Monday, May 24, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 7

The so-called Soi Disant knock off former first place TeamLA

Image of Cathy Baker from FacebookImage of Cathy Baker

In a week that can only be described as “stunning” Lyndsey Baker's Soi Disant pulled off an upset of early favorite TeamLA. Team LA has been wildly inconsistent this year as far as the weekly PowerRanks. This week, by far his lowest at -3.8, he paid for it by losing 6-3 to the quite consistent Soi Disant who, over the last 4 weeks have had PR's between 2.0 and 2.6 resulting in a 6-3 win and are now tied for 2nd place, just one game behind Cathy Baker's Seal Beach Dreamers.

Jordan Baker's deus ex machina led this week’s PR with a 7.4. That is the third best score this year.

Top Weekly PR Ranks, 2010

Team PR Week
Lyin' Cty Reformers 7.92 Week 6
Lyin' Cty Reformers 7.71 Week 4
deus ex machina 7.43 Week 7
SD Thunder is BACK 7.19 Week 2
Team LA 6.49 Week 6

As you can see, just 3 teams have scored over 7 PR this year, and the team after that didn’t quite score .5 PR below that. Way to go Jordan!

Weekly PowerRanks

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
17deus ex machina7.4
24Soi Disant2.6
36The Cocos2.4
411Corn Poppers2.1
58Charisma0.8
69CV Mom0.4
73Seal Beach Dreamers-0.5
81Lyin' Cty. Reformers-1.2
912Lucky 13's-1.8
1010SD Thunder is BACK-2.0
112Team LA-3.8
125Arlen's Marlins-6.4

Yearly PowerRank

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
12Lyin' Cty. Reformers6.6
21Team LA5.0
35The Cocos2.6
44Seal Beach Dreamers2.5
57Soi Disant1.1
66SD Thunder is BACK0.3
73Arlen's Marlins0.0
88CV Mom-0.6
910deus ex machina-1.2
109Charisma-1.6
1111Corn Poppers-5.9
1212Lucky 13's-8.8


Monday, May 17, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 6

It just got interesting

There are now TWO first place teams as Cathy Baker and Dean Baker lead the league with a .608 winning percentage. However, there are still 6 more teams within 10 games of the leader and no one is more than 12½ games behind the co-leaders.

Navigating the Trade Waters

The waiver wire remains active as well with several teams picking up players last week and several others putting players up on the trade block. I know I've made a few trade proposals and have received some others. If I haven’t gotten back to you yet, its just because I’m pretty busy at the moment. I encourage all of you to get out there and get the trade market hopping. Post your available players on the Trading Block and let others know about it through your comments here at the blog.

Also, don’t forget that you can trade things like draft picks in addition to players. To do so, indicate this in the trade comments and then email me if/when the trade goes through. This gives you added flexibility to go for it all this year or play for next year.

On to the PowerRanks

Image of Dean Baker from FacebookImage of Dean Baker

This week, TeamLA rose to 1st place in the Yearly PowerRanks. He achieved a 6.5 PR last week, despite losing 6-4 to Michael Bittiker’s Arlen’s Marlins and their 1.4 score. How can that be? Well, Dean scored very well in the pitching categories while Mich struggled there with a 5.97 ERA and 1.61 WHIP. Because Dean had such a large lead over the entire league in a few categories like ERA and WHIP, he scored very well in PowerRank even though he was fairly average in the other categories.

Weekly PowerRanks

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
111Lyin' Cty. Reformers7.9
27Team LA6.5
32Seal Beach Dreamers2.1
44Soi Disant2.1
55Arlen's Marlins1.4
63The Cocos0.8
712deus ex machina-1.9
86Charisma-2.1
98CV Mom-2.5
101SD Thunder is BACK-2.6
119Corn Poppers-5.5
1210Lucky 13's-6.1

Yearly PowerRank

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
12Team LA6.9
21Lyin' Cty. Reformers6.9
33Arlen's Marlins2.8
46Seal Beach Dreamers2.6
55The Cocos2.6
64SD Thunder is BACK1.4
79Soi Disant-0.2
88CV Mom-0.9
97Charisma-2.7
1010deus ex machina-3.6
1111Corn Poppers-6.8
1212Lucky 13's-8.9


Monday, May 10, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 5

Fight for the top knots virtual 2nd place tie

Behind TeamLA, four teams are within four games of claiming first place. SD Thunder IS BACK have led the charge and are just 3.5 games behind the leader. The other teams are the Seal Beach Dreamers, Soi Disant, and The Cocos.

Image of Jon Manson from FacebookImage of Jon Manson

Jon Manson of the SD Thunder has put together a crack team that is in the top 3 in all pitching categories and leading batting strikeouts. He has also gotten surprising production from Alex Rios and Ryan Theriot. As for pitching, no one can doubt that Lincecum is helping out, but Francisco Liriano? Who thought he would be doing this well after struggling so much after Tommy John surgery? Seven of his pitchers are in the top 100 in Yahoo’s rank. It’s not surprising then that he was tops in PowerRank this week with a 4.8 and improved from 6th to 4th in the yearly PowerRank.


This week has some interesting matchups as all four 2nd and 3rd place teams play each other and Dean Baker (Team LA) plays Arlens’s Marlins who are 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Yearly PowerRanks.

Weekly Rank

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
18SD Thunder is BACK4.8
29Seal Beach Dreamers2.5
34The Cocos2.4
45Soi Disant2.4
56Arlen's Marlins1.8
67Charisma1.5
73Team LA1.5
810CV Mom0.7
911Corn Poppers0.4
1012Lucky 13's-5.0
111Lyin' Cty. Reformers-6.0
122deus ex machina-7.1

Yearly Rank

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lyin' Cty. Reformers5.402189439
22Team LA5.186046434
33Arlen's Marlins3.628191112
46SD Thunder is BACK2.662336224
54The Cocos2.168704839
65Seal Beach Dreamers2.055793344
77Charisma-0.831047507
88CV Mom-0.865740052
99Soi Disant-1.114582188
1010deus ex machina-4.779252739
1112Corn Poppers-6.188355067
1211Lucky 13's-7.324283838


Monday, May 3, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 4

Big Wins, Big Losses

Five of six matches had the winner scoring 7 or more points. Three of those scored 9. However, the difference between first and last place is just 10 games meaning a big week will get you right back into it. Everyone still has a good shot. You may just be missing one piece. There are 11 potential trade partners out there, so find someone who matches up well with your team's needs and make a trade.


RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
14Lyin' Cty. Reformers7.707772133
28deus ex machina5.500410795
33Team LA4.537061983
45The Cocos3.548194213
511Soi Disant2.029211142
67Arlen's Marlins0.726446093
71Charisma0.657337359
810SD Thunder is BACK-0.394424078
912Seal Beach Dreamers-2.337492751
102CV Mom-5.515657943
119Corn Poppers-7.459363922
126Lucky 13's-8.999495024

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lyin' Cty. Reformers8.7
23Team LA4.8
32Arlen's Marlins3.2
47The Cocos2.0
54Seal Beach Dreamers1.2
65SD Thunder is BACK1.1
78Charisma-1.0
86CV Mom-1.2
910Soi Disant-2.1
1012deus ex machina-2.3
119Lucky 13's-6.6
1211Corn Poppers-8.0