Decade Statistical Leaders

With one more season remaining in our first decade keeping (almost)accurate statistics, I figured I’d post the top 3 decade leaders in key statistical categories.

Batting Average(Minimum of 450 plate appearances):

Ari Mesmer   .607
Ed Fradkin     .592
Justin Bykofsky  .578

 Ari Mesmer will coast to the decade title.

Hits:

 Justin Bykofsky 455

2.       Dave Polzer        426

3.       Justin Brock        422

Barring injury, it looks like Justin has this wrapped up.

Runs:

1.       Justin Bykofsky 318

2.       Justin Brock        298

3.       Joel Zaretsky      288

It would take a record setting season for Justin Brock to challenge Justin in this category.

RBI:

1.       Mike Conti                          315

2.       Justin Brock                        298

3.       Rick Schindelheim            278

Justin can have a great season and make it close, but it looks like Conti should finish with the lead.

Home Runs:

1.       Ed Fradkin           57

2.       Mike Conti          47

3.       Joel Zaretsky      40

Ed Fradkin will run away with the HR title. He also has this lead while having 135 fewer at bats than Conti and 163 fewer than JZ.

Doubles:

1.       Ed Fradkin           131

2.       Joe Mamone     118

3.       Justin Brock        111

A healthy 2018 Joe Mamone would have made this race interesting. Instead, it looks like Fradkin will win this one as well.

Triples:

1.       Glen Roland            26

2.       Brian Applebaum   24

3.       Joe Spoto                 23     

This may be the only title that is up for grabs.

2nd Annual Captains Poll

The 2019 season is finally here and for every team who had a strong regular season last year, it could not come soon enough. It was a postseason for the ages(and one this author would like to forget) as practically every strong regular season team fell short of expectations in the playoffs.

Before sharing this year's results of the Captains' Poll, here are 2018's Poll results along with how they actually performed:

Rank  Team(total points)     Regular Season Record           Playoff Result

1.       Goldfarb (21)                          12-10                          Lost in the first round
2.       Marrone (17)                           7-15                            Lost in the first round
3.       Bykofsky (10)                         17-5                            Lost in the first round
4.       Brock       (9)                           14-8                            Lost in the first round
5.       Wallman   (5)                          14-8                             Lost in the first round
6.       Fradkin     (5)                          16-6                             Lost in the second round
7.       Pollock     (3)                          18-4                             Lost in the second round


Pretty amazing. Other than Marrone's disastrous season and the fact Goldfarb didn't dominate the league, the Captains' Poll did a pretty accurate job of predicting which teams would have success in the regular season. But look at those playoff results. We'll never see anything like that again.


Onto the 2019 Captains' Poll Results. Captains were asked to rank the top 3 teams based on the draft. 3 points were given for first place, 2 for second place, 1 for third place. Over half of the captains took part, so while this is not a reflection of every captain, it does represent enough opinions to give us a solid idea of who the favorites are.

Rank        Team                            total points

1.              Brock                               29
2.              Wallman                           9
2.              Bykofsky                          9
4.              Pollock                             8
5.              Fradkin                             4
5.              Larocca                            4
7.              Schefkind                         3
8.              Randell                             1
8.              Goldfarb                           1


As you can see, Team Brock goes into the season as the overwhelming favorite. With three out of the top four teams and five out of the top seven, The East division should be fierce.

I plan on updating the power ranking. First with my own pre-season rankings(time permitting) and then regularly through the season, once we're a few games into the season.

What do you think of this poll? Do you feel a team has been wrongfully ignored? Do you think Team Brock will coast to a championship like many seem to think or will they stumble like all of the favorites last season?  Leave your comments below.