Vol. IV, Issue #6 -
August 2016
Strat-o-matic Baseball League
Member Overview of a
Multi-Faceted League
**
"Minor League Strat", Phase II –
Wolfman Shapiro **
(In March I wrote about a new
league I joined this year that has as strong a focus
on building your major league squad as it does for your minor league
players. Here is an
update on how the Skokie Wolfmen are doing and the new minor
leaguers we acquired.)
(Notes
from the Wolfman:
In early February of this year, I responded to a notice I
received via StratDraft, of a new league forming. My
criteria was it had to be a computer based league which used a
CM or computer manager for the games to be played, as I have a
pretty busy personal schedule including what I do for my
livelyhood so I only have time to tweek my CM for my team.
The name of this league was called the Minor League Strat (MLS)
which had a focus on building your minor league component of
your team as well as your Major League Franchise.
I am going to
recommend that if you didn't read my first article on this
league back in March, of this year, that you follow the link
below and then come back to the article. The first article I did
give a very thorough description of the league and the initial
players we drafted, which basically is a team that is comprised
of players from the champion 2015 Kansas Royals, their minor
system plus a few other players we drafted from MLB teams not
picked by our members and some additional minor leaguers we
drafted.
The previous article is at:
http://www.ultimatestratbaseball.com/USBN-3-2016/WolfmanShapiro-MLS-March2016.htm
In this
new update I will report specifically how our Skokie Wolfmen are doing as our
season at the time of this article will finish in September with
21 games left to play. Thus, unless there is a total
collapse of our team, we will be entering the MLS playoffs.
Our division is very competitive as it appears the two wild card
teams will come from this division called Munson (named after
the great Yankee catcher) as only 4 games separates us and we
just beat the top team 2 out of 3, as sit in 3rd place.
It seems, "Our
Boys" have had great trouble beating the top teams above us and
it is uncertain unless Carolina and Summertime go through a
tough period of time in their last games if we will be able to
raise above being the second wild card team. But regardless if
this happens or not, I am confident that once we get into the
playoffs and our season starts over that perhaps with our
defense, small ball straties and decent pitching this can take
us to victory as a dark horse just as happened with the 2014
version of the real KC Royals. Our two other opponents in
our division, along with our own team are near the top in
hitting by average for our league as well as in the top four
teams of ERA in the league too. So this is why all 3 teams
are very competitive, the stats I give below will clearly
demonstrate this.
Also since the
last time I reported on our league, we have conducted another draft
(for more minor league prospers via the MLB amateur draft) plus
another auction to add additional
players to our minor league system so please find within this
report, how this worked out.
I can
definitely say it has been an interesting season because
after we had played 96 games into the season we were greatly
slumping and I thought due to our lack of hitting, we would not
make it into the playoffs but in the league's months of August
and September (we are about 9 days ahead of the real schedule)
we are 27-9 including an 11 game winning streak (the same time
the Chicago Cubs did the same in real life). But even
playing this well, we only decreased our games behind the
division leader Carolina by 5 games as Carolina had a 9 game
winning streak and Summertime a 14 game winning streak. So
as you see, our division is a real pain the butt!
So please find below my latest report about this league called
Minor League Strat as well as the exciting exploits of another
Wolfman built team with my unique analyst of how our team is
generating it's success - enjoy ....
The
Skokie Wolfmen Via
for the Championship of the MLS
(- or also known as the KC
Boys - )
As we
indicated in our first report back in March, we believed we had
a great chance of success to compete in this league as
essentially our team is based upon the 2015 World Champion
Kansas City Royals, with some additional players we drafted to
try to close any holes which this team had. Now, normally
I prefer to go with a team with more power hitters but picking
the hitters and pitchers of Kansas City during the building of
our team was the hand we were dealt and our best chance I
believed.
We started our
season losing our first 4 games, the 1st game we played we lost
due to a mismanagement of our computer manager but then we had a
7 game win streak to take us to 7-4 and tied for second. The
closest we ever came was 1 game out of first in our division on
June 1st (league date) at a record of 23-16. For the
months of June and July, our team was basically winning one and
losing one - we tried to increase our ability to win by letting
our great closer Wade Davis pitch more innings but then we used
our great closer up too early in the season and we still had not
made much of a dent to rise in the standings. However, on
July 19th and then again on July 21st, we were only two games
over .500 and 11 games out of 1st place in our division.
At this point I didn't think we had any chance to make the
playoffs. It would take a miracle but then don't miracles
usually follow the Wolfman?
But then,
after July 21st, all of a sudden our team came alive and since
that date we have gone 32-13 ... what was happening is finally
our hitters woke up - and our pitchers came alive as well as we
lead the league with 16 shutouts, which in such a league like
this, this is no easy feat. Now, we chose the Giants
stadium because the ball park HR is just 1 vs. lefties and
righties. As you can see from the league stats I shared in
this article below, we have quite a few hitters who came alive
to be hitting around .300 too and are now hitting quite
respectable as a team.
Here are some
of the key strategies I have been using to help our team turn
its season around to pretty much assure we will get into the
playoffs.
a)
I have tried to pay attention to my opponents teams and their
ball parks and use the best pitchers I have which play to my
opponent's weakness - if their ball parks have a high ball park
HR, to throw starters which have a low or no ballpark homer on
their card and save any pitchers I have with high ball park
homers to pitch in our park or ballparks of my opponents which
all have a low hr ballpark number as well. The same with
seeing if my opponents are weaker vs. a left handed starter or
right handed starter.
b)
I am playing small ball so I have tried to more steal bases, do
more hit and run and taking the extra base more than normal as
we can, take more risks to be agressive!
c)
while our starters are adequate (although Cueto has done quite
well as expect but C. Young ouch!) - we have a strong relief
staff (even when we lost Davis) - we drafted extra relievers who
have limited innings but had good cards, so we have tried to
maximize these relievers which we have done successfully since
we always use our starters around 6 innings to get as many
starts as we can.
d)
when we have a lead, our team has six positions we can start a
"1" defender to put into the field (Perez-C; Hosmer - 1B,
Escobar - SS, Gordon/Gardner LF, Dyson-CF, Cain - RF) - to have
our best defense to help our team with our good relievers to
hold the lead - which is what won the 2015 MLB Championship for
KC.
e)
we have also tried to platoon various positions - which
includes:
Soto at catcher vs. LHP as Perez is weak - this platoon
has produced 23 HRs with 86 RBIs
Using Morales
at 1B with spot starts by Hosmer - combined average
around .291, 18 HRs, 94 RBIs
Using
Moustakas (our best and most productive hitter BTW) and Garcia
at 3B which has combined for over a .300 avg, 29 HRs, 115
RBIs
these platoons
have helped us as an example, we have also platooned in LF and
RF, for some reason our team has done very well against LH
starting pitching.
our team is hitting .265 which better than I expected with a
3.42 ERA, if we were in the real world with a team that has this
type of pitching and hitting, this would be a very competitive
team indeed especially since we don't use a DH even.
Thus, we have
tried our best to maximize the performance of our players as
best we can.
Also we have
an on-base percentage of .339 as a team which has
been helped by our players walks and HBPs -- so with some good
relief pitching, the best fielding team, good on-base and decent
starting, with some success stealing bases - this is why our
team has done well. Of course I was hoping we would be the
top team in our division but I believe we have a very balanced
team that is quite ready to compete for the league
championship in the playoffs. It is similar to the situation
with the 2016 KC Royals, who were counted out - and then all of
a sudden they have started playing well like the Skokie version
and if they can just get into the playoffs as a wild card team
they can't be ignored and could face the Cubs in the WS?
So what I have
done below is to share various stats from the reports of our
league from the computer game below. Under each section of
the Wolfmen and League stats, I give some more comments
and my analysis. Next month we will let you know how
Skokie finishes it season.
LEAGUE
STANDINGS FOR 2016 MLS Games Sept. 9th
Campanella
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2016 Phoenix PHX
93 48 .660 ---- 9
2016 Federal Way FED
80 61 .567 13.0
2016 Cal Tech CAL
73 68 .518 20.0
2016 Texas TEX
64 77 .454 29.0
2016 Jackson JKS
55 86 .390 38.0
2016 Fort Worth FWT
54 87 .383 39.0
Clemente
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2016 Linden LIN
88 53 .624 ---- 8
2016 Oceano OGB
74 67 .525 14.0
2016 Savannah SAV
74 67 .525 14.0
2016 Wisconsin WIS
70 71 .496 18.0
2016 Vermont VER
66 75 .468 22.0
2016 Ruth's RTH
55 86 .390 33.0
Gehrig
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2016 New Hampshire NHM
83 58 .589 ---- 9
2016 St. Paul STP
70 71 .496 13.0
2016 Bristow BRI
65 76 .461 18.0
2016 Fox Valley FOX
63 78 .447 20.0
2016 Iowa State IOW
60 81 .426 23.0
2016 Chatham CHA
57 84 .404 26.0
Munson
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2016 Carolina CAR
85 56 .603 ---- 20
2016 Summertime SUM
83 58 .589 2.0
2016 Skokie
SKO
81 60 .574 4.0
2016 Beale Street BST
72 69 .511 13.0
2016 Newport News NWP
66 75 .468 19.0
2016 Manchester MAN
61 80 .433 24.0
(As you can Skokie is
in the most comprehensive division with 3 of the top four team
in our conference which has the Gehrig and Munson division.
The teams which win their division qualify for the playoffs and
then the next two teams with the best record qualify. Let me
share with you the top teams in our league what teams they
drafted as their hitters and pitchers:
PHOENIX:
Toronto Hitters, San Francisco Pitchers (93-48)
LINDEN: San Francisco Hitters, Texas Pitchers
(88-53)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: New York Mets Hitters, St.Louis
Pitchers (83-58)
CAROLINA: Arizona Hitters, Seattle Pitchers {but
made trades and drafts so hard to see} (85-56)
SUMMERTIME: Detroit Hitters, Chicago Cubs Pitchers
(83-58) ....... )
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST
PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN
LAST 10 STREAK
BRI 65
76 .461 34-35 31-41 24-18 41-58 4- 6 21-23
4-6 Lost 1
BST 72
69 .511 40-32 32-37 19-13 53-56 4- 9 22-22
8-2 Lost 1
CAL 73
68 .518 35-34 38-34 14-21 59-47 5- 5 23-24
3-7 Lost 1
CAR 85
56 .603 46-26 39-30 25-19 60-37 12- 4 29-24
6-4 Lost 1
CHA 57
84 .404 30-39 27-45 8-22 49-62 10- 7 27-29
1-9 Lost 4
FED 80
61 .567 38-37 42-24 20-19 60-42 5-10 23-23
6-4 Lost 1
FOX 63
78 .447 35-40 28-38 12-24 51-54 6- 9 23-20
5-5 Won 4
FWT 54
87 .383 29-43 25-44 17-25 37-62 7-12 21-30
3-7 Won 1
IOW 60
81 .426 33-39 27-42 20-25 40-56 9- 8 21-24
3-7 Lost 1
JKS 55
86 .390 32-40 23-46 10-27 45-59 6- 7 15-31
4-6 Won 1
LIN 88
53 .624 47-25 41-28 20-22 68-31 10- 4 31-13
8-2 Lost 2
MAN 61
80 .433 24-42 37-38 15-15 46-65 7-11 15-24
7-3 Won 2
NHM 83
58 .589 42-30 41-28 23-16 60-42 10- 4 28-20
5-5 Won 1
NWP 66
75 .468 30-39 36-36 19-22 47-53 3- 9 21-24
5-5 Lost 2
OGB 74
67 .525 33-36 41-31 17-24 57-43 5- 8 21-27
5-5 Won 2
PHX 93
48 .660 43-26 50-22 23-13 70-35 12- 4 28-15
6-4 Won 3
RTH 55
86 .390 29-37 26-49 14-16 41-70 7- 4 13-16
4-6 Won 1
SAV 74
67 .525 37-29 37-38 14-28 60-39 11- 7 29-18
5-5 Won 2
SKO
81 60 .574 38-28
43-32 30-12 51-48 9- 7 23-23 7-3
Won
1
STP
70 71 .496 36-39
34-32 20-17 50-54 7- 7 26-23 3-7
Won 1
SUM 83
58 .589 39-30 44-28 25-14 58-44 9- 9 20-20
6-4 Won 1
TEX 64
77 .454 32-43 32-34 17-15 47-62 7-16 18-28
5-5 Lost 3
VER 66
75 .468 32-40 34-35 16-21 50-54 8- 8 24-23
5-5 Lost 2
WIS 70
71 .496 38-31 32-40 17-22 53-49 10- 8 19-17
6-4 Lost 1
(You can see
Skokie has played better on the Road then Home ... with very
strong against LHP .. playing fairly well currently going 7-3 in
our last 10 games ...)
TEAM -APRIL MAY
JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv
RUNS AGNST DIFF
BRI 12-12 11-16
10-17 13-14 16-11 3- 6 27-45 38-31
633 663 -30
BST 11-13 11-16
13-14 14-13 16-11 7- 2 35-37 37-32
599 591 +8
CAL 11-13 13-14
16-11 17-10 13-14 3- 6 33-39 40-29
546 512 +34
CAR 15- 9 15-12
17-10 16-11 17-10 5- 4 42-30 43-26
659 547 +112
CHA 16- 8
8-19 13-14 9-18 10-17 1- 8 32-40
25-44 533 647
-114
FED 10-14 11-16
19- 8 16-11 18- 9 6- 3 44-28 36-33
620 562 +58
FOX 9-15 11-16
18- 9 9-18 11-16 5- 4 35-37 28-41
595 685 -90
FWT 11-13 13-14
8-19 10-17 9-18 3- 6 35-37 19-50
545 662 -117
IOW 10-14 16-11
15-12 13-14 3-24 3- 6 39-33 21-48
579 687 -108
JKS 12-12
9-18 8-19 7-20 16-11 3- 6 25-47
30-39 513 633
-120
LIN 16- 8 20- 7
16-11 13-14 16-11 7- 2 45-27 43-26
669 549 +120
MAN 9-15 11-16
12-15 14-13 9-18 6- 3 31-41 30-39
579 604 -25
NHM 13-11 19- 8
18- 9 14-13 14-13 5- 4 46-26 37-32
650 567 +83
NWP 10-14 17-10
10-17 13-14 11-16 5- 4 33-39 33-36
616 667 -51
OGB 14-10 16-11
16-11 10-17 13-14 5- 4 39-33 35-34
607 579 +28
PHX 16- 8 17-10
19- 8 15-12 21- 6 5- 4 46-26 47-22
783 573 +210
RTH 8-16 14-13
9-18 10-17 11-16 3- 6 27-45 28-41
568 691 -123
SAV 14-10 13-14
12-15 20- 7 11-16 4- 5 34-38 40-29
566 554 +12
SKO
13-11 16-11 11-16 14-13 21- 6
6- 3 36-36 45-24 656
527 +129
STP 10-14 15-12
13-14 17-10 12-15 3- 6 37-35 33-36
641 672 -31
SUM 16- 8 12-15
12-15 16-11 22- 5 5- 4 39-33 44-25
637 510 +127
TEX 9-15 12-15
13-14 15-12 10-17 5- 4 33-39 31-38
611 611 +0
VER 10-14 13-14
12-15 15-12 11-16 5- 4 31-41 35-34
626 683 -57
WIS 13-11 11-16
14-13 14-13 13-14 5- 4 40-32 30-39
701 700 +1
(Skokie did
fairly well in the first two months going 29-22 but then in June
and July we struggled at 25-29 but now the last two months we
have come back strongly. Due to our poor record against
Carolina and Summertime we have struggled within our division
but have done well against the Gehrig Division. Also we are
ranked #2 in run differential in the league.)
====================
Team Statistics
For 2016 Skokie Wolfmen Totals After 141 Games
WON LOST PCT
TEAM OPP
OVERALL RECORD
81 60 .574 LEFT ON
BASE 1041 946
HOME RECORD
38 28 .576 DP'S
TURNED 141 143
ROAD RECORD
43 32 .573 TP'S
TURNED 0
1
VS. LEFTY STARTERS 30 12
.714 MOST HITS
21 18
VS. RIGHTY STARTERS 51 48 .515
LEAST HITS
3 1
EXTRA INNING GAMES 9
7 .563 MOST RUNS
17 11
ONE RUN GAMES
23 23 .500
LAST 10 GAMES
7 3 .700 TOTAL
RUNS 656 527
AVERAGE RUNS 4.65 3.74
CURRENT 1 GAME WINNING STREAK
TOTAL
LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 11 GAMES
HR'S AT SKO 40
36 76
LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 GAMES
HR'S AT OPP 88
69 157
TOTAL
128 105
(Here we see a
summary of our team, our longest win streak has been 11 games -
you can see that many HRs are being hit in our park and although
we don't have a strong power team we are hitting more home runs
then our opponents. Our 4.65 runs per game average is
pretty good for our team - you can see below we have had 16
shutouts but also in 26 of our games we have only scored 1 run
or less. In 59 of our 141 games we have scored 3 runs or
less. We are also proud that in only 21 games have we
allowed our opponents to score 7 runs or less)
RUNS GAMES TEAM SCORED THIS MANY
RUNS GAMES OPPONENTS SCORED THIS MANY
0 - XXXXX (9)
0 - XXXXXXXX (16)
1 - XXXXXXXXX (17)
1 - XXXXXXXXX (17)
2 - XXXXXXXX (16)
2 - XXXXXXXXXX (20)
3 - XXXXXXXXX (17)
3 - XXXXXXXX (15)
4 - XXXXXX (12)
4 - XXXXXXXXXX (19)
5 - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (25)
5 - XXXXXXXXX (18)
6 - XXXXXX (12)
6 - XXXXXXXX (15)
7 - XXX (6)
7 - XXXX (8)
8 - XXXXXX (11)
8 - XXXX (7)
9 - XX (3)
9 - XX (3)
10+ - XXXXXXX (13)
10+ - XX (3)
RECORD VS. Gehrig DIVISION
WON LOST PCT
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
5 7 .417
Chatham Clippers
8 4 .667
Iowa State Farm Boys
9 3 .750
St. Paul Saints
6 3 .667
Fox Valley Bandits
8 4 .667
Bristow 89ers
9 3 .750
TOTAL VS.
THIS DIVISION
45
24 .652
RECORD VS. Munson DIVISION
WON LOST PCT
Manchester Freedom
9 3 .750
Beale Street Bombers
10 8 .556
Summertime Blues
6 9 .400
Newport News Rebels
7 5 .583
Carolina Panthers
4 11 .267
TOTAL VS.
THIS DIVISION
36
36 .500
(Here you can
see how against most team in our conference we have done well
but verses the top three teams in our conference we have had the
most challenges and these are the teams we will face in the
playoffs. We will have to see if our opponents in the
playoffs will play those games via netplay and I can use the
Wolfman's magic with our strong team to win.)
====================
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 2016 MLS Games thru
Sept. 9th
TEAM
AVG AB R
H 2B 3B HR RBI
SB CS E
2016 Linden
.278 4860 669
1353 306 21 111 635 64
12 75
2016 Bristow
.276 4842 633
1334 252 44 144 608 95
31 76
2016 Phoenix
.274 4901 783
1344 262 31 241 747 69
12 62
2016 Carolina
.269 4806 659
1292 256 35 138 627 89
45 73
2016 Summertime
.267 4918 637 1313 263
46 130 602 59 4
70
2016 Skokie
.265 4836 656
1281 224 29 128 619 84
36 61
2016 New Hampshire .258
4848 650 1249 320 15 186
613 41 5 83
2016 Beale Street .257
4805 599 1237 245 34 142
569 80 24 93
2016 Vermont
.257 4930 626
1266 253 24 138 604 70
6 94
2016 Federal Way .255
4912 620 1253 240 48 144
582 89 44 71
2016 Newport News .254
4871 616 1236 260 29 141
580 91 28 80
2016 Savannah
.253 4812 566
1218 238 36 140 542 68
14 79
2016 Fox Valley
.252 4818 595 1213 259
33 136 564 54 22
77
2016 Cal Tech
.251 4760 546
1196 243 39 104 522 51
15 99
2016 Wisconsin
.251 4911 701
1233 251 27 206 670 58
18 108
2016 Ruth's
.250 4800 568
1200 243 23 145 537 73
23 86
2016 Chatham
.249 4858 533
1212 249 32 132 497 41
10 101
2016 Fort Worth
.249 4854 545 1209 208
25 152 524 52 16
89
2016 St. Paul
.247 4788 641
1184 229 20 215 621 50
24 69
2016 Jackson
.245 4781 513
1170 192 48 115 487 86
12 98
2016 Oceano
.244 4809 607
1172 253 19 149 579 41
13 78
2016 Iowa State
.241 4874 579 1173 219
10 169 546 50 15
75
2016 Texas
.235 4833 611
1136 214 29 182 572 104
16 80
2016 Manchester
.234 4821 579 1126 224
27 190 563 32 7
83
------------------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---- --- ----
----- ---- --- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS .255 116248
14732 29600 5903 724 3678 14010 1591 452 1960
(You can see that
Skokie is the #6 hitting team - leads the league in least amount
of errors committed - one of the top teams for stealing -
compared to Carolina and Summertime - just hitting a few points
less but basically our team in collective statistics is very
similar. As you will see below - our 3 teams are all near
the top in team ERA - Summertime has Arrieta - which is why the
opponent's average is the lowest. Skokie's chance to
possibly take the division will depend on which of our 3 teams
has the best players to continue to use due to usage at the end
of the season.)
TEAM
ERA W L
IP H R
ER HR BB SO OAVG
2016 Summertime
3.28 83 58
1285.1 1063 510 469 162
426 1247 .224
2016 Cal Tech
3.29 73 68
1254.1 1142 512 459 116
403 1187 .241
2016 Skokie
3.42
81 60 1270.2 1172 527
483 105 404 1086 .246
2016 Carolina
3.52 85 56
1276.0 1126 547 499 145
389 1023 .238
2016 Federal Way 3.60
80 61 1292.2 1209 562
517 172 326 1161 .245
2016 Linden
3.60 88 53
1268.1 1131 549 508 153
417 1095 .238
2016 Savannah
3.65 74 67
1263.2 1194 554 512 126
401 1267 .249
2016 New Hampshire 3.71
83 58 1282.2 1186 567
529 120 453 1145 .247
2016 Beale Street 3.74
72 69 1259.1 1157 591
523 160 398 1052 .242
2016 Oceano
3.75 74 67
1284.2 1186 579 535 135
450 1137 .243
2016 Phoenix
3.77 93 48
1272.2 1187 573 533 156
370 1054 .246
2016 Texas
3.89 64 77
1288.0 1237 611 557 161
449 1090 .253
2016 Jackson
3.96 55 86
1257.2 1252 633 553 146
435 1213 .258
2016 Manchester
3.98 61 80
1267.0 1229 604 560 165
350 1163 .255
2016 Chatham
4.06 57 84
1265.2 1357 647 571 137
462 1144 .275
2016 Bristow
4.37 65 76
1247.1 1264 663 605 166
529 1077 .263
2016 Fort Worth
4.38 54 87
1274.1 1303 662 620 169
521 1013 .267
2016 Vermont
4.39 66 75
1278.2 1355 683 624 146
431 958 .273
2016 Newport News 4.41
66 75 1272.1 1303 667
624 150 458 1191 .267
2016 St. Paul
4.42 70 71
1266.2 1294 672 622 175
446 1061 .265
2016 Iowa State
4.51 60 81
1282.2 1379 687 643 182
492 1138 .275
2016 Wisconsin
4.51 70 71
1270.2 1241 700 637 189
490 1162 .255
2016 Fox Valley
4.53 63 78
1263.2 1320 685 636 184
408 1003 .270
2016 Ruth's
4.66 55 86
1242.0 1313 691 643 158
480 1046 .273
------------------ ---- ---- ---- -------
----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS
3.97 1692 1692 30487.0 29600 14676 13462 3678 10388 26713 .255
====================
Primary Player Statistics For 2016 Skokie
Wolfmen Totals After 141 Games
NAME
BAVG GM AB R H
2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS
E
C.Figueroa
.667 3 3 1
2 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
J.Peterson
.379 9 29 2 11
1 0 0 3 4
6 0 0 0 2 1 0
C.Cuthbert
.333 1 3 1
1 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0
M.Moustakas
.321 122 399 61 128 20 1 18
72 40 62 14 0 10 0 3 6
C.Colon
.309 54 97 10 30
5 0 0 13 7 24 0
0 7 0 0 2
A.Garcia
.305 59 190 30 58 12 0
11 43 8 33 0 0 11
0 0 3
E.Hosmer
.305 126 177 29 54 9 1
7 36 25 29 2 0 9
0 0 0
B.Gardner
.301 104 366 71 110 19 3 10
46 42 56 2 13 3 9 2
0
L.Cain
.295 137 512 93 151 20 5 16
51 45 88 11 0 7 32 6 7
K.Morales
.288 133 434 70 125 30 1 11
58 81 85 12 0 17 0 0 2
J.Dyson
.270 68 148 21 40 4
3 2 21 13 30 3 2
5 19 7 1
B.Zobrist
.263 128 429 50 113 23 5
5 60 67 63 0 0 8
4 5 7
A.Gordon
.252 111 349 50 88 21 0
10 47 55 90 19 0 6 0
4 0
A.Escobar
.250 141 544 66 136 16 8
5 33 27 75 9 20 11 14 7 18
C.Young
.247 42 93 8 23
10 0 6 20 6 21 1
0 8 0 0 0
S.Perez
.244 120 402 37 98 14 0
14 61 14 75 4 0 13 3
0 5
M.Byrd
.234 58 192 21 45 7
2 3 12 14 48 2 0
5 0 1 0
P.Orlando
.226 12 31 5 7
4 0 1 4 0
6 0 1 1 0 0 2
G.Soto
.221 52 145 19 32 7
0 9 25 13 45 3 0
6 0 0 1
R.Noel
.000 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
T.Gore
.000 3 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0
J.Gomes
---- 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 D.Coleman
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
C.D'Arnaud
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
L.Maile
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
O.Calixte
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
D.Sweeney
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
F.Pena
---- 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
ALL PITCHERS
.101 141 288 11 29 2 0
0 13 11 117 0 38 2 0 0
7
----------------- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- -- --- --- --- ---
-- -- --- -- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .265 141 4836
656 1281 224 29 128 619 473 954 83 74 129 84 36 61
(Here you see
our hitters - Moustakas has been our best hitter, we have used
up Garcia at 3B, but this platoon has been our most productive
position. Gardner is hitting a bit better then expected
and Cain also has been very consistent. Morales was not
hitting well at the beginning of the season but has come back
and with Moustakas are two of the best OB men in the league.
We were hoping more from Byrd, who we use against LHP in the OF
- Zobrist is having a typical year - Dyson is an amazing backup
defensive OF who we are starting now more. I wish we could
play Hosmer more but Morales has two good of a hitter's card,
and we don't have a DH in our league. Perez was having
trouble hitting at the beginning of the year but has been
stepping up. I doubt we will see anyone with 100 RBIs, as
the RBIs for our team is distributed amongst its team players. )
NAME
ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH
SV IP H R
ER HR BB SO
S.Alexander
0.00 0 0 ---- 2 0
0 0 0 1.0 0
0 0 0 0
2
M.Mariot
0.00 0 0 ---- 2 0
0 0 0 2.2 0
0 0 0 1
4
D.Verhagen
1.03 0 0 ---- 18 0 0
0 3 26.1 16 3
3 0 14 14
K.Herrera
1.87 3 2 .600 34 0 0
0 5 53.0 43 12 11
1 15 49
C.Young
1.88 10 1 .909 16 15 0 0
0 96.0 66 21 20
2 25 67
R.Madson
1.99 2 4 .333 27 0 0
0 4 49.2 31 12 11
2 8 54
W.Davis
2.01 6 3 .667 46 0 0
0 16 67.0 38 15 15
4 19 77
J.Cueto
2.57 14 10 .583 30 30 4 2 0
199.1 166 66 57 15 36
153
J.Vargas
3.09 1 0 1.000 7 7 0
0 0 35.0 30 15 12
5 5 20
F.Morales
3.16 5 1 .833 49 0 0
0 1 57.0 56 21 20
5 17 43
A.Morgan
3.18 0 0 ---- 1 1
0 0 0 5.2 4
2 2 0 2
2
C.Buchholz
3.27 7 3 .700 14 14 0
0 0 85.1 83 34 31
3 23 87
P.Rodriguez
3.86 0 3 .000 9 0
0 0 1 11.2 19 5
5 0 5 11
B.Hardy
3.88 4 4 .500 59 0 0
0 2 53.1 51 26 23
2 29 64
M.Almonte
4.00 0 0 ---- 6 0
0 0 1 9.0 7
4 4 1 5
7
E.Volquez
4.10 11 8 .579 26 26 4 1
0 158.0 154 79 72 17 55
115
Y.Ventura
4.30 7 7 .500 27 27 0
0 0 146.2 149 81 70 22
56 145
D.Duffy
4.81 3 4 .429 15 14 0
0 1 76.2 96 44 41
10 38 65
K.Medlen
4.88 3 3 .500 17 7 0
0 1 51.2 58 28 28
4 17 37
L.Hochevar
5.15 3 3 .500 49 0 0
0 3 50.2 50 30 29
5 17 51
R.Wolf
5.54 1 1 .500 22 0 0
0 0 13.0 14 8
8 1 13 9
Y.Pino
9.45 1 1 .500 19 0 0
0 2 20.0 37 21 21
4 4 10
S.Lecure
---- 0 0 ---- 0 0
0 0 0 0.0 0
0 0 0 0
0
ALL NON-PITCHERS 13.50 0 2
.000 2 0 0 0 0
2.0 4 3 3
2 0 0
Team
13
+0
----------------- ---- -- -- ---- --- --- -- -- -- ------
---- --- --- --- --- ----
TEAM TOTALS 3.42 81 60
.574 141 141 8 16 40 1270.2 1172 527 483 105 404 1086
(We are pretty
proud of our pitching staff - our trio of relief pitchers
Herrera, Madson and Davis have done great ... Our lefties
Morales and Hardy have held their own. C. Young has been
surprising as a starter and Cueto is Cueto, our ace.
Buchholz is our secret starter who may help us in the playoffs -
Volquez has been doing really well in most recent games.
Verhagen did great for us in a limited capacity.)
====================
Misc/Sabermetric
Statistics For 2016 Skokie Wolfmen Totals After 141 Games
NAME
OB% SLUG SB% RC RC/27
TOTAVG OPS ISOPW TB AB/HR
M.Byrd
.292 .339 .000 18.1 3.18
.529 .630 .104 65 64.00
L.Cain
.363 .447 .842 87.8 6.30
.848 .810 .152 229 32.00
C.Colon
.356 .361 ---- 10.6 3.88
.568 .717 .052 35 ----
C.Cuthbert
.333 .333 ---- .3 4.50
.500 .667 .000 1 ----
J.Dyson
.341 .378 .731 18.8 4.17
.758 .720 .108 56 74.00
A.Escobar
.296 .336 .667 53.9 3.25
.547 .632 .086 183 108.80
C.Figueroa
.667 .667 ---- 1.3 36.00
2.000 1.333 .000 2 ----
A.Garcia
.330 .542 ---- 29.0 5.41
.776 .872 .237 103 17.27
B.Gardner
.374 .451 .818 66.2 6.48
.835 .825 .150 165 36.60
J.Gomes
1.000 ---- ---- .3
--- ---- 1.000 ---- 0
----
A.Gordon
.379 .398 .000 56.2 5.52
.786 .778 .146 139 34.90
T.Gore
.500 .000 1.000 .4 10.53
2.000 .500 .000 0 ----
E.Hosmer
.395 .486 ---- 32.5 6.60
.856 .881 .181 86 25.29
K.Morales
.411 .438 ---- 80.6 6.59
.868 .848 .150 190 39.45
M.Moustakas .400
.511 .000 81.4 7.68 .908
.911 .190 204 22.17
R.Noel
.000 .000 ---- .0
.00 .000 .000 .000 0
----
P.Orlando
.226 .452 ---- 2.7 2.83
.560 .677 .226 14 31.00
S.Perez
.274 .383 1.000 39.0 3.29
.552 .657 .139 154 28.71
J.Peterson
.455 .414 .667 6.0 8.49
.947 .868 .034 12 ----
G.Soto
.294 .455 ---- 18.3 4.09
.689 .750 .234 66 16.11
C.Young
.300 .548 ---- 11.6 4.02
.744 .848 .301 51 15.50
B.Zobrist
.361 .375 .444 60.6 4.94
.705 .737 .112 161 85.80
O.Calixte
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
D.Coleman
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
C.D'Arnaud
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
L.Maile
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
F.Pena
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
D.Sweeney
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- .000 ---- 0 -----
ALL PITCHERS
.133 .108 ---- 6.1 .55
.161 .241 .007 31 ----
------------- ---- ---- ---- -----
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
TEAM TOTALS
.339 .403 .700 661.7 4.67
.695 .741 .138 1947 37.78
(For a
team which is not known as a hitting team, to be having a .339
OB average is not bad and actually could be a key for our most
recent streak in our last 45 game. )
NAME
OPPAV H/9 BB/9 SO/9 HR/9 RNSUP IR ISP IRS IRSC%
SO/BB WHIP
S.Alexander
.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 ---
2 1 1 .500 --- 0.00
M.Almonte
.212 7.0 5.0 7.0 1.0 ---
2 2 1 .500 1.40 1.33
C.Buchholz
.255 8.8 2.4 9.2 0.3 4.57
0 0 0 ---- 3.78 1.24
J.Cueto
.227 7.5 1.6 6.9 0.7 3.87
0 0 0 ---- 4.25 1.01
W.Davis
.167 5.1 2.6 10.3 0.5 ---
8 3 0 .000 4.05 0.85
D.Duffy
.318 11.3 4.5 7.6 1.2 5.29 0
0 0 ---- 1.71 1.75
B.Hardy
.249 8.6 4.9 10.8 0.3 --- 19
10 3 .158 2.21 1.50
K.Herrera
.223 7.3 2.5 8.3 0.2 ---
19 14 6 .316 3.27 1.09
L.Hochevar
.262 8.9 3.0 9.1 0.9 ---
40 21 13 .325 3.00 1.32
R.Madson
.174 5.6 1.4 9.8 0.4 ---
7 4 1 .143 6.75 0.79
M.Mariot
.000 0.0 3.4 13.5 0.0 ---
0 0 0 ---- 4.00 0.38
K.Medlen
.289 10.1 3.0 6.4 0.7 5.00 1
1 0 .000 2.18 1.45
F.Morales
.251 8.8 2.7 6.8 0.8 ---
31 17 16 .516 2.53 1.28
A.Morgan
.200 6.4 3.2 3.2 0.0 4.00
0 0 0 ---- 1.00 1.06
Y.Pino
.398 16.7 1.8 4.5 1.8 --- 13
9 3 .231 2.50 2.05
P.Rodriguez
.365 14.7 3.9 8.5 0.0 ---
1 0 0 .000 2.20 2.06
J.Vargas
.227 7.7 1.3 5.1 1.3 6.29
0 0 0 ---- 4.00 1.00
Y.Ventura
.264 9.1 3.4 8.9 1.4 4.44
0 0 0 ---- 2.59 1.40
D.Verhagen
.182 5.5 4.8 4.8 0.0 ---
11 8 2 .182 1.00 1.14
E.Volquez
.259 8.8 3.1 6.6 1.0 4.69
0 0 0 ---- 2.09 1.32
R.Wolf
.292 9.7 9.0 6.2 0.7 ---
16 12 5 .313 .69 2.08
C.Young
.192 6.2 2.3 6.3 0.2 5.13
0 0 0 ---- 2.68 0.95
S.Lecure
---- --- --- --- --- ---
0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
ALL NON-PITCHERS .364 18.0 0.0
0.0 9.0 --- 0 0
0 ---- --- 2.00
---------------- ---- ---- --- --- ---
---- --- --- -- ---- ---- ----
TEAM TOTALS
.246 8.3 2.9 7.7 0.7 4.65 170 102
51 .300 2.69 1.24
(As a team
with an average of 0.7 HRs per game is very good and 1.24 Whip
for our team. On an individual process Davis and Madison
have been tough in relieff - We see why C. Young has done so
well - Cueto has a great whip as our ace starter along with C.
Young)
-- So this
concludes the statistical view of the MLS and how Skokie is
performing compared to the other teams in the league. I
would say I am satisfied with how our team is performing and if
we can go 14-7 in our last 21 games we could see a 95 win
season.
Finally I want
to talk about the other minor leagues players we acquired in an
additional draft we did for other minor league prospect,
especially linked with the high school and college players who
were drafted by the major league teams in the summer and other
prospects that Major League teams have signed from other
international star players like in Cuba, Japan and so on ...
What Happened in the MLS with the Amateur Draft and the
International Stars Auction?
For the Amateur Draft,
Skokie had the #3 draft pick in a 9 round draft. Besides
the young U.S. college and high school players who were drafted
by the major league teams, we also had access to the minor
league players of the six teams who's minor league system was
not picked and, the other category which allowed us to pick a
minor league player from a team which was picked was if that
minor leaguer did not play in 2015 due to some injury or a young
player picked by a team but was picked up too late in the 2015
minor league season and didn't play.
Here are the nine minor
leaguers we picked with some notes next to each:
Jameson Taillon RHP Pittsburgh (he didn't play in 2015,
a key young starter for the Pirates)
Zack Burdi RHP Louisville NCAA (drafted by the White
Sox, a good chance to be in majors quickly)
Joey Wentz LHP Shawnee HS Kansas (another top 50 pick
in the amateur draft, good young pitcher)
Seuly Matias OF Royals AZL Rookie (we lost this
top 30 KC Prospect due to non-play in 2015)
Jacob May OF Charlotte AAA (a highly rated OF
prospect with the White Sox)
Jason Coats OF Chicago (AL) MLB (another
highly rated White Sox OF prospect, in MLB in 2016)
Tom Hatch RHP Oklahoma St. NCAA (one of the Chicago
Cubs top young pitchers they picked)
Bailey Clark RHP Duke NCAA (another Chicago Cubs top
young pitcher picked in the amateur draft)
Jacob Heyward OF Maimi NCAA (the brother of Jason
Heyward of the Chicago Cubs)
Then ... in our
International Auction I was able to add 3 more young players
....
Randy Arozarena SS (Cuban infielder/outfielder Randy
Arozarena, 20-year-old signed by the Cardinals)
Diego Infante OF (#18 ranked International
prospect signed by the Tampa Bay Rays)
Francisco Morales RHP (#12 ranked International
prospect signed by the Philadelphia Phillies)
Now .. we are allowed
to keep 40 or 45 players in our minor league system, so this is
the other key players we will have access to in the 2017 season
of the MLS, some of these players already will get cards and be
in the majors:
IN THE MINORS IN
2015:
Raul Mondesi SS
(card)
Kyle Zimmer RHP
Bubba Starling OF (card)
Nolan Watson RHP
Ashe Russell RHP
Matt Strahm LHP (card)
Scott Blewett RHP
Jorge Bonifacio OF
Alec Mills RHP (card)
Ryan O'Hearn 1B
Chase Vallot, C
Brett Eibner OF (card)
Ramon Torress SS/2B
Amalani Fukofuka of
Brian Flynn LHP (card)
Ricky Aracena SS
Hunter Dozier 3B
Reymond Fuentes OF (card)
W. Merryfield INF (card)
Pounders RHP (card)
ROOKIES FROM 2015 WITH
CARDS
Almonte,M RP
Cuthbert,C INF/3B (card)
Gore,T OF (card)
Pena,F C
Cole Figuroa 3B
Luke Maile C (card)
Rico Noel OF
Darnell Sweeney (S) INF
Drew Verhagen RP (card)
IN CONCLUSION:
So I think with the combination of the rookies and prospects
that the Skokie Wolfman have along with the players we have
already in the majors, not only will we competing within the
next month of the MLS season for the league championship but we
have a lot of possibilities to build our team with great youth
to support this for many years.
We also want to thank the
commissioner of the MLS (who still wishes to be nameless and
behind the scenes) for creating this SOM Baseball league with so
much variety and to mirror what the GMs of real major league
baseball teams must do to keep their teams competitive and
filled with great young players. That such moves can eventually
help the parent club to take them to a league championship which
has happened with the real Kansas City Royals the last two years
and is going on with other teams now like the Chicago Cubs and
the Houston Astros.
Hope you all enjoy my update
of this fascinating league ...
all the best ...
The Skokie
Wolfman
GM of the Skokie
Wolfmen in the MLS
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