Just my observations, influenced by my previous All-Time League from years ago... I judge a lot of your players by how they played in my old league.
EL North:
Just going by your original rosters, I would think the
Louisville Thoroughbreds are the crème of the crop in the EL North... Arrieta, Feller, Phillippe and Blue are fine pitchers... Murray, Wagner, Otis and Dawson should give them good offense... they just might be my favorite to win the whole shebang... they should whip Denver or Los Angeles for the ABL crown.
Not impressed with Boston, New York or Chicago... all of them are just about equal.
New York has a few more talented players than Boston and Chicago... Kevin Brown, Howie Pollet and reliever Tom Henke are quality arms... but the bats are lackluster with Will Clark, Arky Vaughn, Dale Murphy and Willie Wilson... the Heroes may sneak into second place, but won't challenge Louisville.
Boston will hit a little bit better than Chicago... both really come up short on the mound... the Riders have Todd Helton, Robin Yount, Earl Averill and Ruben Sierra in their batting order with one one solid pitcher in Noodles Hahn... the
Chicago Hitman have Charlie Gehringer, Cal Ripken and Mickey Mantle for offense... on the hill just Mickey Lolich.
EL South:
I thought the
Alabama Slammers had fine pitching with Maddux, Parnell, Willis, Lary and Franco... some good bats, too, with Mize, Appling, Snider, Murcer and Walker... surprised they are doing so poorly... on paper, I thought Alabama was the best team in the EL South.
Orlando has three standout bats in Jeff Bagwell, Chipper Jones and Steve Braun, but not much else in the lineup... not much on the hill except for Hernandez, Reynolds and Perranoski... but they are my number-two choice in the division.
Like
Memphis with Brett, Cuyler, Delahanty and Hodges... but Deleon, Tannehill, Friend and Dibble are just fair on the mound... the Sounds will come in third.
And finishing last in the EL South will be
Carolina... the Cougars have no offense except for Doby, Donaldson and Nicholson... pitching only fair with Rowe, Viola, Chandler and Wilhelm.
Since I have spent a lot of my life in Alabama, I still stick with the Slammers... but I might have to wait until next year.
WL North:
Denver would be my favorite in the WL North... they have a fine staff with Carlton, Hamels, Messersmith, Morris and Chapman... offense is just so-so with Cobb, Clemente, Burks and Raines.
Portland is probably the second best club in the division... I like McGinnity, Score, Wood and Marberry on the hill... Foxx, Kemp, Clark and Posado are a fair group of hitters.
Sacramento can't compare to the first two clubs pitching-wise... Newhouser is the only good starter, along with Eckersley in the bullpen... but the Stingers have some quality players in Lowell, Boudreau, Bob Johnson, Bernie Williams and Giancarlo Stanton... should be a close third.
San Antonio looks like the weakest team in the ABL... Lackey, Oswalt and Donovan are good pitchers... but they just don't have much talent in the batting order... the best of the lot are Biggio and Berger.
WL South:
The
LA Lightning appear to have some fine bats in MarkTeixeira, Hack Wilson, Willie Mays and Vladimir Guerrero... and some fairly good pitchers in Sabathia, Wilbur Wood and Burnett... the race will be close, but LA will win it.
New Orleans is my number-two choice in the division... and since I lived there many years... the Knights will be one of my favorite ABL teams... I like the staff headed up by Bunning, O'Toole, Smoltz, Glavine and Carl Mays... however, the only good bat belong to Harry Heilmann... don't see much past him.
Not impressed with
Omaha or Phoenix... the Pioneers will probably be third in the race... Seaver, Herb Pennock and Lee Smith are good pitchers... but the bats are lacking... McCovey, David Wright and Roy Chapman are not enough offense.
Fourth place in the WL South goes to the
Phoenix Scorpions... the only talent I see is Strasburg and Holtzman on the hill with Sam Crawford the only good bat.