Who Won The Reset?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:44 am
Having basically reached the time warp trade deadline, enough games have passed that we can start figuring out who benefitted most from restarting the season and who got hurt the most by it. Let's who won and lost by going through the wormhole.
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Winners
Carolina Kraken: Carolina has not only been spectacular since the reset, they've achieved something that didn't happen all last season: they're in first place in the Frick Atlantic, and have been near the top in the power rankings since the reset. Frank Thomas III has already hit more home runs this year than he did all of the last version of 2017. And they have the #1 offense in the MBWBA despite being last in the Frick in HR.
Las Vegas Hustlers: Vegas not only has been solidly in first place since the reset (where they finished last time around as well), but they've also managed to deal for Alberto Guzman. Plus they're injury-free. We'd call that a solid winner.
Halifax Hawks: Not only leading the wild card, but the new owners of Steve Hoffman; hard to argue that Halifax isn't a better team than last time around.
Tucson Cactus, Brooklyn Robins: Wait, you say, Tucson and Brooklyn have been a LOT worse record-wise than last time around - how are they winners? Well, there was almost no chance that these two teams were going to the playoffs, but last time they were comically ahead of their Pythagorean record, costing them draft position. These versions have a much better chance of snagging a top three pick. Atlantic City could be considered a winner for the same reason.
Losers:
Yellow Springs Nine, Buffalo Bison: Obviously, not only were these teams robbed of a pennant and a championship, respectively, neither has played nearly so well this time around. Yellow Springs is mired in last place, five games back of the wild card, and Buffalo hasn't been nearly as good as they were the first time around; they never trailed in the FL Atlantic last time and are in danger for the first time of missing the playoffs (though they're currently in).
Calgary Marauders: Remember when Calgary were contenders? So do we. On the bright side, they didn't make the playoffs last time either and they'll likely get a better draft pick than their 91-win version. So maybe this is actually winning by losing for them.
New Orleans Crawdads: Bartolo Melendez. Out for the season. Enough said. They'll still make the playoffs, since the Midwest is such a disaster area and their pitching injuries aren't quite as damning.
California Crusaders: On the upside, they didn't lose any pitchers to injuries yet. On the downside, their offense went from bad to terrible. We're thinking that twelve games back might be too much for this team to bear.
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Winners
Carolina Kraken: Carolina has not only been spectacular since the reset, they've achieved something that didn't happen all last season: they're in first place in the Frick Atlantic, and have been near the top in the power rankings since the reset. Frank Thomas III has already hit more home runs this year than he did all of the last version of 2017. And they have the #1 offense in the MBWBA despite being last in the Frick in HR.
Las Vegas Hustlers: Vegas not only has been solidly in first place since the reset (where they finished last time around as well), but they've also managed to deal for Alberto Guzman. Plus they're injury-free. We'd call that a solid winner.
Halifax Hawks: Not only leading the wild card, but the new owners of Steve Hoffman; hard to argue that Halifax isn't a better team than last time around.
Tucson Cactus, Brooklyn Robins: Wait, you say, Tucson and Brooklyn have been a LOT worse record-wise than last time around - how are they winners? Well, there was almost no chance that these two teams were going to the playoffs, but last time they were comically ahead of their Pythagorean record, costing them draft position. These versions have a much better chance of snagging a top three pick. Atlantic City could be considered a winner for the same reason.
Losers:
Yellow Springs Nine, Buffalo Bison: Obviously, not only were these teams robbed of a pennant and a championship, respectively, neither has played nearly so well this time around. Yellow Springs is mired in last place, five games back of the wild card, and Buffalo hasn't been nearly as good as they were the first time around; they never trailed in the FL Atlantic last time and are in danger for the first time of missing the playoffs (though they're currently in).
Calgary Marauders: Remember when Calgary were contenders? So do we. On the bright side, they didn't make the playoffs last time either and they'll likely get a better draft pick than their 91-win version. So maybe this is actually winning by losing for them.
New Orleans Crawdads: Bartolo Melendez. Out for the season. Enough said. They'll still make the playoffs, since the Midwest is such a disaster area and their pitching injuries aren't quite as damning.
California Crusaders: On the upside, they didn't lose any pitchers to injuries yet. On the downside, their offense went from bad to terrible. We're thinking that twelve games back might be too much for this team to bear.
