	Pos	Team	Finals	Points
Tex Brown	SS	Braves	1	15		Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	1	15
Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	2	14		Tex Brown	SS	Braves	2	14
Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	3	13		Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	3	13
Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	4	12		Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	4	12
Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	5	11		Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	5	11
Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	6	10		Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	6	10
Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	7	9		Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	7	9
Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	8	8		Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	8	8
Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	9	7		Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	9	7
Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	10	6		Jake Valle	3B	Padres	10	6
Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	11	5		Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	11	5
Jake Valle	3B	Padres	12	4		Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	12	4
Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	13	3		Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	13	3
Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	14	2		Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	14	2
Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	15	1		Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	15	1
			Base Running						Hitting
All-Star	Pos	Team	Finals	Points		All-Star	Pos	Team	Finals	Points
Tex Brown	SS	Braves	1	15		Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	1	15
Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	2	14		Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	2	14
Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	3	13		Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	3	13
Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	4	12		Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	4	12
Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	5	11		Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	5	11
Jake Valle	3B	Padres	6	10		Tex Brown	SS	Braves	6	10
Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	7	9		Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	7	9
Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	8	8		Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	8	8
Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	9	7		Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	9	7
Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	10	6		Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	10	6
Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	11	5		Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	11	5
Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	12	4		Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	12	4
Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	13	3		Jake Valle	3B	Padres	13	3
Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	14	2		Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	14	2
Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	15	1		Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	15	1
			HR Derby
All-Star	Pos	Team	Finals	Points
Pedro Guerrero	DH	Brewers	1	15
Jackie Waterson	CF	Cubs	2	14
Richie McCartin	SS	Blue Jays	3	13
Neal Spangenberg	2B	Diamondbacks	4	12
Jeimer Bennett	CF	Rangers	5	11
Cy Welsh	LF	Pirates	6	10
Gerald Manaea	3B	Virginians	7	9
Boots Rooney	SS	Twins	8	8
Matty Lopez	2B	Pirates	9	7
Jerome Surtain	3B	Astros	10	6
Mariano Paniagua	CF	Blue Jays	11	5
Cristobal Ruiz	SS	Indians	12	4
Ramon Pan	2B	Yankees	13	3
Tex Brown	SS	Braves	14	2
Jake Valle	3B	Padres	15	1

FUTURE ALL-STAR GAME RECAP

FUTURE GAME MVP 

Jon Sauerbeck New York Mets Age: 23 B/T: L/L Born: Lexington, KY Position(s): CF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
5	2	3	3	0	1	3

ML Futures Game
Kauffman Stadium
1 Royal Way
Kansas City, MO
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
US Futures Team	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	11	17	0
World Futures Team	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	12	3
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
P. Gardner, W (1-0)	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	22	0
Y. Franco, L (0-1), BSV (1)	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	10	X

FUTURE GAME HOME RUN DERBY  

Vasco Gutierrez Seattle Mariners Age: 21 B/T: L/L Born: Las Matas Cotui, DO Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Vasco Gutierrez (1B) of the Seattle Mariners won the Futures Game Home Run Derby with a three round total of 23 with a long of 495 ft.

Futures Game
Home Run Derby Summary
Player	Position	Franchise	Level	Season	Longest	R1	R2	R3	Tot
Vasco Gutierrez	1B	Mariners	AA	31	495 ft	10	8	5	23
Jon Sauerbeck	CF	Mets	HiA	24	501 ft	10	9	3	22
Felix Cunningham	SS	Virginians	LoA	23	487 ft	9	8		17
Javier Ethier	1B	Pirates	AAA	26	498 ft	9	7		16
Lonny Redondo	1B	White Sox	AAA	24	422 ft	8			8
Bartolo Valdes	LF	Cardinals	HiA	30	500 ft	7			7
Rafael Fuentes	2B	Mariners	HiA	32	512 ft	4			4
Quilvio Tabata	C	Virginians	HiA	25	489 ft	4			4

THE FUTURE ALL-STARS GAME COUNT 

Only 23 teams had representatives in the season 43 Futures All-Star game, with the Detroit Tigers leading the list with 7 players chosen. Trailed by the St. Louis Cardinals, Richmond Virginians with 5 each, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays had 4 players selected.  

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Future All-Stars
1	Tigers	mrmich2	7
2	Cardinals	slurie2002	5
2	Virginians	spintens	5
4	Pirates	sportbanker	4
4	Rays	rsskfs24	4
6	Braves	franknterry	3
6	Indians	CollegeBoy34	3
6	Phillies	sbank66	3
6	White Sox	kgrffth	3
6	Yankees	staeben	3
11	Mariners	mark3314	2
11	Marlins	lido9614	2
11	Mets	larryscubs	2
11	Nationals	kujhawker	2
11	Orioles	kingkai54	2
11	Rangers	goldenbaer89	2
11	Reds	fsubwj	2
18	Angels	captain10a	1
18	Blue Jays	dimestoregin	1
18	Brewers	cpintens	1
18	Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	1
18	Rockies	axtell	1
18	Royals	TenaciousTYT	1