'47 Bancroft Preview Review

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'47 Bancroft Preview Review

Post by mragland » Fri Aug 20, 2021 2:11 pm

BANC Predicted Order of Finish

Mumbai
Bucharest
Tripoli
Athens
Cairo

BANC Actual Order of Finish

Mumbai
Bucharest
Athens
Cairo
Tripoli

Summary: Tripoli ended up being the story of the Bancroft League in 2047, and not in a good way. While we all gawked at Tripoli's fall, Cairo sneaked into the four-spot when all was said and done. Oh yeah, Mumbai won the United Cup again, to make it three straight. One reason so many team's were underestimated was a failure to appreciate the difference in quality between the two leagues. Bancroft teams were, as a collective, 82 - 68 in interleague play.


Athens Fighting Centaurs

Predicted Record: 82 – 80
Actual Record: 81 – 81

Hits: “Quinn Greene will rake.” (Not exactly a stretch) 1.093 OPS in 2047.

Misses: Did not see Terada's drop-off this year coming. Predicted improvements from Aoki and Charette did not materialize.


Bucharest Impalers

Predicted Record: 86 – 76
Actual Record: 93 – 69

Hits: Partial credit here for predicting a return to the playoffs, though I undersold Bucharest's resurgence.

Misses: “That Freddy Delgado (39 y/o) might be past his sell-by date is of some concern.” Not really. Delgado's underlying stats improved last season over the previous year, though this didn't show up in the ERA due to a ballooning BABIP. Still a free agent, he might help a UMEBA club out again in 2048.


Cairo Pharaohs

Predicted Record: 63-99
Actual Record: 70 – 92

Hits: “The Pharaohs might not have the worst lineup in the Unified this year.” Success! Cairo was eighth in team OPS at .736.

Misses: “Center fielder Liann-wei Tong posted a 2.3 WAR in the BBA last year and may be the biggest catch for the Pharaohs.” Double-whiff! Tong was sent back to Baghdad before spring training, where he floundered (.562 OPS).


Mumbai Metro Stars

Predicted Record: 92 – 70
Actual Record: 100 – 62

Hits: Several easy calls here: the lineup continued to be tops in the league (though Jerusalem supplanted it as best in the Unified), rotation and bullpen performance continued to be good.

Misses: Obviously, the big one was underestimating Mumbai's dominance. Zachinsky didn't play for the big club at all last year, and looked to take a step back at AAA.


Tripoli Piranhas

Predicted Record: 84 – 78
Actual Record: 68 -94

Hits: Toby Bundy (the other part of the Best trade), was as advertised for Tripoli, one of a few bright spots.

Misses: Tripoli's demise last season was probably the biggest surprise in the UMEBA, I certainly didn't see it coming. Dalton's injury leaves us asking 'what might have been' for the Piranhas in 2047.
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Re: '47 Bancroft Preview Review

Post by CTBrewCrew » Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:51 am

Its always fun to go and review a preview 😄. Nice work
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