NVABL
Newsletter
May 2014
The Standings
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W
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L
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%
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GB
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|
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13
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7
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.650
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--
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|
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12
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8
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.600
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1
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|
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20
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16
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.556
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1
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|
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12
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12
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.500
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3
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|
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9
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11
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.450
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4
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|
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7
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13
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.350
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6
|
|
W
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L
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%
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GB
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|
|
21
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7
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.750
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--
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|
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5
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3
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.625
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5
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|
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0
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0
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.000
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6
|
|
|
12
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16
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.429
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8
|
|
|
14
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22
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.389
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10
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|
|
7
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17
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.292
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11
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Results
April 2014
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ROS 1
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at
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OAK 3
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OCC 0
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at
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DEL 4
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SPR 2
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at
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ROS 2
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STO 3
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at
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OCC 1
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WAS 0
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at
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VTC 4
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VTC 1
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at
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ROS 3
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OAK 4
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at
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SEA 0
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DEL 1
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at
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CPC 3
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OAK 3
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at
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DEL 1
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ROS 3
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at
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DEL 1
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ROS 3
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at
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STP 1
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STP 1
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at
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STO 3
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Who’s Hot and Who’s Not
The records for the teams during April are:
Oakton 10-2, (13-7) Need a
cure for the sub .500 doldrums? Go 10-2
in a month. The cream of the league is
rising to the top, as it should.
Stonehenge 6-2, (21-7) I was
impressed with the stat in Dwight’s write up that Stonehenge is 17-3 with
Hanley in the lineup. Hanley will be in
the lineup during the playoffs. Will we
have a finals with 2 overpowering teams facing each other? Are they going to leave it up to the
dice? Or is one of them going to give up
some more from next year in order to try and get an edge?
Columbia Pike 3-1, (12-12) Steve
rested mostly this past month, but did have an important win vs. Delphi which
might have implications on which team makes the playoffs. The Cubs currently have a 1 game lead on the
Oracles.
Roswell 12-8, (20-16) April
was a great month for Bob, getting back into a playoff position. We are all grateful to Bob and Bart for
getting 8 Vermont games in.
Vermont 5-3 , (5-3) A good
start for the Nonchalants. A very bad
sweep for the Senators to have suffered.
No one will be immune if this team gets some luck.
Springfield 2-2, (12-8) It
was a quiet month for the Cardinals, but they are still in playoff position. Chris has been interviewing a lot and our
best thoughts and prayers are with him in the job search. You know, life is much more important than
this game we play. But I look to this
game to help take the some of the rough edges off the rest of life, and it does
a pretty good job to have something fun once in a while.
Delphi 7-9, (9-11) George
became active this month playing an impressive 4 series to get up to the
minimum at the deadline. This is a team
that could still go either way. As a
true Oracle, George is casting the fate of the team to the dice, and the games
over May and June will decide whether he is selling or buying in July.
Sterling 2-6, (7-13) The window
of opportunity has probably closed for those who might have snagged a Pujols on
the cheap. It’s looking more and more
like Sterling is not going to be a playoff team, although they still have some
good hitting. They always do. If Walt wants to compete he could still trade
Pujols for tremendous talent that helps him this year, and make some noise in the
playoffs.
Occoquan 1-7, (12-16) Amazing
to go 1-7 and still find themselves only 4 games under .500 and in the playoffs
if the season ended today, by virtue of the Senator’s having been swept by wait
for it, Vermont?
Washington 0-4, (14-22) Being
swept by the Nonchalants dropped Bart’s franchise to 8 games under .500. It hasn’t been a good start, and having
played 36 games, the Senators must win at a .577 clip to return to .500 by the
end of the year. That would be a 93 win
team in an MLB season.
Seacoast 0-4,(7-17) Seacoast’s
loss was to Oakton, which really helped the Aviators. This contrasts with going 2-2 vs. Stonehenge
in March. Chad loves to play the spoiler
when the dice let him. There are some
dangerous hitters on this team and you’ve got to hope you face them on a night
when the double numbers are not rolling.
The pitching isn’t so hot though, and will probably be the reason if the
Wayfarers win the Hamner trophy.
Arlington 0-0, (0-0) This
team without a manager is looking forward to showing what they can do on the
field.
Transactions
None. Most of the
damage was done in February.
When Dwight said in his write up that Sterling has some
choices to make, he’s talking about what we see here, whether to play for this
year or next year. It’s still early, but
if the trends continue, it looks like Washington and Sterling being both sub
.500 teams and having good players for next year indicates a direction trades
could possibly go in the next 3 months.
It’s quite possible that teams like Delphi and Occoquan could climb back
into the playoff hunt with trades for this year, giving up draft picks or
players for next year to Sterling and Washington in exchange for players that
would help them now.
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Are we already almost half way across the decade? In hitting Oakton is already looking good and
topping the charts by a wide margin.
Washington is fantastic in pitching.
Overall, the best team is Springfield for next year, with Washington and
Oakton looking good and Sterling capable of making some noise if Pujols keeps
up his return to greatness.
Can 18 draft picks do the job next year for Occoquan? With hitting that is ranked dreadful and pitching
that is ranked awful, these numbers are shaking me to the core. If it’s going to happen next year, it’s going
to happen completely with draft picks, and I’m not sure that’s ever been done.
A team that has been rebuilding with a purpose for next year
is Seacoast. How are they looking? Overall ranked 8th or 9th
in the current players for next year, it’s going to be an interesting draft for
Chad. He’ll have the picks to snatch up
some pretty prizes, whether rebuilding another year or going for that bookend
couch potato wife plaque that his couch potato man plaque longs for. Kind of like Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story
wishing he could find a Mrs. Potato Head.
I’m not saying Chad is a potato.
Wait, where is this leading? I
lost my train of thought.
Hitting
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Pitching
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Overall
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Team OPS Rank Top Player
OAK 0.802 1
Tulowitzki
CPK 0.763 2
Viciedo
STE 0.753 3
Pujols
SPR 0.747 4
Blackmon
SEA 0.745 5
Trout
ARL 0.740 6.5
Al. Ramirez
WAS 0.740 6.5
Gonzalez
DEL 0.739 8
Bautista
VER 0.729 9
Freeman
STO 0.718 10
Votto
OCC 0.714 11
Uribe
ROS 0.705 12
Gattis
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Team ERA Rank Top
Player
WAS 2.77 1 Gray
SPR 2.81 2 Shields
VER 3.04 3 Teheran
STO 3.29 4
Wainwright
ROS 3.40 5 Cueto
ARL 3.47 6 Samardzija
STE 3.50 7 Sale
OAK 3.51 8 Hernandez
SEA 3.76 9 Perez
DEL 3.81 10 Gallardo
CPK 4.37 11 Hudson
OCC 4.47 12 LeCure
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