25 Feb 2049
Jerusalem, Israel
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OSA has released their preseason predictions for the 2049 season and, as far as the BURT goes, they are interesting:
Team W L PCT GB
Manama Pearls 87 75 .537 -
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers 85 77 .525 2
Beirut Cedars 84 78 .519 3
Baghdad Kings 73 89 .451 14
Riyadh Red Crescents 68 94 .420 19
So they have Beirut, who has run away with the league title for 3 seasons, dropping back into the pack a bit. Manama and Jerusalem continue to hound each other only it might be to top the table this year.
As far as player predictions, they have Jerusalem with 6 players in their Top 10 Pitchers/Batters:
OSA Preseason Pitching
(2048 stats in parentheses)
Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9
H. Xú (32 G, 31 G, 10-8, 4.35 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, +2.8 WAR)
SP Edwin Harney (31 G, 32 GS, 4.44 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, +4.1 WAR)
CL Jan Chmelyk (64 G, 4-7, 32 SV, 2.59 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, +1.7 WAR)
OSA Preseason Position Players
(2048 stats in parentheses)
Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
OF Dane Licht (156 G, 603 AB, 31 HR, 122 RBI, 0 SB, .350/.428/.590, 1.019 OPS, +6.7 WAR)
1B Adam Backhouse (86 G, 350 AB, 25 HR, 73 RBI, 0 SB, .300/.317/.546, .863 OPS, +1.5 WAR)
LF José Figueroa (146 G, 555 AB, 18 HR, 81 HR, 2 SB, .326/.368/.495, .864 OPS, +3.5 WAR)
That position player trio makes up 3 of the top 4 spots with Dane Licht and Adam Backhouse being #1 and #2