AL North

Dover Gophers
Edwin McGowan SP AA 22 A
Brett Bell SP AA 20 A
Jason McCartin 1B AAA 22 B+
Kris Harper RF LoA 21 B
Bill Blauser LF AAA 26 B-

Milwaukee Gurus
David Cooper SS AA 20 A
Everett Sanders 2B AAA 21 A-
Clayton Serrano SP AAA 23 B-
Jeremy Bird 3B AAA 21 B-
Will Richardson RF HiA 21 C+


Minnesota St. Paul Sots
Walter Reith SP AAA 21 B+
Justin Shields 3B HiA 24 B
Felix Kimura RF AA 24 C+
Roger Dillon CF HiA 21 C+
Darwin Reitz 2B AAA 23 C+

Sioux Falls Badlands
Paul Maduro 3B AA 20 B
Midre Calvo 3B AAA 21 B
Pat Richard CF AA 24 B-
Kevin Carter SS AAA 23 C
Hal Throneberry 2B AA 23 C-

NL South

Atlanta Braves
Matthew Carter LF AA 21 A
Ramiro Suarez 2B AA 21 B+
Kane Howard RP AAA 25 B
Hersh Hodges 3B LoA 19 B-
Adrian Parris C HiA 23 B-

Austin Wranglers
Cal Robertson RP LoA 23 A-
Vinny Hukata SP AAA 22 B
Antonio Kelly 2B AAA 24 B-
Yamid Roque SS AA 20 C
Jeffrey Eaton CF AA 24 C

Louisville Wild Turkeys
Vincenzo Osborne C AAA 21 B+
Jimmie Samuel 3B AAA 21 B+
Emmanuel Crespo COF AAA 24 B
Rickey Bagley RP AAA 23 C+
Bart Carter RP AAA 24 C+

Richmond Hicks
Todd Russell SP AAA 21 A
Albert Sellers SS AAA 22 A
Hideki Dong CF AAA 26 B-
Sammy Rodriguez RF AAA 26 C+
Glenn O'Toole RP HiA 20 C+

AL East

Charlotte Cutters
Andrea Eiland SP HiA 19 A
Harold Diaz 3B HiA 23 A-
Christopher Brewington RF AA 20 A-
Dale Presley SP AA 22 B
Everett Winston RP AA 23 B-

Florida Pheonix
Jesse Richardson SP AAA 23 A+
Livan Mangual SP AA 21 A-
Orber Pulido SP LoA 19 A-
Ray Anderson CF AAA 22 B
Jerry Richardson DH LoA 19 B

New York Mugger Funk
Neil Meadows RP AA 20 A
Eric Anderson SS HiA 22 B
Harry Lugo LF AA 20 C+
Edwards Terry CF LoA 21 C+
Neal Rose SS AA 21 C+

Rochester Tigers
Guillermo Park CF AA 20 C+
Dan Brocail RP 23 AA C
Kris Cobb SP 23 AAA C
Wayne Enders SP 22 AA C
Orlando Romero 2B HiA 20 C

NL West

This prospect report, unfortunately, is going to be brief. One division at a time I will list each team's top five prospects (in my opinion), with A grades for sure thing all stars, B grades for above average guys with a shot at one all star appearence, and a C grade for guys who could be average major leaguers. At the end I will then put together a top 30 list for the whole League. Also, I wont pretend any clarvoyance, or even great concistancy across teams, but hopefully this is something good to look at. And if you trade an all-star, be sure to aim for guys on these lists!

Anaheim Redbirds
Al Valdez 2B/CF AA 21 A
Quentin Rigs 1B HiA 20 A
Javy Bolivar RF AAA 23 B+
Miguel Rijo LF AA 21 B
Brian Winn SP LoA 19 B-

San Diego Devil Dogs
Hooks Jackson SP AAA 21 B+
Fernando Perez 3B AA 20 B
Darren Prior RF AAA 22 B-
Moose Park RF AA 20 C
Kenny Hill CF AA 24 C-

St. Louis Showboats
Clarence Schneider RF AAA 23 B
Rollie Nixon 3B AAA 23 B-
David Mendoza RF AA 21 C
Fred Riley SS AA 23 C
Wesley Piper SP HiA 21 C

Tacoma Express
Stevie Park SS HiA 20 A
Andrew Davis CF AA 23 B
Patrick Champion SP AAA 21 B-
Louis Casillo RP 22 AA C+
Alex Ayala SS 21 AA C

Talent-Based Playoffs

NL Playoffs
1. Atlanta
2. Cleveland
3. Anaheim
4. Boston
5. Toronto
6. Hartford

AL Playoffs
1. Vancouver
2. Milwaukee
3. Texas
4. New York
5. Scottsdale
6. Sioux Falls

This is based on the assumption that the wildcard teams are seeded 5 and 6. (Scottsdale is actually ranked as the second best team in the AL).

Brian's Divisional Talent Rankings

AL North
1. Milwaukee
2. Sioux Falls
3. Dover
4. Minnesota

AL East
1. New York
2. Charlotte
3. Florida
4. Rochester

AL West
1. Vancouver
2. Scottsdale
3. Helena
4. Salem

AL South
1. Texas
2. Nashville
3. Durham
4. Memphis

NL North
1. Cleveland
2. Toronto
3. Boise
4. Augusta

NL East
1. Boston
2. Hartford
3. Chicago
4. Cincinnati

NL West
1. Anaheim
2. San Diego
3. Tacoma
4. St. Louis

NL South
1. Atlanta
2. Louisville
3. Richmond
4. Austion

Brian's Talent Rankings

These are rankings I've calculated using the 4 major breakdowns in the Franchise Rankings screen. These are purely based on numbers and calculated by weighting the categories that I feel are important for a team on a percentage basis. (PS - if your team isn't listed in a particular category, let me know via trade chat or whatever and I'll let you know.)

Starters

1. Vancouver
2. Boston
3. Texas
4. Scottsdale
5. Florida

Bench

1. Atlanta
2. Milwaukee
3. Toronto
4. Nashville
5. Helena

Rotation

1. Vancouver
2. New York
3. Milwaukee
4. Boston
5. Atlanta

Bullpen

1. Atlanta
2. Cleveland
3. Milwaukee
4. Anaheim
5. Vancouver

Top 5 Talent-Wise

1. Atlanta
2. Vancouver
3. Scottsdale
4. Milwaukee
5. Cleveland

Coming tomorrow...division by division breakdown.

World Series Stats

• The AL is leading, 6-4.
• Vancouver (Scottsdale) became the first 3-time World Series champion.
• Vancouver ranked 1st in pitching, 3rd in runs scored, and 17th in fielding percentage.
• Atlanta made its world-leading 5th appearance.
• This was just the second World Series to go 7 games in the world's history.
• Vancouver was the worst-ranked fielding team to win the World Series.
• AL leads 31-23 (in games).

Top Free Agent Pitchers

Relief Pitchers
1. Emil Renteria (L) - AUG
2. Will Pickford (L) - SD
3. Milt Young (L) - TEX
4. Andres Arroyo (R) - AUS
5. Steve Childers (R) - ROC
6. Dwight Marshall (R) - LAA
7. Eric Ramirez (L) - Free Agent
8. Louis Widger (L) - NAS
9. Miguel Molina (L) - ROC
10. Turk Chouinard (R) - FLA

Starting Pitchers
1. Mike Andrews (R) - MIL
2. Jesus James (R) - MIN
3. Virgil Quinn (R) - RIC
4. Arlie Dillon (R) - CLE
5. Curtis Greenwood (R) - AUS
6. Ed Wallace (L) - TEX
7. Jose Cordero (R) - ATL
8. Ralph Taylor (R) - LAA
9. Ivan Ulrich (R) - CIN
10. Gill Kwon (R) - TEX

Swingmen/Other
1. Jermaine Brumfield (R) - CLE
2. Alvin Mills (R) - Free Agent
3. Ted Rivera (R) - VC
4. P.T. McNamara (R) - VC
5. Daniel Malone (R) - DUR

Top Free Agents - By Position

Catcher
1. Yogi Lieberthal (R) - VC
2. Bob May (L) - HAR
3. John Bong (S) - HAR

First Base
1. Blade Rothschild (L) - CIN
2. Jon Zentmeyer (R) - SD
3. Al Cabrera (S) - HEL

Second Base
1. Stewart Stieb (R) - SXF
2. Buddy Munoz (R) - LAA
3. Fernando Diaz (R) - LOU

Shortstops
1. Tanner Dransfeldt (R) - LAA
2. Nolan West (L) - TEX
3. Harry Franco (R) - ROC

Third Base
1. Mark Ross (R) - DOV
2. Sam Rivera (R) - AUG
3. Mendy Messmer (R) - CH1

Right Field
1. Bonk Linton (R) - MIL
2. Tim Lincoln (L) - AUS
3. Heath DeRosa (R) - MEM

Center Field
1. Billy Ray Jensen (L) - AUS
2. Yannick Gilbert (R) - FLA
3. Bill Locko (L) - TEX

Left Field
1. Carl Cochrane (R) - MIN
2. Tony Rivera (S) - ATL
3. Pedro Fernandez (R) - LAA

Designated Hitter
1. Happy Presley (R) - SAL
2. Juan Castillo (R) - FLA
3. Steve Offerman (L) - ROC

TOP 5 OVERALL
1. Bonk Linton
2. Carl Cochrane
3. Tony Rivera
4. Happy Presley
5. Juan Castillo

Pitchers to come later today.

**DISCLAIMER**
All rankings were done using a formula developed by hurricane384. These are pure formulaic entries. The top 5 overall are done based purely on my hitting formula.

League Notes on the Almanac

S4 ROY has already retired (he was 28 when he won the award)

S6 ROY Rickey McCartney is widely considered the worst player to win a major award. While his season was deserving of an award he has never replicated that success.

s7 had our only shared MVP award.

Earl Wilkerson went the longest time between winning two award. Winning the Cy Young in S1 and s7.

S8 and S10 featured Rookie of the Year award winners that also won MVP. Dennis Perez and Clint Hutton.


Joel Coleman and Earl Wilkerson are the only two pitchers to have won an Cy Young in both leagues.

3 players have won two Cy young awards while Leo Mackowiak is the only player to win the Cy Young twice in a row.

ROY By position
pitcher 5
LF 2
1B 6
2b 1
SS 3
RF 1
cf 1
3B 1

Catcher is the only position never to have won ROY.

S10 Championship

The Vancouver Shrugging Atlases won the S10 Championship in a thrilling 7 games series against Atlanta. Vitas Sobkowiak was named World Series MVP winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA in the world series.