1.
Younger (2)- This is inarguably the most
complete team right now. In no game this season have they given up more than 7
runs. Their +6/7 run differential is #1 by a healthy margin.
2.
Lapine (4)- The team is getting production from
everywhere in the lineup. An amazing 5 out of the top 10 hits leaders comes
from this team including the runaway winner for Most Improved Player of 2012-
Jordan Krant.
3.
Applebaum (1)- Now that they’re perfect season
is officially over, we’re going to learn a lot about this team over the next
few weeks. First a matchup against a Team Schefkind that
is hot in their trails and then a tough game against the top offense in the
league, Team Pollock.
4.
Feldman (3)- It’ll be an interesting double
header as Feldman is going from one extreme(Municipal) to another (Union Hill).
They’ll have their work cut out for them as they face the best team in the
league in Team Younger and of the hottest right now in Jacoby.
5.
Pollock (6)- Right now we’re only one game off
the pace we set last season en route to the league’s best record. While our offense
continues to routinely score double digits(except for last week’s 5 run outing),
our defense is steadily improving. If we can find some more consistency , we’ll be competing for the best record in the
league.
6.
Wallman (9)- You can’t keep the Bykofskys down
for too long. Team Wallman will continue to be a fascinating study of how far a
solid defense will carry a team in the absence of power hitters. I think they have enough solid singles hitters
to be among the top teams at season’s end.
7.
Sarcona(7)- Last week’s victory against Harris
gives them the edge over a team who I think is very much their equal.
8.
Harris (5)- Team Harris has hit a little rough
patch over past few weeks, but they’ve also shown the ability to be a tough
team.
9.
Randell (10)- I subscribe to the philosophy that
you can thrive in this league with a great offense and just an average defense.
With an average of 11 runs per game, Team Randell certainly has the first part.
Unfortunately, they’re giving up a league worst 12.2 runs per game. If this
doesn’t improve then it’ll be hard to rise above the .500 mark. If they can
show just a little improvement, they’ll be a hard club to beat playoff time.
10.
Jacoby (14)- A couple of big wins over the past
few weeks has put Jacoby on the radar. I still think they have to win a few
more games to get into the next tier of teams, but beating the last undefeated
team in the league is as good of a sign as any that they’re ready to make a
run.
11.
Schefkind (12)- They’re probably not the 13-9
team I thought they’d be pre-season, but Schefkind’s two game winning streak
has put them in the middle of the pack. I think they can pull off the upset against
Applebaum this Sunday.
12.
Granese (13)- The bad news is every time Granese
wins, this blog gets quoted to make my predictions look foolish. The good news
is that you only write the summaries when your team wins, so this ends up
happening only once a month. All kidding aside, Wednesday’s night crushing of
Team Carlin was an eye opener for several reasons. This week’s matchup against
a beatable, but very hot Team Jacoby will continue to raise Granese’s team
profile.
13.
Mamone (11)- I can’t believe it’s this late in
the power rankings and I’m just getting around to Mamone and Carlin. Every week
I expect Mamone’s club to turn it around, only to be surprised by the sudden
lack of offense. After scoring 30 runs in their first two games, they’ve scored
a combined 18 runs in the next four.
14.
Carlin (8)- I don’t know how much we can make of
the extremely sloppy Wednesday game in which Carlin gave up 22 runs. In their
previous four games they gave up 4,8,7,3 runs. More troublesome is the lack of
offense. In three of the last four games, Carlin has scored 6 or fewer runs.
15.
Beilis (15)-The only number necessary to look at
is the league worst 6.9 runs per game.
16.
Goldfarb (16)- Speaking of offensive futility,
Team Goldfarb has only scored 12 runs over their past three games. During this
span they’ve given up close to three times as many runs.
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