2023 Season Preview - Final Prep
Enough of what the game predicts will happen, I want to put my cards on the table and guess the standings of the 2023 EL - not in terms of W-L record, just in order. Hopefully at the end of the year, I remember to revisit this and see how well I did. I'll also predict the big awards.
My Predicted Standings
1.
Keleri BC
2.
Mighty Oaks BC
3.
Tsapna BC
4.
National BC
5.
Westline BC
6.
Pasataki Galaxy
7.
BK Kepmem
8.
Amnanache BC
9.
Cheshek BC
10.
Semyof BC
11.
Lutrul BC
12.
Shunna Eagles
13.
Kupore BC
14.
Meka BC
15.
Aroketsil Spirits
16.
Shunna Municipal
17.
Otahel City
18.
Akashemo United
19.
Fampalo BC
20.
Sitache BC
Really hard to decide on the relegation zone. Well, not the bottom two, but really hard to decide on an 18th-place team. I don't really want any of them to go down!
For MVP, Pitcher of the Year, and Reliever of the Year, I'm going to constrain myself to try to pick someone who's never won the award before. That could make me wrong automatically, but it'll be fun.
MVP: Atsi Keana, SS, Keleri - I'm going to bet on him staying healthy all year.
Pitcher of the Year: Laotso Tirionu, Amnanache - one of these years he has to win it.
Reliever of the Year: Fapasile Opopa, National - mostly lived up to the hype last year despite not placing in the top 3 of this award.
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That'll do it for the 2022-23 offseason, next post will have the first set of games. And we're starting off with some great matchups: National vs. Galaxy in round 1, and the two Ransu favorites (Tsapna/Westline) in round 2, plus a legacy matchup in Oaks/Semyof and an intriguing Amnanache/Keleri faceoff as well.
Round 1:
National vs. Pasataki Galaxy
Semyof vs. Akashemo United
Sitache vs. Tsapna
Fampalo vs. Amnanache
Keleri vs. Shunna Municipal
Shunna Eagles vs. Aroketsil Spirits
Westline vs. Kupore
Cheshek vs. Lutrul
Meka vs. Otahel City
BK Kepmem vs. Mighty Oaks
Round 2:
Shunna Municipal vs. Cheshek
Pasataki Galaxy vs. BK Kepmem
Mighty Oaks vs. Semyof
Lutrul vs. Meka
Tsapna vs. Westline
Otahel City vs. Fampalo
Aroketsil Spirits vs. Sitache
Akashemo United vs. National
Amnanache vs. Keleri
Kupore vs. Shunna Eagles