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dinosauryoshi · 05-31-2025, 06:55 PM

Sheffield Mountain Hares - Regular Season Review and Awards

Overall record and position: 85-77 (7th).

A 7th position finish in the European division for two years in a row is not bad, and we did improve our record from last year by two wins. This was also the first season we’ve exceeded our expected record (by 2). 2059 also saw our highest attendance.

The bar for the playoffs in the European, Africa and Asia conference ended up being a high 92 wins, so we were some way off that in the end despite a very promising start to the season.

Overall our pitching far outperformed our hitting. We were generally in the top 10 teams in the conference (that’s 72 teams) for all defensive stats and were first in opponents average (.243).

On the offensive side we were hovering around the 60th mark in the conference on most stats, including 66th in batting average and 63rd in runs scored.

Position Players

Top 5 WAR and awards

Adam Koehler easily takes the team’s Golden Glove award, with superb performances as catcher throughout the season. Impressively, he was also second in the running for the Silver Slugger award, but that ended up going to Sergio Rutz, whose OPS was just slightly higher over the season due to more doubles and triples. Both were tied with 27 home runs, and now lie joint 6th in the home runs/season table, some way behind Willie Perez with 50 last year! While we’re talking about our hero Willie, you’ll be interested to know he hit 42 dingers for the St Louis Flycatchers this year, in another great season. Racking up 3.1 WAR at the age of 38.

Pitching

Top 5 WAR and awards

Herzog somewhat ran away with the Starter of the Year award, racking up a solid 4 WAR with an ERA of 3.36, the second lowest ERA posted by a Hare, below only his own record set last year. Bin Saqr and Marinello also had decent seasons, with the former still leading in most stats for the team from a career perspective, having played for them in every year of their existence so far.

Reliever of the Year has to go to Nestor Barrios, who racked up a massive 21 saves as our closer, with an ERA of 2.39 as he was consistently relied upon in high leverage situations. Rey Ochoa also deserves a mention, who was practically unhittable before he got injured, with 18 saves in only 36 starts, and an ERA of 1.89.

Eskinder Ali also deserves a mention, as despite a lengthy injury, he managed to put together a total of 3.1 WAR (2.0 as a position player, 1.1 as a pitcher) in his rookie season, easily winning the team’s Rookie of the Year. We’re all holding our breath hoping he signs an extension.

The MVP award has to go to Adam Koehler this season, who was super both offensively and defensively this season. From a WAR perspective it was the second best season ever by a Hare, behind only Abdul-Karim bin Jameel’s incredible 2057 all-star season, where he had a WAR of 5.9. He’s also moved up to 3rd in career home runs for the new team, with 62

Other records worth mentioning

Isaac Saville beat both the the team’s single-season strikeout (164) and home runs allowed (27) records this year. So he certainly made his mark… Nestor Barrios broke the team’s games pitched record with 70, as they turned to him again and again from the bullpen.

05-31-2025, 06:55 PM	#139
dinosauryoshi Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2023 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 413	Sheffield Mountain Hares - Regular Season Review and Awards Overall record and position: 85-77 (7th). A 7th position finish in the European division for two years in a row is not bad, and we did improve our record from last year by two wins. This was also the first season we’ve exceeded our expected record (by 2). 2059 also saw our highest attendance. The bar for the playoffs in the European, Africa and Asia conference ended up being a high 92 wins, so we were some way off that in the end despite a very promising start to the season. Overall our pitching far outperformed our hitting. We were generally in the top 10 teams in the conference (that’s 72 teams) for all defensive stats and were first in opponents average (.243). On the offensive side we were hovering around the 60th mark in the conference on most stats, including 66th in batting average and 63rd in runs scored. Position Players Top 5 WAR and awards Adam Koehler easily takes the team’s Golden Glove award, with superb performances as catcher throughout the season. Impressively, he was also second in the running for the Silver Slugger award, but that ended up going to Sergio Rutz, whose OPS was just slightly higher over the season due to more doubles and triples. Both were tied with 27 home runs, and now lie joint 6th in the home runs/season table, some way behind Willie Perez with 50 last year! While we’re talking about our hero Willie, you’ll be interested to know he hit 42 dingers for the St Louis Flycatchers this year, in another great season. Racking up 3.1 WAR at the age of 38. Pitching Top 5 WAR and awards Herzog somewhat ran away with the Starter of the Year award, racking up a solid 4 WAR with an ERA of 3.36, the second lowest ERA posted by a Hare, below only his own record set last year. Bin Saqr and Marinello also had decent seasons, with the former still leading in most stats for the team from a career perspective, having played for them in every year of their existence so far. Reliever of the Year has to go to Nestor Barrios, who racked up a massive 21 saves as our closer, with an ERA of 2.39 as he was consistently relied upon in high leverage situations. Rey Ochoa also deserves a mention, who was practically unhittable before he got injured, with 18 saves in only 36 starts, and an ERA of 1.89. Eskinder Ali also deserves a mention, as despite a lengthy injury, he managed to put together a total of 3.1 WAR (2.0 as a position player, 1.1 as a pitcher) in his rookie season, easily winning the team’s Rookie of the Year. We’re all holding our breath hoping he signs an extension. The MVP award has to go to Adam Koehler this season, who was super both offensively and defensively this season. From a WAR perspective it was the second best season ever by a Hare, behind only Abdul-Karim bin Jameel’s incredible 2057 all-star season, where he had a WAR of 5.9. He’s also moved up to 3rd in career home runs for the new team, with 62 Other records worth mentioning Isaac Saville beat both the the team’s single-season strikeout (164) and home runs allowed (27) records this year. So he certainly made his mark… Nestor Barrios broke the team’s games pitched record with 70, as they turned to him again and again from the bullpen. __________________ Read about the Sheffield Mountain Hares in my World Baseball League blog here Last edited by dinosauryoshi; 05-31-2025 at 06:56 PM.