Monday, July 26, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 16

Chase gets Lucky?

Chase's Lucky 13s not so quietly knocked off his first-place dad 8-1 to move into a 4th place tie in the standings. This, though you may have missed it, is his 2nd week in a row leading the PowerRanks and 3rd time in the last 5 weeks. As little as 3 weeks ago, his team was in last place in the Yearly PowerRankings and has suddenly jumped to seventh place.

Looking over his past PowerRankings, it shows a steady progression to becoming one of the best in the league. However, can he maintain that and overcome the wins the top 3 already have in the bank? Yes. He is just 9.5 games off the new leader, Lyin' Co. Reformers who had a good week too. A 9.5 game swing in the few remaining weeks isn't that unheard of and if Victor Martinez starts playing again like he might tonight, he'll be in a great position to take the league.

Here is a graph of his PowerRank by week:


Weekly PowerRank

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lucky 13's10.4
22The Cocos5.1
34Lyin' Cty. Reformers4.5
45SD Thunder is BACK2.4
53Soi Disant0.8
612Seal Beach Dreamers0.8
711Team LA-0.6
87deus ex machina-1.7
98Charisma-3.3
109Arlen's Marlins-4.8
1110CV Mom-5.3
126Corn Poppers-8.1

Yearly PowerRank

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lyin' Cty. Reformers8.0
22The Cocos6.8
33Seal Beach Dreamers1.7
44Team LA1.0
56Soi Disant0.4
65Arlen's Marlins-0.6
710Lucky 13's-1.4
88deus ex machina-1.9
97CV Mom-2.0
109Charisma-2.8
1111SD Thunder is BACK-3.6
1212Corn Poppers-5.6

Friday, July 23, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 15 All*Star Week

A rather quiet week as there were only a few games. Scores will probably deviate more this week than any other as they are the victims or beneficiaries of luck. Some players had a good game and that was enough to push teams to the top this week whereas in a regular week that performance would be evened out a little more.


Weekly Rankings

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
16Lucky 13's6.6
22The Cocos5.7
310Soi Disant2.5
41Lyin' Cty. Reformers2.3
59SD Thunder is BACK1.6
68Corn Poppers1.0
712deus ex machina0.4
811Charisma-1.1
93Arlen's Marlins-1.9
107CV Mom-4.2
115Team LA-5.5
124Seal Beach Dreamers-7.5

Yearly Rankings

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lyin' Cty. Reformers7.9
22The Cocos6.3
33Seal Beach Dreamers1.8
44Team LA1.6
55Arlen's Marlins0.3
67Soi Disant-0.1
76CV Mom-1.4
88deus ex machina-2.0
99Charisma-2.7
1012Lucky 13's-3.4
1111SD Thunder is BACK-4.0
1210Corn Poppers-4.4

Friday, July 9, 2010

Tools to help manage your team: Benchcoach

Are you looking for a way to figure out how well you're doing? Do you want a way to evaluate a trade someone else has proposed to you? Well, Benchcoach is a tool which will analyze your team and provide you with some recommendations. The owners of the site have pioneered a new technology called "Fangelica" which does the back end heavy lifting to calculate what moves would be best for you to make.

ARLINGTON, TX - JUNE 27:  Second baseman Ian K...Like any system, it is imperfect, but if you are looking for a way to easily manage your team or evaluate trades, this is a great tool. For example, they recommended I trade Hiroki Kuroda to Lyndsey for Ian Kinsler. I asked Lyndsey if she would go for that. Not surprisingly, she turned me down. However, they also recommended I trade Heath Bell for James Loney. That did sound reasonable to Lyndsey, although I don't need a 1B. So, if you use it, don't check your brain at the virtual door. Image by Getty Images via @daylife

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

PowerRanks: Week 13 Another week, Another Trade

Team LA shows us why he's in first

Arlen's Marlins were again active on the trade market sending Ryan Zimmerman and Hiroki Kuroda to The Cocos for Ben Zobrist. Coming into the season, Zobrist was a keeper (24th round) while Arlen's Marlins drafted Zimmerman 3rd (25th overall) and Kuroda in the 12th round (144th overall). The Marlins have been busy filling the middle of the infield positions with Pedroia and now Zobrist and adding an extra bat with Manny. Unfortunately, Pedroia and Manny are nursing injuries, but hopefully will be back soon to help out in the stretch run. The Cocos give up their best stolen bases guy for someone who provides a huge boost of power and get a pitcher who, until his last start, has been fairly dependable. We'll soon find out if the gamble was worth it.

Team LA got a whopping 13.5 PR score this week while 8 other teams went negative. He won 9-1 over last place charisma cementing his 1st place standing going into All-Star week. The rest of the league is beginning to separate as 25.5 games separate first and last place. However, who will be in the playoffs is still very much in the air and will probably come down to who goes on a hot streak to finish the season.

Weekly PowerRanks

RankLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
18Team LA13.47445338
25The Cocos3.850307593
37Seal Beach Dreamers3.329371732
410Soi Disant0.090846982
56Arlen's Marlins-0.01855904
61Lucky 13's-0.910970562
73Lyin' Cty. Reformers-2.653140869
84Corn Poppers-2.739639144
911CV Mom-2.97227674
1012SD Thunder is BACK-3.299219761
119Charisma-4.016644163
122deus ex machina-4.134529409

Yearly PowerRank

This WeekLast WeekTeam NamePowerRank
11Lyin' Cty. Reformers7.101073382
22The Cocos3.934261417
33Seal Beach Dreamers3.213357679
45Team LA3.207734429
54deus ex machina0.438299661
67Soi Disant0.291405675
76CV Mom-0.321095153
88Arlen's Marlins-0.700531791
99Charisma-1.789583288
1011Corn Poppers-4.796844018
1110SD Thunder is BACK-4.888856088
1212Lucky 13's-5.689221906