1873 Midseason and Allstars
Posted 11-10-2016 at 06:46 AM by TheEquinox
25 out of 50 games are done, and it's been another average season so far. My high expectations for this year's roster didn't materialize on the scoreboards yet, but we aren't cut off from the NL title race yet as well, so we'll have to see what happens in the second half and if our two high octance new signings Tom York and Mike McGeary will finally start to perform.
Standings:
It's quite remarkable to see Cincinatti top the league this year after they've been tailing the league every season so far. Two time NL champions Chicago don't seem to be competitive without their star pitcher and two times triple crown winner Al Pratt, who is still recovering from a 9 month injury, either.
In the AL, the Canaries are heading the league again, just like in the previous seasons. Will be interesting to see if they fall apart again towards the end of the season and whether St.Louis or even Philadelphia for a change will be able to interecept them again.
As I mentioned already, our two big trade acquiries haven't been performing at all so far:
Tom York is hitting an AVG of .305 so far, which isn't terrible but nowhere near what we expected from him. Mike McGeary hasn't performed at all so far. Hit AVG is terrible compared to league averages, but at least he's got less Errors than our previous SS. Hopefully they'll both be able to improve a lot in the second half, or it's going to be another forgettable runner-up season for Boston...
The All-Star game didn't go well for the NL this time either, but we had some of our people selected again:
Nine of our players were picked up into the AllStars roster this year (compared to eleven last season). Not terrible, but not great either. Nice to see our new 1B Robbie Stoltenberg on that list, who joined the team from AAA this season and has been an okay replacement for Joe Start so far.
Out of our nine players, seven appeared in the ballgame, which was lost 11-5 (SP Hugh Campbell and RP Michael Santiago aren't visible in the screenshot):
A little positive surprise was Tom York, who picked up the MVP honors despite the heavy loss. Let's hope that's a good sign for the rest of the season...
Standings:
It's quite remarkable to see Cincinatti top the league this year after they've been tailing the league every season so far. Two time NL champions Chicago don't seem to be competitive without their star pitcher and two times triple crown winner Al Pratt, who is still recovering from a 9 month injury, either.
In the AL, the Canaries are heading the league again, just like in the previous seasons. Will be interesting to see if they fall apart again towards the end of the season and whether St.Louis or even Philadelphia for a change will be able to interecept them again.
As I mentioned already, our two big trade acquiries haven't been performing at all so far:
Tom York is hitting an AVG of .305 so far, which isn't terrible but nowhere near what we expected from him. Mike McGeary hasn't performed at all so far. Hit AVG is terrible compared to league averages, but at least he's got less Errors than our previous SS. Hopefully they'll both be able to improve a lot in the second half, or it's going to be another forgettable runner-up season for Boston...
The All-Star game didn't go well for the NL this time either, but we had some of our people selected again:
Nine of our players were picked up into the AllStars roster this year (compared to eleven last season). Not terrible, but not great either. Nice to see our new 1B Robbie Stoltenberg on that list, who joined the team from AAA this season and has been an okay replacement for Joe Start so far.
Out of our nine players, seven appeared in the ballgame, which was lost 11-5 (SP Hugh Campbell and RP Michael Santiago aren't visible in the screenshot):
A little positive surprise was Tom York, who picked up the MVP honors despite the heavy loss. Let's hope that's a good sign for the rest of the season...
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