Post by sansterre - Milwaukee Brewers on Nov 24, 2019 10:29:05 GMT -5
2052:
The AL was incredibly top-heavy, with a midseason sell-off by the A's becoming Houston's gain, as the Astros converted an overperforming first half into a fairly excellent season overall. The casualty? The Indians, who won 93 games and could not make the playoffs.
The Cardinals, going into their last year with both Alfredo Sanchez and Jorge Taylor, rolled the dice on another championship and emerged as the second best team in the NL.
In a tight playoffs, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 47 years, and the first championship overall for their GM Greg Sheehan, bringing him even with his brother Danny, the GM of the Rangers.
In a curious twist of fate, the MVP and the Cy Young winner were on the same team for *both* leagues. In a more curious twist, neither team made it out of the Divisional Series.
2052 Playoffs Review, ? out of 10:
Divisional Round: ?, Championship Round: ?, World Series: ?
**Summary Pending**
Stat Breakdown: 260/330/424, 4.67 R/G, 1.17 HR/G, 0.50 SB/G, 8.56 K/G
Playoff Teams (AL): New York Yankees (106, #?), Chicago White Sox (104, #?), Kansas City Royals (102, #?), Colorado Rockies (96, #?), Texas Rangers (98, #?), Houston Astros (95, #?)
Playoff Teams (NL): San Diego Padres (112, #?), St. Louis Cardinals (100, #?), Philadelphia Phillies (94, #?), Washington Nationals (89, #?), Cincinnati Reds (92, #?), Los Angeles Dodgers (88, #?)
Left Out Teams: Cleveland Indians (93, #?)
Wild Card Round: Colorado Rockies defeat Texas Rangers 2-1, Kansas City Royals defeat Houston Astros 2-1, Washington Nationals defeat Cincinnati Reds 2-0, Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1
Divisional Round: Colorado Rockies defeat New York Yankees 3-0, Chicago White Sox defeat Kansas City Royals 3-1, Washington Nationals defeat San Diego Padres 3-1, St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1
Championship Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Colorado Rockies 4-1, Washington Nationals defeat St. Louis Cardinals 4-1
World Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Washington Nationals 4-3
Stupidly Good:
Extremely Good: Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres
Quite Good: Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
Good: Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers
Average: Carolina Warhounds, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks
Poor: San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
Quite Bad: Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
Extremely Bad:
Stupidly Bad: Chicago Cubs
MVPs: Bill Kachmar, KCA (9.3 - RF), John Howe, SDN (9.3 - RF)
Cy Youngs: Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Manny Sanchez, SDN (6.0)
Top 5 Hitters (AL): Bill Kachmar, KCA (9.3, RF), Duane Hansen, COL (7.6, DH), Pierre Boucher, COL (7.3, 2B), Steve Guindon, CHA (7.0, 3B), Mike Aitkenhead, HOU (7.0, RF)
Top 5 Hitters (NL): John Howe, SDN (9.1, RF), Brady Henderson, ARI (7.6, 3B), Jorge Taylor, STL (6.7, SS), Tony Padilla, STL (6.2, CF), Bruce Boyer, SDN (6.1, 2B)
Top 5 Pitchers (AL): Kevin Lopez, COL (6.3), Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Sarsa-Dengal Robienayai, COL (5.5), Norris Barton, HOU (5.1), Alberto Fontanez, NYA (4.5)
Top 5 Pitchers (NL): Manny Sanchez, SDN (6.0), Julian Robles, WAS (5.1), Fred Caballero, PHI (4.9), Alfredo Sanchez, STL (4.8), Kip Blue, STL (4.7)
Top 5 Runs Scored: Kansas City Royals (993), San Diego Padres (953), St. Louis Cardinals (914), Chicago White Sox (892), Colorado Rockies (882)
Top 5 Runs Allowed: Houston Astros (644), Texas Rangers (647), New York Yankees (658), Carolina Warhounds (661), San Diego Padres (664)
Top 5 Hitter WAR: San Diego Padres (42.6), Chicago White Sox (40.35), Kansas City Royals (39.25), Cleveland Indians (36.0), Texas Rangers (35.11)
Top 5 Pitcher WAR: New York Yankees (28.2), Colorado Rockies (27.77), San Diego Padres (24.78), Houston Astros (24.35), St. Louis Cardinals (23.02)
Top 5 Fielding ZR: Texas Rangers (28.51), Philadelphia Phillies (28.22), San Francisco Giants (27.15), Miami Marlins (26.66), New York Mets (26.44)
2053:
The big story of the year was Greg Sheehan winning his second straight World Championship.
In other news, quick hits:
The Yankees dominate their division, winning by forty-freaking games. The Rockies have an unusually bad season, still winning their division with 89 wins. The Angels have a surprisingly good 82-win season. Cleveland pulls off about half a dozen insane trades for studs, mostly from the Cardinals. Somehow it doesn't matter, as the White Sox win the division by 10 games. The Rangers and Royals battle like crazy in the NL West, finishing with 108 and 104 wins respectively.
The Phillies defy a weak preseason forecast with a solid 89-win season. The Padres had the best record in the PBL (again), winning 109 games, and the Dodgers throw up a great 96-win season. The Reds win 106 games, blowing the preseason forecast out of the water. The Nationals trailed the Marlins for most of the season before surging in the last month to win the division. The Marlins, despite losing the division, make the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons. The NL features a tight Wild Card race, which sees the Brewers and Giants fall short.
2053 Playoffs Review, ? out of 10:
Divisional Round: ?, Championship Round: ?, World Series: ?
The playoffs this year were extremely notable because every single bye-team lost. All of the Yankees, Rangers, Padres and Reds fell. And it wasn't close. These four teams (presumably the best teams in the league), went 3-12 in the Divisional Series. The AL Wild Card saw the loss of the Royals, the first 100-win team to lose. But by the Championship Series, every 100-win team but one was gone. In the ALCS the White Sox faced the Rockies and vaporized them in four straight games. In fact, the White Sox won nine straight games en route to their second World Series in a row.
In the NLCS Washington faced the upstart Phillies and prevailed in six games, creating the rematch of the 2052 World Series.
The World Series went back and forth for the full seven games. And only when the smoke cleared did the White Sox emerge victorious, becoming the fourth team in PBL History to win back to back championships.
Stat Breakdown: 251/321/413, 4.46 R/G, 1.17 HR/G, 0.49 SB/G, 8.49 K/G
Playoff Teams (AL): New York Yankees (108, #?), Texas Rangers (108, #?), Chicago White Sox (105, #?), Colorado Rockies (89, #?), Kansas City Royals (104, #?), Cleveland Indians (95, #?)
Playoff Teams (NL): San Diego Padres (109, #?), Cincinnati Reds (106, #?), Washington Nationals (97, #?), Philadelphia Phillies (89, #?), Los Angeles Dodgers (96, #?), Miami Marlins (92, #?)
Left Out Teams:
Wild Card Round: Colorado Rockies defeat Kansas City Royals 2-1, Chicago White Sox defeat Cleveland Indians 2-0, Philadelphia Phillies defeat Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0, Washington Nationals defeat Miami Marlins 2-1
Divisional Round: Colorado Rockies defeat New York Yankees 3-1, Chicago White Sox defeat Texas Rangers 3-0, Philadelphia Phillies defeat San Diego Padres 3-1, Washington Nationals defeat Cincinnati Reds 3-1
Championship Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Colorado Rockies 4-0, Washington Nationals defeat Philadelphia Phillies 4-2
World Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Washington Nationals 4-3
Stupidly Good:
Extremely Good: Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres
Quite Good: Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians
Good: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins
Average: San Francisco Giants, Carolina Warhounds, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays
Poor: Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs
Quite Bad: Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners
Extremely Bad: Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics
Stupidly Bad:
MVPs: Bruce Boyer, SDN (7.5 - 2B), Pierre Boucher, COL (8.7 - 2B)
Cy Youngs: Walt Perez, CAR (6.7), Alfredo Sanchez, CLE (6.6)
Top 5 Hitters (AL): Pierre Boucher, COL (8.7 - 2B), Jotaro Inagaki, DET (7.3 - SS), Steve Guindon, CHA (7.2 - 3B), Orlando Garcia, KCA (7.1 - 3B), Bill Kachmar, KCA (7.0 - RF)
Top 5 Hitters (NL): Bruce Boyer, SDN (7.5 - 2B), Jose Vera, MIL (6.6 - DH), Chris Allen, WAS (6.3 - CF), Bailey Dennard, LAN (5.8 - LF), Raymond Page, WAS (5.7 - RF)
Top 5 Pitchers (AL): Alfredo Sanchez, CLE (6.6), Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Sarsa-Dengal Robienayai, COL (5.8), Ed Boer, TEX (4.9), Wen Zhui, KCA (4.7)
Top 5 Pitchers (NL): Walt Perez, CAR (6.7), Alonso Bravo, WAS (5.3), Manny Sanchez, SDN (5.2), Jim King, SDN (5.1), Julian Robles, WAS (4.8)
The AL was incredibly top-heavy, with a midseason sell-off by the A's becoming Houston's gain, as the Astros converted an overperforming first half into a fairly excellent season overall. The casualty? The Indians, who won 93 games and could not make the playoffs.
The Cardinals, going into their last year with both Alfredo Sanchez and Jorge Taylor, rolled the dice on another championship and emerged as the second best team in the NL.
In a tight playoffs, the Chicago White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 47 years, and the first championship overall for their GM Greg Sheehan, bringing him even with his brother Danny, the GM of the Rangers.
In a curious twist of fate, the MVP and the Cy Young winner were on the same team for *both* leagues. In a more curious twist, neither team made it out of the Divisional Series.
2052 Playoffs Review, ? out of 10:
Divisional Round: ?, Championship Round: ?, World Series: ?
**Summary Pending**
Stat Breakdown: 260/330/424, 4.67 R/G, 1.17 HR/G, 0.50 SB/G, 8.56 K/G
Playoff Teams (AL): New York Yankees (106, #?), Chicago White Sox (104, #?), Kansas City Royals (102, #?), Colorado Rockies (96, #?), Texas Rangers (98, #?), Houston Astros (95, #?)
Playoff Teams (NL): San Diego Padres (112, #?), St. Louis Cardinals (100, #?), Philadelphia Phillies (94, #?), Washington Nationals (89, #?), Cincinnati Reds (92, #?), Los Angeles Dodgers (88, #?)
Left Out Teams: Cleveland Indians (93, #?)
Wild Card Round: Colorado Rockies defeat Texas Rangers 2-1, Kansas City Royals defeat Houston Astros 2-1, Washington Nationals defeat Cincinnati Reds 2-0, Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1
Divisional Round: Colorado Rockies defeat New York Yankees 3-0, Chicago White Sox defeat Kansas City Royals 3-1, Washington Nationals defeat San Diego Padres 3-1, St. Louis Cardinals defeat Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1
Championship Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Colorado Rockies 4-1, Washington Nationals defeat St. Louis Cardinals 4-1
World Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Washington Nationals 4-3
Stupidly Good:
Extremely Good: Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres
Quite Good: Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
Good: Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers
Average: Carolina Warhounds, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks
Poor: San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
Quite Bad: Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
Extremely Bad:
Stupidly Bad: Chicago Cubs
MVPs: Bill Kachmar, KCA (9.3 - RF), John Howe, SDN (9.3 - RF)
Cy Youngs: Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Manny Sanchez, SDN (6.0)
Top 5 Hitters (AL): Bill Kachmar, KCA (9.3, RF), Duane Hansen, COL (7.6, DH), Pierre Boucher, COL (7.3, 2B), Steve Guindon, CHA (7.0, 3B), Mike Aitkenhead, HOU (7.0, RF)
Top 5 Hitters (NL): John Howe, SDN (9.1, RF), Brady Henderson, ARI (7.6, 3B), Jorge Taylor, STL (6.7, SS), Tony Padilla, STL (6.2, CF), Bruce Boyer, SDN (6.1, 2B)
Top 5 Pitchers (AL): Kevin Lopez, COL (6.3), Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Sarsa-Dengal Robienayai, COL (5.5), Norris Barton, HOU (5.1), Alberto Fontanez, NYA (4.5)
Top 5 Pitchers (NL): Manny Sanchez, SDN (6.0), Julian Robles, WAS (5.1), Fred Caballero, PHI (4.9), Alfredo Sanchez, STL (4.8), Kip Blue, STL (4.7)
Top 5 Runs Scored: Kansas City Royals (993), San Diego Padres (953), St. Louis Cardinals (914), Chicago White Sox (892), Colorado Rockies (882)
Top 5 Runs Allowed: Houston Astros (644), Texas Rangers (647), New York Yankees (658), Carolina Warhounds (661), San Diego Padres (664)
Top 5 Hitter WAR: San Diego Padres (42.6), Chicago White Sox (40.35), Kansas City Royals (39.25), Cleveland Indians (36.0), Texas Rangers (35.11)
Top 5 Pitcher WAR: New York Yankees (28.2), Colorado Rockies (27.77), San Diego Padres (24.78), Houston Astros (24.35), St. Louis Cardinals (23.02)
Top 5 Fielding ZR: Texas Rangers (28.51), Philadelphia Phillies (28.22), San Francisco Giants (27.15), Miami Marlins (26.66), New York Mets (26.44)
2053:
The big story of the year was Greg Sheehan winning his second straight World Championship.
In other news, quick hits:
The Yankees dominate their division, winning by forty-freaking games. The Rockies have an unusually bad season, still winning their division with 89 wins. The Angels have a surprisingly good 82-win season. Cleveland pulls off about half a dozen insane trades for studs, mostly from the Cardinals. Somehow it doesn't matter, as the White Sox win the division by 10 games. The Rangers and Royals battle like crazy in the NL West, finishing with 108 and 104 wins respectively.
The Phillies defy a weak preseason forecast with a solid 89-win season. The Padres had the best record in the PBL (again), winning 109 games, and the Dodgers throw up a great 96-win season. The Reds win 106 games, blowing the preseason forecast out of the water. The Nationals trailed the Marlins for most of the season before surging in the last month to win the division. The Marlins, despite losing the division, make the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons. The NL features a tight Wild Card race, which sees the Brewers and Giants fall short.
2053 Playoffs Review, ? out of 10:
Divisional Round: ?, Championship Round: ?, World Series: ?
The playoffs this year were extremely notable because every single bye-team lost. All of the Yankees, Rangers, Padres and Reds fell. And it wasn't close. These four teams (presumably the best teams in the league), went 3-12 in the Divisional Series. The AL Wild Card saw the loss of the Royals, the first 100-win team to lose. But by the Championship Series, every 100-win team but one was gone. In the ALCS the White Sox faced the Rockies and vaporized them in four straight games. In fact, the White Sox won nine straight games en route to their second World Series in a row.
In the NLCS Washington faced the upstart Phillies and prevailed in six games, creating the rematch of the 2052 World Series.
The World Series went back and forth for the full seven games. And only when the smoke cleared did the White Sox emerge victorious, becoming the fourth team in PBL History to win back to back championships.
Stat Breakdown: 251/321/413, 4.46 R/G, 1.17 HR/G, 0.49 SB/G, 8.49 K/G
Playoff Teams (AL): New York Yankees (108, #?), Texas Rangers (108, #?), Chicago White Sox (105, #?), Colorado Rockies (89, #?), Kansas City Royals (104, #?), Cleveland Indians (95, #?)
Playoff Teams (NL): San Diego Padres (109, #?), Cincinnati Reds (106, #?), Washington Nationals (97, #?), Philadelphia Phillies (89, #?), Los Angeles Dodgers (96, #?), Miami Marlins (92, #?)
Left Out Teams:
Wild Card Round: Colorado Rockies defeat Kansas City Royals 2-1, Chicago White Sox defeat Cleveland Indians 2-0, Philadelphia Phillies defeat Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0, Washington Nationals defeat Miami Marlins 2-1
Divisional Round: Colorado Rockies defeat New York Yankees 3-1, Chicago White Sox defeat Texas Rangers 3-0, Philadelphia Phillies defeat San Diego Padres 3-1, Washington Nationals defeat Cincinnati Reds 3-1
Championship Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Colorado Rockies 4-0, Washington Nationals defeat Philadelphia Phillies 4-2
World Series: Chicago White Sox defeat Washington Nationals 4-3
Stupidly Good:
Extremely Good: Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres
Quite Good: Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians
Good: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins
Average: San Francisco Giants, Carolina Warhounds, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays
Poor: Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs
Quite Bad: Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners
Extremely Bad: Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics
Stupidly Bad:
MVPs: Bruce Boyer, SDN (7.5 - 2B), Pierre Boucher, COL (8.7 - 2B)
Cy Youngs: Walt Perez, CAR (6.7), Alfredo Sanchez, CLE (6.6)
Top 5 Hitters (AL): Pierre Boucher, COL (8.7 - 2B), Jotaro Inagaki, DET (7.3 - SS), Steve Guindon, CHA (7.2 - 3B), Orlando Garcia, KCA (7.1 - 3B), Bill Kachmar, KCA (7.0 - RF)
Top 5 Hitters (NL): Bruce Boyer, SDN (7.5 - 2B), Jose Vera, MIL (6.6 - DH), Chris Allen, WAS (6.3 - CF), Bailey Dennard, LAN (5.8 - LF), Raymond Page, WAS (5.7 - RF)
Top 5 Pitchers (AL): Alfredo Sanchez, CLE (6.6), Enrique Vazquez, KCA (6.1), Sarsa-Dengal Robienayai, COL (5.8), Ed Boer, TEX (4.9), Wen Zhui, KCA (4.7)
Top 5 Pitchers (NL): Walt Perez, CAR (6.7), Alonso Bravo, WAS (5.3), Manny Sanchez, SDN (5.2), Jim King, SDN (5.1), Julian Robles, WAS (4.8)