Sample:
Team Name (Last Season Record)
Hitting (Subjective Ranking Current Season)- (Last Season Rank by Run)
Pitching (Subjective Ranking Current Season)- (Last Season Rank by ER)
Fielding (Last Season Rank Fielding Percentage)-(Net Fielding plays (+ plays less - plays)
10. Vancouver Lumberjacks (88-74)
Hitting (A)- (8)
Pitching (A)- (14)
Fielding (26)- (+25)
Timf is on his 2nd tour of duty in Hunter and have been a very competitive owner in both runs (almost became the Buffalo Bills losing 4 straight World Series before winning the 5th in Season 22). Last season pulled a first round upset on Jacksonville who we will be seeing later in this list.... that's called foreshadowing. Vancouver lost Charley Pettyjohn in the off-season but has been active in the trade market adding two high caliber starters in Oscar Tomlin and Raphael Rodriguez. A disappearance mid-season last year hurt his overall record and pitching staff. If the manager pays attention for the full season this is a team likely to rise in the rankings
9. New York Yankees (99-63)
Hitting (A)- (15)
Pitching (B+)- (2)
Fielding (12)- (+14)
Last season the Yanks came within one win of the championship. The Yankees are a well rounded team whose pitching staff likely slightly overperformed last season and owner shucky must have thought so as well. As it's big off-season additions are two useful arms Albert Heisler and Torey Witt from the type B bargain bin. NY is likely a lock to return to the playoffs having won their division by 18 games last season. We will see if game 7 season 47 was the best opportunity for the Yankees to take home a championship
8. Monterrey (97-65)
Hitting (A)- (1)
Pitching (A)- (17)
Fielding (20) (-3)
Welcome to Thunderdome…..wait I'm being told this isn't Thunderdome it's the AL South...….Monterry is the defending AL South Champion but two other AL South teams progressed further last post-season and the title resides in Atlanta. The AL South lead all divisons in total wins and 358 wins (.552 Win percentage as a divison) and playoff teams (3). Last year the Heat knocked the cover off the ball and look poised to do so again. Their weakness was pitching which mjs22 has aggressively addressed this off-season with the additions of three elite pitchers in Jiovanni Guyer, Apollo Mitchell and Al Oviedo. I think it's safe to the say the AL South will rise again
7. Louisville Sluggers (90-62)
Hitting (A)- (3)
Pitching (A-) - (14)
Fielding (7)- (+42)
The Sluggers finished 3rd in the AL South but were able to upset the Night Demons round 1 before falling to the Rippers of Montreal. The Sluggers return all key members of their 3rd rank offence and add Enrico Amaro to bolster their pitching staff. The majority of the improvement for the S48 Sluggers was made during season 47 as jahu43 addressed a major team issue. No team in S47 underperformed relative to exp. win percentage more than the Sluggers (full 10 games under expectation). This was due to an abomination of a bullpen which was over hauled last season with the addition of Jason Blackmon, Yan Guzman and Angel May, which took a weakness to perhaps the best in Hunter. This writer (who also happens to be Jahu43), will be very interested in how the bullpen performs over the full season.
6. Scottsdale Dawgs (99-63)
Hitting (A)- (2)
Pitching (A-) - (12)
Fielding (14) (+14)
Last year's NL South winner looks poised to repeat however is likely going to face a stiffer challenge from Vancouver this season. The end of last season a sweep at the hands of the Yorkies likely left a our taste in Rocky's mouth. He returns a very balanced team lead by a fearsome lineup which included 5 players with more than 100 runs created last season. The Dawgs have only made minor tweaks to a winning formula signing Mike Roberts a solid reliever to help shore up their bullpen. I expect Scottsdale to have World Series intentions and challenge again to lead Hunter in runs scored.
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