PowerRanks: Week 17

The trade deadline

For those who care, I cannot stand the latest Dodgers trades. It may be only one game but seeing Theriot go 0-4 with 2 strikeouts while seeing Blake DeWitt get 3 hits in his Cubs debut is indicative of the type of trade the Dodgers made. Talent with upside given away for veterans who can't hit but have some mystical leadership ability. The Dotel trade was even worse considering Dotel walks around 4 batters per 9 innings. I don't like those odds. James McDonald and Andrew Lambo are top prospects and giving them up for 2 months of Dotel seems like a waste.

Back in our league, the race is tightening for first place. My Cocos are playing first place Lyin' Co. Reformers for a chance to close the 4.5 games between them. While having a down week last week against the Soi Disant, the Cocos still managed to win and remain in the hunt.

As a reminder, our league's trade deadline is not until August 15th, so if you don't quite have all the pieces for your end-game run to the playoffs, now is the time to trade for this year or acquire future talent for next year.

Weekly PowerRanks

Rank	Last Week	Team Name	PowerRank
1	4	SD Thunder is BACK	8.9
2	3	Lyin' Cty. Reformers	7.8
3	10	Arlen's Marlins	3.4
4	6	Seal Beach Dreamers	2.1
5	7	Team LA	1.1
6	2	The Cocos	-0.1
7	8	deus ex machina	-0.8
8	5	Soi Disant	-3.8
9	12	Corn Poppers	-4.0
10	11	CV Mom	-4.0
11	9	Charisma	-4.4
12	1	Lucky 13's	-6.2

Yearly PowerRanks

This Week	Last Week	Team Name	PowerRank
1	1	Lyin' Cty. Reformers	9.1
2	2	The Cocos	6.6
3	3	Seal Beach Dreamers	2.3
4	4	Team LA	1.1
5	5	Soi Disant	-0.1
6	6	Arlen's Marlins	-0.1
7	8	deus ex machina	-1.8
8	7	Lucky 13's	-2.3
9	11	SD Thunder is BACK	-2.7
10	9	CV Mom	-2.7
11	10	Charisma	-3.4
12	12	Corn Poppers	-6.0