6/3/07 post

Wow… Almost halfway through the season. I can’t believe it.

Although it looks like Firebirds are starting to slip back down to the pack again and the Sting is making an early run at first. You don’t usually see the Sting start their spurt till after the All-Star Game but things are definitely tightening up. It’s still anyways race.

Last week, we looked at which team looked the strongest in the categories of power, speed, bullpen, and starters.

This week, we go a little deeper and look at hidden categories… run production and strikeouts

1. Run Production: The Haymarket Boppa: Haymarket is a team with a nice blend of power hitters and hitters who get on base and score a lot of runs. It’s not just the power of A-Rod , Mags and Thome…. It’s the ability of Roberts and Youkilis to get on base and score runs.

*Did you know? Crazy Carl quietly leads the league in runs scored. Once the RBI’s start to happen, watch out. The Baseball Ambassadors have quietly rushed towards the lead in RBI’s… even with the loss of Hafner they still have enough firepower to become one of the leads best offenses.

2. Strikeout group: Southern Sting: The Sting, with a combination of strikeout starters and the best bullpen in the league have (by far) the best strikeout pitching group in the league. They average 8.39 strikeouts per start. The Slumpers and the Firebirds are a distant second with 7.02

*Did you know? The Sting’s bullpen accounts for 1/3 of their total strikeouts? That’s impressive. On the other hand, they rank 10th in strikeouts because they still only have 40 starts compared to the league average of 65… which means the Sting will have only 120 starts at this pace, below the 180 allowed…. But there will definitely be a mad rush at the end.