Frontier Roundup - A peek at the standings Team Standings Frontier Atlantic Home Road Edmonton 111-51 70-28 41-23 59-22 52-28 Las Vegas 101-61 58-40 43-21 52-29 49-32 Calgary 91-71 51-47 40-24 46-36 45-35 Phoenix 90-72 52-46 38-26 49-33 41-39 Mexico City 79-83 44-54 35-29 44-35 35-48 Wichita 74-88 44-54 30-34 37-44 37-44 Boise 65-97 40-58 25-39 36-45 29-52 San Antonio 63-99 33-65 30-34 37-44 26-55 - How did September shake out? Team Standings Frontier Atlantic Home Road Edmonton 19-9 16-4 3-5 6-3 13-6 Las Vegas 17-11 12-8 5-3 3-3 14-8 Calgary 18-11 12-9 6-2 11-9 7-2 Phoenix 12-17 10-11 2-6 4-5 8-12 Mexico City 12-18 9-13 3-5 1-4 11-14 Wichita 12-16 9-11 3-5 7-8 5-8 Boise 11-18 8-13 3-5 8-12 3-6 San Antonio 8-21 7-14 1-7 6-9 2-12 Frontier went 26-38 against the Atlantic in September. Only the second time all season that the Atlantic bested us. We finished the season at 282-230. Year one of the new format definitely favored the mighty Frontier... - big matchups inside the divison? Edmonton continued to destroy everything and everyone. Vegas kept cruising while Calgary charged hard to snag that last playoff spot at the expense of Phoenix who had a bad month to fall out. The bottom 4 of the division all suffered right til the end but hey Boise won a game of Ocotber baseball! - Panel discussion - what stands out about the final standings. - Who is hot? Who is not? team(s) Edmonton rides a 12 game win streak into the playoffs. Calgary and Vegas both go into the playoffs in good form especially Calgary. - Who is hot? Who is not? hitter(s) Over 1.000 OPS and under .500 OPS Edm DH Fernando Cruz .327/.442/.745/1.187 with 11 HR LV C Claudio Perez .376/.438/.624/1.061 with 5 HR Calg 1B Liann-wei Mao .363/.398/.752/1.151 with 11 HR Boi CF Dennis French .429/.483/.724/1.207 with 3 HR San 2B Quint Coppard .424/.435/.746/1.181 with 3 HR Edm SS Tim Ray .181/.244/.250/0.494 LV 1B Otto Altaner .205/.232/.216/0.447 Calg C Hector Serrano .164/.200/.254/0.454 San CF Roberto Vega .180/.250/.240/0.490 - Who is hot? Who is not? pitcher(s) 20 IP with sub 3.00 FIP or Fip over 7 LV RP Abe Colbert Jr 6-0 2.53 ERA 38 K's to 10 BB's in 32.0 IP Calg SP Jefferson Pierce 4-1 1.38 ERA 46 K's to 11 BB's in 39.0 IP Edm SP Ryosei Akahori 3-1 8.10 ERA 17 K's to 14 BB's in 26.2 IP Pho SP Hector Amaral 2-3 7.47 ERA 17 K's to 13 BB's in 31.1 IP San SP Ramon Sanchez 1-2 8.75 ERA 14 K's to 6 BB's in 23.2 IP - Panel discussion: MVP for the month of September Edm 3B Steven Collins 3 1.8 WAR Edm C Eric Fabre 1.2 WAR Edm 2B Yi-ke Hsiao 1.0 WAR LV C Claudio Perez 2.1 WAR LV 2B Mike England 1.6 WAR LV SS Miguel Rodriguez 1.2 WAR LV CF Manoell Whanon 1.1 WAR Calg SS Chip Puckett 2.5 WAR Pho 2B Arturo Barron 1.8 WAR Pho 3B Pankratz Isekenmeir 1.0 WAR Pho C Cisco Arreola 1.0 WAR Mex CF Dan Flores 1.8 WAR Mex SS Dashiell Faireborn 1.7 WAR Mex 3B Joey Newhouse 1.0 WAR Wich 3B Alex Ramirez 1.7 WAR Boi CF Dennis French 2.4 WAR Boi RF Felix Roman 1.9 WAR Boi C Hank Brewer 1.2 WAR San C Octavio Moreno 1.1 WAR - Major injuries Phoenix's CL Julio Cuevas is out for 4 weeks with forearm inflammation. Mexico City's SP Pedro Rocha is out for 6 weeks with a strained oblique. San Antonio's DH Mahdi Kojo is out for 3-4 weeks with a sprained ankle. - A look ahead (schedule glance, emphasis on divisional matchups) Edmonton gets a 1st round bye and then plays the winner of Jax/New Orleans. Vegas took the top wildcard spot and hosts Calgary. Winner moves on to face Rockville. - What the Frick? Phoenix losing a 5 game lead over the course of the final month and letting Calgary steal the final wild card. Boise and San Antonio being arguably the 2 worst teams in the Johnson if you don't count expansion teams... - Jon Reed award Brett: Boise's pathetic record versus the Atlantic.