Pennant Races are Here

August is now ready to start playing. We have four amazing races. As usual they are almost all in the National League.

AL East - Beartooth has one game lead on Alabama. The loser will be the AL Wildcard in the playoffs

AL Standings



NL East - Warrington has one game lead on Houston.

NL Wildcard - Philly and Houston are tied for the NL Wildcard. Note: Philly is 6 back in the NL Central

NL West - Dayton holds a 4 game lead on New York.

NL Standings

August FA Draft Results

These are the results of the August free agent draft.

Round One

1. COU - Claim Paul Bako, release Corky Miller
2. LEB - Claim Brent Clevlen, no release needed
3. GET - Claim Craig Stansberry, release Jorge De la Rosa
4. VAR - Claim Jason Lane, release Mark Mulder
5. TIG - Claim Gary Glover, no release needed
6. FAI - Claim Nick Masset, release Albaladejo
7. MIN - Claim Joe Inglett, release Chris Denorfiaaaa
8. PHI - Claim Eric Stults, release Ross Ohlendorf
9. WAR - Claim Mitch Stetter, release Wes Helms
10. ALA - Claim Adam Kennedy, release Bartolo Colon (commish released)
11. BEA - Claim DJ Houlton, release Marlon Anderson

Round 2

1. COU - Claim Scott Camp, release Jerome Williams (UPDATED)
2. LEB - Claim Shawn Riggans, release Luis Castillo
3. GET - Claim Abraham Nunez, release Jason Jennings
4. VAR - Claim Jason Phillips, release Dan Ortmeier
5. TIG - Claim Jesse Crain, release Lopez
6. MIN - Claim Eddie Guardado, release Kasey Kikeraaa
7. PHI - Claim Omar Vizquel, release Virgil Vasquez

Round 3

1. VAR - Claim Ramon Ortiz, release Jose Vizcaino
2. TIG - Claim Scott Atchison, release Peralta
3. MIN - Claim Jose Veres, release Paul McAnulty
4. PHI - Chris Britton, release Manny Acosta

Round 4

1. VAR - Claim Scott Eyre, release Jason Michaels
2. TIG - Claim Robb Quinlan, release Tony Abreu

Round 5

1. VAR - Claim Tony Clark, release Rocco Baldelli

Round 6

1. VAR - Claim Kevin Frandsen, release Kevin Cameron

Note: Albama release of Colon was done by myself. If I made an error I am allowing Chris to have him back in Sep. This decision has to be made by Monday.

AL Wins BYOF All-Star Game 1-0

Read all about the 3rd annual BYOF All-Star Game. Thanks to Earl and Alan for playing the game.

http://byofonline.com/asg/index.asp

Also check out the game blog: http://byofonline.com/asg/ASGBlog.asp

ASG: AL Selection Process

From: Earl Sweeney

Notes about how I assembled the AL all-star roster.

I decided to go with 11 pitchers including a left handed and right handed middle inning guy, 2 players at each position, and the 3 best players left over to get to 30 players. I tried to use 200 at-bats as a cut-off point. The back-up catcher is the only player under 200 at-bats. Catcher was a very weak position, and picking the 30th player was very tough.

I have a tendency of favoring players with higher runs created when selecting players.

Odd Facts
Alabama leads the charge with eight all-stars
Jersey gets six all-stars and Beartooth has five
Winnipeg leads their division but only got one all-star
Total of seven teams only have one all-star
The entire central division only had one all-star each
The worst pitching team in the league – Lebanon with a staff ERA of 6.86 has an all-star pitcher
Minnesota was 6th in runs scored but didn’t get an all-star hitter
Windsor has the 5th best ERA and most saves but didn’t get an all-star pitcher
The stolen base leader – Eric Byrnes stays home for the all-star game
The average stat line of the 19 batters is .315 / .385 / .547
The bench actually has a better stat line of .326 / .399 / .550
The staff’s ERA is 2.65 and has a 3 ½ to 1 SO/BB ratio
The only pitcher with a losing record is Lebanon’s Pat Neshek (not surprising)
The only pitcher to allow more than a hit per inning is the wins leader Andy Pettite

Last three players selected
Aaron Rowand – Among league leaders with 61 runs, and 94 runs created.

Scott Downs – there were a few good left handed relievers. Downs’ 1.05 ERA with 8 saves, 2 wins and microscopic 3.85 hits / 9 innings gave him the nod

Howie Kendrick – nice average, but nothing special in other stats. Gets nod as back-up second base since position is weak and Kinsler didn’t play 2nd base

Players who just missed the cut

- Ian Kinsler – A .369 / .468 / .551 line and 2nd in steals is hard to ignore, but only 198 abs, not playing a position and the worst team doesn’t deserve two all-stars hurt Kinsler’s case.
- Matt Stairs – The .686 slug was very appealing but only 175 ABs and only 52 runs created from a slugger.
- Andrew Jones – 20 homers and 59 RBIs are loud but .247 average didn’t warrant a 9th Alabama player.
- Jake Peavy – Would have been the 12th pitcher until I decided to only carry 11. He was also traded to the NL in June
- Mark Teahan –. .344 average – but only 70 runs created is low for an OF
- Brad Hawpe – Arguably the 31st player on a 30 man roster. It was a hard choice between him and Aaron Rowand

2008 BYOF ASG Rosters

Here are the rosters and starters for the 2008 BYOF All-Star Game. Thanks to Earl and Alan for helping out.

http://byofonline.com/asg/

2008 All-Star Selection to be announced

The selections for the 2008 BYOF All-Star game have been made and will be announced very soon.