Wednesday, December 19, 2007
All All-Star Team
PT McNamera, P, Cincinnati Reds
Joel Coleman, P, St Louis Melon Farmers
Al Pena, LF, Hartford Harpoons
Carlos Johnson, 1B, Hartford Harpoons
Vladimir Goya, CF, Cleveland Cleveland Stormtroopers
Jerome Turner, P, Scottsdale Mad Jesters
Earl Wilkerson, P, Scottsdale Mad Jesters
Will Monroe, P, Scottsdale Mad Jesters
Rusty Jones, LF, Scottsdale Mad Jesters
Stan Jackson, SS, Chicago Knights
The teams listed are their current teams, not necessarily the team they have spent the most time with. Earl Wilkerson missed the Season 3 all-star team, but is a five time all-star. Vladimir Goya is a five time all-star as well, elected each season since his rookie year in Season 2. Jerome Turner has also been an all-star since season 2. No player has been an all-star for all six seasons of Morgan World's existence. Suprisingly, another five time all-star, Doug Connelly, 1B, Arizona Scottsdale, who is the best candidate for some sort of non-existant player-of-the-decade award, failed to make the all-star team in Season 5, the result of a down year that saw his stats fall to .317/68/176 (career averages of .356/69/182).
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
S7 Free Agency Review
NY – Signed 36 year old Wilfredo Iglesias, he was cheap which is good but he got absolutely rocked last season. He’s had a few decent seasons in the past, and his ratings really are decent. He’s a decent gamble for a low price.
Teams that did the Best in Free Agency
Next Best Teams in Free Agency
Honorable Mention
Money Burning a hole in their pocket –
A tie between
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
NY Wins the World Series
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
NL Playoff Report - S6
Monday, November 12, 2007
AL Playoff Report -S6
NY has an inspiring offense. It starts with a chillingly fast appetizer of leadoff hitter Estaban Montenez who hit righties just as well as lefties, had a .401 OBP, and stole 53 bases. Then the Elmer Crawford salad, who is a perfect #2 hitter that is well rounded and sets up the big guys. Then you get main course of Tarasco, Cordero, and Jefferies. They have immense power, speed, and OBP. Following them is some very capable side dishes and you can see this is a skillfully constructed and thought-out lineup. If there is any flaw it is that it is extremely RH heavy group of hitters, and it shows when you compare team OPS - .922 vL and .821 vR. NY has a good group of SPs, Clay Lincoln is the most talented of the group. Affeldt leads the world with 23 wins this season, but his 4.95 ERA suggests that he is an innings eater that gets fed from NY’s great offense. With that gaudy offense NY certainly has a chance to win it all, but at some point they will need a SP to step up. What’s interesting about their team also is that while they put up incredible offensive numbers, they were the second best fielding team in the league. Most teams have to sacrifice production to get that kind of fielding.
Washington – Havel would probably get my award for manager of year in the AL (in a tight race between him, Arte, and Exquezeme) What looked like an Atlanta Braves dynasty in the making a few seasons back blew up when a number of their frontline SPs declined due to age or injury.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
First Half Review and Award
Around the half way point in the season now. The bad news is 6 of 8 division races seem to be decided. The good news is that AL North race and AL South race are very tight. The NL wildcard race could be a bloodbath. Seven teams (
First Half
Derrick Flynn (SFE) gets the slight edge of Tony Tarasco (NY) and Harry Roque (SCO) because of his great play in the field.
First Half NL MVP
Carlos Johnson (HAR) is the pretty clear winner so far for MVP over Doug Connelly (ARI) and Tim Smith (HOU)
First Half AL Cy Young
This was a tight race, but Ramon Ramirez (MEM) gets the nod over Jerome Turner (SCO). I would also expect to see Vin Burks (NY) and Earl Wilkerson (SCO) there at the end.
First Half NL Cy Young
Banjo Melhouse (ATL) has been dominating and looks to be the clear winner, but Vitas Sobkowiak (CIN) leads the entire league in IP, SO, and WHIP, and is 4th in ERA, I call this a tie so far. Al Gutierrez (StL) Joel Coleman (StL) and Richard Kim (TOR) also expect to be in consideration for the award at the end of the season.
RP Awards and Rookie Awards
I don’t do these, RPs are too unpredictable and there is no easy way to find Rookies.
Out of Nowhere Award – Player
Dan Turner (LAA) - 3rd in RBI, top 10 in HRs. At 29 years old and in his second season in the majors he is adding some punch to the LAA Lineup. Honorable mention is SP Richard Kim (TOR)
Out of Nowhere Award – Team
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Draft review
Arizona – A few of his guys might be signing risks, but a speedy OF Sam Sisk and a power hitting Rollie Nixon 3B highlight this draft class.
KC – Theo Buckley with pick 27 might be the steal of the draft. He’s a great defensive SS with some pop in his bat.
LA – Carlos Ibarra should be an anchor to this rotation for years to come. They grabbed some nice defensive CF/2B, but a couple of their guys look to have signage issues.
NY –
Top Drafts 10
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Top 100 Players
Tim Smith | HOU | 32 | 101.19 |
Doug Connelly | ARI | 31 | 101.10 |
Jerome Turner | SCO | 31 | 101.05 |
Vitas Sobkowiak | CIN | 29 | 100.55 |
Rich Rothschild | MIN | 35 | 100.13 |
Jerome Patrick | NY1 | 25 | 99.87 |
J.C. Russell | SAL | 32 | 99.44 |
Rusty Jones | SCO | 31 | 99.09 |
Steve Taylor | HOU | 23 | 98.96 |
Banjo Melhuse | ATL | 25 | 98.52 |
Ramon Ramirez | MEM | 29 | 98.40 |
Derrick Flynn | SFE | 27 | 98.39 |
Glenn Kubenka | MEM | 26 | 97.52 |
Rafael Cedeno | SAC | 25 | 96.81 |
Rafael Alicea | IND | 23 | 96.62 |
Carlos Johnson | HAR | 25 | 96.17 |
Jose Lee | SAL | 34 | 96.14 |
Mike Andrews | SAC | 30 | 96.08 |
Bob Appier | CH2 | 35 | 95.80 |
Robin Sullivan | WIC | 33 | 95.36 |
Mark Ross | WAS | 29 | 94.63 |
Robert Black | HAR | 31 | 94.22 |
Al Gutierrez | STL | 29 | 94.11 |
Bonk Linton | BOS | 26 | 93.54 |
Pablo Johnson | MNT | 29 | 93.43 |
Eric Monroe | MEM | 32 | 93.43 |
Vladimir Goya | CLE | 26 | 93.07 |
Joel Coleman | STL | 35 | 92.85 |
Tony Chang | ARI | 29 | 92.66 |
Darrel Perez | SCO | 28 | 92.45 |
Homer Monroe | MEM | 27 | 92.28 |
Sam Rivera | WIC | 30 | 92.12 |
Rich Sanford | MEM | 31 | 92.02 |
Dick Yeats | ARI | 34 | 91.87 |
Lorenzo Fernandez | TEX | 30 | 91.66 |
Mark Lee | HON | 31 | 91.65 |
Alan O'Malley | MIN | 25 | 91.40 |
Raul Gonzalez | LA | 25 | 91.20 |
Vin Burks | NY1 | 24 | 91.18 |
Clay Lincoln | NY1 | 28 | 91.02 |
George Spence | CH2 | 31 | 91.00 |
Pascual Melendez | WAS | 24 | 90.91 |
Brian Perez | HAR | 24 | 90.87 |
George Bell | WIC | 33 | 90.84 |
Benito Vazquez | MNT | 28 | 90.64 |
B.C. Sierra | STL | 36 | 89.78 |
Alex Green | SCO | 26 | 89.60 |
Al Pena | KC | 32 | 89.46 |
Wes Davies | SAC | 25 | 89.41 |
Ken Jefferies | NY1 | 26 | 89.41 |
Walt Keeler | MIN | 28 | 89.31 |
Vic Saenz | ATL | 34 | 89.31 |
Dan West | TOR | 33 | 89.29 |
Mendy Aoki | LAA | 36 | 89.24 |
Lawrence Trammell | BOS | 24 | 89.22 |
Willie Liriano | HOU | 31 | 88.97 |
Enrique Ruiz | KC | 27 | 88.82 |
Kiki Lopez | NY1 | 26 | 88.81 |
Tony Rivera | ATL | 27 | 88.72 |
Paul Ogawa | MNT | 22 | 88.68 |
Earl Wilkerson | SCO | 32 | 88.54 |
Hugh Moore | MNT | 33 | 88.54 |
Hector Romero | CH2 | 33 | 88.34 |
Chili Olsen | HOU | 23 | 88.32 |
Emil Renteria | SAC | 31 | 88.20 |
Del Castro | SAC | 25 | 87.97 |
Donald Nakajima | STL | 33 | 87.58 |
Benji Marichal | ATL | 23 | 87.54 |
Ted Rivera | CH2 | 33 | 87.46 |
Bey Buckley | ATL | 25 | 87.15 |
Brian Scott | LAA | 31 | 86.92 |
Stan Jackson | CH2 | 28 | 86.91 |
Mendy Messmer | STL | 31 | 86.86 |
Virgil Quinn | SCO | 25 | 86.82 |
Glen Michaels | WAS | 29 | 86.76 |
Ricardo Santana | ARI | 26 | 86.71 |
Tim Durbin | SCO | 24 | 86.16 |
Julius Brush | NY1 | 31 | 86.03 |
Felipe Rodriguez | SCO | 22 | 85.86 |
Eric Franklin | LAA | 37 | 85.75 |
Shawn Wilhelm | AUS | 32 | 85.42 |
Andres Terrero | HAR | 32 | 85.03 |
Gerald Thomas | LA | 36 | 85.00 |
Ted Stoops | CLE | 30 | 84.86 |
Stevie Morgan | ATL | 26 | 84.72 |
John Blank | BOS | 26 | 84.72 |
Alex Cordero | NY1 | 24 | 84.52 |
Carlos Javier | TOR | 32 | 84.25 |
Arlie Dillon | CLE | 27 | 84.11 |
Miller Andrews | FLA | 28 | 83.89 |
Javier Sosa | ATL | 30 | 83.77 |
Carl Cochrane | MIN | 25 | 83.50 |
Toby Perkins | SAC | 27 | 83.44 |
Rocky Duvall | CH2 | 22 | 83.27 |
Jon Zentmeyer | LAA | 28 | 83.18 |
Tim Lincoln | AUS | 29 | 83.13 |
Ben Musial | TEX | 31 | 83.08 |
Gill Kwon | CIN | 29 | 83.02 |
Albert Guzman | LAA | 32 | 83.01 |